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Mutual funds
4 guides in Finabase Learn
- ETFs vs. mutual funds: costs, taxes, trading and which fits A side-by-side guide to ETFs and mutual funds: how each is priced and traded, what each costs, why ETFs are usually more tax-efficient, and the new ETF share classes.
- Expense ratios and fund costs: what you pay and how it compounds How a fund’s expense ratio is charged, what a 1% fee costs over 40 years, and the other costs to check: loads, 12b-1 fees, trading costs, spreads and advisory fees.
- Mutual funds explained: NAV, share classes, loads and 12b-1 fees How an open-end mutual fund works, how its daily NAV is set, what loads, share classes and 12b-1 fees cost you, and how to read the prospectus fee table.
- Why most active funds underperform: costs, arithmetic and luck Why most actively managed stock funds trail their index over time: Sharpe’s arithmetic, costs, skewed stock returns, survivorship and luck.
Educational content, not investment advice. Finabase Learn explains how markets and tools work. It does not recommend any security or strategy, and examples are for illustration only. Investing involves risk, including the loss of principal. Rules and figures are for the United States unless stated and can change — check the cited source before you act.