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How to retain clients’ interest amid rise of the 'armchair trader'

Should advisers, then, warn their clients off from dabbling in day trading? Maybe not. Dabbling small sums on the latest stock du jour is, arguably, not going to do a huge amount of damage to a client’s long-term financial plan.

And is it not better to experiment with a few quid and find out it might just be worth taking that long-term view your IFA is always talking about?

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Holly Black is senior editor, Emea, at Morningstar