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Larry Rakers

  • Vice President, Fidelity Investments
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  • Caucasian
  • 1963 (Age: 61 years old)
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Larry Rakers is a Vice President and Portfolio Manager for Fidelity Investments, the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans and a leading online brokerage firm. He manages Fidelity Balanced Fund, Fidelity Advisor Balanced Fund and VIP: Balanced Portfolio.

Rakers joined Fidelity as an equity research analyst in 1993, and followed the restaurant, precious metals and coal industries. Rakers managed Fidelity Select Gold Portfolio from 1995 to 1997 and managed Fidelity Select Precious Metals and Minerals Portfolio and Fidelity Select Paper and Forest Products Portfolio from 1996 to 1997. He managed Fidelity Select Energy Portfolio, Fidelity Select Natural Resources Portfolio and Fidelity Advisor Natural Resources Fund, and served as sector leader of Fidelity's natural resources equity research group from 1997 to 1999. Rakers managed Fidelity Select Computers Portfolio and Fidelity Advisor Technology Portfolio from January 2000 and Fidelity Select Technology Portfolio from February 2000 until June 2001. He was also technology sector leader from January 2000 to June 2001. Rakers also managed Fidelity Convertible Securities Fund from June 2001 until February 2002, when he assumed management responsibility for Fidelity Balanced Fund. He began managing Fidelity Advisor Balanced Fund and VIP: Balanced Portfolio in June 2005.

Before joining Fidelity, Rakers was a project engineer for Loral Corporation in Lexington, Massachusetts, from 1986 to 1993.

Rakers received bachelor of science and master of science degrees in metallurgical engineering from the University of Illinois in 1985 and 1987 respectively. He also received an MBA from Northeastern University in 1993.

So we talked about valuation. The other quick ... the quick valuation things I do was one is, as a balance fund management what happens is money comes in and I am actually the fall guy, I do talk to...thank goodness we have a guy who does the bonds and he is very good. We have a guy who does the i...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 15 Lawrence Rakers Discusses Building A Stock Selection Strategy Based of Linear Regression Model Used in Baseball
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Video 2 of 15 Lawrence Rakers Discusses Focus On Valuation
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Video 3 of 15 Lawrence Rakers Discusses How He Organizes His Search For Stocks
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Video 4 of 15 Lawrence Rakers Discusses Personal Decision To Run His Funds As Sector-Neutral
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Video 5 of 15 Lawrence Rakers States Importance of Buying The Right Cheap Stocks
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Video 6 of 15 Lawrence Rakers Discusses Balance of Portfolio Between Small, Medium and Large Cap Stocks
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Video 7 of 15 Lawrence Rakers Discusses His Rule of 22
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Video 8 of 15 Lawrence Rakers Discusses Rule of 10 (Weighted Average Cost of Capital)
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Video 9 of 15 Lawrence Rakers States He Has Created A System To Rank His Potential Investments
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Video 10 of 15 Lawrence Rakers Shares Example of Using Consumer Trends As Stock Predictors
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Video 11 of 15 Lawrence Rakers Provides Overview Of Subprime Mortgage Market
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Video 12 of 15 Lawrence Rakers States Problem Stemmed From Underestimation Of How Many Subprime Mortgage Holders Wouldn't Pay
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Video 13 of 15 Lawrence Rakers Shares Thoughts on How To Get Out Of Subprime Mortgage Crisis
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Video 14 of 15 Lawrence Rakers Discusses Academic Background and Entry Into Fidelity
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Video 15 of 15 Lawrence Rakers Discusses News Sources Used To Determine Industry Trends
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