I shamelessly admit to having 'borrowed' the idea for this column from Interactive Investor website ...
I shamelessly admit to having 'borrowed' the idea for this column from Interactive Investor website www.iii.co.uk. Under the title 'Would football pundits make better stock tipsters?' it is heaven for a football bore and fund manager-watcher such as myself. The blog - which in itself is a little disappointing - starts: "As a group, stock-market tipsters don't make particularly good forecasters. Neither do football pundits. Perhaps the football pundits should make stock recommendations." It suggests Gavin Peacock shows potential. Recently, commenting on the sacking of Martin Jol from Spu...
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