How to analyse investment trust discounts
Discounts to the value of assets held, and more rarely premiums, are par for the course when it comes to investment trusts. These are best understood as the gap between the share price and the net asset value (NAV). For example, a trust with 100p of assets per share and a 95p share price trades at a 5% discount to NAV. Discounts can give savvy investors the chance to buy assets for less than...
