Research suggests fund managers' biggest bets outperform. That’s even true for managers of poorly performing funds, although at the Investors Chronicle, we’re only interested in the best of the best.
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Every week, we publish a list of the “best ideas” of top fund managers from one of seven sectors. This week it is the turn of international stocks.
Our fund managers’ best ideas tables constitute the top five holdings of a selection of top performing funds, or the three most overweight positions. The data is based on the funds’ most recent portfolio disclosures to Morningstar.
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Top Fund Managers' Favourite International Shares
| FUND BEST IDEAS: GLOBAL | |
| 25/11/2020 | No. Funds |
| Amazon.com Inc | 6 (+1) |
| Microsoft Corp | 4 (-1) |
| Alibaba Group Holding Ltd ADR | 3 (NEW) |
| Mastercard Inc A | 3 (-2) |
| Accenture PLC Class A | 2 |
| Alphabet Inc Class C | 2 |
| Charles Schwab Corp | 2 (+1) |
| Linde PLC | 2 |
| London Stock Exchange Group PLC | 2 |
| Tencent Holdings Ltd | 2 (+1) |
| Adobe Inc | 1 (NEW) |
| Alphabet Inc A | 1 (-1) |
| Apple Inc | 1 |
| Aptiv PLC | 1 (NEW) |
| Becton, Dickinson and Co | 1 |
| Capgemini SE | 1 |
| Church & Dwight Co Inc | 1 (NEW) |
| CME Group Inc Class A | 1 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 1 (NEW) |
| Deutsche Boerse AG | 1 |
| Electronic Arts Inc | 1 |
| Equinix Inc | 1 |
| Fidelity National Information Services Inc | 1 |
| Genmab A/S | 1 (NEW) |
| Hoya Corp | 1 |
| IDEXX Laboratories Inc | 1 (NEW) |
| Infineon Technologies AG | 1 (NEW) |
| Intuit Inc | 1 (NEW) |
| Lam Research Corp | 1 |
| LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE | 1 (NEW) |
| MercadoLibre Inc | 1 (NEW) |
| Nike Inc B | 1 (NEW) |
| Nintendo Co Ltd | 1 (NEW) |
| Novo Nordisk A/S B | 1 (-2) |
| NVIDIA Corp | 1 |
| Partners Group Holding AG | 1 |
| PayPal Holdings Inc | 1 (NEW) |
| Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. of China Ltd Class H | 1 |
| Prologis Inc | 1 |
| Roche Holding AG Dividend Right Cert. | 1 |
| Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 1 |
| ServiceNow Inc | 1 (NEW) |
| Teleperformance SE | 1 (NEW) |
| Tesla Inc | 1 |
| Unilever PLC | 1 |
| Vestas Wind Systems A/S | 1 (NEW) |
| Visa Inc Class A | 1 |
| Zoetis Inc Class A | 1 (NEW) |
source: Morningstar
*based on 3 most overweight holdings
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