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<title><![CDATA[Why is Puritan Selling Credit Default Insurance?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I always thought of Puritan as a conservative balanced fund. Recent Annual report (Aug 31, 2008) gave me of some indication of why it has had bad losses in current crisis.

Puritan has been buying and selling credit default insurance (buying/selling CDS). Actually, it has been selling more CDS than buying. 

Selling credit default insurance is what did LEH and AIG in. And AIG is still a black hole for Federal Reserve & Treasury--to the tune of $150 billions now.

BUT WHY IS PURITAN SELLING CREDIT DEFAULT INSURANCE? 

How many of Fidelity funds are doing this?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:17:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Re: Dec Capital Gain Distribution]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The estimated dividend and capital gain amounts can be seen at <a href=http://personal.fidelity.com/products/funds/content/fund_year-end_distributions.shtml.cvsr?refhp=c>http://personal.fidelity.com/products/funds/content/fund_year-end_distributions.shtml.cvsr?refhp=c</a>

The Puritan dividend/capital gains distribution is always effective on the 3rd Friday of December.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:43:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dec Capital Gain Distribution]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Any word on the December Capital gains distribution and the Dividend? It is usually paid in the first week of December but I can find no word of it yet.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:43:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Re: Annual Report 2007]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Agree. Just pointing out why our fund has been lagging
the Balanced Fund Index.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:06:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Re: Annual Report 2007]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[financials will recover.....


and when they do.....up we go. 


ride the wave....weather the storm, we'll be okay.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:06:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Annual Report 2007]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Have you read latest annual report? $4.3 Billion in CDO's(Fixed Income - 16.9% of Fund)plus another $3-4 Bil in C, JPM, BAC, AIG and Swiss Re. No wonder FPURX has been struggling this year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:06:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Re: recent drop]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Thanks for the research.
I think the big drop is for us, the shareholders.
Ex dividend is the time when the price drops so the shareholders can be paid.
You will notice the capital gains are much higher than any other quarter.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:29:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Re: recent drop]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[October 5, 2007 - Dividend 0.15    Capitol Gain 1.03]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:24:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Re: Mortgage Backed Securities, et al?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[$.15 per share]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:38:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Re: Mortgage Backed Securities, et al?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[<<This seems to be the best div payout in the last 4 qtrs>>

There was a dividend then?
Anyone know how much?

Thanks]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:38:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Re: Mortgage Backed Securities, et al?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[It had a few ups and downs but, over all it held its own. This seems to be the best div payout in the last 4 qtrs. So I would say it did okay. Hope this helps??]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:08:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Re: recent drop]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[i looked more closely at this yesterday as this is in my 401k account, and it looks like all of the drop was explained by a reinvestment in more shares and the dividend.   I received about 40 more shares than I had before.   I guess they do this to keep the price per share down for new investors.   The value of my total shares remained about the same.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:55:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Re: recent drop]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Not very good communicators are they]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:55:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Re: recent drop]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[After looking at the numbers a little closer, It looks like the div's is the reason for the drop. The dollars for the payout had to come from it, give or take a few pennies. The overall value of the fund looks to be the same.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:45:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Re: recent drop]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I sure would like to know as well. Ready to pull out. Cap gains should not have anything to do with it?????]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:58:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Re: recent drop]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I found this information below.   Does it really explain that big of a drop though?   How does the capital gains number affect the price if at all?

Prices & Distributions 
Price History   as of 09/30/2007   
52 Week Low-High $19.45 - $21.37 
Monthly Low-High $20.39 - $21.18 
On 09/01/2007 $20.54 
On 09/30/2007 $21.16 

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Distribution Schedule   
Dividends April, July, October, December 
Capital Gains October, December 
 Distribution History   
Dividends 
Date Per Share Amount Reinvestment Price 
04/04/2007   $0.140000   $20.26   
07/06/2007   $0.140000   $21.08   
10/05/2007   $0.150000   $20.29   

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Capital Gains 
Date Per Share Amount Reinvestment Price 
12/09/2005   $0.110000   $18.72   
09/08/2006   $0.580000   N/A   
12/08/2006   $0.270000   $19.80   
10/05/2007   $1.030000   $20.29]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:29:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Re: recent drop]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I'm curious too.   Hope we get an answer.   Dividemd?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:54:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[recent drop]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Does anyone know why the fund lost almost 5% last Friday?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:29:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mortgage Backed Securities, et al?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[How safe is FPURX with regard to the latest (bad) buzz on Mortage-backed security holdings? Anybody?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:38:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Re: dividend]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[And according to my records they paid a dividend of about .1 per cent on July 6, this year.

Don't spend it all in one place.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:46:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Re: dividend]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[You have a mind like a steel trap.

Yep! They paid a dividend in 2006, 2005, and 2004 in the month of July.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:46:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[dividend]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I thought Puritan paid a dividend in July.   Was I wrong?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:46:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Re: Puritan: Navigating stormy seas since 1947.]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Spartan Equity Fund. FUSEX]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:55:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Re: Puritan: Navigating stormy seas since 1947.]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I currently own the Spartan fund. Is there too much similarity in the holdings of the 2 funds to own them both?
Thanks]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2007 13:09:50 GMT</pubDate>
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