A. We live in the era of the activist investors, they are famous and they move famous companies' stocks as well which attract a lot of media attention. But can the activist investors deliver each time?
The answer is no.
Which means invest in a mutual fund that focuses on activism is a wise choice, because your investment will be diversified.
There are two picks were recommended by the August issue Fortune magazine:
- Fidelity Event Driven Opportunities Fund: it's launched in Dec 2013 and has returned 13% (beating its benchmark Russell 3000 which had 11.6% return)
- The 13-D Activist Fund: it has returned annual return of 28% since inception in Dec 2011 (vs 25% for the S&P 500)