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Fidelity Investments

Fidelity Investments is the nation’s largest privately held investment company. Founded in 1946, Fidelity has more than $947 billion in total mutual fund assets under management and provides financial services to 19 million shareholders (as of 3/31/2005). Committed to achieving superior long-term results for its shareholders, Fidelity has:

  • More than 50 years of investment experience.
  • More than 20 years of experience in helping people plan for retirement.
  • An investment management team responsible for managing more than $589 billion in retirement mutual fund assets—and in serving the needs of more than 14 million retirement plan participants (as of 3/31/2005).

Fidelity offers a variety of investment options covering a range of risk and return characteristics to help you build your retirement portfolio. When it’s time to retire, Fidelity also offers a number of retirement planning and distribution options. Fidelity’s range of funds enables you to create an investment strategy that can accurately reflect both your needs and your investment style.

Two ways to invest with Fidelity  

1. Create a Custom Portfolio
You can create your own custom-made portfolio by allocating your contributions among the various Fidelity funds listed below. Simply indicate the percent you wish to allocate to the specific Fidelity funds on the application.

2. Choose a Fidelity Freedom Fund
If you lack the time, confidence, or investment knowledge to create and manage a well-diversified portfolio on your own, Fidelity Freedom Funds® can help simplify retirement investing. They allocate your contributions among other Fidelity funds to create a diversified asset allocation targeted to your retirement date, and automatically rebalance to become more conservative over time. Just choose the Freedom Fund with the target year closest to the date you may want to retire:

  • Fidelity Freedom Fund 2005
  • Fidelity Freedom Fund 2010
  • Fidelity Freedom Fund 2015
  • Fidelity Freedom Fund 2020
  • Fidelity Freedom Fund 2025
  • Fidelity Freedom Fund 2030
  • Fidelity Freedom Fund 2035
  • Fidelity Freedom Fund 2040

Your fund choices for Fidelity Investments

List specific Fidelity fund names (ex: Magellan, Contra, Ginnie Mae) on your enrollment form. Do not list a general category like “Stocks” or “Bonds” as these are not actual fund choices. Fidelity may change fund names and may close funds to new investors. Contact Fidelity to confirm if a fund is still available or if the fund name has changed. For complete fund information call Fidelity at 800-343-0860 or visit: www.fidelity.com/atwork.

If you list funds that are not available under the U-M Plan or choose a Fidelity fund that is closed or the name is illegible or incomplete, ALL of your Fidelity investment fund choices will be voided and contributions will be defaulted to a money market fund until you make valid investment fund elections with Fidelity.

 

Stock / Equity Funds

Aggressive Growth

Aggressive International

Asset Manager

Asset Manager: Aggressive

Asset Manager: Growth

Asset Manager: Income

Balanced

Blue Chip Growth

Blue Chip Value

Canada

Capital Appreciation

China Region

Contrafund

Convertible Securities

Disciplined Equity

Discovery

Diversified International

Dividend Growth

Emerging Markets

Equity Income

Equity Income II

Europe

Europe Capital Appreciation

Export & Multinational

Fidelity Fund

Fidelity Fifty

Focused Stock

Four-in-One Index

Freedom 2000

Freedom 2005

Freedom 2010

Freedom 2015

Freedom 2020

Freedom 2025

Freedom 2030

Freedom 2040

Freedom Income

Global Balanced

Growth & Income

Growth & Income II

Growth Company

Independence

International Growth & Income

International Small Cap

Japan

Japan Smaller Companies

Large Cap Stock

Latin America

Leveraged Company Stock

Magellan

Mid-Cap Stock

NASDAQ Composite Index

New Millennium

Nordic

OTC Portfolio

Overseas

Pacific Basin

Puritan

Real Estate Income

Real Estate Investment

Small Cap Independence

Small Cap Stock

Southeast Asia

Spartan 500 Index

Spartan International Index

Spartan Extended Market Index

Spartan Total Market Index

Spartan US Equity Index

Stock Selector

Strategic Dividend & Income

Large Cap Growth

Large Cap Value

Mid Cap Growth

Mid Cap Value

Trend

Utilities

Value

Value Discovery

Value Strategies

Worldwide

 

 

 

 

Bond Funds

Capital & Income

Floating Rate High Income

Ginnie Mae

Fidelity Government Income

High Income

Inflation Protected Bond Intermediate Bond

Intermediate Government Income

Investment Grade Bond

Mortgage Securities

New Markets Income

Short Term Bond

Spartan Government Income

Spartan Investment Grade Bond

Strategic Income

Total Bond

Ultra-Short Bond

US Bond Index

 

 

 

 

Money Market Funds

Fidelity Cash Reserves

Retirement Gov’t Money Market

Retirement Money Market

Spartan Money Market

Spartan US Gov’t Money Market

 

Spartan US Treasury Money

Market

US Government Reserves

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select Portfolio Funds

Air Transportation

Automotive

Banking

Biotechnology

Brokerage & Investment

Business Services

Chemicals

Computers

Construction

Consumer Industries

Cyclical Industries

Defense & Aerospace

Developing Communications

Electronics

Energy

Energy Service

Environmental

Financial Services

Food & Agriculture

Gold

Health Care

Home Finance

Industrial Equipment

Industrial Materials

Insurance

Leisure

Medical Delivery

Medical Equipment And Systems

Multimedia

Natural Gas

Natural Resources

Networking & Infrastructure

Paper & Forest Products

Pharmaceuticals

Retailing

Select Money Market

Software and Computer Services

Technology

Telecommunications

Transportation

Utilities Growth

Wireless

 

 

 

Limitations
The University in its sole discretion may modify, amend, or terminate the benefits provided with respect to any individual receiving benefits, including active employees, retirees, and their dependents. Although the University has elected to provide these benefits this year, no individual has a vested right to any of the benefits provided. Nothing in these materials gives any individual the right to continued benefits beyond the time the University modifies, amends, or terminates the benefit. Anyone seeking or accepting any of the benefits provided will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the benefits programs and the University's right to modify, amend or terminate them.

 

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the benefits information in this site. However, if any provision on the benefits plans is unclear or ambiguous, the Benefits Office reserves the right to interpret the plan and resolve the problem. If any inconsistency exists between this site and the written plans or contracts, the actual provisions of each benefit plan will govern. The University in its sole discretion may modify, amend, or terminate the benefits provided with respect to any individual receiving benefits, including active employees, retirees, and their dependents. 

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