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The Sad State Of Communication In The Financial World. A Tale Of Tribes, Jargon And Gobbledygook.

In certain parts of the financial world, we are meant to provide advice that is “clear, concise and unambiguous”.

This is a very worthy goal. A quick glance at some stock exchange announcements shows that “clear, concise and unambiguous” is often missing in action.

Announcements are often couched in terms that are unintelligible to ordinary people. It is as if they have been framed so that only members of the “financial tribe”, who are schooled in that tribe’s mind numbing jargon can hope to understand.

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