jupiter emerging european opportunities fund

dunstonh

Fid S/S has too many unknowns to consider it a good choice and when they increased the charges 18 months ago, many removed it as a fund of choice at that time.

Generally larger funds are less nimble and slower to react. However, like any generalisation, there are exceptions to the rules.

EdInvestor

"Nimbleness" and speedy reactions may just be a euphemism for overtrading and higher hidden charges, of course.

Jake'sGran

carnet wrote:

One of them, yes. Others are Tony Nutt and Ian McVeigh at Jupiter among a select few others.

Even George Luckraft at AXA Framlington has been toiling with his two funds -despite the larger one having been soft-closed some time ago.
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At the side of my desk is an article I have kept about the best fund managers. It is dated Feb 2004!! It mentions Woodford and Bolton. For equities the others mentioned are Nigel Thomas of Framlington, Andrew Green of GAM and George Luckraft Framlington. For smaller companies it mentions John Dodd of Artemis and then Giles Hargreaves - Marlborough Spec Sits. There are others but most of those mentioned have Citywire ratings of AA or AAA. This week I will make a point of checking their funds performances and if these managers are still running them. Could be a worthwhile exercise for this year's mini equity ISA.

Chrismaths

Mr Woodford is the exception that proves the rule then?

He certainly has done a cracking job, he's produced exceptional performance. It's odd really, considering he's been wrong about every macroeconomic call he's made - he's been bearish since about 2004, but the sectors he has picked (defensives such as tobacco) have outperformed. Tobacco and other defensives such as utilities look pretty toppy right now, so if they take a tumble it would be interesting to see how his fund performs.