FMAT News and Press, Fidelity MSCI Materials Index From 06/19/23

2023-06-19 22:20:00 ET Summary The Russell 1000 and the S&P 500, the two main broad US large-cap indexes, are both up about 15% this year. But the growth and value versions of these two indexes have produced very different results. The dollar was down last week, presumably on ...

2023-05-06 08:01:00 ET Summary Inside China's reopening trend. Why some companies continue to benefit from China's reopening, while others fade? Is China's economic rebound sustainable? China's reopening has given several sectors, such as the retail luxury se...

2023-04-14 15:32:41 ET Summary All subsectors have good value and quality scores. Construction materials and mining/metals are the most attractive ones. Fidelity® MSCI Materials Index ETF is an alternative to Materials Select Sector SPDR® Fund ETF. We discuss 4 s...

2023-03-24 16:44:00 ET Summary Supply/demand outlook combined with relatively high yields are creating attractive opportunities for natural resource investors, but potential risks stemming from Russia still need to be watched. We really have to consider whether West is going into ...

2023-03-07 07:02:00 ET Summary Broad-based commodity cycles have typically had a major demand driver. In the 1970s, it was a weak U.S. dollar, and in the early 2000s it was Chinese growth. With potential growth in real GDP constrained by demographics, the focus is on supply constr...

Summary FMAT invests in U.S. Materials stocks. Forward earnings are negative, which makes FMAT an unlikely investment case in the near term. However, a longer-term view would allow for a strong headline IRR even adjusting for beta. I think FMAT is probably undervalued on a five-...

Summary The First Trust Global Natural Resources ETF invests in 50 global natural resource companies to deliver strong income for investors. The fund pays quarterly dividends, has an attractive TTM yield of 7.88%, and has an expense ratio of 0.70%. The fund's top holdings include mi...

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 Global business conditions worsened in the penultimate month of the year according to the JPMorgan Global Composite PMI, compiled by S&P Global. New order expansions were seen in merely three of the 21 sectors tracked by the global PMI - software & services, pharmaceutic...

Summary All subsectors are undervalued relative to 11-year averages. Mining/metals is the most attractive one, followed by construction materials. FMAT, an alternative to XLB. 7 stocks cheaper than their peers in October. This monthly article series shows a dashb...