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The Terry Smith timing trap: why most investors lost money
Terry Smith's Fundsmith beat the market for a decade, then trailed four straight years. £3.31bn fled in 2024. Most investors lost money vs a tracker. Why? Timing. They bought high after stellar returns, sold low during underperformance. Jack Bogle's iron law: money arrives after gains, leaves during losses. Even star managers can't beat that.
Robin Powell
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Why chasing yesterday’s winners is tomorrow’s wealth destroyer
Chasing yesterday’s winners may feel safe, but it’s one of the fastest ways to destroy wealth. Funds that shine in headlines often disappoint once investors pile in, leaving latecomers with losses. Morningstar’s research shows how chasing past performance turns success stories into financial traps — and why boring, low-cost investing offers the real path to long-term wealth preservation.
Robin Powell
Sep 19 min read
AI investing: boom, bubble, or crash in the making?
Picture this: You're at dinner with friends, and someone excitedly announces their latest AI investing strategy—putting half their portfolio into artificial intelligence stocks. This scene plays out countless times, as the human brain sees AI's transformative potential and leaps to a seductive conclusion: concentrate everything on the obvious winner. History suggests this is precisely the wrong approach. Academic research demonstrates that concentrated investing carries dispr
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Aug 187 min read
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