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Sep 2011
18m 3s

Should you invest in ETFs after UBS?

Financial Times
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How high are the charges on your pension. We name the plans that have lost 39 per cent. And, we look at whether exchange traded funds are only for rogues. Finally, why gold savings accounts are not what they seem.

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