FE's Joshua Ausden scours the marketplace for the best hidden gem funds for your portfolios.
The dreadful performance of natural resources funds in recent years has unsurprisingly made them among the most unloved in the market, but there are still a number of brave managers eyeing up battered valuations. It is not only valuations that are on their side - resource firm executives' continued commitment to cutting capital expenditure and rewarding shareholders with dividends are an added incentive in many cases. One fund that could benefit from both drivers is the £35m BlackRock Natural Resources Growth & Income portfolio, which targets capital growth as well as an above average...
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