Only company that passed my most severe screen testing.
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Only company that passed my most severe screen testing.
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I heard an interview with a couple of their fund managers and the company seems to have a set of principles that they try to apply to all their funds. My take on what was said about their smaller company funds (which they are well known for) was that they are very focused on high quality companies that are growing but are nonetheless paying dividends etc. In a way it rather reminded me of various quality threads that have appeared here. I did consider investing myself a while back but in the end opted for Jupiter. I wanted a larger organization with less reliance on a few key individuals that might choose (or be forced by circumstance) to leave. Hope these thoughts help.
I also considered a while back and then bought Jupiter which I think had a better stockrank at the time but I haven't compared them since to see which would have been the better bet with hindsight.
I think Liontrust has been recommended by one of the Motley Fool services and is a good quality outfit.
LIO is on my watch list too along with a few others, but I am reluctant to invest in anything other than Gold at the moment. If we are in a dead cat bounce which is a possibility considering that the market analysis isn't great - then investment companies will get hit hard as their income comes from funds that will be falling in value and if the correction is protracted they may suffer from a net outflow. Perhaps it is worth waiting for a consistent break above the all time high at Ftse 7000 plus. Personally I don't think it will happen and the markets will be lower by Christmas-- but what do I know!!
Obviously the net outflow only applies to the unit trusts etc but it is probably a substantial part of the business income should the present financial experiment fail worldwide