AIM underdogs beat FTSE blue chips in Brexit twist
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LONDON (Reuters) - When the UK voted to leave the European Union in June 2016, rushing into the exporter-heavy FTSE 100 stocks index for a currency hedge and international exposure made sense for investors alarmed by a falling pound and dire economic forecasts.Little did they know that the lightly regulated, UK-focused Alternative Investment Market (AIM) would prove to be a much better investment in the following four years, gaining with a 34% gain.London's AIM had a "wild west" tag: a home for..