Sentences with phrase «soft dollar cost»

Many investors believe they're only paying the expense ratio (used to pay marketing costs, distribution costs and management fees) when owning a mutual fund, but there are several other costs involved: transaction costs, tax costs, cash drag, soft dollar cost, and advisory fees.

Not exact matches

Investors pay higher ongoing expenses and commissions, a portion of this amount is routed by the fund to the advisor in 12b - 1 fees, commissions, soft dollars, shelf space and marketing support, and the fund family keeps its share as a cost of managing and marketing the fund.

CCA's cost increases are lower than those at Schweppes because CCA pays for soft drink concentrate in Australian dollars rather than US dollars and hedges its commodity and currency exposure.

CASHMERE - Soft, Warm and Lightweight, This is what I call the investment sweater, They cost anywhere from $ 80 to hundreds of dollars.

In an industry already complicated by fees - sales loads, soft dollars, trailing fees, 12b - 1 marketing fees - asking mutual funds to prominently disclose trading costs is unpopular among fund companies.

However, we do believe that annual reports should include a breakout of total commissions paid, average commissions per share, and disclosure about soft - dollar arrangements, trailing fees and other costs borne by shareholders (at present, this is considered «non-standard information»).

The goal is to introduce products at very low cost with a soft sell to get you to disclose your personal info, only to have you commit thousands of dollars more to get their full version and knowledge to execute them.

Profit squeeze: Mid-size law firms will continue to be affected by a «profit squeeze» resulting from (a) increased overhead due to higher associate and staff salaries and benefits; (b) higher automation costs, professional liability insurance and marketing expenses; (c) partners» unwillingness / inability to increase hourly fee rates for «commodity» type work to off - set higher overhead; (d) enhanced client scrutiny of hourly rates, hours to produce work and lawyer and paralegal staffing of work assignments; (e) pressure by corporate counsel for law firms to absorb more of the «soft costs;» (f) slower paying clients, that affect cash flow and hence the availability of distributable dollars for partners; and (g) a great many mid-size law firms are burdened with higher debt.