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Don Dion's Profile

Don Dion is the publisher of the Fidelity Independent Adviser (http://www.fidelityadviser.com/) family of newsletters, which provides to a broad range of investors Don’s commentary on the financial markets, with a specific emphasis on mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. With more than 60,000 subscribers in the United States and 29 other countries, Fidelity Independent Adviser publishes three monthly newsletters and two weekly newsletters. Its flagship publication, Fidelity Independent Adviser, has been published monthly for 11 years and reaches 35,000 subscribers.

Mr. Dion is also president and founder of Dion Money Management (http://www.dionmm.com/), a fee-based investment advisory firm to affluent individuals, families and nonprofit organizations, where he is responsible for setting investment policy, creating custom portfolios and overseeing the performance of client accounts. Founded in 1996 and based in Williamstown, Massachusetts, Dion Money Management manages more than $400 million in assets for clients in 49 states and 11 countries.

The Sector Momentum Tracker (http://www.fidelityadviser.com/readMe_ETF.asp) newsletter had an annualized return of 26.6% in 2007 according to the Hulbert Financial Digest and was a 2007 top-ten performer according to Peter Brimelow of MartketWatch.

Don Dion's Company

Fidelity Independent Adviser Sector Momentum Tracker
The Sector Momentum Tracker, published since 2004, provides a strategy that entails investing in exchange–traded funds (ETFs) and mutual funds using relative strength indicators. Each weekly newsletter provides advice on how to allocate your portfolio in the appropriate funds based on tested buy–and–sell signals and based on my future outlook on the marketplace, which is included in the newsletter.

The Sector Momentum Tracker is a real–time trading strategy that monitors and evaluates 42 Fidelity Select mutual funds, 95 sector and commodity ETFs and 60 international and currency ETFs at all times, and then determines which funds you should invest in. The model portfolios used are based on a quantitative, mechanical trading process that can be applied easily and systematically week after week, removing the emotion from your investment decisions.

The newsletter features an extensive explanation about how its information and rankings can be used to your advantage. In addition, there is an in–depth look at a featured ETF or Fidelity Select fund in every issue. The newsletter also includes a model ETF Sector portfolio, an ETF International portfolio and a Fidelity Select Portfolio, and gives buy and sell recommendations and performance figures in every issue. These can be used as a primary basis or source of information for your own investment decisions.
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ETF Report
In the ETF Report, published monthly since 2006, Don Dion applies his market outlook and pragmatic investing approaches to the new world of ETFs, creating diverse portfolios that are easy to follow. These all-ETF portfolios include: ETF Sector Portfolio, ETF Growth Portfolio, ETF Growth & Income Portfolio, ETF Retirement Income Portfolio, and the ETF International Portfolio.

It is our goal at Fidelity Independent Adviser to help you become well–informed before making financial decisions. That’s why the ETF Report prides itself on giving you the necessary information you need in order to further your financial profits.

The ETF Report is packed full of market commentary and unique portfolios so you can match our advice to your personal investment goals. The model portfolios alone will save you days of tedious and time-consuming research. Every newsletter contains detailed discussions portfolio activity, my Power Index and Power Trend ranking of ETFs, up–to–date information on new ETFs being launched, and interviews with investment professionals and ETF sponsors.
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Dynamic Global ETF Trading Service
NEW from Fidelity Independent Adviser — A fundamentally allocated momentum-based active trading strategy for ETF investors looking for exposure to all asset classes.

What is the Dynamic Global ETF Trading Service?
• Trading strategies across ALL asset classes — Sector, International, Commodity, Currency, Real Estate, and Fixed Income — so that you own the top funds in each asset class at all times.
• At least weekly we will electronically deliver you a PDF with our trading recommendations, along with an explanation of our trades and market commentary.
• Whenever our quantitative model detects actionable momentum from any sector or fund, you will get a recommendation from us — again, delivered electronically — to make a trade.
• In addition, email recommendations whenever we determine based on a fundamental analysis of our ETF universe that you should make a trade.
• Trading Strategies across ALL asset classes: Sector, International, Commodity, Currency and Real Estate. Both long and short positions taken.
• Minimum of 52 Weekly portfolio updates.

The Dynamic Global ETF Service is a two-step approach to trading and investing:

Step 1: A quantitative model selects ETFs with the greatest relative strength from a broad universe of funds that includes alternative and non–traditional asset classes such as commodities, currencies and real estate.

Step 2: Using his years of experience in the investment world, Don Dion uses fundamental, non-quantitative analysis to determine the optimal asset allocation for a Dynamic Global ETF portfolio.
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Don Dion's Blog

Dion Money Management The Dion Money Management blog is dedicated to providing timely market commentary and detailed features on all aspects of investment management.
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Dion Money Management is a fee-based investment advisory firm to affluent individuals, families, businesses and nonprofit organizations. Dion is an SEC–registered investment adviser and affiliate of the Fidelity Independent Adviser group of investment newsletters

Founded in 1996 and based in Williamstown, Massachusetts, Dion Money Management manages assets for clients throughout the United States. Donald R. Dion, Jr., founder and president, is a licensed attorney in Massachusetts and Maine and has more than 25 years’ experience working in the financial markets, having founded and run two publicly traded companies before establishing Dion Money Management.

Dion Money Management specializes in wealth management utilizing mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. Dion creates customized, diversified portfolios for clients with the goal of preserving capital and delivering above–market risk–adjusted returns.

As a client of Dion Money Management, you have an entire team working for you. Portfolio strategists, client service representatives, trading desk personnel, compliance attorneys, transition specialists, administrative coordinators and information technologists are all working behind the scenes to manage your accounts, answer your questions, execute trades, ensure compliance with all regulations and keep paperwork in order. They are an integral part of the Dion team, and they all work for you.

At Dion, the process is straightforward and focused, but its implementation takes dedication, focus and commitment. These three characteristics are embodied by Dion Money Management and its founder, Donald R. Dion, Jr.
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Don Dion's Book

Best Fund Second Quarter 2009 While mutual funds have long dominated the retirement savings landscape, in recent years many investors have turned to ETFs in an effort to add diversity and transparency to their portfolios. As the ETF industry grows, a new breed of mutual funds has emerged that incorporates the benefits of ETFs with the fundamental oversight that has made mutual funds an enduring investment approach.

In this report, Fidelity Independent Adviser met with Paul Frank, portfolio manager of the ETF Market Opportunity Fund (ETFOX), formerly the Navigator Fund (NAVFX), to get an inside look at one of the top-rated ETF-comprised mutual funds available today. In the rapidly growing ETF industry, ETFOX will achieve the five-year mark in spring 2009, and it recently garnered a five-star rating from Morningstar and the distinction of Lipper Leader for Total Return and Preservation of assets from Lipper Fund Services.

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Snapshot
  • Financial advisor
  • Trading frequency: Weekly
Interests:
  • Bonds
  • Dividends & Income
  • ETFs
  • Forex
  • Mutual Funds
  • Real Estate and REITs
  • Retirement Savings