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The Defensive Dozen – 12 funds will protect your wealth AND grow

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With stock market uncertainty lying ahead over global trade wars, oil price shocks, recession worries and Brexit, where should investors turn who are looking for a safe place for their money come rain or shine? The Mail on Sunday has crunched the numbers, with the help of experts at broker AJ Bell, to bring you … Read more

Which traditionally defensive stocks proved their worth during the coronavirus crash? 

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Reckitt Benckiser and AstraZeneca are among the firms that have proven their worth and their reputation as ‘defensive’ stocks over recent months, as global markets were rocked by the coronavirus pandemic. The spread of Covid-19 and the resulting lockdowns implemented worldwide have caused suffering for many companies and even those that have weathered countless recessions have fallen … Read more

Stock market crash: Is it too late to switch to defensive funds?

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Since the stock market crash I keep reading recommendations for defensive and balanced funds – but surely it’s too late for that? By This Is Money Reporter Published: 07:33 BST, 19 May 2020 | Updated: 08:34 BST, 19 May 2020 Since the stock market crash I keep reading recommendations for switching into cash and various … Read more

Scottish Investment Trust manager went on the defensive as crisis hit

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SCOTTISH INVESTMENT TRUST: The manager who ditched consumer stocks and went on the defensive with gold shares as crisis bit By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 22:56 BST, 28 March 2020 | Updated: 10:44 BST, 29 March 2020 Although manager Alasdair McKinnon was relatively quick off the mark in turning the portfolio of … Read more

Defensive investment funds are still making money for investors 

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Defensive investment funds are still making money for investors despite the market turbulence By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:21 GMT, 16 March 2020 | Updated: 22:21 GMT, 16 March 2020 Defensive investment funds managed by the likes of Ruffer and Brevan Howard have been making money for savers despite the market turbulence.  … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Put on a tin hat – and try our four defensive tips for the trenches 

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‘Market falls: is it time to pack up and go home?’ That was the stark question posed by a leading investment expert in response to Thursday’s 10.9 per cent fall in the FTSE 100 Index – the largest daily correction in the index since the Black Monday stock market crash of October 1987. (I remember … Read more