Saltydog Investor identifies four funds that have made money over the past six six-month periods

 
At Saltydog Investor, we are always on the lookout for funds that are doing consistently well, and recently they have not been easy to find.

Last month, only 8% of the funds that we analyse rose in value, down from 35% in September. Only 3% of funds have gone up in each of the last three months and less that 1% have gone up in each of the last four months.
 

 
Last week, I highlighted the three funds that had made more than 5% in five out of the last six six-month periods. They were the three “energy” funds, Schroder ISF Global Energy, WS Guinness Global Energy, and BGF World Energy. No funds had made gains of over 5% in all six six-month periods.

That got us thinking: how many funds have actually gone up in each of the last six six-month periods?

We crunched the numbers again and could find only four funds that satisfied the new criteria. They were MI Thornbridge Global Opps, Aviva Investors Global Equity Income, BlackRock US Dynamic, and TM Tellworth UK Select.
 

Saltydog Investor 6×6 Report – November 2023 Nov 20 May 21 Nov 21 May 22 Nov 22 May 23 3 year 
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Funds that have risen in 6 out of 6 periods
MI Thornbridge Global Opportunities 26.8% 6.7% 6.1% 4.7% 14.2% 2.6% 76%
Aviva Inv Global Equity Income 21.8% 8.1% 3.8% 1.0% 9.4% 0.8% 52%
BlackRock US Dynamic 25.2% 5.5% 5.0% 1.3% 0.7% 1.6% 44%
TM Tellworth UK Select 8.0% 4.6% 3.4% 5.5% 1.2% 6.0% 32%

 
It is interesting that they come from four different Investment Association (IA) sectors. The MI Thornbridge Global Opportunities fund is from the Global sector, the Aviva Investors Global Equity Income fund is from the Global Equity Income sector, the BlackRock US Dynamic fund is from the North America sector, and the TM Tellworth UK Select fund is from the Targeted Absolute Return sector.

Over the three-year period, the Thornbridge fund has made the greatest return, gaining 76%, but it has also been the most volatile. It has had some fairly dramatic corrections along the way, but usually recovered relatively quickly.
 

 
The TM Tellworth UK Select fund has been much less volatile and has not suffered any significant falls in the last three years. However, that does not mean that it always goes up. During June and July this year, it dropped by around 2%, but it has been rising ever since.
 

 
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