What's Hot, What's Not: Trump Ignites US Flame, Commodities Take A Breather [Fund Edition]

Thu 28 Nov 2024

By Ruairi Dennehy

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What's HotPresident Elect Donald Trump Spurred On US Equities, While Europe & Commodities Topped The Lagards.

What’s Hot

  • 9/10 top funds come from North American equities.
  • The one fund that doesn’t naturally sit in a US-specific sector still has 75%+ invested in US equities.
  • As often happens with bullish sentiment, smaller companies bounced more than their large cap peers, with hopes of deregulation and a weaker USD exciting small caps...
  • The S&P SmallCap 600 index was up 12% over the month, while the standard S&P 500 was up 6%.

 

What’s Not

  • A bit more variety in November’s ugly performers, with Europe & Commodities the losers.
  • Commodities took a breather, with the strongest fund from October flipping to November’s ugliest fund, WS Amati Strategic Metals.
  • Other top October funds also appear, including Ninety One & Blackrock Gold funds.
  • Europe waned on falling confidence in France and their mounting federal debt issue.
  • The one Absolute Return fund is primary a Europe including UK fund, another example to be careful when selecting funds from this eclectic sector.

 

What’s Hot

Name

Sector

Last Month’s
Performance %

Morgan Stanley US Advantage

North America

18.68

Artemis US Smaller Companies

North American Smaller Companies

17.98

Baillie Gifford American

North America

16.76

CT US Smaller Companies

North American Smaller Companies

14.72

SVS Aubrey Global Conviction

Global

14.65

Schroder US Smaller Companies

North American Smaller Companies

13.77

abrdn North American Small & Mid-Cap Equity

North America

12.64

FTF Royce US Smaller Companies

North American Smaller Companies

12.42

VT De Lisle America

North America

11.49

Premier Miton US Opportunities

North America

11.24

 

What’s Not

Name

Sector

Last Month’s
Performance %

WS Amati Strategic Metals

Commodity/Natural Resources

-7.71

WS Ruffer Gold

Specialist

-6.92

WS Lancaster Absolute Return

Targeted Absolute Return

-6.91

Invesco European Equity (UK)

Europe Excluding UK

-4.98

Ninety One Global Gold

Specialist

-4.98

BlackRock Gold & General

Specialist

-4.97

Schroder European Recovery

Europe Excluding UK

-4.79

Invesco European Focus (UK)

Europe Excluding UK

-4.22

WS Ardtur Continental European

Europe Excluding UK

-3.90

Invesco European Equity Income (UK)

Europe Excluding UK

-3.88

Fund performance 01/11/2024 – 28/11/2024. Funds <50m in size and ETFs excluded from the above research.

NOTE

We do this blog to simply highlight short term trends. These are not recommendations.

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