12b-1 Fees
Annual fees charged by mutual funds, specifically used to pay for advertising and promotion. Sometimes called "hidden loads".
Even funds classified as "no load" funds can charge 12b-1 fees.
12B-1 fees
The percent of a mutual fund's assets used to defray marketing and distribution expenses. The
amount of the fee is stated in the fund's prospectus. The SEC has recently proposed that 12B-1 fees in excess
of 0.
12B-1 fees: A predetermined percent of a mutual fund's assets used to defray marketing expenses.
401(a): A retirement plan allowing employees to make after-tax contributions.
12B-1 Fees
A fee that is levied by a mutual fund--usually on a yearly basis and is usually about 1% or less of a fund's assets. The monies collected are usually used to pay broker-dealers for servicing accounts.
12b-1 fees. These fees, capped at 1% of your assets in the fund, are taken out of the fund's assets to pay for the cost of marketing and selling the fund, for some shareholder services, and sometimes to pay employee bonuses.
12B-1 fees. A fee that is levied by a mutual fund, usually on a yearly basis, to fund payments for distribution and marketing costs of the fund. A mutual fund that charges a 12B-1 fee must disclose this in writing.
12b-1 fees: Advertising and promotional costs incurred by a mutual fund and charged against the assets in the fund under a Rule 12b-1 plan filed with the SEC.
12b-1 fees. As allowed by "Rule 12b-1" of the Investment Company Act of 1940, this is an extra fee charged by some mutual funds to cover the costs of promotion and marketing.
12b-1 fees - an open end mutual fund with a sales fee (customarily to pay salespeople, stock brokers, etc.). This fee is a percentage of total value.
12b-1 Fees - Are charges assessed against an individual's mutual fund holdings for marketing and distribution expenses.
A fund that charges 12b-1 fees must detail those expenses, along with other fees it imposes, in its prospectus.
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12b-1 fees A fee (typically less than 1 percent) charged by some funds to cover operating and marketing expenses. Information about 12b-1 fees is disclosed in a fund's prospectus and can reduce shareholders' returns over time.
Also Institutional shares, they carry no load or 12b-1 fees. Yankee bond market The market for bonds issued in the US by foreign corporations, banks, and governments. They are US Dollar denominated.
Some funds also charge 12b-1 fees, which compensate for the cost of advertising and marketing the fund directly from the funds asset.
Margin buying.
Class C shares have no front-end load, a rear-end load ranging from very low (1 percent) to nothing, but have relatively high 12b-1 fees (translating into high expense ratios.) Class A, B, and C shares are by far the most common.
To confuse matters, some funds have inactive 12b-1 fees. They have installed the fee just in case they want to impose it in the future, but they aren't using it right now. Carefully read the prospectus to ferret out 12b-1 fees.
A load-adjusted return is the investment return on a mutual fund adjusted for loads and certain other charges, such as 12b-1 fees (advertising/marketing fees). A load is a sales charge levied on shares purchased or on shares sold.
Objectivity: A mutual fund pays 12b-1 fees directly to the selling broker-dealer, to be shared with the selling broker.
A type of mutual fund that charges its holders 12B-1 fees instead of up-front or back-end commissions. 12B-1 funds take a portion of assets held and use them to pay expense fees and distribution costs.
The percent of a mutual fund's assets used to defray marketing and distribution expenses, such as advertising and commissions paid to dealers. 12b-1 fees are named for the corresponding SEC rule, passed in 1980.
A number of load and no-load mutual funds levy 12b-1 fees on the value of your mutual fund account to offset the fund's promotional and marketing expenses.
We calculate the 'Morningstar' return, which is adjusted for expenses such as management fees, 12b-1 fees (annual marketing or distribution fees charged by some mutual funds), custodian fees, and other costs
By Gerasimos G. Rompotis ...
An Open-End Investment Company, shares Of Which Are Sold without a sales charge. There can be other distribution charges, however, such as Article 12B-1 fees. A true "no load" fund will have neither a sales charge nor a distribution fee.
The amount of the fee is stated in the fund's prospectus. The SEC has recently proposed that 12B-1 fees in excess of 0. 25% be classed as a load. A true "no load" fund has neither a sales charge nor 12b-1 fee.
method of charging service- or distribution-related expenses directly against fund assets. "12(b)1" refers to the 1980 U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission rule that permits the use of these plans. A fund is required to include any 12b-1 fees in ...
Both load and no-load funds may adopt 12b-1 plans, which are disclosed in the fund's prospectus as well as in its annual and semiannual reports. 12b-1 fees are included in the total expense ratio figures provided in a fund's literature.
If a fund has high 12B-1 fees or interior management fees, but it makes more money than others do, don't be concerned. You need to find the fund that offers the best return on your dollar, regardless of internal fees.
These funds, which don't charge sales fees, may use 12b-1 fees to pass on the cost of providing shareholder services.
C Shares: Know as a "level-load" share, C shares have no front-end sales charge and no redemption fee, but they carry a 12b-1 marketing fee which you pay for as long as you hold the fund. It is similar to no-load funds that charge 12b-1 fees.
There can be other distribution charges, however, such as Article 12B-1 fees. A true "no load" fund will have neither a sales charge nor a distribution fee. Noise Price and volume fluctuations that can confuse interpretation of market direction.
 See also: Expense, Saving, Banks, Load fund, Bills
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