'Scottish Mortgage discount could be an opportunity'

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Tech stocks have taken a bashing this week, but is this correction likely to be sustained?

Scottish Mortgage trust has been one of the most severe casualties on the FTSE, after an exceptional run over the past year.

The largest UK investment trust has significant allocations to the likes of Tesla and Amazon, as well as Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Tencent - all of which have been hit this week.

I spoke with Nick Wood, head of fund research at Quilter Cheviot to see whether growth investors should be worried.

24 Feb 2021 English United Kingdom Business · Investing

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