When a mutual fund company charges a fee of 0.49% on its index funds, its assets in the fund are $30 billion. When it charges a fee of 0.13%, its assets in the fund are $269 billion.
(a) Let x denote the fee that the company charges as a percentage of the index fund and let A(x) denote its assets in the fund. Express A(x) as a linear function of x.
(b) One company lowers its fees on various index funds from an average of 0.38% to 0.24%. Let R(x) denote the revenue of the company from fees when its index-fund fee is x%. Compare the revenue of the company before and after lowering the fees. [Hint: Revenue is x% of the assets.]
(c) Find the fee that maximizes the revenue of the company and determine the maximum revenue.
When a mutual fund company charges a fee of 0.49% on its index funds
In a perfectly efficient market, an active strategy mutual fund that charges a 1% fee has about a 47% chance of beating the index net of fee. In a universe of 5,000 funds, how many funds would you expect to beat the index all but once out of the past 9 years? In other words, the fund would fail to beat the benchmark in one of the 9 years Enter answer accurate to two decimal places
Jennifer is interested in the mutual fund RBC U.S.
Index Fund – Series A. She has a few questions for
you before she buys this investment.
a) Does the reported fund’s return include the Management
Expense Ratio (MER) ? Yes or No
b) What type of fee is charged: No-load, Front-end load or a
Back-end load?
c) Is the status of this mutual fund classified as a closed-end
or open-end mutual fund?
d) Based on your response in c), explain...
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