Each ETF has its own fee structure, which is
reported as an expense ratio.
The total fee load charged annually is usually
reported as the expense ratio.
Not exact matches
These fees will most likely be
reported on a fund - level
as an increase to each fund's
expense ratio.
Reports indicate revenue sharing has been declining over the last few years — both in terms of the percentage of plans including it and
as a portion of the
expense ratio.
Expense ratio is
reported as a percentage.
And yet, the analysts at Morningstar think rather poorly of the star rating system
as reported by Matt Hougan in «Morningstar Star Ratings Vs.
Expense Ratios»:
Initially, we used eight characteristics to evaluate ETFs:
expense ratio, average market cap, price - to - book, number of stocks, bid - ask spread, turnover, impact on overall portfolio expected returns and yield
as reported by Morningstar X-Ray.
For example, Mirae Cash Management fund's
expense ratio in May 2016 was
reported as 0.02 %, which more than doubled to 0.05 % in May 2017.
Since commission costs are directly associated with investments made by funds, and are fully reflected in total returns, we don't think it makes accounting sense to include commissions
as part of the
reported expense ratio of mutual funds.
Expense ratio is
reported as a percentage.
The major components of
expense ratios are management fees, 12b - 1 distribution fees (if any) and other administrative costs, such
as those for accounting, legal work and shareholder
reporting.
What's bad is these numbers aren't
reported to mutual fund shareholders
as part of the management
expense ratio.
¹ The before reimbursement
expense ratio (which includes acquired fund fees and
expenses (AFFE), if any) represents the total annual operating
expenses, before reductions of any
expenses paid indirectly
as reported in the Fund's most current prospectus and is calculated
as a percentage of average net assets (ANA).
REITs have incentives to make sure their
expense ratios are
reported as low
as possible.
4 For each Investment Option (with the exception of the Principal Plus Interest Option), the figures in this column are based on a weighted average of the
expenses of each underlying Fund's
expense ratio as reported in the applicable underlying Fund's most recent prospectus available prior to the date of this Supplement, in accordance with the Investment Option's asset allocation among its underlying Funds.
Schwab operating
expense ratios (OERs) and competitor net OERs represent the lowest OERs
reported from prospectuses and Strategic Insight Simfund,
as reflected on 7/31/17.
Standard T - Rex Scores are based on fees («Management
Expense Ratios» «MERs»)
reported by the fund sponsor
as shown below.