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The Motley Fool September 3, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
This Fund Charges What? Pay attention to the expense ratios of your funds, or pay too much. |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Your Mutual Fund's Hidden Costs When sizing up funds, put expense ratios in context. |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Something Smells in Mutual Fund Land One good strategy for mutual fund investors, given the state of expense fees these days, is to make sure you're investing in top-notch funds. Anything less will mean that the fees eat up a greater percentage of the total return. |
The Motley Fool April 19, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Mutual Fund Fees Explained Ignore a fund's fees and your net worth may suffer. |
The Motley Fool June 20, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money Despite Higher Fees A low fee isn't everything. |
The Motley Fool August 24, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Fund Fees Under the Magnifying Glass Make sure you know how much you're paying for your fund. |
The Motley Fool November 29, 2007 Adam J. Wiederman |
The Worst Investment Out There Take a look at Shepherd Large Cap Growth Fund, which year to date has impressively outperformed the market, but may have set itself up disastrously for the long term. |
Entrepreneur June 2007 Scott Bernard Nelson |
Too Revealing? The scoop on funds of funds. |
The Motley Fool May 29, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The World's Most Expensive Mutual Fund Frontier Micro Cap fund takes the cake for sky-high expenses with an eye-popping 18.4% expense ratio. |
The Motley Fool June 23, 2008 Dayana Yochim |
Even Billionaires Sweat the Small Stuff When it comes to managing your finances, you, too, should sweat the small stuff -- the seemingly minuscule things that actually have monumental effects on your bottom line. |
The Motley Fool May 7, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Time to Deep-Six 12b-1 Fees? Be on the lookout for these mutual fund fees, which do more harm than good. |
The Motley Fool September 6, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Fend Off Fund Fees: Part 2 Here are more tips to save cash by avoiding unnecessary mutual fund fees. |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman |
You're Paying How Much? With mutual funds, you usually get what you don't pay for. |
The Motley Fool October 20, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Save Yourself $2,250 Beware of loaded mutual funds. |
On Wall Street June 1, 2011 Tom Roseen |
Performance Drags: A Curse To Wealth Accumulation Loads, expenses and taxes can have a significant impact on fund returns over the long haul. |
The Motley Fool November 9, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Fund Fees Rising When They Should Be Falling Are you getting ripped off by your fund family? While many mutual funds are now enjoying lower operating costs, many fund companies have actually raised the annual fees they charge shareholders. |
The Motley Fool May 22, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
New Fund Name, Same Lousy Performance? Beware mutual funds that change their monikers, but not their methods. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2006 Craig L. Israelsen |
Economies of Scale? As mutual fund assets rise, expense ratios are supposed to fall -- but do they? |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Alarming Mutual Funds Always consider a fund's total expense ratio because those hidden costs will eat away at your gains. |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Fees Count in ETFs, Too Keep looking at fees in your funds and seek out low ones. A slightly lower fee can make a world of difference to your bottom line. |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
You're Paying How Much? With mutual funds, you usually get what you don't pay for. When it comes to gauging a fund's prospects, few attributes have more predictive power than the expense ratio. |
The Motley Fool February 19, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Only Way to Stop Losing Money By taking charge of investing your own large portfolio, you can save a bundle in fees. |
AskMen.com Ryan Ortega |
Invest On A Budget With a little planning and common sense, you can invest on a budget with very little money up front and, hopefully, a large payout in the end. |
The Motley Fool August 21, 2007 Nathan Alderman |
4 Keys to Easier Investing Mystified by mutual funds? Here's what to look for. Once you know these four key elements to seek out when judging a fund, you'll be ready to start your own search to build your perfect fund portfolio. |
The Motley Fool June 27, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The 5-Minute Fund Test Follow these easy steps to find worthy mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool February 18, 2004 Robert Brokamp |
The Fund Fees You Don't See A study shows that almost half of shareholder costs are undisclosed or nearly impossible to find. While the recent mutual fund scandals raise serious questions about whom we should trust with our money, the actual dollar cost to most individual investors isn't that high. There are far more significant ways funds siphon off our dollars. And they're just as hidden. |
Investment Advisor December 2007 Elizabeth D. Festa |
Fighting the Good Fight on 401(k)s In his new book, Stop the 401(k) Rip Off, David Loeper rails against the hidden fees in 401(k) plans and attempts to arm participants with the ability to uncover the fees and approach their employer about offering less expensive funds in their plans. |
The Motley Fool August 26, 2004 Robert Brokamp |
My Fund Manager Ate My Retirement! How much of your investment is consumed by your mutual fund's expenses? |
BusinessWeek May 28, 2007 Lauren Young |
In A Big World, Few Open Doors Global investing is hot, and finding a good foreign mutual fund is tough. Of the 16 diversified funds rated "A" in the foreign category, only these five are still open to new investors. |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Exciting Young Funds Buck the Trend Death and rebirth in the land of mutual funds. |
Entrepreneur February 2006 Scott Bernard Nelson |
Over the Wall China holds a host of investment possibilities. The problem for investors -- and for companies that want a piece of China -- is that the business landscape is still littered with landmines. Mutual funds or exchange-traded funds remain the best bets. |
The Motley Fool July 3, 2008 Brian Richards |
The Worst Investment I've Ever Seen Many people do not realize that mutual fund fees are important for making an index fund investment decision. Secondly, even investors who realize fees are important do not minimize index fund fees. |
The Motley Fool October 15, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Put $174,000 Back in Your Pocket You're paying too much for mutual funds. When it comes to investing, every dollar counts. Yet too many investors are throwing money away unnecessarily. |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Mutual Funds and 12b-1 Fees Are you paying counterproductive fees? |
AskMen.com Luis Rodrigues |
Mutual funds With interest rates remaining as low as they are, more and more people are looking towards the stock market to earn a higher return on their money investing. |
The Motley Fool April 9, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Why I Was Wrong, and Then Wrong Again Don't get all excited about a mutual fund based on its performance in a single year. |
The Motley Fool September 6, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Fend Off Fund Fees Here are tips on how to avoid unnecessary mutual fund fees and keep the money for yourself. |
The Motley Fool August 16, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
This Investment Will Sink Your Portfolio Avoid mutual funds and invest in individual stocks. |
The Motley Fool July 31, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Hooray for Cheaper Funds! The fund industry just got the memo: Expenses matter. How do your fund's expenses measure up? The following chart details the average expense ratio for several different categories of funds. |
Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 |
Correction The expense ratios of the lifecycle funds cited in "Spinning Their Wheels" (October 2006) represented gross expense ratios and not the net expense ratios that are normally used when examining fund fees. |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
How Much Is Management Costing You? Be picky. Look at fees. Look at a fund's turnover, because the higher the turnover, the higher the taxes on gains will likely be. Look at the long-term returns, too, because given the thousands of mutual funds out there, many are run by not-very-good managers. |
Entrepreneur October 2009 Rosalind Resnick |
Conquering Your Fear of Fees Savvy investors know to read the fine print about money-management charges. |
On Wall Street August 1, 2012 Sasha Franger |
An Easier Way to Track Mutual Funds' Expense Ratio Each year Lipper produces its "Quick Guide to Fund Expenses." The report consists of a single table displaying the asset-weighted average and average total expense ratios by load-type, fund type, and Lipper classifications/objectives. |
The Motley Fool April 2, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Money So Easy It Feels Like Cheating You don't have to get rich on your own -- let others do it for you by investing in solid, well-run mutual funds. |
Entrepreneur August 2005 Scott Bernard Nelson |
Going Down? Some mutual fund companies are reducing their fees. If your questions are how much and why, read on. |
The Motley Fool July 28, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
The Amazing Disappearing, Reappearing Fund Fee A fee by any other name will still cost just as much. |
The Motley Fool October 27, 2004 |
Fussing About Fund Fees Mutual fund fees may look small, but they can eat much of your earnings. |
The Motley Fool September 28, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The Key to Successful Mutual Fund Investing Mutual fund expenses may be one of the best ways to tell whether a fund will outperform or not. |
The Motley Fool November 27, 2007 Adam J. Wiederman |
How to Invest When You're Busy If you're pressed for time, mutual funds may be the perfect investment opportunity for you. |
The Motley Fool December 1, 2006 Mary Dalrymple |
Frightening Fine Print Have you checked your 401(k) fees? What looks like a small difference could have big consequences. |