Mutual Fund Insights: Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX)

In-depth Analysis of Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX)

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See Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX) performance details as of February 28, 2010

  

Last Trade: $41.16 on 3/19/2010, Change: -0.64 (-1.53%)

  

Fund Manager - S. Joseph Wickwire

Fund Manager Tenure: 2.6 years   [Similar Funds: FGDAX  FGDBX  FGDIX  FGDTX ]
Fundmojo Fund Grade: C (Score: 0.55)     (What does this score mean?)

Prior to joining Fidelity Investments in 2007, Wickwire spent 20 years at Evergreen Investments in Boston. During his time at Evergreen, S. Joseph Wickwire worked as an analyst and a portfolio manager. S. Joseph Wickwire holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation.  Get more insights on S. Joseph Wickwire

  

 What we like about Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX)

Data for Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX) as of February 28, 2010

• Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return 8.14% vs 7.60 % Equity Precious Metals category average)
• Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 16.49% vs 16.19 % Equity Precious Metals category average)
• Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 42.00% vs Equity Precious Metals average of 61.14%. It is good that Fidelity Advisor Gold C management does not trade extensively for its return.
• Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 45.58, lower than category average of 46.12

  

 What we are cautious about Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX)

Data for Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX) as of February 28, 2010

• Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX) management has been with Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund for only 2.6 years, it is hard to judge manager's ability based on this fund's operation record
• Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund is a focused fund with 67.99% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
• Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX) has a less-than-ideal short-term performance (1-year return 34.15% vs 47.03 % Equity Precious Metals category average)
• Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX) ratio of up-years vs down years can be improved
• Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX) has a Morningstar rating of 3 and below
• Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX) is less safe compared to its Equity Precious Metals peers
• Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX) does not have a good risk adjusted return as its 3-year Alpha of 3.96 is worse than category average of 7.33, and its 3-year Sharpe ratio is 0.36
• Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX) has a higher management fee of 1.89% than its Equity Precious Metals average of 1.49%
• Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX) carries a 1% load

See Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX) performance details as of February 28, 2010

  

  

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Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
02/2010	$3.04B
01/2010	$36.16M
11/2009	$40.33M

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Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX) Portfolio Allocation

Track portfolio allocation change of Fidelity Advisor Gold C fund (FGDCX)

Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
01/2010	0.3%	99.7%	0%	0%
10/2009	2.47%	97.53%	0%	0%
09/2009	0.77%	99.24%	0%	0%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Fidelity Advisor Gold C Fund (FGDCX)

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31-Jan-10 Goldcorp Incorporated Common St [9.58%] Barrick Gold Corporation Common [9.26%] Gold Bullion [7.6%] AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. Common S [7.53%] Newmont Mining Corporation (Hol [7.27%] [7.16%] Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited Comm [6.17%] Randgold Resources Limited [5.32%] Kinross Gold Corporation Common [4.47%] LGL Group, Inc. Common Stock [3.63%]

31-Oct-09 BARRICK GOLD CP [10.26%] GOLDCORP INC [9.15%] Gold Bullion [7.7%] Newcrest Mining Limited [7.33%] ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LT [7.03%] NEWMONT MIN CP (HLDG [6.99%] AGNICO EAGLE MINES [5.65%] Randgold Resources Limited [4.69%] KINROSS GOLD CP [4.4%] YAMANA GOLD INC [4.39%]

30-Sep-09 BARRICK GOLD CP [10.18%] GOLDCORP INC [9.71%] Gold Bullion [7.28%] ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LT [7.07%] AGNICO EAGLE MINES [7.05%] Newcrest Mining Limited [7.04%] NEWMONT MIN CP (HLDG [6.85%] KINROSS GOLD CP [5.08%] Randgold Resources Limited [4.83%] YAMANA GOLD INC [4.37%]

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