Editor’s Comment: Herd instinct may be harming investors
- Friday, 02 August 2019
- Comment
The latest Investment Association figures, covering fund sales in the second quarter, reveal some interesting movements but also highlight the blunders mainstream investors make over and over again due to the herd instinct.
Read more...Editor’s Comment: Financial Planning Survey points the way
- Friday, 19 July 2019
- Comment
We’ve just published the key findings from our annual Financial Planning Survey in the latest edition of Financial Planning Today magazine.
Read more...Editor’s Comment: The real threat to Financial Planning
- Friday, 12 July 2019
- Comment
This week one of our best read stories on Financial Planning Today website was about a firm based in the United Arab Emirates reportedly targeting UK clients by offering a Financial Planning / wealth management-style service.
Read more...Editor’s Comment: Time to review so-called 'recommended' funds
- Friday, 05 July 2019
- Comment
At Financial Planning Today we receive a large number of press releases each day, sometimes 100 or more. This morning we received one about a firm recommending a fund which it described as “an attractive offering for investors.”
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