Japan up as Income and Growth fall

Japan and gold funds were up last week as income and growth funds continued to fall. Smith & Willia...

Japan and gold funds were up last week as income and growth funds continued to fall. Smith & Williamson Global Gold and Resources added 14.11% over the past week bringing it up by 14.88% since 29 December 2008, despite being down 26.34% over the year, according to Morningstar. While Investec Global Gold and Blackrock Gold and General added 12.9% and 10.31% last week respectively. However, most prominent in last week's top ten was Japan, with Neptune's Japan Opportunities, managed by Chris Taylor, making a gain of 13.47% over the period bringing the fund up a huge 92.62% since 28 January...