'Global equities have 75% upside potential'

Global equities can rise by up to 75% over the next five years driven by profit growth, according to Knut Gezelius, lead manager of the Skagen Global fund.

Skagen is known for its active, value-based investment philosophy. But if you look at the largest positions of the global equity fund, you’ll mostly see prominent growth stocks such as Microsoft, Adobe, Alphabet and Mastercard. What happened?

Argenta : « Les marchés boursiers ne se relancent pas sans raison »

On constate, sur les marchés boursiers, beaucoup d’engouement pour certaines actions, comme Nikola et Snowflake, affirme Sebastiaan Grenné d’Argenta. Il estime cependant qu’il ne faut pas s’emballer ; il n’y a en effet toujours aucune alternative valable aux actions, comme il l’explique dans un podcast pour Investment Officer. 

‘Real equity returns of 7-10% still possible post-Covid’

Solid growth companies will continue to live up to high expectations by showing strong profit growth. This offers the prospect of an attractive total return after inflation of 7-10% per annum on average over the long term, according to manager George Dent of the BNY Mellon Long-Term Global Equity Fund. 

"Les performances des smallcap européennes sont fabuleuses"

C’est ce que dit Anna Lunden (photo), gérante du Wellington Pan-European Small Cap Equity Fund, dans un entretien avec Fondsnieuws. Sa catégorie a enregistré d’excellentes performances ces derniers mois, mais est restée ces dernières années bien en deçà de l’indice mondial.

Analysis: the end of the short-sellers?

Have hedge fund managers just lost it? More and more leading managers are returning assets to their clients. The reason is the melt-up of the market, making it ever harder for short-sellers to identify profitable trades.

For example, this summer John Paulson (photo), who earned $15 billion from the collapse of the US housing market in 2008, known as «The Greatest Trade Ever», announced his departure from the hedge fund industry. Others, such as George Soros, Stanley Druckenmiller and David Tepper, preceded him.