Monkey actually beats fund managers

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"A blindfolded monkey throwing darts at a newspaper's financial pages could select a portfolio that would do just as well as one carefully selected by the experts." Burton Malkiel, A Random Walk Down Wall Street.

As reported in the Daily Mail on 13th January, Lusha, a scooter-rid

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Consumer protection through law, regulation and statues

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Head of GoldCore Wealth Management Marc Westlake has recently written an essay on the following subject for the Institute of Bankers post graduate Diploma in Financial Planning course

"Governance of the financial services industry,  through common law, statute and regulation; ca

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Model portfolio review January 2010

Published by Marc Westlake under Portfolios |

In early 2009, millions of would-be investors were reluctant to move into equities because the Stock market was falling too fast. Now many are wary because the market is rising too fast.

While no-one yet has come up with a consistently successful strategy for timing the market to perfectio

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Our predictions for 2010

Published by Marc Westlake under News |

This time of year typically sees the financial pages of newspapers full of predictions about the year ahead.

We've lost count of the number of occasions last year we have been asked whether "now&quo

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