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Forgive me wading into this discussion but I think there may be a bit of nuance here. I understand that PHE is set up to do tolerably well across lots of different market conditions. A bit of a jack-of-all-trades, and hence it masters none. PHT is more spicy and has gone like a stabbed rat of late but that's because it's much more focussed on things which are currently in favour. In 5/10/15 years time PHT may be nowhere, but PHE will still be trogging along.
I think that if you're always into the latest thing and are happy to take rougher patches head on then stick it in PHT. If you're more of a fire-and-forget mentality then PHE is your puppy, and you can be pretty sure that it'll have done well when you come to take the cash out some time in the future.
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ahem. Of late Mr O would suggest weeks or months. It's done well for years and has consistently outperformed all other Tech funds.
At least that I know of.You could show someone the numbers and they will say 'yep all tech has done well', as if to say, that's just tech. No it isn't, it's exceeded all benchmarks and all peers.
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Adam
Re "Equity is pretty much in line with Fundsmith. It's always been highly correlated."
My decision is already made
But what Fundsmith ate you using as a comparator?
According to google fundsmith equity has given a 0.8% return over the last 12 months
According to my spread sheet phe is down a whopping 26.6% over the same time frame.
Either your using a different comparison, my spreadsheets buggered or something else is awry.
Tia
G
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Grant,
I wasn't attempting to persuade you one way or the other. It's your choice, as always. And yes your figures are wrong. Perhaps your excel file hasn't taken into account the withdrawals you have made
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Afternoon Adam
Thanks for the clarification, you nailed it, I forgot to subtract my annual withdrawal, wot a muppet, too many beers last night.Ps I know you weren't trying to persuade me one way or the other, it's outside your remit.
Cheers again and enjoy your weekend
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Netflix split their stock 10:1 last week. The custodian processed the changes 2 days later so if you are looking at the graph you will see a sharp drop and rebound due to the timing.
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Any thoughts if it's worth soldiering on with PHE which is my worst performer over 5 years across a number of funds, I note Nik mentioned last year it was to be looked at. I understand it's 'buy and hold' but a low cost tracker would have produced significantly better returns.
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If your not happy with it change it, I've got little money in the defensive fund which I think is relatively low risk and has paid about 8% in 2025 which I'm happy with as a low risk option.
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Anyone who holds a portfolio and has questions can contact either myself and or Nik. Many have. Discussions around suitability are very individual specific due to goals, age, risk appetite and time to retirement/time to draw down.
