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OUR
FIDELITY MUTUAL FUNDS PICKS
November 2002
1.
FLPSX
- Fidelity Low Priced Stock
This is our favorite Fidelity Mutual Fund. The average valuation
of its holdings is very low compared to the market in general. The
average price-to-sales ratio is just above 1, average price-to-book ratio
just over 2, and average PE approximately 18. The average market
cap is under $1 billion, with an average price-to-cashflow under 9 which
is about as low as you will find. This value oriented fund has been a consistent
performer. It is overweight in the consumer services sector. |
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2. FDVLX
- Fidelity Value Fund
This mutual fund has similarly low average valuations as the Low-Priced
Stock Fund but with a heavier weighting towards the industrial materials
and energy-utility sectors. Also the average market cap is just above
$3 billion. |
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3. FDSCX
- Fidelity Small Cap Independence Fund
A growth-oriented mutual fund with its average holding having a market
cap under $600 million, price-to-sales ratio of approximately 1.7, price-to-book
approximately 2.4, and a PE of about 22. It is more heavily weighted towards
the healthcare, and consumer & financial services sectors, while
being underweight in the telecom and software sectors. |
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4. FSEMX
- Fidelity Spartan Extended-Market Index
This is an alternative to Fidelity's Spartan 500 Fund or other large-cap
funds. This mutual fund seeks to track the performance of the Wilshire
4500 (these are the 4500 smaller stocks of the Wilshire 5000 index; WILSHIRE
5000 minus S&P 500 = WILSHIRE 4500). It has a very low expense
ratio. Small Cap Stocks are likely to outperform large caps over the next
couple of years. |
Our stock picks achieved
positive results for 2002...see
strategy
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