FCOM News and Press, Fidelity MSCI Communication Services Index From 04/11/23

2023-04-11 13:06:00 ET Summary What's driving investor interest in tech and can it last? Why the upcoming earnings season could prove pivotal for tech stocks. Why tech's long-term outlook is a positive one, even if the short term isn't. U.S. tech stocks have rallied ...

2023-04-11 11:52:42 ET The Communications Services sector was one of the hardest hit areas in all of 2022. However, the space has roared back in 2023. The sector now tops the leaderboard among all other S&P segments year-to-date thanks to topside pushes from popular names like Meta...

2023-03-24 23:53:00 ET Summary Although the S&P 500 is up 2.84% on the year as of yesterday’s close, only three of the eleven sectors are higher. Consumer Discretionary posted the smallest gain of 10%; Technology and Communication Services have risen 17.2% and 18.1%, re...

Summary FCOM holds 100+ Communication Services stocks in all size segments. It has a category-leading 0.08% expense ratio and $515M in assets. Performance compared to peers like XLC and VOX is solid, but the sector has historically underperformed the market. FCOM also comes with increas...

Summary There was a lot of 5G network-related news from this year’s MWC trade show, many of which demonstrated a clear intermingling of traditional IT “computing” vendors with those who have specialized in pure network infrastructure-based equipment in the past. The...

Summary For global equity investors, what’s important is to identify broad trajectories of growth and inflation rates, and then to forecast turning points, or changes in those trajectories. Olga Bitel, Global Equity Strategist, and Hugo Scott‐Gall, portfolio manager and co...

Summary A comparison of funds results in inconsistent outcomes. Investment sectors impacted fund comparisons. Do not lose sight of a fund manager's declared mission. From science and mathematics, I learned that a hypothesis is often posed as a question. What follows is res...

Summary For 40 years, steadily declining inflation and interest rates buoyed equity returns. That changed abruptly last year. Investors must now adjust expectations to a new macroeconomic and market landscape that will require a fresh mindset to reach long-term goals. By...

Summary Inflation continues to moderate, not only here, but also in Europe. Despite the negative economic reports and the reaction to the Fed rate hike, the US Dollar barely budged for the week. Value yet again outperformed Growth in the last week, this time by a spread of almost 1%...

Angi's business, as it exists today, is a result of a brand consolidation strategy. Management understands and acknowledges all has not gone well in the brand consolidation process. Angi continues to struggle to achieve brand efficiency, with incremental selling and marketing expe...