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Jurrien Timmer, portfolio manager of Fidelity Tactical Strategies Fund, discusses his outlook for the markets on Business News Network (BNN).  It is a two-part interview.

• "Jurrien Timmer discusses his outlook on the markets", October 5, 2011 - Part 1
• "Jurrien Timmer discusses his outlook on the markets", October 5, 2011 - Part 2

Fidelity’s Peter Drake sees glimmers of light in the current market gloom as he explores the U.S. situation, market outlooks in general, and what it all means for Canadian investors.

• "Understanding the current market crisis", August 7, 2011

Most portfolio managers of the Fidelity funds offered to Canadian investors are essentially bottom-up stock-pickers. Not Jurrien Timmer and Andrew Dierdorf. They're the Boston-based co-managers of the recently launched Fidelity Tactical Strategies , an asset-allocation fund that's driven by the big global picture.

• "Big picture drives go-anywhere Fidelity fund", June 23, 2011

There will be a lot weighing on the markets as summer arrives this week: more European Union meetings about Greece, the QE2 finale and comments from the Fed, to name a few.

As sentiment wavers, it seems a good time to step back and look at the fundamental forces at work. Jurrien Timmer, director of global macro for Fidelity Management & Research Co., cuts through the noise by looking at five key asset classes: China, currencies, bonds, consumable commodities and precious metals.

• "Why investors shouldn't bet against China's economy", June 20, 2011

Jurrien Timmer, Director of Global Macro, Fidelity Management & Research Co., and co-manager of the Fidelity Tactical Strategies Fund, comments on what’s moving the markets.

Click on the link below to watch the video on Business News Network (BNN).  Note that Jurrien Timmer appears in the clip at approximately 2 minutes into the video.  Approximate duration of interview: 7 minutes, 45 sec.

• "Jurrien Timmer discusses what's moving the markets", June 16, 2011 

In 2005, Fidelity published its influential retirement research report, Lifetime Income Planning which introduced the five key risks to retirement income and confirmed the importance for Canadians to develop written retirement income plans.

Fidelity issued its latest retirement research report, After the global financial crisis – the 5 key risks to retirement income. The report re-confirms that the principles behind the five key risks are just as robust and valid in the wake of the crisis as they were before the crisis.

• "Peter Drake discusses the 5 key risks to retirement", June 6, 2011 

A U.S. housing recovery, when it comes, will be swift and will boost lumber demand, prices and profits at timber and homebuilding companies, a Fidelity Canada fund manager said.  "When housing in America gets better, it will get better so fast it's going to make heads spin," Mark Schmehl, manager of Fidelity Canada's Special Situations Fund, told Reuters.

• "FUNDVIEW-Fidelity upbeat on N. American timber, homebuilders", February 9, 2011

Portfolio manager Maxime Lemieux was a guest on BNN on February 3, 2011.

Max, portfolio manager of Fidelity True North Fund - for a second consecutive year - has been named as one of the 25 most influential people in the financial services industry in Quebec.

• "Fidelity Portfolio Manager Maxime Lemieux on BNN", February 3, 2011 

How much should you be putting away for retirement? BNN talks to Peter Drake, Vice President, Fidelity Investments.

• "How much is enough for retirement?", February 1, 2011 

Millions of Canadians will be socking away some money in an RRSP over the next few weeks. Many of them, perhaps the majority, will not give ten minutes of thought as to how the contribution will be invested. They’ll walk into their local bank, write a cheque, and leave the details to the discretion of the person across the counter.

• "How to get good RRSP returns without much risk", January 23, 2011