The macro trends that the markets marched and continue to march to remained the same in April into May: Vaccination success leads to reopening success, which leads to economic success, more or less… Or vice versa, as reflected by Brazil, India, Germany, broader Asia and Europe. Towards April’s end, I saw not just unseasonable snow flurries here in Beantown, but also a flurry of fretful national headlines.... Read more
Broadly speaking, global markets are betwixt rising pandemic concerns and restrained stimulus relief.... Read more
We have the perfect sector lined up for this month’s Focus. Can you guess it? Not only was this sector hit hard in last March’s vicious sell-off, but key components are at the forefront of the economic response to the coronavirus crisis, and the very largest institutions are once again set to kick-off a very much anticipated Q1 earnings season.... Read more
| Model | YTD | 5-Year (Annualized) |
|---|---|---|
| Global Quant Growth | 7.3% | 15.5% |
| Global Quant Income | -0.7% | N/A |
| Growth | 7.0% | 13.3% |
| Factor+ | 6.1% | N/A |
| Growth & Income | 5.8% | 9.3% |
| Income | 1.8% | 4.9% |
| Annuity Growth | 4.9% | 12.6% |
| Annuity Growth & Income | 3.9% | 10.4% |
| S&P 500 | 11.8% | 17.4% |
| Fidelity Investor Index | 6.0% | 10.5% |
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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
Jim Lowell adheres to the Cardinal Rule of Mutual Fund Investing: Buy the manager! He makes sure his subscribers, also known as “Fidelity’s Fortunate Few,” are protected and invested in Fidelity’s best funds.
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