Re: What's the best way to buy a portfolio of Investment Trusts with a lump sum?
Posted: May 31st, 2017, 8:39 am
Boulerversee
One of Luni's baskets might be the way to go but in the absence of these (and they may be getting out of date by now) you need in general to watch the premium that quite a few are at at the moment, although if you are a long term holder it may not matter too much. I prefer though not to buy at a premium.
You appear to be looking at long term capital growth. Scottish Mortgage and Witan are fine, (subject to the premium at least in SM), Finsbury Growth and Income, Caledonia, RIT, City of London, Monks (missed the boat there although I would expect there will be more to come), Alliance and Foreign and Colonial. Then you are largely into more specialist trusts either by territory or style but British Empire and Scottish Investment Trust come to mind as maybe worth a look. Murray International and Edinburgh are both good income trusts with long term capital growth as well.
All of these trusts to my mind you could happily buy and forget but again just watch any premium when buying and DYOR.
Dod
One of Luni's baskets might be the way to go but in the absence of these (and they may be getting out of date by now) you need in general to watch the premium that quite a few are at at the moment, although if you are a long term holder it may not matter too much. I prefer though not to buy at a premium.
You appear to be looking at long term capital growth. Scottish Mortgage and Witan are fine, (subject to the premium at least in SM), Finsbury Growth and Income, Caledonia, RIT, City of London, Monks (missed the boat there although I would expect there will be more to come), Alliance and Foreign and Colonial. Then you are largely into more specialist trusts either by territory or style but British Empire and Scottish Investment Trust come to mind as maybe worth a look. Murray International and Edinburgh are both good income trusts with long term capital growth as well.
All of these trusts to my mind you could happily buy and forget but again just watch any premium when buying and DYOR.
Dod