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have you contacted the Financial Times and Thames River pointing out their report and article is "useless".at the end of the day i put more weight in the Financial Times than someone on the internet........
In the news section there's a report that "Research from Bestinvest found that the FTSE All Share had risen 50 per cent in the two years to the end of March but the Blackrock UK Equity Tracker had only risen 28 per cent after charges were taken out."
That may be rather more interesting news for fans of trackers. Underperforming the growth of an index by almost 50% after just two years is pretty dismal tracker performance.So only 8.6% of funds delivered above average annual performance for three years running.........the report compares funds to their sector group.........Please let me know if you ever find a newspaper that writes an article without a slant in order to deliver the focus they want you to take away with you.
I'm sure you've heard the quote......... "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."0 -
Yes, I've contacted the FT about it. There's no point in contacting Thames River, it's clearly part of their marketing efforts and they are unlikely to change those.
In the news section there's a report that "Research from Bestinvest found that the FTSE All Share had risen 50 per cent in the two years to the end of March but the Blackrock UK Equity Tracker had only risen 28 per cent after charges were taken out."
That may be rather more interesting news for fans of trackers. Underperforming the growth of an index by almost 50% after just two years is pretty dismal tracker performance.
How did you get on with the FT? They couldn't have been too happy being told the report they based an article on was "useless"?
I had a look at the bestinvest website. It seems to suggest the performance between the FTSE all share and blackrock UK equity tracker was comparable?
http://www.bestinvest.co.uk/investment-research/fund-research/fact-sheet/bruet/blackrock-uk-equity-tracker/performance0 -
My masochism discovers new, er, bounds....
Reading this thread from the beginning seemed like a good idea at the outset, which currently feels like it was back in 1984. I think that my immediate strategy should be to invest in some paracetamol and sleepPerhaps if that results in a satisfactory return then I may revisit
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Living for tomorrow might mean that you survive the day after.
It is always different this time. The only thing that is the same is the outcome.
Portfolios are like personalities - one that is balanced is usually preferable.
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