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32.02 -0.15 -0.47%

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Type: Fund

Market: United States

Issuer: Fidelity Investments

Underlying: S&P 500 TR

Asset Class: Equity

Morningstar Rating:
Total Assets: 45.83B

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Find basic information about the Fidelity Balanced Fund mutual fund such as total assets, risk rating, Min. investment, market cap and category. Learn about the fund's agencies rating and risk rating, transparent information about the fund's management personal, policies of invested allocation and diversification, past performance. In addition we provide you related news, analysis tools, interactive charts and analysis articles. You may add FBALX MF to your portfolio and watchlist to keep track with the fund's performance and users commentary.

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Rating

1-Year Change - 0.95%

Prev. Close32.17

Risk Rating

TTM Yield1.62%

ROE36.26%

IssuerFidelity Investments

Turnover36%

ROA20.03%

Inception DateNov 06, 1986

Total Assets45.83B

Expenses0.44%

Min. Investment2,500

Market Cap498.72B

CategoryAllocation - - 50% to 70% Equity

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S&P 500 price target lifted at Jefferies on strong earnings season By Investing.com - Aug 25, 2025

Investing.com -- Jefferies lifted its S&P 500 price target, citing a “broad-based resilience” in the second-quarter earnings season that should ease concerns about the U.S. economy...

BofA warns Fed risks policy mistake with early rate cuts By Investing.com - Aug 23, 2025

Investing.com -- Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) warned that the Federal Reserve risks committing a policy mistake if it begins cutting rates next month, despite Chair Jerome Powell’s...

Barclays now sees two Fed cuts this year, says jumbo Fed cuts 'very unlikely' By Investing.com - Aug 23, 2025

Investing.com -- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday signaled that an interest rate cut could come as soon as next month, balancing concerns over a cooling labor market...

Fidelity Balanced Fund Analysis

Russell 2000 Sets Up for a Fresh Push After Breakout Test By Declan Fallon - Dec 17, 2025

It was coming, but only because markets have performed strongly since the November lows. We have seen breakouts in the Russell 2000 (IWM) and equal-weighted S&P, but both have...

S&P 500 Enters the Santa Rally Window as Rate Cuts Support Seasonal Optimism By Charles-Henry Monchau - Dec 15, 2025

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) bets on OpenAI and Santa continuously delivers S&P 500 gains during the holidays. 1. The Fed Cut Rates as Expected and Initiate Purchases of Short-term US...

A Pivotal Week for Global Markets as Rates Press Higher By Michael Kramer - Dec 15, 2025

As the year comes to a close, with just about two weeks left, I’ve decided to take some time away. Today’s edition will be the last one for 2025. That said, I’m not the type to...

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	YTD	3M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Growth of 1000	1099	1004	1107	1645	1485	3018
Fund Return	9.91%	0.38%	10.69%	18.04%	8.23%	11.68%
Place in category	27	129	72	18	29	4
% in Category	9	37	18	4	8	2

Top Equity Funds by Fidelity Investments

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
Fidelity 500 Index Institutional Pr	857.59B	11.75	23.38	15.43
Fidelity Contrafund	169.43B	10.06	27.05	17.72
Fidelity Total Market Index Instl b	141.61B	11.70	23.13	14.85
Fidelity Growth Company	90.95B	18.47	33.50	22.65
Fidelity International Index Inst	85.59B	9.51	19.70	9.36

Top Funds for Allocation--50% to 70% Equity Category

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
American Funds American Balanced A	130.02B	8.10	17.99	10.04
Vanguard Wellington Admiral	107.52B	6.02	16.31	10.06
American Funds American Balanced R6	60.13B	8.36	18.36	10.37
Vanguard Balanced Index Adm	50.41B	6.94	16.11	9.62
Fidelity Advisor Balanced Fund Clas	42.26B	16.10	4.96	9.64

Top Holdings

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NVIDIA	-	5.67	162.85	-2.01%
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Alphabet A	-	4.25	295.77	-0.98%
Microsoft	-	3.22	523.88	+0.17%
Amazon.com	-	2.80	266.66	-0.29%

Technical Summary

Type	Daily	Weekly	Monthly
Moving Averages	Sell	Sell	Neutral
Technical Indicators	Sell	Strong Sell	Strong Sell
Summary	Sell	Strong Sell	Sell

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