Topic: How To Invest

Q: I have followed your recommendations for years and have built a good portfolio on them. I hold only one mutual fund, the Fidelity Global Innovators Fund. What do you think of its prospects going forward? Thank you.

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A: The Fidelity Global Innovators Fund is a mutual fund that aims to invest in companies with the potential to be disruptive innovators. The fund looks globally in its search for top firms that are positioned to successfully apply innovative and emerging technology or that employ innovative business models. The fund has an MER of 2.30%. The Fidelity Global Innovators Fund has holdings in 104 companies. U.S. stocks represent 87% of its assets. Its top stocks include Zoom Video Communications, Roku, Square Inc., Nvidia, Sunrun, Shopify, Tesla, SolarEdge, Peloton, DocuSign, Agnico Eagle Nine, and Charter Communications. We see a couple of sources of risk with this fund. For one, it is very concentrated in information technology, which represents 40% of its holdings. More important, it focuses on current trends—stocks that benefit from remote working and rising gold prices. Those stocks can be volatile, as momentum traders try to profit by buying them on the latest upswing and selling on downturns. The Fidelity Global Innovators Fund is…