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following. Th ese people are the ones who can help you to invest with the
trend….and win.
And keeping with this theme of trend investing, professional investor
and author Mark Shipman in his excellent book; Th e Next Big Investment
Boom had this to say:
”It is no coincidence that the hedge funds and other alternative investment
companies that employ trend following strategies are responsible for some of
the most spectacular performance returns.”
In other words, you can make some serious money if you know how to
invest with the trend.
Before we move on, let me just clear something up. Th e comments I made
earlier with regard to what advisers, brokers and banks should be doing,
is of course a personal opinion of mine. And I may have it all wrong. But
it was interesting to see that in the wealth section of the June 21 st /June
22 nd 2008 edition of the Financial Times, there was an article that helped
to confi rm my thoughts and beliefs. Th e headline read, “Wealthy want
more bank for their buck” with the sub-headline “Large numbers of well-off
investors are unhappy with their managers and advisers.”
Th e article, written by Matthew Vincent, mentioned that more than a
third of wealthy investors are considering changing their private bank to
get a better service, and half are thinking of changing their investment
managers.
I don’t think I need to go into the article in great detail for you to get the
idea. Th is is just another example highlighting the fact that many high
net worth investors are not happy about the levels of service they receive
from their advisers.
However, at the end of the day, we have to remember that it’s all about
results. You want to be teamed up with a person who can deliver the
goods year in, year out. In other words, if your fi nancial adviser, broker
or bank’s advice has helped you to beat the market over the long-term,
you’ve found yourself an outstanding contact. But if he or she has not
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