These are the invested parts of the premiums after deduction of all the charges and premium for risk cover under all
policies in a particular fund as chosen by the policy holders.
Investment in a particular fund is primarily a function of the return and risk appetite of the investor, which in turn is governed by the investment objective of the investor.
Remember, conventional retirement accounts are not a financial product in the pure sense that one purchases a product... they are simply an IRS regulated account to hold your deposits which are then
invested in a particular fund of choice.
Remember, conventional retirement accounts are not a financial product in the pure sense that one purchases a product... they are simply an IRS regulated account to hold your deposits which are then invested
in a particular fund of choice.
Only firm - approved offering materials (generally, the offering memorandum, pitchbook and related materials) may be used to offer or sell
interests in a particular fund.
To do this, it's important to nullify market timing, and ask ourselves what our returns would have been if we had, instead of
purchasing in a particular fund, invested the same amount of money at exactly the same time in a benchmark index.
The value of units
cancelled in a particular fund will be in the same proportion as the value of units held in that fund is to the total value of units held across all funds.
But, I do have one more question regarding this — when the market underperforms, or the fund underperforms, should I stay
invested in that particular fund, or, switch to another better performing fund?
You can invest
in a particular fund (e.g. a Canadian equity fund) that underperforms its benchmark (e.g. the S&P / TSX Composite Index) for the period that you've invested in it.
The expense ratio is an annual fee applied to the balance you have
in that particular fund.
There are a few other fees that pop up often, and before you invest
in a particular fund, you want to be sure that you don't see the terms «front - load» or «back - end load.»