Expense Ratio

Expense Ratio
The expense ratio measures the percentage of a mutual fund's assets dedicated to running the fund. If the expense ratio is 1%, then each year the total money in the fund is reduced by 1% to pay expenses.

Expense Ratio: Annual Report
Often referred to as the Audited Expense Ratio, Morningstar pulls the net annual expense ratio from the fund's audited annual report.

Expense Ratio
A mutual fund's cost of doing business, disclosed in the prospectus as a percent of assets. Also called the operating expense ratio (OER).

Expense ratio
A general insurer's expense ratio is its operating expenses as a percentage of its premium income.
It is analogous to the overhead cost ratio but in the context (and suited to the very particular requirements) of insurance.

EXPENSE RATIO - The percentage of the assets that are spent to run a mutual fund (as of the last annual...
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Expense Ratio
The third thing to consider is the expense ratio. Many investors overlook this aspect and shoot themselves in the foot before they even get started investing.

Expense Ratio
Amount, expressed as a percentage of total investment, that shareholders pay annually for mutual fund operating expenses and management fees.

Expense Ratio
The ratio of total expenses to net assets of a mutual fund. Expenses include management fees, 12(b)1 charges, if any, the cost of shareholder mailings and other administrative expenses. The ratio is listed in a fund's prospectus.

Expense Ratio The percentage of a portfolio's average net assets used to pay its annual administrative and advisory expenses of a mutual fund. These expenses directly reduce returns to investors.

Expense ratio
Expenses associated with running an insurance business (eg. commission, professional fees and other administrative costs), expressed as a percentage of premiums.

Expense Ratio - The ratio of underwriting expenses (including commissions) to net premiums written. This ratio measures the company's operational efficiency in underwriting its book of business.

Expense Ratio The percentage of total investment that mutual fund shareholders pay for fund operating expenses. Expenses include management fees, 12b-1 charges, if any, the cost of shareholder mailings and other administrative expenses.

Expense ratio
An expense ratio is the percentage of a mutual fund's or variable annuity's total assets deducted to cover operating and management expenses.

Expense ratio. A measure of the costs of running a mutual fund. Expressed as a percentage of the fund's assets, the expense ratio is the best tool for comparing the management costs you'll incur by investing in different funds.

expense ratio: The cost of owning a mutual fund, or the operating expenses.
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Expense ratio: In a mutual fund, the ratio between the operating expenses for the year and the total average net asset value. It usually amounts to less than 1%.

Expense Ratio - Ratio of a mutual fund's expenses per $100 of investment. For example, a fund with an expense ratio of 0.93 spends $0.

Total Expense Ratio
Total obligations as a percentage of gross monthly income. The total expense ratio includes monthly housing expenses plus other monthly debts.
Total Loan Amount
Amount of money borrowed plus any financed closing costs.

Total Expense Ratio (TER)
The Total Expense Ratio (TER) represents the true cost of running a fund. It includes the fund AMC (Annual Management Charge) as well as the depository and custodial charges, and audit, registration, and compliance fees.

Total expense ratio
The ratio of housing expense plus current debt service payments to borrower income, which is used (along with the housing expense ratio and other factors) in qualifying borrowers. See qualification requirements.

Income/Expense Ratio - The ratio between the gross income from a property and its operating expenses, computed by dividing operating expenses into gross income.

Total Expense Ratio
The percentage of monthly debt payments compared to total before-tax income.

Housing Expense Ratio - The percentage of your gross monthly income that goes toward paying for your housing expenses.
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Housing Expense Ratio : Also known as Debt to Income Ratio, This number is calculated by dividing all of a borrowers monthly obligations by their monthly gross income.

Expense Ratio
The Expenses of a mutual fund include management fees and all the fees associated with the fund's daily operations. Expense Ratio refers to the annual percentage of fund's assets that is paid out in expenses.
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EXPENSE RATIO A fund's operating expenses, expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. Funds with lower expense ratios are able to distribute a higher percentage of gross income returns to shareholders.

Expense Ratio
The expense ratio is the ratio of total expenses to net assets of the fund and includes management fees, 12b-1 charges if any, the cost of shareholder mailings and other administrative expenses.

Expense ratio: For a mutual fund or other investment company, the charge to fund assets for investment management, marketing, custody, ...

Expense Ratio
Charge, stated as a percentage of total investment, that shareholders pay for a mutual fund's operating expenses, management fees and other overhead expenses.

Expense ratio
Total mutual fund operating expenses, expressed as a percentage of the net asset value of the fund.

Expense Ratio
A mutual fund's cost of doing business passed on to shareholders -- expressed as a percentage of assets.
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Expense Ratio
In P&C insurance, the ratio of expenses accrued (excluding those allocated to particular claims) to premiums earned in a specified period.
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If high expense ratios charged by actively managed funds annoy you, you can always buy index funds as a core part of your portfolio. Most index funds are load-free and charge the lowest expenses to boot: between 0.18% and 1%.

Operating Expense Ratio - OER
A measure of what it costs to operate a piece of property compared to the income that the property brings in.

Management Expense Ratio (MER)
A ratio expressing the management, trustee and certain other expenses of a pooled investment fund as a proportion of the net asset value of the fund.

Management expense ratio (MER)
The MER is the percentage of the value of the assets of an investment company (eg mutual fund, closed-end fund, unit investment trusts), that is deducted by the fund manager to cover the costs of managing the fund.

operating expense ratio
A ratio used in real estate lending analysis. The ratio is the total operating expenses divided by the effective gross income.
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Management Expense Ratio (MER): A measure of the total costs of operating a mutual fund as a percentage of average total assets ...

Management Expense Ratio
The total expense of operating a mutual fund expressed as a percentage of the fund's net asset value.

Total Expense Ratio
A ratio expressing all fixed and marginal costs of an investment fund in terms of a percentage of the fund's total assets. This includes e...(Read more)
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The Expense Ratio: The expense ratio is listed in the fund's fee table, which shows you all the fees and expenses the fund subtracts from the fund's performance (and your investment) each year.

MER or Management Expense Ratio is a measure of the costs of operating a mutual fund. The costs include brokerage fees, taxes, investor services and interest.

MER (Management Expense Ratio) - The proportion of the assets under management that were used to run a mutual fund.
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Expense ratio The proportion of assets required to pay annual operating expenses and management fees of a mutual fund. Return to top
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This management style may have lower operating costs (expense ratio) due to less active trading. See Active Portfolio Management. payable date The date when dividends or capital gains are paid to shareholders.

In a mutual fund prospectus, these expenses are listed separately from the fund's expense ratio.

The expense ratio does not include brokerage costs for trading the portfolio, although these are reported as a percentage of assets to the SEC by the funds in a Statement of Additional Information (SAI).

For example, if you were considering two similar funds, Fund ABC and Fund XYZ, you might want to look at their expense ratios. Suppose Fund ABC had an expense ratio of 0.75% of assets, while Fund XYZ had an expense ratio of 1.85%.

'Combined ratio' = loss ratio + expense ratio + commission ratio. Loss ratio is calculated by dividing the amount of losses (sometimes including loss adjustment expenses) by the amount of earned premium.

Getting in to index funds is considered a method of latent and downright lazy investing, with the main benefit of the strategy being to lower the expense ratio on the index fund associated with management.

Class C shares charge a higher management expense ratio (MER) fees than Class B shares.
Class C shares cannot be converted to Class A shares to reduce or lower the management expense ratio (MER) fee.

The rest of the management expense ratio (which can add an addition 0.5% to 1.5%) covers other costs of the mutual fund operation. The sales charges and management fees portion often approximates about 2%, or $2000 per year on a $100,000 portfolio.

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.

All mutual funds charge management fees, though at different rates, and they may also levy other fees and charges, which are reported as the fund's expense ratio.

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Because the typical index fund's broadbased portfolio is not actively managed, most index funds have lower-than-average management costs and smaller expense ratios.

Fees & Charges
These items relate to the costs of owning mutual fund shares. This view displays: if it is a Closed fund, Sales Charges, Exit Fee, Expense Ratio, 5-Year Fee, Phone Switch options.

The fund may choose to exclude some stocks within the index while increasing or decreasing the percentage weighting of other stocks. Most intelligent ETFs carry higher expense ratios than standard ETFs, ...

associated with buying and selling securities, including commissions, purchase and redemption fees, exchange fees, and other miscellaneous costs. In a mutual fund prospectus, these expenses are listed separately from the fund's expense ratio.

Expense ratio Operating costs, including management fees, expressed as a percentage of a fund's average net assets for a given time period. Extra A dividend that is paid in addition to a firm's 'regular' quarterly dividend.

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