‘From time-to-time financial markets get disconnected from reality’. This was the opening line to our Quarter two investment report last year. We’re now approaching the one-year mark since Boris Johnson announced to the UK that everyone must stay at home, thus kickstarting one of the biggest periods of…
DB Wood Team
19th March, 2021
A clever budget by the Chancellor was bolder than we expected, both in terms of the near term fiscal support provided and the tax rises planned for future years. It was smart because it was designed to encourage spending and investing, which he will hope will…
DB Wood Team
5th March, 2021
Inflation is a bit like that intense and slightly eccentric friend. Sometimes overbearing, though a little exposure now and then is not only tolerable but can also prove energising and invigorating. At the start of every year economists across the globe come out with their forward…
Alex Chappell
19th February, 2021
2021 started where 2020 left off; at a fast pace. Lockdowns were extended across the majority of the developed world, vaccines rolled out at unprecedented rates, and markets moved by social media to extents we have never seen before. Starting with the virus, it became clear…
The Investment Committee
5th February, 2021
Don’t be a victim of under insurance…
Obtaining any form of insurance cover is such an easy process nowadays. Just open up the laptop, sign on to your favourite aggregator site, answer a couple of straightforward questions and the policy is yours and your cuddly animated animal will follow in the post. Simples!…
Risk
22nd January, 2021
Money has been around about as long as humanity. It is defined as anything that can be used to pay for goods and services. In the case where the Roman farmer would swap his best cattle for a new pair of shoes, both the cattle and the shoes…
DB Wood Team
22nd January, 2021
Quarter 4 2020 Investment Update
Market Review We approached Q4 with cautious optimism. First the caution; political noise was bound to increase around Brexit and the US election, with neither seeming likely to pass quietly. We were also due to receive some of the most important clinical trial results in history.
The Investment Committee
8th January, 2021
It is difficult to know where to start this year, however the declaration of have a ‘Happy New Year!’ will have more meaning this year than in many other years, given the context of where we have all been during 2020! Whilst it has been a…
Ashley Brooks
23rd December, 2020
As most of us hoped and felt was likely, November was the month when we received positive vaccine news. In our last performance update we wrote about how quickly the mood music for investment markets could change on the back of this positive step forward. So far in 2020, there…
DB Wood Team
4th December, 2020
Small margins count… welcome to Dynamic Planning, powered by DBW
Without stating the obvious, it is clear that our main goal as investment managers is to ensure our returns meet our client objectives. In other words, to ensure that they help our clients live the lives they want to live. Sounds a little cheesy, we know, but ultimately…
DB Wood Team
27th November, 2020
