FIDELITY TECHNOLOGY INNOVATORS FUND SERIES F-N As financial advisor for even when investing your own funds. Know Your Product is an important part of determining the suitability of a particulat fund for a given investor. You must ensure thas you are knowledgeable about all aspects of a product before recommending it to your dient for investing yoursel). Due diligence is essentially about gathering objective facts about the product and using your independent judgment to evaluate its merit. You may use materials provided by the product manufacturer but you must not accept its representations uncritically. At the end of the day. the conclusion must be your own A To conduct this research, first collect the following regulatory and marketing materials. EACH OF THESE MUST BE SUBMITTED AS PART OF YOUR ASSIGNMENT. (2 marks) the long form Prospectus (which probably covers more than just your fund) the Management Reports of Fund Performance Geographical region the Fund Fact Sheet (available at the fund manager's website) All these reports are available at www.sedar.com (which is run by the securities regulator, The Ontario Securities Commission). The investment fund manager's web site and the fund Fact Sheet are also good places to find information about your fund. 1) In your opinion, what are the top risks that an investor should be concerned about if Investing in this fund and why? (hint: the prospectus lists many risks) 2) Does the name of the fund suggest that the fund is Canadian Dollar hedged? If so, what dots that mean, in terms of the investor's currency risk exposure? If not, what does that mean, in terms of the investor's currency risk exposure? 3) Does the Fund offer a DRIP? 4) What is the fund's average trading volume? (available by entering ticker symbolat Yahoo Finance) 5) How often does the Fund distribute income, dividends and capital gains/losses? 6) What type of investor would this Fund be suitable for? 7) What type of investor would this Fund not be suitable for B) Provide the name of a similar Fund offered by a competit and give its MER. FIDELITY TECHNOLOGY INNOVATORS FUND SERIES F-N As financial advisor for even when investing your own funds. Know Your Product is an important part of determining the suitability of a particulat fund for a given investor. You must ensure thas you are knowledgeable about all aspects of a product before recommending it to your dient for investing yoursel). Due diligence is essentially about gathering objective facts about the product and using your independent judgment to evaluate its merit. You may use materials provided by the product manufacturer but you must not accept its representations uncritically. At the end of the day. the conclusion must be your own A To conduct this research, first collect the following regulatory and marketing materials. EACH OF THESE MUST BE SUBMITTED AS PART OF YOUR ASSIGNMENT. (2 marks) the long form Prospectus (which probably covers more than just your fund) the Management Reports of Fund Performance Geographical region the Fund Fact Sheet (available at the fund manager's website) All these reports are available at www.sedar.com (which is run by the securities regulator, The Ontario Securities Commission). The investment fund manager's web site and the fund Fact Sheet are also good places to find information about your fund. 1) In your opinion, what are the top risks that an investor should be concerned about if Investing in this fund and why? (hint: the prospectus lists many risks) 2) Does the name of the fund suggest that the fund is Canadian Dollar hedged? If so, what dots that mean, in terms of the investor's currency risk exposure? If not, what does that mean, in terms of the investor's currency risk exposure? 3) Does the Fund offer a DRIP? 4) What is the fund's average trading volume? (available by entering ticker symbolat Yahoo Finance) 5) How often does the Fund distribute income, dividends and capital gains/losses? 6) What type of investor would this Fund be suitable for? 7) What type of investor would this Fund not be suitable for B) Provide the name of a similar Fund offered by a competit and give its MER
