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My Footsie conundrum

By Moira O'Neill, 12 July 2011

COLUMNIST: A FTSE 100 index fund does not make a good core holding on its own.

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Moira O'Neill

Moira O'Neill has been a finance journalist for 14 years, during which she gained financial advice qualifications, won several awards and wrote two books. She has a degree in Classics from Cambridge University and joined Investors Chronicle in 2008.

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