All change at Alliance Trust
Significant changes have been announced at Alliance Trust (ATST) following the intervention of an activist investor. The fund has been…
9 years ago
Funds and Investment Trusts
49 consecutive years of dividend increases: The City of London Investment Trust
In my article for the October issue of Master Investor magazine, Smooth Operators, I looked at which investment trusts have…
9 years ago
In the eye of the storm: The BlackRock World Mining Trust
The slowdown in China has had a huge impact on the prices of raw materials with iron ore losing more…
9 years ago
Too much of a good thing can be bad for you…
...The funds with the largest exposure to an individual company I have written before about the superior performance of concentrated…
9 years ago
Attractive entry level for specialist litigation fund Juridica Investments
The market often overreacts to bad news and where this is the case it can create a decent buying opportunity…
9 years ago
A potential buying opportunity: Worldwide Healthcare Trust
Market sell-offs tend to provoke some rather indiscriminate selling, which can provide buying opportunities for more discerning longer term investors.…
9 years ago
The UK smaller companies funds that are less susceptible to the global slowdown
Smaller companies funds are generally considered to be higher risk than their large cap counterparts, but during the recent market…
9 years ago
Three funds that have withstood the market sell-off
On June 17th I wrote about three cautiously managed investment trusts that had delivered steady returns while limiting the downside…
9 years ago
Abenomics: the not so dismal science
The land of the rising sun has had more false dawns than most investors can remember, but the election of…
9 years ago
A less volatile way to invest in the emerging markets: Utilico Emerging Markets
The slowdown in China has had a big impact on many of the world’s emerging economies. This has undermined local…
9 years ago