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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...
Plenty of fish in the sea
LOOK AT IT THIS WAY In Ernest Hemingway’s classic novella The Old Man and the Sea, a fisherman who had gone three months without catching anything finally lands a prize marlin and then spends three days and nights trying to reel...
Investors and sports fans love a hero
Why do investors place so much faith in “star” fund managers? As JOE WIGGINS explains, it could be partly down to a phenomenon researchers have labelled Identifiable Victor Effect. In sport, when an individual has a spell of sustained success...
Even a crystal ball won’t help
There can’t be many investors who haven’t wondered at some point, “If only I had a crystal ball!” Think about it. Imagine you had correctly predicted the outcome of the Brexit referendum or Donald Trump’s election victory in 2016. Imagine, back in...
Cash for gold? Tread carefully
By LESLEY GREGORY With the gold price hitting record highs, it may be tempting to take part in a new gold rush by turning your old or unwanted jewellery into cash. A swag of dealers is out there panning for gold:...
Do you have a one-page plan?
We’ve written in the past about the value of having a very brief financial plan. And when we say brief, we mean a plan that can fit on a single sheet of A4 or even an index card. Someone who very much...
Should you invest with Terry Smith?
By ROBIN POWELL The British fund manager Terry Smith celebrates a key milestone this week; it’s ten years since since he launched his flagship fund Fundsmith Equity. By any measure, he’s had a very impressive run. The fund has generated a...
