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James Dow

 FE fundinfo Alpha Manager
Baillie Gifford & Co Ltd, Baillie Gifford Worldwide Fund
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Manager profile
James is head of Global Income Growth and co-manager of the Scottish American Investment Company. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2004 and has been a global sector specialist and an investment manager in our US Equities Team. Before this, he spent three years at The Scotsman, where he was economics editor. James is a CFA Charterholder. He graduated MA (Hons) in Economics and Philosophy from the University of St Andrews in 2000 and MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics in 2001.
Total return for James Dow
Manager career performance
Rolling Alpha Quartile: Discrete three year periods
Rolling Alpha Quartile shows a manager's alpha score in quartile terms, plotting his or her risk adjusted performance against all other managers in the UT & OEICs universe. The best managers are those who are consistently ranked in the first or second quartile.
 
Quartile 1
Quartile 2
Quartile 3
Quartile 4
 
 
 
 
 
60-96m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
72-108m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
84-120m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
96-132m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
108-144m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Discrete calendar year performance : James Dow

Manager career performance
Discrete performance
  0-12m 12-24m 24-36m 36-48m 48-60m 60-72m 72-84m 84-96m 96-108m 108-120m
James Dow 14.3 4.3 -5.5 21.8 5.5 16.2 1.4 16.1 27.1 1.5
Peer Group Composite 20.8 3.7 -5.7 26.4 -2.5 12.1 -2.7 15.5 23.3 -0.4
Over / Under -6.5 0.6 0.2 -4.6 8.0 4.1 4.1 0.6 3.8 1.9
Performance vs peer group composite: James Dow
How a manager matches up against their peers gives you some idea of how talented they are. Very few managers perform equally well in rising and falling markets, so knowing which type of market a manager is capable of performing well within is also important.
 
Overall markets
Up
Outperformed peer group composite
8 years
out of a possible 10
 
Overall markets
Up
Underperformed peer group composite
2 years
out of a possible 10
 
Rising markets
UpDown
Outperformed peer group composite
4 years
out of a possible 6
 
Falling markets
UpDown
Outperformed peer group composite
4 years
out of a possible 4
Funds currently managed
Fund Sole/Co-managed Sector Periods
Baillie Gifford Global Income Growth Co-managed IA Global Equity Income since Jan 31 2015 to present
The Scottish American Investment Company P.L.C. Lead manager IT Global Equity Income since Aug 01 2017 to present
Baillie Gifford Sustainable Income Co-managed IA Mixed Investment 40-85% Shares since Aug 31 2018 to present
Baillie Gifford Responsible Global Equity Income Co-managed IA Global Equity Income since Dec 06 2018 to present
Baillie Gifford Worldwide Global Dividend Growth Co-managed FO Equity - International since Jul 17 2019 to present
Baillie Gifford Worldwide Responsible Global Dividend Growth Co-managed FO Equity - Ethical since Jun 18 2021 to present
Funds managed previously
Fund Periods
The Scottish American Investment Company P.L.C. since Jul 28 2016 to Jul 31 2017
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