Police Mutual UK Growth Fund

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: Excellent management, excellent performance to-date and great prospects.
Disadvantages: 5% initial charge, but with 1% Artemis' discount and 4% from a broker this can be eliminated.

...At £91 million this fund is less than a third of the size of the average for this sector. Mark Tyndall's management skills are perfectly suited to this fund. Not only does he look for the right investments, but it must be the right time to invest. His skill at picking stocks that are undervalued but with good growth potential has seen this fund achieve 120% growth in the two-and-a-half years since launch. With well over 60% in the last year, it is in the top 5 funds for that period. It's up there with Solus UK Special Situation, ABN Amro UK Growth and Manek Growth - all well known high fliers - not quite as much growth but much less volatility than any of them. It's hotly tipped by Hargreaves Lansdown in their Investment Times publication, and the Artemis management team have their own money and their pension funds invested... 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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