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Friday February 17th 2012  

The article sheds light on the sectors and the types of products that in this particular market context have obtained the best performances. Among these is the IT sector.
In the ranking of the first 10 sectorial funds that invest in IT on a global level there is also a product of Eurizon Capital: Eurizon EasyFund Equity High Tech LTE R, which achieved a performance of +1.04% during the past year. Investors’ expectations on the IT sector over the next months are positive.

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In the past 12 months the MSCI World index lost 0,8% while the MSCI World Healthcare gained 13,1%, thanks to the sector’s growth estimates and to the population aging, which will require more medicines in the future.  Among the best 24 equity funds specialized on pharmaceutical securities and on biotech there is also an Eurizon Capital product: Eurizon EasyFund Equity Pharma LTE. The fund obtained a performance of 15% over the past year, of 21,3% over the past two years and of 38,2% over the past 3 years. In all three cases it did better than the MSCI World Healthcare index.

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Despite the continuing Eurozone debt crisis some Eurizon Capital funds have performed extremely well since the beginning of 2011. In particular, out of 50 funds considered in this ranking, Eurizon EasyFund Bond GBP ZH has pulled off a top-ranking performance of 10,3%. The good performance of the fund can be significantly explained by the rising yields offered by British bonds.








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The month of August has been characterized by a poor trend of the main international financial markets. Some mutual funds, however, have pulled off anyway positive returns. Among these is Eurizon EasyFund Bond GBP. This fund has scored a performance of 3,55% in August, benefitting from the British pound’s revaluation against the euro. Fund managers Luigi Fallanca and Matteo Magnani explain that the positive return is certainly due to the currency effect, but it has also been boosted by “the movement of the British yield curve which has undercome a flattening in its long part (10-30 years), that is the segment where the majority of bonds issued by the treasury is concentrated”. “For the next months – they conclude – we expect the scenario won’t be subject to substantial variations. The UK economy could undergo a slowdown and generate a descent of the inflation to levels that are more consistent with the BoE’s policy. We therefore mean to keep the current positioning in order to take advantage of the expected increase of British government bonds, despite the low carry offered by these instruments”.

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