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As I explain in a recent Barron's piece "Who Says You Can't Beat the Market?", Joel Tillinghast at Low-Priced Stock has crushed his benchmark time and again, even with 40% of his portfolio in foreign stocks. That's one way you can understand you're in the presence of a truly skilled stockpicker.

It’s not an easy time to be an investor especially an amateur trying to rush into the market and follow its momentum, says Jim Lowell, Editor of Fidelity Investor.

Fundamentals remain solid in the U.S. and other developed markets, but it would be more surprising not to see a reversion to the mean of 10% or more in U.S. stocks sometime soon than to see it, Jim tells Martin Soong on CNBC.

The market environment recently feels good from a fundamental standpoint, says Jim Lowell, Editor of Fidelity Investor.

The healthcare debate has created swoons that have resulted in a payoff for NASDAQ, says Jim Lowell, Editor of Fidelity Investor.

FLGEX has amassed nearly a billion dollars in assets, but investors should keep their eye on FBGRX

The tech sector is likely to remain relatively strong in the medium term, says Jim Lowell, Editor of Fidelity Investor.

In his May 23 CNBC interview, Jim explains that while the markets are long overdue for a 10% pullback, odds have been rebuilding for a rate hike in the June 13–14 Fed meeting. The reason: the U.S. consumer is fully employed, and job figures ranging from wages to job quality to hours worked are on the rise. While these fundamentals are in place, a pullback is a buying opportunity, not a selling opportunity.

In his talk with MoneyLife, Jim explains how while the the index fund and ETF revolution is gathering assets at a rapid clip, investors in those products are making an assumption that low cost means low risk. When you're investing in loftily valued markets, index funds become increasingly risky compared to funds actively run by skilled managers.

Jim Lowell cautions against overexuberance but says he remains "cautiously optimistic" on the U.S. markets.