Spot the Dog

The effects of long-term underperformance can create a ‘ruff’ ride for your savings. Our Spot the Dog guide helps you find underperforming assets in your portfolio.

What is Spot the Dog?

Spot the Dog has been exposing badly performing funds since 1994. In doing so, not only has it encouraged hundreds of thousands of investors to keep a closer eye on their investments, but it has also pushed fund groups into taking ‘paws-itive’ action.

In the latest edition of Spot the Dog:

The number of dog funds is down slightly, from 151 to 137, a 9% decrease
Still, we should ‘paws’ to note that this is still far higher than the 56 funds named a year ago
Global equity funds remained firmly in the doghouse, leading all other sectors with 43 funds on the list
US tech outperformance has meant fund managers who are underweight in this sector have dug themselves a sizable hole

With investment, your capital is at risk. Spot the dog is not advice to buy or sell. It is based purely on factual analysis of past performance, which is not a guide to how a fund will perform in the future. Indeed, there may be good reasons to believe that the future of the fund could be better.