FCSDX

Active

Fidelity Strategic Dividend and Income Fund

Category: Balanced (1,430 funds)

Expense Ratio

1.67%

Annual Cost per $10K

$167.00

30-Year Fee Drag per $10K

$28,637

at 7% annual return

Fund Type

Mutual Fund

Active

Trailing 12-Month

+0.65%

Asset Allocation

US Equity

66%

US Bond

29%

Intl Bond

Cash

Fee Comparison

FCSDX

1.67%

Balanced average

0.85%

Balanced cheapest

FELSX

0.00%

Index benchmark

0.03%

96% more expensive than category average

Historical Returns

Monthly total returns (dividends reinvested) from SEC N-PORT filings · As of August 2025 · Updated quarterly

-3.90%3Y

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Investment

Years

Annual Return

FCSDX at 1.67%$237,428

At index rates (0.03%)$377,424

Zero fees (theoretical)$380,613

Total fee drag$143,184

Cost vs index fund−$139,996

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Ranked by allocation similarity weighted by fund size · Returns (dividends reinvested) from SEC N-PORT filings · As of August 2025

Ticker	Name	ER	1yr	3yr	5yr
FCSDX	Fidelity Strategic Dividend and Income Fund	1.67%	+0.65%	-1.32%	-2.88%
TRAIX	T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund	0.58%	+11.26%	+13.05%	+11.06%
VWENX	VANGUARD WELLINGTON FUND	0.17%	+12.65%	+13.05%	+9.43%
JABLX	Janus Henderson Balanced Portfolio$1M min	0.87%	+12.64%	+18.21%	+9.93%
AAETX	American Funds 2030 Target Date Retirement Fund	0.66%	+10.82%	+11.68%	+7.59%
AADTX	American Funds 2025 Target Date Retirement Fund	0.63%	+9.63%	+10.15%	+6.54%
VBIAX	VANGUARD BALANCED INDEX FUND	0.07%	+11.15%	+12.55%	+8.21%
FIQWX	Fidelity Strategic Dividend and Income Fund	0.56%	+7.94%	+10.11%	+9.25%
ACEIX	Invesco Equity and Income Fund	0.76%	+9.14%	+10.33%	+10.51%
VLAAX	VALUE LINE ASSET ALLOCATION FUND INC	1.06%	+1.17%	+10.55%	+6.31%
AACTX	American Funds 2020 Target Date Retirement Fund	0.61%	+9.51%	+9.52%	+6.25%
CAIBX	Capital Income Builder	0.58%	+13.12%	+12.52%	+9.64%
ITCSX	VY(R) T. ROWE PRICE CAPITAL APPRECIATION PORTFOLIO	0.65%	+10.94%	+12.67%	+10.91%
CIPAX	American Funds Conservative Growth and Income Portfolio	0.88%	+9.92%	+10.09%	+7.50%
SSIAX	1919 Socially Responsive Balanced Fund	0.95%	+7.33%	—	—
THHYX	Toews Tactical Income Fund	1.37%	+3.64%	+4.24%	+1.82%
ABALX	American Balanced Fund	0.58%	+13.14%	+13.38%	+9.37%
SBACX	Touchstone Strategic Trust-Touchstone Balanced Fund	0.99%	+10.11%	+12.00%	+7.17%
AAFTX	American Funds 2035 Target Date Retirement Fund	0.67%	+12.21%	+13.49%	+8.96%
FAFWX	American Funds Retirement Income Portfolio - Conservative	1.27%	+8.45%	+7.55%	+4.90%
HCKFX	THE HARTFORD CHECKS AND BALANCES FUND	0.58%	+7.07%	+10.66%	+7.87%
IASTX	Macquarie Asset Strategy Fund	0.72%	+11.88%	+15.00%	+5.27%
VMAIX	Venerable Moderate Allocation Fund	0.89%	—	—	—
PGEBX	George Putnam Balanced Fund	0.91%	+21.05%	+3.59%	+8.82%
FTCFX	American Funds College 2033 Fund	0.39%	+10.30%	+11.62%	+8.01%
WFAIX	Allspring Index Asset Allocation Fund	0.90%	+8.44%	+14.30%	+8.36%
IUAAX	VY(R) INVESCO EQUITY AND INCOME PORTFOLIO	1.14%	+8.58%	+9.93%	+10.70%
VALIX	VALUE LINE CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND INC	1.08%	+23.99%	+19.52%	+8.97%
TASHX	Transamerica Multi-Asset Income	0.99%	+12.23%	+11.17%	+9.50%
ESIFX	Eaton Vance Balanced Fund	0.68%	+10.47%	+13.91%	+8.85%
OAZBX	Oakmark Equity and Income Fund	0.56%	+8.39%	+10.83%	—
AABTX	American Funds 2015 Target Date Retirement Fund	0.61%	+8.98%	+8.86%	+5.93%
STFBX	State Farm Balanced Fund	0.14%	+9.62%	+12.46%	—
FTAOX	American Funds College Enrollment Fund	0.35%	+5.83%	+4.92%	+1.83%
NCBGX	New Covenant Balanced Growth Fund	0.93%	+11.62%	+17.45%	+9.46%
JAFRX	Capital Appreciation Value Trust	0.88%	+10.81%	+12.66%	+10.64%
HADAX	HARTFORD BALANCED HLS FUND	0.66%	+7.30%	+10.74%	+8.95%
STILX	Federated Hermes Strategic Income Fund	0.63%	+6.24%	+6.87%	+3.09%
MAPOX	Mairs & Power Balanced Fund	0.71%	+4.57%	+9.10%	—
CBARX	Calvert Balanced Fund	0.61%	+10.16%	+13.67%	+8.91%
WSBFX	Boston Trust Walden Balanced Fund	0.95%	+4.01%	+7.68%	+6.49%
TEPAX	American Funds Tax-Exempt Preservation Portfolio	0.59%	+3.19%	+3.11%	+1.00%
CPPAX	American Funds Preservation Portfolio	0.87%	+4.51%	+3.60%	+1.09%
FSLTX	Strategic Advisers Alternatives Fund	1.56%	+7.58%	+4.51%	—
NSIRX	North Star Opportunity Fund	1.56%	—	—	—
MERFX	The Merger Fund	1.56%	-14.74%	-38.31%	-33.45%
CGIOX	Calamos Growth & Income Fund	0.73%	+16.93%	+16.31%	+11.89%
ADFI	Anfield Dynamic Fixed Income ETF	1.68%	+1.47%	+3.22%	-0.96%
BTBFX	Boston Trust Asset Management Fund	0.80%	+6.99%	+9.78%	+7.95%
PLABX	Plumb Balanced Fund	1.19%	+4.94%	+10.89%	—
MXCPX	Empower Conservative Profile Fund	0.76%	+5.06%	+5.88%	+3.77%
IRMGX	Voya Retirement Moderately Aggressive Portfolio	0.59%	+10.39%	+11.62%	+8.35%
JBAWX	Balanced Fund	0.62%	+10.82%	+13.29%	+8.59%
LKBAX	LKCM Balanced Fund	0.80%	+7.83%	+9.45%	+6.70%
IBLLX	Transamerica Multi-Managed Balanced	0.64%	+8.71%	+11.65%	+7.57%
IRGPX	Voya Retirement Aggressive Portfolio	0.60%	+11.96%	+13.71%	+10.06%
MXDPX	Empower Moderately Conservative Profile Fund	0.82%	+5.98%	+7.43%	+5.33%
MACBX	MFS Conservative Allocation Fund	0.83%	+5.79%	+6.88%	+3.65%
SPBAX	DWS Multi-Asset Conservative Allocation Fund	0.97%	+5.68%	+7.48%	+4.29%
IBARX	Macquarie Balanced Fund	0.65%	+10.35%	+13.12%	+4.38%
PPIPX	T. Rowe Price Spectrum Conservative Allocation Fund	0.56%	+7.96%	+9.01%	+5.30%
AABCX	Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Balanced Fund	0.71%	+10.28%	+17.73%	+9.26%
SIBAX	Sit Balanced Fund	0.91%	+11.63%	+14.60%	+8.83%
HEIFX	Hennessy Equity and Income Fund	1.55%	+5.79%	+8.83%	+6.16%
ABLOX	Alger Balanced Portfolio$1M min	1.03%	+11.48%	+7.16%	+4.26%
WEBAX	TETON Westwood Balanced Fund	1.39%	+4.62%	+8.23%	+6.34%
HBADX	HARTFORD MODERATE ALLOCATION FUND	0.67%	+10.76%	+11.59%	+7.39%
FFCTX	American Funds College 2027 Fund	0.33%	+6.48%	+6.23%	+4.31%
ARCHX	Archer Balanced Fund	1.21%	+8.96%	+11.19%	+8.61%
WMBLX	WesMark Balanced Fund	1.30%	+4.99%	+7.52%	+6.80%
CTAKX	American Funds College 2036 Fund	0.43%	+12.83%	+14.85%	+9.97%
TIBOX	Thornburg Investment Income Builder Fund	0.84%	+23.55%	+20.42%	+15.99%
JEPI	JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF	0.35%	+5.56%	+10.28%	+10.31%
AAATX	American Funds 2010 Target Date Retirement Fund	0.59%	+8.82%	+8.45%	+5.66%
FTFCX	American Funds College 2030 Fund	0.35%	+8.08%	+8.65%	+6.33%
POCAX	Aristotle Portfolio Optimization Moderate Fund	1.12%	+10.21%	—	—
GCBLX	Green Century Balanced Fund	1.46%	+4.85%	+8.50%	+6.34%
AGASX	Virtus Global Allocation Fund	0.77%	+9.68%	+9.78%	+5.99%
PCBKX	Victory Pioneer Balanced Fund	0.63%	—	—	—
JEPQ	JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF	0.35%	+15.42%	+19.17%	—
ISPCX	VOYA SOLUTION 2035 PORTFOLIO	1.24%	+10.45%	+12.42%	+8.96%
ACIIX	Equity Income Fund	0.59%	+7.72%	+9.44%	+9.28%
DGIBX	DGI BALANCED FUND	1.45%	+7.33%	+7.89%	—
REMIX	STANDPOINT MULTI-ASSET FUND	1.26%	-6.29%	+4.09%	+8.91%
QCSCIX	College Retirement Equities Fund - Social Choice Account	—	+8.60%	+11.15%	+7.07%
FBFWX	American Funds Retirement Income Portfolio - Moderate	1.24%	+10.25%	+10.01%	+6.99%
OSTVX	Osterweis Growth & Income Fund	0.91%	+7.50%	+9.97%	+8.33%
PODAX	Aristotle Portfolio Optimization Growth Fund	1.09%	+11.80%	—	—
EKBDX	Allspring Diversified Capital Builder Fund	1.01%	+12.78%	+21.90%	+12.65%
CMALX	CRAWFORD MULTI-ASSET INCOME FUND	0.99%	+5.00%	+7.82%	+9.04%
AAGTX	American Funds 2040 Target Date Retirement Fund	0.68%	+14.02%	+15.45%	+10.16%
TSAMX	Thornburg Summit Fund	0.96%	+13.67%	+12.81%	—
FISR	SPDR SSGA Fixed Income Sector Rotation ETF	0.50%	+2.71%	+2.36%	-1.38%
NBGDX	Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio	0.74%	—	—	—
FOBAX	TRIBUTARY BALANCED FUND$1M min	0.74%	+7.77%	+12.06%	+8.21%
ISGAX	VOYA SOLUTION BALANCED PORTFOLIO	1.15%	+9.70%	+10.85%	+7.99%
KAGAX	Kensington Dynamic Allocation Fund	1.67%	+31.27%	+11.43%	—
VCAAX	Asset Allocation Fund	0.65%	+9.64%	+12.55%	+9.62%
MXMPX	Empower Moderate Profile Fund	0.90%	+7.11%	+9.05%	+6.83%
PFLD	AAM Low Duration Preferred and Income Securities ETF	0.45%	+0.60%	+2.98%	+1.79%
BLPAX	American Funds Moderate Growth and Income Portfolio	0.93%	+11.46%	+12.51%	+8.32%

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