Structured Product Investments?

philng
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Any views? Heard these mentioned on a Financial Advice session recently.

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  • jimjames
    jimjames Posts: 17,580 Forumite
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    edited 25 October 2016 at 12:24PM
    They're great for the company selling them :)

    You miss out on dividends and are paying for the notion of security. Far better to make your own by using an index tracker and holding a portion of cash - you can then benefit from all dividends and any growth but with the same downside protection.
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
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