Question

You purchased 2,700 shares of the New Fund at a price of $30 per share at the beginning of the year. You paid a front-end load of 3%. The securities in which the fund invests increase in value by 12% during the year. The fund's expense ratio is 1.5%. What is your rate of return on the fund if you sell your shares at the end of the year? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Answer 1

Consider a mutual fund with $200 million in net assets (after deducting liabilities) at the start of the year and with 10 million shares outstanding. The fund invests in a portfolio of stocks that provides dividend income at the end of the year of $3 million. The stocks included in the fund's portfolio increase by 6% but no securities are sold and there no capital gains distributions. The fund charges 12b-1 fees of 0.5%. What is the rate of return for an investor in the fund?