June 1, 2015

Fidelity Select Electronics Portfolio Fund (FSELX)

Fidelity Select Electronics Portfolio Fund (FSELX) is a popular sector equity mutual fund. This stock fund invests mainly in electronic components companies. Most of the companies are design, manufacture, or sale of electronic components (semiconductors, connectors, printed circuit boards and other components); equipment vendors to electronic component manufacturers; electronic component distributors; and electronic instruments and electronic systems vendors.

This mutual fund objective is to provide long term capital appreciation. The fund manager is Stephen Barwikowski since 2009. This fund has a little yield of 0.50%. The annual expense fee is 0.77%. With assets of $2.2 billion, this mutual fund has no sales load. It has a high portfolio turnover rate of 132%. This fund uses an investment style of large blend.

FSELX Fund Profile

    Fidelity Select Electronics Portfolio Fund (FSELX)
  • Fund Inception Date: 07/29/1985
  • Ticker Symbol: FSELX
  • CUSIP: 316390863
  • Beta (3yr): 0.89
  • Rank in category (YTD): 66%
  • Category: Technology
  • Yield: 0.50%
  • Capital Gains: -
  • Expense Ratio: 0.77%
  • Net Assets: $ 2.2 billion
  • Number of Years Up: 20 years
  • Number of Years Down: 9 years

May 31, 2015

Back to Semiconductor Stocks

Are you rotating to semiconductor stocks in week 22 of 2015? Top stock market industries are memory chips semiconductor, broad line semiconductor, and integrated circuits semiconductor.

Top Tech Stocks

This post will look into the top performing stocks, industry, and sector. The S&P 500 index has a weekly return of -0.84%. NASDAQ Composite has a weekly return of -0.34%. Dow Jones Industrials Average has a weekly return of -1.15%. The small cap (Russell 2000) has a return of -0.43%.

Top performing stock industries in week 22, 2015 (May 25, 2015 to May 31, 2015) are:
    Top Semiconductor Stocks
  1. Synthetics 4.92%
  2. Basic Materials Wholesale 4.63%
  3. Semiconductor- Memory Chips 3.83%
  4. Photographic Equipment & Supplies 3.67%
  5. Semiconductor - Broad Line 3.65%
  6. Semiconductor - Integrated Circuits 3.45%
  7. Drugs – Generic 2.38%
  8. Home Health Care 2.24%
  9. Confectioners 2.06%
  10. Drug Delivery 2.00%
  11. CATV Systems 1.97%
  12. Computers Wholesale 1.47%
  13. Jewelry Stores 1.38%
  14. Health Care Plans 1.32%

May 30, 2015

BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Fund (BDJ)

BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Fund (BDJ) is a popular U.S stock closed end fund. The fund invests mainly in equity securities and through utilizing an options strategy. This fund objective is to provide current income and capital appreciation.

This BlackRock fund has a high yield of 6.77%. This yield is paid in monthly frequency. The fund managers are Kathleen Anderson, Kyle McClements, and Bob Shearer. The current market share price is $8.30. Its expense fee is low, only 0.16%.

BDJ Fund Profile

    BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Fund (BDJ)
  • Fund Inception Date: 08/26/2005
  • Ticker Symbol: BDJ
  • CUSIP: 09251A104
  • Rank in category (2014): 62%
  • Category: US Equity - Covered Call
  • Yield: 6.77%
  • Effective Leverage: 0%
  • Capital Gains: -
  • Premium/ Discount: -9.39%
  • Base Expense Ratio: 0.16%
  • Net Assets: $ 1.73 billion

May 29, 2015

T. Rowe Price Global Technology Fund (PRGTX)

T. Rowe Price Global Technology Fund (PRGTX) is a popular sector stock mutual fund. This equity fund invests mainly in global technology companies. Most of the companies are expected to generate a majority of their revenues from the development, advancement, and use of technology.

This mutual fund objective is to provide long term capital growth. The fund manager is Joshua K. Spencer. There is no yield currently. Its expense fee is 0.91% per year. It has $1.97 billion of assets. This mutual fund has no sales load. It has a high portfolio turnover rate of 229%.

PRGTX Fund Profile

    T. Rowe Price Global Technology Fund (PRGTX)
  • Fund Inception Date: 09/29/2000
  • Ticker Symbol: PRGTX
  • CUSIP: 741494108
  • Beta (3yr): 0.99
  • Rank in category (YTD): 1%
  • Category: Technology
  • Yield: 0.00%
  • Capital Gains: -
  • Expense Ratio: 0.91%
  • Net Assets: $ 1.97 billion
  • Number of Years Up: 10 years
  • Number of Years Down: 4 years

May 27, 2015

Silver Stocks

Silver stocks are part of basic materials stock sector. Silver firms include mining and streaming companies for silver. Many times, these companies also look for other precious metals or non-precious metals such as gold, copper, zinc, and nickel.

Most of these businesses are structured as corporations. Silver companies might not offer any dividend yields due to the inherently volatile nature of commodity prices. Some may offer a little yield for income investors.

Silver Companies List

Silver is considerably less valuable than gold, sure, but it’s still more valuable than many of the other metals. Silver is a precious metal with an inherent softness. Silver also has a high conductivity of electricity as well as temperature. When investing in cyclical businesses like mining, tailwinds are always something you need to consider.

Silver companies are:
    Silver Stocks
  • Silver Wheaton Corp. (SLW)
  • Pan American Silver Corp. (PAAS)
  • Hecla Mining Co. (HL)
  • Coeur Mining, Inc. (CDE)
  • First Majestic Silver Corp. (AG)
  • Silver Standard Resources Inc. (SSRI)
  • MAG Silver Corp. (MVG)
  • Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (FSM)
  • Endeavour Silver Corp. (EXK)
  • Silvercorp Metals Inc. (SVM)
  • Great Panther Silver Ltd (GPL)

May 26, 2015

Best Dodge & Cox Mutual Funds 2015 & 2016

Find best Dodge & Cox mutual funds 2015 & 2016. Top funds are Dodge & Cox Stock Fund, Dodge & Cox Income Fund, etc.

Top Performing Dodge & Cox Funds

Best Dodge & Cox FundsDodge & Cox only manages 6 no load mutual funds. This investment firm provides a simple, low-cost way to own a broadly diversified portfolio of stocks and/or fixed-income securities. Dodge & Cox also offers services to individuals, high net worth individuals, corporations, corporate retirement plans, public retirement plans, Taft-Hartley plans, tax exempt institutions, and endowments & foundations.

You can find these best Dodge & Cox funds for different sectors such as taxable bond fund, stock fund, international stock, etc. Depend on your risk tolerance; you may pick and choose from this best mutual funds list.

Best Dodge & Cox mutual funds 2015 & 2016 are:
  • Dodge & Cox Stock Fund (DODGX) 22.68%

May 25, 2015

Stock Markets Are Holding

Will we see a new high for stock markets? Find whether certain stock industries will be new leaders. Top stock market industries in week 21, 2015 are drug delivery, CATV system, etc.

Top Stock Markets

This post will look into the top performing stocks, industry, and sector. The S&P 500 index has a weekly return of 0.21%. NASDAQ Composite has a weekly return of 0.81%. Dow Jones Industrials Average has a weekly return of -0.15%. The small cap (Russell 2000) has a return of 0.69%.

Top performing stock industries in week 21, 2015 (May 18, 2015 to May 24, 2015) are:
    Stock Markets 2015
  1. Photographic Equipment & Supplies 8.61%
  2. Tobacco Products, Other 7.20%
  3. Drug Delivery 5.36%
  4. CATV Systems 4.96%
  5. Building Materials Wholesale 4.52%
  6. Hospitals 3.86%
  7. Auto Parts Wholesale 3.85%
  8. Semiconductor- Memory Chips 3.67%
  9. Movie Production, Theaters 3.59%
  10. Diversified Computer Systems 3.38%
  11. Publishing – Newspapers 3.24%
  12. Specialty Retail, Other 3.03%
  13. Gaming Activities 3.01%
  14. Recreational Vehicles 2.78%
  15. Internet Software & Services 2.58%

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