No one to rival the small cap manager

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In an interview in the Financial Times, Andrew Cain at Dimensional Fund Advisors explains why more rivals are not following Dimensional's approach.

GoldCore Ltd are one of only a handful of financial advisory firms around the world approved to distribute investment funds from Dimensional

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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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Our predictions for 2010

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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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Can fund managers lose on purpose?

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"Subprime Risks: Overblown" was an article written by John W. Rogers, Jr. on September 17, 2007.

Rogers is the founder of Ariel Capital Management. It has $4.8 billion under management and serves a broad range of corporate and individual clients. It manages the A

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The lost decade?

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We are hearing a lot about the "lost decade" for investors covering the period April 1999 to March 2009 and much of this seems to be driven by the performance of the Stock market in the United States.

In April 1999 the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 10,000 and in October 2

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Irish Times: Getting advice on financial advisers

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Getting advice on financial advisers

Just 10 per cent of people rely on an independent financial adviser/broker for advice,writes FIONA REDDAN

‘THERE ARE w

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Newstalk interview with Head of Wealth Management Marc Westlake

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Please click on the image to launch the interview from the Rugby Show at the RDS

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Diversification - the only free lunch in investing

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This article first appeared in the Sunday Tribune on 11th October 2009.

We ar

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Status with the Financial Regulator - Authorised Adviser

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We are delighted to advise that GoldCore is now an Authorised Adviser. In addition, we are authorised to receive and transmit orders in relation to shares in a company or bonds that are listed on a stock exchange.

Finally, we have been granted approval to operate as a "Product P

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August Market Commentary

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Market commentary Just six months ago, 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. In the meantime, life moves on. In retrospe

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