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According to Jeff Mueller, portfolio manager & analyst for Polen’s Global Growth strategy, the conventional wisdom that quality growth stocks are difficult to find outside the U.S. is a misconception. Recently, he sat down with Financial Advisor Magazine to discuss why.
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- Polen’s Large Company Growth Team uses five investment guardrails to guide their search for what they believe are the highest-quality businesses globally. Only about 300 companies meet all five requirements, which the team then reduces by half by stripping out names they consider cyclical.
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- Mueller cites Aon and ICON as examples of businesses with compelling strategic advantages—including deep competitive moats and pricing power that can help them thrive, even in the face of inflationary pressure.
- Digital payments and global beauty care are two sectors dominated by duopolies, which Polen sees as attractive investment opportunities.
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We’re pleased to be in markets where fundamentals matter, as opposed to those driven by extreme emotions that can create wide gaps between businesses & their stocks.
—Jeff Mueller, Portfolio Manager & Analyst, Large Company Growth
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