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When evaluating mutual funds and ETFs, investors must also understand the difference between the net expense ratio and the gross expense ratio. The gross expense ratio represents the total annual ...

An expense ratio is the relationship of a fund’s total assets to other administrative and operating expenses. The expense ratio is taken from the fund’s gross return, cutting into potential profit ...

Photo: www.gotcredit.com via Flickr. Mutual funds and ETFs can be great investment tools -- after all, you can get a ready-made and maintenance-free diversified portfolio in a single purchase. However ...

FBCG offers investors exposure to blue chip U.S. large cap growth equities. The fund's gross expense ratio of 0.60% is significantly higher than comparable index ETFs and somewhat higher than ...

Retirees looking to diversify into international stocks can find a low-cost solution aboard the ship of Vanguard. To this day, Vanguard continues to drive down fees (think gross expense ratios) toward ...

The SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPLG) already had a low expense ratio, but it got even more affordable when it slashed its expense ratio by 50% at the beginning of August. According to ...