Every week our panel of advisers compare and contrast two well known investment funds and give the thumbs up or down on what they see.
00:01 | 20 Aug 2008
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Tim Cooper
The UK Equity Income sector has proved particularly vulnerable to the current stock market downturn but our adviser panel views this week’s funds as struggling more than most.
00:01 | 13 Aug 2008
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Tim Cooper
First State’s China fund performs well on the back of solid management, impressing our adviser panel; but HSBC’s fund disappoints, lagging behind the benchmark despite being on home turf.
00:01 | 06 Aug 2008
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Tim Cooper
Like most investment markets, Europe has been a tough sector to perform in recently but this week’s funds manage to illicit a thumbs up from most of those on our adviser panel.
00:01 | 30 Jul 2008
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Tim Cooper
As volatility hits the markets our panel of advisers manage to keep faith with the high yield, high risk bond sector in the main, despite a number of reservations.
00:01 | 23 Jul 2008
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Tim Cooper
Not all of the advisers on our panel give the green light to this week’s ethical offerings. Inexperienced management and high charges all play their part in giving one fund the thumbs down.
00:01 | 16 Jul 2008
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Tim Cooper
Our advisers have mixed opinions about the performance of both funds but suggest Threadneedle’s fund is more vulnerable than Gartmore’s and may be less suitable for some cautious investors.
07:00 | 09 Jul 2008
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Tim Cooper
The performance of both funds has suffered in the recent market downturn but over the long term Artemis’ high yield strategy inspires more confidence in our panel than F&C’s cautious managed approach.
07:00 | 02 Jul 2008
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Tim Cooper
Results from these two funds suggest accurate hedge type stock picking may be a better tactic than taking short positions on fixed interest assets when seeking total positive return in any market conditions
09:48 | 25 Jun 2008
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Tim Cooper
Our panel weighs up two contrarian funds that look to the long term for growth. Each invests mainly in UK stocks, made attractive by weak equity markets, and has a large-cap bias
07:00 | 11 Jun 2008
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Tim Cooper
These funds both raise a number of issues for our adviser panel including recent changes of investment strategy and differing performance within what has been a tough past 12 months.
07:00 | 04 Jun 2008
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Tim Cooper
The small size of both this week’s funds allows them to react faster to the volatile global markets in which they operate, and our panel praises their strong teams and approach to stock selection. By Tim Cooper.
09:18 | 28 May 2008
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Tim Cooper
Our panel is impressed this week by two predominantly large-cap funds whose managers are skilled stock selectors with methods that bode well for performance in the current downturn.
07:00 | 21 May 2008
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Tim Cooper
07:00 | 14 May 2008
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Tim Cooper
The volatile European markets have tested both of this week's funds, but our panel considers that they have managed to weather the storm.
07:00 | 07 May 2008
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Tim Cooper
07:00 | 30 Apr 2008
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Tim Cooper
While acknowledging that this week's funds provide a far from perfect comparison one of them stands out for its consistently strong returns and the verdicts fall accordingly.
07:00 | 23 Apr 2008
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Tim Cooper
Our panellists give a six-out-of-six vote to the two funds this week with the caveat that they are not for the faint-hearted.
07:00 | 16 Apr 2008
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Tim Cooper
The credit crunch has made our panellists wary of smaller companies funds and only one of this week's contenders makes the grade.
07:00 | 09 Apr 2008
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Tim Cooper
Our panellists have high expectations of funds in this sector thanks to their often strong performance and continued potential. As such either fund will need to be outstanding to get a thumbs up.
07:00 | 02 Apr 2008
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Tim Cooper
Despite a tough short-term outlook for the property sector Rebecca Taylor and others still beat the drum for property as a good diversifier and gives one of this week's contenders the thumbs up.
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