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For example, if you made a one-time investment of $10,000 in a fund with a 1 percent expense ratio and earned the market’s average return of 10 percent annually over 20 years, it would cost you ...
One notable component of the expense ratio of U.S. funds is the "12b-1 fee", which represents expenses used for advertising and promotion of the fund. 12b-1 fees are paid by the fund out of mutual fund assets and are generally limited to a maximum of 1.00% per year (.75% distribution and .25% shareholder servicing) under FINRA Rules.
The best way to see if a mutual fund has competitive costs is to compare them to the ICI’s benchmark expense ratios mentioned earlier: 0.44% for equity mutual funds and 0.37% for bond mutual funds.
The total expense ratio (TER) is a measure of the total cost of a fund to an investor. Total costs may include various fees (purchase, redemption, auditing) and other expenses. The TER, calculated by dividing the total annual cost by the fund's total assets averaged over that year, is denoted as a percentage. It will normally vary somewhat from ...
Generally, unlike future performance, expenses are predictable. Funds with high expense ratios tend to continue to have high expense ratios. An investor can examine a fund's "Financial Highlights" which is contained in both the periodic financial reports and the fund's prospectus, and determine a fund's expense ratio over the last five years (if the fund has five years of history).
For example, a fund with a 0.08% expense ratio would charge you $8 per year for every $10,000 you invest. Some money market funds may also carry other fees, such as transaction fees or load fees ...
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) deducts its expenses from the total value of the shares. These fees are typically expressed as a percentage of the fund's average net assets and referred to as the ...
The expense ratio of the average large cap actively managed mutual fund as of 2015 is 1.15%. [21] If a mutual fund produces 10% return before expenses, taking account of the expense ratio difference would result in an after expense return of 9.9% for the large cap index fund versus 8.85% for the actively managed large cap fund.