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Whats your top fund pick for 2014?

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Hi,

Just for fun what is your top 2014 fund pick for growth.

Personally I still think UK Smaller companies will continue to grow well in 2014 as the UK economy strengthens and think that Fidelity UK Smaller Companies is the pick of the crop.

What is yours?

Jabba
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  • Yes agree with UK smaller company. Let's hope it will perform similarly to 2013 if not better :)

    Also Japan funds, but i've picked Legg Mason Japan Equity instead of the smaller company just to be on the safe side.

    Also I'm interested to hear your thoughts on emerging market funds.
  • puk999
    puk999 Posts: 552 Forumite
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    jabbahut40 wrote: »
    Hi,
    Fidelity UK Smaller Companies is the pick of the crop.

    Soft-closed at the moment otherwise I'd invest as I agree UK smaller companies have a way to go. Looking at similar funds from other providers...
  • gadgetmind
    gadgetmind Posts: 11,130 Forumite
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    Global Resources and EM.
    I am not a financial adviser and neither do I play one on television. I might occasionally give bad advice but at least it's free.

    Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.
  • TCA
    TCA Posts: 1,604 Forumite
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    Any specific resources funds or trusts gadget? I mentioned Blackrock Commodities Income Investment Trust on another thread, which I notice was up nearly 4% today last time I looked.
  • bigadaj
    bigadaj Posts: 11,531 Forumite
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    gadgetmind wrote: »
    Global Resources and EM.

    Yes I'd agree, just effectively rebalancing I suppose given they've had a bit of a kicking recently.

    Still no guarantees as they could still suffer from the us winding down quantitative easing which will no doubt continue.
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  • JohnRo
    JohnRo Posts: 2,887 Forumite
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    I've been looking with interest at blackrock world mining IT recently, might take a small punt in my income portfolio in the new year. Yields look decent and the potential for capital gain longer term is appealing.
    'We don't need to be smarter than the rest; we need to be more disciplined than the rest.' - WB
  • gadgetmind
    gadgetmind Posts: 11,130 Forumite
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    TCA wrote: »
    Any specific resources funds or trusts gadget?

    Blackrock World Mining is on a discount but less than historical, unless I'm reading it wrong. If you're OK with open ended then I also hold First State Global Resources in an old S&S ISA that I haven't yet converted to passive.

    For EM I mainly use the Vanguard Tracker but I also hold Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies (SST), Templeton Emerging, and Henderson Far East Income. I mainly picked up the ITs on big dscounts and all but TEM have done fairly well.
    bigadaj wrote:
    Yes I'd agree, just effectively rebalancing I suppose

    Yes, spot on.
    I am not a financial adviser and neither do I play one on television. I might occasionally give bad advice but at least it's free.

    Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.
  • Glen_Clark
    Glen_Clark Posts: 4,397 Forumite
    jabbahut40 wrote: »
    Hi,
    as the UK economy strengthens

    Jabba

    Is the UK economy strengthening?
    Or are we being mesmerized by rising house prices and debt fueled consumer Christmas spending?
    “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” --Upton Sinclair
  • Glen_Clark wrote: »
    Is the UK economy strengthening?
    Or are we being mesmerized by rising house prices and debt fueled consumer Christmas spending?

    Good challenge. Well my portfolio (which is heavily UK biased) has gained significantly in 2013 so the money markets seem to agree?
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