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Baillie Gifford Long Term Global Growth Investment Fund Letters & Research Archive

5 pieces · 2025–2026 · updated every Monday

2026

09-09Baillie Gifford Long Term Global Growth Fund Factsheet→08-11Baillie Gifford Long Term Global Growth Fund Factsheet→07-09Baillie Gifford Long Term Global Growth Fund FactsheetThis is a monthly update for Baillie Gifford's Long Term Global Growth fund. The key message: the fund recently did badly, losing 8.7% over six months and 3.9% over one year, while the global stock market benchmark rose 13.0% and 28.2% over the same periods. That's a big miss. The manager doesn't give a clear market forecast, just repeats its approach of holding a few big-growth winners for the long term. Its top holdings include ASML, Amazon.com…→03-03Baillie Gifford Investment Funds ICVC Annual Report - December 2025This annual report is about a major product shake-up at Baillie Gifford. It is shutting down or merging several funds and launching one new fund. There is no strong market forecast, just portfolio restructuring. Key products: Diversified Growth Fund and Defensive Growth Fund are set to be merged into Monthly Income Fund (i.e., closed); the new Cautious Managed Fund is a conservative fund launched in 2025. Also, the Long Term Global Growth Investm…→

2025

06-30Baillie Gifford Investment Funds ICVC Interim Report - June 2025This report explains how Baillie Gifford's "defensive growth" fund repositioned in the first half of 2025. The manager expects "mild stagflation" in the US (slow growth, slightly high inflation), so it shifted money from government bonds into higher-yielding credit, especially emerging-market bonds and high-yield debt. Key moves: Baillie Gifford High Yield Bond Fund received the biggest purchase and became the top holding; emerging-market bond ex…→