The Importance of Mutual Fund Cost

With all the media chatter regarding optimum selection or choice of mutual funds, there is one that usually gets minimal attention for a variety of reasons. That’s because the choice is so evident and so simple, yet it cannot be helpful when the media has to rely on advertising to make its living.

Here it is: Evidence is clear that the only predictable choice for selecting future mutual fund choice is its cost of operation. The next is indexing because experts hardly ever beat performance of indexes they choose to follow. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments.)