FMAT News and Press, Fidelity MSCI Materials Index From 06/23/22

Freeport-McMoRan is a copper company, and copper is susceptible to economic closures and economic worry. The company has dramatically improved its financial position from the last downturn, and we expect markets to rebound quickly. The company can generate double-digit FCF in 2023...

Alcoa is facing a tough market, affected by inflationary pressures and the associated interest rate increases. The company has made good steps in controlling their production cost and is transitioning rapidly into "greener" aluminum products. Despite aluminum prices expected to fa...

Ecolab is a specialty chemicals company focused on sustainability, which makes it a perfect ESG holding. The company suffered from the pandemic but is set to maintain high net income, EBITDA, and free cash flow growth. Its dividend yield isn't high, but ECL remains in a good spot ...

Investors have a lot to worry about nowadays as interest rates continue to march higher despite cooling economic growth. The outlook for stocks remains uncertain amidst inflation readings not seen. We believe there are very few excellent companies out there that combine a steadily gro...

According to the leading indicators of economic growth, the business cycle looks set to enter a period of material deceleration in the months ahead. This growth downturn is a continuation of the slowdown that began in the latter half of 2021. Combined with this downturn in growth, the...

LYB has had strong performance momentum lately and is returning a lot of cash to shareholders while also deleveraging that balance sheet. While there is a lot to like about LYB, we want a portfolio of our highest conviction picks. We share why LYB is no longer a high conviction bu...

Construction Materials and Mining/Metals are undervalued. Packaging is the less attractive industry in the sector. Fast facts on FMAT. 10 stocks cheaper than their peers in May. For further details see: FMAT: Materials Dashboard For May

Discussing sell-off in the shares after the company's Q1 report revealed a much higher cash usage than anticipated by market participants. Even when assuming cash usage to trend down for the remainder of the year, Amyris would likely run out of funds by the end of Q4 at the latest. ...

The stagflation scenario got a little more traction last week with the release of a negative Q1 GDP print on Thursday and hints of more inflation on Friday. April was a really rotten month with everything down but the general commodity indexes. Investing is mostly an exercise in s...

Freeport-McMoRan has seen its share price drop over the past weeks on copper price weakness. The company continues to have a unique portfolio of assets which will enable increased cash flow, as it continues to invest in growth. Even at loftier prices, we recommend investing in Fre...