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[ BAILLIE GIFFORD ]
James Budden says Baillie Gifford’s calm and measured approach
should allow its funds and investment trusts to emerge from the
current crisis as robustly as they entered it
Worry, but don’t panic
The value of your investment and
any income from it can go down
as well as up and as a result your
capital may be at risk.
T
he coronavirus is playing
havoc with the markets
as well as our health and
well-being. Billions are
being wiped off share prices in the
short term. Companies are coming
under fiscal pressure very quickly.
Governments are distributing
corporate lifebelts. It is definitely
a time to be very concerned but
perhaps also a time to avoid panic.
Baillie Gifford’s investment
philosophy is very long term and
we have been investing in this way
for more than a century, so it has
been tested in all sorts of turbulent
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times. Over the last 20 years we have
experienced several global crises, each
different from the last, but with the
same recurring lesson – that our long-
term investment horizon, our calm
heads, and a supportive client base,
should see our investment trusts and
funds emerge from the current crisis at
least as robustly as they entered it.
Baillie Gifford’s investment
philosophy is very long
term and we have been
investing in this way for
more than a century, so it
has been tested in all sorts
of turbulent times
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