Spring Budget Update – A Push for Productivity
The general expectation coming into this budget was for further tax hikes. After all, the Autumn message was very clear – whilst the Government are being supportive to households via the energy price guarantee, that outlay needs to be paid for, and with the economy slowing towards a likely recession,…
Alex Chappell
17th March, 2023
After a strong January on the back of falling inflation expectations, markets calmed down in February, realising that the path to peak interest rates and lower inflation might not be a straight one. Ironically, what has taken the froth off the January performance has been stronger than expected economic data…
The Planning Team
3rd March, 2023
For future planning this is probably the most important question we can ask of ourselves, though it’s one that’s also a challenge to answer. To start, you need to understand how much your life costs you now, and assuming you want your current lifestyle to continue, then make an assumption…
The Planning Team
17th February, 2023
Being an investor can be an emotionally challenging journey. When things are bad, it can feel like they will never get better, and when things are good, we expect them to remain that way. Its human nature to extrapolate recent trends and expect them to continue, and its that exact…
Alex Chappell
3rd February, 2023
Top Planning Tips Heading into 2023
Whilst investment markets have to react to policy maker decisions, and to unforeseen events such as pandemics and war, the planning side of what we do is often subject to significant change as well. Overall we thought it was worth a start of the year walk through, to cover off…
Ashley Brooks
20th January, 2023
The market environment of 2022 was vastly different from the decade that came before it. Low inflation became high inflation, supportive policy moved to be restrictive, and with that, investment markets went through a huge period of adjustment. Policymakers have always feared higher inflation because it can become self-fulfilling. People…
DB Wood Team
6th January, 2023
As we come to the close of any year, it is good practise to look back and reflect on what has happened over the course of the year, together with what we have (or have not) achieved and try to ensure that we are as prepared as we can be…
Ashley Brooks
16th December, 2022
2022 has been quite a unique year! It’s December and the World Cup is in full flow. The Germans are out at the first hurdle for the second consecutive time, and England look to have momentum. In financial markets interest rates are rising to combat the highest levels of inflation…
Ashley Brooks
2nd December, 2022
Yesterday’s financial statement delivered on the expectations that the UK chancellor has been setting in recent weeks. The budget delivered a tough and necessary fiscal response, supporting the view that the alternative of borrowing more to deliver growth, simply does not work when debt levels are elevated. It is worth…
DB Wood Team
18th November, 2022
Bear (down) markets are a frustrating but necessary part of investing. The whole premise of risk taking is that it is generally rewarded, which means that equity markets should move up over time. Statistically that’s the case in 7 out of every 10 years, with the other three characterised by…
Alex Chappell
4th November, 2022
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