James Henderson: 'Like gamblers, investors should not be greedy nor overly careful'

Manager gives his views on contrarian investing

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James Henderson, manager of the Lowland and Henderson Opportunities investment trusts and the Henderson UK Equity Income & Growth fund, tells Lawrence Gosling how he has learnt from the gambling world about probability and the pricing up of risk.

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