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Introducing our new portfolio review service for professionals

    The vast majority of pensions funds, charities, endowments and other institutional portfolios have underperformed the market for decades. The way to stop the rot is to have an independent portfolio review, reduce fees and complexity, and increase diversification. From today, that’s precisely what TEBI is offering.   As anyone who’s read The...

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We deceive ourselves about financial incentives

  By JOACHIM KLEMENT   In the world of business, I don’t think there is any job where in some instances the incentives for an employee or business owner are not in conflict with the ethically right thing to do. Doctors have an...

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What happens AFTER fund managers crush it?

  Investors and the media tend to pay close attention to a fund’s recent performance. When a fund’s short-term record is especially good, it almost invariably attracts greater attention and significant inflows. As Craig Lazzara explained last month, there was an even smaller...

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Woodford: Was the writing on the wall at Invesco?

    A new book on the Neil Woodford scandal is about to be published. When the Fund Stops by journalist DAVID RICKETTS charts the rise and fall of a fund manager who was once described as “Britain’s Warren Buffett”. In Part 1...

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Do you really want to be a landlord?

    This tale is part of LARRY SWEDROE’s Investor Tales series. Unless otherwise specified, the tales are hypothetical scenarios, designed to educate the reader on investment principles.   Be careful what you ask for. You just might get it. — Anonymous ◊...

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Four reasons why another Woodford scandal will happen

  By ROBIN POWELL This article was originally written for the Suitable Advice Institute.   The Woodford scandal is one of the bleakest chapters in the history of the investing industry. In the spring of 2017, Neil Woodford was still being fêted as...

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Everything in one place

  Do you have all your essential documents in one place? If you don’t, it may be a good idea to start the new year as you mean to go on, with your house in order. To focus your thoughts — but with...

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