MPFS Managed Growth Accumulation Fund

Advantages: Superb historic performance.
Disadvantages: Potential change of manager. Volatile sector.

...I have recently heard that the manager of this fund, Tim Woolley, is leaving to set up his own fund management company. I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the information but I am aware that when something of this nature happens, it can have serious repercussions on performance. The Henderson Global Technology fund has enjoyed amazing success over an extended period, and much of this has to be down to the fund manager. The fund has achieved 530% growth in the last five years alone, without undue volatility (until this year). The fund stands at one-and-a-quarter billion pounds, which is smaller than Aberdeen Technology, which could explain why they've out-performed Aberdeen over that period. A change of fund manager is always worrying, so if you haven't invested in this fund yet but were thinking of doing, it may be worth waiting... Read review

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Advantages: Steady growth and obvious increases in your capital
Disadvantages: Money grows depending on speed of growth of the english stock market

...About 3 years ago I invested some money into a group called uk fidelity, which is a group that deals with the world stock exchanges and markets. I was informed of the many ways in which the company could raise my money and was told about 'uk growth' which is a fund based on the ftse 100, or enlish stock market. the company butys many shares, i.e vodaphone, glaxo welcome and other big names. the money which you invest gives you shares in the company which steadily grow as the ftse100 grows. Over the past three years i have seen large increases in my capital and it would be a good idea for people who want to store some money away and watch it grow over a few years. This is a low resk fund and is therefore safe for you to invest your money in.... Read review

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Advantages: The fund tends to outperform in flat and falling markets, high dividend yield of around 3%, good long term performance and good manager
Disadvantages: Large £2.6 billion in size makes fund less flexible, 5% initial charge, underperforms when growth stocks are fashionable

...is to provide an above average dividend and above average dividend growth because it is in the UK Equity Income sector. The yield on this trust is around 3.16% at the time of writing. I decided to opt to re-invest the dividends because I had seen studies that by doing this returns could be enhanced over the long-term due to a compounding effect. Re-investing dividends over the long-term can also help to reduce the volatility of an investment. INVESCO-Perpetual High Income has been managed by Neil Woodford for around 13 years since its launch in 1988. Neil Woodford is a highly influential fund manager who was involved in releasing the truth about the Biotech stock market disaster British Biotech. I admire the way Neil Woodford has managed this trust by sticking to what he believes in an not going with the crowd. This was apparent when the fund... Read review

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