Best funds for long-term growth

john0

i have just opened up a vanguard lifestlye 80% with HL, what is the best way to reseearch other funds to add to my isa?

Eponym

Eponym wrote: »

I am bumping my old thread with a related question.

I have invested as posted above (lump sum into M&G Global Basics, £50pm into Aberdeen Emerging Markets). My ISA currently looks like this:

Aberdeen Emerging Markets - £570.89 (total invested £550)
M&G Global Basics - £974.51 (total invested £1000)

My initial plan was to continue to build the EM at £50pm until it reached £1000 then start paying into a new fund. I hadn't yet decied which sector.

However, lately I have been thinking that it might be wise to build up a small investment in Europe as it seems likely to rise over the long-term.

I believe - correct me if I am wrong - that I can halt my monthly investments into Aberdeen (I'm with HL) and as long as I start paying into it again within 12 months I will still be allowed to do that. I'm obviously slightly concerned as I obviously really like the Aberdeen fund and now that it has soft-closed, I don't want to find that if I stop paying in, I can't start again!

I have done a little research into European funds and have identified two I like. These are Threadneedle European Select and Henderson European Special Situtations.

Both have the same annual charge. HL's annual saving on the Threadneedle is 0.15% versus 0.10% on the Henderson, but Henderson has an average yield of over 3% (Threadneedle is 0.7%) so I think, all other things being equal - which of course they're not - that has a better chance of providing me with long-term growth.

Any thoughts would be welcomed!

The thread seems to have been derailed a bit. Does anybody have any thoughts on the Threadneedle versus the Henderson?