Financial Times - A Hitchhiker’s Guide to emerging markets
Terry Smith addresses the question - given that so many investors have had such a bad experience in emerging markets, is there a better way to invest in the developing world?
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Terry Smith to Stand Down as CEO of Tullett Prebon to Focus on Fundsmith – Fundsmith Equity Fund Assets Exceed £2 billion
Read moreFundsmith LLP (‘Fundsmith’) notes the statement issued yesterday by Tullett Prebon plc confirming Terry Smith’s intention to stand down from his position as Chief Executive of Tullett Prebon plc. Terry will focus on Fundsmith which he founded in 2010.
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Financial Times - Why buy Brics when you can have Mugs?
Read moreTerry Smith uses the example of investing in 'Bric' funds to play the theme of emerging markets growth to explain the dangers of making 'no brainer' investment decisions.
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Fundsmith Joins Hargreaves Lansdown’s Vantage Platform
Read moreFundsmith, founded by Terry Smith, announces that the Fundsmith Equity Fund is now available on Hargreaves Lansdown’s Vantage Service, the UK’s biggest retail investment platform.
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Money Observer Awards Fundsmith Equity Rated Fund Status
Read moreFundsmith today announces that personal finance and investment publication, Money Observer, has awarded the Fundsmith Equity Fund (“Fundsmith Equity” or the “Fund”) a Rated Fund status. Money Observer has also included Fundsmith Equity in three of their model growth portfolios, recognising the Fund’s “impressive performance”.
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Financial Times - What did you invest in before the war, great grandpa?
Read moreTerry Smith explores what can be learnt from the changes in the constituents of the stock market over the past 100 years.
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Financial Times - Big Blue investors may not have a winning hand
Read moreTerry Smith discusses the reasons why Fundsmith avoided investing in IBM in 2010 and the problems with share buybacks.
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Investors Chronicle - Buffett Mk 2.0
Read moreIf you are wondering how to put together a portfolio of equity investments, you could do worse than visit the website for Fundsmith and download lots of relevant documents. These will give you an insight in a particular type of equity investing that I will caricature as ‘Buffett Mk 2.0’.
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The Telegraph - Investors are their own worst enemies
Read moreTerry Smith points out why most investors are their own worst enemy and the dangers of groupthink.
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Financial Times - Is shale a miracle, revolution – or bandwagon?
Read moreTerry Smith assesses whether shale is the 'miracle' it has been described as, or something that investors are far from certain to make money from.
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Financial Times - Just the facts when weighing investments
Read moreTerry Smith uses the example of Microsoft to discuss why it is important to stick to the facts when it comes to investing.
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Financial Times - It’s déjà vu all over again
Read moreTerry Smith applies Peter "Yogi" Berra's famous witticism of “It’s déjà vu all over again” to the investment industry, pointing out how many dubious investment products have been sold before.
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The Telegraph - Why it is safe to pay up for quality
Read moreTerry Smith shows why investors should be willing to pay more for quality businesses due to the power of compound interest. Understanding its effects is essential to success in investment, yet it remains a mystery for many people.
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The Telegraph - Terry Smith's Fundsmith sells only four stocks in three years
Read moreThe outspoken chief executive has delivered table-topping returns with only a little tinkering on his £1.5bn Fundsmith fund.
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The Telegraph - If they use these words, don’t buy their shares
Read moreTerry Smith reveals the words that management team's use to befuddle and explains why a company's management being straight talkers can be a positive indication for investors.
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Fundsmith Equity Fund maintains S&P Capital IQ Gold Grading
Read moreS&P Capital IQ Fund Research announced today that it has maintained its Gold grading of the Fundsmith Equity Fund.
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Evening Standard - Old-fashioned way pays off for Smith
Read moreEvening Standard - Old-fashioned way pays off for Smith
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Money Observer - Investors face a fund charges conundrum
Read moreWhat has become clear following RDR is that a large number of different parties receive payments from investment funds. The traditional charging structure on funds was ‘bundled’ so a single annual management charge (AMC) was deducted by the fund company to pay the cost of managing the investments, platform services and the annual commission payment to a financial adviser.
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Fundsmith's Terry Smith Awarded AA Citywire Rating
Read moreTerry Smith, who launched and manages the Fundsmith Equity Fund, has been awarded a AA Rating by Citywire.
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Financial Times - Keep a lid on costs to protect your investment
Read moreTerry Smith argues that many investors are sacrificing all of their income and more to investing charges and suggests a ways of reducing or avoiding these costs.