Absolute return a "potential minefield" for investors - AJ Bell

"A massive spread in returns (and losses)"

James Baxter-Derrington
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Over the course of ten years, cash would have returned investors just 1.45%, a figure well below inflation, but three absolute return funds still failed to beat these returns, according to research from AJ Bell.

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