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Lindsell Train Global Equity is underperforming. Should I sell the fund? Image source: Getty Images Lindsell Train Global Equity is one of the most popular global equity funds in the UK. And for good reason. Since its launch in March 2011, it has smashed its benchmark. Recently however, the fund – which I hold in my investment portfolio – has underperformed. Last year, it only returned 11.7% when its benchmark – the MSCI World Index – returned 12.3% and rival Funds...

Blue Whale Capital This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Just over three years ago, Blue Whale Capital launched with £25 million from legendary investor Peter Hargreaves. The fund now has £700 million assets under management and has returned 75% to investors since inception. The portfolio manager and co-founder, Stephen Yiu breaks down his strategy for success and h...

Education publisher has been an unlikely beneficiary of the GameStop saga, but what are its long-term prospects as learning moves online?

Nick Train likes this FTSE 100 stock. But should I buy? More on: Image source: Getty Images I think most investors recognise Nick Train as one of the UK’s highest-profile fund managers. He invests in many FTSE 100 stocks in his portfolios. Train manages the Finsbury & Growth Income Trust and the Lindsell Train Investment Trust, as well as other funds. I should mention that one FTSE 100 stock he likes is Unilever(LSE: ULVR). So much so that as at the end of January, Tra...

I can rarely remember a time when views on whats up next for the economy have been so polarised, so will lockdown savers eagerly spending save us, or harsh reality bite?

Neil Woodford’s comeback: Four City fund managers who also said sorry News that the disgraced fund manager Neil Woodford is plotting a comeback may have raised eyebrows in the City, but he is not the first stockpicker who said sorry for his vehicle’s performance, and who did manage to stay in the game. Woodford gave an emotional interview over the weekend in which he apologised for the collapse of his investment company and said he is working to set up a comeback firm by ...

Buying dividend-paying shares is one way of generating extra income during the pandemic. Paul Summers picks out two candidates from the FTSE 250 (INDEXFTSE:MCX)

I can buy Unilever shares at a lower price than Warren Buffett would have paid! More on: Four years ago this month, Unilever(LSE: ULVR) rebuffed a Warren Buffett-backed bid for the company. The offer valued it at £40 a share. Subsequently, the Unilever share price went on to make an all-time high of £52 in the summer of 2019. Today, I can buy Unilever’s shares at a lower price than Buffett was willing to pay. At sub-£40, they’re also at a 24% discount to their all-time high. Here, I’...

Finsbury Growth & Income's heavily shorted stocks shoot up during the Gamestop rally

As any market-watcher knows, investment trusts have enjoyed a good run recently. Listed on the stock exchange and run by professional managers, they spread your money across dozens of different companies. Thanks to their stock market listing, investors buy into investment trusts by purchasing shares - owning a stake in the investment company - and unlike investment funds they do not grow or shrink with demand. The past year has seen investment trusts grow in popularity - with some doubling inve...