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Thursday, August 3, 2020

Fidelity after Edward Johnson III

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August 3, 2020 at 6:46 pm ET

A Boston Globe columnist, Steven Syre, has a column about speculation currently swirling around Boston: What will happen to Fidelity after Chairman Edward C. "Ned" Johnson III? Johnson is 76, and his daughter Abigail is ... (more)

Sunday, July 23, 2020

Blowing the whistle on mutual funds/hedge fund cheating (1 click)

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July 23, 2020 at 8:16 pm ET

Brooke Masters of the Washington Post has an article ("Tipster Set Fund Scandal Snowballing") about how a series of "drop a dime" calls to Eliot Spitzer's office resulted in an investigation of the mutual funds ... (more)

Wednesday, July 19, 2020

Heat wave: Energy tips, and a blackout hits

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July 19, 2020 at 6:47 am ET

The country is moving through a heatwave. 100-degree temperatures. People darting between air-conditioned cars and office buildings. Kids running through sprinklers. Air con and fans on all night. Eggs frying on sidewalks. But there are ... (more)

Tuesday, July 11, 2020

Burned by Cingular II: A pattern of poor service, and sales sleaze? (1 click)

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July 11, 2020 at 9:15 pm ET

Well, well, well. Remember Fidelity Observer's post in April, complaining about poor service from Cingular ("Customer disservice: Burned by Cingular")? It seems that this is not an isolated incident. A Federal lawsuit claims that millions ... (more)

Sunday, July 2, 2020

How to screw up your indexing strategy (1 click)

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July 2, 2020 at 11:45 am ET

Mark Hulbert of the New York Times revisits the indexing debate, by pointing to the results of a long-term study by The Hulbert Financial Digest tracking the performance of newsletter recommendations and the S&P index. ... (more)

Sunday, June 25, 2020

Creative credit card purchases to build air miles (2 clicks)

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June 25, 2020 at 9:22 pm ET

The Washington Post has a great article by Keith L. Alexander about frequent flyer programs, and how people are using credit cards to build up miles to earn trips. Charging funeral expenses, new cars, and ... (more)

Tuesday, June 20, 2020

TIAA-CREF's five-step program for financial health: Fidelity Observer fails.

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June 20, 2020 at 10:47 pm ET

There's an article in the June 2006 issue of TIAA-CREF Advance, "Get Your Financial House in Order." It suggests five steps members should take as part of a financial review. Unfortunately, Fidelity Observer only had ... (more)

Sunday, June 11, 2020

What the USAA ad didn't mention (4 clicks)

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June 11, 2020 at 9:45 pm ET

"pfblog reader" left a few comments and questions on an earlier post ("Bait and Switch: USAA Federal Savings Bank"). Despite the fact that USAA is raising fees as much as 400%, he or she seems ... (more)

Tuesday, June 6, 2020

S&P Lowers Fidelity's Debt Outlook

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June 6, 2020 at 9:46 pm ET

Standard and Poors reports that Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Co. and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Co. (collectively, Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Group, or FILIG) debt outlook has been lowered (click on "Fidelity Investments Life ... (more)

Fidelity's Debt Outlook Lowered

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June 6, 2020 at 9:15 pm ET

Bait and Switch: USAA Federal Savings Bank (3 clicks)

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June 6, 2020 at 5:45 am ET

I made a comment in an earlier post about USAA, "A corporate partnership that's useless for consumers," that has turned out to be wrong. Here's the comment:Read more news like this from PFBlog Network, the ... (more)

Thursday, June 1, 2020

USAA responds to Fidelity Observer with a playground insult (4 clicks)

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June 1, 2020 at 7:00 am ET

A few weeks back, Fidelity Observer criticized USAA for its expensive marketing campaign touting the supposed convenience of using the UPS Store QuickPost to mail in deposits to the USAA Federal Savings Bank. I didn't ... (more)

Thursday, May 25, 2020

Good News: Fidelity's customer protection guarantee (1 click)

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May 25, 2020 at 10:27 pm ET

Fidelity Observer spotted this guarantee, linked on the front page of Fidelity.com. Fidelity has apparently retooled its anti-fraud policies, and will "reimburse your Fidelity account for any losses due to unauthorized activity." The page details ... (more)

Friday, May 19, 2020

Spammed by Vanguard. (2 clicks)

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May 19, 2020 at 9:15 am ET

Whenever I sign up for a website, or register for some service, or even subscribe to a magazine, I always make sure to check off the little box that ensures my email address won't get ... (more)

Sunday, May 14, 2020

One answer to rising gas prices: Commute by bicycle (7 clicks)

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May 14, 2020 at 1:14 pm ET

Fuel is selling for around $3/gallon, with no relief in sight. A lot of people are ditching their SUVs and other gas hogs for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles, or taking public transportation, if it's available. ... (more)

Friday, May 12, 2020

The Magellan distribution and taxes (6 clicks)

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May 12, 2020 at 6:44 pm ET

The Fidelity Report blogger has posted about Fidelity Magellan's massive distribution last week. Read more news like this from PFBlog Network, the personal finance bloggers' network.. ... (more)

Bogle hypocrisy on mutual fund pay? (8 clicks)

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May 12, 2020 at 9:05 am ET

Ross Kerber of the Boston Globe has an interesting story this morning about Vanguard founder John Bogle (of indexing fame) and his quest to force fund companies to reveal top executives' pay. One of his ... (more)

Monday, May 8, 2020

What's up with Fidelity Magellan? (107 clicks)

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May 8, 2020 at 6:24 am ET

Fidelity Observer just received this message from a reader, regarding Fidelity Magellan (FMAGX):Read more news like this from PFBlog Network, the personal finance bloggers' network.. ... (more)

Thursday, May 4, 2020

A corporate partnership that's useless for consumers (7 clicks)

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May 4, 2020 at 10:54 pm ET

Fidelity Observer just got a fat mailer from USAA Federal Savings Bank, promising great things. Quickly I discovered that its contents were useless. Read more news like this from PFBlog Network, the personal finance bloggers' ... (more)

Tuesday, April 25, 2020

No, really: Standing-room airline tickets. (7 clicks)

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April 25, 2020 at 2:54 am ET

I sometimes refer to airline coach seating as "cattle class", but Airbus is taking the concept to a new low. This excerpt is from an April 25 article by Christopher Elliott of the New York ... (more)

Sunday, April 23, 2020

Unlocking the value of an expensive camera (6 clicks)

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April 23, 2020 at 11:53 pm ET

Two Christmases ago, I received a very nice digital camera as a gift. I specifically requested the model, a Fuji Finepix S7000, for its features that approached that of an SLR (manual focus, shutter speed, ... (more)

Friday, April 14, 2020

Customer disservice: Burned by Cingular (6 clicks)

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April 14, 2020 at 10:14 pm ET

Fidelity Observer is a reluctant mobile phone user. I have talked about it before, but it needs to be discussed again. I put off getting a mobile phone as long as I could -- I ... (more)

Sunday, April 9, 2020

American Cars III: What about the dealers? (9 clicks)

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April 9, 2020 at 9:14 pm ET

Mac Tonite left an interesting comment on an earlier post about American Cars, and brings up shady dealer practices. He uses the example of Saab, pre- and post-GM, and finds the need for repairs increased ... (more)

Saturday, April 8, 2020

If Hackers Empty Your Online Mutual Fund Accounts, Too Bad. (Unless ...) (8 clicks)

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April 8, 2020 at 1:14 pm ET

If you're the victim of a "phishing" incident (you respond to a bogus email, and hand over social security numbers, account numbers, and passwords) or someone uses other illegal methods to steal your logon info ... (more)

Friday, April 7, 2021

American Cars, part II: Laying blame (8 clicks)

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April 7, 2021 at 9:25 am ET

Earlier this week I talked about American cars ("American cars: What's wrong?") People had some interesting comments, not only talking about their own vehicles, but also what they think is wrong with the way American ... (more)

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