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To Invest In Exchange Traded Funds or Unit Trusts?
By Doctor Wealth  •  September 1, 2014
The top performing Singapore-focused unit trusts in the ten years to end January 2013 were Nikko AM Shenton Thrift and Aberdeen SP Singapore Equity. According to research firm Morningstar, the former registered an annualised return of 13.9 per cent, while the latter managed 13.2 per cent a year during that period. Based on those return numbers, a $150,000 invested in Shenton Thrift back in 2003 would have grown to about $550,000 as of end January 2013. Aberdeen would have grown the same amount to about $520,000. img unit trusts These are admirable results. But remember, 2003 was the year when the US military launched its “shock and awe” campaign against Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi forces. As if that was not enough, here in this part of the world, we also had to grapple with the fears and panic surrounding the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome epidemic. Most would find 2003 to be a difficult time to invest in the market. ......
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