Currency Funds: Outperforming Conventional Investment Funds
As well as the benefits of diversification and reduced portfolio risk that an investment in a currency fund can offer, there is increasing evidence that currency funds are outperforming traditional investment funds.
Reuters has reported1 that the more than 200 currency funds grouped in the Lipper UK Offshore-Currency benchmarks delivered aggregate returns of 15.6 percent over the last 12 months and almost 28 percent over the last 3 years. That compares with an aggregate 12 month fall of 40.71 percent in funds in Lipper's global equity benchmark, and a fall of 32 percent over three years.
1. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLU94501620090430
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