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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...
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...
The danger of trading from home
The COVID-19 pandemic has not just sparked a revolution in working from home. It has also triggered a significant upsurge in people trading stocks from their bedrooms, with little more than an app on their phones, a ton of adrenalin and...
How hard is it to find the next Amazon?
By JOACHIM KLEMENT I recently wrote about the research of Henrik Bessembinder, who investigates the extreme outliers in the US stock market, i.e. the 200 best and worst stocks by 10-year performance. Obviously, we all would love to find the next...
