Marketwise, January's thaw continued mostly to melt up in February; the winter of forecasted discontent in the form of an avalanche of selling or the freeze of a recession not only did not materialize, they vanished like breath in warm air—invisible and insubstantial. In this month's Fidelity Investor issue, I will analyze the managers who are proven winners—the ones who have beaten their benchmarks over long and short time periods. On the other side (this one may sting a bit), I’ll also analyze the long-term losers, as my job is to call attention to both the outperforming and underperforming managers.... Read more
After last week’s moderate selling on renewed fears of U.S.-China trade talks not going as well as hoped, this week, global markets have been fairly upbeat.... 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 | 10.6% | 8.6% |
| Growth | 8.7% | 6.9% |
| Growth & Income | 6.4% | 6.1% |
| Income | 4.3% | 4.2% |
| Annuity Growth | 10.6% | 5.8% |
| Annuity Growth & Income | 8.9% | 5.2% |
| S&P 500 | 11.5% | 10.7% |
| Fidelity Investor Index | 7.5% | 5.3% |
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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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