Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Research: The Arithmetic of Investment Expenses by William F. Sharpe


Research: The Arithmetic of Investment Expenses by William F. Sharpe

ABSTRACT Recent regulatory changes have brought a renewed focus on the impact of investment expenses on investors’ financial well-being. The author offers methods for calculating relative terminal wealth levels for those investing in funds with different expense ratios. Under plausible conditions, a person saving for retirement who chooses low-cost investments could have a standard of living throughout retirement more than 20% higher than that of a comparable investor in high-cost investments. In other words fees count.High fees plus conflicted advice= Freedom 75. With higher Canadian fund expenses , the impact on retirement savings is much higher.Read the full article

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