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"Enjoying the run-up to Christmas?" I asked the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as we sat drinking Chancellor's Downfall in The Questionable Maths. "Don't ask," he sighed. "Although, trying to look on the bright side, I suppose at least we didn't get collared in Bestinvest's 'Dogs of the Year' show." "So I noticed," I said. "You must be very proud, though I'm not sure Bestinvest should feel the same way. They made Artemis's Edward Niehoff worst fund manager but rather sugared that pill by going out of their way to hold up his colleague Derek Stua...

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