Question

You purchased 5,400 shares in the New Pacific Growth Fund on January 2, 2016, at an offering price of $63.90 per share. The front-end load for this fund is 5 percent, and the back-end load for redemptions within one year is 2 percent. The underlying assets in this mutual fund appreciate (including reinvested dividends) by 6 percent during 2016, and you sell back your shares at the end of the year. If the operating expense ratio for the New Pacific Growth Fund is 1.05 percent, what is your total return from this investment? (Assume that the operating expense is netted against the fund’s return.) (A negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Answer 1

The total return from this investment is -2.35%

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the give data You invested = 5,400 x $63.90 = $345,060

Because of the front-load, your effective investment = $345,060 x (1 - 5%) = $327,807

Value of assets increases by 6% in 2016, hence, your investment value = $327,807 x (1 + 6%) = $347,475

Fund expense of 1.87% must be deducted from this value, Investment value = $347,475 x (1 - 1.05%) = $343,826

Now, because you withdrew within a year, back-end load of 2% is applicable as well.

Hence, your net withdrawal =$343,826 x (1 - 2%) = $336,949

Hence, total return = $336,949 / $345,060 - 1 = -2.35%

The total return from this investment is -2.35%