Independence Day: What are the best-performing US funds in gamechanger of a year?

Trump became President, tech stocks soared

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It has been a year of political change across the world but one of the surprises was the election of Donald Trump as President of the US last November. Despite many predicting this to be disastrous ahead of the event, stockmarkets rallied and US equities have had a cracking year with the S&P 500 returning almost 20%, even as Trump's administration has come into question.

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