Stock story: PsiQuantum

Roddy Snell on the investment landscape in China, ‘silicon intensity’ and positioning the portfolio to maximise future growth opportunities.

We discuss market volatility, Diploma’s business model and the Strategic Bond Fund.

The China Team reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.

The Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust aims to generate long-term capital growth, with two aims. Firstly, its net asset value (NAV) total return should exceed that of the MSCI AC World Index in sterling terms by at least 2 per cent per annum over rolling five-year periods . Secondly, it should contribute towards a more sustainable and inclusive world by investing in the equities of companies whose products or services make a positive social or environmental impact.

The Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust plc seeks to invest predominantly in listed and unlisted US companies that the Company believes have the potential to grow substantially faster than the average company, and to hold onto them for long periods of time to produce long-term capital growth.

The Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc aims for capital growth from a global portfolio of initially immature entrepreneurial companies, typically with a market capitalisation of less than $5bn at time of initial investment, which are believed to offer long-term growth potential.