A financial planner may be able to catch this and other common pitfalls, like
incurring deferred sales charge (DSC) penalties when selling mutual funds before they've matured.
Going forward, the investor will need to contact the remaining mutual fund companies at the beginning of each year to determine what amount they can sell from the funds without
incurring any deferred sales charges, and make the necessary trades (the proceeds can then be used to purchase the iShares DEX Universe Bond Index Fund (XBB) as originally planned).
Not exact matches
The new adviser will have an opinion on your future strategy and will want to work to minimize the impact of any
deferred sales charges you might
incur by making changes.
In our opinion, around 20 % are worth hanging on to if you already own them; particularly, if you would
incur a taxable gain, contingent
deferred -
sales charge (CDSC), or short - term trading commission at your discount broker if you sold.
As the example above illustrates, with a little ingenuity, you can begin to reduce your fees considerably without
incurring the dreaded
deferred sales charge.