Fidelity Investor, specializing in Fidelity mutual funds, likes actively managed Fidelity International Small Cap Opportunities Fund.

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What is the difference between investing in the Fidelity mutual funds and investing in a 401(k) that invests in the very same Fidelity mutual funds?

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Are you a holder of Fidelity mutual funds?

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Thanks to the proliferation of no-load mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and mutual fund products like Fidelity sector funds and Vanguard's VIPERs, the choices for investors are wider than the culinary options at a Las Vegas buffet.

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In fact, when it comes to actively managed mutual funds, Fidelity has many competitors but really no equal save one.

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But Fidelity, the second-largest manager of mutual funds behind Vanguard, has been late to venture into ETFs.

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But you can choose from dozens of plans offering mutual funds from such firms as Vanguard, Fidelity and Smith Barney.

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Not surprising, when, in 2004, the Fidelity behemoth unilaterally decided that it would limit the rebates or discounts rival mutual funds could offer on the 401(k) platform it administered for corporations, the impact was felt throughout the marketplace.

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On the surface, it seems Fidelity is angling to use the ETF wrapper as a way to pool assets from its existing mutual funds to expand the reach of those products.

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As for convenience, some plan administrators, such as Fidelity Investments, are able to distribute your contributions from each paycheck to out-of-plan mutual funds, the way they would to in-plan funds.

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