Mundy's Moment: What can cricket teach us about stock selection?

What can cricket teach us about stock selection?

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Investec Asset Management's Alastair Mundy considers recent events at the 2015 Cricket World Cup, and suggests there may be a parallel with the stockpicking process.

During a recent match at the Cricket World Cup, James Taylor was fast approaching his century. However, his colleagues were being dismissed at such a pace it was becoming increasingly unlikely Taylor would reach the landmark. As the match came to its finale, the umpire was asked to make a decision. As sometimes happens, the umpire made the wrong decision but, strangely, this was then exacerbated by neither his on-field umpiring colleague, nor even the umpires’ coach or the match referee, correcting him. Inevitably, the keyboard warriors were soon excoriating the officials for their la...

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