In this month’s Fidelity Investor issue, I’ll give you my CliffsNotes review of some dramas on the market’s current stage as well as a draft for dramas that may yet upstage the markets. I’ll also cover Fidelity’s lineup of funds that combine different assets (some combination of two or more of the following—stocks, bonds, cash, commodities) into their mix.... Read more
This week has been relatively calm and quiet. No major new disruptive fundamental news or disruptors from the vitriolic political status quo… that is until yesterday’s late breaking news concerning the Robert Mueller investigation proceeding apace and possibly announcing the completion of the investigation as early as next week.... Read more
While 2019 is off to a rip-roaring start, a number of risks remain. I’d still place the U.S.-China trade talks at the top of the dramas that could play a melodramatic role on the market’s stage. Yes, by all indications things are going well— but nothing is signed, sealed nor delivered just yet, and hence it remains a potential source for selling on any given day, and even selling on the news to the extent that the global markets price in the expected resolution.... Read more
| Model | YTD | 5-Year (Annualized) |
|---|---|---|
| Global Quant Growth | 8.6% | 9.3% |
| Growth | 6.4% | 7.4% |
| Growth & Income | 4.9% | 6.7% |
| Income | 3.1% | 4.7% |
| Annuity Growth | 7.5% | 6.2% |
| Annuity Growth & Income | 6.3% | 5.6% |
| S&P 500 | 8.0% | 11.0% |
| Fidelity Investor Index | 5.4% | 5.5% |
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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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