A common misconception about mutual funds is that pretty much any reputable fund will do. Of course, any investment that produces a solid return for you is better than nothing, but not all funds are created equal. When you buy a mutual fund, you?ll pay a management fee. It?s what you pay for someone to handle your accounts. A low-cost fund will charge you one-fifth of one percent per year. A typical high-cost fund will charge about eight times more than that.
Research was recently published analyzing a 25 year old investing 10 percent of their $30,000 income each year until retirement into mutual funds. Comparing money put high-cost funds with that put into low-cost funds produced quite dramatic results. The good news is that the person investing in the high-cost funds ended up with around $1.7 million at retirement. Not too bad! But here?s the real kicker ? the person investing in a low-cost fund ended up with $2.9 million!
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