Identifying future trends

clock

By Dylan Emery Fidelity Funds American Growth is a theme-driven fund investing primarily in small t...

By Dylan Emery Fidelity Funds American Growth is a theme-driven fund investing primarily in small to mid-cap stocks. Neal Miller, the fund manager, tries to identify trends in a wide variety of sectors before the investment community hears about them. Adam Smears, analyst for the fund, said: "He cannot just go through brokers' research because those ideas are already in the market. He needs to use alternative methods to find out what is going on. It is a very personality-oriented fund. It is very much Miller's fund." There are three phases Miller uses in choosing stocks. The first is id...

To continue reading this article...

Join Investment Week for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the investment industry, including the Sustainable Hub covering fund news from the ESG space
  • Get ahead of regulatory and technological changes affecting fund management
  • Important and breaking news stories selected by the editors delivered straight to your inbox each day
  • Weekly members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from leading industry experts
  • Be the first to hear about our extensive events schedule and awards programmes

Join now

 

Already an Investment Week
member?

Login

More on Equities

UK equities bleed £1.2bn in March while North American peers enjoy best month in a year

UK equities bleed £1.2bn in March while North American peers enjoy best month in a year

Ahead of Trump’s April tariffs

Sorin Dojan
clock 08 April 2025 • 2 min read
Evenlode's Chris Elliott: Trading on tariffs and tension

Evenlode's Chris Elliott: Trading on tariffs and tension

Global recession fears

Chris Elliott
clock 08 April 2025 • 3 min read
Spring Statement 25: Government looking at options to tackle Cash ISA 'hoarding' concerns

Spring Statement 25: Government looking at options to tackle Cash ISA 'hoarding' concerns

"Strike the right balance"

Jenna Brown
clock 26 March 2025 • 3 min read
Trustpilot