Investors can play inflation roulette, but it’s the pandemic ping-pong match between fear and fundamentals that matters most. After a day of being thankful, global markets turned from fretful to fearful as news of a new COVID-19 variant in South Africa—now named Omicron—sent a selling shudder across most boards and bourses.... Read more
The recently discovered and newly named Omicron COVID variant began spooking global markets last Friday, giving gave way to this week’s fear of something we know very little about. That’s how fear works… flight or fight. It could become more of an issue, or less... as I detail in your December issue, Playing Pandemic Ping-Pong. I’ll let the facts, not the fears, be my guide. No matter what, we know how to fight through trying times.... Read more
Since last week’s FSI Hotline, we’ve seen a handful of down-to-earth reports this week: regional manufacturing gauges showing activity continuing to rise, reflecting the theme of rebounding. Another: retail sales rose, reflecting a willing and able consumer heading into the holiday spending season, but also reflecting paying higher prices for everything from gas to milk.... Read more
| Model | YTD | 5-Year (Annualized) |
|---|---|---|
| Global Quant Growth | 9.3% | 14.1% |
| Global Quant Income | 1.2% | N/A |
| Growth | 10.2% | 12.7% |
| ESG Growth | N/A | N/A |
| Factor+ | 10.0% | N/A |
| Growth & Income | 11.7% | 9.4% |
| Income | 4.7% | 4.8% |
| Annuity Growth | 6.8% | 12.3% |
| Annuity Growth & Income | 7.0% | 10.2% |
| S&P 500 | 23.5% | 17.5% |
| Fidelity Investor Index | 13.8% | 12.2% |
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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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