Investing: It´s not that difficult to get the big things right
(The Guardian Money News)

Many people think investment is difficult to understand, but it needn´t be that wayEvery six months financial adviser Bestinvest publishes its list of `dog` funds that have slumped down the performance tables. The latest report contains howlers from some of the biggest investment groups: Invesco Perpetual gets a good kicking for five funds worth £15bn with woeful returns, while Aberdeen Standard has more than its fair share of hounds. Other big investment firms in the doghouse include Fidelity, JP Morgan and Janus Henderson.Bestinvest issues the research to encourage people to monitor their investments more closely and not to put up with weak or pedestrian performance. But everything we know tells us that the majority don´t do this; a slug of our monthly pay goes into a pension that few of us ever take the time to monitor, while the few who put money into an investment Isa buy one or two funds, cross their fingers, and hope, over the long term, it works out. Continue reading...