The ‘linked benefits’ of index investing
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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
The writer is a former chair of Yale’s Investment Committee, an ex-board member of Vanguard and the author of 21 books including the forthcoming Rethinking Investing
The idea of linked costs was made clear to me by my father when I was 11 and he asked: “Why does the cinema charge you kids only 20 cents for admission?”
“Because we’re kids?” was my reply.
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