While the ABC Canadian
small cap fund charged a management expense ratio of less than 2 %, add in the trading expense, and the funds» total cost approaches 3 %.
While the ABC Canadian
small cap fund charged a management expense ratio of less than 2 %, add in the trading expense, and the funds» total cost approaches 3 %.
Not exact matches
The Vanguard
small -
cap growth index
fund only
charges a measly.24 % management fee.
For comparison, the average TAC of the 264
Small Cap Value mutual
funds under coverage is 2.32 %, the weighted average is lower at 1.59 %, and the benchmark, IWN,
charges total annual costs of 0.28 %.
For example, the Vanguard
Small Cap Index
Fund with exposure to
smaller U.S. companies
charges 0.17 %, whereas the expense ratio for the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF is a low 0.04 percent.
This $ 1.2 - billion
small -
cap value
fund has a maximum 5.75 % sales
charge, 1.30 % expense ratio and 40 % turnover.
But there are many solid
small -
cap mutual
funds that do not
charge such high fees.