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Why invest now?

HL SELECT UK GROWTH SHARES

Why invest now?

Managers' thoughts

Important information - The value of this fund can still fall so you could get back less than you invested, especially over the short term. The information shown is not personal advice and the information about individual companies represents our view as managers of the fund. It is not a personal recommendation to invest in a particular company. If you are at all unsure of the suitability of an investment for your circumstances please contact us for personal advice. The HL Select Funds are managed by our sister company HL Fund Managers Ltd.
Steve Clayton

Steve Clayton - Fund Manager

14 November 2016

Our records go back to 1962, when the FTSE All Share index was trading at a value around 90. Today it is over 3800, an increase of over 40x. However, there have been some fairly dramatic setbacks, and some giddy peaks, along the way, and the future will be different, so this isn’t a guide to future performance.

Human nature being what it is, most of us, even if we get out before a market tumble, fail to get back in again before the market has moved on higher. That’s why we always say that stock market investments should be for the longer term, and believe the key is to be invested in the market in the first place.

We don't try to call short term market movements, driven as much by sentiment and psychology as they are by investment fundamentals. Instead we just try to identify exceptional businesses and own them.

Really good businesses offer the potential to grow through thick and thin. By taking a wary attitude to debt, we hope to offer investors a degree of shelter from the worst of any future downturns. If we get it right, the fund will be packed full of survivors, well placed to take advantage of weaker rivals’ discomfort and capitalise on the eventual upturns. Although there are no guarantees and investors could get back less than they invest.

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