Global smaller companies sector Archives – IT Investor Exploring the world of investment trusts Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:24:17 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-IT_icon-32x32.png Global smaller companies sector Archives – IT Investor 32 32 How Big Can Smithson Get? https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/2021/03/how-big-can-smithson-get/ https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/2021/03/how-big-can-smithson-get/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2021 10:30:37 +0000 https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/?p=4952 One of the questions that often gets asked about Smithson, Fundsmith’s global smaller company investment trust, is whether it is in danger of growing too large. Or maybe it’s just me? It’s a question that’s been bugging me for a while but after digging into its latest annual results, I’m now a lot more comfortable… 

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]]> https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/2020/07/smithson-closes-in-on-2-billion/feed/ 5 20 Global Investment Trusts Compared https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/2020/06/20-global-investment-trusts-compared/ https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/2020/06/20-global-investment-trusts-compared/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2020 09:10:35 +0000 https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/?p=3790 Regular readers will be aware that I do love a good global investment trust. But I wanted to see how well they have performed relative to world markets over the very long term. Most performance stats cover a maximum of ten years but I’ve managed to get some data going back to 1992. You might… 

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