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ChesterDog wrote: »

I'm confused about why there ISN'T substantial variance between the $ & £ versions.

I found it strange too, but it appears Trustnet is manipulating the data somehow (the two datasets are different, so it isn't just defaulting back to one of the two). Chart from Digitallook (blue = VWRL; red = VWRD):

bowlhead99

ChesterDog wrote: »

I'm confused about why there ISN'T substantial variance between the $ & £ versions.

Because when you get trustnet to look at returns from funds priced in non-sterling and throw them together on a graph a la Masonic's links, you get the small print at the bottom of the chart/table saying "Performance values rebased to Pound Sterling".They are playing with the data themselves to try to show meaningful results.

If you work off the raw factsheets or prices from the fund house themselves you should find the underlying performance in local currency and then you can use your own historic rate tables from somewhere like http://www.xe.com/currencytables/ to see what the rate was at the beginning and the end and therefore what you would have paid and received in GBP for each class (easier to use an ACC class if available so you have fewer cash movements to work with)

ChesterDog

Yes. Thanks. I realised that must be happening once my head hit the pillow.