Posted by: Sam Folin
Wednesday, December 14th, 2005
In the London Underground the trainmen can often be heard saying, Mind the Gap Please!
The Underground employees are not warning of a mountain passage or missing time on a taped recording. Rather they are alerting their riders to step over the space between the train and the platform. In short: “don’t fall down”.
This Blog is being written to urge you to mind the Gap: the performance gap in your investment program. (more…)
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