Fund of the week: A steady manager in a high-risk sector

With India and China expected to dominate economic growth for the foreseeable future, demand for natural resources should remain strong. One way to profit is via a fund that invests in commodity-focused stocks. This fund is one of the best.

With India and China expected to dominate economic growth for the foreseeable future, demand for natural resources should remain strong, says Emma Wall in The Sunday Telegraph. One way to profit is via a fund that invests in commodity-focused stocks. The JP Morgan Natural Resources Fund is one of the best manager Ian Henderson has more than doubled investors' money in the past five years, with a cumulative return of 115%.

Disasters such as BP's oil spill and the cave-in that has trapped miners in Chile have cast a pall over the sector in recent months. But Henderson says that he only invests in companies with a responsible attitude and a good track record. In particular, he likes Vedanta, a mining firm with projects in India, Zambia, and Australia, which is also rumoured to be diversifying into oil and gas extraction.

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