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Investment bond is going backwards

wo years ago, I set up an investment bond with Generation Life for my children. This is my first experience with investing, and it hasn’t gone very well. There haven’t been any gains in that time, only losses. The 12-month anniversary is coming up, so I need to decide whether I deposit more into the bond or cut my losses and let it sit for the next eight years, when I can cash it in. My husband thinks I’m mad to add more to it and better off putting it in a

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