Specialist funds: a reliable alarm signal

Research into the performance of 1500 funds has revealed that only 14 made positive returns in May. And there are two important lessons to be learned from this.

After examining the performance of more than 1,500 funds, research from Trustnet.com has revealed that between 11 May and 6 June, only 14 funds, essentially bond funds, made positive returns. The ten worst-performing funds fell by more than 15%, but their one-year performance record to 6 June tells a different story. They are all up more than 30%.

According to Brian Dennehy of financial adviser Dennehy Weller & Company, there are two lessons to be learnt from this. The first is to drip cash into emerging market funds monthly, as timing is everything when it comes to this volatile sector.

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