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  • sabretoothtigger
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    The all share index will be weighted by the size of the companies.
    Vodafone, BP and HSBC are gigantic international companies that dominate the index and thats where thousands go, not to some piddling british engineering firm only making a million a year, they'll get a couple quid of your investment

    fallen sharply the last 18 months and now represents good value.
    Why is it good value, some of these companies are just duffers, they are cheap because they are also poor quality and not good value.



    The all share is almost the same as the ftse100 unfortunately, its a bit better but not by much.

    I was checking a pacific fund last night for comparison, its got 26% in the top ten holdings instead of the ftse's 40% and its spread across five different countries and currencies instead of the ftse's one.
    Also the sectors were more varied, 20% of ftse is gas/oil which might be nice in future but its not diverse
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