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mahatmakanejeeves

(69,888 posts) Tue Jan 15, 2019, 01:40 PM Jan 2019

EU markets watchdog: Fund fees eat a quarter of retail investor returns

Fund fees eat a quarter of retail investor returns via @FT

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EU markets watchdog: Fund fees eat a quarter of retail investor returns (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 OP

There are investment funds which do not charge that high for investors. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2019 #1

You are correct. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 #3

"first report on charges" Yonnie3 Jan 2019 #2

dixiegrrrrl

(60,161 posts)

1. There are investment funds which do not charge that high for investors.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2019, 01:50 PM

Jan 2019

Fidelity and Vanguard, for instance. Depends on which funds you choose and how actively the funds are managed.
But all fees are supposed to be clearly shown in the fund's prospectus , which people should read before plonking their $$$ down.

mahatmakanejeeves

(69,888 posts)

3. You are correct.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 15, 2019, 01:56 PM

Jan 2019

I made sure to specify that the report was coming from an "EU markets watchdog." I don't know what fee disclosures are like in prospectuses in the European community. In the US, the fees are right there for all to see, per SEC regulation.

Thank you for posting.

Yonnie3

(19,474 posts)

2. "first report on charges"

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2019, 01:52 PM

Jan 2019

This is 2019! I seem to recall reading similar articles in the '80s. Perhaps the late '70s as Bogle and Vanguard's indexing approach for low fees was analyzed.

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