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The Motley Fool September 3, 2008 Selena Maranjian	This Fund Charges What? Pay attention to the expense ratios of your funds, or pay too much.
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Financial Advisor July 2012 Tom Lydon	In The ETF Price War, Investors Win Advisors have many options for helping clients save on fees.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2008 Selena Maranjian	Your Mutual Fund's Hidden Costs When sizing up funds, put expense ratios in context.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Mutual Fund Fees Explained Ignore a fund's fees and your net worth may suffer.
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BusinessWeek May 2, 2005 Adrienne Carter	Mutual Funds: Why Fees Still Defy Gravity Investors are seeking answers about why annual fees are assessed when fund company assets have increased. Now regulators want to know, too.
BusinessWeek October 21, 2010 Christopher Condon	Vanguard Outdraws BlackRock and State Street Vanguard's ETFs, with their low fees, are taking business from the ETF leaders.
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The Motley Fool September 9, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Index Fund Fire Sale Index funds are lowering their fees, and you are the winner.
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On Wall Street August 1, 2012 Sasha Franger	An Easier Way to Track Mutual Funds' Expense Ratio Each year Lipper produces its "Quick Guide to Fund Expenses." The report consists of a single table displaying the asset-weighted average and average total expense ratios by load-type, fund type, and Lipper classifications/objectives.
The Motley Fool September 6, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Fend Off Fund Fees: Part 2 Here are more tips to save cash by avoiding unnecessary mutual fund fees.
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The Motley Fool July 3, 2008 Brian Richards	The Worst Investment I've Ever Seen Many people do not realize that mutual fund fees are important for making an index fund investment decision. Secondly, even investors who realize fees are important do not minimize index fund fees.
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The Motley Fool January 18, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman	You're Paying How Much? With mutual funds, you usually get what you don't pay for.
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The Motley Fool February 19, 2009 Dan Caplinger	The Only Way to Stop Losing Money By taking charge of investing your own large portfolio, you can save a bundle in fees.
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