Overview
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies’ objective is to achieve capital growth from investing in US smaller companies. It aims to outperform the Russell 2000 Index total return, with net dividends reinvested, expressed in sterling terms. The manager uses a a bottom-up, stock picking approach to portfolio management. Their investment philosophy is based on the following beliefs: long-term investments in companies with leading competitive positions, run by highly motivated and talented management that can sustain growth over a period of many years, will lead to stock market outperformance. Alongside this, the team believes that a disciplined valuation process is necessary to enhance long-term returns.
The manager believes the portfolio is more likely to outperform in high quality driven periods when growth is in favour. Likewise, the portfolio may underperform in markets that do not reward growth or high quality.
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Fundamentals
Price
Research History
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14 Sep 2023 41 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup September 2023
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | September 2023 August was a moderately volatile month for markets as the economic picture in China worsened. Developed markets held up better than emerging markets. Yields on US government debt rose. Oil prices edged up, but the big jump was in natural gas prices as […]
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06 Apr 2023 82 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup April 2023
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | April 2023 A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairs and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage […]
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05 Jan 2023 9 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – January 2023
December 2022 Monthly roundup | Investment companies Winners and losers in December 2022 The Financials sector only has two constituents, one of these – Trian Investors 1 – has seen its discount narrow since it promised to return cash to investors by next June, and it has also benefited from underlying NAV appreciation. Last month’s […]
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03 Nov 2022 8 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – November 2022
Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and abrdn November 2022 Monthly | Investment companies Winners and losers in October 2022 Many equity markets recovered some of the ground lost in September. The swift departure of Liz Truss and her unfunded tax cuts helped the UK stock market and sterling. North America […]
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07 May 2020 4 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – May 2020
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]
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24 Jan 2020 20 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Annual Review – 2019
In this issue The sector at the end of 2019 Performance data Performance by sector and fund Money in and out of the sector Money in and out of existing funds Money coming into existing funds Money going out of existing funds Liquidations, de-listings and trading cancellations Significant rating changes Major news stories Outlook for […]
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05 Apr 2019 4 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – April 2019
Kindly sponsored by Polar Capital Economic & Political Roundup A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy […]
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22 Mar 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – March 2019
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – March 2019 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of February 2019. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. JPMorgan Chinese, Fidelity China and Pacific Horizon benefited from a booming Chinese market in […]
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18 Jan 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – January 2019
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – January 2019 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of December 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Extract from money raised and returned in December The only new issue […]
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14 Sep 2018 2 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – September 2018
QuotedData’s Economic round up – September 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]
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14 Sep 2017 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – September 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – September 2017 – is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to […]
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10 Apr 2017 1 min read
QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy – April 2017
A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any of the companies mentioned. Kindly sponsored […]
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07 Dec 2016 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – December 2016
Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of November 2016. december-investment-companies-roundup
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16 Dec 2013 1 min read
Quoted Fund weekly issues and repurchases
Each week we’ll let you know which funds are growing and which are shrinking – please see the attached pdf: 131216-issues-and-repurchases
News
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21 Mar 2022 3 min read
Continued recovery sees JPMorgan US Smaller Companies outperform
Continued recovery sees JPMorgan US Smaller Companies outperform – JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (JUSC) has published its final results for the year to 31 December 2021. The company’s total return on net assets over the year was +17.7% which compares favourably with the increase of 15.7% in its benchmark, the Russell 2000 index in sterling […]
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14 Sep 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 September 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 September 2021: Henderson High Income, managed by David Smith (pictured), made a great start to 2021 outperforming its benchmark by 3.9% to produce an NAV return of 12.3% for the six months ended 30 June. Shareholders did much better than that though as the discount was eliminated, providing a return […]
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24 Aug 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 August 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 August 2021: Invesco Bond Income Plus has published its first set of accounts since it was created from the merger of City Merchants High Yield and Invesco Enhanced Income. Over the first half of 2021, it returned 4.3% in NAV terms and 3.3% in share price terms. The half-year dividend was […]
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01 Apr 2021 2 min read
QD view – Go West!
I moaned for ages that there weren’t enough trusts dedicated to North America, given the importance of that market within the global economy. Happily, there is more of a choice now and it is a real choice – between managers with quite different approaches and remits. However, in terms of assets, the sector is still […]
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25 Mar 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 March 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 March 2021: Tufton Oceanic Assets (SHIP) raised gross proceeds of US$14.7m by issuing 15m shares at 98 cents each. [It said that it was after $25m, so perhaps this was a little disappointing. That’s a surprise to us as shipping rates have been soaring.] The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) raised about […]
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23 Oct 2020 2 min read
QD view – US election, why worry?
Election day is edging closer in the US and the rhetoric is ramping up. We managed to catch up with Dean Orrico, the manager of Middlefield Canadian Income Fund (the subject of last week’s article) in the weekly interview and he reiterated his observation that Biden is likely to win the Presidential election. The more […]
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21 Aug 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 August 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 August 2020: JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (JUSC) reported interim results to 30 June 2020, with the total NAV return coming in at (4.9%). The benchmark Russell 2000 index delivered (6.8%) over the same period, in sterling terms. Small-cap shares have underperformed the tech-led led large-cap rally in US markets since March. […]
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09 Apr 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 April 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 April 2020: Rating agency, Moodys has placed Hammerson’s credit rating under review. Currently it rates it as Baa1 (the equivalent of BBB+. If the rating falls below Baa3/BBB-, Hammerson’s debt will no longer be classed as investment grade and it could find it more expensive and harder to borrow and to […]
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23 Mar 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s other news 23 March 2020
In QuotedData’s other news 23 March 2020 – On 21 March 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) requested that, in light of the unprecedented practical challenges for some companies and the audit profession arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, all listed companies who publish their preliminary results around this time, observe a moratorium on the publication of […]
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18 Jun 2019 1 min read
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies cuts fees
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies cuts fees – JPMorgan US Smaller Companies says that, following a review, the investment management fee arrangements with JPMorgan Funds Limited will change. With effect from 1st July 2019, the annual investment management fee, currently 100bps (1%) of gross assets, will be charged at an annual rate as detailed below: 90bps (0.9%) […]
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25 Mar 2019 2 min read
Sector tilts weigh down JPMorgan Smaller Companies in 2018
Sector tilts weigh down JPMorgan Smaller Companies in 2018 – In keeping with many equity-focused trusts, JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (JUSC) had a difficult end to 2018, as markets dived into risk-off mode. NAV fell 5.8% year on year, to December 31, 2018, compared to a decline of 5.7% in the Russell 2000 benchmark. Reflecting […]
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21 Mar 2018 3 min read
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies beats benchmark helped by stocks such as Grubhub
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies beats benchmark helped by stocks such as Grubhub – JPMorgan US Smaller Companies says that, in 2017, its share price rose by 7.7% and the NAV increased 6.3%. Good stock selection has resulted in outperformance of its benchmark index, the Russell 2000 which rose by 4.5% in sterling terms. The board is recommending a […]
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26 Feb 2018 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider on US trusts
James Carthew: where is a US growth trust when you want it? One of the strangest things about investment companies is how under-represented the US stock market is within the sector. Dedicated listed North American funds accounted for just 1.6% of the money in investment trusts and investment companies at the end of last year, […]
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20 Mar 2017 2 min read
JPMorgan US Smaller’s shareholders made 53% in 2016
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust has announced results for the year ended 31st December 2016. The share price increased by over 53% during the financial year. The backdrop to the dramatic share price rise was an increase of 50.1% in the Company’s net asset value, which compares favourably with the rise of 44.4% in the […]
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19 Aug 2016 2 min read
JPMorgan US Smaller let down by widening discount
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies reported an increase of 20.5% in the Company’s net asset value during the six months’ period to 30th June 2016. This represented an outperformance of the benchmark index, the Russell 2000 index in sterling terms, which rose 12.6%. The NAV return was not reflected in the share price which increased less than 2.0%. The discount […]
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18 Mar 2016 3 min read
JPMorgan US Smaller – good stock selection and US dollar strength
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies has announced its final results for the year ended 31 December 2015. During the period, the company’s NAV increased by 4.0%, which the company says reflects both good stock selection and a rise in the US dollar against sterling. The Company’s share price rose by 6.8% over the year as the […]
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18 Nov 2015 1 min read
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies agrees revised management fee
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies, managed by Don San Jose (pictured), has announced that it has agreed a new fee structure with J.P. Morgan Funds Ltd, which will take effect from the beginning of the company’s next financial year (1 January 2016). Under the existing fee arrangement the Company’s basic management fee has been 1.20% per annum on […]
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20 Aug 2015 1 min read
JPMorgan US Smaller ahead in H1
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies reports a rise of 4.6% in the Company’s net asset value for the first six months of 2015, which compares with a rise of 3.8% in the Russell 2000 Index. The Company’s share price rose 2.0% during the first six months of 2015, lagging the increase in NAV and resulting in a […]
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20 Mar 2015 2 min read
JPMorgan US Smaller boosted by US real estate holdings
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies published their results for the year ended 31 December 2014 yesterday. These show that the fund outperformed its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Index as the net asset value rose by 12.8% against 11.1% for the Index. Unfortunately however the discount widened out, leaving the return to shareholders at 5.6%. In the […]
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19 Aug 2014 1 min read
JP Morgan US Smaller Companies in line with a lacklustre market during H1
JUSC : JP Morgan US Smaller Companies in line with a lacklustre market during H1 JP Morgan US Smaller Companies results, for the first half of 2014, report a fall in JUSC’s NAV of 0.4% versus a fall of 0.2% in the Russell 2000 (all in sterling terms). JUSC’s share price saw a sharper fall (8.1%) as […]
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20 Mar 2014 1 min read
JP Morgan US Smaller Companies : JUSC – final results
JP Morgan US Smaller Companies beat its benchmark in 2013 as its net asset value rose by 38.7% vs. 35.9% for the Russell 2000 Index (in sterling). The shares did even better, rising by 58.6%. JUSC was trading at a premium at the year end and issuing shares. The Board say that managing a tight […]
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07 Feb 2014 1 min read
JP Morgan US Smaller : JUSC – share split
JP Morgan US Smaller Companies investment trust is planning to try to raise some more money and split its shares so that for each existing share shareholders will get ten new ones. The Board is asking shareholders to approve the issue of new shares up to an amount equivalent to 20% of the existing share […]
In The Press
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15 Jul 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on small caps
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23 Apr 2024 1 min read
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21 Nov 2022 1 min read
The US trusts on wide discounts relative to their recent history
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01 Dec 2021 1 min read
The North American trusts on the biggest discount or premiums relative to their history
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17 May 2021 1 min read
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18 May 2020 2 min read
Investment trust insider on JPMorgan US Smallers
Investment trust insider on JPMorgan US Smallers – James Carthew: barometer to grind out the US recovery I recently got the chance to catch up with progress at JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (JUSC). I thought it would be interesting to see how the businesses in its portfolio are coping in the current environment. They represent USA […]
