Overview
Golden Prospect Precious Metals’ investment objective is to generate above average returns for Shareholders primarily through the capital appreciation of its investments. The Directors believe that such returns can be obtained by investing in a selective portfolio of securities and other instruments in the precious metals, diamond and uranium sectors.
You can access the trust’s website here
Fundamentals
Price
Research History
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17 Oct 2023 14 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – Third Quarter 2023
Third quarter of 2023 Investment Companies | Quarterly roundup | October 2023 Kindly sponsored by abrdn ‘Uncomfortable’ Following a fast start to the first half of the year, globally equities took a breather in Q3, as markets assessed the implications of the worst bond sell-off in a generation. Yields on 10-year US treasuries and UK […]
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13 Oct 2023 10 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – October 2023
October 2023 Monthly roundup | Investment companies Kindly sponsored by abrdn Winners and losers in September 2023 September was defined by the ongoing US bond selloff, with global markets trending down in sympathy. Investment trust returns were negative on average for the month, although several sectors still achieved positive returns. The Royalties sector was the […]
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14 Sep 2023 9 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – September 2023
September 2023 Monthly roundup | Investment companies Kindly sponsored by abrdn Winners and losers in August 2023 Share price total returns for investment companies were generally poor over August, with the best performing sector, Debt – Structured Finance, returning just 2.1%, with only a few sectors managing to eke out a positive total return. Funds […]
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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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03 Nov 2022 50 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup November 2022
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | November 2022 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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09 Oct 2020 7 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – October 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over September: Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust – […]
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10 Aug 2020 7 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – August 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Income Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over July: Seneca Global Income & Growth – […]
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14 Jul 2020 9 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – Second Quarter 2020
Investment Companies Quarterly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents In this issue Performance data Positive movers Negative movers Discounts and premiums Getting more expensive Getting cheaper Money in and out Money in Money out Major news stories Upcoming Events New research Guide The legal bit When the going gets […]
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07 Jul 2020 7 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – July 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Income Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over June: CQS New City High Yield – […]
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08 Jun 2020 7 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – June 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research In this issue Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Income Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over May: GCP Infrastructure – […]
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07 May 2020 8 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – May 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research In this issue Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Income Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over April: An update note […]
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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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10 Jan 2020 5 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – January 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford Table of contents New research In this issue Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Income Events New research Here is a list of research we published over December: An update note on BlackRock Throgmorton (THRG) “BlackRock Throgmorton continues to lead its peer group in […]
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15 Oct 2019 7 min read
Investment companies quarterly roundup – Third quarter 2019
Investment Companies Quarterly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford New research Over the third quarter, we published notes on India Capital Growth, Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income, Montanaro European Smaller Companies, JLEN Environmental Assets, Civitas Social Housing, JPMorgan Russian Securities, International Biotechnology Trust, Aberdeen Emerging Markets, Seneca Global Income & Growth, Standard Life Investments Property Income […]
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07 Oct 2019 5 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – October 2019
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford New research Over September, we published notes on India Capital Growth, Jupiter Emerging & Frontier, International Biotechnology Trust, JPMorgan Russian Securities, Civitas Social Housing, Montanaro European Smaller Companies and JLEN Environmental Assets. We also launched a monthly real estate roundup, beginning with reviews of August and September. In […]
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11 Sep 2019 3 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – September 2019
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford New research Over August, we published notes on Aberdeen Emerging Markets and JLEN Environmental Assets . You can read all these notes by clicking on the links above or by visiting www.quoteddata.com. In this issue Performance data – appetite for risk was generally down in August, as […]
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07 Aug 2019 3 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – August 2019
Investment Companies Roundup New research Over July, we published notes on CQS New City High Yield, BlackRock Throgmorton, Strategic Equity Capital, Seneca Global Income & Growth, CG Asset Management, Standard Life Investments Property Income and Aberdeen New Dawn. You can read all these notes by clicking on the links above or by visiting www.quoteddata.com. In this issue Performance data – appetite […]
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08 May 2019 3 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – May 2019
Investment Companies Roundup New research Over April, we published notes on Henderson Diversified Income, Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure, Jupiter Emerging and Frontier Income, Seneca Global Income & Growth and Polar Capital Global Financials Trust. You can read all these notes by clicking on the links above or by visiting www.quoteddata.com. In this issue Performance data – it was […]
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13 Nov 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – November 2018
QuotedData’s economic roundup – November 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 any […]
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18 Jul 2018 2 min read
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Second Quarter 2018
QUARTERLY INVESTMENT COMPANIES ROUNDUP – SECOND QUARTER 2018 Global equities markets rose in the second quarter of 2018, Markets were volatile, as positive economic data and encouraging company performances played off against geopolitical concerns. Yields from bond markets rose early in the quarter but fell back as investors turned to ‘safer’ investments. The threat of […]
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11 Jun 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – June 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – June 2018 – 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 May 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. The premium of biotech company, Syncona, rose on positive news on two of its […]
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11 May 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – May 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – May 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 […]
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QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – May 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – May 2018 – 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 April 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. India Capital Growth has experience a rebound in performance in the past month, as […]
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25 Apr 2018 1 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – First quarter 2018
Quarterly investment companies roundup – First quarter 2018 Quarterly investment companies roundup – First quarter 2018 – Global equity markets declined in the first quarter of 2018. Concerns about US interest rate rises were the feature of the first half of the quarter. However, worries about global trade took over in the second part, particularly […]
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18 Apr 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – April 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – April 2018 – 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 March 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Stock markets have suffered their first meaningful fall for nearly two years. At the quarter end, […]
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18 Jan 2018 1 min read
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year – Many commentators, including us, were wary going into 2017. In the event, economic growth and markets surprised on the upside: US markets hit new highs despite three interest rate rises. Perceived low/no growth areas such as Europe and Japan burst into life. Asia’s technology stocks surged. India’s […]
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10 Nov 2017 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – November 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – November 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 buy or […]
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19 Oct 2017 1 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017 – Markets moved up a little over the course of the three months ended 30 September 2017. Regionally, emerging markets did well. The pound strengthened a bit relative to the US dollar but was flat against the euro. The oil price rose by more than 20%. In […]
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12 Jul 2017 2 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – July 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – July 2017 – 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 June 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. July Investment Companies Roundup Money raised in July Newly launched in June were […]
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14 Jun 2017 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – June 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – June 2017 – 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 May 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. June Investment Companies Roundup Japan was one of the best places to be […]
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16 May 2017 2 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – May 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup: 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 April 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Money in: The only new launch in April was EJF Investments, a £69m fund trying to take advantage of […]
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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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08 Nov 2016 1 min read
QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy – November 2016
QuotedData’s collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from comments made by chairman and managers of investment companies. november-economic-and-political-roundup
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13 Oct 2016 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – October 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 September 2016. october-investment-companies-roundup
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08 Dec 2014 1 min read
Commodities & Natural Resources
Specialist Commodities and Natural Resources Please click on the link above for the first of what will be a regular series of articles focusing on a particular area of the investment companies market. This month the theme is the Specialist Commodities and Natural Resources sector.
News
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21 Aug 2026 2 min read
Golden Prospect buybacks shielded shareholders from first half correction after gold miners’ “stellar” 2025
Golden Prospect Precious Metals (GPM), the £92m gold mining fund preparing to move to Baker Steel from CQS Manulife, scored a hit with its big share buybacks in the first half of the year. Interim results today show the investment company suffered a 13.6% slide in net asset value (NAV) in the six months to […]
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23 Jul 2026 1 min read
Morning briefing: Shareholders register protest vote at HICL, SEGRO would recommend the new Prologis bid, plus GPM, AIRE
There were big votes against the re-election of two HICL Infrastructure (HICL) directors at yesterday’s AGM. A total of 247.1m shares (20.3% of those voting) were cast against the re-election of senior independent director Frances Davies and 280.6m (23.1% of those voting) against the re-election of the chair Mike Bane. QuotedData’s James Carthew said: “It […]
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10 Jul 2026 3 min read
Golden Prospect opts for Baker Steel as new manager
Golden Prospect Precious Metals (GPM) has agreed heads of terms to appoint Baker Steel Capital Managers as its new investment manager and AIFM, opting not to follow its former portfolio managers to Tufton Investment Management. The appointment is expected to take effect during the third quarter of 2026. Baker Steel’s Mark Burridge and Trevor Steel […]
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03 Jul 2026 4 min read
Trust Spot: Biotech Growth soars 21%; 3i Group regroups after May slump; Seraphim Space steps back from high
Biotechnology trusts BIOG and IBT replaced technology trusts as last month’s big risers with profit taking hitting Seraphim Space (SSIT) in June, but 3i Group (III) recovering after its tumble in May. June’s top risers Investment company Total shareholder return % Premium (- discount) % Biotech Growth (BIOG) 20.58 -8.59 Bluefield Solar (BSIF) 16.5 -13.96 […]
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19 May 2026 2 min read
Morning briefing: changes to Caledonia’s board as veteran Charles Cayzer steps down, a protest vote at Social Housing REIT, GPM gets new managers, and numbers from RGL and BYG
There is a changing of the guard at Caledonia Investments (CLDN) as Will Wyatt steps up as chairman to replace David Stewart, and The Hon Charles Cayzer steps down from the board after 41 years. Will is a member of the Cayzer family that owns around half of the trust. He was also its chief […]
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05 May 2026 2 min read
Trust Spot: “Exciting” April sees tech trusts rally but, asks Andrew McHattie, has “fantastic” AI optimism gone too far?
Technology and emerging markets trusts bounced back strongly in April after the previous month’s setback caused by the conflict in the Middle East, but private equity and infrastructure funds dominate our list of fallers. Our two tables show the total returns, or losses, shareholders made from the 15 biggest risers and fallers in April. They […]
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24 Apr 2026 2 min read
Golden Prospect: Trump’s failure in Iran will be world’s economic pain and precious metals’ gain
The outgoing fund managers of Golden Prospect Precious Metals (GPM), last year’s best-performing investment company, remain confident about the portfolio’s prospects despite a 22.7% slump in net assets last month caused by the turmoil in the Middle East. Keith Watson and Robert Crayfourd, who are leaving Manulife CQS for Tufton Investment Management, said counterintuitively gold […]
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23 Apr 2026 2 min read
Morning briefing: Tufton founder retires prompting reshuffle at SHIP team; Aberdeen Diversified sells last investment; Phoenix Spree pays out £17.5m; Tarncourt starts as Crystal Amber’s new manager; plus BBOX, SGRO
Tufton Assets (SHIP), the £331m tanker fleet operator, is getting a third portfolio manager as part of changes prompted by the retirement of its fund manager’s founder. Ted Kalborg, who established Tufton Investment Management in 1985, has stepped down as chairman. He is replaced by chief executive Andrew Hampson, who in turn is succeeded by […]
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13 Apr 2026 2 min read
Gold’s bull run is not over as inflationary impact of $200 oil could be “very supportive”, say Golden Prospect managers
The fund managers of Golden Prospect Precious Metals (GPM), last year’s best-performing investment company, are confident gold will restore its shine after slumping 11% last month as they believe much higher oil prices and inflation are likely as a result of the war in the Middle East. Mining investors Keith Watson and Robert Crayfourd, who […]
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02 Apr 2026 4 min read
March Madness: How the Iran war hit investment companies – the top risers and fallers over one month and first quarter
March was a tough month for investors as the UK stock market dropped 7% and globally share prices retreated 5% with equities in Japan, Asia and emerging markets sliding 10-12% at the shock of oil prices soaring 63% to more than $118 a barrel in response to the US and Israel’s war on Iran. A […]
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26 Mar 2026 2 min read
Morning briefing: SpaceX “to file” IPO prospectus; 3i falls on Action update; Int’l Biotechnology boosted by Terns bid; Golden Prospect considers management proposals
SpaceX is to file a prospectus for an initial public offering with US regulators as early as this week, according to reports, with the Times saying this starts a countdown to a $1.5trn flotation that could see Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and AI group raise $75bn. Baillie Gifford trusts Scottish Mortgage Trust (SMT), Edinburgh Worldwide […]
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23 Mar 2026 2 min read
CQS Natural Resources serves Manulife CQS six months’ notice after fund manager resignations
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN) has followed Golden Prospect Precious Metals (GPM) and Geiger Counter (GCL) in serving protective notice against its investment manager Manulife CQS after the resignations last month of Keith Watson and Robert Crayfourd. CYN, at £126m the largest of the three investment companies run by the mining specialists, has […]
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09 Mar 2026 2 min read
Mining funds CQS Natural Resources, Golden Prospect and Geiger Counter fall after fund managers Watson and Crayfourd resign
Mining fund managers Keith Watson and Robert Crayfourd have resigned from Manulife-owned CQS with Golden Prospect (GPM), the top-performing £108m precious metals investment company they run, serving protective notice against the investment group. Shares in GPM and CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN) and Geiger Counter (GCL), the two other London-listed closed-end funds they […]
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02 Feb 2026 2 min read
Mining funds retreat as gold and silver plunge 21% and 32% from last week’s record peaks
A dramatic sell-off in gold and silver in response to the appointment of Kevin Warsh as the next US Federal Reserve chairman has seen mining and commodities funds tumble after their breath-taking run of the past year. On Friday gold dropped almost 10% to $4,850 an ounce, its largest intraday drop since the 2008 financial […]
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23 Jan 2026 4 min read
As gold and oil diverge, is it time to be precious about your portfolio?
2025 was an exciting year for the commodities and natural resources sector. Trusts exposed to soaring gold and silver prices saw triple-digit returns, but it was a different picture for energy, iron ore and other commodities, where share price returns were unexciting. But with Donald Trump intervening in Venezuela and Iran perhaps on the cusp […]
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16 Jan 2026 4 min read
Fed up of TACO? Trump bites at Powell
President Trump’s attacks on the independence of the Federal Reserve – the US central bank – have ratcheted up significantly in recent weeks. For the past year (and indeed during much of his first term) Trump has made no secret of his frustration that the chairman, Jerome Powell (who Trump himself originally nominated) has not […]
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06 Jan 2026 4 min read
Trust Spot: 10 best funds that made 2025 a glittering year for some investors; and the worst 10 that were a total wind-up
A review of the very best and worst investment trusts last year with some thoughts on potential recovery plays. Last year will go down as a golden 12 months for investors in listed commodities funds, but shareholders in a variety of emerging market, technology and recovery plays also have cause to celebrate. As precious metals […]
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23 Dec 2025 2 min read
Morning briefing: Edinburgh Worldwide publishes circular in fight against Saba; Trian buys Janus Henderson; plus DGI9, GPM, SEED
Edinburgh Worldwide (EWI) has published the circular ahead of the meeting that was requisitioned by Saba. The board’s arguments against Saba’s proposals have already been published – we covered them here – but the main message is don’t hand over control to Saba’s nominees (especially since they have refused to articulate what will happen to […]
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08 Dec 2025 5 min read
Trust Spot: After November’s fireworks, Schiehallion and Aurora UK Alpha might deserve a second look
November, a month of fireworks, saw explosive gains from several investment companies but other London-listed funds fizzled out with big falls. Amid all the noise, there were several significant moves in share price ratings. Best performing investment companies November’s biggest share price risers (left) and biggest gainers in net asset value (right). Fund Share price […]
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04 Dec 2025 2 min read
Morning briefing: Monks back to health as broad spread of stocks drive returns, plus; RTW, UEM, LTI, LMP, HAN, GPM, SEED, NBDX
As one of the co-managers, Spencer Adair, approaches his retirement next March, Monks Investment Trust’s (MNKS) interims to end October 2025 show it outperforming the World Index in NAV terms and benefitting from a narrowing of its discount. The NAV return for the period was +29.2% and for the share price +35.2%, which both compare […]
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31 Oct 2025 2 min read
Golden Prospect points out the good value in its annual one-for-five share offer after this year’s gold price surge
Golden Prospect Precious Metals (GPM) has reminded shareholders of their annual right to buy one new share for every five they own with next month’s subscription offer looking attractive after the share price soared 127% this year on the back of the gold rally. The company’s policy is to allow shareholders to buy the new […]
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15 Oct 2025 5 min read
Trust Spot: Gold glitters most but a September sell-off leaves one infrastructure fund yielding a sparkling 12%
Last month was a great one for investment companies exposed to gold, biotechnology, emerging markets and corporate actions aimed at restoring shareholder value. Infrastructure fund prospects look less than golden with high interest rates and declining power price forecasts, but one £422m renewables portfolio perhaps deserves a closer look with shares on a wide 35% […]
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12 Sep 2025 5 min read
A golden opportunity?
This week, following recent results announcements from trusts such as Ruffer (RICA) (click here to read) and Golden Prospects Precious Metals (GPM) (click here to read), along with commentary in our August investment companies monthly (click here to read) that highlighted a number of funds that have been benefiting recently from their exposure to the […]
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Golden Prospect Precious Metals’ performance shines with strong interim results
Golden Prospect Precious Metals (GPM) has published interim results for the six months to 30 June 2025, reporting a significant uplift in both net asset value (NAV) and share price. Over the period, NAV rose 53.6% from 43.1p to 66.2p, peaking at 75.7p in early June, while the share price climbed 63.9% from 35.5p to […]
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05 Sep 2025 3 min read
Trust Spot: Gold bulls and bond bears do battle in dog days of August
Our review of last month’s big risers and fallers shows how concerns about President Trump’s threat to the independence of the Federal Reserve exacerbated concerns over US inflationary pressures. This made August a good month for investment companies exposed to gold and Asia, but less kind for listed renewables and some growth funds as forecasts […]
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08 Aug 2025 3 min read
The trust world in 2025: Who’s winning, who’s shrinking
A year so far in the trust world August is upon us, and with it, we have now passed President Trump’s tariffs deadline. While it seems that we have found ourselves in a middle ground – with most major economies having negotiated some form of deal with him – the US has still implemented an […]
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01 Jul 2025 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 July 2025 – GPM, SCF, VOF, CRS, JARA, GSCT, WHR, SUPR, CLI
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 July 2025: Golden Prospect appears to have struck a deal with Saba. Schroder Income Growth has lost one of its managers, Vinacapital Vietnam’s manager has increased its stake in the company. Crystal Amber is launching a £2.5m buyback. JPMorgan Core Real Assets has published its annual results [but these relate […]
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13 Mar 2025 2 min read
Golden Prospect doing well but lagging the gold price
Golden Prospect Precious Metals says that over 2024 its NAV rose by 20.4% from 35.81p to 43.10p with a peak value of 55.87p in October. In the meantime, the share price rose from 29.50p to 35.50p, likewise gaining 20.3%, with highs in October at 46.0p. The performance was well ahead of the VanEck Gold Miners […]
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03 Jan 2025 8 min read
QuotedData’s analysts’ picks for 2025
As we begin another year, here at QuotedData, we thought we’d have some fun and challenge our analysts, once again, to come up with some ideas for investment companies that they like and think could do well over the course of the coming year but first, we’re also going to take a look back and […]
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27 Dec 2024 5 min read
QuotedData’s review of the year 2024
This is the last of our weekly emails for 2024. We hope that you have been finding them useful. 2024 has been a year of setbacks and shrinkage for the UK investment companies industry, topped by the cynical and self-serving attack on seven trusts by US corporate raider Saba Capital (there will be much more […]
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06 Dec 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 6th December 2024
Thank you to everyone that listened in today on our YouTube channel. In this week’s show, James Carthew and Richard Williams covered the week’s top stories: Keystone Positive Change (0:23) Golden Prospect Precious Metals (4:36) Home REIT (6:09) Andrew McHattie spoke about the big moves in share prices and discounts over November 2024: Major rises over the […]
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QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 December 2024 – KPC, ESO, GPM, STS, ADIG
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 December 2024: Keystone Positive Change (KPC) has published a circular in relation to its proposal to wind up, which was announced on 30 September (click here to see our coverage of that), and also discussed in its results for the year ended 30 September 2024 (click here to read our […]
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05 Dec 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 December 2024 – FGT, DNE, GPM, CREI, GR1T
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 December 2024: Following yesterday’s announcement of a potential continuation vote for Finsbury Growth and Income (FGT), portfolio manager Nick Train spent £223k on 25,000 shares in the company, taking his holding to 5,485,043 shares or 3.5% of the trust. Dunedin Enterprise (DNE), which has been in managed wind down for […]
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01 Nov 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 1st November 2024
Thank you to everyone that listened in today on our YouTube channel. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: Golden Prospect Precious Metals (0:22) Asia Dragon / Invesco Asia (4:08) Ashoka WhiteOak Emerging Markets (8:49) Andrew McHattie pondered whether it was right to chase the big jump in Tetragon’s share price (10:10). Tetragon […]
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1 min read
Golden Prospect Precious Metals reminds shareholders of upcoming subscription
Golden Prospect Precious Metals (GPM) has released a reminder for investors of their right to subscribe for one new ordinary share of GPM in respect of every five ordinary shares held at 6pm on 29 November 2024. As at 30 October 2024, the share price is 46.00 pence, which is 10.06 pence or 28% above […]
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05 Jul 2024 8 min read
An update on our analysts’ top picks for 2024
At the outset of 2024, we challenged our analysts to come up with some ideas for investment companies that they liked, and thought could do well over the course of this year (click here to read the original article which set out our analysts’ thinking and why they liked the stocks). We also promised to […]
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12 Apr 2024 2 min read
QD view – Navigating a sticky situation
On the economic front, this week’s big news was US inflation figures coming in ahead of expectations. This knocked both equity and bond markets, and cast doubts on the prospect of any interest rate cut in June, as had been expected beforehand. Sticky inflation One reason why US inflation seems to be stickier than the […]
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04 Apr 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 April 2024 – CYN, GPM, NCYF, GCL
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 April 2024: Manulife’s acquisition of CQS is now complete. There are no planned changes to the management teams of Golden Prospect (GPM), Geiger Counter (GCL), CQS New City High Yield (NCYF), and CQS Natural Resources Growth & Income (CYN). The manager’s business will be rebranded as Manulife | CQS Investment […]
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25 Mar 2024 2 min read
Golden Prospect Precious Metals stems its NAV decline
Golden Prospect Precious Metals (GPM) has released its annual results for the 12 months ending 31 December 2023. Over the 12 month period GPM’s net assets fell from £30.6m to £32.0m. This was primarily due to a fall in the fair value of its investments, with GPM reporting a £0.5m loss over 2023. Despite this […]
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05 Jan 2024 4 min read
QD view – Our analysts’ top picks for 2024
As we begin another year here at QuotedData, we thought we’d have some fun and challenge our analysts to come up with some ideas for investment companies that they like and think could do well over the course of 2024. To keep things interesting, each analyst has been asked to select two ideas – one […]
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16 Nov 2023 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 16 November 2023 – BSIF, SYNC, PSH, GCL, NCYF, GPM, CYN, NRR, GPE
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 16 November 2023: Bluefield Solar (BSIF) reports that its NAV fell by 3.3p over the third quarter of 2023. The main contributing factors to this were slight underperformance in generation during the quarter, due to lower than expected irradiation, and advanced quarterly payments connected to corporation tax and the Electricity Generator […]
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15 Sep 2023 4 min read
QD view – Opportunities in commodities?
From April 2020 to June 2022, the energy transition and the war in Ukraine combined to generate a significant surge in commodity prices. Since then, commodities have struggled, weighed down by the weakness of China’s economic recovery and mixed economic data across the globe. More recently, however, they have started to tick higher once again. […]
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04 Nov 2022 5 min read
Golden Prospect proposes embedded subscription rights
Golden Prospect Precious Metals has announced details of proposals to introduce an annual Subscription Right for Shareholders to enable Shareholders to subscribe for one new Ordinary Share for every five Ordinary Shares held on 1 December in each year at a price equal to the undiluted NAV per Share on 30 November one year prior. […]
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04 Mar 2022 5 min read
QD view – Feeling resourceful?
I started writing this article a week ago – the day before Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. With the events unfolding in Eastern Europe and a harsh increase in sanctions a foregone conclusion, I pressed pause on looking at the commodities and natural resources sector to focus on the immediate impact on trusts with […]
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04 Dec 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 4 December 2020
QuotedData’s weekly news show 4 December 2020 Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on youtube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: Polar Capital Global Financials’ remarkable share price rise Invesco Income Growth’s planned merger Golden Prospect Precious Metals’ influx […]
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03 Dec 2020 1 min read
Golden Prospect subscription shares exercised
Golden Prospect subscription shares exercised – Golden Prospect Precious Metals Limited says that the subscription trustee has exercised all of the 10,336,782 outstanding subscription share rights (the rump of subscription shares that hadn’t been taken up by subscription share holders). The ordinary shares that arose from the exercise of the rump have been sold by finnCap […]
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21 Oct 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 October 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 October 2020: Golden Prospect Precious Metals (GPM) reported a strong set of interim results to 30 June 2020, with its NAV and shares increasing by 54% and 64.4% over the period. The fund’s chairman, Malcolm Burne, said that “Hordes of new buyers of both the yellow metal and the mining […]
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12 Jun 2020 3 min read
Why is the best performing trust on a 21% discount?
Any investor who held Golden Prospect Precious Metals this time last year, could have more than doubled their money. The fund is up 105.7% in share price terms over the 12 months ending 11 June 2020. Some of that performance represents discount narrowing, the NAV rose by 98.4% over that period, but not enough. Today, […]
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29 May 2020 2 min read
Ways to thrive in a crisis
The five best performing investment companies over the past year in NAV terms are Golden Prospect Precious Metals, Biotech Growth, Pershing Square, JPMorgan China Growth and Income and Scottish Mortgage. It’s an eclectic bunch and illustrative of just how hard it is to navigate the market in the current turmoil. Golden Prospect is soaring because […]
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27 Apr 2020 3 min read
Final results and gold outlook from Golden Prospect Precious Metals
Golden Prospect Precious Metals (GPM) was the best performing investment company in 2019 (we covered this in our earlier annual review, which you can access here), following a resurgence in gold. The company has reported annual results this morning, to 31 December 2019. NAV per share rose by 64.2% with the ordinary share while the shares […]
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19 Apr 2018 2 min read
Golden Prospect Precious Metals sees fall in mining stocks
Golden Prospect Precious Metal sees fall in mining stocks – Although precious metals had a good year in 2017, the NAV of Golden Prospect Precious Metals Limited (GPM) fell by 9.5% and the share price by 14.5%. The share price performances of mining companies, particularly small caps, lagged precious metals. Gold and silver prices rose by 13% […]
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11 Dec 2017 1 min read
Scottish Mortgage to benefit from Denali IPO
Scottish Mortgage to benefit from Denali IPO – Baillie Gifford-managed Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust SMT looks set to receive a significant £85m windfall as a result of last week’s Nasdaq IPO of Denali Therapeutics, a US-based biotech in which it invested in 2016. Baillie Gifford was the lead investors in Denali’s $130m Series B financing round, investing […]
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03 May 2017 1 min read
Golden Prospect Precious Metals plans 1×2 subscription share issue
The Board of Golden Prospect Precious Metals Limited is reviewing, with its advisers, a potential bonus issue of subscription shares to existing shareholders on the basis of one subscription share for every two existing ordinary shares held on the record date for the bonus issue. Each subscription share would confer the right (but not the […]
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27 Oct 2016 1 min read
Golden period for Golden Prospect
Golden Prospect Precious Metal’s interim results, covering the six months ended 30 June, reflect the strength of the gold price and the weakness of the pound during that period. The NAV rose by 130% over the year. This performance is ahead of comparable indices and in line with the GDXJ ETF. The manager says that […]
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17 Oct 2016 1 min read
Japan investment trusts lure hungry investors
Japan investment trusts have stormed the charts over the past month, with investors showing renewed confidence in the performance of Japanese corporates. read more here
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16 Mar 2016 1 min read
London’s Natural Resources Funds Saw Gains In February
London-listed funds with exposure to commodities and natural resources saw their fortunes improve in February, according to analysis by research firm QuotedData. See more at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/AN_1458113487917777800/londons-natural-resources-funds-saw-gains-in-february—quoteddata.aspx#sthash.x209LJ8E.dpuf
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26 Oct 2015 1 min read
Will Smith leaving CQS
City Natural Resources’ investment manager, CQS (UK) LLP, has informed the Board that Will Smith, co-manager of the Company’s investments, will be leaving CQS/New City Investment Managers. Will’s co-management responsibilities have been passed to Keith Watson and Robert Crayfourd with immediate effect. Accordingly, the Company’s investments will be co-managed by Ian Francis, Keith Watson and Robert […]
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02 Apr 2015 1 min read
Golden Prospect has poor 2014
Golden Prospect Precious Metals published its annual report for the year ended 31 December 2014 yesterday. it says much about the fund’s performance that it doesn’t get a mention in the Chairman’s statement and is a throw away last line in the manager’s report “The fund NAV ended the year at 31p, a decline of […]
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21 Jan 2014 1 min read
Golden Prospect Precious Metals : GPM – joint portfolio manager
Golden Prospect has appointed Keith Watson to work alongside Will Smith as co-manager of the portfolio. Keith was a senior natural resource analyst at Mirabaud Securities and before that had research jobs at Evolution, Dresdner Kleinwort Wassertein, Commerzbank, Credit Suisse/BZW and worked as a portfolio manager and research analyst at Scottish Amicable.
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08 Jan 2014 1 min read
Golden Prospect Precious Metals : GPM – fee change
The Board has negotiated a reduction in the annual management fee from 1.5% of net assets to 1.25% of net assets. The change took effect on 1 January 2014.
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23 Jul 2026 1 min read
Investment trust insider on EPE Special Opps and trust structures
James Carthew: Bad structures have robbed investors of potential perks Overly complex company structures have led trusts to become more vanilla in their design, but they are not without their perks. EPE Special Opportunities (ESO) was the second-best performing trust over the first half of 2026 behind Baker Steel Resources (BSRT), which I discussed last […]
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16 Jul 2026 1 min read
James Carthew comments on changes for GPM in Investors’ Chronicle
James Carthew comments on GPM in Helen Kirrane’s article: “I can envisage the team asking the board for more leeway to invest in larger-cap stocks if we look set to enter another period where small-cap lags larger-cap by a wide margin.” Read the article here
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24 Jun 2026 1 min read
James Carthew comments on demand for bigger trusts in Wealthwise
James Carthew comments on consolidation in the industry in Cherry Reynard’s article: “The main impetus for trust consolidation is coming from the wealth managers – who are themselves consolidating,” Read the article here
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18 Jun 2026 1 min read
James Carthew on commodities in Portfolio Adviser magazine
James Carthew writes about the demand for commodities in Portfolio Adviser magazine: “Between January 2023 and March 2025, we saw a steady sell-off in broadly-based commodities trusts. Then, in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s Liberation Day, almost all metals saw decent price gains over the second half of 2025. Low oil prices were […]
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09 Mar 2026 1 min read
Matthew Read comments on CYN and GPM manager resignations in Portfolio Adviser
Matthew Read comments on the resignations of Keith Watson and Robert Crayfourd in Patrick Sanders’ article: “..all shareholders will be looking for clarity on each fund’s plans..Given that this is an evolving situation, we would suggest shareholders sit tight and see what happens,” Read the article here
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Matthew Read comments on CYN and GPM manager resignations in Investment Week
Matthew Read comments on the resignations of the CYN and GPM managers in Michael Nelson’s article: “Shareholders in all the funds affected will be looking for clarity about each fund’s plans. The good news is that Watson and Crayfourd will continue to manage the portfolios for the next three months and, given that this is […]
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21 Oct 2025 1 min read
Investment trust insider on gold
Investment trust insider on gold – James Carthew: Golden Prospect subscription right is a no brainer Shareholders will be foolish not to take the chance to buy shares in the top-performing trust at half price. By some distance, the best-performing investment company in my pension fund this year has been Golden Prospect Precious Metals (GPM), […]
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24 Feb 2025 1 min read
Investment trust insider on Monks
Investment trust insider on Monks – James Carthew: Why I’m top slicing Monks Our columnist reveals why he is taking profits from one of his largest investment trust holdings, which he views as a less racy version of stablemate Scottish Mortgage. They say that markets climb a wall of worry, and the evidence suggests that […]
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07 Oct 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on China’s stimulus
Investment trust insider on China’s stimulus – James Carthew: A China recovery could have a big impact on the world It’s not just China investment trusts that are feeling the benefit of Beijing’s efforts to stimulate the country’s stalling economy and depressed stock market. The latest rounds of stimulus being injected into the Chinese economy […]
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04 Oct 2024 1 min read
The best investment trust managers you might not know yet
By Emma Wallis, News editor, Trustnet, 4 October 2024: Experts suggested Literacy Capital, Golden Prospect Precious Metals and Ashoka WhiteOak Emerging Markets. The investment trust sector has its fair share of heavyweights: from Scottish Mortgage, which usually features near the top of most-bought lists; to Pershing Square and its outspoken billionaire hedge fund manager Bill […]
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16 Jan 2023 1 min read
Investment trust insider on running last year’s winners
James Carthew: Some 2022 winners are worth holding onto this year I’m uneasy about the resilience of the recent stock market rally. Despite this, I think a few of last year’s big gainers could do well again in 2023. Against a difficult backdrop, only about a third of investment companies generated a positive share price […]
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22 Nov 2021 1 min read
WI Daily: October goes to commodities
In response to the UK inflation data, editor, Rory Palmer looks at another traditional inflation hedge – commodities What Investment, Rory Palmer, 18 NOV 2021 The latest inflation data announced on Wednesday revealed that UK CPI inflation was at 4.2% in October, up from a reading of 3.1% in September. In Tuesday’s WI Daily, I […]
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04 Jan 2021 1 min read
2020’s investment trust winners: time to take profits?
2020’s investment trust winners: time to take profits? December 30, 2020 By Dave Baxter The enormous sell-off that took hold in February and March was swiftly followed by a fierce rally that has come to dominate much of the year. MSCI World index rose by nearly 40 per cent in sterling terms between the start of […]
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25 Aug 2020 1 min read
Surviving the investment trust shake-up
Surviving the investment trust shake-up By Dave Baxter Investors Chronicle, 7 Aug 2020 A ‘Darwinian’ process of corporate action and shareholder scrutiny has long prevented the UK’s investment trust universe from getting bloated. The sector consisted of just 395 closed-ended funds at the end of June, according to Association of Investment Companies (AIC) data. By contrast, UK […]
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11 Aug 2020 1 min read
Investment trust insider on resources
Investment trust insider on resources – James Carthew: New City trio rides infrastructure rally As QuotedData compiled the performance statistics for July an unexpected pattern emerged. Commodities and natural resources funds were leading the performance tables, we noticed. To some extent they we were playing catch up, having lagged the rally in markets since the lows […]
