
Investing in securities of companies whose value FMR believes is not fully recognized by the public. Investing in either 'growth' stocks or 'value' stocks or both. Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
Is FCNTX's expense ratio expensive, average, or a steal for its category?
Pro reveals the verdict on a 5-tier spectrum calibrated against ICI 2025 industry averages, with strategy-aware bands so the comparison is meaningful.

Fidelity Contrafund (FCNTX) is the fund that made Will Danoff a household name in active management.

Fidelity Contrafund built a legendary reputation by zigging while Wall Street zagged, but managing $157.8 billion forces some uncomfortable questions about whether a fund this massive can still bet against the crowd without becoming it.

Index funds were supposed to bury active management, yet one fund with $360 billion in assets keeps writing checks to private AI companies that indexers cannot touch. What Capital Group built inside AGTHX defies the obituary Wall Street already wrote.

Index funds were supposed to have buried active management for good, yet one $360 billion mutual fund keeps writing checks to private AI companies that indexers cannot even touch. The question is whether the portfolio earns that privilege or just gets lucky timing.

Will Danoff, the portfolio manager who managed the Fidelity Contrafund for the past 35 years, has consistently beaten the stock market.