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FGT Finsbury Growth & Income Trust Plc

822.00
-1.00 (-0.12%)
Last Updated: 08:51:31
Delayed by 15 minutes
Finsbury Growth & Income Investors - FGT

Finsbury Growth & Income Investors - FGT

Share Name Share Symbol Market Stock Type
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust Plc FGT London Ordinary Share
  Price Change Price Change % Share Price Last Trade
-1.00 -0.12% 822.00 08:51:31
Open Price Low Price High Price Close Price Previous Close
822.00 822.00 822.00 823.00
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Posted at 09/2/2022 20:52 by topvest
EssentialInvestor - I agree that it was a good idea, but the timing was wrong and because the timing was wrong then the top end price was also wrong. It might have been possible if Unilever share price was 50% higher. Simple numbers, they were offering 50% of the Unilever market cap for a business a quarter of the size. Crazy to be giving away equity for something valued so much higher than their own great business. I think Terry Smith summed it up better.

Unilever probably needs a Board reset as they have had a poor 5 year period. They also need to get their own house in order as the performance has been lacklustre. Terry Smith is spot on, as ever.

Nick Train is a very good investor, but is sometimes a tad over loyal to his holdings. £50bn was a very full price.

I am not sure what planet GSK are on, but surely anything around £50bn is a very good price for a £10bn turnover £2bn profit business. I would be very surprised if the market cap on IPO is anywhere near that and more possibly £40bn.
Posted at 08/2/2022 12:15 by shieldbug
Then you need to have a 5 year investment horizon for FGT.

Why do investors pick managers - and then expect them to change their process to suit their personal preferences?
Posted at 03/11/2021 18:55 by spangle93
I don't care if he makes Eeyore look like one of the Chuckle Brothers if he makes investors money.

However, I've held this through crash and rebound, growth periods and value periods, for more than 3 years, and I'm exactly 6% up. I keep holding, [1] because of his reputation for sagacity, pumped in the media, and [2], a combination of FOMO and a wavering view that at some point, (because of [1]) its day will come.

But it's a patience tester, that's for sure

I'll let you know if I sell, so you can pile in, because for sure it will go up then
Posted at 03/11/2021 16:26 by 123ct
It is his enthusiasm that makes him such a good presenter and easy to listen to, what I am trying to establish is why the discount has opened up, as if he was simply just buying rubbish stocks then the share price would fall but it isn't so what is it that is making Investors not wanting to buy FGT and so lead to the discount opening up, I know FGT operate a 5% discount buy back so it shouldn't widen any further
Posted at 26/10/2020 09:38 by ih_419191
I am a fan of the overall approach and like most of the holdings. The one I would question is Unilever due to the secular shift in their largest markets to own brand labels. My biggest issue with the fund is the way Nick Trane speaks to its investors. He is like an overly arrogant Cambridge Don speaking to a bunch of kids at the local comprehensive school. He speaks so slowly and like you are all a bunch of idiots. Really makes you just want to give him a smack. Alongside most of his UK investment Fund peers (inc RIT, City of London, Witan, BES etc) they have walked like lemmings off the cliff and failed to recognize the seismic shifts and changing nature of what constitutes value in 2020. If you like value look to Japan / Asia not Unilver and Mondelez.
Posted at 21/4/2020 01:23 by masurenguy
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust: Train worth boarding in tough times
The Times: 21 April 2020

In volatile markets such as these, it must be tempting for investors to turn to traditional stalwarts, perceived to offer safety when the world looks shaky. Finsbury Growth & Income Trust is a good example of one of these vehicles, highly popular among individual investors because of its very strong track record in creating value. An investment trust that is a constituent of the FTSE 250, Finsbury Growth & Income Trust has flourished since 2000, when Lindsell Train — and one of its founders, Nick Train, 60 — took control of the portfolio and the investment process.

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