Funds investing in this region have had a reasonably difficult year, and returns for both small and ...
Funds investing in this region have had a reasonably difficult year, and returns for both small and large-cap sectors were each less than 10%, making this one of the lower performing categories in this analysis. The difference in returns from this year to the last is substantial - particularly in the smaller companies sector where returns dropped from 68% in 2003 to 9% this year. According to Standard & Poor's data, three-year volatility in this category sits at a level of 5.24 and it is interesting to note that many of the best performing funds in the category have lower volatility than t...
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