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February 2010 Daily Chart
February’s auspicious start reverses in one day:
Fundranker Gets Published!
Fundranker’s editor recently wrote three articles that will be published soon on the nationally known Free Money Finance blog: Education Tax Credits for 2009, Making Work Pay Tax Credit for 2009 and 2010, and Unrelated Dependent. The two tax credit articles will be published together in one post on Free Money Finance, and the Unrelated Dependent article will be published separately. Tune into Free Money Finance on February 3 and 6 to see these articles.
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TOP EIGHT MODEL PORTFOLIO JANUARY 2010
| 1. Automotive (FSAVX) |
| 2. Electronics (FSELX) |
| 3. Technology (FSPTX) |
| 4. Computers (FDCPX) |
| 5. Materials (FSDPX) |
| 6. IT Services (FBSOX) |
| 7. Communications Equipment (FSDCX) |
| 8. Software & Computer Services (FSCSX) |
| All months |
EXCHANGES FOR JANUARY 4, 2010
| Sell Gold (FSAGX), |
| buy Electronics (FSELX) |
| Sell Chemicals (FSCHX), |
| buy Communications Equipment (FSDCX) |
| Sell Multimedia (FBMPX), |
| buy Software & Computer Services (FSCSX) |
| All months |
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Introducing Fidelity Select Fundranker
Fidelity Select Fundranker employs a straightforward investment strategy—invest in Fidelity Investments Select mutual funds that are doing the best right now, and move regularly into better performing funds.
Fundranker utilizes a technical investment system, which means no guesswork, no predictions, no judgments. Each month, Fundranker rates and ranks Fidelity Investments’ 41 Select mutual funds (39 as of June 19, 2009) according to various aspects of their recent performance and selects the top eight funds in which to invest. To follow the Fundranker system, typically you’ll make two or three exchanges at the beginning of each month to stay in the top eight funds.
From January, 2006, when Fidelity Select Fundranker newsletter was first published, through June, 2008, when Fidelity Select Fundranker’s Top Eight Model Portfolio reached its all time high, Fundranker gained 42.0%, while the S&P 500 gained 7.4%, and the Nasdaq Composite gained 5.5%:
From November, 2007, through February, 2009, during the bear market precipated by the United States’ worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the Top Eight Model Portfolio fell 51.0%, the S&P 500 fell 51.0%, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 51.3%. Fundranker outperformed the indexes through June, 2008, but ultimately succumbed to the Great Recession, and fell similarly to the indexes:
From March, 2009, through January, 2010, in a new bull market brought on by the beginning of recovery from the Great Recession, the Top Eight Model Portfolio gained 37.1%, while the S&P 500 gained 48.9%, and the Nasdaq Composite gained 56.6%:
For a long-term comparison, over the ten-year period that ended January 29, 2010, the Top Eight Model Portfolio gained 90.1%, while the S&P 500 fell 8.6%:
Need more information? Find out how the Fidelity Select Fundranker system was developed, peruse frequently asked questions, review our charts and results, and see Fidelity Select Fundranker’s most recent Hulbert Financial Digest would be rankings.
