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JPMorgan US Smaller Companies 31 January 2018
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03 Jul 2024
A really great stockmarket, the best, some tell me the best they’ve ever seen
US equities should be the bedrock of any diversified portfolio…
28 Mar 2024
Fund Analysis
JUSC: diversification and valuation opportunity in US smaller companies…
06 Sep 2023
You should be dancing…
North America should be a core part of any portfolio…
19 Apr 2023
Fund Analysis
JUSC offers all-weather exposure to a dynamic market…
11 Jan 2023
Solving the Rubik’s Cube
We reveal the winners of our investment trust ratings for 2023…
07 Sep 2022
American muscle
Beating US indices is a monumental task. We examine the closed- and open-ended North American sectors to see how they have fared…
31 May 2022
Fund Analysis
JUSC’s quality bias has driven its recent outperformance, although it still trades on a historically wide discount…
17 Nov 2021
How Do You Like Them Apples
Judging whether the US market is expensive is not as easy as many make it out to be…
22 Sep 2021
Fund Analysis
While the economic outlook may be good for JUSC’s quality bias, its current discount offers an attractive entry point…
15 Sep 2021
Bargains galore
We review our discounted opportunities portfolio, with one constituent rallying more than 30% in just two months…
22 Apr 2021
FAANGs for the memories
The massive outperformance of mega-cap tech last year could become a thing of the past if anti-trust legislation and negative sentiment starts to bite...
31 Mar 2021
East End boys and West End girls
Our analysts debate whether the US or Asian stock markets will deliver the best returns over the next decade…
03 Mar 2021
Fund Analysis
JUSC offers investors a portfolio of high-quality US small caps, and has a strong record of performance and alpha generation…
19 Nov 2020
Hope springs eternal
The US election has given long-suffering value investors new hope of a 'great rotation' in their favour, but that light at the end of the tunnel could in fact be a train…
11 Aug 2020
Fund Analysis
Trading at an attractive discount relative to its history, JUSC offers a diversified portfolio of high-quality companies…
13 May 2020
Sea change
While global giants like Amazon still hold the weather gauge, we examine the long term prospects for a shift in the prevailing wind...
30 Jan 2020
Fund Analysis
One of the strongest performers in its North American sectors, JUSC, offers exposure to high-quality companies with strong management teams…
28 Aug 2019
Quality street: can the dominant style continue to outperform?
For several years, quality as an investing style has dominated, outperforming both value and growth. We examine why the case for quality remains strong and the importance of taking an active approach…
24 May 2019
Fund Analysis
A trust that offers investors an excellent way to gain exposure to high quality, growth companies, through a low beta portfolio...
30 Jan 2019
The Growth Portfolio
Our ten investment trust picks for long-term capital growth...
12 Sep 2018
High flyers
Our research shows small-cap managers adding consistently more alpha, and regulatory change means this could be an attractive time to invest in the sector...
12 Sep 2018
Fund Analysis
This trust has a highly-resourced management team, which has produced consistently strong alpha, outperforming the Russell 2000 index in each of the past five calendar years...
26 Apr 2018
The $23.9 trillion dollar question*
Are US equities, which have hit record highs on 71 occasions in the last 12 months, overpriced or are they actually trading at a price worth paying?
31 Jan 2018
Fund Analysis
A stockpicking portfolio which has delivered outstanding alpha over the long term, now trading at a discount...
25 Jun 2017
American dream
Despite being one of the best performing open or closed ended US funds over one, three, and five years, JPM US Smaller Companies still trades on a discount of 8%...
22 Feb 2017
Fund Analysis
21 Feb 2017
Don't wanna be an American idiot
We highlight various routes to US exposure for those who are not sure how much faith they place in the 'Trump Bump'...
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Pascal Dowling
Pascal is a partner at Kepler Partners LLP and launched Kepler Trust Intelligence when he joined Kepler in 2015. Prior to this he managed FE Trustnet, one of the UK's largest investment research websites, for ten years. In a former life Pascal was a financial journalist and he has written extensively about investment trusts and other investments for the trade and national press.