Which were the most popular funds in January?

Slight recovery in investor confidence

Beth Brearley
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Hargreaves Lansdown has revealed the most popular funds, shares and investment trusts with its ISA investors in January.

Although investor confidence saw a slight recovery in January, it is still relatively low by historical standards, Hargreaves Lansdown said, attributing the cautiousness to Brexit. Following the turbluence of the stockmarkets in December, the FTSE 100 is trading above 7,000 again, but remains "a pretty unloved market", with a yield of around 4.5%, the highest it's been since the financial crisis. Hargreaves Lansdown launches Wealth 50 This has driven investors towards income mandates, with eight of the ten most popular shares bought in January targeting a yield above 5%. Further...

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