Topic 1: Web Field Trip
Go to the Fidelity website, the home page of the Fidelity family of mutual funds. Click on the “Investment Products” tab and then click on “Mutual Funds” on the menu that appears. On the next page, find the area on the left column entitled “Stock funds, bond funds, international funds, sector funds.” This will take you to bond funds. Listed here is a wide spectrum of mutual funds that invest in bonds and other fixed income securities. Continue clicking until you find a bond fund that interests you. Look at the detail of the fund, and post your responses to the following questions to the appropriate Discussion Board.
Summarize your fund for the benefit of your classmates:
• What is the name of the fund, what is its trading abbreviation, and what type of securities does the fund invest in?
• Speculate on the risks an investor would face from buying this fund. How is the fund attempting to minimize the impacts of these risks?