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Fidelity Customers Receive Lowest Prices Available From Leading Providers
BOSTON, November 11, 2003 - Fidelity Investments today announced discounts of 30% to 52% on independent research and news subscriptions from CBS MarketWatch, SmartMoney.com, TheStreet.com and Value Line for Fidelity retail brokerage customers1. These special offers, which cover both monthly and annual subscriptions, guarantee Fidelity customers the lowest prices available to individual investors direct from these providers2.
In addition, Fidelity now offers Dow Jones Real-Time News for InvestorsSM to customers trading 72 or more times per year through its advanced trading platform, Active Trader ProTM.
"Today's traders, particularly active traders, are interested in having access to robust information right at their fingertips. With these new offerings, all Fidelity customers now can get even more independent and up-to-the-minute investment information at a significantly reduced cost," said Paul Graham, senior vice president of Fidelity Personal Investments.
These subscriptions - which enhance the already extensive collection of independent news, data and third-party research capabilities currently available through Fidelity.com and Active Trader Pro - provide savings of up to $660 off subscriptions from providers including:
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CBS MarketWatch - Customers can save 30% off the introductory subscription price to two newsletters: The Technical Indicator for comprehensive technical analysis and commentary, and The Hulbert Financial Digest for objective ratings of more than 160 financial newsletters.
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SmartMoney.com - SmartMoney Select offers a variety of interactive tools, stock screeners, charts and market commentary and analysis in both a delayed or real-time format. Fidelity customers get a free two-week trial and access to SmartMoney's exclusive suite of powerful research tools, up to 37% off the subscription rates.
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TheStreet.com - Discounts of 30% are available for many of TheStreet.com's premium products including Jim Cramer's "Action Alerts PLUS", "RealMoney" and "Street Insight." TheStreet.com products included encompass investment ideas, investing strategies and offer real-time market insights from more than 70 financial analysts, money managers and respected contributors. |
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Value Line - Investors get full-page reports, analyst commentary and proprietary ranks on approximately 1,700 stocks covered by the Value Line Investment Survey®, interactive daily analysis of about 80,000 stock options in the Value Line Daily Options Survey® and ratings on some 84 Exchange Traded funds. Fidelity customers can sign up for a free 30-day trial and save up to 52% off the subscription prices. |
Fidelity will continue to introduce additional special offers, including a 30% discount for Briefing.com scheduled to be available later this year. Briefing.com provides continuous analysis of daily news events, as well as insights into what these events mean to the market or individual securities. For more information and to access the offers, visit www.fidelity.com/goto/researchoffers.
Separate from the research discounts is the addition of the Dow Jones Real-Time News for Investors service, which is designed to bring active, online investors the institutional-quality streaming news that financial professionals use every day. Fidelity active trader customers who place at least 72 trades a year can now access at no cost as many as 3,500 real-time news headlines a day, covering a variety of companies, economies, markets, indexes and other market-moving events.
Fidelity's comprehensive Active Trader Services include $8 online equity and option commissions3 , five-second order executions at the National Best Bid or Offer or better4, dedicated service representatives and institutional-strength trading technology, all available to its most active customers. The firm also guarantees a seven-day transfer of assets for qualified customers5. For more information, visit www.fidelity.com/activetrader.
Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services, with custodied assets of $1.6 trillion, including managed assets of $905.6 billion as of September 30, 2003. Fidelity offers investment management, retirement planning, brokerage, human resources and benefits outsourcing services to 18 million individuals and institutions as well as through 5,500 financial intermediaries. The firm is the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans, one of the largest mutual fund supermarkets and a leading online brokerage firm. For more information about Fidelity Investments, visit www.Fidelity.com.
1 Available to all Fidelity retail customers who have non-retirement assets with the firm. Retirement-only customers are not eligible for these discounts.
2Lowest prices are available direct from these providers and are not subsidized. Lowest price guarantee is good until December 31, 2003.
3For option orders, a per-contract fee applies. See www.fidelity.com/goto/commissions for details.
4Offer limited to Market orders between 100 and 500 shares to buy, sell, or buy to cover stocks listed on the S&P 500 Index. Orders must be entered between 9:45 a.m. and 3:59 p.m. ET on a day when the market is open, through Fidelity.com, Fidelity Active Trader Pro, FAST, wireless devices, or through a Fidelity representative. Certain restrictions apply. See www.fidelity.com for more details.
5Active traders who place at least 120 household trades over a rolling, 12-month period qualify for this special offer. Qualifying transfers of $10,000 or more are limited to Automated Customer Account Transfers (ACAT) or DTC-eligible securities held in street name at the ACAT-participating delivery firm.
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