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
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
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
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
Investment Review Quarter 3 2017
Market Review of Quarter Three The summer of 2017 may be remembered as a turning point in this economic cycle. After a decade of pumping money into developed economies, Central Banks look to have put that policy in their rear-view mirror, signalling that interest rate hikes…
Ashley Brooks
13th October, 2017
Inside an IC meeting: A fly on the wall
Beginning my internship with DB Wood at the start of July was an exciting time to start my journey into the world of the financial services; Britain had just voted to leave the EU, a result very few had expected, America was running through their quadrennial…
Declan Gamble
5th August, 2016
Investment Review Quarter Two 2016
Market Review of Quarter 2: Our expectations for 2016 of low growth, low interest rates, lots of headwinds and regular bouts of volatility continued into quarter two. Speculation surrounding “Brexit” was the key theme in global markets and with equities rallying in the…
Ashley Brooks
14th July, 2016
Question the Committee: Edition 2
Chairman’s Note: First of all, I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to engage with us in the second edition of Question the Committee. Our pilot in December was extremely successful and in this edition we…
Ashley Brooks
1st July, 2016
They think it’s all over… It is now!
It’s been a funny old week, after beating Wales, the England football team was in poll position to push on, win their group and secure a place in the weak half of the draw for the closing stages of the European championships. On Monday night however,…
Ashley Brooks
24th June, 2016
You are sitting on a beach in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, enjoying some sunshine and getting away from the pressures of everyday life. For some reason (and just go with it in this example) you are playing with a child’s plastic beach toy, building a sandcastle.
Alex Chappell
10th June, 2016