US equity funds deliver top performance in 2024 while Latin America and energy suffer

Alger Focus Equity top fund performer

Sorin Dojan
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US equity funds led performance in the open-ended market in 2024, while specialist investments in energy, Brazil and Latin America haemorrhaged returns.

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