Pension Dilemma

Terry_Towelling

Sticking my 'duffers' neck out a bit here because I am keen to learn.

FRCL looks to have seen significant growth in the last 2 years. Growth between the 2008 crash and 2016 was steady. But for the 13 years prior to that it moved up and down slowly, spending several years in quite a trough between 2000 and 2007. Have the dividend yields been particularly good over that long period to make up for the slower/negative growth years?

Would anyone be a little cautious of entering into this investment now after such a spike in growth in the last 2 years, or would one expect the upward trend to continue?

Thrugelmir

stringer_bell wrote: »

I have only been investing since 2012, therefore I have never seen or experienced a crash, which is maybe a good, possibly a bad thing whichever way I want to look at it

For instance, my naive mindset is, I will see a crash coming. It will be all over the papers, SMT will drop 4 percent overnight, I will sell immediately

Unlikely you'll see a crash coming. Markets operate 24/7 globally. Someone else will have the news well before you.

firestone

Terry_Towelling wrote: »

Sticking my 'duffers' neck out a bit here because I am keen to learn.

FRCL looks to have seen significant growth in the last 2 years. Growth between the 2008 crash and 2016 was steady. But for the 13 years prior to that it moved up and down slowly, spending several years in quite a trough between 2000 and 2007. Have the dividend yields been particularly good over that long period to make up for the slower/negative growth years?

Would anyone be a little cautious of entering into this investment now after such a spike in growth in the last 2 years, or would one expect the upward trend to continue?

its always been a steady Eddie and a bit like City of London IT tends to get recommended as a fund that would not give you many sleepless nights.Over the last couple of years its had a new manager and remit such as less UK which may explain the better results.