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FIDELITY
CAPITAL APPRECIATION
FUND
ANNUAL REPORT
OCTOBER 31, 1998
CONTENTS
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 3 Ned Johnson on investing strategies.
PERFORMANCE 4 How the fund has done over time.
FUND TALK 6 The manager's review of fund
performance, strategy and outlook.
INVESTMENT CHANGES 10 A summary of major shifts in the fund's
investments over the past six months.
INVESTMENTS 11 A complete list of the fund's investments
with their market values.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 23 Statements of assets and liabilities,
operations, and changes in net assets,
as well as financial highlights.
NOTES 27 Notes to the financial statements.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT 32 The auditors' opinion.
ACCOUNTANTS
DISTRIBUTIONS 33
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INVESTMENT RISKS, INCLUDING POSSIBLE LOSS OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
INVESTED.
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
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DEAR SHAREHOLDER:
What a difference one month can make. The stock and bond markets did
an about-face in October, as renewed optimism in many emerging markets
and more encouraging corporate earnings forecasts in the U.S. replaced
the concerns that had shaped the financial markets in recent months.
Equity markets worldwide bounced back strongly, while the major U.S.
bond indexes were off slightly as the flight to safety eased.
While it's impossible to predict the future direction of the markets
with any degree of certainty, there are certain basic principles that
can help investors plan for their future needs.
First, investors are encouraged to take a long-term view of their
portfolios. If you can afford to leave your money invested through the
inevitable up and down cycles of the financial markets, you will
greatly reduce your vulnerability to any single decline. We know from
experience, for example, that stock prices have gone up over longer
periods of time, have significantly outperformed other types of
investments and have stayed ahead of inflation.
Second, you can further manage your investing risk through
diversification. A stock mutual fund, for instance, is already
diversified, because it invests in many different companies. You can
increase your diversification further by investing in a number of
different stock funds, or in such other investment categories as
bonds. If you have a short investment time horizon, you might want to
consider moving some of your investment into a money market fund,
which seeks income and a stable share price by investing in
high-quality, short-term investments. Of course, it's important to
remember that there is no assurance that a money market fund will
achieve its goal of maintaining a stable net asset value of $1.00 per
share, and that these types of funds are neither insured nor
guaranteed by any agency of the U.S. government.
Finally, no matter what your time horizon or portfolio diversity, it
makes good sense to follow a regular investment plan, investing a
certain amount of money in a fund at the same time each month or
quarter and periodically reviewing your overall portfolio. By doing
so, you won't get caught up in the excitement of a rapidly rising
market, nor will you buy all your shares at market highs. While this
strategy - known as dollar cost averaging - won't assure a profit or
protect you from a loss in a declining market, it should help you
lower the average cost of your purchases. Of course, you should
consider your financial ability to continue your purchases through
periods of low price levels before undertaking such a strategy.
If you have questions, please call us at 1-800-544-8888. We are
available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide you the
information you need to make the investments that are right for you.
Best regards,
Edward C. Johnson 3d
PERFORMANCE: THE BOTTOM LINE
There are several ways to evaluate a fund's historical performance.
You can look at the total percentage change in value, the average
annual percentage change or the growth of a hypothetical $10,000
investment. Total return reflects the change in the value of an
investment, assuming reinvestment of the fund's dividend income and
capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that
have grown in value).
CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1998 PAST 1 PAST 5 PAST 10
YEAR YEARS YEARS
FIDELITY CAPITAL APPRECIATION 2.56% 83.78% 228.51%
S&P 500 (registered trademark) 21.99% 162.65% 418.35%
Capital Appreciation Funds Average 0.86% 81.75% 270.54%
CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS show the fund's performance in percentage
terms over a set period - in this case, one year, five years or 10
years. For example, if you had invested $1,000 in a fund that had a 5%
return over the past year, the value of your investment would be
$1,050. You can compare the fund's returns to the performance of the
Standard & Poor's 500 Index - a widely recognized, unmanaged index of
common stocks. To measure how the fund's performance stacked up
against its peers, you can compare it to the capital appreciation
funds average, which reflects the performance of mutual funds with
similar objectives tracked by Lipper Analytical Services, Inc. The
past one year average represents a peer group of 240 mutual funds.
These benchmarks include reinvested dividends and capital gains, if
any, and exclude the effect of sales charges.
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1998 PAST 1 PAST 5 PAST 10
YEAR YEARS YEARS
FIDELITY CAPITAL APPRECIATION 2.56% 12.94% 12.63%
S&P 500 21.99% 21.33% 17.88%
Capital Appreciation Funds Average 0.86% 11.75% 12.83%
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS take the fund's cumulative return and
show you what would have happened if the fund had performed at a
constant rate each year. (Note: Lipper calculates average annual total
returns by annualizing each fund's total return, then taking an
arithmetic average. This may produce a different figure than that
obtained by averaging the cumulative total returns and annualizing the
result.)
$10,000 OVER 10 YEARS
Capital Appreciation S&P 500
00307 SP001
1988/10/31 10000.00 10000.00
1988/11/30 9894.07 9857.00
1988/12/31 10185.32 10029.50
1989/01/31 10684.25 10763.66
1989/02/28 10570.21 10495.64
1989/03/31 10905.20 10740.19
1989/04/30 11411.44 11297.61
1989/05/31 11846.78 11755.16
1989/06/30 12117.97 11688.15
1989/07/31 12902.99 12743.59
1989/08/31 12952.95 12993.37
1989/09/30 12910.41 12940.10
1989/10/31 12374.26 12639.89
1989/11/30 12624.46 12897.74
1989/12/31 12926.07 13207.29
1990/01/31 12335.34 12321.08
1990/02/28 12498.57 12480.02
1990/03/31 12591.84 12810.74
1990/04/30 12148.79 12490.47
1990/05/31 12793.93 13708.29
1990/06/30 12677.34 13615.08
1990/07/31 12436.38 13571.51
1990/08/31 11138.34 12344.64
1990/09/30 10322.20 11743.46
1990/10/31 9987.97 11692.96
1990/11/30 10508.75 12448.33
1990/12/31 10898.40 12795.64
1991/01/31 11355.13 13353.53
1991/02/28 12237.08 14308.30
1991/03/31 12528.44 14654.56
1991/04/30 12575.68 14689.73
1991/05/31 12741.05 15324.33
1991/06/30 12363.07 14622.48
1991/07/31 12835.54 15303.88
1991/08/31 12827.67 15666.59
1991/09/30 12433.94 15404.95
1991/10/31 12189.83 15611.38
1991/11/30 11465.37 14982.24
1991/12/31 11987.59 16696.21
1992/01/31 12687.03 16385.66
1992/02/29 13211.61 16598.67
1992/03/31 13182.47 16275.00
1992/04/30 13561.33 16753.48
1992/05/31 13726.47 16835.58
1992/06/30 13716.76 16584.73
1992/07/31 13784.76 17263.04
1992/08/31 13231.04 16909.15
1992/09/30 13250.47 17108.68
1992/10/31 13328.18 17168.56
1992/11/30 13473.90 17754.01
1992/12/31 13949.80 17972.38
1993/01/31 14340.44 18123.35
1993/02/28 14648.89 18369.83
1993/03/31 15473.60 18757.43
1993/04/30 16215.84 18303.50
1993/05/31 16648.81 18794.03
1993/06/30 16700.36 18848.54
1993/07/31 17061.17 18773.14
1993/08/31 17287.96 19484.64
1993/09/30 16885.92 19334.61
1993/10/31 17875.57 19734.84
1993/11/30 17813.71 19547.36
1993/12/31 18611.00 19783.88
1994/01/31 19622.94 20456.53
1994/02/28 19200.74 19902.16
1994/03/31 18402.11 19034.43
1994/04/30 18514.60 19278.07
1994/05/31 18660.82 19594.23
1994/06/30 18042.17 19114.17
1994/07/31 18435.86 19741.11
1994/08/31 19166.99 20550.50
1994/09/30 19234.48 20047.01
1994/10/31 19122.00 20498.07
1994/11/30 19245.73 19751.53
1994/12/31 19080.01 20044.45
1995/01/31 19653.28 20564.20
1995/02/28 20014.69 21365.58
1995/03/31 20014.69 21996.08
1995/04/30 20575.50 22643.87
1995/05/31 20675.20 23548.94
1995/06/30 21148.78 24095.98
1995/07/31 22158.23 24895.01
1995/08/31 22818.74 24957.49
1995/09/30 23092.92 26010.70
1995/10/31 22071.00 25917.84
1995/11/30 22419.95 27055.64
1995/12/31 22660.90 27576.73
1996/01/31 23700.76 28515.44
1996/02/29 23606.23 28779.78
1996/03/31 23660.25 29056.93
1996/04/30 24051.89 29485.23
1996/05/31 24727.12 30245.65
1996/06/30 23984.36 30360.89
1996/07/31 22633.89 29019.54
1996/08/31 23390.15 29631.56
1996/09/30 24646.09 31299.23
1996/10/31 24673.10 32162.46
1996/11/30 26037.08 34593.62
1996/12/31 26087.20 33908.32
1997/01/31 27255.50 36026.91
1997/02/28 26885.79 36309.36
1997/03/31 25865.37 34817.41
1997/04/30 26412.55 36896.01
1997/05/31 28793.52 39142.24
1997/06/30 30390.70 40895.81
1997/07/31 32756.88 44149.89
1997/08/31 32180.13 41676.62
1997/09/30 34161.81 43959.24
1997/10/31 32032.24 42491.01
1997/11/30 32209.70 44457.91
1997/12/31 33004.71 45221.26
1998/01/31 32391.62 45721.40
1998/02/28 35133.50 49018.83
1998/03/31 36444.83 51529.09
1998/04/30 37313.38 52047.47
1998/05/31 35882.83 51152.77
1998/06/30 36717.32 53230.60
1998/07/31 36478.89 52663.69
1998/08/31 28832.29 45049.58
1998/09/30 30927.02 47935.45
1998/10/30 32851.44 51834.52
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$10,000 OVER 10 YEARS: Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was
invested in Fidelity Capital Appreciation Fund on October 31, 1988. As
the chart shows, by October 31, 1998, the value of the investment
would have grown to $32,851 - a 228.51% increase on the initial
investment. For comparison, look at how the Standard & Poor's 500
Index did over the same period. With dividends and capital gains, if
any, reinvested, the same $10,000 would have grown to $51,835 - a
418.35% increase.
UNDERSTANDING
PERFORMANCE
How a fund did yesterday is
no guarantee of how it will do
tomorrow. The stock market,
for example, has a history of
long-term growth and
short-term volatility. In turn, the
share price and return of a
fund that invests in stocks will
vary. That means if you sell
your shares during a market
downturn, you might lose
money. But if you can ride out
the market's ups and downs,
you may have a gain.
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FUND TALK: THE MANAGER'S OVERVIEW
MARKET RECAP
U.S. equity markets during the
one-year period that ended October
31, 1998, can be summarized in
five words - volatility and
interest-rate cuts. During the first
half of the period, U.S. stocks
posted strong gains as the positive
state of the domestic economy
drove the Dow Jones Industrial
Average and the Standard & Poor's
500 Index to record highs by
mid-July. Despite significant
weakness later in the summer, the
S&P 500 index returned 21.99% for
the 12-month period. On the
other hand, stock prices of smaller
U.S. companies posted weak
results. The Russell 2000 - a
popular measure of
small-capitalization stock
performance - returned -11.84%
during the period. Fueled by low
interest rates, low unemployment
and minimal inflationary pressure,
larger-cap stocks continued their
advance. While turmoil in overseas
markets caused the domestic
market to stumble during August
and September, in general, many
investors viewed the relative
stability of the U.S. economy as a
safe haven against global volatility.
Late in the period, the market
received another boost in the form
of two interest-rate cuts by the
Federal Reserve Board. On the
heels of the interest-rate cuts,
investor confidence improved
based on the belief that the U.S.
could avoid an economic
downturn.
An interview with Harry Lange, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Capital
Appreciation Fund
Q. HOW DID THE FUND PERFORM, HARRY?
A. For the 12 months that ended October 31, 1998, the fund returned
2.56%. This trailed the 21.99% return of the Standard & Poor's 500
Index for the same time period. The capital appreciation funds
average, as tracked by Lipper Analytical Services, returned 0.86%.
Q. RELATIVE TO THE INDEX AND PEER GROUP, WHAT FACTORS PLAYED KEY ROLES
IN SHAPING THE FUND'S PERFORMANCE?
A. The main factor I'd point to was that investors favored stocks of
larger-capitalization companies over smaller-sized companies
throughout the period. This was spurred primarily by the ongoing
volatility in both Asia and Russia. When uncertainty prevails,
investors tend to flock to the larger, better-known companies such as
the Microsofts and General Electrics of the world. The S&P 500
produced a nice return because the index consisted of many of these
types of stocks. On the other hand, while the fund did hold positions
in large-cap stocks, almost two-thirds of the portfolio was comprised
of small- and mid-cap stocks. For additional perspective, the average
stock within the S&P 500 had a market cap of around $40 billion, while
the average stock within the fund had a market cap of approximately $4
billion. Thus, this flight to quality on the part of wary investors
hurt the fund's performance relative to the index. The fund's return
was more in line with that of its Lipper peers, mostly because many of
the funds in the group have similar investment profiles.
Q. WITH ALL THE VOLATILITY WE WITNESSED DURING THE PERIOD, DID YOU
MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO YOUR STRATEGIC THINKING?
A. I had to re-think my stance on the U.S. economy. Both the stock
market and the economy have performed well over the past few years,
and I felt that this economic strength could be sustained. While
things were going well, a concept called the "wealth effect" came into
play. That is, as investors experienced gains in their portfolios,
many were able to funnel some disposable income towards certain luxury
items and goods. I tried to take advantage of this trend by investing
in names such as cruise-ship operator Royal Caribbean, jeweler
Tiffany's and Sun International Hotels, which oversees several
high-end resorts. As consumer confidence waned, however, these stocks
declined and I began to focus on service-related companies, many of
which have long-term contracts with clients and can offer a slight
element of stability.
Q. THE FUND'S LARGEST INDUSTRY WEIGHTING AT THE CLOSE OF THE PERIOD
WAS IN TECHNOLOGY STOCKS, WITH JUST UNDER 26% OF THE FUND'S
INVESTMENTS SPOKEN FOR. HOW DID TECHNOLOGY STOCKS PERFORM?
A. Since many technology companies depend on Asia as a big source of
revenue, technology-stock prices went through some turbulence in
August and September. This was particularly true of semiconductor
companies, many of which ceased making significant capital
expenditures. The flip side to this, however, was that the lower stock
prices created some nice buying opportunities. In September and
October, I added to the fund's positions in semiconductor equipment
stocks KLA-Tencor and Teradyne. My general feeling was that these
positions had no place to go but up. On a similar note, we also saw a
worldwide pickup in personal computer demand towards the end of the
period. As a result, the fund's positions in Intel and Micron
Technology, to name two, began to bounce back.
Q. HARRY, YOU'VE BEEN BULLISH ON INTERNET-RELATED STOCKS FOR SOME
TIME. DID THIS AREA CONTINUE TO HOLD APPEAL DESPITE WHAT MANY FELT
WERE UNJUSTIFIABLY HIGH VALUATIONS?
A. While there was a lot of back-and-forth regarding high valuations
during the period, I remained a big believer in the Internet. One
stock I particularly liked was America Online. The company's valuation
and market capitalization per subscriber were very similar to that of
a cable TV company and, while AOL's revenues per subscriber were less
than those of cable companies, I felt strongly that AOL could increase
its customer base rapidly. I think the Internet is the investment
story of the decade and is here to stay. I don't think you'll see
people going back to the telephone, for instance, to conduct their
business. People have fallen in love with the convenience of doing
tasks on-line.
Q. COMPARED TO SIX MONTHS AGO, THE FUND HAS SEVERAL NEW ADDITIONS TO
ITS TOP-10 LIST OF STOCKS. ANY INTERESTING STORIES?
A. Modis Professional Services caught my eye. Modis is a temporary
staffing and consulting company that used to be known as Accustaff.
The company decided to sell off its temporary staffing arm and channel
its energies into its consulting business. Temporary staffing is quite
susceptible to economic conditions and, with economic forecasts down
for 1999, this appeared to be a good strategic move.
Q. THREE MEDIA-RELATED STOCKS - VIACOM, COMCAST AND TIME WARNER -
OCCUPIED SIGNIFICANT SPOTS IN THE PORTFOLIO AT THE END OF THE PERIOD.
WHAT WAS THE APPEAL?
A. All three have performed well for different reasons. As cable TV
subscriptions have grown, for instance, both Comcast and Time Warner
have benefited. The popularity of the Internet also has played a role,
as customers continued to seek faster ways to access the Web. Viacom,
which owns the Blockbuster video-store chain, realized good results as
Blockbuster regained investor confidence. Blockbuster developed a new
sharing arrangement with the major movie studios that allows it to get
large numbers of videos at lower costs. Blockbuster, in turn, has
developed in-store promotions whereby customers can get a free rental
if the movie they want is not on the shelf. Viacom also benefited from
its MTV and Nickelodeon franchises, and its movie studio Paramount
rode the wave of the hit film TITANIC.
Q. TOGETHER, FINANCE AND RETAIL STOCKS TOTALED AROUND 15% OF THE
FUND'S INVESTMENTS AT THE END OF THE PERIOD. HOW DID THESE TWO AREAS
PERFORM DURING THE PERIOD?
A. Many finance stocks struggled, especially larger banks with
business exposure to emerging-market countries. The situations in both
Asia and Russia, for example, translated into tough times for the
fund's position in Citicorp. Closer to home, fears of a potential
recession caused investors to worry about credit quality, and the
fund's holdings in savings and loan Washington Mutual and Dime Bancorp
detracted from performance. I cut back on some of the fund's finance
investments with emerging-market exposure, but I remained confident in
those with more of a domestic flavor. With the challenging consumer
backdrop I mentioned, retail stocks also fell somewhat out of favor. I
reduced the fund's investments in retail stalwarts such as Home Depot
and Wal-Mart, which had been outstanding performers prior to the last
couple months of the period.
Q. WHICH INDIVIDUAL STOCKS PERFORMED WELL? WHICH PROVED DISAPPOINTING?
A. While I reduced the fund's exposure to retail stocks when consumer
confidence turned down, the fund's stake in big retailer Wal-Mart was
a positive contributor during the period. Dell Computers was also a
big winner, as the company's made-to-order distribution style proved
profitable. On a sour note, the fund's positions in hotel chains Host
Marriott and Patriot American Hospitality produced poor results.
Q. WHAT'S YOUR OUTLOOK FOR THE COMING MONTHS?
A. I think the story over the next six months again will revolve
around the small-cap/big-cap issue. As the period closed, smaller
stocks were showing some strength. Whether that's here to stay is
anyone's guess, but I'm confident that smaller stocks can perform well
over the long-term. In terms of the fund itself, I'll look for
opportunities in the business services area and may stick with some
economically sensitive stocks. Hopefully, the Federal Reserve Board
will continue to make an effort to stave off a recession.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS REPORT REFLECT THOSE OF THE PORTFOLIO
MANAGER ONLY THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD OF THE REPORT AS STATED ON
THE COVER. THE MANAGER'S VIEWS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME BASED
ON MARKET AND OTHER CONDITIONS.
HARRY LANGE ON THE ROLE
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT
TRUSTS - OR REITS - PLAYED
IN THE PORTFOLIO DURING
THE PERIOD:
"With the stock market in general
being so precarious during the past
12 months, many investors embarked
on a flight to quality. Some sought
shelter in industries such as
electrical utilities, and Treasury
securities became popular. When I
began looking for some alternatives
in late September and early October,
certain types of REITs caught my
eye.
"Overall, REITs endured a difficult
performance stretch during the
period, but I felt some were still
generating decent yields and I was
able to latch on to a few with
appealing characteristics. For
instance, many REITs had long-term
contracts in which they rented out
facilities for government, corporate
or research use. This element of
long-term, built-in rent - I felt -
provided a degree of stability and
contrasted with hotel REITs. Hotels
seemingly change their room rates
on a daily basis, while these long-term
contracts provide more consistency.
"One good example was Alexandria
Real Estate Equities, a company
which mostly rents space for
research-related purposes. Others
that caught my eye were Equity
Office Properties and Apartment
Investment & Management. At the
end of the period, REITs accounted
for just over 6% of the fund's
investments."
FUND FACTS
GOAL: to increase the value of
the fund's shares by investing
primarily in common stocks
FUND NUMBER: 307
TRADING SYMBOL: FDCAX
START DATE: November 26, 1986
SIZE: as of October 31,
1998, more than $2.2 billion
MANAGER: Harry Lange, since
1996; manager, Fidelity Select
Computers Portfolio, 1992-
1996; Fidelity Select
Technology Portfolio,
1993-1996; Fidelity Select
Electronics Portfolio,
1993-1995; research
director, Fidelity Investments
Far East, 1988-1992; joined
Fidelity in 1987
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INVESTMENT CHANGES
TOP TEN STOCKS AS OF OCTOBER 31, 1998
% OF FUND'S % OF FUND'S INVESTMENTS
INVESTMENTS IN THESE STOCKS
6 MONTHS AGO
Electronic Data Systems Corp. 5.7 4.3
Viacom, Inc. Class B (non-vtg.) 4.1 4.5
Intel Corp. 3.4 0.0
Comcast Corp. Class A (special) 3.2 2.0
Modis Professional Services, Inc. 2.8 0.0
Washington Mutual, Inc. 2.8 2.1
Waste Management, Inc. 2.6 4.8
KLA-Tencor Corp. 2.6 0.0
Dime Bancorp, Inc. 2.3 1.8
Time Warner, Inc. 2.1 1.4
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TOP FIVE MARKET SECTORS AS OF OCTOBER 31, 1998
% OF FUND'S % OF FUND'S INVESTMENTS
INVESTMENTS IN THESE MARKET SECTORS
6 MONTHS AGO
TECHNOLOGY 25.9 21.9
MEDIA & LEISURE 17.1 17.6
FINANCE 10.6 13.6
CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE 10.5 7.2
HEALTH 5.7 3.3
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ASSET ALLOCATION (% OF FUND'S INVESTMENTS)
AS OF OCTOBER 31, 1998 * AS OF APRIL 30, 1998 **
ROW: 1, COL: 1, VALUE: 92.3
ROW: 1, COL: 2, VALUE: 7.7
STOCKS AND CLOSED-
END INVESTMENT
COMPANIES 97.4%
BONDS 0.2%
SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS 2.4%
* FOREIGN
INVESTMENTS 9.4%
STOCKS AND CLOSED-
END INVESTMENT
COMPANIES 92.3%
BONDS 0.0%
SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS 7.7%
**FOREIGN
INVESTMENTS 6.1%
ROW: 1, COL: 1, VALUE: 95.40000000000001
ROW: 1, COL: 2, VALUE: 1.2
ROW: 1, COL: 3, VALUE: 3.4
INVESTMENTS OCTOBER 31, 1998
SHOWING PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL VALUE OF INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES
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COMMON STOCKS - 92.1%
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
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AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 0.0%
Orbital Sciences Corp. (a) 40,000 $ 1,320
BASIC INDUSTRIES - 1.1%
CHEMICALS & PLASTICS - 0.0%
Foamex International, Inc. 100,000 1,094
IRON & STEEL - 0.3%
Bunka Shutter Co. Ltd. 1,143,000 2,470
Chubu Steel Plate Co. Ltd. 60,000 83
Tadano Ltd. 100,000 255
Tubos de Acero de Mexico SA ADR 400,000 3,400
6,208
PACKAGING & CONTAINERS - 0.6%
Owens-Illinois, Inc. (a) 453,100 13,848
PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS - 0.2%
Mercer International, Inc. (SBI) (c) 909,800 5,402
TOTAL BASIC INDUSTRIES 26,552
CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE - 10.5%
BUILDING MATERIALS - 2.3%
American Standard Companies, Inc. (a) 400,000 12,775
Masco Corp. 628,200 17,707
Owens-Corning 634,200 23,029
53,511
CONSTRUCTION - 1.2%
Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (a) 200,000 3,538
Engle Homes, Inc. 250,000 3,219
Higashi Nihon House Co. Ltd. 50,000 159
Lennar Corp. 880,418 17,828
Okumura Corp. 300,000 1,304
Wimpey George PLC 1,000,000 1,892
27,940
ENGINEERING - 0.1%
Fluor Corp. 50,000 1,941
Stolt Comex Seaway SA 54,600 696
Stolt Comex Seaway SA sponsored ADR Class A 27,300 282
2,919
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE - CONTINUED
REAL ESTATE - 0.7%
Excel Legacy Corp. (a) 750,800 $ 2,065
LNR Property Corp. 90,268 1,602
Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. 200,000 1,820
Stewart Enterprises, Inc. Class A 492,100 11,349
16,836
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS - 6.2%
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 390,300 10,416
Apartment Investment & Management Co. Class A 220,100 7,690
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 26,000 835
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. 14,000 365
Crescent Real Estate Equities, Inc. 500,000 12,531
Duke Realty Investments, Inc. 484,552 11,569
Equity Office Properties Trust 725,000 17,400
Equity Residential Properties Trust (SBI) 391,200 16,430
First Washington Realty Trust, Inc. 100,000 2,263
Glenborough Realty Trust, Inc. 333,000 7,139
Home Properties of N.Y, Inc. 250,000 6,719
LTC Properties, Inc. 875,800 14,998
New Plan Excel Realty Trust 420,960 9,577
Patriot American Hospitality, Inc. unit 2,000,071 17,751
Public Storage, Inc. 385,300 10,283
145,966
TOTAL CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE 247,172
DURABLES - 4.3%
AUTOS, TIRES, & ACCESSORIES - 0.2%
Pep Boys-Manny, Moe & Jack 100,000 1,563
Wynn's International, Inc. 176,550 3,321
4,884
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS - 2.3%
Black & Decker Corp. 400,000 20,675
Maytag Corp. 503,500 24,892
Newell Co. 200,000 8,800
54,367
HOME FURNISHINGS - 0.8%
Furniture Brands International, Inc. (a) 36,800 791
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
DURABLES - CONTINUED
HOME FURNISHINGS - CONTINUED
HON Industries, Inc. 238,700 $ 5,057
Leggett & Platt, Inc. 500,000 11,688
17,536
TEXTILES & APPAREL - 1.0%
Galey & Lord, Inc. (a) 478,500 6,520
Kellwood Co. 8,500 232
Polymer Group, Inc. (a) 300,000 2,644
Quaker Fabric Corp. (a)(c) 1,564,100 10,753
Supreme International Corp. (a)(c) 380,000 4,323
24,472
TOTAL DURABLES 101,259
ENERGY - 0.7%
ENERGY SERVICES - 0.3%
McDermott International, Inc. 100,000 2,931
Pool Energy Services Co. (a) 163,000 2,175
R&B Falcon Corp. (a) 66,000 895
6,001
OIL & GAS - 0.4%
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. Class A 100,000 1,700
Cooper Cameron Corp. (a) 150,000 5,213
Newport Petroleum Corp. (a)(d) 310,000 1,145
Titan Exploration, Inc. (a) 338,000 1,986
10,044
TOTAL ENERGY 16,045
FINANCE - 10.6%
BANKS - 1.2%
AmSouth Bancorp. 75,000 3,005
Centura Banks, Inc. 142,800 9,853
Comerica, Inc. 75,000 4,838
Fuji International Finance Trust sponsored ADR (a)(d) 29 246
National Bank of Canada 384,100 5,751
U.S. Bancorp 100,000 3,650
27,343
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
FINANCE - CONTINUED
CREDIT & OTHER FINANCE - 2.4%
Acom Co. Ltd. 70,000 $ 3,923
American Express Co. 205,000 18,117
Associates First Capital Corp. 65,521 4,619
Fleet Financial Group, Inc. 100,000 3,994
Household International, Inc. 32,700 1,196
Jafco Co. Ltd. 793,000 16,932
Providian Financial Corp. 100,000 7,938
56,719
INSURANCE - 0.1%
Fremont General Corp. 33,100 1,634
London Insurance Market Investment Trust PLC 307,000 848
2,482
SAVINGS & LOANS - 5.5%
Bank United Corp. Class A 150,000 5,977
Charter One Financial, Inc. 39,270 1,077
Dime Bancorp, Inc. 2,300,000 54,769
Washington Federal, Inc. 110,000 2,936
Washington Mutual, Inc. 1,738,000 65,066
129,825
SECURITIES INDUSTRY - 1.4%
Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter & Co. 200,000 12,950
Nomura Securities Co. Ltd. 2,815,000 21,328
34,278
TOTAL FINANCE 250,647
HEALTH - 5.7%
DRUGS & PHARMACEUTICALS - 2.2%
Amgen, Inc. (a) 200,000 15,713
Aviron (a) 106,200 2,018
Chirex, Inc. (a) 120,000 1,830
Elan Corp. PLC ADR (a) 300,000 21,019
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) 200,000 3,113
Lilly (Eli) & Co. 100,000 8,094
Sankyo Co. Ltd. 19,000 430
ViroPharma, Inc. (a) 40,100 727
52,944
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
HEALTH - CONTINUED
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 3.2%
Arterial Vascular Engineering, Inc. (a) 700,000 $ 21,525
Biomet, Inc. 300,000 10,181
Gehe AG 50,000 3,733
Guidant Corp. 150,000 11,475
McKesson Corp. 172,300 13,267
Sofamor/Danek Group, Inc. (a) 150,000 15,244
75,425
MEDICAL FACILITIES MANAGEMENT - 0.3%
HEALTHSOUTH Corp. (a) 230,800 2,798
LTC Healthcare, Inc. (a) 87,580 208
Wellpoint Health Networks, Inc. (a) 50,000 3,681
6,687
TOTAL HEALTH 135,056
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT - 3.6%
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - 0.2%
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. 600,000 4,538
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. warrants 7/31/01 (a) 400,000 200
4,738
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT - 0.8%
Compx International, Inc. (a) 100,000 1,925
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd. 826,000 2,347
PRI Automation, Inc. 58,200 1,008
THK Co. Ltd. 450,200 4,651
Tyco International Ltd. 140,000 8,671
18,602
POLLUTION CONTROL - 2.6%
Waste Management, Inc. 1,394,900 62,945
TOTAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT 86,285
MEDIA & LEISURE - 17.1%
BROADCASTING - 7.7%
Capstar Broadcasting Corp. Class A (a) 200,000 3,475
CBS Corp. 598,179 16,712
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (a) 100,000 4,556
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
MEDIA & LEISURE - CONTINUED
BROADCASTING - CONTINUED
Comcast Corp. Class A (special) 1,529,300 $ 75,509
MediaOne Group, Inc. 750,000 31,734
Nielsen Media Research, Inc. (a) 16,666 236
Scandinavian Broadcasting Corp. (a) 41,000 943
Time Warner, Inc. 525,800 48,801
181,966
ENTERTAINMENT - 5.4%
King World Productions, Inc. (a) 100,000 2,625
Royal Carribean Cruises Ltd. 801,500 22,342
Viacom, Inc.:
Class A (a) 100,600 5,973
Class B (non-vtg.) (a) 1,609,800 96,387
127,327
LEISURE DURABLES & TOYS - 1.3%
Callaway Golf Co. 600,000 6,525
Coachmen Industries, Inc. (c) 868,500 20,084
Harley-Davidson, Inc. 100,000 3,875
30,484
LODGING & GAMING - 0.9%
Host Marriott Corp. (a) 1,459,500 21,163
PUBLISHING - 1.2%
Playboy Enterprises, Inc.:
Class A (a)(c) 25,000 322
Class B (a)(c) 1,957,300 28,136
28,458
RESTAURANTS - 0.6%
Big Buck Brew & Steakhouse, Inc. (a)(c) 522,500 1,519
Starbucks Corp. (a) 300,000 13,013
14,532
TOTAL MEDIA & LEISURE 403,930
NONDURABLES - 0.9%
AGRICULTURE - 0.1%
Northland Cranberries, Inc. Class A 70,000 761
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
NONDURABLES - CONTINUED
BEVERAGES - 0.6%
Celestial Seasonings, Inc. (a) 50,000 $ 975
Mondavi (Robert) Corp. Class A (a)(c) 384,100 13,035
14,010
FOODS - 0.0%
Corn Products International, Inc. 12,500 356
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS - 0.2%
Clorox Co. 48,600 5,310
TOTAL NONDURABLES 20,437
PRECIOUS METALS - 0.4%
Newmont Mining Corp. 400,000 8,500
RETAIL & WHOLESALE - 4.8%
APPAREL STORES - 0.1%
Baker (J.), Inc. 431,700 2,374
Charming Shoppes, Inc. (a) 200,000 750
3,124
GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES - 0.7%
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 250,000 17,250
GROCERY STORES - 0.3%
Meyer (Fred), Inc. (a) 28,000 1,493
Safeway, Inc. (a) 100,000 4,781
6,274
RETAIL & WHOLESALE, MISCELLANEOUS - 3.7%
Action Performance Companies, Inc. (a) 340,000 10,158
Amazon.com, Inc. (a) 100,000 12,644
Barbeques Galore Ltd. sponsored ADR (c) 235,000 977
Best Buy Co., Inc. (a) 500,000 24,000
Circuit City Stores, Inc. - Circuit City Group 50,000 1,809
Gadzooks, Inc. (a)(c) 500,000 4,094
Home Depot, Inc. 200,000 8,700
Micro Warehouse, Inc. (a) 98,500 2,149
Oshmans Sporting Goods, Inc. (a) 100,000 444
PC Connection, Inc. 82,700 1,261
School Specialty, Inc. 382,616 6,026
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
RETAIL & WHOLESALE - CONTINUED
RETAIL & WHOLESALE, MISCELLANEOUS - CONTINUED
Senshukai Co. Ltd. 723,000 $ 4,494
Staples, Inc. (a) 316,050 10,311
87,067
TOTAL RETAIL & WHOLESALE 113,715
SERVICES - 4.1%
ADVERTISING - 0.5%
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. 100,000 5,850
Omnicom Group, Inc. 100,000 4,944
10,794
SERVICES - 3.6%
APAC Teleservices, Inc. (a) 182,800 1,143
Boron LePore & Associates, Inc. (a) 100,000 2,700
Medpartners, Inc. (a) 1,033,300 3,681
Modis Professional Services, Inc. (a) 3,699,000 65,195
Olsten Corp. 650,000 5,972
Sotheby's Holdings, Inc. Class A 329,000 7,115
85,806
TOTAL SERVICES 96,600
TECHNOLOGY - 25.9%
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - 0.2%
ACT Networks, Inc. (a) 300,000 2,550
Aiphone Co. Ltd. 100,000 731
Filtronic PLC 100,000 768
4,049
COMPUTER SERVICES & SOFTWARE - 11.9%
4Front Software International, Inc. (a)(c) 1,015,900 8,254
America Online, Inc. 90,000 11,436
Autodesk, Inc. 350,000 10,916
Catalyst International, Inc. (a)(c) 533,000 4,464
CompUSA, Inc. (a) 295,800 4,104
Electronic Data Systems Corp. 3,281,700 133,513
IMS Health, Inc. 50,000 3,325
Inacom Corp. (a)(c) 524,300 10,158
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
TECHNOLOGY - CONTINUED
COMPUTER SERVICES & SOFTWARE - CONTINUED
Micro Focus Group PLC ADR (a) 75,000 $ 1,425
Microsoft Corp. (a) 110,200 11,667
Midway Games, Inc. (a) 323,387 3,173
Oracle Corp. (a) 1,400,000 41,388
Pegasus Systems, Inc. (a)(c) 590,500 10,260
Platinum Technology, Inc. (a) 200,000 3,288
Saville Systems PLC sponsored ADR (a) 200,000 3,375
Sportsline USA, Inc. 200,000 2,813
Wind River Systems, Inc. 100,000 4,381
Yahoo, Inc. (a) 100,000 13,084
281,024
COMPUTERS & OFFICE EQUIPMENT - 4.1%
Apple Computer, Inc. (a) 100,000 3,713
Dell Computer Corp. (a) 100,000 6,550
EMC Corp. (a) 200,000 12,875
Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. (a) 100,000 1,775
HMT Technology Corp. (a)(c) 3,293,500 28,406
Ingram Micro, Inc. Class A (a) 100,000 4,550
Lexmark International Group, Inc. (a) 150,000 10,491
Psion PLC 100,000 829
Quantum Corp. (a) 1,000,000 17,563
Seagate Technology, Inc. (a) 400,000 10,550
97,302
ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS - 5.1%
Applied Materials, Inc. (a) 465,500 16,147
KLA-Tencor Corp. (a) 1,653,300 60,965
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (a) 200,000 3,263
Teradyne, Inc. (a) 1,100,000 35,750
Thermo Electron Corp. (a) 100,000 1,994
Thermoquest Corp. (a) 300,000 3,038
Varian Associates, Inc. 11,900 466
121,623
ELECTRONICS - 4.6%
Analog Devices, Inc. (a) 200,000 3,975
C.P. Clare Corp. (a) 60,000 300
Intel Corp. 900,000 80,269
Micron Technology, Inc. (a) 450,000 17,100
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
TECHNOLOGY - CONTINUED
ELECTRONICS - CONTINUED
Solectron Corp. (a) 74,600 $ 4,271
Texas Instruments, Inc. 50,000 3,197
109,112
TOTAL TECHNOLOGY 613,110
TRANSPORTATION - 0.2%
AIR TRANSPORTATION - 0.2%
Deutsche Lufthansa AG:
(Reg.) (d) 100,000 2,183
(Reg.) 100,000 2,183
Transat AT, Inc. (a) 82,000 255
4,621
SHIPPING - 0.0%
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. 102,378 1,083
TOTAL TRANSPORTATION 5,704
UTILITIES - 2.2%
CELLULAR - 0.2%
Cable & Wireless Communications PLC (a) 500,000 3,768
ELECTRIC UTILITY - 1.2%
Entergy Corp. 206,900 5,948
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. (a) 1,360,500 19,897
PG&E Corp. 88,800 2,703
28,548
TELEPHONE SERVICES - 0.8%
Advanced Communications Group, Inc. (c) 1,341,400 4,946
AT&T Corp. 94,300 5,870
France Telecom SA 8,300 580
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
UTILITIES - CONTINUED
TELEPHONE SERVICES - CONTINUED
Telefonos de Mexico SA de CV sponsored ADR representing 100,000 $ 5,281
Class L shares
U.S. WEST, Inc. 39,599 2,272
18,949
TOTAL UTILITIES 51,265
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS 2,177,597
(Cost $1,991,381)
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PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.1%
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.1%
RETAIL & WHOLESALE - 0.1%
APPAREL STORES - 0.1%
TJX Companies, Inc. Series E, $7.00 6,000 2,454
NONCONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.0%
BASIC INDUSTRIES - 0.0%
METALS & MINING - 0.0%
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. depositary shares 9,100 123
representing 0.025 silver denomination pfd.
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS 2,577
(Cost $1,183)
CLOSED-END INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 0.1%
Taiwan Fund, Inc. 100,000 1,394
(Cost $2,625)
CASH EQUIVALENTS - 7.7%
Taxable Central Cash Fund (b) 181,306,947 181,307
(Cost $181,307)
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% $ 2,362,875
(Cost $2,176,496)
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LEGEND
(a) Non-income producing
(b) At period end, the seven-day yield on the Taxable Central Cash
Fund was 4.96%. The yield refers to the income earned by investing in
the fund over the seven-day period, expressed as an annual percentage.
(c) Affiliated company (see Note 7 of Notes to Financial Statements).
(d) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the
Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in
transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified
institutional buyers. At the period end, the value of these securities
amounted to $3,574,000 or 0.2% of net assets.
INCOME TAX INFORMATION
At October 31, 1998, the aggregate cost of investment securities for
income tax purposes was $2,181,350,000. Net unrealized appreciation
aggregated $181,525,000, of which $383,575,000 related to appreciated
investment securities and $202,050,000 related to depreciated
investment securities.
The fund hereby designates approximately $107,136,000 as a capital
gain dividend for the purpose of the dividend paid deduction.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS (EXCEPT PER-SHARE AMOUNT) OCTOBER 31, 1998
ASSETS
INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES, AT VALUE (COST $2,176,496) - $ 2,362,875
SEE ACCOMPANYING SCHEDULE
RECEIVABLE FOR INVESTMENTS SOLD 16,738
RECEIVABLE FOR FUND SHARES SOLD 6,069
DIVIDENDS RECEIVABLE 1,281
INTEREST RECEIVABLE 497
OTHER RECEIVABLES 181
TOTAL ASSETS 2,387,641
LIABILITIES
PAYABLE FOR INVESTMENTS PURCHASED $ 15,417
PAYABLE FOR FUND SHARES REDEEMED 2,799
ACCRUED MANAGEMENT FEE 694
OTHER PAYABLES AND ACCRUED EXPENSES 3,281
COLLATERAL ON SECURITIES LOANED, AT VALUE 73,451
TOTAL LIABILITIES 95,642
NET ASSETS $ 2,291,999
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:
PAID IN CAPITAL $ 2,031,651
UNDISTRIBUTED NET INVESTMENT INCOME 10,189
ACCUMULATED UNDISTRIBUTED NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON 63,754
INVESTMENTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS
NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON INVESTMENTS 186,405
AND ASSETS AND LIABILITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
NET ASSETS, FOR 118,816 SHARES OUTSTANDING $ 2,291,999
NET ASSET VALUE, OFFERING PRICE AND REDEMPTION PRICE PER $19.29
SHARE ($2,291,999 (DIVIDED BY) 118,816 SHARES)
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1998
INVESTMENT INCOME $ 18,226
DIVIDENDS (INCLUDING $83 RECEIVED FROM AFFILIATED ISSUERS)
SPECIAL DIVIDEND FROM EXCEL LEGACY CORP. 3,895
INTEREST (INCLUDING INCOME ON SECURITIES LOANED OF $1,010) 4,801
TOTAL INCOME 26,922
EXPENSES
MANAGEMENT FEE $ 14,037
BASIC FEE
PERFORMANCE ADJUSTMENT (3,652)
TRANSFER AGENT FEES 5,147
ACCOUNTING FEES AND EXPENSES 832
NON-INTERESTED TRUSTEES' COMPENSATION 16
CUSTODIAN FEES AND EXPENSES 152
REGISTRATION FEES 133
AUDIT 62
LEGAL 15
MISCELLANEOUS 15
TOTAL EXPENSES BEFORE REDUCTIONS 16,757
EXPENSE REDUCTIONS (710) 16,047
NET INVESTMENT INCOME 10,875
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON:
INVESTMENT SECURITIES (INCLUDING REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) OF 68,089
$(8,620) ON SALES OF INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATED ISSUERS)
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS 83 68,172
CHANGE IN NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON:
INVESTMENT SECURITIES (35,026)
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES 26 (35,000)
NET GAIN (LOSS) 33,172
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING $ 44,047
FROM OPERATIONS
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED
OCTOBER 31, OCTOBER 31,
1998 1997
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
OPERATIONS $ 10,875 $ 7,537
NET INVESTMENT INCOME
NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) 68,172 323,049
CHANGE IN NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) (35,000) 112,433
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING 44,047 443,019
FROM OPERATIONS
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (7,541) (10,261)
FROM NET INVESTMENT INCOME
FROM NET REALIZED GAIN (268,678) (131,673)
TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS (276,219) (141,934)
SHARE TRANSACTIONS 1,197,319 754,230
NET PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF SHARES
REINVESTMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS 268,785 138,936
COST OF SHARES REDEEMED (991,353) (734,679)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING 474,751 158,487
FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS 242,579 459,572
NET ASSETS
BEGINNING OF PERIOD 2,049,420 1,589,848
END OF PERIOD (INCLUDING UNDISTRIBUTED NET INVESTMENT $ 2,291,999 $ 2,049,420
INCOME OF $10,189 AND $8,127, RESPECTIVELY)
OTHER INFORMATION
SHARES
SOLD 59,402 34,789
ISSUED IN REINVESTMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS 13,905 7,957
REDEEMED (49,123) (35,135)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) 24,184 7,611
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
YEARS ENDED OCTOBER 31,
1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
SELECTED PER-SHARE DATA
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING $ 21.66 $ 18.27 $ 17.71 $ 17.00 $ 17.34
OF PERIOD
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS
NET INVESTMENT INCOME .09 C, D .08 C .15 .36 .17
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED .47 4.97 1.81 1.98 1.00
GAIN (LOSS)
TOTAL FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS .56 5.05 1.96 2.34 1.17
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS
FROM NET INVESTMENT INCOME (.08) (.12) (.40) (.17) (.10)
FROM NET REALIZED GAIN (2.85) (1.54) (1.00) (1.46) (1.41)
TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS (2.93) (1.66) (1.40) (1.63) (1.51)
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD $ 19.29 $ 21.66 $ 18.27 $ 17.71 $ 17.00
TOTAL RETURN A, B 2.56% 29.83% 11.79% 15.42% 6.97%
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
NET ASSETS, END OF PERIOD $ 2,292 $ 2,049 $ 1,590 $ 1,660 $ 1,669
(IN MILLIONS)
RATIO OF EXPENSES TO AVERAGE .70% .69% .87% 1.09% 1.19%
NET ASSETS
RATIO OF EXPENSES TO AVERAGE NET .67% E .66% E .80% E 1.06% E 1.17% E
ASSETS AFTER EXPENSE REDUCTIONS
RATIO OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME TO .46% .43% 1.24% 2.31% 1.22%
AVERAGE NET ASSETS
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE 121% 176% 205% 87% 124%
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A THE TOTAL RETURNS WOULD HAVE BEEN LOWER HAD CERTAIN EXPENSES NOT
BEEN REDUCED DURING THE PERIODS SHOWN (SEE NOTE 6 OF NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS).
B TOTAL RETURNS DO NOT INCLUDE THE FORMER ONE TIME SALES CHARGE.
C NET INVESTMENT INCOME PER SHARE HAS BEEN CALCULATED BASED ON AVERAGE
SHARES OUTSTANDING DURING THE PERIOD.
D INVESTMENT INCOME PER SHARE REFLECTS A SPECIAL DIVIDEND FROM EXCEL
LEGACY CORP. WHICH AMOUNTED TO $.04 PER SHARE.
E FMR OR THE FUND HAS ENTERED INTO VARYING ARRANGEMENTS WITH THIRD
PARTIES WHO EITHER PAID OR REDUCED A PORTION OF THE FUND'S EXPENSES
(SEE NOTE 6 OF NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS).
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the period ended October 31, 1998
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES.
Fidelity Capital Appreciation Fund (the fund) is a fund of Fidelity
Capital Trust (the trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited
number of shares. The trust is registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company
organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The financial statements
have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles which require management to make certain estimates and
assumptions at the date of the financial statements. The following
summarizes the significant accounting policies of the fund:
SECURITY VALUATION. Securities for which exchange quotations are
readily available are valued at the last sale price, or if no sale
price, at the closing bid price. Securities (including restricted
securities) for which exchange quotations are not readily available
(and in certain cases debt securities which trade on an exchange) are
valued primarily using dealer-supplied valuations or at their fair
value as determined in good faith under consistently applied
procedures under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees.
Short-term securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less
for which quotations are not readily available are valued at amortized
cost or original cost plus accrued interest, both of which approximate
current value.
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION. The accounting records of the fund are
maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and
liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S.
dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange at period end. Purchases
and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are
translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the
respective dates of the transactions.
Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions
represent net gains and losses from sales and maturities of foreign
currency contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, the difference
between the amount of net investment income accrued and the U.S.
dollar amount actually received, and gains and losses between trade
date and settlement on purchases and sales of securities. The effects
of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments in
securities are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or
loss on investment securities.
INCOME TAXES. As a qualified regulated investment company under
Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, the fund is not subject to
income taxes to the extent that it distributes substantially all of
its taxable income for its fiscal year. The schedule of investments
includes information regarding income taxes under the caption "Income
Tax Information."
INVESTMENT INCOME. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend
date, except certain dividends from foreign securities where the
ex-dividend date may have passed, are recorded as soon as the fund is
informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES - CONTINUED
INVESTMENT INCOME - CONTINUED
dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the
securities received. Interest income is accrued as earned. Investment
income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of
such taxes is uncertain.
EXPENSES. Most expenses of the trust can be directly attributed to a
fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned
among the funds in the trust.
DEFERRED TRUSTEE COMPENSATION. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the
Plan) non-interested Trustees must defer receipt of a portion of, and
may elect to defer receipt of an additional portion of, their annual
compensation. Deferred amounts are treated as though equivalent dollar
amounts had been invested in shares of the fund or are invested in a
cross-section of other Fidelity funds. Deferred amounts remain in the
fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan.
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS. Distributions are recorded on the
ex-dividend date.
Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance
with income tax regulations which may differ from generally accepted
accounting principles. These differences, which may result in
distribution reclassifications, are primarily due to differing
treatments for foreign currency transactions, passive foreign
investment companies (PFIC), non-taxable dividends and losses deferred
due to wash sales. The fund also utilized earnings and profits
distributed to shareholders on redemption of shares as a part of the
dividends paid deduction for income tax purposes.
Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder
distributions will result in reclassifications to paid in capital.
Undistributed net investment income and accumulated undistributed net
realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions
may include temporary book and tax basis differences which will
reverse in a subsequent period. Any taxable income or gain remaining
at fiscal year end is distributed in the following year.
SECURITY TRANSACTIONS. Security transactions are accounted for as of
trade date. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the
basis of identified cost.
2. OPERATING POLICIES.
FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS. The fund generally uses foreign currency
contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated
securities. Losses may arise from changes in the value of the foreign
currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts'
terms. The U.S. dollar value of foreign currency contracts is
determined using contractual currency exchange rates established at
the time of each trade.
JOINT TRADING ACCOUNT. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), the fund, along with
other affiliated entities of
2. OPERATING POLICIES -
CONTINUED
JOINT TRADING ACCOUNT - CONTINUED
Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), may transfer uninvested
cash balances into one or more joint trading accounts. These balances
are invested in one or more repurchase agreements for U.S. Treasury or
Federal Agency obligations.
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. The underlying U.S. Treasury or Federal Agency
securities are transferred to an account of the fund, or to the Joint
Trading Account, at a bank custodian. The securities are
marked-to-market daily and maintained at a value at least equal to the
principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued
interest). FMR, the fund's investment adviser, is responsible for
determining that the value of the underlying securities remains in
accordance with the market value requirements stated above.
TAXABLE CENTRAL CASH FUND. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by
the SEC, the fund may invest in the Taxable Central Cash Fund (the
Cash Fund) managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., an
affiliate of FMR. The Cash Fund is an open-end money market fund
available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by
FMR and its affiliates. The Cash Fund seeks preservation of capital,
liquidity, and current income by investing in U.S. Treasury securities
and repurchase agreements for these securities. Income distributions
from the Cash Fund are declared daily and paid monthly from net
interest income. Income distributions earned by the fund are recorded
as interest income in the accompanying financial statements.
RESTRICTED SECURITIES. The fund is permitted to invest in securities
that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These
securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from
registration or to the public if the securities are registered.
Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations
and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult.
At the end of the period,the fund had no investments in restricted
securities (excluding 144A issues).
3. PURCHASES AND SALES OF INVESTMENTS.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities,
aggregated $2,932,195,000 and $2,775,842,000, respectively.
4. FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES.
MANAGEMENT FEE. As the fund's investment adviser, FMR receives a
monthly basic fee that is calculated on the basis of a group fee rate
plus a fixed individual fund fee rate applied to the average net
assets of the fund. The group fee rate is the weighted average of a
series of rates and is based on the monthly average net assets of all
the mutual funds advised by FMR. The rates ranged from .2500% to
.5200% for the period. The annual individual fund fee rate is .30%. In
the event that these rates were lower than the contractual rates in
effect during the
4. FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES - CONTINUED
MANAGEMENT FEE - CONTINUED
period, FMR voluntarily implemented the above rates, as they resulted
in the same or a lower management fee. The basic fee is subject to a
performance adjustment (up to a maximum of (plus/minus).20% of the
fund's average net assets over the performance period) based on the
fund's investment performance as compared to the appropriate index
over a specified period of time. For the period, the management fee
was equivalent to an annual rate of .44% of average net assets after
the performance adjustment.
SALES LOAD. Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of
FMR, is the general distributor of the fund. Prior to October 12,
1990, FDC received a deferred sales charge of up to 1%. Shares
purchased before October 12, 1990 are subject to a 1% deferred sales
charge upon redemption. For the period, FDC received deferred sales
charges of $194,000 on sales of shares of the fund.
TRANSFER AGENT FEES. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an
affiliate of FMR, is the fund's transfer, dividend disbursing and
shareholder servicing agent. FSC receives account fees and asset-based
fees that vary according to account size and type of account. FSC pays
for typesetting, printing and mailing of all shareholder reports,
except proxy statements. For the period, the transfer agent fees were
equivalent to an annual rate of .22% of average net assets.
ACCOUNTING AND SECURITY LENDING FEES. FSC maintains the fund's
accounting records and administers the security lending program. The
security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending
transactions. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net
assets for the month plus out-of-pocket expenses.
BROKERAGE COMMISSIONS. The fund placed a portion of its portfolio
transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of FMR. The
commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $438,000 for the
period.
5. SECURITY LENDING.
The fund loaned securities to certain brokers who paid the fund
negotiated lenders' fees. These fees are included in interest income.
The fund receives U.S. Treasury obligations and/or cash as collateral
against the loaned securities, in an amount at least equal to 102% of
the market value of the loaned securities at the inception of each
loan. This collateral must be maintained at not less than 100% of the
market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan.
At period end, the value of the securities loaned and the value of
collateral amounted to $71,896,000 and $73,451,000, respectively.
6. EXPENSE REDUCTIONS.
FMR has directed certain portfolio trades to brokers who paid a
portion of the fund's expenses. For the period, the fund's expenses
were reduced by $653,000 under this arrangement.
6. EXPENSE REDUCTIONS -
CONTINUED
In addition, the fund has entered into arrangements with its custodian
and transfer agent whereby credits realized as a result of uninvested
cash balances were used to reduce a portion of the fund's expenses.
During the period, the fund's custodian and transfer agent fees were
reduced by $15,000 and $42,000, respectively, under these
arrangements.
7. TRANSACTIONS WITH
AFFILIATED COMPANIES.
An affiliated company is a company in which the fund has ownership of
at least 5% of the voting securities. Transactions during the period
with companies which are or were affiliates are as follows:
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SUMMARY OF TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATED COMPANIES
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS
PURCHASE SALES DIVIDEND VALUE
AFFILIATE COST COST INCOME
4Front Software International, Inc. $ 4,400 $ - $ - $ 8,254
Advanced Communications Group, Inc. 5,316 - - 4,946
Artic Cat, Inc. - 1,692 - -
Barbeques Galore Ltd. sponsored ADR - - - 977
Big Buck Brewery & Steakhouse, Inc. 1,343 - - 1,519
Catalyst International, Inc. 1,613 - - 4,464
Coachmen Industries, Inc. - 1,766 47 20,084
Documentum, Inc. - - - -
Gadzooks, Inc. - - - 4,094
HMT Technology Corp. 13,118 - - 28,406
Inacom Corp. - 3,756 - 10,158
Major Realty Corp. - 4,419 - -
Mercer International, Inc. (SBI) - - 36 5,402
Mondavi (Robert) Corp. Class A 4,895 19,785 - 13,035
Pegasus Systems, Inc - - - 10,260
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Class A - - - 322
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Class B 2,526 - - 28,136
Quaker fabric Corp. 14,321 - - 10,753
RF Power Products, Inc. - 4,425 - -
Scheid Vineyards, Inc. Class A - - - -
Supreme International Corp. 487 - - 4,323
TOTALS $ 48,019 $ 35,843 $ 83 $ 155,133
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Trustees of Fidelity Capital Trust and the Shareholders of
Fidelity Capital Appreciation Fund:
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities,
including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of
operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
Fidelity Capital Appreciation Fund (a fund of Fidelity Capital Trust)
at October 31, 1998, and the results of its operations, the changes in
its net assets and the financial highlights for the periods indicated,
in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. These
financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to
as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fidelity
Capital Appreciation fund's management; our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance
with generally accepted auditing standards which require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, and
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October
31, 1998 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a
reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
December 10, 1998
DISTRIBUTIONS
The Board of Trustees of Fidelity Capital Appreciation Fund voted to
pay to shareholders of record at the opening of business on record
date, the following distributions derived from capital gains realized
from sales of portfolio securities, and dividends derived from net
investment income:
PAY DATE 12/8/97 12/7/98
RECORD DATE 12/5/97 12/4/98
DIVIDENDS $ .08 $ .09
SHORT-TERM
CAPITAL GAINS $1.92 $-
LONG-TERM
CAPITAL GAINS $ .93 $ .45
LONG-TERM
CAPITAL GAIN PERCENTAGES:
28% rate 41.67% -
20% rate 58.33% 100%
A total of .20% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year
was derived from interest on U.S. Government securities which is
generally exempt from state income tax.
A total of 4% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year
qualifies for the dividends-received deduction for corporate
shareholders.
The fund will notify shareholders in January 1999 of the applicable
percentage for use in preparing 1998 income tax returns.
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investments via your telephone or PC. You can access your account
information, conduct trades and research your investments 24 hours a
day.
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OFFICERS
Edward C. Johnson 3d, President
Robert C. Pozen, Senior Vice President
Abigail P. Johnson, Vice President
Harry W. Lange, Vice President
Eric D. Roiter, Secretary
Richard A. Silver, Treasurer
John H. Costello, Assistant Treasurer
Leonard M. Rush, Assistant Treasurer
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Ralph F. Cox *
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Robert M. Gates *
Edward C. Johnson 3d
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Donald J. Kirk *
Peter S. Lynch
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J. Gary Burkhead
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Fidelity Distributors Corporation
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FIDELITY
DISCIPLINED EQUITY
FUND
ANNUAL REPORT
OCTOBER 31, 1998
CONTENTS
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 3 Ned Johnson on investing strategies.
PERFORMANCE 4 How the fund has done over time.
FUND TALK 6 The manager's review of fund
performance, strategy and outlook.
INVESTMENT CHANGES 9 A summary of major shifts in the fund's
investments over the past six months.
INVESTMENTS 10 A complete list of the fund's investments
with their market values.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 20 Statements of assets and liabilities,
operations, and changes in net assets,
as well as financial highlights.
NOTES 24 Notes to the financial statements.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT 28 The auditors' opinion.
ACCOUNTANTS
DISTRIBUTIONS 29
To reduce expenses and demonstrate respect for our environment, we
have initiated a project through which we will begin eliminating
duplicate copies of most financial reports and prospectuses to most
households, even if they have more than one account in the fund. If
additional copies of financial reports, prospectuses or historical
account information are needed, please call 1-800-544-6666.
THIS REPORT AND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTAINED HEREIN ARE
SUBMITTED FOR THE GENERAL INFORMATION
OF THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE FUND. THIS REPORT IS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR
DISTRIBUTION TO PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS
IN THE FUND UNLESS PRECEDED OR ACCOMPANIED BY AN EFFECTIVE PROSPECTUS.
MUTUAL FUND SHARES ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OBLIGATIONS OF, OR GUARANTEED
BY, ANY DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION. SHARES ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FDIC,
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD OR ANY OTHER AGENCY, AND ARE SUBJECT TO
INVESTMENT RISKS, INCLUDING POSSIBLE LOSS OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
INVESTED.
NEITHER THE FUND NOR FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS CORPORATION IS A BANK.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY FIDELITY FUND, INCLUDING CHARGES AND
EXPENSES, CALL 1-800-544-8888 FOR A
FREE PROSPECTUS. READ IT CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU INVEST OR SEND MONEY.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
(photo_of_Edward_C_Johnson_3d)
DEAR SHAREHOLDER:
What a difference one month can make. The stock and bond markets did
an about-face in October, as renewed optimism in many emerging markets
and more encouraging corporate earnings forecasts in the U.S. replaced
the concerns that had shaped the financial markets in recent months.
Equity markets worldwide bounced back strongly, while the major U.S.
bond indexes were off slightly as the flight to safety eased.
While it's impossible to predict the future direction of the markets
with any degree of certainty, there are certain basic principles that
can help investors plan for their future needs.
First, investors are encouraged to take a long-term view of their
portfolios. If you can afford to leave your money invested through the
inevitable up and down cycles of the financial markets, you will
greatly reduce your vulnerability to any single decline. We know from
experience, for example, that stock prices have gone up over longer
periods of time, have significantly outperformed other types of
investments and have stayed ahead of inflation.
Second, you can further manage your investing risk through
diversification. A stock mutual fund, for instance, is already
diversified, because it invests in many different companies. You can
increase your diversification further by investing in a number of
different stock funds, or in such other investment categories as
bonds. If you have a short investment time horizon, you might want to
consider moving some of your investment into a money market fund,
which seeks income and a stable share price by investing in
high-quality, short-term investments. Of course, it's important to
remember that there is no assurance that a money market fund will
achieve its goal of maintaining a stable net asset value of $1.00 per
share, and that these types of funds are neither insured nor
guaranteed by any agency of the U.S. government.
Finally, no matter what your time horizon or portfolio diversity, it
makes good sense to follow a regular investment plan, investing a
certain amount of money in a fund at the same time each month or
quarter and periodically reviewing your overall portfolio. By doing
so, you won't get caught up in the excitement of a rapidly rising
market, nor will you buy all your shares at market highs. While this
strategy - known as dollar cost averaging - won't assure a profit or
protect you from a loss in a declining market, it should help you
lower the average cost of your purchases. Of course, you should
consider your financial ability to continue your purchases through
periods of low price levels before undertaking such a strategy.
If you have questions, please call us at 1-800-544-8888. We are
available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide you the
information you need to make the investments that are right for you.
Best regards,
Edward C. Johnson 3d
PERFORMANCE: THE BOTTOM LINE
There are several ways to evaluate a fund's historical performance.
You can look at the total percentage change in value, the average
annual percentage change or the growth of a hypothetical $10,000
investment. Total return reflects the change in the value of an
investment, assuming reinvestment of the fund's dividend income and
capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that
have grown in value).
CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1998 PAST 1 PAST 5 LIFE OF
YEAR YEARS FUND
FIDELITY DISCIPLINED EQUITY 13.17% 117.38% 422.53%
S&P 500 (registered trademark) 21.99% 162.65% 418.15%
Growth Funds Average 9.61% 110.42% n/a
CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS show the fund's performance in percentage
terms over a set period - in this case, one year, five years or since
the fund started on December 28, 1988. For example, if you had
invested $1,000 in a fund that had a 5% return over the past year, the
value of your investment would be $1,050. You can compare the fund's
returns to the performance of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index - a
widely recognized, unmanaged index of common stocks. To measure how
the fund's performance stacked up against its peers, you can compare
it to the growth funds average, which reflects the performance of
mutual funds with similar objectives tracked by Lipper Analytical
Services, Inc. The past one year average represents a peer group of
945 mutual funds. These benchmarks include reinvested dividends and
capital gains, if any, and exclude the effect of sales charges.
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1998 PAST 1 PAST 5 LIFE OF
YEAR YEARS FUND
FIDELITY DISCIPLINED EQUITY 13.17% 16.80% 18.28%
S&P 500 21.99% 21.33% 18.18%
Growth Funds Average 9.61% 15.66% n/a
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS take the fund's cumulative return and
show you what would have happened if the fund had performed at a
constant rate each year. (Note: Lipper calculates average annual total
returns by annualizing each fund's total return, then taking an
arithmetic average. This may produce a slightly different figure than
that obtained by averaging the cumulative total returns and
annualizing the result.)
$10,000 OVER LIFE OF FUND
Disciplined Equity S&P 500
00315 SP001
1988/12/28 10000.00 10000.00
1988/12/31 10110.00 10025.79
1989/01/31 10980.00 10759.67
1989/02/28 10970.00 10491.76
1989/03/31 11330.00 10736.22
1989/04/30 11920.00 11293.43
1989/05/31 12360.00 11750.81
1989/06/30 12150.00 11683.83
1989/07/31 13130.00 12738.88
1989/08/31 13610.00 12988.56
1989/09/30 13680.00 12935.31
1989/10/31 13250.00 12635.21
1989/11/30 13440.00 12892.97
1989/12/31 13784.10 13202.40
1990/01/31 12825.74 12316.52
1990/02/28 13131.60 12475.40
1990/03/31 13661.76 12806.00
1990/04/30 13274.34 12485.85
1990/05/31 14497.78 13703.22
1990/06/30 14650.71 13610.04
1990/07/31 14599.73 13566.49
1990/08/31 13182.58 12340.08
1990/09/30 12428.12 11739.11
1990/10/31 12254.80 11688.64
1990/11/30 13233.55 12443.72
1990/12/31 13676.69 12790.90
1991/01/31 14479.98 13348.58
1991/02/28 15637.96 14303.01
1991/03/31 16013.52 14649.14
1991/04/30 16159.57 14684.30
1991/05/31 16785.50 15318.66
1991/06/30 15909.20 14617.07
1991/07/31 16702.05 15298.22
1991/08/31 17098.47 15660.79
1991/09/30 17035.88 15399.25
1991/10/31 17463.60 15605.60
1991/11/30 16806.37 14976.70
1991/12/31 18603.46 16690.03
1992/01/31 18983.82 16379.60
1992/02/29 19444.88 16592.53
1992/03/31 19202.82 16268.98
1992/04/30 19444.88 16747.29
1992/05/31 19479.46 16829.35
1992/06/30 19283.51 16578.59
1992/07/31 20205.61 17256.65
1992/08/31 19721.51 16902.89
1992/09/30 19848.30 17102.35
1992/10/31 19905.93 17162.21
1992/11/30 20620.56 17747.44
1992/12/31 21063.98 17965.73
1993/01/31 21471.19 18116.64
1993/02/28 21335.45 18363.03
1993/03/31 21989.46 18750.49
1993/04/30 21261.41 18296.73
1993/05/31 21915.42 18787.08
1993/06/30 22310.29 18841.56
1993/07/31 22199.24 18766.20
1993/08/31 23211.10 19477.43
1993/09/30 23939.14 19327.46
1993/10/31 24037.86 19727.54
1993/11/30 23297.48 19540.12
1993/12/31 23999.42 19776.56
1994/01/31 25174.30 20448.96
1994/02/28 24870.68 19894.80
1994/03/31 23629.79 19027.38
1994/04/30 24329.44 19270.93
1994/05/31 24184.23 19586.98
1994/06/30 23497.78 19107.10
1994/07/31 24078.62 19733.81
1994/08/31 25306.31 20542.90
1994/09/30 24580.26 20039.59
1994/10/31 25002.69 20490.49
1994/11/30 24250.23 19744.22
1994/12/31 24721.07 20037.03
1995/01/31 24335.23 20556.59
1995/02/28 25534.08 21357.68
1995/03/31 26167.95 21987.94
1995/04/30 26843.16 22635.49
1995/05/31 27669.96 23540.23
1995/06/30 28910.14 24087.07
1995/07/31 30660.18 24885.80
1995/08/31 30770.42 24948.26
1995/09/30 32024.39 26001.08
1995/10/31 31748.79 25908.25
1995/11/30 32217.31 27045.62
1995/12/31 31892.82 27566.52
1996/01/31 32449.09 28504.89
1996/02/29 32804.48 28769.13
1996/03/31 32959.00 29046.17
1996/04/30 33623.44 29474.32
1996/05/31 34504.20 30234.46
1996/06/30 34009.73 30349.65
1996/07/31 32109.14 29008.80
1996/08/31 32758.13 29620.60
1996/09/30 34318.77 31287.65
1996/10/31 35338.60 32150.56
1996/11/30 37331.90 34580.82
1996/12/31 36712.62 33895.77
1997/01/31 38828.09 36013.58
1997/02/28 38478.29 36295.93
1997/03/31 37162.37 34804.53
1997/04/30 38528.26 36882.36
1997/05/31 40993.54 39127.76
1997/06/30 42825.84 40880.68
1997/07/31 46940.18 44133.56
1997/08/31 44691.45 41661.20
1997/09/30 47839.67 43942.98
1997/10/31 46173.95 42475.28
1997/11/30 47806.36 44441.46
1997/12/31 48941.39 45204.52
1998/01/31 48979.24 45704.49
1998/02/28 52821.12 49000.69
1998/03/31 55622.10 51510.02
1998/04/30 56606.23 52028.21
1998/05/31 55243.59 51133.85
1998/06/30 56681.93 53210.90
1998/07/31 55319.29 52644.21
1998/08/31 46973.14 45032.91
1998/09/30 49263.13 47917.71
1998/10/30 52253.36 51815.34
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$10,000 OVER LIFE OF FUND: Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was
invested in Fidelity Disciplined Equity Fund on December 28, 1988,
when the fund started. As the chart shows, by October 31, 1998, the
value of the investment would have grown to $52,253 - a 422.53%
increase on the initial investment. For comparison, look at how the
Standard & Poor's 500 Index did over the same period. With dividends
and capital gains, if any, reinvested, the same $10,000 would have
grown to $51,815 - a 418.15% increase.
UNDERSTANDING
PERFORMANCE
How a fund did yesterday is
no guarantee of how it will do
tomorrow. The stock market,
for example, has a history of
long-term growth and
short-term volatility. In turn, the
share price and return of a
fund that invests in stocks will
vary. That means if you sell
your shares during a market
downturn, you might lose
money. But if you can ride out
the market's ups and downs,
you may have a gain.
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FUND TALK: THE MANAGER'S OVERVIEW
MARKET RECAP
U.S. equity markets during the
one-year period that ended October
31, 1998, can be summarized in
five words - volatility and
interest-rate cuts. During the first
half of the period, U.S. stocks
posted strong gains as the positive
state of the domestic economy
drove the Dow Jones Industrial
Average and the Standard & Poor's
500 Index to record highs by
mid-July. Despite significant
weakness later in the summer, the
S&P 500 index returned 21.99% for
the 12-month period. On the
other hand, stock prices of smaller
U.S. companies posted weak
results. The Russell 2000 - a
popular measure of
small-capitalization stock
performance - returned -11.84%
during the period. Fueled by low
interest rates, low unemployment
and minimal inflationary pressure,
larger-cap stocks continued their
advance. While turmoil in overseas
markets caused the domestic
market to stumble during August
and September, in general, many
investors viewed the relative
stability of the U.S. economy as a
safe haven against global volatility.
Late in the period, the market
received another boost in the form
of two interest-rate cuts by the
Federal Reserve Board. On the
heels of the interest-rate cuts,
investor confidence improved
based on the belief that the U.S.
could avoid an economic
downturn.
An interview with Bradford Lewis, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity
Disciplined Equity Fund
Q. HOW DID THE FUND PERFORM, BRAD?
A. For the 12 months that ended October 31, 1998, the fund returned
13.17%. During the same time period, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index
returned 21.99% and the growth funds average tracked by Lipper
Analytical Services returned 9.61%.
Q. WHY DID THE FUND UNDERPERFORM THE S&P 500 BUT OUTPERFORM THE PEER
GROUP DURING THE 12-MONTH PERIOD?
A. The "market cap" effect detracted from the performance of actively
managed growth funds, such as this one, during the past year. This
means that the largest-capitalization stocks in the S&P 500 generated
the highest returns, leaving the majority of smaller-cap stocks
lagging behind. For instance, the capitalization-weighted return of
the S&P 500 - meaning that stocks with larger market caps are more
heavily weighted - was 21.99%. These same 500 stocks generated an
average return of only 4.41% when giving each stock an equal
weighting. Even more telling is that the Russell 2000, an index of
smaller-cap stocks, generated a return of -11.84% - lagging the S&P
500 by a staggering 33.83 percentage points. Because this fund tends
to hold far more smaller-cap stocks than the S&P 500, the fund
underperformed that index during the past year. If the "market cap"
effect is removed, the portfolio performed relatively well by picking
individual stocks, allowing it to outperform its peer group.
Q. WHY HAVE LARGE-CAP STOCKS DONE SO WELL THIS YEAR?
A. Three words . . . flight to safety. Financial markets are much more
global today than they were 10 years ago. When Asian markets tumbled
in the fall of 1997, a huge amount of foreign money sought refuge in
the highest-quality bonds and household-name stocks in the most
creditworthy nations in the West - particularly the United States. The
same type of movement occurred over the past few months when global
markets were shaken by news of Russia's default, a possible
presidential impeachment and the collapse of Long-Term Capital
Management, a U.S. hedge fund.
Q. WHY DOESN'T THIS FUND INVEST MORE HEAVILY IN LARGE-CAP STOCKS?
A. The very largest stocks in the market are intensely researched and
efficiently priced. Research has revealed that my quantitative work
has been less effective in differentiating between winning and losing
large-cap stocks than in selecting mid-cap and small-cap stocks. That
said, small-cap stocks have underperformed the S&P 500 for 55 months
now and, quite frankly, nobody knows when that trend will end. For the
time being, I have increased the portfolio's exposure to larger-cap
stocks to the exposure level of the peer group. It is important to
remember that the size effect does work both ways over the course of a
market cycle. From 1991 to 1993 - when the Russell 2000 last
outperformed the S&P 500 - the fund also beat the S&P 500 by a total
20.92 percentage points.
Q. WHICH OF THE FUND'S HOLDINGS PERFORMED WELL AND WHY?
A. Dell Computer, Lucent Technologies, Schering-Plough, General
Electric and Microsoft were the largest contributors to the fund's
return during the past year. Each of these companies delivered
reliable and above-average earnings growth throughout the period.
Notably, the average market capitalization of these stocks is quite
large at about $166 billion.
Q. WHICH STOCKS DETRACTED FROM THE FUND'S PERFORMANCE?
A. ENSCO International, Rowan Companies and USX were the three biggest
detractors from the fund's returns. Earnings disappointments were the
story here. ENSCO and Rowan are energy companies that were ravaged by
a 35% decline in the price of crude oil over the past year. Similarly,
the global fundamentals of the steel business have not been much
better, hence USX's decline. The fund sold its positions in these
three stocks by the end of the period.
Q. WHAT'S YOUR OUTLOOK?
A. I am reasonably optimistic about the market and the positioning of
the fund. Unless Latin America suffers a financial setback, we are
running out of possibilities for a global crisis. Domestically, it
appears the markets will no longer be spooked by the specter of a
presidential impeachment. All of this is good news for the market
overall. A particular plus for the fund is that smaller-cap stocks are
getting awfully cheap relative to large-caps. The trailing
price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of the Russell 2000 is 14% less than the
S&P 500, while the Russell's quarterly revenue growth is 109% higher
than the S&P 500's. At the end of the period, the fund's valuation
numbers also looked attractive compared to the S&P 500's. The fund's
P/E is 19% less, its revenue growth is 53% more and 73% of the
companies in the fund have had their consensus earnings-per-share
estimates increased in the last month versus only 52% for the S&P 500.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS REPORT REFLECT THOSE OF THE PORTFOLIO
MANAGER ONLY THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD OF THE REPORT AS STATED ON
THE COVER. THE MANAGER'S VIEWS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME BASED
ON MARKET AND OTHER CONDITIONS.
BRAD LEWIS ON FUTURES
CONTRACTS:
"PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FUND DID NOT
HOLD ANY FUTURES CONTRACTS AT THE
END OF THE PERIOD. FUTURES BASED
ON THE S&P 500 - OR CONTRACTS TO
BUY THAT INDEX AT A FUTURE DATE -
HAVE FREQUENTLY BEEN HELD IN THE
PORTFOLIO TO HANDLE SHAREHOLDER
REDEMPTIONS. IN THE PAST FEW YEARS,
I HAD TO AGGRESSIVELY SELL STOCKS TO
MEET SHAREHOLDER REDEMPTIONS -
CAUSING ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES
ON THE FUND'S SHARE PRICE AND NET
ASSET VALUE. ON TWO OCCASIONS,
THESE REDEMPTIONS OCCURRED AFTER
SOME INDUSTRY NEWSLETTERS
RECOMMENDED AGGRESSIVE TRADING IN
MY FUNDS. SUBSEQUENTLY, I HELD
MORE CASH AND FUTURES IN THE
PORTFOLIO FOR REDEMPTION PURPOSES.
FUTURES ARE EXTREMELY LIQUID
BECAUSE LARGE DOLLAR QUANTITIES CAN
BE SOLD QUICKLY AT A RELATIVELY LOW
COST.
"OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, I HAVE
DISCOURAGED THE NEWSLETTER CROWD
FROM COVERING THE PORTFOLIOS I
MANAGE AND SHAREHOLDER VOLATILITY
HAS INDEED ABATED. THE
JULY-SEPTEMBER BEAR MARKET WAS
AN EXCELLENT TEST OF SHAREHOLDER
STAYING POWER AND, FORTUNATELY,
REDEMPTIONS WERE ONLY MODEST. AT
BEST, FUTURES CONTRACTS CAN ONLY
MIMIC THE RETURNS OF THE
BENCHMARK, SO THEY ARE DESTINED TO
UNDERPERFORM THE MARKET AFTER
ACCOUNTING FOR FUND EXPENSES. HENCE,
GIVEN THE STABLE SHAREHOLDER BASE, I
HAVE RETURNED TO MANAGING A PORTFOLIO
THAT IS INVESTED MAINLY IN COMMON
STOCKS AND FREE OF S&P 500
FUTURES."
FUND FACTS
GOAL: TO INCREASE THE VALUE
OF THE FUND'S SHARES BY NORMALLY
INVESTING AT LEAST 65% OF THE
FUND'S TOTAL ASSETS IN A
DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO OF COMMON
STOCKS USING QUANTITATIVE AND
FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH
FUND NUMBER: 315
TRADING SYMBOL: FDEQX
START DATE: DECEMBER 28, 1988
SIZE: AS OF OCTOBER 31,
1998, MORE THAN $2.8 BILLION
MANAGER: BRADFORD LEWIS, SINCE
INCEPTION; MANAGER, FIDELITY
STOCK SELECTOR, SINCE 1990;
FIDELITY SMALL CAP SELECTOR,
SINCE 1993; JOINED FIDELITY
IN 1985
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INVESTMENT CHANGES
TOP TEN STOCKS AS OF OCTOBER 31, 1998
% OF FUND'S % OF FUND'S INVESTMENTS
INVESTMENTS IN THESE STOCKS
6 MONTHS AGO
Schering-Plough Corp. 3.9 1.4
Microsoft Corp. 3.4 2.9
General Electric Co. 3.2 1.9
Fannie Mae 3.0 0.9
Amgen, Inc. 2.2 0.8
Heinz (H.J.) Co. 2.2 1.6
Intel Corp. 2.1 0.0
Dell Computer Corp. 2.1 2.1
Allstate Corp. 1.9 1.6
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 1.9 1.1
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TOP FIVE MARKET SECTORS AS OF OCTOBER 31, 1998
% OF FUND'S % OF FUND'S INVESTMENTS
INVESTMENTS IN THESE MARKET SECTORS
6 MONTHS AGO
TECHNOLOGY 16.1 12.6
HEALTH 14.0 9.0
FINANCE 12.8 14.0
UTILITIES 12.1 8.2
NONDURABLES 8.6 5.7
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ASSET ALLOCATION (% OF FUND'S INVESTMENTS)
AS OF OCTOBER 31, 1998 * AS OF APRIL 30, 1998 **
ROW: 1, COL: 1, VALUE: 2.8
ROW: 1, COL: 2, VALUE: 97.2
STOCKS AND
EQUITY FUTURES 93.2%
SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS 6.8%
*FOREIGN
INVESTMENTS 1.8%
STOCKS 97.2%
SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS 2.8%
**FOREIGN
INVESTMENTS 2.6%
ROW: 1, COL: 1, VALUE: 6.8
ROW: 1, COL: 2, VALUE: 93.2
INVESTMENTS OCTOBER 31, 1998
SHOWING PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL VALUE OF INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES
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COMMON STOCKS - 97.2%
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 1.7%
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 1.7%
Advanced Aerodynamics & Structures, Inc. Class A (a) 150,000 $ 413
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. (a) 100,000 4,425
Sundstrand Corp. 150,000 7,041
United Technologies Corp. 367,600 35,014
46,893
DEFENSE ELECTRONICS - 0.0%
Raytheon Co. Class A 18,837 1,055
TOTAL AEROSPACE & DEFENSE 47,948
BASIC INDUSTRIES - 2.1%
CHEMICALS & PLASTICS - 0.4%
Millennium Chemicals, Inc. 250,000 6,094
Solutia, Inc. 200,000 4,388
10,482
METALS & MINING - 1.6%
Aluminum Co. of America 461,000 36,534
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 120,000 5,888
Superior Telecom, Inc. 72,000 3,096
45,518
PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS - 0.1%
Pentair, Inc. 90,000 3,386
TOTAL BASIC INDUSTRIES 59,386
CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE - 1.3%
BUILDING MATERIALS - 1.0%
Crane Co. 84,000 2,420
Lafarge Corp. 114,000 3,840
Southdown, Inc. 94,000 5,117
USG Corp. 192,000 9,156
Vulcan Materials Co. 61,000 7,236
27,769
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE - CONTINUED
CONSTRUCTION - 0.3%
Centex Corp. 166,000 $ 5,561
Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. 60,000 1,935
7,496
TOTAL CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE 35,265
DURABLES - 3.6%
AUTOS, TIRES, & ACCESSORIES - 1.9%
Ford Motor Co. 834,000 45,245
Navistar International Corp. (a) 100,000 2,088
PACCAR, Inc. 145,000 6,326
53,659
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS - 0.7%
Maytag Corp. 364,000 17,995
HOME FURNISHINGS - 0.3%
Miller (Herman), Inc. 384,000 8,472
TEXTILES & APPAREL - 0.7%
Nautica Enterprises, Inc. (a) 150,000 3,103
VF Corp. 415,000 17,352
20,455
TOTAL DURABLES 100,581
ENERGY - 6.2%
OIL & GAS - 6.2%
Amerada Hess Corp. 300,000 16,575
Ashland, Inc. 120,800 5,814
Chevron Corp. 420,000 34,230
Coastal Corp. (The) 280,000 9,870
Exxon Corp. 478,000 34,058
Mobil Corp. 445,000 33,681
Texaco, Inc. 657,000 38,968
173,196
FINANCE - 12.8%
BANKS - 1.1%
AmSouth Bancorp. 223,050 8,936
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
FINANCE - CONTINUED
BANKS - CONTINUED
Capital One Financial Corp. 125,000 $ 12,719
Comerica, Inc. 160,500 10,352
32,007
FEDERAL SPONSORED CREDIT - 4.6%
Fannie Mae 1,174,000 83,134
Freddie Mac 801,000 46,058
129,192
INSURANCE - 6.5%
Allstate Corp. 1,224,000 52,709
Ambac Financial Group, Inc. 122,400 7,122
American General Corp. 150,000 10,275
Annuity & Life Re Holdings Ltd. 2,800 65
CMAC Investments Corp. 18,000 754
Conseco, Inc. 216,000 7,493
Everest Reinsurance Holdings, Inc. 155,000 5,338
Financial Security Assurance Holdings Ltd. 35,000 1,743
Fremont General Corp. 40,000 1,975
Horace Mann Educators Corp. 6,600 189
Lincoln National Corp. 288,400 21,882
Mercury General Corp. 82,000 3,485
MGIC Investment Corp. 342,200 13,346
Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. Class A 100,000 4,150
Old Republic International Corp. 367,500 6,983
Protective Life Corp. 110,000 4,077
Reliastar Financial Corp. 281,101 12,316
SunAmerica, Inc. 334,500 23,582
Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. 40,500 3,159
Travelers Property Casualty Corp. Class A 80,000 2,455
183,098
SECURITIES INDUSTRY - 0.6%
MIPS Technologies, Inc. (a) 3,600 83
Schwab (Charles) Corp. 350,000 16,778
16,861
TOTAL FINANCE 361,158
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
HEALTH - 14.0%
DRUGS & PHARMACEUTICALS - 9.4%
American Home Products Corp. 231,000 $ 11,261
Amgen, Inc. (a) 790,700 62,119
Aquila Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) 7,629 22
Lilly (Eli) & Co. 600,000 48,563
Rexall Sundown, Inc. (a) 100,000 1,794
Schering-Plough Corp. 1,080,400 111,136
Warner-Lambert Co. 385,000 30,174
265,069
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 3.6%
Abbott Laboratories 38,000 1,784
Becton, Dickinson & Co. 206,000 8,678
Guidant Corp. 649,000 49,649
McKesson Corp. 433,000 33,341
Resmed, Inc. (a) 10,000 510
Steris Corp. (a) 280,000 6,440
100,402
MEDICAL FACILITIES MANAGEMENT - 1.0%
Universal Health Services, Inc. Class B (a) 44,000 2,258
Wellpoint Health Networks, Inc. (a) 359,000 26,431
28,689
TOTAL HEALTH 394,160
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT - 5.0%
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - 3.2%
General Electric Co. 1,021,000 89,338
L 3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (a) 1,400 60
89,398
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT - 1.7%
Ingersoll-Rand Co. 124,500 6,287
Tyco International Ltd. 668,000 41,374
47,661
POLLUTION CONTROL - 0.1%
Ogden Corp. 169,000 4,542
TOTAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT 141,601
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
MEDIA & LEISURE - 4.6%
ENTERTAINMENT - 2.9%
Carnival Corp. 1,436,000 $ 46,491
Viacom, Inc. Class B (non-vtg.) (a) 599,000 35,865
82,356
LEISURE DURABLES & TOYS - 0.0%
Adams Golf, Inc. (a) 8,200 38
PUBLISHING - 1.7%
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 382,000 34,356
New York Times Co. (The) Class A 446,000 12,600
46,956
RESTAURANTS - 0.0%
CKE Restaurants, Inc. 110 3
TOTAL MEDIA & LEISURE 129,353
NONDURABLES - 8.6%
BEVERAGES - 1.8%
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 680,000 40,418
Beringer Wine Estates Holdings, Inc. Class B (a) 50,000 2,269
Canandaigua Brands, Inc. Class A (a) 42,000 2,105
Coors (Adolph) Co. Class B 128,000 6,400
51,192
FOODS - 4.5%
Dean Foods Co. 130,000 6,094
General Mills, Inc. 200,000 14,700
Heinz (H.J.) Co. 1,053,000 61,206
Horizon Organic Holding Corp. (a) 24,100 304
Interstate Bakeries Corp. 241,100 6,043
Keebler Foods Co. (a) 3,100 89
Pilgrims Pride Corp. 40,000 923
Quaker Oats Co. 599,000 35,378
Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. (a) 120,000 2,115
Smithfield Foods, Inc. (a) 40,200 789
127,641
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS - 0.8%
Safeskin Corp. (a) 153,500 3,396
Unilever NV (NY shares) 248,600 18,707
22,103
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
NONDURABLES - CONTINUED
TOBACCO - 1.5%
Philip Morris Companies, Inc. 762,000 $ 38,957
Universal Corp. 79,000 2,933
41,890
TOTAL NONDURABLES 242,826
PRECIOUS METALS - 0.3%
Barrick Gold Corp. 400,000 8,503
RETAIL & WHOLESALE - 6.1%
APPAREL STORES - 0.4%
Intimate Brands, Inc. Class A 54,500 1,219
Ross Stores, Inc. 224,000 7,280
TJX Companies, Inc. 200,000 3,788
12,287
GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES - 3.2%
Costco Companies, Inc. (a) 164,000 9,307
Dayton Hudson Corp. 552,000 23,391
Federated Department Stores, Inc. (a) 123,000 4,728
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 750,000 51,750
89,176
RETAIL & WHOLESALE, MISCELLANEOUS - 2.5%
Best Buy Co., Inc. (a) 748,000 35,904
Borders Group, Inc. (a) 376,000 9,541
Cyberian Outpost, Inc. (a) 5,200 68
Office Depot, Inc. (a) 695,000 17,375
Tandy Corp. 174,000 8,624
71,512
TOTAL RETAIL & WHOLESALE 172,975
SERVICES - 0.9%
ADVERTISING - 0.5%
Omnicom Group, Inc. 304,000 15,029
Young & Rubicam, Inc. (a) 3,400 89
15,118
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
SERVICES - CONTINUED
LEASING & RENTAL - 0.1%
Hertz Corp. Class A 87,500 $ 3,134
PRINTING - 0.3%
Valassis Communications, Inc. (a) 173,000 6,898
SERVICES - 0.0%
ACNielsen Corp. (a) 35,600 952
Professional Detailing, Inc. 800 19
971
TOTAL SERVICES 26,121
TECHNOLOGY - 16.1%
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - 2.1%
Carrier Access Corp. (a) 1,200 23
Cisco Systems, Inc. (a) 250,000 15,750
Com21, Inc. (a) 1,500 23
Lucent Technologies, Inc. 550,000 44,103
59,899
COMPUTER SERVICES & SOFTWARE - 6.0%
America Online, Inc. 100,000 12,706
Atlantic Data Services, Inc. (a) 5,800 121
BindView Development Corp. (a) 9,400 169
broadcast.com, Inc. (a) 500 25
Ebay, Inc. (a) 800 67
GeoCities (a) 1,100 32
Inktomi Corp. (a) 600 51
Keane, Inc. (a) 276,000 9,177
Microsoft Corp. (a) 900,000 95,288
MicroStrategy, Inc. Class A (a) 4,800 117
Oracle Corp. (a) 600,000 17,738
Sterling Software, Inc. (a) 318,200 8,333
Synopsys, Inc. 528,000 23,892
167,716
COMPUTERS & OFFICE EQUIPMENT - 4.5%
Comdisco, Inc. 249,000 3,844
Dell Computer Corp. (a) 876,000 57,378
EMC Corp. (a) 150,000 9,656
International Business Machines Corp. 45,000 6,680
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
TECHNOLOGY - CONTINUED
COMPUTERS & OFFICE EQUIPMENT - CONTINUED
Lexmark International Group, Inc. (a) 357,000 $ 24,968
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (a) 200,000 11,650
Unisys Corp. (a) 418,500 11,143
125,319
ELECTRONICS - 2.7%
Intel Corp. 650,000 57,972
Storage Technology Corp. (a) 550,000 18,391
76,363
PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT - 0.8%
Eastman Kodak Co. 300,000 23,250
TOTAL TECHNOLOGY 452,547
TRANSPORTATION - 1.8%
AIR TRANSPORTATION - 1.8%
AMR Corp. (a) 346,000 23,182
Comair Holdings, Inc. 52,500 1,726
Southwest Airlines Co. 375,000 7,945
UAL Corp. (a) 250,000 16,234
Viad Corp. 44,800 1,229
50,316
UTILITIES - 12.1%
CELLULAR - 0.6%
Century Telephone Enterprises, Inc. 281,000 15,964
ELECTRIC UTILITY - 6.9%
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. 190,000 5,961
BEC Energy 97,000 3,850
CMS Energy Corp. 158,000 6,962
DQE, Inc. 219,400 8,653
DTE Energy Co. 623,000 26,555
Energy East Corp. 233,000 11,388
FirstEnergy Corp. 375,000 11,250
FPL Group, Inc. 642,000 40,165
GPU, Inc. 345,200 14,887
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. 100,000 3,963
Houston Industries, Inc. 147,700 4,588
Montana Power Co. 70,000 3,032
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
UTILITIES - CONTINUED
ELECTRIC UTILITY - CONTINUED
NIPSCO Industries, Inc. 258,000 $ 7,724
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 318,000 13,932
PP&L Resources, Inc. 301,000 8,165
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. 438,000 16,644
Rochester Gas & Electric Corp. 109,000 3,175
Utilicorp United, Inc. 83,206 2,990
193,884
GAS - 0.8%
Columbia Gas System, Inc. 76,500 4,427
Enron Corp. 300,000 15,825
Western Resources, Inc. 70,000 2,450
22,702
TELEPHONE SERVICES - 3.8%
Ameritech Corp. 739,000 39,860
AT&T Corp. 637,000 39,653
U.S. WEST, Inc. 500,000 28,688
108,201
TOTAL UTILITIES 340,751
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS 2,736,687
(Cost $2,302,217)
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U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS - 0.3%
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT (000S)
U.S. Treasury Bills, yield at date of purchase 3.66% 1/7/99 $ 8,500 8,436
(Cost $8,442)
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CASH EQUIVALENTS - 2.5%
SHARES
Taxable Central Cash Fund (b) 70,966,019 70,966
(Cost $70,966)
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% $ 2,816,089
(Cost $2,381,625)
LEGEND
(a) Non-income producing
(b) At period end, the seven-day yield on the Taxable Central Cash
Fund was 4.96%. The yield refers to the income earned by investing in
the fund over the seven-day period, expressed as an annual percentage.
INCOME TAX INFORMATION
At October 31, 1998, the aggregate cost of investment securities for
income tax purposes was $2,381,626,000. Net unrealized appreciation
aggregated $434,463,000, of which $493,202,000 related to appreciated
investment securities and $58,739,000 related to depreciated
investment securities.
The fund hereby designates approximately $191,601,000 as a capital
gain dividend for the purpose of the dividend paid deduction.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS (EXCEPT PER-SHARE AMOUNT) OCTOBER 31, 1998
ASSETS
INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES, AT VALUE (COST $2,381,625) - $ 2,816,089
SEE ACCOMPANYING SCHEDULE
RECEIVABLE FOR INVESTMENTS SOLD 31,410
RECEIVABLE FOR FUND SHARES SOLD 2,340
DIVIDENDS RECEIVABLE 2,634
INTEREST RECEIVABLE 951
OTHER RECEIVABLES 1,123
TOTAL ASSETS 2,854,547
LIABILITIES
PAYABLE FOR INVESTMENTS PURCHASED $ 48,963
PAYABLE FOR FUND SHARES REDEEMED 2,983
ACCRUED MANAGEMENT FEE 903
OTHER PAYABLES AND ACCRUED EXPENSES 626
TOTAL LIABILITIES 53,475
NET ASSETS $ 2,801,072
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:
PAID IN CAPITAL $ 2,062,946
UNDISTRIBUTED NET INVESTMENT INCOME 29,680
ACCUMULATED UNDISTRIBUTED NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON 273,982
INVESTMENTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS
NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON INVESTMENTS 434,464
NET ASSETS, FOR 101,440 SHARES OUTSTANDING $ 2,801,072
NET ASSET VALUE, OFFERING PRICE AND REDEMPTION PRICE $27.61
PER SHARE ($2,801,072 (DIVIDED BY) 101,440 SHARES)
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1998
INVESTMENT INCOME $ 35,546
DIVIDENDS
INTEREST 14,123
TOTAL INCOME 49,669
EXPENSES
MANAGEMENT FEE $ 16,847
BASIC FEE
PERFORMANCE ADJUSTMENT (4,440)
TRANSFER AGENT FEES 5,592
ACCOUNTING FEES AND EXPENSES 808
NON-INTERESTED TRUSTEES' COMPENSATION 15
CUSTODIAN FEES AND EXPENSES 32
REGISTRATION FEES 188
AUDIT 42
LEGAL 17
MISCELLANEOUS 20
TOTAL EXPENSES BEFORE REDUCTIONS 19,121
EXPENSE REDUCTIONS (879) 18,242
NET INVESTMENT INCOME 31,427
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON:
INVESTMENT SECURITIES 277,315
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS 7
FUTURES CONTRACTS (1,942) 275,380
CHANGE IN NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON 11,152
INVESTMENT SECURITIES
NET GAIN (LOSS) 286,532
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING $ 317,959
FROM OPERATIONS
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED
OCTOBER 31, OCTOBER 31,
1998 1997
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
OPERATIONS $ 31,427 $ 28,263
NET INVESTMENT INCOME
NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) 275,380 346,984
CHANGE IN NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) 11,152 206,458
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING 317,959 581,705
FROM OPERATIONS
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (21,463) (20,855)
FROM NET INVESTMENT INCOME
FROM NET REALIZED GAIN (283,354) (135,102)
TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS (304,817) (155,957)
SHARE TRANSACTIONS 1,204,102 746,996
NET PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF SHARES
REINVESTMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS 297,889 152,306
COST OF SHARES REDEEMED (1,072,145) (1,113,454)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING 429,846 (214,152)
FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS 442,988 211,596
NET ASSETS
BEGINNING OF PERIOD 2,358,084 2,146,488
END OF PERIOD (INCLUDING UNDISTRIBUTED NET INVESTMENT $ 2,801,072 $ 2,358,084
INCOME OF $29,680 AND $24,174, RESPECTIVELY)
OTHER INFORMATION
SHARES
SOLD 43,592 29,857
ISSUED IN REINVESTMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS 11,427 6,907
REDEEMED (38,633) (45,559)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) 16,386 (8,795)
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
YEARS ENDED OCTOBER 31,
1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
SELECTED PER-SHARE DATA
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING $ 27.72 $ 22.87 $ 23.04 $ 18.94 $ 19.48
OF PERIOD
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS
NET INVESTMENT INCOME .31 B .32 B .26 .30 .21
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED 3.13 6.25 2.10 4.57 .50
GAIN (LOSS)
TOTAL FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS 3.44 6.57 2.36 4.87 .71
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS
FROM NET INVESTMENT INCOME (.25) (.23) (.30) (.25) (.21)
FROM NET REALIZED GAIN (3.30) (1.49) (2.23) (.52) (1.04)
TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS (3.55) (1.72) (2.53) (.77) (1.25)
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD $ 27.61 $ 27.72 $ 22.87 $ 23.04 $ 18.94
TOTAL RETURN A 13.17% 30.66% 11.31% 26.98% 4.01%
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
NET ASSETS, END OF PERIOD $ 2,801 $ 2,358 $ 2,146 $ 2,088 $ 1,082
(IN MILLIONS)
RATIO OF EXPENSES TO AVERAGE .67% .69% .81% .96% 1.07%
NET ASSETS
RATIO OF EXPENSES TO AVERAGE NET .64% C .64% C .75% C .93% C 1.05% C
ASSETS AFTER EXPENSE REDUCTIONS
RATIO OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME TO 1.10% 1.28% 1.22% 1.81% 1.43%
AVERAGE NET ASSETS
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE 125% 127% 297% 221% 139%
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A THE TOTAL RETURNS WOULD HAVE BEEN LOWER HAD CERTAIN EXPENSES NOT
BEEN REDUCED DURING THE PERIODS SHOWN (SEE NOTE 5 OF NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS).
B NET INVESTMENT INCOME PER SHARE HAS BEEN CALCULATED BASED ON AVERAGE
SHARES OUTSTANDING DURING THE PERIOD.
C FMR OR THE FUND HAS ENTERED INTO VARYING ARRANGEMENTS WITH THIRD
PARTIES WHO EITHER PAID OR REDUCED A PORTION OF THE FUND'S EXPENSES
(SEE NOTE 5 OF NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS).
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the period ended October 31, 1998
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES.
Fidelity Disciplined Equity Fund (the fund) is a fund of Fidelity
Capital Trust (the trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited
number of shares. The trust is registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company
organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The financial statements
have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles which require management to make certain estimates and
assumptions at the date of the financial statements. The following
summarizes the significant accounting policies of the fund:
SECURITY VALUATION. Securities for which exchange quotations are
readily available are valued at the last sale price, or if no sale
price, at the closing bid price. Securities for which exchange
quotations are not readily available (and in certain cases debt
securities which trade on an exchange) are valued primarily using
dealer-supplied valuations or at their fair value as determined in
good faith under consistently applied procedures under the general
supervision of the Board of Trustees. Short-term securities with
remaining maturities of sixty days or less for which quotations are
not readily available are valued at amortized cost or original cost
plus accrued interest, both of which approximate current value.
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION. The accounting records of the fund are
maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and
liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S.
dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange at period end. Purchases
and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are
translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the
respective dates of the transactions.
Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions
represent net gains and losses from sales and maturities of foreign
currency contracts , disposition of foreign currencies, the difference
between the amount of net investment income accrued and the U.S.
dollar amount actually received, and gains and losses between trade
date and settlement on purchases and sales of securities. The effects
of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments in
securities are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or
loss on investment securities.
INCOME TAXES. As a qualified regulated investment company under
Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, the fund is not subject to
income taxes to the extent that it distributes substantially all of
its taxable income for its fiscal year. The schedule of investments
includes information regarding income taxes under the caption "Income
Tax Information."
INVESTMENT INCOME. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend
date, except certain dividends from foreign securities where the
ex-dividend date may have passed, are recorded as soon as the fund is
informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in
dividend income, if any, are recorded at
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES - CONTINUED
INVESTMENT INCOME - CONTINUED
the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income is
accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes
withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.
EXPENSES. Most expenses of the trust can be directly attributed to a
fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned
among the funds in the trust.
DEFERRED TRUSTEE COMPENSATION. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the
Plan) non-interested Trustees must defer receipt of a portion of, and
may elect to defer receipt of an additional portion of, their annual
compensation. Deferred amounts are treated as though equivalent dollar
amounts had been invested in shares of the fund or are invested in a
cross-section of other Fidelity funds. Deferred amounts remain in the
fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan.
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS. Distributions are recorded on the
ex-dividend date.
Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance
with income tax regulations which may differ from generally accepted
accounting principles. These differences, which may result in
distribution reclassifications, are primarily due to differing
treatments for litigation proceeds, futures transactions, foreign
currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC),
market discount, non-taxable dividends, and losses deferred due to
wash sales. The fund also utilized earnings and profits distributed to
shareholders on redemption of shares as a part of the dividends paid
deduction for income tax purposes.
Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder
distributions will result in reclassifications to paid in capital.
Undistributed net investment income and accumulated undistributed net
realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions
may include temporary book and tax basis differences which will
reverse in a subsequent period. Any taxable income or gain remaining
at fiscal year end is distributed in the following year.
SECURITY TRANSACTIONS. Security transactions are accounted for as of
trade date. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the
basis of identified cost.
2. OPERATING POLICIES.
FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS. The fund generally uses foreign currency
contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated
securities. Losses may arise from changes in the value of the foreign
currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts'
terms. The U.S. dollar value of foreign currency contracts is
determined using contractual currency exchange rates established at
the time of each trade.
2. OPERATING POLICIES -
CONTINUED
JOINT TRADING ACCOUNT. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), the fund, along with
other affiliated entities of Fidelity Management & Research Company
(FMR), may transfer uninvested cash balances into one or more joint
trading accounts. These balances are invested in one or more
repurchase agreements for U.S. Treasury or Federal Agency obligations.
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. The underlying U.S. Treasury or Federal Agency
securities are transferred to an account of the fund, or to the Joint
Trading Account, at a bank custodian. The securities are
marked-to-market daily and maintained at a value at least equal to the
principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued
interest). FMR, the fund's investment adviser, is responsible for
determining that the value of the underlying securities remains in
accordance with the market value requirements stated above.
TAXABLE CENTRAL CASH FUND. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by
the SEC, the fund may invest in the Taxable Central Cash Fund (the
Cash Fund) managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., an
affiliate of FMR. The Cash Fund is an open-end money market fund
available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by
FMR and its affiliates. The Cash Fund seeks preservation of capital,
liquidity, and current income by investing in U.S. Treasury securities
and repurchase agreements for these securities. Income distributions
from the Cash Fund are declared daily and paid monthly from net
interest income. Income distributions earned by the fund are recorded
as interest income in the accompanying financial statements.
FUTURES CONTRACTS. The fund may use futures contracts to manage its
exposure to the stock market and to fluctuations in currency values.
Buying futures tends to increase the fund's exposure to the underlying
instrument, while selling futures tends to decrease the fund's
exposure to the underlying instrument or hedge other fund investments.
Losses may arise from changes in the value of the underlying
instruments or if the counterparties do not perform under the
contracts' terms. Gains (losses) are realized upon the expiration or
closing of the futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the
settlement price established each day by the board of trade or
exchange on which they are traded.
3. PURCHASES AND SALES OF INVESTMENTS.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities,
aggregated $3,389,662,000 and $3,246,134,000, respectively.
The market value of futures contracts opened and closed during the
period amounted to $1,517,304,000 and $1,515,362,000, respectively.
4. FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES.
MANAGEMENT FEE. As the fund's investment adviser, FMR receives a
monthly basic fee that is calculated on the basis of a group fee rate
plus a fixed individual fund fee rate applied to the average net
assets of the fund. The group fee rate is the weighted average of a
series of rates and is based on the monthly average net assets of all
the mutual funds advised by FMR. The rates ranged from .2500% to
.5200% for the period. The annual individual fund fee rate is .30%. In
the event that these rates were lower than the contractual rates in
effect during the period, FMR voluntarily implemented the above rates,
as they resulted in the same or a lower management fee. The basic fee
is subject to a performance adjustment (up to a maximum of
(plus/minus).20% of the fund's average net assets over the performance
period) based on the fund's investment performance as compared to the
appropriate index over a specified period of time. For the period, the
management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of .43% of average net
assets after the performance adjustment.
TRANSFER AGENT FEES. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an
affiliate of FMR, is the fund's transfer, dividend disbursing and
shareholder servicing agent. FSC receives account fees and asset-based
fees that vary according to account size and type of account. FSC pays
for typesetting, printing and mailing of all shareholder reports,
except proxy statements. For the period, the transfer agent fees were
equivalent to an annual rate of .20% of average net assets.
ACCOUNTING FEES. FSC maintains the fund's accounting records. The fee
is based on the level of average net assets for the month plus
out-of-pocket expenses.
BROKERAGE COMMISSIONS. The fund placed a portion of its portfolio
transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of FMR. The
commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $458,000 for the
period.
5. EXPENSE REDUCTIONS.
FMR has directed certain portfolio trades to brokers who paid a
portion of the fund's expenses. For the period, the fund's expenses
were reduced by $816,000 under this arrangement.
In addition, the fund has entered into an arrangement with its
transfer agent whereby credits realized as a result of uninvested cash
balances were used to reduce a portion of the fund's expenses. During
the period, the fund's transfer agent fees were reduced by $63,000
under this arrangement.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Trustees of Fidelity Capital Trust and the Shareholders of
Fidelity Disciplined Equity Fund:
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities,
including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of
operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
Fidelity Disciplined Equity Fund (a fund of Fidelity Capital Trust) at
October 31, 1998, and the results of its operations, the changes in
its net assets and the financial highlights for the periods indicated,
in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. These
financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to
as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fidelity
Disciplined Equity Fund's management; our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We
conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards which require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, and
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October
31, 1998 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a
reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
December 10, 1998
DISTRIBUTIONS
The Board of Trustees of Fidelity Disciplined Equity Fund voted to pay
to shareholders of record at the opening of business on record date,
the following distributions derived from capital gains realized from
sales of portfolio securities, and dividends derived from net
investment income:
PAY DATE 12/8/97 12/7/98
RECORD DATE 12/5/97 12/4/98
DIVIDENDS $.25 $.22
SHORT-TERM
CAPITAL GAINS $2.05 $.12
LONG-TERM
CAPITAL GAINS $1.25 $1.70
LONG-TERM
CAPITAL GAIN PERCENTAGES:
28% rate 70.39% -
20% rate 29.61% 100%
A total of .47% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year
was derived from interest on U.S. Government securities which is
generally exempt from state income tax.
A total of 19% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year
qualifies for the dividends-received deduction for corporate
shareholders.
The fund will notify shareholders in January 1999 of the applicable
percentages for use in preparing 1998 income tax returns.
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FIDELITY
STOCK SELECTOR
ANNUAL REPORT
OCTOBER 31, 1998
CONTENTS
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 3 Ned Johnson on investing strategies.
PERFORMANCE 4 How the fund has done over time.
FUND TALK 6 The manager's review of fund
performance, strategy and outlook.
INVESTMENT CHANGES 9 A summary of major shifts in the fund's
investments over the past six months.
INVESTMENTS 10 A complete list of the fund's investments
with their market values.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 20 Statements of assets and liabilities,
operations, and changes in net assets,
as well as financial highlights.
NOTES 24 Notes to the financial statements.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT 28 The auditors' opinion.
ACCOUNTANTS
DISTRIBUTIONS 29
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
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DEAR SHAREHOLDER:
What a difference one month can make. The stock and bond markets did
an about-face in October, as renewed optimism in many emerging markets
and more encouraging corporate earnings forecasts in the U.S. replaced
the concerns that had shaped the financial markets in recent months.
Equity markets worldwide bounced back strongly, while the major U.S.
bond indexes were off slightly as the flight to safety eased.
While it's impossible to predict the future direction of the markets
with any degree of certainty, there are certain basic principles that
can help investors plan for their future needs.
First, investors are encouraged to take a long-term view of their
portfolios. If you can afford to leave your money invested through the
inevitable up and down cycles of the financial markets, you will
greatly reduce your vulnerability to any single decline. We know from
experience, for example, that stock prices have gone up over longer
periods of time, have significantly outperformed other types of
investments and have stayed ahead of inflation.
Second, you can further manage your investing risk through
diversification. A stock mutual fund, for instance, is already
diversified, because it invests in many different companies. You can
increase your diversification further by investing in a number of
different stock funds, or in such other investment categories as
bonds. If you have a short investment time horizon, you might want to
consider moving some of your investment into a money market fund,
which seeks income and a stable share price by investing in
high-quality, short-term investments. Of course, it's important to
remember that there is no assurance that a money market fund will
achieve its goal of maintaining a stable net asset value of $1.00 per
share, and that these types of funds are neither insured nor
guaranteed by any agency of the U.S. government.
Finally, no matter what your time horizon or portfolio diversity, it
makes good sense to follow a regular investment plan, investing a
certain amount of money in a fund at the same time each month or
quarter and periodically reviewing your overall portfolio. By doing
so, you won't get caught up in the excitement of a rapidly rising
market, nor will you buy all your shares at market highs. While this
strategy - known as dollar cost averaging - won't assure a profit or
protect you from a loss in a declining market, it should help you
lower the average cost of your purchases. Of course, you should
consider your financial ability to continue your purchases through
periods of low price levels before undertaking such a strategy.
If you have questions, please call us at 1-800-544-8888. We are
available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide you the
information you need to make the investments that are right for you.
Best regards,
Edward C. Johnson 3d
PERFORMANCE: THE BOTTOM LINE
There are several ways to evaluate a fund's historical performance.
You can look at the total percentage change in value, the average
annual percentage change or the growth of a hypothetical $10,000
investment. Total return reflects the change in the value of an
investment, assuming reinvestment of the fund's dividend income and
capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that
have grown in value).
CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1998 PAST 1 PAST 5 LIFE OF
YEAR YEARS FUND
FIDELITY STOCK SELECTOR 4.40% 106.46% 343.74%
S&P 500 (registered trademark) 21.99% 162.65% 341.39%
Growth Funds Average 9.61% 110.42% n/a
CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS show the fund's performance in percentage
terms over a set period - in this case, one year, five years or since
the fund started on September 28, 1990. For example, if you had
invested $1,000 in a fund that had a 5% return over the past year, the
value of your investment would be $1,050. You can compare the fund's
returns to the performance of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index - a
widely recognized, unmanaged index of common stocks. To measure how
the fund's performance stacked up against its peers, you can compare
it to the growth funds average, which reflects the performance of
mutual funds with similar objectives tracked by Lipper Analytical
Services, Inc. The past one year average represents a peer group of
945 mutual funds. These benchmarks include reinvested dividends and
capital gains, if any, and exclude the effect of sales charges.
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1998 PAST 1 PAST 5 LIFE OF
YEAR YEARS FUND
FIDELITY STOCK SELECTOR 4.40% 15.60% 20.24%
S&P 500 21.99% 21.33% 20.16%
Growth Funds Average 9.61% 15.66% n/a
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS take the fund's cumulative return and
show you what would have happened if the fund had performed at a
constant rate each year. (Note: Lipper calculates average annual total
returns by annualizing each fund's total return, then taking an
arithmetic average. This may produce a slightly different figure than
that obtained by averaging the cumulative total returns and
annualizing the result.)
$10,000 OVER LIFE OF FUND
Stock Selector S&P 500
00320 SP001
1990/09/28 10000.00 10000.00
1990/10/31 9800.00 9957.00
1990/11/30 10660.00 10600.22
1990/12/31 11150.69 10895.97
1991/01/31 12313.89 11371.03
1991/02/28 13376.82 12184.06
1991/03/31 13948.39 12478.92
1991/04/30 14179.02 12508.87
1991/05/31 14800.74 13049.25
1991/06/30 13988.50 12451.59
1991/07/31 14640.29 13031.84
1991/08/31 14921.07 13340.69
1991/09/30 14870.93 13117.90
1991/10/31 15231.92 13293.68
1991/11/30 14670.38 12757.95
1991/12/31 16273.85 14217.46
1992/01/31 16763.21 13953.01
1992/02/29 17408.75 14134.40
1992/03/31 17065.16 13858.78
1992/04/30 16940.21 14266.23
1992/05/31 17002.68 14336.13
1992/06/30 16721.56 14122.52
1992/07/31 17398.34 14700.13
1992/08/31 16940.21 14398.78
1992/09/30 17127.63 14568.69
1992/10/31 17460.81 14619.68
1992/11/30 18210.47 15118.21
1992/12/31 18783.92 15304.16
1993/01/31 19306.58 15432.72
1993/02/28 19263.92 15642.60
1993/03/31 19957.25 15972.66
1993/04/30 19338.58 15586.12
1993/05/31 19882.58 16003.83
1993/06/30 20277.25 16050.24
1993/07/31 20234.58 15986.04
1993/08/31 21119.91 16591.91
1993/09/30 21706.57 16464.15
1993/10/31 21493.24 16804.96
1993/11/30 20767.91 16645.32
1993/12/31 21408.36 16846.72
1994/01/31 22447.38 17419.51
1994/02/28 22344.62 16947.44
1994/03/31 21339.85 16208.54
1994/04/30 21945.00 16416.00
1994/05/31 21750.89 16685.23
1994/06/30 21088.66 16276.44
1994/07/31 21408.36 16810.31
1994/08/31 22607.23 17499.53
1994/09/30 21785.15 17070.79
1994/10/31 22207.60 17454.88
1994/11/30 21134.33 16819.18
1994/12/31 21574.27 17068.60
1995/01/31 20851.51 17511.19
1995/02/28 22176.56 18193.60
1995/03/31 22995.69 18730.50
1995/04/30 23814.81 19282.11
1995/05/31 24212.33 20052.82
1995/06/30 26091.49 20518.64
1995/07/31 28091.12 21199.04
1995/08/31 28295.90 21252.25
1995/09/30 29645.04 22149.10
1995/10/31 29211.39 22070.02
1995/11/30 30006.42 23038.90
1995/12/31 29442.18 23482.63
1996/01/31 29813.69 24281.98
1996/02/29 30211.73 24507.07
1996/03/31 30463.83 24743.07
1996/04/30 31472.21 25107.79
1996/05/31 31949.87 25755.32
1996/06/30 31445.68 25853.44
1996/07/31 30092.32 24711.24
1996/08/31 30662.85 25232.40
1996/09/30 32321.38 26652.48
1996/10/31 33157.28 27387.55
1996/11/30 35174.05 29457.78
1996/12/31 34481.90 28874.22
1997/01/31 36303.59 30678.28
1997/02/28 35942.14 30918.80
1997/03/31 34684.31 29648.35
1997/04/30 35985.52 31418.35
1997/05/31 38067.44 33331.10
1997/06/30 39961.42 34824.33
1997/07/31 43344.55 37595.31
1997/08/31 41363.82 35489.22
1997/09/30 44313.22 37432.96
1997/10/31 42505.99 36182.70
1997/11/30 43648.16 37857.60
1997/12/31 44439.65 38507.61
1998/01/31 44308.61 38933.51
1998/02/28 47453.62 41741.39
1998/03/31 50418.45 43878.97
1998/04/30 51073.66 44320.39
1998/05/31 49517.53 43558.52
1998/06/30 50631.39 45327.87
1998/07/31 49026.13 44845.13
1998/08/31 40704.95 38361.42
1998/09/30 42572.30 40818.85
1998/10/30 44374.13 44139.06
IMATRL PRASUN SHR__CHT 19981031 19981109 110240 R00000000000100
$10,000 OVER LIFE OF FUND: Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was
invested in Fidelity Stock Selector on September 28, 1990, when the
fund started. As the chart shows, by October 31, 1998, the value of
the investment would have grown to $44,374 - a 343.74% increase on the
initial investment. For comparison, look at how the Standard & Poor's
500 Index did over the same period. With dividends and capital gains,
if any, reinvested, the same $10,000 would have grown to $44,139 - a
341.39% increase.
UNDERSTANDING
PERFORMANCE
How a fund did yesterday is
no guarantee of how it will do
tomorrow. The stock market,
for example, has a history of
long-term growth and
short-term volatility. In turn, the
share price and return of a
fund that invests in stocks will
vary. That means if you sell
your shares during a market
downturn, you might lose
money. But if you can ride out
the market's ups and downs,
you may have a gain.
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FUND TALK: THE MANAGER'S OVERVIEW
MARKET RECAP
U.S. equity markets during the
one-year period that ended October
31, 1998, can be summarized in
five words - volatility and
interest-rate cuts. During the first
half of the period, U.S. stocks
posted strong gains as the positive
state of the domestic economy
drove the Dow Jones Industrial
Average and the Standard & Poor's
500 Index to record highs by
mid-July. Despite significant
weakness later in the summer, the
S&P 500 index returned 21.99% for
the 12-month period. On the
other hand, stock prices of smaller
U.S. companies posted weak
results. The Russell 2000 - a
popular measure of
small-capitalization stock
performance - returned -11.84%
during the period. Fueled by low
interest rates, low unemployment
and minimal inflationary pressure,
larger-cap stocks continued their
advance. While turmoil in overseas
markets caused the domestic
market to stumble during August
and September, in general, many
investors viewed the relative
stability of the U.S. economy as a
safe haven against global volatility.
Late in the period, the market
received another boost in the form
of two interest-rate cuts by the
Federal Reserve Board. On the
heels of the interest-rate cuts,
investor confidence improved
based on the belief that the U.S.
could avoid an economic
downturn.
An interview with Bradford Lewis, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Stock
Selector
Q. HOW DID THE FUND PERFORM, BRAD?
A. For the 12 months that ended October 31, 1998, the fund returned
4.40%. During the same time period, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index
returned 21.99% and the growth funds average tracked by Lipper
Analytical Services returned 9.61%.
Q. WHY DID THE FUND UNDERPERFORM THE INDEX AND ITS PEER GROUP?
A. The "market cap" effect detracted from the performance of actively
managed growth funds such as this one during the past year. This means
that the largest-capitalization stocks in the S&P 500 generated the
highest returns, leaving the majority of smaller-cap stocks lagging
behind. For instance, the capitalization-weighted return of the S&P
500 - meaning that stocks with larger market caps are more heavily
weighted - was 21.99%. These same 500 stocks generated an average
return of only 4.41% when giving each stock an equal weighting. Even
more telling is that the Russell 2000, an index of smaller-cap stocks,
generated a return of -11.84%, lagging the S&P 500 by a staggering
33.83 percentage points over the past 12 months. Because this fund
held far more smaller-cap stocks than both the S&P 500 and the peer
group during the period, the fund's returns paled in comparison. It is
important to remember that the size effect does work both ways over
the course of a market cycle. From 1991 to 1993 - when the Russell
2000 last outperformed the S&P 500 - the fund also beat the S&P 500 by
a total of 20.92 percentage points.
Q. WERE THERE OTHER FACTORS THAT AFFECTED THE FUND'S PERFORMANCE?
A. The fund didn't own most of the high-flying Internet stocks - one
of the very few groups of small-cap stocks that generated strong
returns through most of the period. I tend not to own stocks of
start-up companies because I use historical data to do my quantitative
analysis. And even if I had the data, my discipline has a strong value
component. This means I look closely at price-to-earnings and
price-to-free cash-flow ratios. And most of these start-up Internet
companies are not yet generating earnings or free cash flow.
Q. WHICH INDIVIDUAL HOLDINGS HELPED PERFORMANCE? WHICH WERE
DISAPPOINTMENTS?
A. Schering-Plough, Lucent Technologies and Travelers were the largest
contributors to the fund's returns over the past year. Each of these
companies delivered reliable and above-average earnings growth
throughout the period. Notably, the average market capitalization of
these stocks is about $78 billion. In fact, market appreciation of
large pharmaceutical stocks, such as Schering-Plough, increased the
portfolio's weighting in the health sector to 13.5% at the end of the
period from 3.7% six months ago. As far as detractors, energy stocks,
such as Input/Output and Rowan Companies, were ravaged by a 35%
decline in the price of crude oil over the past year. Hexcel, a
manufacturer of structural materials, also hurt performance as the
commercial aerospace industry slumped during the market correction in
the second half of this year. The fund sold its positions in
Input/Output, Rowan and Hexcel by the end of the period.
Q. FINANCIAL STOCKS REPRESENTED ABOUT 17% OF THE PORTFOLIO AT THE END
OF THE PERIOD. HOW DID THESE HOLDINGS FARE?
A. Most of the fund's financial stocks produced disappointing results,
particularly brokerage firms such as Lehman Brothers, during the
market correction in July and August. Banks and insurance companies
also fell out of favor as a result of market collapses in Russia and
the threat of bad loan exposure.
Q. WHAT ABOUT TECHNOLOGY STOCKS?
A. The big guys - such as Microsoft and IBM - produced strong returns
along with the other large-cap, household-name stocks in the S&P 500.
However, most of the smaller-cap technology stocks, particularly
semiconductor equipment makers, were punished during the market's
recent flight to safety.
Q. WHAT'S YOUR OUTLOOK?
A. I am reasonably optimistic about the market and the positioning of
the fund. Unless Latin America suffers a financial setback, we are
running out of possibilities for a global crisis. Domestically, it
appears the markets will no longer be spooked by the specter of a
presidential impeachment. All of this is good news for the market
overall. Another plus for the fund is that smaller-cap stocks are
getting awfully inexpensive relative to large caps. The trailing
price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of the Russell 2000 is 14% less than the
S&P 500, while the Russell's quarterly revenue growth is 109% higher
than the S&P 500's. At the end of the period, the fund's valuation
numbers also looked attractive compared to the S&P 500's. The P/E of
the fund's holdings is 18% less, revenue growth is 81% more and 73% of
the companies in the fund have had their consensus earnings-per-share
estimates increased in the last month versus only 52% for the S&P 500.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS REPORT REFLECT THOSE OF THE PORTFOLIO
MANAGER ONLY THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD OF THE REPORT AS STATED ON
THE COVER. THE MANAGER'S VIEWS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME BASED
ON MARKET AND OTHER CONDITIONS.
BRAD LEWIS ON
FUTURES CONTRACTS:
"Please note that the fund did not
hold any futures contracts at the
end of the period. Futures based
on the S&P 500 - or contracts to
buy that index at a future date -
have frequently been held in the
portfolio to handle shareholder
redemptions. In the past few years,
I had to aggressively sell stocks to
meet shareholder redemptions -
causing adverse consequences to
the fund's share price and net
asset value. On two occasions,
these redemptions occurred after
some industry newsletters
recommended aggressive trading
in my funds. Subsequently, I held
more cash and futures in the
portfolio for redemption purposes.
Futures are extremely liquid
because large dollar quantities can
be sold quickly at a relatively low
cost.
"Over the past several years, I have
discouraged the newsletter crowd
from covering the portfolios I
manage and shareholder volatility
has indeed abated. The
July-September bear market was
an excellent test of shareholder
staying power and, fortunately,
redemptions were only modest. At
best, futures contracts can only
mimic the returns of the
benchmark, so they are destined to
underperform the market after
accounting for fund expenses.
Hence, given the stable
shareholder base, I have returned
to managing a portfolio invested
primarily in common stocks and
free of S&P 500 futures."
FUND FACTS
GOAL: to increase the value of
the fund's shares by normally
investing at least 65% of the
fund's total assets in domestic
and foreign issuers using
quantitative and fundamental
research
FUND NUMBER: 320
TRADING SYMBOL: FDSSX
START DATE: September 28, 1990
SIZE: as of October 31, 1998,
more than $1.6 billion
MANAGER: Bradford Lewis,
since 1990; manager, Fidelity
Disciplined Equity Fund, since
1988; Fidelity Small Cap
Selector Fund, since 1993;
joined Fidelity in 1985
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INVESTMENT CHANGES
TOP TEN STOCKS AS OF OCTOBER 31, 1998
% OF FUND'S % OF FUND'S INVESTMENTS
INVESTMENTS IN THESE STOCKS
6 MONTHS AGO
AT&T Corp. 4.6 1.4
Microsoft Corp. 3.3 1.6
Schering-Plough Corp. 3.2 0.0
Dayton Hudson Corp. 2.2 1.8
Apple Computer, Inc. 2.0 0.0
Compuware Corp. 1.9 0.0
Lucent Technologies, Inc. 1.7 1.8
Pfizer, Inc. 1.7 1.4
Comerica, Inc. 1.5 0.9
Best Buy Co., Inc. 1.5 0.5
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TOP FIVE MARKET SECTORS AS OF OCTOBER 31, 1998
% OF FUND'S % OF FUND'S INVESTMENTS
INVESTMENTS IN THESE MARKET SECTORS
6 MONTHS AGO
FINANCE 17.3 16.7
TECHNOLOGY 14.9 10.7
HEALTH 13.5 3.7
UTILITIES 12.6 7.0
RETAIL & WHOLESALE 9.8 9.0
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ASSET ALLOCATION (% OF FUND'S INVESTMENTS)
AS OF OCTOBER 31, 1998 * AS OF APRIL 30, 1998 **
ROW: 1, COL: 1, VALUE: 98.5
ROW: 1, COL: 2, VALUE: 1.5
STOCKS AND CLOSED-
END INVESTMENT
COMPANIES 92.3%
SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS 7.7%
*FOREIGN
INVESTMENTS 5.7%
STOCKS AND CLOSED-
END INVESTMENT
COMPANIES 98.5%
SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS 1.5%
**FOREIGN
INVESTMENTS 6.0%
ROW: 1, COL: 1, VALUE: 92.3
ROW: 1, COL: 2, VALUE: 7.7
INVESTMENTS OCTOBER 31, 1998
SHOWING PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL VALUE OF INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES
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COMMON STOCKS - 94.5%
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 1.8%
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 1.8%
Advanced Aerodynamics & Structures, Inc. Class A (a) 150,000 $ 413
Cordant Technologies, Inc. 267,400 10,880
United Technologies Corp. 174,000 16,574
27,867
DEFENSE ELECTRONICS - 0.0%
Raytheon Co. Class A 10,841 607
TOTAL AEROSPACE & DEFENSE 28,474
BASIC INDUSTRIES - 0.8%
CHEMICALS & PLASTICS - 0.2%
Solutia, Inc. 150,000 3,291
METALS & MINING - 0.5%
Aluminum Co. of America 66,004 5,231
Superior Telecom, Inc. 53,125 2,284
7,515
PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS - 0.1%
Pentair, Inc. 65,000 2,446
TOTAL BASIC INDUSTRIES 13,252
CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE - 1.9%
BUILDING MATERIALS - 0.9%
Lone Star Industries, Inc. 30,000 2,113
Southdown, Inc. 22,600 1,230
USG Corp. 179,000 8,536
Vulcan Materials Co. 20,000 2,373
14,252
CONSTRUCTION - 0.6%
Centex Corp. 97,800 3,276
Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. 200,000 6,450
9,726
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS - 0.4%
Duke Realty Investments, Inc. 160,000 3,820
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE - CONTINUED
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS - CONTINUED
General Growth Properties, Inc. 45,000 $ 1,600
ProLogis Trust 60,000 1,309
6,729
TOTAL CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE 30,707
DURABLES - 4.1%
AUTOS, TIRES, & ACCESSORIES - 1.1%
Navistar International Corp. (a) 88,800 1,854
PACCAR, Inc. 300,700 13,118
Toyota Motor Corp. 150,000 3,616
18,588
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS - 0.9%
Maytag Corp. 242,400 11,984
Whirlpool Corp. 39,700 2,035
14,019
HOME FURNISHINGS - 0.2%
Knoll, Inc. (a) 123,000 3,321
TEXTILES & APPAREL - 1.9%
Jones Apparel Group, Inc. (a) 478,000 8,246
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a) 141,000 4,256
Shaw Industries, Inc. 371,000 6,446
VF Corp. 261,000 10,913
29,861
TOTAL DURABLES 65,789
ENERGY - 3.4%
OIL & GAS - 3.4%
Chevron Corp. 231,000 18,827
Coastal Corp. (The) 250,000 8,813
Exxon Corp. 264,000 18,810
Mobil Corp. 77,000 5,828
Shell Transport & Trading Co. PLC (Reg.) 300,000 1,837
54,115
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
FINANCE - 17.3%
BANKS - 5.2%
AmSouth Bancorp. 222,000 $ 8,894
Capital One Financial Corp. 120,100 12,220
Comerica, Inc. 379,200 24,458
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. 43,375 1,890
M&T Bank Corp. 4,699 2,342
National City Corp. 78,480 5,047
SunTrust Banks, Inc. 309,200 21,547
Unicredito Italiano Spa 300,000 1,618
Wells Fargo & Co. 13,000 4,810
82,826
CREDIT & OTHER FINANCE - 2.4%
Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc. 425,790 18,389
Equitable Companies (The), Inc. 3,200 157
Fleet Financial Group, Inc. 510,000 20,368
38,914
FEDERAL SPONSORED CREDIT - 2.8%
Fannie Mae 313,000 22,164
Freddie Mac 389,000 22,368
44,532
INSURANCE - 5.9%
Allstate Corp. 350,000 15,072
AMBAC, Inc. 104,000 6,052
American International Group, Inc. 224,000 19,096
Annuity & Life Re Holdings Ltd. (a) 1,900 44
CMAC Investments Corp. 81,100 3,396
Conseco, Inc. 278,900 9,674
Everest Reinsurance Holdings, Inc. 103,200 3,554
Fremont General Corp. 56,200 2,775
Life RE Corp. 25,000 2,333
Old Republic International Corp. 335,500 6,375
SunAmerica, Inc. 273,500 19,282
Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. 43,500 3,393
Travelers Property Casualty Corp. Class A 117,700 3,612
94,658
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
FINANCE - CONTINUED
SAVINGS & LOANS - 0.7%
Dime Bancorp, Inc. 306,300 $ 7,294
Golden State Bancorp, Inc. 181,200 3,477
10,771
SECURITIES INDUSTRY - 0.3%
PaineWebber Group, Inc. 120,000 4,013
TOTAL FINANCE 275,714
HEALTH - 13.5%
DRUGS & PHARMACEUTICALS - 9.7%
American Home Products Corp. 438,000 21,353
Lilly (Eli) & Co. 268,000 21,691
Novartis AG (Reg.) 3,633 6,558
Pfizer, Inc. 253,600 27,214
Schering-Plough Corp. 500,000 51,438
Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd. 100,000 3,263
Warner-Lambert Co. 286,000 22,415
153,932
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 1.7%
Abbott Laboratories 127,000 5,961
Guidant Corp. 244,100 18,674
VISX, Inc. (a) 60,000 3,008
27,643
MEDICAL FACILITIES MANAGEMENT - 2.1%
Integrated Health Services, Inc. 118,500 1,918
Lincare Holdings, Inc. (a) 144,000 5,751
PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. Class B (a) 260,000 20,475
Trigon Healthcare, Inc. (a) 150,000 5,625
33,769
TOTAL HEALTH 215,344
HOLDING COMPANIES - 0.1%
PartnerRe Ltd. 30,000 1,193
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT - 3.7%
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - 1.3%
General Instrument Corp. (a) 787,400 20,226
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT - CONTINUED
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT - 2.2%
Ingersoll-Rand Co. 266,100 $ 13,438
Tyco International Ltd. 353,000 21,864
35,302
POLLUTION CONTROL - 0.2%
Ogden Corp. 124,900 3,357
TOTAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT 58,885
MEDIA & LEISURE - 1.5%
LEISURE DURABLES & TOYS - 0.2%
Champion Enterprises, Inc. (a) 184,500 3,667
PUBLISHING - 0.4%
Harte Hanks Communications, Inc. 88,000 2,140
Hollinger International, Inc. Class A 150,000 1,950
World Color Press, Inc. (a) 68,000 2,066
6,156
RESTAURANTS - 0.9%
CKE Restaurants, Inc. 269,000 7,078
Darden Restaurants, Inc. 225,000 3,713
Foodmaker, Inc. (a) 157,000 2,483
13,274
TOTAL MEDIA & LEISURE 23,097
NONDURABLES - 2.9%
BEVERAGES - 0.4%
Canandaigua Brands, Inc. Class A (a) 48,000 2,406
Coors (Adolph) Co. Class B 77,200 3,860
6,266
FOODS - 1.1%
Dole Food, Inc. 300,000 9,038
Earthgrains Co. 131,600 3,948
Interstate Bakeries Corp. 170,000 4,261
Keebler Foods Co. (a) 2,200 63
17,310
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
NONDURABLES - CONTINUED
TOBACCO - 1.4%
Philip Morris Companies, Inc. 412,000 $ 21,064
Universal Corp. 28,000 1,040
22,104
TOTAL NONDURABLES 45,680
PRECIOUS METALS - 1.6%
Barrick Gold Corp. 500,000 10,629
Battle Mountain Gold Co. 500,000 2,719
Homestake Mining Co. 800,000 9,500
Newmont Mining Corp. 153,750 3,267
26,115
RETAIL & WHOLESALE - 9.8%
APPAREL STORES - 1.9%
Footstar, Inc. (a) 70,000 1,829
Ross Stores, Inc. 250,000 8,125
TJX Companies, Inc. 1,038,800 19,672
29,626
GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES - 3.7%
Costco Companies, Inc. (a) 134,200 7,616
Dayton Hudson Corp. 833,800 35,332
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. 405,000 7,341
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 139,300 9,612
59,901
RETAIL & WHOLESALE, MISCELLANEOUS - 4.2%
Best Buy Co., Inc. (a) 488,000 23,424
Office Depot, Inc. (a) 857,500 21,438
Tandy Corp. 434,400 21,530
Zale Corp. (a) 49,200 1,165
67,557
TOTAL RETAIL & WHOLESALE 157,084
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
SERVICES - 1.5%
ADVERTISING - 0.2%
ADVO, Inc. (a) 30,000 $ 763
WPP Group PLC 400,000 1,989
2,752
LEASING & RENTAL - 0.1%
Budget Group, Inc. Class A (a) 143,000 2,565
PRINTING - 0.5%
United Stationers, Inc. (a) 48,000 1,272
Valassis Communications, Inc. (a) 175,900 7,014
8,286
SERVICES - 0.7%
ACNielsen Corp. (a) 129,900 3,475
Catalina Marketing Corp. (a) 75,000 3,577
Interim Services, Inc. (a) 179,700 3,819
10,871
TOTAL SERVICES 24,474
TECHNOLOGY - 14.9%
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - 1.7%
Lucent Technologies, Inc. 343,000 27,504
COMPUTER SERVICES & SOFTWARE - 5.6%
Compuware Corp. (a) 540,500 29,288
Microsoft Corp. (a) 500,000 52,938
Sterling Software, Inc. (a) 247,600 6,484
88,710
COMPUTERS & OFFICE EQUIPMENT - 6.9%
Apple Computer, Inc. (a) 862,000 32,002
CDW Computer Centers, Inc. (a) 85,000 6,370
Comdisco, Inc. 189,000 2,918
International Business Machines Corp. 146,000 21,672
Lexmark International Group, Inc. (a) 235,900 16,498
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (a) 395,000 23,009
Symbol Technologies, Inc. 169,100 7,567
110,036
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
TECHNOLOGY - CONTINUED
ELECTRONICS - 0.7%
Storage Technology Corp. (a) 362,000 $ 12,104
TOTAL TECHNOLOGY 238,354
TRANSPORTATION - 3.1%
AIR TRANSPORTATION - 2.8%
AMR Corp. (a) 291,000 19,497
ASA Holdings, Inc. 70,000 2,511
Comair Holdings, Inc. 75,000 2,466
Southwest Airlines Co. 385,500 8,168
UAL Corp. (a) 179,400 11,650
44,292
RAILROADS - 0.3%
Bombardier, Inc. Class B 40,000 473
Trinity Industries, Inc. 100,000 3,713
4,186
TRUCKING & FREIGHT - 0.0%
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 10,000 339
TOTAL TRANSPORTATION 48,817
UTILITIES - 12.6%
CELLULAR - 0.5%
Century Telephone Enterprises, Inc. 131,250 7,457
ELECTRIC UTILITY - 6.1%
BEC Energy 93,300 3,703
DPL, Inc. 19,900 377
DQE, Inc. 244,800 9,654
Energy East Corp. 255,500 12,488
FirstEnergy Corp. 298,000 8,940
FPL Group, Inc. 272,800 17,067
Houston Industries, Inc. 588,200 18,271
NIPSCO Industries, Inc. 10,000 299
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 212,100 9,293
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. 296,600 11,271
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
UTILITIES - CONTINUED
ELECTRIC UTILITY - CONTINUED
Rochester Gas & Electric Corp. 80,100 $ 2,333
Utilicorp United, Inc. 93,537 3,361
97,057
TELEPHONE SERVICES - 6.0%
Ameritech Corp. 408,000 22,007
AT&T Corp. 1,183,100 73,635
Telecom Italia Mobile Spa 150,000 873
96,515
TOTAL UTILITIES 201,029
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS 1,508,123
(Cost $1,315,467)
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CLOSED-END INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 4.0%
AIM Eastern Europe Fund 101,244 588
Asia Tigers Fund, Inc. 275,000 1,684
Austria Fund, Inc. 351,000 3,488
Brazil Fund, Inc. 115,800 1,592
Central European Equity Fund, Inc. 100,000 1,306
Chile Fund, Inc. 97,000 909
Emerging Germany Fund, Inc. 150,000 2,016
Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund, Inc. 480,000 3,330
Emerging Markets Telecommunication Fund, Inc. 250,000 2,438
First Australia Fund, Inc. 110,000 722
Five Arrows Chile Investment Trust Ltd. 1,650,000 2,475
France Growth Fund, Inc. 460,000 6,210
Growth Fund of Spain, Inc. 190,000 4,192
Italy Fund, Inc. (The) 173,900 2,348
Mexico Fund, Inc. (The) 90,000 1,013
MFS Government Markets Income Trust 1,000,000 6,750
Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific Fund, Inc. 100,000 700
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Fund, Inc. 155,000 1,230
New Germany Fund, Inc. (The) 575,000 9,380
Portugal Fund, Inc. 75,000 1,430
Scudder New Asia Fund, Inc. 60,000 533
Scudder New Europe Fund, Inc. 95,000 1,781
CLOSED-END INVESTMENT COMPANIES - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
Singapore Fund, Inc. 64,000 $ 408
Southern Africa Fund, Inc. 30,600 314
Spain Fund, Inc. 200,000 3,400
Taiwan Fund, Inc. 215,000 2,997
TOTAL CLOSED-END INVESTMENT COMPANIES 63,234
(Cost $71,374)
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U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS - 0.1%
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT (000S)
U.S. Treasury Bills, yields at dates of purchase $ 2,050 2,035
3.66% to 3.86% 1/7/99
(Cost $2,035)
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CASH EQUIVALENTS - 1.4%
SHARES
Taxable Central Cash Fund (b) 21,976,207 21,976
(Cost $21,976)
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% $ 1,595,368
(Cost $1,410,852)
LEGEND
(a) Non-income producing
(b) At period end, the seven-day yield on the Taxable Central Cash
Fund was 4.96%. The yield refers to the income earned by investing in
the fund over the seven-day period, expressed as an annual percentage.
INCOME TAX INFORMATION
At October 31, 1998, the aggregate cost of investment securities for
income tax purposes was $1,410,855,000. Net unrealized appreciation
aggregated $184,513,000, of which $248,308,000 related to appreciated
investment securities and $63,795,000 related to depreciated
investment securities.
The fund hereby designates approximately $170,814,000 as a capital
gain dividend for the purpose of the dividend paid deduction.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS (EXCEPT PER-SHARE AMOUNT) OCTOBER 31, 1998
ASSETS
INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES, AT VALUE (COST $1,410,852) - $ 1,595,368
SEE ACCOMPANYING SCHEDULE
RECEIVABLE FOR INVESTMENTS SOLD 22,454
RECEIVABLE FOR FUND SHARES SOLD 1,744
DIVIDENDS RECEIVABLE 1,121
INTEREST RECEIVABLE 392
OTHER RECEIVABLES 545
TOTAL ASSETS 1,621,624
LIABILITIES
PAYABLE FOR INVESTMENTS PURCHASED $ 7,535
PAYABLE FOR FUND SHARES REDEEMED 2,923
ACCRUED MANAGEMENT FEE 469
OTHER PAYABLES AND ACCRUED EXPENSES 379
TOTAL LIABILITIES 11,306
NET ASSETS $ 1,610,318
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:
PAID IN CAPITAL $ 1,222,562
UNDISTRIBUTED NET INVESTMENT INCOME 18,591
ACCUMULATED UNDISTRIBUTED NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON 184,645
INVESTMENTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS
NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON INVESTMENTS 184,520
AND ASSETS AND LIABILITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
NET ASSETS, FOR 59,445 SHARES OUTSTANDING $ 1,610,318
NET ASSET VALUE, OFFERING PRICE AND REDEMPTION PRICE $27.09
PER SHARE ($1,610,318 (DIVIDED BY) 59,445 SHARES)
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1998
INVESTMENT INCOME $ 24,092
DIVIDENDS
INTEREST 8,696
TOTAL INCOME 32,788
EXPENSES
MANAGEMENT FEE $ 11,143
BASIC FEE
PERFORMANCE ADJUSTMENT (3,097)
TRANSFER AGENT FEES 3,866
ACCOUNTING FEES AND EXPENSES 721
NON-INTERESTED TRUSTEES' COMPENSATION 9
CUSTODIAN FEES AND EXPENSES 62
REGISTRATION FEES 77
AUDIT 43
LEGAL 12
MISCELLANEOUS 11
TOTAL EXPENSES BEFORE REDUCTIONS 12,847
EXPENSE REDUCTIONS (740) 12,107
NET INVESTMENT INCOME 20,681
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON:
INVESTMENT SECURITIES 191,310
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS 19
FUTURES CONTRACTS (4,236) 187,093
CHANGE IN NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON:
INVESTMENT SECURITIES (113,171)
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES 1 (113,170)
NET GAIN (LOSS) 73,923
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING $ 94,604
FROM OPERATIONS
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED
OCTOBER 31, OCTOBER 31,
1998 1997
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
OPERATIONS $ 20,681 $ 21,571
NET INVESTMENT INCOME
NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) 187,093 260,715
CHANGE IN NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) (113,170) 142,452
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING 94,604 424,738
FROM OPERATIONS
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (20,513) (14,299)
FROM NET INVESTMENT INCOME
FROM NET REALIZED GAIN (206,346) (119,372)
TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS (226,859) (133,671)
SHARE TRANSACTIONS 496,522 671,515
NET PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF SHARES
REINVESTMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS 219,424 129,535
COST OF SHARES REDEEMED (800,401) (851,522)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING (84,455) (50,472)
FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS (216,710) 240,595
NET ASSETS
BEGINNING OF PERIOD 1,827,028 1,586,433
END OF PERIOD (INCLUDING UNDISTRIBUTED NET INVESTMENT $ 1,610,318 $ 1,827,028
INCOME OF $18,591 AND $17,175, RESPECTIVELY)
OTHER INFORMATION
SHARES
SOLD 17,116 25,181
ISSUED IN REINVESTMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS 7,994 5,401
REDEEMED (27,813) (31,905)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) (2,703) (1,323)
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
YEARS ENDED OCTOBER 31,
1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
SELECTED PER-SHARE DATA
NET ASSET VALUE, $ 29.40 $ 24.99 $ 24.25 $ 19.45 $ 20.15
BEGINNING OF PERIOD
INCOME FROM
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
NET INVESTMENT INCOME .32 B .33 B .24 .19 .16
NET REALIZED AND 1.02 6.23 2.78 5.57 .44
UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
TOTAL FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS 1.34 6.56 3.02 5.76 .60
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS
FROM NET INVESTMENT INCOME (.33) (.23) (.20) (.15) (.28)
FROM NET REALIZED GAIN (3.32) (1.92) (2.08) (.81) (1.02)
TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS (3.65) (2.15) (2.28) (.96) (1.30)
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD $ 27.09 $ 29.40 $ 24.99 $ 24.25 $ 19.45
TOTAL RETURN A 4.40% 28.20% 13.51% 31.54% 3.32%
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
NET ASSETS, END OF PERIOD $ 1,610 $ 1,827 $ 1,586 $ 1,135 $ 812
(IN MILLIONS)
RATIO OF EXPENSES TO .68% .74% .89% 1.03% 1.12%
AVERAGE NET ASSETS
RATIO OF EXPENSES TO AVERAGE .64% C .69% C .84% C 1.00% C 1.09% C
NET ASSETS AFTER EXPENSE
REDUCTIONS
RATIO OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME 1.10% 1.24% 1.07% .99% 1.01%
TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE 122% 117% 247% 220% 187%
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A THE TOTAL RETURNS WOULD HAVE BEEN LOWER HAD CERTAIN EXPENSES NOT
BEEN REDUCED DURING THE PERIODS SHOWN (SEE NOTE 5 OF NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS).
B NET INVESTMENT INCOME PER SHARE HAS BEEN CALCULATED BASED ON AVERAGE
SHARES OUTSTANDING DURING THE PERIOD.
C FMR OR THE FUND HAS ENTERED INTO VARYING ARRANGEMENTS WITH THIRD
PARTIES WHO EITHER PAID OR REDUCED A PORTION OF THE FUND'S EXPENSES
(SEE NOTE 5 OF NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS).
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the period ended October 31, 1998
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES.
Fidelity Stock Selector (the fund) is a fund of Fidelity Capital Trust
(the trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares.
The trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, as an open-end management investment company organized as a
Massachusetts business trust. The financial statements have been
prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at
the date of the financial statements. The following summarizes the
significant accounting policies of the fund:
SECURITY VALUATION. Securities for which exchange quotations are
readily available are valued at the last sale price, or if no sale
price, at the closing bid price. Securities for which exchange
quotations are not readily available (and in certain cases debt
securities which trade on an exchange) are valued primarily using
dealer-supplied valuations or at their fair value as determined in
good faith under consistently applied procedures under the general
supervision of the Board of Trustees. Short-term securities with
remaining maturities of sixty days or less for which quotations are
not readily available are valued at amortized cost or original cost
plus accrued interest, both of which approximate current value.
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION. The accounting records of the fund are
maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and
liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S.
dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange at period end. Purchases
and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are
translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the
respective dates of the transactions.
Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions
represent net gains and losses from sales and maturities of foreign
currency contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, the difference
between the amount of net investment income accrued and the U.S.
dollar amount actually received, and gains and losses between trade
date and settlement on purchases and sales of securities. The effects
of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments in
securities are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or
loss on investment securities.
INCOME TAXES. As a qualified regulated investment company under
Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, the fund is not subject to
income taxes to the extent that it distributes substantially all of
its taxable income for its fiscal year. The schedule of investments
includes information regarding income taxes under the caption "Income
Tax Information."
INVESTMENT INCOME. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend
date, except certain dividends from foreign securities where the
ex-dividend date may have passed, are recorded as soon as the fund is
informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in
dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the
securities received. Interest income is accrued as earned. Investment
income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of
such taxes is uncertain.
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - CONTINUED
EXPENSES. Most expenses of the trust can be directly attributed to a
fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned
among the funds in the trust.
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS. Distributions are recorded on the
ex-dividend date.
Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance
with income tax regulations which may differ from generally accepted
accounting principles. These differences, which may result in
distribution reclassifications, are primarily due to differing
treatments for litigation proceeds, futures transactions, foreign
currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC),
market discount and non-taxable dividends. The fund also utilized
earnings and profits distributed to shareholders on redemption of
shares as a part of the dividends paid deduction for income tax
purposes.
Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder
distributions will result in reclassifications to paid in capital.
Undistributed net investment income and accumulated undistributed net
realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions
may include temporary book and tax basis differences which will
reverse in a subsequent period. Any taxable income or gain remaining
at fiscal year end is distributed in the following year.
SECURITY TRANSACTIONS. Security transactions are accounted for as of
trade date. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the
basis of identified cost.
2. OPERATING POLICIES.
FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS. The fund generally uses foreign currency
contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated
securities. Losses may arise from changes in the value of the foreign
currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts'
terms. The U.S. dollar value of foreign currency contracts is
determined using contractual currency exchange rates established at
the time of each trade.
JOINT TRADING ACCOUNT. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), the fund, along with
other affiliated entities of Fidelity Management & Research Company
(FMR), may transfer uninvested cash balances into one or more joint
trading accounts. These balances are invested in one or more
repurchase agreements for U.S. Treasury or Federal Agency obligations.
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. The underlying U.S. Treasury or Federal Agency
securities are transferred to an account of the fund, or to the Joint
Trading Account, at a bank custodian. The securities are
marked-to-market daily and maintained at a value at least equal to the
principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued
interest). FMR, the fund's investment adviser, is responsible for
determining that the value of the underlying securities remains in
accordance with the market value requirements stated above.
2. OPERATING POLICIES - CONTINUED
TAXABLE CENTRAL CASH FUND. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by
the SEC, the fund may invest in the Taxable Central Cash Fund (the
Cash Fund) managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., an
affiliate of FMR. The Cash Fund is an open-end money market fund
available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by
FMR and its affiliates. The Cash Fund seeks preservation of capital,
liquidity, and current income by investing in U.S. Treasury securities
and repurchase agreements for these securities. Income distributions
from the Cash Fund are declared daily and paid monthly from net
interest income. Income distributions earned by the fund are recorded
as interest income in the accompanying financial statements.
FUTURES CONTRACTS. The fund may use futures contracts to manage its
exposure to the stock market. Buying futures tends to increase the
fund's exposure to the underlying instrument, while selling futures
tends to decrease the fund's exposure to the underlying instrument or
hedge other fund investments. Losses may arise from changes in the
value of the underlying instruments or if the counterparties do not
perform under the contracts' terms. Gains (losses) are realized upon
the expiration or closing of the futures contracts. Futures contracts
are valued at the settlement price established each day by the board
of trade or exchange on which they are traded.
3. PURCHASES AND SALES OF INVESTMENTS.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities,
aggregated $2,081,949,000 and $2,301,129,000, respectively.
The market value of futures contracts opened and closed during the
period amounted to $996,466,000 and $992,230,000, respectively.
4. FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES.
MANAGEMENT FEE. As the fund's investment adviser, FMR receives a
monthly basic fee that is calculated on the basis of a group fee rate
plus a fixed individual fund fee rate applied to the average net
assets of the fund. The group fee rate is the weighted average of a
series of rates and is based on the monthly average net assets of all
the mutual funds advised by FMR. The rates ranged from .2500% to
.5200% for the period. The annual individual fund fee rate is .30%. In
the event that these rates were lower than the contractual rates in
effect during the period, FMR voluntarily implemented the above rates,
as they resulted in the same or a lower management fee. The basic fee
is subject to a performance adjustment (up to a maximum of
(plus/minus).20% of the fund's average net assets over the performance
period) based on the fund's investment performance as compared to the
appropriate index over a specified period of time. For the period, the
management fee was
4. FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES - CONTINUED
MANAGEMENT FEE - CONTINUED
equivalent to an annual rate of .43% of average net assets after the
performance adjustment.
TRANSFER AGENT FEES. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an
affiliate of FMR, is the fund's transfer, dividend disbursing and
shareholder servicing agent. FSC receives account fees and asset-based
fees that vary according to account size and type of account. FSC pays
for typesetting, printing and mailing of all shareholder reports,
except proxy statements. For the period, the transfer agent fees were
equivalent to an annual rate of .21% of average net assets.
ACCOUNTING FEES. FSC maintains the fund's accounting records. The fee
is based on the level of average net assets for the month plus
out-of-pocket expenses.
BROKERAGE COMMISSIONS. The fund placed a portion of its portfolio
transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of FMR. The
commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $321,000 for the
period.
5. EXPENSE REDUCTIONS.
FMR has directed certain portfolio trades to brokers who paid a
portion of the fund's expenses. For the period, the fund's expenses
were reduced by $712,000 under this arrangement.
In addition, the fund has entered into arrangements with its custodian
and transfer agent whereby credits realized as a result of uninvested
cash balances were used to reduce a portion of the fund's expenses.
During the period, the fund's custodian and transfer agent fees were
reduced by $3,000 and $25,000, respectively, under these arrangements.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Trustees of Fidelity Capital Trust and the Shareholders of
Fidelity Stock Selector:
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities,
including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of
operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
Fidelity Stock Selector (a fund of Fidelity Capital Trust) at October
31, 1998, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net
assets and the financial highlights for the periods indicated, in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. These
financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to
as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fidelity
Stock Selector's management; our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We
conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards which require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, and
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October
31, 1998 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a
reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
December 10, 1998
DISTRIBUTIONS
The Board of Trustees of Fidelity Stock Selector voted to pay to
shareholders of record at the opening of business on record date, the
following distributions derived from capital gains realized from sales
of portfolio securities, and dividends derived from net investment
income:
PAY DATE 12/8/97 12/7/98
RECORD DATE 12/5/97 12/4/98
DIVIDENDS $.33 $.30
SHORT-TERM
CAPITAL GAINS $1.74 -
LONG-TERM
CAPITAL GAINS $1.58 $1.93
LONG-TERM
CAPITAL GAIN PERCENTAGES:
28% rate 58.62% -
20% rate 41.38% 100%
A total of .73% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year
was derived from interest on U.S. Government securities which is
generally exempt from state income tax.
A total of 22% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year
qualifies for the dividends-received deduction for corporate
shareholders.
The fund will notify shareholders in January 1999 of the applicable
percentages for use in preparing 1998 income tax returns.
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Robert C. Pozen, Senior Vice President
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FIDELITY
TECHNOQUANTSM GROWTH
FUND
ANNUAL REPORT
OCTOBER 31, 1998
CONTENTS
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 3 Ned Johnson on investing strategies.
PERFORMANCE 4 How the fund has done over time.
FUND TALK 6 The manager's review of fund
performance, strategy and outlook.
INVESTMENT CHANGES 9 A summary of major shifts in the fund's
investments over the past six months.
INVESTMENTS 10 A complete list of the fund's investments
with their market values.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 15 Statements of assets and liabilities,
operations, and changes in net assets,
as well as financial highlights.
NOTES 19 Notes to the financial statements.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT 23 The auditors' opinion.
ACCOUNTANTS
DISTRIBUTIONS 24
To reduce expenses and demonstrate respect for our environment, we
have initiated a project through which we will begin eliminating
duplicate copies of most financial reports and prospectuses to most
households, even if they have more than one account in the fund. If
additional copies of financial reports, prospectuses or historical
account information are needed, please call 1-800-544-6666.
THIS REPORT AND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTAINED HEREIN ARE
SUBMITTED FOR THE GENERAL INFORMATION
OF THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE FUND. THIS REPORT IS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR
DISTRIBUTION TO PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS
IN THE FUND UNLESS PRECEDED OR ACCOMPANIED BY AN EFFECTIVE PROSPECTUS.
MUTUAL FUND SHARES ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OBLIGATIONS OF, OR GUARANTEED
BY, ANY DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION. SHARES ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FDIC,
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD OR ANY OTHER AGENCY, AND ARE SUBJECT TO
INVESTMENT RISKS, INCLUDING POSSIBLE LOSS OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
INVESTED.
NEITHER THE FUND NOR FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS CORPORATION IS A BANK.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY FIDELITY FUND, INCLUDING CHARGES AND
EXPENSES, CALL 1-800-544-8888 FOR A
FREE PROSPECTUS. READ IT CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU INVEST OR SEND MONEY.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
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DEAR SHAREHOLDER:
What a difference one month can make. The stock and bond markets did
an about-face in October, as renewed optimism in many emerging markets
and more encouraging corporate earnings forecasts in the U.S. replaced
the concerns that had shaped the financial markets in recent months.
Equity markets worldwide bounced back strongly, while the major U.S.
bond indexes were off slightly as the flight to safety eased.
While it's impossible to predict the future direction of the markets
with any degree of certainty, there are certain basic principles that
can help investors plan for their future needs.
First, investors are encouraged to take a long-term view of their
portfolios. If you can afford to leave your money invested through the
inevitable up and down cycles of the financial markets, you will
greatly reduce your vulnerability to any single decline. We know from
experience, for example, that stock prices have gone up over longer
periods of time, have significantly outperformed other types of
investments and have stayed ahead of inflation.
Second, you can further manage your investing risk through
diversification. A stock mutual fund, for instance, is already
diversified, because it invests in many different companies. You can
increase your diversification further by investing in a number of
different stock funds, or in such other investment categories as
bonds. If you have a short investment time horizon, you might want to
consider moving some of your investment into a money market fund,
which seeks income and a stable share price by investing in
high-quality, short-term investments. Of course, it's important to
remember that there is no assurance that a money market fund will
achieve its goal of maintaining a stable net asset value of $1.00 per
share, and that these types of funds are neither insured nor
guaranteed by any agency of the U.S. government.
Finally, no matter what your time horizon or portfolio diversity, it
makes good sense to follow a regular investment plan, investing a
certain amount of money in a fund at the same time each month or
quarter and periodically reviewing your overall portfolio. By doing
so, you won't get caught up in the excitement of a rapidly rising
market, nor will you buy all your shares at market highs. While this
strategy - known as dollar cost averaging - won't assure a profit or
protect you from a loss in a declining market, it should help you
lower the average cost of your purchases. Of course, you should
consider your financial ability to continue your purchases through
periods of low price levels before undertaking such a strategy.
If you have questions, please call us at 1-800-544-8888. We are
available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide you the
information you need to make the investments that are right for you.
Best regards,
Edward C. Johnson 3d
PERFORMANCE: THE BOTTOM LINE
There are several ways to evaluate a fund's historical performance.
You can look at the total percentage change in value, the average
annual percentage change or the growth of a hypothetical $10,000
investment. Total return reflects the change in the value of an
investment, assuming reinvestment of the fund's dividend income and
capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that
have grown in value).
CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1998 PAST 1 LIFE OF
YEAR FUND
FIDELITY TECHNOQUANT GROWTH 0.45% 26.77%
FIDELITY TECHNOQUANT GROWTH (INCL. 3.00% SALES CHARGE) -2.56% 22.97%
S&P 500 (registered trademark) 21.99% 55.67%
Capital Appreciation Funds Average 0.86% n/a
CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS show the fund's performance in percentage
terms over a set period - in this case, one year or since the fund
started on November 12, 1996. For example, if you had invested $1,000
in a fund that had a 5% return over the past year, the value of your
investment would be $1,050. You can compare the fund's returns to the
performance of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index - a widely recognized,
unmanaged index of common stocks. To measure how the fund's
performance stacked up against its peers, you can compare it to the
capital appreciation funds average, which reflects the performance of
mutual funds with similar objectives tracked by Lipper Analytical
Services, Inc. The past one year average represents a peer group of
240 mutual funds. These benchmarks include reinvested dividends and
capital gains, if any, and exclude the effect of sales charges.
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1998 PAST 1 LIFE OF
YEAR FUND
FIDELITY TECHNOQUANT GROWTH 0.45% 12.82%
FIDELITY TECHNOQUANT GROWTH (INCL. 3.00% SALES CHARGE) -2.56% 11.08%
S&P 500 21.99% 25.23%
Capital Appreciation Funds Average 0.86% n/a
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS take the fund's cumulative return and
show you what would have happened if the fund had performed at a
constant rate each year. (Note: Lipper calculates average annual total
returns by annualizing each fund's total return, then taking an
arithmetic average. This may produce a slightly different figure than
that obtained by averaging the cumulative total returns and
annualizing the result.)
$10,000 OVER LIFE OF FUND
TechnoQuant Growth S&P 500
00333 SP001
1996/11/12 9700.00 10000.00
1996/11/30 9932.80 10389.23
1996/12/31 10020.10 10183.42
1997/01/31 10640.90 10819.68
1997/02/28 9923.10 10904.51
1997/03/31 9428.40 10456.44
1997/04/30 9554.50 11080.69
1997/05/31 10408.10 11755.28
1997/06/30 10922.20 12281.92
1997/07/31 12037.70 13259.19
1997/08/31 12095.90 12516.41
1997/09/30 12852.50 13201.94
1997/10/31 12241.40 12760.99
1997/11/30 11998.90 13351.70
1997/12/31 11816.38 13580.95
1998/01/31 11642.61 13731.15
1998/02/28 12593.23 14721.44
1998/03/31 13247.43 15475.33
1998/04/30 13196.32 15631.01
1998/05/31 12552.35 15362.31
1998/06/30 12726.12 15986.33
1998/07/31 12603.46 15816.08
1998/08/31 10957.75 13529.39
1998/09/30 11714.16 14396.08
1998/10/30 12296.80 15567.06
IMATRL PRASUN SHR__CHT 19981031 19981125 110218 R00000000000027
$10,000 OVER LIFE OF FUND: Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was
invested in Fidelity TechnoQuant Growth Fund on November 12, 1996,
when the fund started and the current 3.00% sales charge was paid. As
the chart shows, by October 31, 1998, the value of the investment
would have grown to $12,297 - a 22.97% increase on the initial
investment. For comparison, look at how the Standard & Poor's 500
Index did over the same period. With dividends and capital gains, if
any, reinvested, the same $10,000 would have grown to $15,567 - a
55.67% increase.
UNDERSTANDING
PERFORMANCE
How a fund did yesterday is
no guarantee of how it will do
tomorrow. The stock market,
for example, has a history of
long-term growth and
short-term volatility. In turn, the
share price and return of a
fund that invests in stocks will
vary. That means if you sell
your shares during a market
downturn, you might lose
money. But if you can ride out
the market's ups and downs,
you may have a gain.
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FUND TALK: THE MANAGER'S OVERVIEW
MARKET RECAP
U.S. equity markets during the
one-year period that ended October
31, 1998, can be summarized in
five words - volatility and
interest-rate cuts. During the first
half of the period, U.S. stocks
posted strong gains as the positive
state of the domestic economy
drove the Dow Jones Industrial
Average and the Standard & Poor's
500 Index to record highs by
mid-July. Despite significant
weakness later in the summer, the
S&P 500 index returned 21.99% for
the 12-month period. On the
other hand, stock prices of smaller
U.S. companies posted weak
results. The Russell 2000 - a
popular measure of
small-capitalization stock
performance - returned -11.84%
during the period. Fueled by low
interest rates, low unemployment
and minimal inflationary pressure,
larger-cap stocks continued their
advance. While turmoil in overseas
markets caused the domestic
market to stumble during August
and September, in general, many
investors viewed the relative
stability of the U.S. economy as a
safe haven against global volatility.
Late in the period, the market
received another boost in the form
of two interest-rate cuts by the
Federal Reserve Board. On the
heels of the interest-rate cuts,
investor confidence improved
based on the belief that the U.S.
could avoid an economic
downturn.
An interview with Tim Krochuk, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity
TechnoQuant Growth Fund
Q. HOW DID THE FUND PERFORM, TIM?
A. For the 12 months that ended October 31, 1998, the fund returned
0.45%, while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index returned 21.99%. The
capital appreciation funds average tracked by Lipper Analytical
Services returned 0.86% for the same time period.
Q. WHY DID THE FUND TRAIL ITS PEER GROUP AND THE S&P 500 DURING THE
PERIOD?
A. During the period, collapsing economic and monetary standards in
Asia were followed by similar problems in Russia and other emerging
markets. These events caused a global flight to quality. Investors
flocked to the household names of the biggest large-capitalization
stocks that provided both significant liquidity and an aura of safety.
My quantitative models had the median market cap of the fund much
higher than the peer group for most of 1998. In June, my models
suggested a shift of even more assets into large-cap stocks. Relative
to other capital appreciation funds, performance benefited from moving
the portfolio's focus towards larger stocks. While the fund slightly
underperformed its peer group, the performance gap between the fund
and its competitors narrowed significantly during the last three
months because many of the funds in the Lipper capital appreciation
group maintained their emphasis on smaller- and mid-cap stocks.
Specifically, during the last three months, the fund returned -2.4%
versus -6.9% for the capital appreciation funds average. Relative to
the S&P 500, however, the fund underperformed because of poor breadth
in the S&P 500 advance. The 30 largest stocks in the S&P 500 accounted
for more than 60% of its return during this period. Since most active
portfolio managers tend to focus on small- and mid-cap stocks, and
since most portfolios consist of more than 30 stocks, it should be
clear why so many managers had a difficult 12-month period.
Q. WHAT FACTORS INFLUENCED PERFORMANCE?
A. Overall, the biggest contributor to the fund's total return was the
strategic shift into larger-cap stocks, particularly relative to the
fund's peer group. Price and trading-volume data used in my
quantitative models indicated that the market would continue to reward
larger stocks, particularly those in defensive industry sectors, such
as utilities. Because these sectors tend to be less sensitive to
economic uncertainty, the market was willing to pay a premium to own
them, creating demand that typically results in better performance
during volatile periods. The majority of the fund's underperformance
for the year was caused by investments in cyclical energy and
technology stocks, primarily during November and December of 1997.
Q. WHICH STOCKS HELPED THE FUND'S PERFORMANCE? WHICH ONES
DISAPPOINTED?
A. Eli Lilly, Fannie Mae and Microsoft were among the best-performing
stocks in the portfolio. At first glance it might appear that these
stocks from the pharmaceutical, finance and technology sectors,
respectively, have little in common. However, they all share one
important characteristic - size. Because these companies represent
some of the largest in the market, their performance benefited from
the preference investors demonstrated for large, liquid stocks during
the period. On the negative side, three energy companies, BJ Services,
Tidewater and ENSCO International, reported poor earnings when oil
prices suffered a devastating 35% drop during the period. The fund no
longer owns most of these stocks.
Q. HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE TECHNOQUANT AT THE END OF THE PERIOD?
A. At the end of the period, the fund had over 97% of its assets
invested in stocks. The assets were defensively positioned and
diversified among 64 companies in 15 major industry sectors. This
structure reflects what has historically provided the most stable
returns under similar market conditions: a diversified portfolio of
larger stocks. I believe this strategy is appropriate because my
models don't predict any meaningful decrease in volatility or changes
in market leadership over the next few months. However, despite these
defensive characteristics, the fund continues to be invested in stocks
that have attractive technical valuations.
Q. WHAT'S YOUR OUTLOOK FOR THE COMING MONTHS?
A. I expect market volatility to remain relatively high coming into
1999. Technical factors suggest that the market may retest its recent
bottom before advancing, with small- and mid-cap stocks leading the
turnaround. However, until there are conclusive signs that investor
confidence and market leadership are changing direction, I plan to
maintain the fund's diversification and large-stock bias.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS REPORT REFLECT THOSE OF THE PORTFOLIO
MANAGER ONLY THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD OF THE REPORT AS STATED ON
THE COVER. THE MANAGER'S VIEWS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME BASED
ON MARKET AND OTHER CONDITIONS.
TIM KROCHUK ON SMALL-CAP
STOCK PERFORMANCE:
"Small-cap stocks have experienced
unusual market conditions for close
to three years. In the 1960s, 1970s
and 1980s, the equal-weighted S&P
500 (which gives more weight to the
small-and mid-cap stocks)
outperformed the
market-cap-weighted S&P (which
gives more weight to large stocks)
every decade. This relationship held
true through the first half of the
1990s. Since then, however,
tremendous investor demand for a
relatively small number of the
nation's largest stocks has led the
market higher, leaving smaller cap
stocks far behind.
"Small-cap company fundamentals
have been positive, with more
attractive valuations and higher
revenue growth than many larger
companies. Conversely, large stocks'
market leadership has not been
driven entirely by fundamentals,
but also by supply and demand.
In other words, a small company
can have outstanding earnings or
products, but if there isn't any
market demand for the stock, the
price can't go up. Several events
have contributed to diminished
demand for small stocks, particularly
during the past year as shocks to
global financial systems sent
investors running for cover -
again, to the liquid, household
names of the large caps. When
concerns about the domestic and
global economies subside, investors
should be more willing to invest in
the values offered by small- and
mid-cap stocks. With a better supply
and demand dynamic, this sector
of the market should recover
nicely."
FUND FACTS
GOAL: long-term capital
appreciation by investing
primarily in common stocks,
using a quantitative approach
that emphasizes technical factors
FUND NUMBER: 333
TRADING SYMBOL: FTQGX
START DATE: November 12, 1996
SIZE: as of October 31, 1998,
more than $48 million
MANAGER: Tim Krochuk, since
inception; manager, Fidelity
Advisor TechnoQuant Growth
Fund, since 1996; quantitative
analyst, 1994-1996; equity
research associate, 1992-
1994; joined Fidelity in 1992
(checkmark)
INVESTMENT CHANGES
TOP TEN STOCKS AS OF OCTOBER 31, 1998
% OF FUND'S % OF FUND'S INVESTMENTS
INVESTMENTS IN THESE STOCKS
6 MONTHS AGO
Microsoft Corp. 4.4 0.0
Lilly (Eli) & Co. 4.3 0.0
Philip Morris Companies, Inc. 4.2 0.0
Fannie Mae 4.2 1.9
Albertson's, Inc. 4.1 1.5
Amgen, Inc. 3.9 0.0
Aluminum Co. of America 3.4 0.0
Southwest Airlines Co. 3.2 1.4
Quaker Oats Co. 3.1 0.0
U.S. WEST, Inc. 2.7 0.0
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TOP FIVE MARKET SECTORS AS OF OCTOBER 31, 1998
% OF FUND'S % OF FUND'S INVESTMENTS
INVESTMENTS IN THESE MARKET SECTORS
6 MONTHS AGO
TECHNOLOGY 19.8 7.5
NONDURABLES 15.8 4.7
HEALTH 14.7 2.8
RETAIL & WHOLESALE 9.6 11.7
FINANCE 8.6 10.0
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ASSET ALLOCATION (% OF FUND'S INVESTMENTS)
AS OF OCTOBER 31, 1998 * AS OF APRIL 30, 1998 **
ROW: 1, COL: 1, VALUE: 97.09999999999999
ROW: 1, COL: 2, VALUE: 2.9
STOCKS 97.2%
SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS 2.8%
*FOREIGN
INVESTMENTS 3.4%
STOCKS 97.1%
SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS 2.9%
**FOREIGN
INVESTMENTS 2.0%
ROW: 1, COL: 1, VALUE: 97.2
ROW: 1, COL: 2, VALUE: 2.8
INVESTMENTS OCTOBER 31, 1998
SHOWING PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL VALUE OF INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES
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COMMON STOCKS - 97.1%
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 0.6%
Advanced Aerodynamics & Structures, Inc. Class A (a) 99,000 $ 272,250
BASIC INDUSTRIES - 4.5%
METALS & MINING - 3.4%
Aluminum Co. of America 20,700 1,640,475
PACKAGING & CONTAINERS - 0.6%
Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. 9,400 299,625
PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS - 0.5%
Stone Container Corp. (a) 25,500 243,844
TOTAL BASIC INDUSTRIES 2,183,944
CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE - 0.0%
REAL ESTATE - 0.0%
ResortQuest International, Inc. (a) 300 2,644
ENERGY - 5.1%
ENERGY SERVICES - 1.1%
Tidewater, Inc. 18,100 512,456
OIL & GAS - 4.0%
Burlington Resources, Inc. 12,300 506,606
Conoco (a) 3,000 74,625
Exxon Corp. 12,800 912,000
Texaco, Inc. 7,900 468,569
1,961,800
TOTAL ENERGY 2,474,256
FINANCE - 8.6%
FEDERAL SPONSORED CREDIT - 4.7%
Fannie Mae 28,900 2,046,481
Freddie Mac 4,500 258,750
2,305,231
INSURANCE - 3.1%
Allstate Corp. 10,700 460,769
MGIC Investment Corp. 14,300 557,700
SunAmerica, Inc. 7,200 507,600
1,526,069
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
FINANCE - CONTINUED
SAVINGS & LOANS - 0.8%
Dime Bancorp, Inc. 15,200 $ 361,950
TOTAL FINANCE 4,193,250
HEALTH - 14.7%
DRUGS & PHARMACEUTICALS - 10.6%
American Home Products Corp. 14,000 682,500
Amgen, Inc. (a) 24,000 1,885,500
Lilly (Eli) & Co. 26,200 2,120,558
Merck & Co., Inc. 3,500 473,375
5,161,933
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 4.1%
Abbott Laboratories 22,000 1,032,625
Johnson & Johnson 12,000 978,000
2,010,625
TOTAL HEALTH 7,172,558
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT - 1.6%
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - 1.6%
General Electric Co. 9,200 805,000
MEDIA & LEISURE - 3.5%
BROADCASTING - 1.7%
Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. 7,700 343,131
MediaOne Group, Inc. 11,300 478,131
821,262
RESTAURANTS - 1.8%
Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. (a) 20,900 909,150
TOTAL MEDIA & LEISURE 1,730,412
NONDURABLES - 15.8%
BEVERAGES - 3.2%
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 4,900 291,244
Coors (Adolph) Co. Class B 25,800 1,290,000
1,581,244
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
NONDURABLES - CONTINUED
FOODS - 6.1%
ConAgra, Inc. 16,800 $ 511,350
Heinz (H.J.) Co. 16,200 941,625
Horizon Organic Holding Corp. (a) 500 6,313
Quaker Oats Co. 25,300 1,494,281
2,953,569
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS - 2.3%
Clorox Co. 10,300 1,125,275
TOBACCO - 4.2%
Philip Morris Companies, Inc. 40,500 2,070,563
TOTAL NONDURABLES 7,730,651
PRECIOUS METALS - 3.8%
Barrick Gold Corp. 45,200 960,892
Battle Mountain Gold Co. 41,500 225,656
Homestake Mining Co. 55,400 657,875
1,844,423
RETAIL & WHOLESALE - 9.6%
DRUG STORES - 2.3%
Walgreen Co. 23,100 1,124,681
GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES - 2.1%
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 14,900 1,028,100
GROCERY STORES - 5.2%
Albertson's, Inc. 35,700 1,983,581
Safeway, Inc. (a) 11,200 535,500
2,519,081
RETAIL & WHOLESALE, MISCELLANEOUS - 0.0%
software.net Corp. (a) 100 925
TOTAL RETAIL & WHOLESALE 4,672,787
SERVICES - 0.0%
ADVERTISING - 0.0%
Young & Rubicam, Inc. (a) 100 2,613
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
TECHNOLOGY - 19.8%
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - 0.5%
Carrier Access Corp. (a) 100 $ 1,925
Jabil Circuit, Inc. (a) 5,500 254,719
256,644
COMPUTER SERVICES & SOFTWARE - 7.5%
America Online, Inc. 6,200 787,788
broadcast.com, Inc. (a) 14,600 728,175
Ebay, Inc. (a) 100 8,313
Inktomi Corp. (a) 100 8,431
International Integration, Inc. (a) 300 4,500
Microsoft Corp. (a) 20,000 2,117,500
MicroStrategy, Inc. Class A (a) 100 2,438
3,657,145
COMPUTERS & OFFICE EQUIPMENT - 7.6%
Comdisco, Inc. 54,900 847,519
Dell Computer Corp. (a) 12,600 825,300
EMC Corp. (a) 15,300 984,938
Read-Rite Corp. (a) 51,200 550,400
Seagate Technology, Inc. (a) 19,300 509,038
3,717,195
ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS - 1.3%
Teradyne, Inc. (a) 18,700 607,750
ELECTRONICS - 1.6%
Intel Corp. 8,900 793,769
PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT - 1.3%
Eastman Kodak Co. 8,400 651,000
TOTAL TECHNOLOGY 9,683,503
TRANSPORTATION - 3.2%
AIR TRANSPORTATION - 3.2%
Southwest Airlines Co. 73,950 1,566,816
UTILITIES - 6.3%
TELEPHONE SERVICES - 6.3%
AT&T Corp. 13,500 840,375
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
UTILITIES - CONTINUED
TELEPHONE SERVICES - CONTINUED
MCI WorldCom, Inc. (a) 16,500 $ 911,625
U.S. WEST, Inc. 23,500 1,348,313
3,100,313
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS 47,435,420
(Cost $42,854,960)
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CASH EQUIVALENTS - 2.9%
Taxable Central Cash Fund (b) 1,428,076 1,428,076
(Cost $1,428,076)
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% $ 48,863,496
(Cost $44,283,036)
LEGEND
(a) Non-income producing
(b) At period end, the seven-day yield on the Taxable Central Cash
Fund was 4.96%. The yield refers to the income earned by investing in
the fund over the seven-day period, expressed as an annual percentage.
INCOME TAX INFORMATION
At October 31, 1998, the aggregate cost of investment securities for
income tax purposes was $44,454,415. Net unrealized appreciation
aggregated $4,409,081, of which $4,949,666 related to appreciated
investment securities and $540,585 related to depreciated investment
securities.
The fund hereby designates approximately $1,162,000 as a capital gain
dividend for the purpose of the dividend paid deduction.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
OCTOBER 31, 1998
ASSETS
INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES, AT VALUE (COST $44,283,036) - $ 48,863,496
SEE ACCOMPANYING SCHEDULE
RECEIVABLE FOR INVESTMENTS SOLD 243,217
RECEIVABLE FOR FUND SHARES SOLD 6,096
DIVIDENDS RECEIVABLE 52,006
INTEREST RECEIVABLE 15,624
OTHER RECEIVABLES 17,716
TOTAL ASSETS 49,198,155
LIABILITIES
PAYABLE FOR INVESTMENTS PURCHASED $ 1,004,874
PAYABLE FOR FUND SHARES REDEEMED 136,463
ACCRUED MANAGEMENT FEE 12,042
OTHER PAYABLES AND ACCRUED EXPENSES 42,220
TOTAL LIABILITIES 1,195,599
NET ASSETS $ 48,002,556
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:
PAID IN CAPITAL $ 40,688,884
UNDISTRIBUTED NET INVESTMENT INCOME 236,418
ACCUMULATED UNDISTRIBUTED NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON 2,496,794
INVESTMENTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS
NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON INVESTMENTS 4,580,460
NET ASSETS, FOR 3,988,745 SHARES OUTSTANDING $ 48,002,556
NET ASSET VALUE, OFFERING PRICE AND REDEMPTION PRICE $12.03
PER SHARE ($48,002,556 (DIVIDED BY) 3,988,745 SHARES)
MAXIMUM OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE (100/97.00 OF $12.03) $12.40
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1998
INVESTMENT INCOME $ 654,846
DIVIDENDS
INTEREST 173,481
TOTAL INCOME 828,327
EXPENSES
MANAGEMENT FEE $ 400,647
BASIC FEE
PERFORMANCE ADJUSTMENT (136,291)
TRANSFER AGENT FEES 229,002
ACCOUNTING FEES AND EXPENSES 60,486
NON-INTERESTED TRUSTEES' COMPENSATION 264
CUSTODIAN FEES AND EXPENSES 12,022
REGISTRATION FEES 24,447
AUDIT 24,180
LEGAL 304
MISCELLANEOUS 196
TOTAL EXPENSES BEFORE REDUCTIONS 615,257
EXPENSE REDUCTIONS (21,718) 593,539
NET INVESTMENT INCOME 234,788
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON:
INVESTMENT SECURITIES 2,431,161
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS (2,762)
FUTURES CONTRACTS 162,344 2,590,743
CHANGE IN NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON (2,136,508)
INVESTMENT SECURITIES
NET GAIN (LOSS) 454,235
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING $ 689,023
FROM OPERATIONS
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 12, 1996
OCTOBER 31, (COMMENCEMENT
1998 OF OPERATIONS) TO
OCTOBER 31,
1997
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
OPERATIONS $ 234,788 $ (215,446)
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)
NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) 2,590,743 4,617,164
CHANGE IN NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) (2,136,508) 6,716,968
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING 689,023 11,118,686
FROM OPERATIONS
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM NET REALIZED GAINS (4,205,729) -
SHARE TRANSACTIONS 13,851,808 128,663,846
NET PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF SHARES
REINVESTMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS 4,175,167 -
COST OF SHARES REDEEMED (59,290,859) (47,170,280)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING (41,263,884) 81,493,566
FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS
REDEMPTION FEES 49,923 120,971
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS (44,730,667) 92,733,223
NET ASSETS
BEGINNING OF PERIOD 92,733,223 -
END OF PERIOD (INCLUDING UNDISTRIBUTED NET INVESTMENT $ 48,002,556 $ 92,733,223
INCOME OF $236,418, AND $0, RESPECTIVELY)
OTHER INFORMATION
SHARES
SOLD 1,156,083 11,647,888
ISSUED IN REINVESTMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS 368,181 -
REDEEMED (4,884,415) (4,298,992)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) (3,360,151) 7,348,896
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
YEARS ENDED OCTOBER 31,
1998 1997 F
SELECTED PER-SHARE DATA
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD $ 12.62 $ 10.00
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS) D .04 (.04)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) (.03) G 2.64
TOTAL FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS .01 2.60
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS
FROM NET REALIZED GAIN (.61) -
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID IN CAPITAL .01 .02
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD $ 12.03 $ 12.62
TOTAL RETURN B, C .45% 26.20%
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
NET ASSETS, END OF PERIOD (000 OMITTED) $ 48,003 $ 92,733
RATIO OF EXPENSES TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS .91% 1.24% A
RATIO OF EXPENSES TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS AFTER EXPENSE REDUCTIONS .88% E 1.24% A
RATIO OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS .35% (.35)% A
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE 334% 296% A
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A ANNUALIZED
B THE TOTAL RETURNS WOULD HAVE BEEN LOWER HAD CERTAIN EXPENSES NOT
BEEN REDUCED DURING THE PERIODS SHOWN (SEE NOTE 5 OF NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS).
C TOTAL RETURNS DO NOT INCLUDE THE ONE TIME SALES CHARGE AND FOR
PERIODS OF LESS THAN ONE YEAR ARE NOT ANNUALIZED.
D NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE HAS BEEN CALCULATED BASED ON
AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING DURING THE PERIOD.
E FMR OR THE FUND HAS ENTERED INTO VARYING ARRANGEMENTS WITH THIRD
PARTIES WHO EITHER PAID OR REDUCED A PORTION OF THE FUND'S EXPENSES
(SEE NOTE 5 OF NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS).
F FOR THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 12, 1996 (COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATIONS) TO
OCTOBER 31, 1997.
G THE AMOUNT SHOWN FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING DOES NOT CORRESPOND WITH
THE AGGREGATE NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS FOR THE PERIOD DUE TO THE
TIMING OF SALES AND REPURCHASES OF FUND SHARES IN RELATION TO
FLUCTUATING MARKET VALUES OF THE INVESTMENTS OF THE FUND.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the period ended October 31, 1998
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES.
Fidelity TechnoQuant Growth Fund (the fund) is a fund of Fidelity
Capital Trust (the trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited
number of shares. The trust is registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company
organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The financial statements
have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles which require management to make certain estimates and
assumptions at the date of the financial statements. The following
summarizes the significant accounting policies of the fund:
SECURITY VALUATION. Securities for which exchange quotations are
readily available are valued at the last sale price, or if no sale
price, at the closing bid price. Securities for which exchange
quotations are not readily available (and in certain cases debt
securities which trade on an exchange) are valued primarily using
dealer-supplied valuations or at their fair value as determined in
good faith under consistently applied procedures under the general
supervision of the Board of Trustees. Short-term securities with
remaining maturities of sixty days or less for which quotations are
not readily available are valued at amortized cost or original cost
plus accrued interest, both of which approximate current value.
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION. The accounting records of the fund are
maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and
liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S.
dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange at period end. Purchases
and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are
translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the
respective dates of the transactions.
Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions
represent net gains and losses from sales and maturities of foreign
currency contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, the difference
between the amount of net investment income accrued and the U.S.
dollar amount actually received, and gains and losses between trade
date and settlement on purchases and sales of securities. The effects
of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments in
securities are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or
loss on investment securities.
INCOME TAXES. As a qualified regulated investment company under
Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, the fund is not subject to
income taxes to the extent that it distributes substantially all of
its taxable income for its fiscal year. The schedule of investments
includes information regarding income taxes under the caption "Income
Tax Information."
INVESTMENT INCOME. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend
date, except certain dividends from foreign securities where the
ex-dividend date may have passed, are recorded as soon as the fund is
informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in
dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the
securities received. Interest income is accrued as earned. Investment
income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of
such taxes is uncertain.
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - CONTINUED
EXPENSES. Most expenses of the trust can be directly attributed to a
fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned
among the funds in the trust.
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS. Distributions are recorded on the
ex-dividend date.
Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance
with income tax regulations which may differ from generally accepted
accounting principles. These differences, which may result in
distribution reclassifications, are primarily due to differing
treatments for futures transactions, non-tax dividends, currency
transactions, and losses deferred due to wash sales. The fund also
utilized earnings and profits distributed to shareholders on
redemption of shares as a part of the dividends paid deduction for
income tax purposes.
Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder
distributions will result in reclassifications to paid in capital.
Undistributed net investment income and accumulated undistributed net
realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions
may include temporary book and tax basis differences which will
reverse in a subsequent period. Any taxable income or gain remaining
at fiscal year end is distributed in the following year.
SHORT-TERM TRADING (REDEMPTION) FEES. Shares held in the fund less
than 90 days are subject to a short-term trading fee equal to .75% of
the proceeds of the redeemed shares. The fee, which is retained by the
fund, is accounted for as an addition to paid in capital.
SECURITY TRANSACTIONS. Security transactions are accounted for as of
trade date. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the
basis of identified cost.
2. OPERATING POLICIES.
FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS. The fund generally uses foreign currency
contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated
securities. Losses may arise from changes in the value of the foreign
currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts'
terms. The U.S. dollar value of foreign currency contracts is
determined using contractual currency exchange rates established at
the time of each trade.
JOINT TRADING ACCOUNT. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), the fund, along with
other affiliated entities of Fidelity Management & Research Company
(FMR), may transfer uninvested cash balances into one or more joint
trading accounts. These balances are invested in one or more
repurchase agreements for U.S. Treasury or Federal Agency obligations.
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. The underlying U.S. Treasury or Federal Agency
securities are transferred to an account of the fund, or to the Joint
Trading Account, at a bank custodian. The securities are
marked-to-market daily and maintained at a value at least equal to the
principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued
interest). FMR, the fund's investment adviser, is responsible for
determining that the value of the underlying securities remains in
accordance with the market value requirements stated above.
2. OPERATING POLICIES - CONTINUED
TAXABLE CENTRAL CASH FUND. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by
the SEC, the fund may invest in the Taxable Central Cash Fund (the
Cash Fund) managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., an
affiliate of FMR. The Cash Fund is an open-end money market fund
available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by
FMR and its affiliates. The Cash Fund seeks preservation of capital,
liquidity, and current income by investing in U.S. Treasury securities
and repurchase agreements for these securities. Income distributions
from the Cash Fund are declared daily and paid monthly from net
interest income. Income distributions earned by the fund are recorded
as interest income in the accompanying financial statements.
FUTURES CONTRACTS. The fund may use futures contracts to manage its
exposure to the stock market and to fluctuations in currency values.
Buying futures tends to increase the fund's exposure to the underlying
instrument, while selling futures tends to decrease the fund's
exposure to the underlying instrument or hedge other fund investments.
Losses may arise from changes in the value of the underlying
instruments or if the counterparties do not perform under the
contracts' terms. Gains (losses) are realized upon the expiration or
closing of the futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the
settlement price established each day by the board of trade or
exchange on which they are traded.
3. PURCHASES AND SALES OF INVESTMENTS.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities,
aggregated $215,183,738 and $253,993,568, respectively.
The market value of futures contracts opened and closed during the
period amounted to $19,456,835 and $19,619,179, respectively.
4. FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES.
MANAGEMENT FEE. As the fund's investment adviser, FMR receives a
monthly basic fee that is calculated on the basis of a group fee rate
plus a fixed individual fund fee rate applied to the average net
assets of the fund. The group fee rate is the weighted average of a
series of rates and is based on the monthly average net assets of all
the mutual funds advised by FMR. The rates ranged from .2500% to
.5200% for the period. The annual individual fund fee rate is .30%. In
the event that these rates were lower than the contractual rates in
effect during the period, FMR voluntarily implemented the above rates,
as they resulted in the same or a lower management fee. The basic fee
is subject to a performance adjustment (up to a maximum of
(plus/minus).20% of the fund's average net assets over the performance
period) based on the fund's investment performance as compared to the
appropriate index over a specified period of time. For the period, the
management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of .39% of average net
assets after the performance adjustment.
4. FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES - CONTINUED
SALES LOAD. For the period November 12, 1996 (commencement of
operations) through December 31, 1997, Fidelity Distributors
Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR and the general distributor of
the fund, voluntarily waived the sales charge (3% of the offering
price) on the sale of shares. For the period January 1, 1998 through
October 31, 1998, FDC received sales charges of $30,788 on sales of
shares of the fund, all of which was retained by FDC.
TRANSFER AGENT FEES. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an
affiliate of FMR, is the fund's transfer, dividend disbursing and
shareholder servicing agent. FSC receives account fees and asset-based
fees that vary according to account size and type of account. FSC pays
for typesetting, printing and mailing of all shareholder reports,
except proxy statements. For the period, the transfer agent fees were
equivalent to an annual rate of .34% of average net assets.
ACCOUNTING FEES. FSC maintains the fund's accounting records. The fee
is based on the level of average net assets for the month plus
out-of-pocket expenses.
BROKERAGE COMMISSIONS. The fund placed a portion of its portfolio
transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of FMR. The
commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $45,011 for the
period.
5. EXPENSE REDUCTIONS.
FMR has directed certain portfolio trades to brokers who paid a
portion of the fund's expenses. For the period, the fund's expenses
were reduced by $18,253 under this arrangement.
In addition, the fund has entered into arrangements with its custodian
and transfer agent whereby credits realized as a result of uninvested
cash balances were used to reduce a portion of the fund's expenses.
During the period, the fund's custodian and transfer agent fees were
reduced by $2,777 and $688, respectively, under these arrangements.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Trustees of Fidelity Capital Trust and the Shareholders of
Fidelity TechnoQuant Growth Fund:
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities,
including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of
operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
Fidelity TechnoQuant Growth Fund (a fund of Fidelity Capital Trust) at
October 31, 1998, and the results of its operations, the changes in
its net assets and the financial highlights for the periods indicated,
in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. These
financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to
as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fidelity
TechnoQuant Growth Fund's management; our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We
conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards which require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, and
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October
31, 1998 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a
reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
December 10, 1998
DISTRIBUTIONS
The Board of Trustees of Fidelity TechnoQuant voted to pay to
shareholders of record at the opening of business on record date, the
following distributions derived from capital gains realized from sales
of portfolio securities, and dividends derived from net investment
income:
PAY DATE 12/15/97 12/7/98
RECORD DATE 12/12/97 12/4/98
DIVIDENDS $ - $.02
SHORT-TERM
CAPITAL GAINS $.61 $.07
LONG-TERM
CAPITAL GAINS $ - $.17
LONG-TERM
CAPITAL GAIN PERCENTAGES:
28% rate - -
20% rate - 100%
A total of 13% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year
qualifies for the dividends-received deduction for corporate
shareholders.
The fund will notify shareholders in January 1999 of the applicable
percentage for use in preparing 1998 income tax returns.
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OFFICERS
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Edward C. Johnson 3d
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FIDELITY
VALUE
FUND
ANNUAL REPORT
OCTOBER 31, 1998
CONTENTS
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 3 NED JOHNSON ON INVESTING STRATEGIES.
PERFORMANCE 4 HOW THE FUND HAS DONE OVER TIME.
FUND TALK 6 THE MANAGER'S REVIEW OF FUND
PERFORMANCE, STRATEGY AND OUTLOOK.
INVESTMENT CHANGES 9 A SUMMARY OF MAJOR SHIFTS IN THE FUND'S
INVESTMENTS OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS.
INVESTMENTS 10 A COMPLETE LIST OF THE FUND'S INVESTMENTS
WITH THEIR MARKET VALUES.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 19 STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES,
OPERATIONS, AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETS,
AS WELL AS FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS.
NOTES 23 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT 28 THE AUDITORS' OPINION.
ACCOUNTANTS
DISTRIBUTIONS 29
To reduce expenses and demonstrate respect for our environment, we
have initiated a project through which we will begin eliminating
duplicate copies of most financial reports and prospectuses to most
households, even if they have more than one account in the fund. If
additional copies of financial reports, prospectuses or historical
account information are needed, please call 1-800-544-6666.
THIS REPORT AND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTAINED HEREIN ARE
SUBMITTED FOR THE GENERAL INFORMATION
OF THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE FUND. THIS REPORT IS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR
DISTRIBUTION TO PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS
IN THE FUND UNLESS PRECEDED OR ACCOMPANIED BY AN EFFECTIVE PROSPECTUS.
MUTUAL FUND SHARES ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OBLIGATIONS OF, OR GUARANTEED
BY, ANY DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION. SHARES ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FDIC,
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD OR ANY OTHER AGENCY, AND ARE SUBJECT TO
INVESTMENT RISKS, INCLUDING POSSIBLE LOSS OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
INVESTED.
NEITHER THE FUND NOR FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS CORPORATION IS A BANK.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY FIDELITY FUND, INCLUDING CHARGES AND
EXPENSES, CALL 1-800-544-8888 FOR A
FREE PROSPECTUS. READ IT CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU INVEST OR SEND MONEY.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
(photo_of_Edward_C_Johnson_3d)
DEAR SHAREHOLDER:
What a difference one month can make. The stock and bond markets did
an about-face in October, as renewed optimism in many emerging markets
and more encouraging corporate earnings forecasts in the U.S. replaced
the concerns that had shaped the financial markets in recent months.
Equity markets worldwide bounced back strongly, while the major U.S.
bond indexes were off slightly as the flight to safety eased.
While it's impossible to predict the future direction of the markets
with any degree of certainty, there are certain basic principles that
can help investors plan for their future needs.
First, investors are encouraged to take a long-term view of their
portfolios. If you can afford to leave your money invested through the
inevitable up and down cycles of the financial markets, you will
greatly reduce your vulnerability to any single decline. We know from
experience, for example, that stock prices have gone up over longer
periods of time, have significantly outperformed other types of
investments and have stayed ahead of inflation.
Second, you can further manage your investing risk through
diversification. A stock mutual fund, for instance, is already
diversified, because it invests in many different companies. You can
increase your diversification further by investing in a number of
different stock funds, or in such other investment categories as
bonds. If you have a short investment time horizon, you might want to
consider moving some of your investment into a money market fund,
which seeks income and a stable share price by investing in
high-quality, short-term investments. Of course, it's important to
remember that there is no assurance that a money market fund will
achieve its goal of maintaining a stable net asset value of $1.00 per
share, and that these types of funds are neither insured nor
guaranteed by any agency of the U.S. government.
Finally, no matter what your time horizon or portfolio diversity, it
makes good sense to follow a regular investment plan, investing a
certain amount of money in a fund at the same time each month or
quarter and periodically reviewing your overall portfolio. By doing
so, you won't get caught up in the excitement of a rapidly rising
market, nor will you buy all your shares at market highs. While this
strategy - known as dollar cost averaging - won't assure a profit or
protect you from a loss in a declining market, it should help you
lower the average cost of your purchases. Of course, you should
consider your financial ability to continue your purchases through
periods of low price levels before undertaking such a strategy.
If you have questions, please call us at 1-800-544-8888. We are
available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide you the
information you need to make the investments that are right for you.
Best regards,
Edward C. Johnson 3d
PERFORMANCE: THE BOTTOM LINE
There are several ways to evaluate a fund's historical performance.
You can look at the total percentage change in value, the average
annual percentage change or the growth of a hypothetical $10,000
investment. Total return reflects the change in the value of an
investment, assuming reinvestment of the fund's dividend income and
capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that
have grown in value).
CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1998 PAST 1 PAST 5 PAST 10
YEAR YEARS YEARS
FIDELITY VALUE -1.33% 88.87% 266.86%
S&P 500 (REGISTERED TRADEMARK) 21.99% 162.65% 418.35%
CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUNDS AVERAGE 0.86% 81.75% 270.54%
CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS show the fund's performance in percentage
terms over a set period - in this case, one year, five years or 10
years. For example, if you had invested $1,000 in a fund that had a 5%
return over the past year, the value of your investment would be
$1,050. You can compare the fund's returns to the performance of the
Standard & Poor's 500 Index - a widely recognized, unmanaged index of
common stocks. To measure how the fund's performance stacked up
against its peers, you can compare it to the capital appreciation
funds average, which reflects the performance of mutual funds with
similar objectives tracked by Lipper Analytical Services, Inc. The
past one year average represents a peer group of 240 mutual funds.
These benchmarks include reinvested dividends and capital gains, if
any, and exclude the effect of sales charges.
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1998 PAST 1 PAST 5 PAST 10
YEAR YEARS YEARS
FIDELITY VALUE -1.33% 13.56% 13.88%
S&P 500 21.99% 21.33% 17.88%
CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUNDS AVERAGE 0.86% 11.75% 12.83%
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS take the fund's cumulative return and
show you what would have happened if the fund had performed at a
constant rate each year. (Note: Lipper calculates average annual total
returns by annualizing each fund's total return, then taking an
arithmetic average. This may produce a slightly different figure than
that obtained by averaging the cumulative total returns and
annualizing the result.)
$10,000 OVER 10 YEARS
Value S&P 500
00039 SP001
1988/10/31 10000.00 10000.00
1988/11/30 9580.57 9857.00
1988/12/31 9794.85 10029.50
1989/01/31 10180.80 10763.66
1989/02/28 9948.48 10495.64
1989/03/31 10371.90 10740.19
1989/04/30 10941.45 11297.61
1989/05/31 11293.68 11755.16
1989/06/30 11619.67 11688.15
1989/07/31 12702.58 12743.59
1989/08/31 12751.29 12993.37
1989/09/30 12511.48 12940.10
1989/10/31 11675.88 12639.89
1989/11/30 11960.66 12897.74
1989/12/31 12042.28 13207.29
1990/01/31 10953.95 12321.08
1990/02/28 11016.26 12480.02
1990/03/31 11261.34 12810.74
1990/04/30 11165.80 12490.47
1990/05/31 11888.58 13708.29
1990/06/30 11527.19 13615.08
1990/07/31 11419.19 13571.51
1990/08/31 10418.09 12344.64
1990/09/30 10031.77 11743.46
1990/10/31 9807.46 11692.96
1990/11/30 10251.93 12448.33
1990/12/31 10498.23 12795.64
1991/01/31 11055.81 13353.53
1991/02/28 11722.29 14308.30
1991/03/31 11953.17 14654.56
1991/04/30 12109.99 14689.73
1991/05/31 12785.18 15324.33
1991/06/30 12192.75 14622.48
1991/07/31 12789.54 15303.88
1991/08/31 13098.82 15666.59
1991/09/30 12998.63 15404.95
1991/10/31 13151.10 15611.38
1991/11/30 12401.85 14982.24
1991/12/31 13248.30 16696.21
1992/01/31 13796.20 16385.66
1992/02/29 14335.11 16598.67
1992/03/31 14213.86 16275.00
1992/04/30 14613.55 16753.48
1992/05/31 14761.75 16835.58
1992/06/30 14568.64 16584.73
1992/07/31 15031.21 17263.04
1992/08/31 14680.91 16909.15
1992/09/30 14941.39 17108.68
1992/10/31 15004.26 17168.56
1992/11/30 15664.43 17754.01
1992/12/31 16050.37 17972.38
1993/01/31 16490.79 18123.35
1993/02/28 16577.06 18369.83
1993/03/31 17389.79 18757.43
1993/04/30 17485.14 18303.50
1993/05/31 17848.37 18794.03
1993/06/30 17848.37 18848.54
1993/07/31 18229.77 18773.14
1993/08/31 18865.42 19484.64
1993/09/30 18856.34 19334.61
1993/10/31 19423.90 19734.84
1993/11/30 19028.88 19547.36
1993/12/31 19731.86 19783.88
1994/01/31 20756.95 20456.53
1994/02/28 20570.57 19902.16
1994/03/31 19761.29 19034.43
1994/04/30 20217.43 19278.07
1994/05/31 20511.72 19594.23
1994/06/30 20492.10 19114.17
1994/07/31 21129.72 19741.11
1994/08/31 21880.14 20550.50
1994/09/30 21561.34 20047.01
1994/10/31 21929.19 20498.07
1994/11/30 20943.34 19751.53
1994/12/31 21237.15 20044.45
1995/01/31 20992.56 20564.20
1995/02/28 21622.24 21365.58
1995/03/31 22251.91 21996.08
1995/04/30 22756.69 22643.87
1995/05/31 23261.47 23548.94
1995/06/30 23532.07 24095.98
1995/07/31 24463.57 24895.01
1995/08/31 24739.38 24957.49
1995/09/30 25566.80 26010.70
1995/10/31 25041.20 25917.84
1995/11/30 26154.84 27055.64
1995/12/31 26999.19 27576.73
1996/01/31 27728.01 28515.44
1996/02/29 27820.48 28779.78
1996/03/31 28516.67 29056.93
1996/04/30 29267.25 29485.23
1996/05/31 29664.30 30245.65
1996/06/30 29408.66 30360.89
1996/07/31 27912.94 29019.54
1996/08/31 28935.47 29631.56
1996/09/30 29675.17 31299.23
1996/10/31 29909.05 32162.46
1996/11/30 31600.58 34593.62
1996/12/31 31548.94 33908.32
1997/01/31 32228.40 36026.91
1997/02/28 32558.94 36309.36
1997/03/31 32197.79 34817.41
1997/04/30 32436.52 36896.01
1997/05/31 35019.69 39142.24
1997/06/30 36598.97 40895.81
1997/07/31 39016.87 44149.89
1997/08/31 38196.62 41676.62
1997/09/30 39861.60 43959.24
1997/10/31 37180.49 42491.01
1997/11/30 37786.50 44457.91
1997/12/31 38198.73 45221.26
1998/01/31 38142.18 45721.40
1998/02/28 41082.72 49018.83
1998/03/31 42602.47 51529.09
1998/04/30 43245.71 52047.47
1998/05/31 42220.77 51152.77
1998/06/30 41718.90 53230.60
1998/07/31 39350.91 52663.69
1998/08/31 32904.35 45049.58
1998/09/30 33349.67 47935.45
1998/10/30 36686.05 51834.52
IMATRL PRASUN SHR__CHT 19981031 19981109 115708 R00000000000123
$10,000 OVER 10 YEARS: Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was
invested in Fidelity Value Fund on October 31, 1988. As the chart
shows, by October 31, 1998, the value of the investment would have
grown to $36,686 - a 266.86% increase on the initial investment. For
comparison, look at how the Standard & Poor's 500 Index did over the
same period. With dividends and capital gains, if any, reinvested, the
same $10,000 would have grown to $51,835 - a 418.35% increase.
UNDERSTANDING
PERFORMANCE
How a fund did yesterday is
no guarantee of how it will do
tomorrow. The stock market,
for example, has a history of
long-term growth and
short-term volatility. In turn, the
share price and return of a
fund that invests in stocks will
vary. That means if you sell
your shares during a market
downturn, you might lose
money. But if you can ride out
the market's ups and downs,
you may have a gain.
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FUND TALK: THE MANAGER'S OVERVIEW
MARKET RECAP
U.S. equity markets during the
one-year period that ended October
31, 1998, can be summarized in
five words - volatility and
interest-rate cuts. During the first
half of the period, U.S. stocks
posted strong gains as the positive
state of the domestic economy
drove the Dow Jones Industrial
Average and the Standard & Poor's
500 Index to record highs by
mid-July. Despite significant
weakness later in the summer, the
S&P 500 index returned 21.99% for
the 12-month period. On the
other hand, stock prices of smaller
U.S. companies posted weak
results. The Russell 2000 - a
popular measure of
small-capitalization stock
performance - returned -11.84%
during the period. Fueled by low
interest rates, low unemployment
and minimal inflationary pressure,
larger-cap stocks continued their
advance. While turmoil in overseas
markets caused the domestic
market to stumble during August
and September, in general, many
investors viewed the relative
stability of the U.S. economy as a
safe haven against global volatility.
Late in the period, the market
received another boost in the form
of two interest-rate cuts by the
Federal Reserve Board. On the
heels of the interest-rate cuts,
investor confidence improved
based on the belief that the U.S.
could avoid an economic
downturn.
An interview with Rich Fentin, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Value
Fund
Q. RICH, HOW DID THE FUND PERFORM?
A. For the 12 months that ended October 31, 1998, the fund declined
1.33%. For the same 12-month period, the capital appreciation funds
average tracked by Lipper Analytical Services returned 0.86% and the
Standard & Poor's 500 Index returned 21.99%.
Q. WHAT FACTORS HELD BACK THE FUND'S PERFORMANCE?
A. Most of the period proved very difficult for value stocks. For much
of the 12-month period, broad market averages like the S&P 500 were
driven by the stellar performance of a very small, select group of
blue-chip stocks. By definition, the fund could not have owned these
stocks; they were not value stocks because they were selling at high
valuation levels. As we entered the summer, continuing problems caused
by economic crises in Southeast Asia sparked a flight to quality that
was exacerbated in August when Russia defaulted on much of its
short-term debt and devalued its currency. This climate was very hard
on value stocks because the ensuing flight to quality saw investors
abandon cheap stocks with questionable near-term prospects, instead
opting for steady earnings growth stocks which were generally
overvalued. Also, the fund's turnover was too low. That is, I tended
to hold on to stocks for too long earlier in the period when the
market was trending upward, "round tripping" many stocks as they rose
in price but then declined back to their previous levels. To explain
why this happened, it's important to understand how I manage the fund
and what was happening at the time. I typically buy a stock selling at
a cheap valuation, then sell it when I think it is fairly valued. With
annual gains in the market ranging from 23% to more than 30% over the
past three calendar years, there were many instances where stocks like
this rose to well above fair valuation. In addition, even in such a
positive market environment, some of the fund's stocks had not reached
what I consider fair valuation. Unfortunately, in the market downturn,
many value stocks fell back to very inexpensive valuations despite
solid prospects. On the positive side, the fund still owns many of
these stocks and I like their future prospects.
Q. AFTER THE MARKET'S SHARP DROP, YOU MUST HAVE FOUND A NUMBER OF
VALUE OPPORTUNITIES . . .
A. Yes, I did. Many of them were in sectors that tend to be cyclical -
they move in concert with the economy. With a great deal of
uncertainty about worldwide economic growth, these kinds of stocks
fell sharply. Among them were specialty chemical and energy companies
and waste management firms. The fund's largest sector weightings are
in cyclical sectors, including basic industries at 19.3% and energy at
9.7%, as well as industrial machinery and equipment at 8.8%. Some
financials, including bank and brokerage stocks, also fell to
attractive valuations.
Q. WHICH STOCKS PERFORMED WELL? WHICH WERE DISAPPOINTMENTS FOR THE
FUND?
A. On the plus side, the fund profited from Rubbermaid and First
Brands, both of which were acquired by other companies. One of the
benefits of value investing is that companies become so cheap that
other corporations recognize them as values and purchase them to the
benefit of the acquired company's shareholders. In addition, Micron
Technology - one of the top manufacturers of DRAM memory chips for
computers - benefited from sustained demand for PCs amid tighter DRAM
supply, as well as from a positive acquisition of a part of Texas
Instruments' business. R.R. Donnelly, a printer, saw its new
management team increase returns while maintaining strong free cash
generation, reducing debt and refocusing on the company's core
business. On the negative side, Nalco Chemical, a specialty chemical
manufacturer, had difficulty maintaining its profitability at a time
when its main customers - steel, chemical and paper companies -
suffered from falling demand due to worldwide economic slowdowns.
Diminished demand from Russia and weather problems hurt Dole Food. I
continue to invest in both Nalco and Dole because they are strong
companies with solid long term prospects and large market shares in
their industries, and their stocks were selling at attractive prices
at the end of the period.
Q. WHAT'S YOUR OUTLOOK?
A. The blue-chip stocks that typically drive the performance of
indexes like the S&P 500 are still selling at rich multiples fully
reflecting their fundamentals - meaning their stock valuations fully
reflect the companies' business prospects. On the other hand, there
are many stocks of smaller companies that fell enormously in price.
Their outlook is improving, but, even if they do perform well, they
are small enough so that they won't move major indexes. Therefore,
it's quite likely we may be entering a period when the average stock
outperforms broader market averages, a good environment for value
stocks. Further, the worldwide economic recovery many expect on the
heels of declining interest rates in the U.S. and elsewhere could be
choppy and its pace uncertain. Therefore, investors should expect
overall best-case stock-market returns closer to the historical
average of around 10% instead of the 20% to 30% we've seen over the
past few years.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS REPORT REFLECT THOSE OF THE PORTFOLIO
MANAGER ONLY THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD OF THE REPORT AS STATED ON
THE COVER. THE MANAGER'S VIEWS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME BASED
ON MARKET AND OTHER CONDITIONS.
RICH FENTIN ON VALUE STOCKS
AND THE RECENT MARKET
RECOVERY:
"This year's market fall and
subsequent recovery occurred in
fairly typical fashion. We saw a peak
in the market, followed by a sharp
fall and then a brisk rebound. It was
a value investor's heaven at the
bottom of the market. Many
appealing companies were selling at
very attractive valuations, such as
one times book value, single-digit
price-to-earnings ratios (P/Es) or a
low price-to-cash flow ratio.
"Since the market's bottom in
the third quarter, value stocks -
especially among small- and
mid-capitalization companies -
have outperformed large-cap blue
chips. Once the flight to quality
played itself out, investors looked for
attractively valued opportunities
outside of the blue-chip universe,
and they found them in the
beaten-down small- and mid-cap
arena.
"One major factor that sparked the
recovery was that many central banks
around the world lowered interest
rates. By doing so, they increased
worldwide money supply and helped
increase liquidity, leading, we hope,
to a sustained worldwide economic
recovery. Historically, when money
flows around the world increase
following market declines like we
saw this year, it's a great environment
for value stocks. Thus far, the fund
has rebounded well from its bottom.
Where it goes from here depends on
how smoothly and at what pace a
worldwide economic recovery
proceeds. Monetary policy in the U.S.
and elsewhere will play a major role
in determining the results."
FUND FACTS
GOAL: seeks capital appreciation
by investing primarily in common
stocks of both domestic and
foreign issuers; the fund also
invests in companies that possess
valuable fixed assets or are
undervalued in the marketplace
FUND NUMBER: 039
TRADING SYMBOL: FDVLX
START DATE: December 1, 1978
SIZE: as of October 31, 1998,
more than $5.8 billion
MANAGER: Rich Fentin, since
1996; manager, Fidelity
Puritan Fund, 1987-1996;
Fidelity Value Fund, April
1992-December 1992;
Fidelity Growth Company
Fund, 1983-1987; joined
Fidelity in 1980
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INVESTMENT CHANGES
TOP TEN STOCKS AS OF OCTOBER 31, 1998
% OF FUND'S % OF FUND'S INVESTMENTS
INVESTMENTS IN THESE STOCKS
6 MONTHS AGO
BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES, INC. 3.7 2.5
NALCO CHEMICAL CO. 3.3 2.6
ALUMINUM CO. OF AMERICA 3.0 2.0
DONNELLEY (R.R.) & SONS CO. 2.8 2.1
AMP, INC. 2.6 2.0
DOLE FOOD, INC. 2.5 2.4
DELUXE CORP. 2.5 1.8
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.5 1.3
FIRST BRANDS CORP. 2.4 1.1
AMERADA HESS CORP. 2.4 1.6
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TOP FIVE MARKET SECTORS AS OF OCTOBER 31, 1998
% OF FUND'S % OF FUND'S INVESTMENTS
INVESTMENTS IN THESE MARKET SECTORS
6 MONTHS AGO
BASIC INDUSTRIES 19.3 19.1
TECHNOLOGY 12.6 10.4
ENERGY 9.7 9.9
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT 8.8 9.3
SERVICES 7.4 6.4
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ASSET ALLOCATION (% OF FUND'S INVESTMENTS)
AS OF OCTOBER 31, 1998 * AS OF APRIL 30, 1998 **
ROW: 1, COL: 1, VALUE: 93.90000000000001
ROW: 1, COL: 2, VALUE: 0.0
ROW: 1, COL: 3, VALUE: 6.1
STOCKS 98.2%
SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS 1.8%
*FOREIGN
INVESTMENTS 6.4%
STOCKS 93.9%
SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS 6.1%
**FOREIGN
INVESTMENTS 2.7%
ROW: 1, COL: 1, VALUE: 98.0
ROW: 1, COL: 2, VALUE: 0.0
ROW: 1, COL: 3, VALUE: 2.0
INVESTMENTS OCTOBER 31, 1998
SHOWING PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL VALUE OF INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES
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COMMON STOCKS - 93.1%
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 2.0%
GENCORP, INC. (B) 2,178,400 $ 48,197
HARSCO CORP. 2,186,000 71,592
119,789
BASIC INDUSTRIES - 19.0%
CHEMICALS & PLASTICS - 10.9%
CABOT CORP. 3,071,600 86,197
DOW CHEMICAL CO. 21,000 1,966
DU PONT (E.I.) DE NEMOURS & CO. 247,700 14,243
FERRO CORP. (B) 2,173,800 55,432
GEON CO. 158,100 3,429
HANNA (M.A.) CO. 618,000 9,077
HERCULES, INC. 3,666,600 122,144
IMC GLOBAL, INC. 1,112,000 28,912
LAWTER INTERNATIONAL, INC. (B) 2,668,500 20,347
LYONDELL PETROCHEMICAL CO. 8,700 147
MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC. 10,000 249
NALCO CHEMICAL CO. (B) 6,266,600 193,873
OLIN CORP. 1,101,200 30,489
RAYCHEM CORP. 116,900 3,573
UNION CARBIDE CORP. 345,200 13,290
W.R. GRACE & CO. 270,000 4,691
WITCO CORP. 2,636,200 49,594
637,653
IRON & STEEL - 2.0%
ALLEGHENY TELEDYNE, INC. 10,000 206
INLAND STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC. 653,642 11,929
NUCOR CORP. 2,305,000 104,445
STEEL DYNAMICS, INC. (A) 25,000 341
116,921
METALS & MINING - 3.4%
ALCAN ALUMINIUM LTD. 661,579 16,616
ALUMINUM CO. OF AMERICA 2,264,600 179,470
RYERSON TULL, INC. CLASS A (A)(B) 527,400 5,966
202,052
PACKAGING & CONTAINERS - 0.2%
TUPPERWARE CORP. 873,400 13,592
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
BASIC INDUSTRIES - CONTINUED
PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS - 2.5%
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP. CLASS A 178,370 $ 3,255
BOWATER, INC. 70,000 2,857
CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORP. 600,200 19,169
CHESAPEAKE CORP. (B) 1,171,400 40,999
FORT JAMES CORP. 1,592,662 64,204
GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP. 305,400 15,804
146,288
TOTAL BASIC INDUSTRIES 1,116,506
CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE - 5.7%
BUILDING MATERIALS - 2.1%
AMERICAN STANDARD COMPANIES, INC. (A) 3,269,100 104,407
LILLY INDUSTRIES, INC. CLASS A 100,500 1,928
OWENS-CORNING 528,900 19,206
125,541
CONSTRUCTION - 0.1%
WIMPEY GEORGE PLC 2,293,600 4,340
ENGINEERING - 3.3%
EG & G, INC. (B) 4,097,900 102,960
FLUOR CORP. 1,486,500 57,695
STONE & WEBSTER, INC. (B) 941,800 30,020
190,675
REAL ESTATE - 0.1%
FORTRESS INVESTMENT CORP. (A)(C) 250,000 4,500
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS - 0.1%
REDWOOD TRUST, INC. 399,570 5,494
STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS TRUST 70,000 1,982
7,476
TOTAL CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE 332,532
DURABLES - 5.5%
AUTOS, TIRES, & ACCESSORIES - 0.9%
EATON CORP. 69,700 4,718
FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP. 1,000 24
PEP BOYS-MANNY, MOE & JACK 442,600 6,916
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
DURABLES - CONTINUED
AUTOS, TIRES, & ACCESSORIES - CONTINUED
REPUBLIC INDUSTRIES, INC. (A) 2,548,200 $ 40,930
SNAP-ON, INC. 30,000 1,063
53,651
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS - 1.8%
WHIRLPOOL CORP. 2,050,100 105,068
HOME FURNISHINGS - 0.6%
HEILIG-MEYERS CO. (B) 4,763,500 36,619
TEXTILES & APPAREL - 2.2%
FRUIT OF THE LOOM, INC. CLASS A (A) 587,500 8,959
LIZ CLAIBORNE, INC. 147,000 4,318
NIKE, INC. CLASS B 731,900 31,975
REEBOK INTERNATIONAL LTD. (A) 1,930,400 32,093
STRIDE RITE CORP. 31,500 287
UNIFI, INC. 2,935,800 49,542
127,174
TOTAL DURABLES 322,512
ENERGY - 9.7%
ENERGY SERVICES - 0.4%
BAKER HUGHES, INC. 10,000 221
HALLIBURTON CO. 550,000 19,766
HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC. 90,000 2,143
SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC. 95,400 3,428
25,558
OIL & GAS - 9.3%
AMERADA HESS CORP. 2,569,700 141,976
BURLINGTON RESOURCES, INC. 2,119,100 87,280
ELF AQUITAINE 350,000 40,600
ENRON OIL & GAS CO. 351,400 5,864
KERR-MCGEE CORP. 286,700 11,432
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP. 4,053,900 80,571
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. 267,000 11,548
RIO ALTO EXPLORATION LTD. (A) 90,000 980
TOSCO CORP. 892,600 25,049
TOTAL SA CLASS B 445,000 52,065
ULTRAMAR DIAMOND SHAMROCK CORP. 10,000 269
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
ENERGY - CONTINUED
OIL & GAS - CONTINUED
UNOCAL CORP. 275,077 $ 9,335
USX-MARATHON GROUP 1,084,100 35,437
VALERO ENERGY CO. 559,200 13,980
WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL, INC. (A) 983,674 26,744
543,130
TOTAL ENERGY 568,688
FINANCE - 0.7%
INSURANCE - 0.7%
AETNA, INC. 550,200 41,059
LOEWS CORP. 10,000 939
41,998
SECURITIES INDUSTRY - 0.0%
LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS, INC. 11,000 417
TOTAL FINANCE 42,415
HEALTH - 3.3%
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 1.9%
BAUSCH & LOMB, INC. 2,576,700 107,416
MILLIPORE CORP. 148,200 3,649
111,065
MEDICAL FACILITIES MANAGEMENT - 1.4%
HEALTHSOUTH CORP. (A) 130,000 1,576
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, INC. (A) 737,700 12,264
UNITED HEALTHCARE CORP. 1,605,300 69,931
83,771
TOTAL HEALTH 194,836
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT - 8.8%
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - 1.8%
AMETEK, INC. (B) 3,305,000 70,025
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV (NY SHARES) 87,800 4,818
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 2,029,300 30,313
105,156
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT - CONTINUED
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT - 0.4%
HARNISCHFEGER INDUSTRIES, INC. 1,832,600 $ 17,295
UNOVA, INC. 229,800 3,318
20,613
POLLUTION CONTROL - 6.6%
ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC. (A) 20,000 433
BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES, INC. 6,142,900 217,682
OGDEN CORP. 1,199,800 32,245
SAFETY-KLEEN CORP. (A) 600,000 1,838
WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. 3,043,622 137,343
389,541
TOTAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT 515,310
MEDIA & LEISURE - 1.9%
BROADCASTING - 0.0%
NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH, INC. (A) 80,000 1,135
LEISURE DURABLES & TOYS - 0.2%
BRUNSWICK CORP. 550,600 10,702
LODGING & GAMING - 0.7%
GTECH HOLDINGS CORP. (A) 658,000 15,792
HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT, INC. (A) 100,000 1,413
MIRAGE RESORTS, INC. (A) 1,582,300 26,800
44,005
PUBLISHING - 1.0%
BANTA CORP. (B) 2,103,000 52,312
HARCOURT GENERAL, INC. 112,200 5,463
57,775
TOTAL MEDIA & LEISURE 113,617
NONDURABLES - 5.8%
FOODS - 2.7%
CORN PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 260,100 7,413
DOLE FOOD, INC. (B) 4,918,100 148,158
IBP, INC. 80,000 2,165
157,736
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
NONDURABLES - CONTINUED
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS - 3.1%
FIRST BRANDS CORP. (B) 3,821,100 $ 144,247
PREMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 236,100 7,481
RUBBERMAID, INC. 996,300 33,065
184,793
TOTAL NONDURABLES 342,529
PRECIOUS METALS - 0.2%
AGNICO-EAGLE MINES LTD. 1,184,800 5,913
NEWMONT MINING CORP. 270,200 5,742
11,655
RETAIL & WHOLESALE - 6.3%
APPAREL STORES - 3.7%
ANNTAYLOR STORES CORP. (A)(B) 1,870,600 54,247
CHARMING SHOPPES, INC. (A) 647,500 2,428
FILENE'S BASEMENT CORP. (A)(B) 1,927,310 3,674
INTIMATE BRANDS, INC. CLASS A (B) 2,695,100 60,303
LIMITED, INC. (THE) 3,776,921 96,784
217,436
GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES - 2.4%
CONSOLIDATED STORES CORP. (A) 781,250 12,842
FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC. (A) 3,313,800 127,374
140,216
RETAIL & WHOLESALE, MISCELLANEOUS - 0.2%
BRYLANE, INC. (A) 351,100 5,661
IKON OFFICE SOLUTIONS, INC. 400,000 3,775
9,436
TOTAL RETAIL & WHOLESALE 367,088
SERVICES - 7.4%
PRINTING - 6.4%
DELUXE CORP. (B) 4,540,100 146,986
DONNELLEY (R.R.) & SONS CO. 3,802,400 163,979
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
SERVICES - CONTINUED
PRINTING - CONTINUED
HARLAND (JOHN H.) CO. (B) 2,199,700 $ 31,896
REYNOLDS & REYNOLDS CO. CLASS A 1,959,500 35,271
378,132
SERVICES - 1.0%
MANPOWER, INC. 540,300 13,035
SOTHEBY'S HOLDINGS, INC. CLASS A 1,981,100 42,841
55,876
TOTAL SERVICES 434,008
TECHNOLOGY - 12.6%
COMPUTER SERVICES & SOFTWARE - 2.1%
AUTODESK, INC. 20,000 624
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORP. 1,910,300 77,725
NCR CORP. (A) 91,325 3,071
WANG LABORATORIES, INC. (A) 1,845,751 39,453
120,873
COMPUTERS & OFFICE EQUIPMENT - 2.8%
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. (A) 988,700 36,705
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC. (A) 705,400 18,605
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. (A) 110,000 1,238
UNISYS CORP. (A) 3,990,300 106,242
162,790
ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS - 0.4%
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. (A) 350,000 12,141
VARIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. 352,500 13,792
25,933
ELECTRONICS - 5.5%
AMP, INC. 3,642,777 149,582
METHODE ELECTRONICS, INC. CLASS A 401,688 6,176
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. (A) 3,854,400 146,467
MOTOROLA, INC. 266,600 13,863
TOKYO ELECTRON LTD. 134,000 4,372
VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY, INC. 169,600 2,565
323,025
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
TECHNOLOGY - CONTINUED
PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT - 1.8%
POLAROID CORP. (B) 4,028,800 $ 107,015
TOTAL TECHNOLOGY 739,636
TRANSPORTATION - 1.9%
RAILROADS - 0.7%
CSX CORP. 1,010,600 39,666
TRUCKING & FREIGHT - 1.2%
CNF TRANSPORTATION, INC. 1,416,000 42,834
LAIDLAW, INC. 2,900,000 26,972
69,806
TOTAL TRANSPORTATION 109,472
UTILITIES - 2.3%
CELLULAR - 0.3%
SKYTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (A) 1,077,000 17,838
TELEPHONE SERVICES - 2.0%
COMSAT CORP. SERIES 1 399,100 15,740
MCI WORLDCOM, INC. (A) 1,870,500 103,345
119,085
TOTAL UTILITIES 136,923
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS 5,467,516
(COST $5,658,266)
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CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.8%
BASIC INDUSTRIES - 0.3%
PACKAGING & CONTAINERS - 0.3%
OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC. $2.375 400,000 16,050
ENERGY - 0.0%
OIL & GAS - 0.0%
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP. $3.50 (A)(C) 79,000 1,541
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
FINANCE - 0.5%
CLOSED END INVESTMENT COMPANY - 0.3%
READERS DIGEST AUTOMATIC COMMON EXCHANGE TRUST $1.93 865,000 $ 19,463
TRACES
CREDIT & OTHER FINANCE - 0.2%
UNION PACIFIC CAPITAL TRUST $3.125 TIDES (C) 268,000 12,328
TOTAL FINANCE 31,791
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS 49,382
(COST $58,192)
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CASH EQUIVALENTS - 6.1%
TAXABLE CENTRAL CASH FUND (D) 357,045,810 357,046
(COST $357,046)
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% $ 5,873,944
(COST $6,073,504)
PREFERRED STOCK ABBREVIATIONS
TIDES - Term Income Deferred Equity
Securities
TRACES - Trust Automatic Common
Exchange Securities
LEGEND
(a) Non-income producing
(b) Affiliated company (see Note 6 of Notes to Financial Statements).
(c) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the
Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in
transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified
institutional buyers. At the period end, the value of these securities
amounted to $18,369,000 or 0.3% of net assets.
(d) At period end, the seven-day yield on the Taxable Central Cash
Fund was 4.96%. The yield refers to the income earned by investing in
the fund over the seven-day period, expressed as an annual percentage.
INCOME TAX INFORMATION
At October 31, 1998, the aggregate cost of investment securities for
income tax purposes was $6,076,194,000. Net unrealized depreciation
aggregated $202,250,000, of which $641,364,000 related to appreciated
investment securities and $843,614,000 related to depreciated
investment securities.
The fund hereby designates approximately $941,186,000 as a capital
gain dividend for the purpose of the dividend paid deduction.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS (EXCEPT PER-SHARE AMOUNT) OCTOBER 31, 1998
ASSETS
INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES, AT VALUE (COST $6,073,504) - $ 5,873,944
SEE ACCOMPANYING SCHEDULE
RECEIVABLE FOR INVESTMENTS SOLD 34,264
RECEIVABLE FOR FUND SHARES SOLD 8,896
DIVIDENDS RECEIVABLE 4,964
INTEREST RECEIVABLE 595
OTHER RECEIVABLES 363
TOTAL ASSETS 5,923,026
LIABILITIES
PAYABLE FOR INVESTMENTS PURCHASED $ 14,231
PAYABLE FOR FUND SHARES REDEEMED 14,086
ACCRUED MANAGEMENT FEE 1,527
OTHER PAYABLES AND ACCRUED EXPENSES 1,266
TOTAL LIABILITIES 31,110
NET ASSETS $ 5,891,916
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:
PAID IN CAPITAL $ 4,989,061
UNDISTRIBUTED NET INVESTMENT INCOME 79,241
ACCUMULATED UNDISTRIBUTED NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON 1,023,067
INVESTMENTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS
NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON INVESTMENTS (199,453)
AND ASSETS AND LIABILITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
NET ASSETS, FOR 113,529 SHARES OUTSTANDING $ 5,891,916
NET ASSET VALUE, OFFERING PRICE AND REDEMPTION PRICE $51.90
PER SHARE ($5,891,916 (DIVIDED BY) 113,529 SHARES)
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1998
INVESTMENT INCOME $ 111,217
DIVIDENDS (INCLUDING $30,024 RECEIVED FROM
AFFILIATED ISSUERS)
INTEREST 13,590
TOTAL INCOME 124,807
EXPENSES
MANAGEMENT FEE $ 44,105
BASIC FEE
PERFORMANCE ADJUSTMENT (13,460)
TRANSFER AGENT FEES 14,521
ACCOUNTING FEES AND EXPENSES 824
NON-INTERESTED TRUSTEES' COMPENSATION 39
CUSTODIAN FEES AND EXPENSES 295
REGISTRATION FEES 97
AUDIT 79
LEGAL 33
MISCELLANEOUS 38
TOTAL EXPENSES BEFORE REDUCTIONS 46,571
EXPENSE REDUCTIONS (1,124) 45,447
NET INVESTMENT INCOME 79,360
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON:
INVESTMENT SECURITIES (INCLUDING REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) OF 1,027,207
$33,438 ON SALES OF INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATED ISSUERS)
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS (95) 1,027,112
CHANGE IN NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON:
INVESTMENT SECURITIES (1,110,397)
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES 58 (1,110,339)
NET GAIN (LOSS) (83,227)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING $ (3,867)
FROM OPERATIONS
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED
OCTOBER 31, 1998 OCTOBER 31, 1997
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
OPERATIONS $ 79,360 $ 75,397
NET INVESTMENT INCOME
NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) 1,027,112 1,174,950
CHANGE IN NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) (1,110,339) 317,278
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING (3,867) 1,567,625
FROM OPERATIONS
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (61,528) (66,150)
FROM NET INVESTMENT INCOME
FROM NET REALIZED GAIN (1,018,942) (738,893)
TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS (1,080,470) (805,043)
SHARE TRANSACTIONS 1,377,920 2,482,105
NET PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF SHARES
REINVESTMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS 1,057,163 789,418
COST OF SHARES REDEEMED (3,313,657) (3,113,462)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING (878,574) 158,061
FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS (1,962,911) 920,643
NET ASSETS
BEGINNING OF PERIOD 7,854,827 6,934,184
END OF PERIOD (INCLUDING UNDISTRIBUTED NET INVESTMENT $ 5,891,916 $ 7,854,827
INCOME OF $79,241 AND $70,900, RESPECTIVELY)
OTHER INFORMATION
SHARES
SOLD 24,263 43,542
ISSUED IN REINVESTMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS 19,408 15,352
REDEEMED (59,462) (55,676)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) (15,791) 3,218
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
YEARS ENDED OCTOBER 31,
1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
SELECTED PER-SHARE DATA
NET ASSET VALUE, $ 60.74 $ 54.99 $ 48.12 $ 44.71 $ 42.78
BEGINNING OF PERIOD
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS
NET INVESTMENT INCOME B .60 .58 .70 .70 .54
NET REALIZED AND (1.01) 11.62 8.38 5.16 4.53
UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
TOTAL FROM INVESTMENT (.41) 12.20 9.08 5.86 5.07
OPERATIONS
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS
FROM NET INVESTMENT INCOME (.48) (.53) (.48) (.17) (.34)
FROM NET REALIZED GAIN (7.95) (5.92) (1.73) (2.28) (2.80)
TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS (8.43) (6.45) (2.21) (2.45) (3.14)
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD $ 51.90 $ 60.74 $ 54.99 $ 48.12 $ 44.71
TOTAL RETURN A (1.33)% 24.31% 19.44% 14.19% 12.90%
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
NET ASSETS, END OF PERIOD $ 5,892 $ 7,855 $ 6,934 $ 5,063 $ 3,715
(IN MILLIONS)
RATIO OF EXPENSES TO AVERAGE .63% .68% .89% .97% 1.10%
NET ASSETS
RATIO OF EXPENSES TO AVERAGE .61% C .66% C .88% C .96% C 1.08% C
NET ASSETS AFTER EXPENSE
REDUCTIONS
RATIO OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME TO 1.06% 1.01% 1.34% 1.58% 1.29%
AVERAGE NET ASSETS
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE 36% 56% 112% 125% 112%
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A THE TOTAL RETURNS WOULD HAVE BEEN LOWER HAD CERTAIN EXPENSES NOT
BEEN REDUCED DURING THE PERIODS SHOWN (SEE NOTE 5 OF NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS).
B NET INVESTMENT INCOME PER SHARE HAS BEEN CALCULATED BASED ON AVERAGE
SHARES OUTSTANDING DURING THE PERIOD.
C FMR OR THE FUND HAS ENTERED INTO VARYING ARRANGEMENTS WITH THIRD
PARTIES WHO EITHER PAID OR REDUCED A PORTION OF THE FUND'S EXPENSES
(SEE NOTE 5 OF NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS).
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the period ended October 31, 1998
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES.
Fidelity Value Fund (the fund) is a fund of Fidelity Capital Trust
(the trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares.
The trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, as an open-end management investment company organized as a
Massachusetts business trust. The financial statements have been
prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at
the date of the financial statements. The following summarizes the
significant accounting policies of the fund:
SECURITY VALUATION. Securities for which exchange quotations are
readily available are valued at the last sale price, or if no sale
price, at the closing bid price. Securities (including restricted
securities) for which exchange quotations are not readily available
(and in certain cases debt securities which trade on an exchange) are
valued primarily using dealer-supplied valuations or at their fair
value as determined in good faith under consistently applied
procedures under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees.
Short-term securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less
for which quotations are not readily available are valued at amortized
cost or original cost plus accrued interest, both of which approximate
current value.
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION. The accounting records of the fund are
maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and
liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S.
dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange at period end. Purchases
and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are
translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the
respective dates of the transactions.
Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions
represent net gains and losses from sales and maturities of foreign
currency contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, the difference
between the amount of net investment income accrued and the U.S.
dollar amount actually received, and gains and losses between trade
date and settlement on purchases and sales of securities. The effects
of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments in
securities are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or
loss on investment securities.
INCOME TAXES. As a qualified regulated investment company under
Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, the fund is not subject to
income taxes to the extent that it distributes substantially all of
its taxable income for its fiscal year. The schedule of investments
includes information regarding income taxes under the caption "Income
Tax Information."
INVESTMENT INCOME. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend
date, except certain dividends from foreign securities where the
ex-dividend date may have passed, are recorded as soon as the fund is
informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in
dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the
securities received. Interest income, which includes accretion of
original issue discount, is accrued as earned. Investment income is
recorded
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - CONTINUED
INVESTMENT INCOME - CONTINUED
net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is
uncertain.
EXPENSES. Most expenses of the trust can be directly attributed to a
fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned
among the funds in the trust.
DEFERRED TRUSTEE COMPENSATION. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the
Plan) non-interested Trustees must defer receipt of a portion of, and
may elect to defer receipt of an additional portion of, their annual
compensation. Deferred amounts are treated as though equivalent dollar
amounts had been invested in shares of the fund or are invested in a
cross-section of other Fidelity funds. Deferred amounts remain in the
fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan.
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS. Distributions are recorded on the
ex-dividend date.
Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance
with income tax regulations which may differ from generally accepted
accounting principles. These differences, which may result in
distribution reclassifications, are primarily due to differing
treatments for litigation proceeds, foreign currency transactions, and
losses deferred due to wash sales. The fund also utilized earnings and
profits distributed to shareholders on redemption of shares as a part
of the dividends paid deduction for income tax purposes.
Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder
distributions will result in reclassifications to paid in capital.
Undistributed net investment income and accumulated undistributed net
realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions
may include temporary book and tax basis differences which will
reverse in a subsequent period. Any taxable income or gain remaining
at fiscal year end is distributed in the following year.
SECURITY TRANSACTIONS. Security transactions are accounted for as of
trade date. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the
basis of identified cost.
2. OPERATING POLICIES.
FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS. The fund generally uses foreign currency
contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated
securities. Losses may arise from changes in the value of the foreign
currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts'
terms. The U.S. dollar value of foreign currency contracts is
determined using contractual currency exchange rates established at
the time of each trade.
JOINT TRADING ACCOUNT. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), the fund, along with
other affiliated entities of Fidelity Management & Research Company
(FMR), may transfer uninvested cash balances into one or more joint
trading accounts. These balances are invested in one or more
repurchase agreements for U.S. Treasury or Federal Agency obligations.
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. The underlying U.S. Treasury or Federal Agency
securities are transferred to an account of the fund, or to the Joint
Trading Account, at a bank custodian. The securities are
2. OPERATING POLICIES - CONTINUED
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS - CONTINUED
marked-to-market daily and maintained at a value at least equal to the
principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued
interest). FMR, the fund's investment adviser, is responsible for
determining that the value of the underlying securities remains in
accordance with the market value requirements stated above.
TAXABLE CENTRAL CASH FUND. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by
the SEC, the fund may invest in the Taxable Central Cash Fund (the
Cash Fund) managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., an
affiliate of FMR. The Cash Fund is an open-end money market fund
available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by
FMR and its affiliates. The Cash Fund seeks preservation of capital,
liquidity, and current income by investing in U.S. Treasury securities
and repurchase agreements for these securities. Income distributions
from the Cash Fund are declared daily and paid monthly from net
interest income. Income distributions earned by the fund are recorded
as interest income in the accompanying financial statements.
RESTRICTED SECURITIES. The fund is permitted to invest in securities
that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These
securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from
registration or to the public if the securities are registered.
Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations
and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult.
At the end of the period, the fund had no investments in restricted
securities (excluding 144A issues).
3. PURCHASES AND SALES OF INVESTMENTS.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities,
aggregated $2,580,047,000 and $4,413,809,000, respectively.
4. FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES.
MANAGEMENT FEE. As the fund's investment adviser, FMR receives a
monthly basic fee that is calculated on the basis of a group fee rate
plus a fixed individual fund fee rate applied to the average net
assets of the fund. The group fee rate is the weighted average of a
series of rates and is based on the monthly average net assets of all
the mutual funds advised by FMR. The rates ranged from .2500% to
.5200% for the period. The annual individual fund fee rate is .30%. In
the event that these rates were lower than the contractual rates in
effect during the period, FMR voluntarily implemented the above rates,
as they resulted in the same or a lower management fee. The basic fee
is subject to a performance adjustment (up to a maximum of
(plus/minus).20% of the fund's average net assets over the performance
period) based on the fund's investment performance as compared to the
appropriate index over a specified period of time. For the period, the
management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of .41% of average net
assets after the performance adjustment.
4. FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES - CONTINUED
TRANSFER AGENT FEES. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an
affiliate of FMR, is the fund's transfer, dividend disbursing and
shareholder servicing agent. FSC receives account fees and asset-based
fees that vary according to account size and type of account. FSC pays
for typesetting, printing and mailing of all shareholder reports,
except proxy statements. For the period, the transfer agent fees were
equivalent to an annual rate of .19% of average net assets.
ACCOUNTING FEES. FSC maintains the fund's accounting records. The fee
is based on the level of average net assets for the month plus
out-of-pocket expenses.
BROKERAGE COMMISSIONS. The fund placed a portion of its portfolio
transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of FMR. The
commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $1,214,000 for the
period.
5. EXPENSE REDUCTIONS.
FMR has directed certain portfolio trades to brokers who paid a
portion of the fund's expenses. For the period, the fund's expenses
were reduced by $997,000 under this arrangement.
In addition, the fund has entered into arrangements with its custodian
and transfer agent whereby credits realized as a result of uninvested
cash balances were used to reduce a portion of the fund's expenses.
During the period, the fund's custodian and transfer agent fees were
reduced by $2,000 and $125,000 under these arrangements.
6. TRANSACTIONS WITH
AFFILIATED COMPANIES.
An affiliated company is a company in which the fund has ownership of
at least 5% of the voting securities. Transactions during the period
with companies which are or were affiliates are as follows:
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SUMMARY OF TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATED COMPANIES
AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS PURCHASE SALES DIVIDEND VALUE
AFFILIATE COST COST INCOME
AMETEK, Inc. $ - $ - $ 794 $ 70,025
AnnTaylor Stores Corp. 6,282 - - 54,247
Banta Corp. 15,548 - 983 52,312
Chesapeake Corp. 2,445 - 692 40,999
Deluxe Corp.. - - 6,719 146,986
Dole Food, Inc. 58,583 18,086 1,766 148,158
EG & G, Inc.. 585 - 2,295 102,960
Ferro Corp. 8,157 - 244 55,432
Filene's Basement Corp. - - - 3,674
First Brands Corp.. 21,151 - 1,362 144,247
GenCorp, Inc. 2,070 - 327 48,197
Harland (John H.) Co.. 3,341 - 660 31,896
Heilig-Meyers Co. - - 1,334 36,619
Intimate Brands, Inc. Class A - - 1,482 60,303
Lawter International, Inc. - - 1,067 20,347
Nalco Chemical Co.. 106,679 - 4,984 193,873
Polaroid Corp. 67,263 5,812 1,990 107,015
Rubbermaid, Inc. 12,151 53,154 2,507 -
6. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATED COMPANIES - CONTINUED
SUMMARY OF TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATED COMPANIES - CONTINUED
AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS PURCHASE SALES DIVIDEND VALUE
AFFILIATE COST COST INCOME
Ryerson Tull, Inc. Class A $ - $ - $ - $5,966
Safety Kleen Corp. - 34,043 - -
Sotheby's Holdings, Inc.
Class A - - 396 -
Stone & Webster, Inc.. 4,812 13 422 30,020
TOTALS $ 309,067 $ 111,108 $ 30,024 $ 1,353,276
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Trustees of Fidelity Capital Trust and the Shareholders of
Fidelity Value Fund:
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities,
including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of
operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
Fidelity Value Fund (a fund of Fidelity Capital Trust) at October 31,
1998, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets
and the financial highlights for the periods indicated, in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles. These financial
statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as
"financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fidelity Value
Fund's management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our
audits of these financial statements in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards which require that we plan and perform the
audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, and
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October
31, 1998 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a
reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
December 10, 1998
DISTRIBUTIONS
The Board of Trustees of Fidelity Value Fund voted to pay to
shareholders of record at the opening of business on record date, the
following distributions derived from capital gains realized from sales
of portfolio securities, and dividends derived from net investment
income:
PAY DATE 12/8/97 12/7/98
RECORD DATE 12/5/97 12/4/98
DIVIDENDS $.48 $.55
SHORT-TERM
CAPITAL GAINS $ 2.29 $1.13
LONG-TERM
CAPITAL GAINS $ 5.66 $ 6.02
LONG-TERM
CAPITAL GAIN PERCENTAGES:
28% rate 53.17% -
20% rate 46.83% 100%
A total of .58% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year
was derived from interest on U.S. Government securities which is
generally exempt from state income tax.
A total of 28% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year
qualifies for the dividends-received deduction for corporate
shareholders.
The fund will notify shareholders in January 1999 of the applicable
percentage for use in preparing 1998 income tax returns.
MANAGING YOUR INVESTMENTS
Fidelity offers several ways to conveniently manage your personal
investments via your telephone or PC. You can access your account
information, conduct trades and research your investments 24 hours a
day.
BY PHONE
Fidelity TouchTone Xpress(registered trademark) provides a single
toll-free number to access account balances, positions, quotes and
trading. It's easy to navigate the service, and on your first call,
the system will help you create a personal identification number (PIN)
for security.
(PHONE_GRAPHIC)TOUCHTONE XPRESS
1-800-544-5555
PRESS
1 For mutual fund and brokerage trading.
2 For quotes.*
3 For account balances and holdings.
4 To review orders and mutual
fund activity.
5 To change your PIN.
*0 To speak to a Fidelity representative.
BY PC
Fidelity's Web site on the Internet provides a wide range of
information, including daily financial news, fund performance,
interactive planning tools and news about Fidelity products and
services.
(COMPUTER_GRAPHIC)FIDELITY'S WEB SITE
WWW.FIDELITY.COM
If you are not currently on the Internet, call Fidelity at
1-800-544-7272 and we'll send you an America Online CD or disk with up
to 50 free hours of Web access.
(COMPUTER_GRAPHIC)
FIDELITY ON-LINE XPRESS+(registered trademark)
Fidelity On-line Xpress+ software for Windows combines comprehensive
portfolio management capabilities, securities trading and access to
research and analysis tools . . . all on your desktop. Call Fidelity
at 1-800-544-7272 or visit our Web site for more information on how to
manage your investments via your PC.
* WHEN YOU CALL THE QUOTES LINE, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT A FUND'S YIELD
AND RETURN WILL VARY AND,
EXCEPT FOR MONEY MARKET FUNDS, SHARE PRICE WILL ALSO VARY. THIS MEANS
THAT YOU MAY HAVE A GAIN
OR LOSS WHEN YOU SELL YOUR SHARES. THERE IS NO ASSURANCE THAT MONEY
MARKET FUNDS WILL BE ABLE TO
MAINTAIN A STABLE $1 SHARE PRICE; AN INVESTMENT IN A MONEY MARKET FUND
IS NOT INSURED OR
GUARANTEED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. TOTAL RETURNS ARE HISTORICAL AND
INCLUDE CHANGES IN SHARE PRICE,
REINVESTMENT OF DIVIDENDS AND CAPITAL GAINS, AND THE EFFECTS OF ANY
SALES CHARGES.
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closest to you. We'll give your correspondence immediate attention and
send you written confirmation upon completion of your request.
(LETTER_GRAPHIC)MAKING CHANGES
TO YOUR ACCOUNT
(such as changing name, address, bank, etc.)
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Irving, TX 75309-5517
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
Fidelity Investments
P.O. Box 500
Merrimack, NH 03054-0500
INVESTMENT ADVISER
Fidelity Management & Research Company
Boston, MA
INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISERS
Fidelity Management & Research
(U.K.) Inc., London, England
Fidelity Management & Research
(Far East) Inc., Tokyo, Japan
OFFICERS
Edward C. Johnson 3d, President
Robert C. Pozen, Senior Vice President
Richard Spillane, Jr., Vice President
Richard B. Fentin, Vice President
Eric D. Roiter, Secretary
Richard A. Silver, Treasurer
John H. Costello, Assistant Treasurer
Leonard M. Rush, Assistant Treasurer
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Ralph F. Cox *
Phyllis Burke Davis *
Robert M. Gates *
Edward C. Johnson 3d
E. Bradley Jones *
Donald J. Kirk *
Peter S. Lynch
Marvin L. Mann *
William O. McCoy *
Gerald C. McDonough *
Robert C. Pozen
Thomas R. Williams *
ADVISORY BOARD
J. Gary Burkhead
GENERAL DISTRIBUTOR
Fidelity Distributors Corporation
Boston, MA
TRANSFER AND SHAREHOLDER
SERVICING AGENT
Fidelity Service Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
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CUSTODIAN
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Boston, MA
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(8 a.m. - 9 p.m.)
TDD Service 1-800-544-0118
for the deaf and hearing impaired
(9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Eastern time)
(registered trademark)
TouchTone Xpress (registered trademark) 1-800-544-5555
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