Investors should avoid the next big thing

Speak to any decent investment adviser and they will preach the virtues of diversification. In my language, that means: spread your money around. Good, rock-solid, textbook advice. The other week, I was speaking to Jonothan McColgan, a chartered financial planner at Combined Financial Strategies, concerning an article I was about to write for The Mail …

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Woodford survival guide

Woodford survival guide: High rolling City clients are deserting him, so should you give the fallen star the boot when you can?

High rolling City clients are deserting him, so should you give the fallen star the boot when you can? A week is a long time in politics – and finance too. Just ask Neil Woodford, one of the biggest star fund managers the UK has ever seen, who ended last week with his reputation in …

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