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A Financial Mystery: Investors Paying Tens of Billions of Dollars to Underperforming Mutual Funds -- When Index Funds are Cheaper and Perform Better

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In 2021, investors paid almost $90 billion in total fees on about $14 trillion of actively managed mutual funds to an industry flogging a product demonstrably inferior to index funds. Active vs. passive funds It's quite a problem, and a seemingly puzzling one, too. Imagine two funds, each returning 10% annually.

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Surprise: You're Probably Paying a Lot More in Investing Fees Than You Think

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38% of mutual fund investors think they don't pay any mutual fund fees or expenses. That's very troubling -- because most investors pay fees of various kinds, and they can be considerable, sometimes even reducing investment returns significantly. 17% say they don't know how much they pay.

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A Once-in-a-Decade Investment Opportunity: 1 Little-Known Vanguard Index Fund to Buy for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Boom

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Importantly, seven of the 10 stocks listed above have generated better returns than the S&P 500 year to date, inclusive of dividends, as of Nov. Vistra tops the list with a total return exceeding 300%. Constellation Energy is the second-best performing stock on the list with a total return of 100% year to date. PG&E: 3.1%

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AGNC Sports a Gigantic 15% Yield. Are Investors Paying Too Much for It?

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In some ways, it is more like a mortgage-focused mutual fund that just happens to trade as a company. AGNC Investment isn't really an income stock; it is a total return investment. And yet, if you reinvested the dividend , your total return would have been strongly positive. Remember that AGNC is similar to a mutual fund.

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2 Dividend Stocks to Double Up On Right Now

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Ironically, that situation might set investors up for some excellent long-term returns if they focus on buying these two dividend stocks while Wall Street is looking elsewhere for gains. The company accounts for a huge proportion of the wider market's earnings, which makes it a big part of many index and mutual funds.

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How Should a Beginner Invest in Stocks? 1 Simple Investment for a Lifetime of Security.

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At any rate, inflation -- fast or slow -- means that people who fail to earn a return on their savings will see their wealth decrease over time. How to Invest Now , to be clear , there are many ways to generate a return on your money, including real estate , precious metals, commodities, and even cryptocurrencies.

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The Stock Market's as Strong as It's Ever Been, but There's a Catch

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Even looking past all the extreme volatility in the meantime, long-term returns have felt subpar for a while now. Factoring in its dividends pumps the typical yearly return up to a little more than 11%. And to its credit, the S&P 500's rolling 10-year-return track record is still respectable.