Investors: ideas don’t make money, tactics do

Lee Freeman-Shor spoke to World Finance about why success in investment is less about spotting great ideas, and more about deploying good strategies

December 8, 2015
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Transcript

In a seven-year personal experiment, fund manager Lee Freeman-Shor gave 45 of the world’s top investors $25m and $150m to spend on business ideas. He discusses which investors had the best outcomes, and why.

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