Expense ratios climbing on newer mutual funds But fees on older investment...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 4, 1997 ;     550 words ...Expenses charged by mutual funds continue to simply shoot...right? Not exactly. While expense ratios for new, smaller funds...ratio for U.S. equity mutual funds less than five years...million in assets saw their expense ratios drop to 0.97% in 1996...compared various ...

Going global to gird for end of US bull run.(Features)(Work &...

The Christian Science Monitor;  October 12, 1999 ;     436 words ......Go international, as in one of the hundreds of mutual funds linked to overseas investing. International funds...no-load or low-load funds with the lowest possible expense ratios. Overseas funds require slightly more hands-on coordination than domestic funds, so expense ratios tend to ...

Greedy funds? A look at the numbers. (expense ratios for mutual funds)

Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine;  January 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......frequent criticism of mutual funds is that they're eager...to be much lower. Expense ratios have indeed risen...publisher ot Morningstar Mutual Funds, argue. s that many...Even below-average expense ratios produce bonanzas for...

Expense Ratios Fall For 401(k) Programs

The Washington Post;  September 30, 2007 ;     605 words ......expenses. The asset-weighted expense ratios for stock mutual funds in 401(k) plans fell to 0...end of last year was put in mutual funds. Of the 50 million participants...many of those investing in mutual funds tend to put money into low-co...

Expense ratios in 401(k) plans continue to fall

New Haven Register;  October 1, 2007 ;     611 words ......expenses. The asset-weighted expense ratios for stock mutual funds in 401(k) plans fell to 0...end of last year was put in mutual funds. Of the 50 million participants...many of those investing in mutual funds tend to put money into low-co...

ZAG Study: 'True Cost' of Nation's Largest Mutual Funds Found to Be Higher...

PR Newswire;  January 23, 2004 ;     700+ words ......including expense ratios and 12b-1...domestic equity mutual funds in the United...from their expense ratios and that the...percent of their expense ratios. The ZAG-commissioned...widely held mutual funds had the lowest...result of low expense ...

ZAG Study: 44 Percent of Real Cost of Investing in U.S. Mutual Funds...

PR Newswire;  November 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ......the stated expense ratios of mutual funds, according...For many mutual funds, these costs...exceed stated expense ratios. According...investing in mutual funds. What we are...confirmation that expense ratios are only part...

Mutual Funds Provide Investors with Greater Service, Choice and...

PR Newswire;  March 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ......PRNewswire/ -- The mutual fund industry is providing...fact, the cost of mutual funds is lower -- far lower...by shareholders had expense ratios below the industry...to find lower cost mutual funds. Haaga told the panel...holds true for other mutual fund asset ...

Mutual Funds: Information on Trends in Fees and Their Related Disclosure.

General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  May 1, 2003 ;     369 words ......households have invested in mutual funds whose value exceeds $6...pay as part of owning mutual funds can significantly affect...press reports suggest that mutual fund fees have increased...which showed the trends in mutual fund fees from 1990 and...Company Institute found that ...

Shrinking of expense ratios likely to continue, at slower pace.(The...

Investment News;  September 26, 2005 ;     162 words ......charged to shareholders by managers of mutual funds - is the second-largest drag on mutual...investors in taxable accounts. Total expense ratios vary considerably from those of low-co...expect to see further small declines in expense ratios in the future. Tom Roseen, Lipper senior...

KEEPING COSTS LOW: TIAA-CREF offering mutual funds but avoiding extra...

Pensions & Investments;  August 20, 2001 ;     700+ words ......pay to have its 11 mutual funds distributed on another...vice president-mutual funds and annuities. Instead...Malvern, Pa. The mutual funds also will be available...TIAA-CREF's 11 retail mutual funds have very low total expense ratios and they mimic ...

What extended trading hours really mean for mutual funds

The Topeka Capital-Journal;  September 10, 1999 ;     700+ words ......much immediate impact on mutual funds. Going forward, however...not all of them good. Mutual funds, of course, are the original...liquidity is not there for mutual funds at night," says Jack Chee...Eventually, you will see mutual funds offer multiple prices...investors ...

Fee fiasco: Changing rules sting international managers; Modified...

Pensions & Investments;  August 5, 2002 ;     700+ words ......moved to limit the level of mutual fund fees the private pension...Aug. 1, however, AFPs holding mutual funds whose total expense ratios exceed limits established by...overall assets, in international mutual funds. While there are some 800 offshore...there are 140 separate ...

FEE FALLING THE MARKET MAY BE SPINNING ITS WHEELS, BUT THERE IS SOME GOOD...

The Boston Globe;  July 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ......2005 than in 2004 to own mutual funds that invest in stocks...brokers or others who sell mutual funds, and annual operating expenses, called "expense ratios," to cover management, marketing, and other costs. Expense ratios account for the majority...biggest cuts in 2005 ...

Study: Real Costs of Mutual Funds Hidden

AP Online;  November 23, 2004 ;     492 words ......Dateline: NEW YORK Mutual fund investors are...a new study. Stock mutual funds incur some $17.3 billion...that don't show up in expense ratios, according to a survey...costs of the surveyed mutual funds were 44 percent of their reported expense ratios, according ...