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A selection of articles and thought pieces from members of our team. We publish new content on a regular basis and stick to topics that interest you, our readers.

May Performance Update

After a wild month in April, global investment markets took a collective deep breath in May as…

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Same People – New Name!

We’re pleased to announce we are changing our name to Amber River DB Wood, with effect from 26 June…

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April Performance Update

The start of April feels like a long time ago. We started the month with so called ‘Liberation…

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Walking a Tightrope

Whatever your view of Donald Trump, the chances are that the outcome of the Trade War will help…

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Trump’s Truss Moment…

Given the political events of the last 10 days or so, we thought it appropriate to send out an…

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Market Review – Q1 2025

We came into 2025 cautiously optimistic. With high income yields, inflation sticky, though…

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Recession or no recession, that is the question…

They say a week is a long time in politics, but in the case of the new US administration, that…

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February Performance Update

Diversification is a key cornerstone of portfolio management, as it aims to reduce risk and provide…

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What’s all this ‘chatbot’ about then?

OpenAI started life in 2015 as a research organisation with a mission to migrate AI safely into…

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January Performance Update

Well, we’ve certainly had quieter starts to the year. In the first month of 2025 we’ve had…

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Tax charge ahead, is it time to change course?

It’s been a tough few months for the tax landscape. For many clients, 2025 will see a change of…

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Quarterly Investment Update

When we sat here a year ago writing this update, markets were expecting an imminent recession with…

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What a difference a year makes

2024 has definitely been a year of change. A new government, a new tax landscape, and thankfully, a…

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November Performance Update

We always felt that the last quarter of the year would be the trickiest, mainly due to the…

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Trump 2.0 – New regime, same rhetoric.

For investment markets the US election was always likely to be the biggest event of the year. It…

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Autumn Budget Update – Steps to fill the big black hole

At a simple level, budgets come down to the relationship between two numbers, firstly how much is…

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Budget Preview

“I had too much time to think” he said as he put the easiest forehand he’d had all day straight…

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Quarterly Investment Update

Just like the UK weather, a summer in investing can often be hit and miss. The phrase “sell in May,…

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Achieving Economic Viability

Our biggest passion at DB Wood is the journey of developing, growing and protecting the wealth of…

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August Investment Update

After a brief recess in August our blog schedule now starts back in earnest. Across the next 8…

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Summer update

Unbelievably we are halfway through summer, so before our August blog recess we thought it would be…

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Q2 Investment Update

Firstly, a big thanks to everyone who submitted questions. It has been a couple of years since the…

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UK Election – Things can only get wetter

This time next week the UK will know its political fate for the next five years, and glancing at…

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Question the Committee – Summer 2024 Edition

Firstly, a big thanks to everyone who submitted questions. It has been a couple of years since the…

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May Performance Update

The phrase “all-time highs” usually comes with some associated caution. It means a certain…

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Navigating the maze of student loans: A tale about debt and conundrums

If you decide University is the right option for you, (and that’s a key decision) I’m a firm…

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April Showers

Since the end of 2022 we have had a positive outlook on investment markets. That was the point of…

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An Intern’s View

Given the key to our business revolves around people, essentially our team and our clients, we are…

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Q1 Market Review ’24

We entered 2024 on the back of a strong last quarter of performance. Inflation all around the world…

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Spring Budget

Heading into this budget, there was an expectation that there would be tax breaks to drum up…

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Spring Budget ’24

Heading into this budget, there was an expectation that there would be tax breaks to drum up…

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February Performance Update

2023 closed with bond and equity markets moving notably higher on the back of falling inflation…

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The Year of the Election

This year will be the single largest election year in history. Across six continents more than 2.5…

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January Performance Update

The psychology of markets is not especially consistent. Investors get overly pessimistic when they…

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Will 2024 ‘Trump’ 2023?

As regular readers will know, last year was hard fought. A weighted average of our portfolio…

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Q4 Market Review

2022 was one of the most challenging years for investment returns in recent history. As so often…

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