They were one of the original mutual fund and ETF companies to lower fees, and they continually advocate a low -
fee index fund approach to investing.
Not exact matches
While
index funds may be better for individuals who prefer a hands - off
approach, some of them come with higher entry costs and
fees.
If you choose
index funds and take a passive investment
approach — which isn't for everyone —
fees should be less than 1 %.
This portfolio invests in a diversified set of low
fee global
index funds in a tax efficient
approach.
When deciding between taking an active or passive
approach it seems unwise to compare the performance of an
index without
fees to that of a
fund on an after -
fee basis.
If you deduct
fees from your return assumptions, you're probably still in the ballpark of a 4 % withdrawal rate if you use low - cost
index funds and follow a disciplined Couch Potato
approach.
There are many mutual
funds out there that have earned a consistent return and have fairly low
fees, but if you really want a hands - off
approach to investing with low
fees to boot, start looking into
index funds.
Yet unlike many mutual
funds, which are usually managed and shaped by financial professionals, most ETFs are pegged to a particular
index, a passive and hands - off
approach that reduces overhead and therefore
fees.
However, using
index funds, it doesn't take a lot of difficult work to adopt the do - it - yourself
approach to target date investing if you want to save on
fees and possible expenses.
Another
approach is Mike's ETF vs.
Index Fund strategy (which involves simple, regular investments in index funds until a set amount is reached, depending on fees and MERs, at which point the funds are sold and ETFs are bought with the proceeds — very similar to MDJ's idea
Index Fund strategy (which involves simple, regular investments in
index funds until a set amount is reached, depending on fees and MERs, at which point the funds are sold and ETFs are bought with the proceeds — very similar to MDJ's idea
index funds until a set amount is reached, depending on
fees and MERs, at which point the
funds are sold and ETFs are bought with the proceeds — very similar to MDJ's idea # 4).
A «buy and hold» investment management
approach where a
fund manager holds a portfolio of assets aimed at generating a return before
fees similar to the
index it is tracking, such as the ASX All Ordinaries Index or the ASX200 I
index it is tracking, such as the ASX All Ordinaries
Index or the ASX200 I
Index or the ASX200
IndexIndex.