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Stock specific factors have become more important, not less so, when determining the future performa...

Stock specific factors have become more important, not less so, when determining the future performance of a stock, according to research from Standard Life. Stuart Fraser, head of continental European equities at Standard Life Investments, said the group's research has shown that while in the 1980s, 20% of a stock's performance could be attributed to stock-specific factors, in the 1990s this has risen to 40%. Fraser said that even though the apparent polarisation between old versus new reminds fund managers to keep sectoral considerations in mind, it is the fundamentals of stocks that r...

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