Four lucky dip investments: A dive into the IA Specialist sector

IA Specialist is home to an eclectic mix of country-specific funds

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Darius McDermott looks at the IA Specialist sector which, he says, can be an Aladdin's Cave for investors...

It's human nature to desire fitting in, but sometimes it's okay to go it alone. In fact, there are times when it's actually beneficial to forge a different path. Just think where we'd be without the foresight of entrepreneurs such as Amazon's Jeff Bezos and the late Steve Jobs, who co-founded Apple back in the 1970s. Their single-minded determination to succeed resulted in industry-disrupting ideas that have revolutionised sectors and proved their doubters wrong. It's exactly the same with investments. You can find many hugely successful portfolios focused on niche areas that are rout...

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