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Capital Gearing Trust

crisis_management
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Quick question - I bought a fair amount of cgt between May and August last year - every single purchase is in the red, with an overall return of minus 7% or so. Other investments, such as VWRP, are positive. Does this mean that the wealth preservation aspect isn't working, or is it more likely that I'm just being impatient?
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It's an investment trust, and its shares traded at a premium at the time you bought. They are now trading at a discount. NAV performance has been relatively flat over that short period of time, but it is not surprising that it hasn't benefited from the recovery in equities. It's wealth preservation aspect hasn't been working over the short term, or you'd have seen a 10%+ increase in value to keep up with inflation. It's best to judge a fund like this over 5 or 10 years, and compare with traditional defensive assets rather than equities.
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The 10 year return on this is worse than you can get risk free, which begs the question whether it's worth the risk or not....0
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NoviceInvestor1 said:The 10 year return on this is worse than you can get risk free, which begs the question whether it's worth the risk or not....4
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NoviceInvestor1 said:The 10 year return on this is worse than you can get risk free, which begs the question whether it's worth the risk or not....
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NAV of CGT over ten years has risen from 3148 to 4915 excluding dividends. That is 56% or 4.6% pa. Where would you have got that risk-free between 2013 and 2023 please?
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Morningstar is showing that during the last 10 years, one of the biggest bull markets in history, CGT returned just over 4% p/annum.
As of today you can lock in just over 4% p/annum risk free.
If during such a bull run CGT returned 4% is it likely to return more during the choppier waters we have moving forward? 3.54% last 3 years and -2.34% last year suggests perhaps not.
Given we are investing with an eye on the future, I think it's reasonable to explore whether the likely returns from CGT in future make the risk worthwhile compared to what you can get risk free.....
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coastline said:NoviceInvestor1 said:The 10 year return on this is worse than you can get risk free, which begs the question whether it's worth the risk or not....
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Longer term historic performance is irrelevant to an extent, as CGT had a complete change of mandate. It's not going to replicate the returns it offered in the past as it employs a very different investment strategy these days.0 -
Given we are investing with an eye on the future, I think it's reasonable to explore whether the likely returns from CGT any risk based investment in future make the risk worthwhile compared to what you can get risk free.....
Amendment in bold
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Albermarle said:Given we are investing with an eye on the future, I think it's reasonable to explore whether the likely returns from CGT any risk based investment in future make the risk worthwhile compared to what you can get risk free.....
Amendment in bold
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NoviceInvestor1 said:coastline said:NoviceInvestor1 said:The 10 year return on this is worse than you can get risk free, which begs the question whether it's worth the risk or not....
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Longer term historic performance is irrelevant to an extent, as CGT had a complete change of mandate. It's not going to replicate the returns it offered in the past as it employs a very different investment strategy these days.
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