The funds in this sector consistently hold poor stocks and charge investors high fees.
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Even when investors do shun high fees, funds find new ways to obscure them.
They have gotten a bad rap in recent years because of weak returns and high fees.
Far too many Americans are paying unnecessary high fees for precious savings meant for retirement.
But again, sky-high fees may just help fuel more competition and better payment options.
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High fees and interest rates have also helped to tempt some lenders into the debtor-in-possession market.
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The existence of high fees and commissions just aggregates the problem of lower returns.
So it will be even less obvious why active funds should be worth their high fees.
Because of the high fees, a good hedge fund manager can become very rich.
The banks charge high fees for processing remittances, and pay a paltry 3-4% on most savings accounts.
Or you may want a loan or credit-card payment processed immediately to avoid high fees from payees.
Its founders, Opher Mizrahi and Robert Moskovits, stay away from Hollywood studios because of their high fees.
But individual personal pensions typically charge high fees, since they are expensive to market, sell and administer.
In the past, brokers have justified their high fees by pointing to the quality of their advice.
High fees make this magazine skeptical of hedge funds but don't stop us from admiring their stock-selection skills.
You can also hold conferences, with high fees for journalists who moderate sessions or sit on the panels.
An exporter underlines the inadequacies (high fees, no container trade) but goes on to laud the new post.
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So, what do you get with an advisor who charges high fees versus an advisor who charges low fees?
Studies have shown that over various periods of time, funds with low fees generally outperform those with high fees.
Stars demand high fees, banks refuse to lend money for film-making, so the industry has depended on mafia finance.
The smaller, newer ones argue that they need high fees to get started.
In my opinion, these are the very cases least deserving of the high fees plaintiff firms are criticized for receiving.
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The drumbeat promoting failed market-timing strategies never ends and neither do the high fees laid upon investors who fall victim.
But flotations also force hedge-fund managers to be more transparent, diluting the mystique on which their high fees partly depend.
They also don't have the drawback of high fees or the risk of losing your capital should you die early.
Also on Wallman's agenda is getting into the nascent business of selling bonds over the Internet, without the usual high fees.
Morningstar tracks just a handful of Japan mutual funds, and some, including the two no-load Hennessy funds, have comparatively high fees.
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High crude oil prices would result in high fees charged by MasterCard, cutting into the margins of the gas station owner.
High fees and conflicts of interest run amok in the trust industry.
In fact, he looked like he was trying to appease popular anger toward low deposit rates, high fees, and denials of credit.
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