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<title>Re: Japan Exposure</title>
<description><![CDATA[ correction, got the statement through and selling price was 587p.  This one is even at a 0.2% premium now... By alandwd ]]></description> 
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 11:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Re: Japan Exposure</title>
<description><![CDATA[ money is money though and I really feel it's worth investing in Japan smaller companies now.  This is not the best vehicle to do it, as you can easily see on trustnet a lot of the outperformance on this once has come through a narrowing of the discount.  Am very happy to have exited this trust at 582p and will now spend some of those proceeds and drip feed the rest into Fidelity Japanese and JPMF UK Smaller. By alandwd ]]></description> 
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 14:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Japan Exposure</title>
<description><![CDATA[ It seems that some of the largest investments are in Japan.  Not a problem long term but bad news short term. Nevertheless, irrelevant compared with the horrors the people there have suffered. By tejo ]]></description> 
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Re: Discount</title>
<description><![CDATA[ I agree with you losskop.  I've also been investing since 1992 and of the 7 funds I started with Global Smaller is the second best performer.  The old F&amp;C Latin America IT (now with Black Rock) has been the best. By JohnOfYork ]]></description> 
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Re: Discount</title>
<description><![CDATA[ have both my kids ctf's in this and have held myself since 92. Performance last couple of years really good and divi rises every year By losskop ]]></description> 
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Re: Discount</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Although we have seen great returns from the trough when the price was &pound;2.30 we are only up marginally from 5 years ago when we were &pound;4.40 and when we running at a hefty discount to NAV or 10%+. although i agree its good to bank a good profit it could be argued that with smaller companies around the world only just coming out of hibernation with access to banking (especially US and UK) there could be plenty of growth to come as te quantitative easing filters through to the smaller companies. we will see but certainly the returns in last 3 years (if you got in at the trough) have been great but for many investors who got in 5 years ago a 25% rise in 5 years is not so exciting. btw i am only keeping an eye on my daughters child trust fund and longterm this should outperform. By simms45 ]]></description> 
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Discount</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Also forgot to add that with the aggressive discount controls in place at this trust, the current discount is only 0.8%.  This looks very unattractive to me considering the fund is 42% invested in UK Smaller Companies, which are available via many other trusts at a discount of 15%+.  This is the other major factor in my decision to cash out. By alandwd ]]></description> 
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Re: This is a top share =why no chat</title>
<description><![CDATA[ I&acute;m still here and investing monthly - have been since 1998.  The rise looks very dramatic on the chart and I&acute;m wondering if it&acute;s time to cash in and take the capital gain before April (will still continue the monthly investment though). By alandwd ]]></description> 
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Re: This is a top share =why no chat</title>
<description><![CDATA[ I put my daughters trust fund in here since Jan 2008. Looking at 60% growth. I have other investments running at 30% and 18% in the same period. Definitely the better choice currently but it is a higher risk fund By DickieUK ]]></description> 
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Re: This is a top share =why no chat</title>
<description><![CDATA[ I put some of my early retirement lump sum into this with immaculate bad timing just before the last crash, but it has <br>
since more than justified itself. I also bought the US smaller companies fund and it has done pretty well: compare it with the Dow over the last year. My other F&amp;C holding is the original Investment Trust, which I inherited and has been steady if unspectacular. I'm a fan of Investment Trusts; over the years I just seem to do better with them than individual shares or UTs. By alekhine ]]></description> 
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Re: This is a top share =why no chat</title>
<description><![CDATA[ i am here keeping an watchful eye. i invested for my daughter for longterm through child trust fund and its been quite impressive growth, especially from dark days of 2008. Longterm over 18 years it makes complete sense to expose to small companies in fast growing parts of the world. however short-term this stock can move quite quickly in reverse. By simms45 ]]></description> 
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>This is a top share =why no chat</title>
<description><![CDATA[ I have suddenly realised that there is no chat on this share and yet it is one of the stars of the investment world.  Generally, the F and C ahve been very poor especially Graphite, but the Global Smaller Companies has been one of my best investments.  Must be the Fund Manager = please advise if he/she leaves By tejo ]]></description> 
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Re: All Time High Soon?</title>
<description><![CDATA[ good share to pound-cost ave in<br>
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recovers quickly when market turns<br>
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 By dirty-filthy-cheq-book ]]></description> 
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>All Time High Soon?</title>
<description><![CDATA[ These boys are doing well, looks like after a bad couple of years the previous trend has been dramatically resumed...Buying Monthly By cointreauwithice ]]></description> 
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Re: Long slide for smaller companies</title>
<description><![CDATA[ im pound-cost averaging into this investment trust<br>
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part of my longtime portfolio By dirty-filthy-cheq-book ]]></description> 
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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