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AlanDick42

  1. Fund management industry is a marketing industry not an investment industry according to David Swensen who knows a thing or two investments
  2. Investors may soon need to pay Germany to lend to it ft.com/cms/s/0/89b5b4… #FT
  3. Soon to be 44500 bankers working at Canary Wharf with a further 43300 working in The City. What the hell are they all doing?
  4. "true experts know the limits of their knowledge." Nobel prize winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman.
  5. @dcmcash @ifp_uk maybe but still misses the point. People need real financial planning not just financial products.
  6. Another great IFP board meeting today. Lots to do to make people under stand the true value of Financial Planning and what makes it special
  7. @philyoung360 I wondered who switched it on. Thanks, but what took you so long?
  8. @davidcroziercfp it is possible to cook without a small glass of wine. Just as long as you have a large glass of wine instead
  9. @laurasuter @MoneyMgmtMag extra layer of costs, extra layer of opaqueness, no added benefit. Run a mile?
  10. @martinbamford what's misleading? It's an "absolute" loss of 2.05%
  11. @V2VFP thanks Nick
  12. Woo Hoo. Tickets arrived today for Fort William World Cup. Counting down to an awesome day out on June 10th. Downhill MTB at its best.
  13. @IFP_UK thank for the RT
  14. @paulresnik Small is beautiful!
  15. What makes us different? Our latest blog bit.ly/JiL5uL