Not exact matches
Find out how no -
load funds,
index mutual funds and ETFs can help investors boost returns just by cutting down on expenses and
sales charges.
Schwab also offers some of the lowest expense ratios for
index funds and ETFs, and it did away with mutual funds that carry
loads, or initial
sales charges.
You'll want an
index fund with a low management expense ratio (MER)-- 1 % at most — and no
load, meaning that you don't pay a
sales commission when you buy or sell it.
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These aggregate data combine both: a) the much higher costs of actively managed mutual funds with
sales loads and b) the much lower costs of no
load index mutual funds.
SELECTED INVESTMENT FUNDS USUALLY ARE PASSIVELY MANAGED
INDEX FUNDS: Because lower cost no sales load investment company funds tend to be more passively managed index tracking funds, these funds also most often have far lower securities portfolio turnover churning than the higher asset turnover that characterizes non-index based, active investing f
INDEX FUNDS: Because lower cost no
sales load investment company funds tend to be more passively managed
index tracking funds, these funds also most often have far lower securities portfolio turnover churning than the higher asset turnover that characterizes non-index based, active investing f
index tracking funds, these funds also most often have far lower securities portfolio turnover churning than the higher asset turnover that characterizes non-
index based, active investing f
index based, active investing funds.
Index funds don't have the
sales charges known as
loads, which many mutual funds have.
Additionally, many
index funds don't come with
sales loads.
For example, selling them essentially
index mutual funds, but with maximum front - end
sales loads.
Cut out the expenses, including advisor
sales loads and fund management expenses, and you end up with passively managed
index funds that are much more likely to deliver better risk - adjusted returns.
You pay more to buy these funds and you pay more in the long run, because mutual funds with
sales loads and 12b1 fees are more likely to come up short in comparison with low cost no
load index funds.
But customers can
load up on all Vanguard mutual funds and ETFs without having to pay
sales charges — a good deal if you invest mainly in the low - cost
index funds that are Vanguard's bread and butter.
A no -
load mutual fund does not come with a
sales charge, the financial term for commission, and an
indexed mutual fund does not require active portfolio management.
It is possible to have the best of both cost - cutting worlds and combine a no -
load sales structure with a passive
indexing strategy.