As we enter September, I suspect we’ll remain wed to the pattern of the prior months–increased volatility borne of and by fear’s rumor mill and countermanded by fundamental facts.... Read more
The biggest news of this week was slated to be the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) rate cut statement and Fed Chair Powell’s subsequent live press conference. And, by the time their statement took place yesterday afternoon, the Fed did take center stage.... Read more
For a few reasons, the topic of our Focus piece in your September issue could not be timelier; I get to review a sector that is nearing a special one-year anniversary after going through a major rehaul (and name-change) at last September’s end. You don't want to miss this.... Read more
| Model | YTD | 5-Year (Annualized) |
|---|---|---|
| Global Quant Growth | 15.4% | 8.9% |
| Growth | 11.7% | 6.3% |
| Growth & Income | 10.0% | 5.7% |
| Income | 9.1% | 4.1% |
| Annuity Growth | 15.2% | 6.0% |
| Annuity Growth & Income | 13.1% | 5.4% |
| S&P 500 | 18.3% | 10.1% |
| Fidelity Investor Index | 11.9% | 5.4% |
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Jim Lowell is Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning independent newsletters Fidelity Investor and Fidelity Sector Investor. Through his newsletters, Jim advises individual investors seeking superior performance from their Fidelity investments. He has also written several books on investing, Investing from Scratch (revised edition, Penguin, 2006) and What Every Fidelity Investor Needs to Know (Wiley, 2007) among them. Read more
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