£250,000 to invest

jamesd

Who might not have read the recent research showing that active managed funds in the UK market beat passive funds, since it was published after his book.

If I recall correctly his book also mentions the persistent outperformance of global growth funds from around 2005 for many years that I noticed and discussed here, after disregarding manager changes that prompt move decisions.

It's still good to understand the general concepts, though. Just don't fall for any particular line, there are advantages to both styles and I freely make substantial use of both active and passive.

berbatov10

for your help with this. I have to say I worked hard to build my pot and would hate to lose a lot of it which I guess makes me risk averse.

tejero23f

A good friend of mine invested £150k with a financial adviser, it cost her an initial 3% then 1% a year, for that all they did was to invest it in a balance portfolio of a company (premier) which she could have done herself and saved some.
To DIY you have to as someone said study the markets very carefully, take an interest and it's quite possible to obtain higher returns than a FA....if in doubt us one
cheers