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Article: FUND FOCUS: Insynergy with stars.(Insynergy Odey manager Crispin Odey)(Viewpoint essay)
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- Money Marketing
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- November 5, 2009
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One theme I return to time and time again in my column is the quality of fund managers. There are thousands of funds available to investors but many are average and simply make up the numbers.
I have little interest in football but this analogy works quite well. There are many football players and clubs but very few players of star quality that regularly make a difference to their team's performance. The clubs that can attract these top players tend to win the silverware year after year.
Similarly when investing, I want to fill my portfolio with star quality names to stand the best chance of making money. One such manager is Crispin Odey who runs ...