Fidelity buys for North American gains

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FIDELITY CANADIAN LARGE CAP FUND $24.05 (CWA Rating: Conservative) (Fidelity Investments Canada, 483 Bay St., Suite 200, Toronto, Ont. M5G 2N7. 1-800-263-4077; Web site: www.fidelity.ca. Load fund — available from brokers) mainly invests in large firms, like those on the S&P/TSX 60 index, although it may also invest in mid-cap stocks. The $304.8-million Fidelity Canadian Large Cap Fund’s top holdings include Royal Bank of Canada, Suncor Energy, Manulife Financial, Canadian Natural Resources, Research in Motion, Goldcorp, Bank of Nova Scotia, BCE Inc., Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and TD Bank. The fund’s breakdown by industry includes: Financials (27.3%), Energy (18.0%), Materials (11.7%), Information Technology (9.0%), Consumer Discretionary (7.8%) and Industrials (7.5%). In the year ended August 31, 2009, Fidelity Canadian Large Cap Fund lost 14.9%, compared to a loss of 18.2% for the S&P/TSX index. The fund has averaged returns of 9.4% annually over the last five years. The fund’s returns come with below-average risk, due to its conservative choice of stocks. That’s…