What Investment, Rory Palmer, 7 DEC 2021: Last week I looked at the top performing funds in the IA Global sector, with energy strategies and blockchain ETFs coming out on top. Now it’s time to look a little closer to home at the closed-ended vehicles in the UK that have had a stellar 2021. The […]
Robin Davison, Investment Week, 13 December 2021 The end of November saw the largest one-day fall in stock prices globally since June 2020, as investors reacted to the potential economic impact of a possible fourth wave of Covid-19, manifest in the new and ominously named Omicron variant of the Sars-Cov-2 virus. But the panic selling […]
Investment trust insider on 2022 – James Carthew: Anomalies and opportunities on next year’s horizon Many of the themes that we had going into 2021 look likely to persist into 2022. Covid has not gone away, despite the success of vaccinations. God forbid we end up with lockdowns again, but this is quite possible. This […]
Investment trust insider on 2021’s winners – James Carthew: Three 2020 trust winners I like for 2022 The past 12 months may have been eventful, but they have also produced some impressive share price gains for many investment companies. Top of the list is the uranium-focused Geiger Counter (GCL) which has produced a stunning 197% […]
how to spot a discounted fund bargain By ROSIE MURRAY-WEST, FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY, 4 December 2021 Share prices have fallen sharply in recent days in response to fears over the potential economic disruption that the new Covid variant Omicron could cause. While shares in specific sectors such as airlines and travel have been hit […]
Henderson High Income Investment Trust (HHI) appears to have been a beneficiary of the recovery in the UK’s fortunes By Jayna Rana December 3, 2021 Investors have benefited from Henderson High Income Investment Trust (HHI)’s strong long and short-term performance The UK market has been making a comeback since the start of the year, after years […]
Trustnet looks at which North American investment trusts are trading below their five-year average discount/premium level and which ones are running well ahead of the norm. By Eve Maddock-Jones, Reporter, Trustnet, 01 December 2021 There are fewer bargains or wildly expensive trusts to be found among US investment trusts versus the UK and Global sectors, […]
The shiniest things come in small packages, as we discovered when we asked professional investors to unveil the sub-£300 million funds worth unwrapping. by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor 29th November 2021 Over the past couple of years, there have been various examples of big funds continuing to swell in size amid high demand from investors – […]
Trustnet continues its study into which trusts have the most inflated valuations and biggest discounts relative to their five-year average, this time focusing on global investment trusts. By Eve Maddock-Jones, Reporter, Trustnet, 24 November 2021 Buying cheap trusts on a bigger discount than normal can be a lucrative way to make money over the long-term. Similarly […]
Investment trust insider on Standard Life Investments Property Income – James Carthew: Standard Life Reit’s reward is yet to come Against the backdrop of COP26, there has been a great deal of focus on issues of sustainability in recent months. This is not going away: a raft of initiatives have been launched to encourage and […]
