Anyone who started higher education after 1990 has been eligible for student finance. Those who have a student loan (and their parents for that matter) are likely to recall that first glance at a settlement statement from the Student Loans Company. These statements land annually, updating you on…
Oliver Crampton
20th April, 2018
Investment Review Quarter 1 2018
Market Review The first two weeks of 2018 saw a continuation of steady growth within investment markets. Although many of these markets were trading near to or at all-time highs, economic data still appeared relatively supportive of further growth. However, history has taught us to be…
The Investment Committee
6th April, 2018
Over the years there has been a steady stream of blockbuster movies based on the world of crime, organised or otherwise. Many of the biggest films to date are based on real life events. For example, the movie Goodfellas starring Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta is based…
Andrew Thomas
22nd March, 2018
When we launched our range of five model portfolios on 1st March 2008, we didn’t quite know it yet, but one of the deepest financial crises in modern history was ensuing. At the market open, the FTSE 100 index priced at 5,884 but markets were firmly in panic…
Ashley Brooks
9th March, 2018
As we batten down the hatches here at Potterdyke House, riding out the snow, it seems an appropriate time to sit back, put the kettle on and fill you in on what we’ve been up to here at DB Wood outside of our day jobs! We’ve…
Georgia Ashley
2nd March, 2018
Love at first sight… can sometimes have a nasty bite!
The bitcoin journey quite aptly characterises the early stages of a failed relationship. Dave Sheep is just a normal guy… good looking, mid-20s, athletic build with an infrequent interest in investments. He’s in town one day, just picking up a few bits when he walks into a shop…
Alex Chappell
9th February, 2018
Children Learn, Adults Work and Old People Rest…. Or do they?
In the classic three-stage model of life’s cycle; children learn, adults work and old people rest. As a result, most institutions still treat 65 as a cut-off point for social and economic usefulness, and the State start seeing people as a financial burden rather than an asset. There…
DB Wood Team
26th January, 2018
Investment Review Quarter 4 2017
Market Review of Quarter Four A strong start, a flat middle and a buoyant finish – the three distinct phases that characterised investment markets in 2017. The main stock markets started the year on the front foot, led by Europe and Emerging Markets. The…
Ashley Brooks
12th January, 2018
With Christmas fast approaching, we are hitting the season for last minute food shops and late gifts for friends and family. Many of us still somehow end up searching for that booking reference for the deluxe turkey we reserved in October… still, despite the usual frantic activity, we’ve…
DB Wood Team
22nd December, 2017
Truth fears no questions: A perspective from one of our clients…
“Honesty is such a lonely word, Everyone is so untrue, Honesty is hardly ever heard, But mostly what I need from you” …..so sang one of the greatest singer/songwriters of the last 50 years, Billy Joel, expressing a sentiment about a dying species…
Anonymous
6th December, 2017
