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Nick Train: Worse-ification is the route to mediocrity

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The Lindsell Train manager defends his high-conviction approach that has been ‘wonderful on the upside but painful on the downside’. Despite falling far behind the benchmark in recent years, Train said that ‘in a world of ETFs and index huggers, it is necessary to offer investors a strategy that is radically differentiated’.
15 Apr English United Kingdom Investing

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