2012
UK Smaller Companies
22.6%
UK Index-linked Gilts
0.3%
9.8%
2013
UK Smaller Companies
37.3%
UK Gilts
-5 3%
21.8%
2014
UK Index-linked Gilts
18.7%
UK Smaller Companies
-1.6%
7.4%
2015
Japan
15.8%
Emerging Markets
-9.8%
4.0%
2016
Emerging Markets
33.1%
UK Smaller Companies
8.5%
24.0%
2017
UK Smaller Companies
26.7%
Global Bonds
1.6%
14 2%
2018
UK Gilts
-0.1%
Europe
-12.4%
-5.8%
2019
UK Smaller Companies
26.2%
Global Bonds & UK Index-Linked Gilts
5.9%
22.3%
Figure 1: Best and worst performing investment sectors over ten years (source: Hargreaves Lansdown)
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