Sentences with phrase «mers than the index funds»

One question that comes up frequently from investors with small portfolios is whether they should buy low cost index fund such as the TD e-series or by ETFs which have lower mers than the index funds but you have to pay a minimum of $ 4.95 per trade.

Not exact matches

Index funds typically have lower MERs than managed mutual funds because they don't have to pay the portfolio managers as much.

We have other business with Altamira and I have been happy with them because although their index fund MERs are a bit higher than TD (most are 0.5 % I think), I find their online system, phone system, and monthly reports much easier to read / use.

The same investor using a 0.25 % MER exchange - traded index fund (ETF) with a no - cost automatic contribution option would pay less than $ 5,000 in costs and have $ 50,000 more in his portfolio.

You should not pay more than a 0.9 % MER for an index fund.

Another option for low cost index funds is Altimera — last time I checked they had a Precision series which had mers of less than 1 % — You will pay a bit more in mer but I'm positive they can handle the extra grants.

I have switched most of my mutual funds to index where it is less than one percent MER (about 0.70).

They said they had mutual funds with lower MERs than that, and higher returns than the index funds, so why didn't they have a wealth management specialist call me?»

Clearly an index fund has a much lower MER, but if you have a large portfolio, then even a 0.5 % MER can be more than a one - time transaction fee.

While the MER at 1 % is a bit steep and you can construct the same portfolio with TD e-Series Mutual Index Funds for less than half the cost, ING's mutual funds are even cheaper than TD Bank's indexed portfoFunds for less than half the cost, ING's mutual funds are even cheaper than TD Bank's indexed portfofunds are even cheaper than TD Bank's indexed portfolios.

Unfortunately, Altamira does not offer a bond index fund and the bond mutual funds available have MERs of more than 1.5 % but they do offer a decent T - bill fund to park your cash (MER of 0.52 %).

If you are at a broker that does not charge a fee, and you have less than 25k, you might be surprised at how much more expensive the $ 50 fee / e-funds combination is compared to some low MER index funds (< 1 %) at a broker that does not charge a fee.

Interesting set of funds, for those that don't want the «Seat of your pants» feel of the raw index funds, might be a better option than the higher MER (> 2 %) active management funds offered by others.