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Overview

If you are concerned the new hybrid digital-human robo-advisors could turn into a Frankenstein, Fidelity Go has placed a human back at the controls. Fidelity Go is a new breed of robo-advisor targeted to the young digital investor. While other robo-advisors will provide you with a human advisor to provide investment advice, Fidelity has gone father to remain faithful to the traditional investment management model.

Fidelity investment managers still watch over and manage your portfolio, alongside some smart algorithms. The professional money management is provided at advisory fees competitive with other robo-advisors.

Founding: 2016

Assets Under Management: Over $5 billion

Client Profile: Young, digitally savvy investors in the 25-to-45 age range.

Minimum Investment: $5,000

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Getting Started

What do you need to start? 

Digital wealth managers typically provide short and sweet questionnaires; this one is shorter than most.

Fidelity Go’s approach is to provide you with the very basics and give you the option to access more in-depth portfolio analysis tools at no extra charge, if you so choose. Investing a few more minutes of your time in producing a more accurate risk assessment is essential.

What questions do they ask?

You will be asked to provide the very basic information in seven questions on age, individual or joint account, investment objective, income, account deposit, and risk profile. Your suggested portfolio then pops up with an estimate of its future value under different market conditions, and costs – about $1.60 a month for a $5,000 account balance. 

How is risk tolerance assessed?

For risk tolerance, you will simply be asked to rate your own risk tolerance on a scale of 1 (Risk-Averse) to 10 (Very Aggressive). Does a “7” represent a 60-year-old female with an average income or a 55- year-old male with a six-figure income?

We put a “7” for both profiles and we received the same 70% stock allocation for both profiles, with a 21% holding in foreign stocks.

Take the time to complete the expanded questionnaire for a more accurate assessment. Creating a lower risk profile for the 55-year-old male, dropped the stock allocation to 60 percent and the monthly fee to $1.58 for a $5,000 balance.

If you don’t feel comfortable taking this quiz without professional help, you can also call an investment professional at 800-823-0125 to walk you through the process. Only you can determine how aggressive or passive you want your investing strategy to be, but Fidelity’s support team can mean the difference between being too risky or too passive and underperform the market.

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