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As you know by now, mutual funds have hidden fees in the form of institutional brokerage commissions, that are passed on to fund investors.

In the previous post, I detailed how mutual funds pays their brokerage firm(s) a certain amount per share (i.e. 4 cents a share), to buy or sell stocks or bonds, in bulk.

These trading commissions are looked upon as ‘hidden costs’ because most investors are unaware of their existence and mutual funds are not required to tell you about them. And getting published information about the whereabouts of these fees is not easy.

Continue Reading “More on hidden fees- soft dollars anyone?”