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Simon Edelsten reveals which four UK stocks he owns in his Artemis Global Select fund and the reasons for holding each one.

Rising markets over the past five years have encouraged investors to look for cheap areas of the market, but FE Alpha Manager James Thomson offers them a word of warning.

FE Trustnet looks at the closed-ended funds that have had the best first quarter of the year – and those that have done less well.

Numis Securities’ Ewan Lovett-Turner tips the trusts that are good value in their sectors.

Attivo’s James Swaby tells FE Trustnet why he has been buying units in the highly rated Baillie Gifford Global Discovery fund after its recent falls.

Rathbones' FE Alpha Manager has been cutting his direct and indirect exposure to emerging markets in his £411m Global Opportunities fund.

In the first of a two-part series, the analysts at Winterflood reveal the funds they are ditching from and adding to their recommended list.

Most global funds shy away from emerging markets, but some highly rated portfolios have sizable allocations to this rallying sector.

William Davies says the rise of nationalism in several key countries is creating the risk of a low-growth world.

Standard Life Investments’ Mikhail Zverev says taking global exposure isn’t about making macro calls.

FE Trustnet looks at four equity income funds in the global sectors that the AFI Panel hold in their Aggressive, Balanced and Cautious portfolios.

The manager’s global fund suffered over the opening months of 2014 but two of his highest conviction positions have started to work, leading to a surge in performance.

Despite a recent uptick in performance, Winterflood Securities’ Simon Elliott is unconvinced Alliance Trust should be back on investors’ radars.

In the next story of the series, FE Trustnet takes a look under the bonnet of our readers’ investment trust picks for the coming year.

Numis Securities says the global growth sector is the best hunting ground for investors with a long-term horizon.

Using FE Analytics, we highlight the funds and investment trusts that endured the biggest losses yesterday when indices across the world, including the FTSE 100, plummeted following China fears.

In the next article of the series, FE Alpha Manager James Henderson tells FE Trustnet about his contrarian stock-picking approach to the UK equity market and how he has used this to generate stellar returns.

A recent report from Investment Trust Intelligence shows by just how a great a margin closed-ended funds outperform their open-ended rivals over the longer term and, more specifically, during a strong recovery market.

Figures from the Association of Investment Companies show a number of trusts have a significant overweight to the US so we find out the reasons for this positioning.

After looking at selection of UK equity trusts, we highlight the international-facing investment trusts that Winterflood has put into its model portfolio.

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