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John Baron's Investment Trust Portfolio

ABOUT THIS PORTFOLIO

A portfolio of investment trusts designed to generate growth and income

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Portfolio performance investment-trust-portfolio

performance to:3 May 2013
Growth Portfolio % Income Portfolio %
Bonds . Bonds .
__Ishares Corp Bond Fund ex-Fin [GBP] ETF 7 __Ishares Corp Bond Fund [GBP] ETF 9.5
__New City High Yield IT 3 __Ishares Corp Bond Fund ex-Fin [GBP] ETF 8.5
. . __New City High Yield IT 7
. . __City Merchants High Yield IT 6
. . __Ishares Gilt [GBP] ETF 4.5
. . __Invesco Lev High Yield IT 3.5
. . . .
UK Shares . UK Shares .
__Temple Bar IT 5 __Temple Bar IT 6
__Finsbury Growth & Income IT 4 __Murray Income IT 5.5
__Montanaro UK Smaller Cos IT 4 __Henderson Smaller Cos IT 4
__Henderson Smaller Cos IT 4 __Schroder UK Mid Cap IT 3
__Schroder UK Mid Cap IT 3.5 __Perpetual Income and Growth IT 3
__Perpetual Income and Growth IT 3 . .
. . . .
International Shares . International Shares .
__Ishares Japan Monthly [GBP] hedged ETF 6.5 __European Assets IT 5.5
__Baillie Gifford Japan IT 6 __Murray International IT 4.5
__European Assets IT 5.5 __JPMorgan Japanese IT 4
__Aberdeen Asian Income IT 4.5 __Ishares DJ Emerging Mkts Div ETF 3.5
__Schroder Oriental Income IT 3.5 __Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos IT 3
__Jupiter European Opportunities IT 3.5 __BlackRock Frontiers IT 2
__Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos IT 3 . .
__Aberdeen Asian Smaller Cos IT 3 . .
__BlackRock Frontiers IT 3 . .
__JPMorgan Emerging Mkts Income IT 2.5 . .
. . . .
Themes . Themes .
__Herald IT 5 __Worldwide Healthcare IT 5.5
__Worldwide Healthcare IT 4.5 __HICL Infrastructure IT 2.5
__The Biotech Growth IT 3.5 __M&G High Income Inc shares IT 2
__International Biotechnology IT 2 __BlackRock Commodities Income IT 2
__Utilico Emerging Markets IT 2 . .
__City Natural Resources IT 1.5 . .
. . . .
Commercial Property . Commercial Property .
__Standard Life Property Income IT 2 __Standard Life Property Income IT 2
__TR Property IT 2 __TR Property IT 2
. . . .
Cash 3 Cash 1
. . . .
Total 100 Total 100
Holdings are rounded to the nearest 0.5% . . .
. . . .
Portfolio Performance Jan 2009-May 2013 . . .
. Growth . Income
Portfolio Total Return [%] 106 . 87.1
APCIMS Total Return [%] 62.9 . 52.6
Relative Performance [%] 43.1 . 34.5
Yield [%] 2.2 . 4.1
. . . .
The APCIMS Growth and Income benchmarks are cited [Total Return] . . .
  1. Overweight bonds but underweight gilts - bias towards corporate bonds.
  2. Overseas equities - bias towards emerging markets/far east.
  3. Overweight commodities, healthcare/biotech, infrastructure, smaller companies and commercial property. Growth portfolio overweight technology.

Latest about this portfolio

  1. Healthy returns

    Healthy returns

    10 May 2013

    After a strong start to the year relative to benchmarks, John Baron modestly rebalances both portfolios by increasing their bond exposure. Within equities, he also increases exposure to Japan and the pharma/biotech sector

  2. Great rotation or expectation?

    Great rotation or expectation?

    05 April 2013

    John Baron is wary of talk about the 'great rotation' and the need to take profits in high-yielding equities, and retains the 'go high' element of his strategy

  3. Exploring new frontiers

    Exploring new frontiers

    08 March 2013

    John Baron suggests frontier markets have great potential, but remain off most investors' radar screens - this is going to change

  4. Japan: a once in a lifetime opportunity?

    Japan: a once in a lifetime opportunity?

    07 February 2013

    John Baron believes the Japanese equity market could be at a major turning point.

  5. Seeking discount value

    Seeking discount value

    10 January 2013

    John Baron highlights the importance of monitoring discounts and premiums to portfolio performance.

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