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Are these funds ok?
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I would go for the Neptune fund in Russia and the First State fund in Latin America. I would take note of the recent comments from a manager at Hexam who said in a Motley Fool interview that Hexam recommended going for Global Emerging Mkt funds rather than specific country funds as the risk is much higher. If you would like to listen to that interview it is via podcast at http://www.fool.co.uk/money-talk/where-to-invest-in-russia-7888.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MoneyTalkPodcast+%28Money+Talk+from+Fool.co.uk%29
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For funds covering latin America available via HL you could try:
Threadneedle Latin American
Scottish Widows Latin American
Also have a look at funds covering European Smaller companies and UK Smaller Companies, which have been doing rather well. As with emerging markets, there's no guarantee that this will continue but funds that are beating some EM funds without being EM may be interesting.0 -
For funds covering latin America available via HL you could try:
Threadneedle Latin American
Scottish Widows Latin American
Also have a look at funds covering European Smaller companies and UK Smaller Companies, which have been doing rather well. As with emerging markets, there's no guarantee that this will continue but funds that are beating some EM funds without being EM may be interesting.
I thought that smaller companies were generally the big gainers when exiting recession, which has been confirmed by their past year performance but not neccessarily going forward from here. Is it not more likely that many smaller companies will be damaged by the austerity measures being implemented in the UK and Europe as they are more reliant on the home economy.'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
If you decide to go the fund route then an alternative to consider to Invesco Perputal High Income is the Edinburgh Investment Trust. It is run by the same guy, Neil Woodford. As the name suggests it is an Investment Trust rather than an OIEC so just check you understand the difference. I am about to suggest my wife invest in it despite the fact it is trading at a slight premium.cashbackproblems wrote: »HSBC FTSE 100 Index Accumulation Units OR Invesco Perputal High Income0 -
There's a significant chance that smaller companies that have almost exclusively domestic customers in areas subject to cutbacks will suffer. Active fund managers can be expected to try to avoid such companies. Whether they will succeed and show continued growth is hard to predict. I am using them because I think that there's more recovery to come and that managers will be able to avoid those that suffer most.0
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There's a significant chance that smaller companies that have almost exclusively domestic customers in areas subject to cutbacks will suffer. Active fund managers can be expected to try to avoid such companies. Whether they will succeed and show continued growth is hard to predict. I am using them because I think that there's more recovery to come and that managers will be able to avoid those that suffer most.
I am not sure that it will be only companies operating in areas subject to cutbacks that will suffer. If the total pot becomes smaller as a result of higher taxes and squeezed real wages then many more smaller companies could suffer.'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
It's perhaps a little confusing to encourage the idea that fund managers can or would want to "avoid" shares. Once shares are issued they'll continue to be held by someone, the majority normally by institutional shareholders. If less loved the price will ebb until it becomes attractive. As always it's the valuation that counts whether with shares, asset classes or regions.There's a significant chance that smaller companies that have almost exclusively domestic customers in areas subject to cutbacks will suffer. Active fund managers can be expected to try to avoid such companies. Whether they will succeed and show continued growth is hard to predict. I am using them because I think that there's more recovery to come and that managers will be able to avoid those that suffer most.0 -
Yes, the UK pot could shrink. How much a company is affected by that depends on where the company makes its sales and what the nature of the customers is.0
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