My index fund or my actively managed fund

TheLastMongoose

d712 wrote: »

Imagine these are the only two funds in the world, which would you choose?

I would 100% stick with Jupiter India. In fact I have recently purchased some of this fund precisely because it is underperforming. The reasons for the underperformance are political. India is going through economic reforms that make investors wary and weaken the currency leading to valuations of Indian businesses in £ or $ to fall and therefore your fund to fall.

Emerging markets of which India is one are also down because of Donald Trumps actions and oil prices. The thing is these political events come and go. Underneath it all India has 1 billion people all contributing to the economy in one way or another and unless there is some catastrophic event that isn't changing. Yes it is a high(ish) risk investment but if you are looking at the long term I can only see a country like India growing significantly.


The S&P500 on the other hand is at a peak. I would be more inclined to sell than to buy.

d712

dunstonh wrote: »

Again, that shows your poor understanding. For the bulk of that period, the US was an emerging market.


No it is not his recommendation.



its not a decision you have to make and I'm not falling for your attempt to steer an answer out of us for something most of us here would not do.



There is no simple answer to comparing an emerging market fund covering one country vs a developed market fund covering another.

You keep saying you understand but everything you type shows you do not. I suspect you are not really taking in what is being said to you. So, just flip a coin as badger has suggested and then do the opposite because you will probably disagree with the coin.

125 words when only six syllables were asked for...

(Jupiter India or S&P 500)

Actually it is his recommendation, like someone hasn’t been doing their research...

I can provide you with the links if you like.

Is this my sixth or seventh go at the question? I’ve lost track
Jupiter India or S&P 500?

dunstonh

Actually it is his recommendation, like someone hasn!!!8217;t been doing their research...

No it was not. Go away and read the context of when it was given and to the audience, it was given to.

I can provide you with the links if you like.

Providing links doesn't show you understood it.

Is this my sixth or seventh go at the question? I!!!8217;ve lost track
Jupiter India or S&P 500?

Keep asking because they are not a choice anyone should be making.

One fills the US allocation of your portfolio. The other fills the Emerging Markets allocation of your portfolio. Stop trying to put round pegs in square holes.

d712

EJS_Superted wrote: »

I would 100% stick with Jupiter India. In fact I have recently purchased some of this fund precisely because it is underperforming. The reasons for the underperformance are political. India is going through economic reforms that make investors wary and weaken the currency leading to valuations of Indian businesses in £ or $ to fall and therefore your fund to fall.

Emerging markets of which India is one are also down because of Donald Trumps actions and oil prices. The thing is these political events come and go. Underneath it all India has 1 billion people all contributing to the economy in one way or another and unless there is some catastrophic event that isn't changing. Yes it is a high(ish) risk investment but if you are looking at the long term I can only see a country like India growing significantly.


The S&P500 on the other hand is at a peak. I would be more inclined to sell than to buy.

Thank you for actually answering my question. :T

It’s much appreciated.

Everyone else take note.

dunstonh

Everyone else take note.

.... of how not to invest.

d712

dunstonh wrote: »

No it was not. Go away and read the context of when it was given and to the audience, it was given to.



Providing links doesn't show you understood it.

Providing links shows the recommendation was made and who it was made to but somehow you’re disputing this.

I could provide similar links to show Buffett runs Berkshire Hathaway but that probably isn’t enough for you and you’d dispute that as well.

coyrls

So, you intend to hold a vote of random people on the Internet to determine your investment strategy? As has already been proven, using a referendum to ask for a simple answer to a complex question will likely give you the wrong result.

d712

dunstonh wrote: »

.... of how not to invest.

So following the advice of the world’s greatest investor is how not to invest...

Thanks for enlightening me.

cloud_dog

d712 wrote: »

Thank you for actually answering my question. :T

It’s much appreciated.

Everyone else take note.

Sometimes, people get what they deserve.

Prism

d712 wrote: »

So following the advice of the world’s greatest investor is how not to invest...

Thanks for enlightening me.

The world's greatest investor doesn't ask for a poll of randoms on the internet how to invest their money. For that matter, the world's greatest investor doesn't use an S&P tracker or Jupiter India either. His advice is aimed at Americans investing in only US stocks. Most of us on this board are not American.

Since you want an answer to your investment poll - I hold Jupiter India, I do not hold a US tracker.