Many plans have high sales charges or fund expenses that unfairly burden employees (and you as a participant) with lower investment returns.
If you invest it in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, or annuities, there could also be sales charges and commissions on the individual investments.
Buy Korea investors pay no initial fees and sales charges, only annual management fees equal to 2.95% of the fund's net asset value.
Returns for both funds are for Class A shares, which carry upfront sales charges of up to 5.75% and yearly expenses of 1.36%.
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Many such funds have sales charges of 4% to 5% and continuing fees of more than 1% a year, a high price to pay for the privilege of collecting an extra point or two per year in yield.
Sales tax charges were made in accordance with local legal requirements.
After resisting for years, it has at last decided to accept credit cards other than its own at the till (a change that could cost it 3% of sales in charges).
Mentally, when comparing prices I added in whether there would be sales and delivery charges.
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Like Vanguard, USAA charges no sales loads and spends almost nothing on promotion besides mailings to existing insurance customers.
Calamos charges a sales load of 4.75% plus 1.13% in annual fees.
Specifically, Sohu.com posted an unexpected 39% drop in profit, with the company citing acquisition charges and eroding advertising and games sales.
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But in addition to a flat per-gallon charge, a majority of states levy other taxes, including state, county or local sales taxes, plus various environmental and other charges.
Tyco International, whose former chief executive, Dennis Kozlowski, is facing charges for allegedly evading New York sales taxes, had previously said that it would certify its accounts even though, as a Bermuda-registered company, it is not required.
The company blamed the loss in part on charges stemming from the weaker-than-expected sales of Nook e-readers during the holiday shopping season.
It so happens that I think that there is a tax incidence argument, albeit that tax charges borne by companies (as distinct from sales and payroll taxes and their like, for which they act as agent) almost invariably impact on shareholders.
It also charges that Parlux failed to disclose increased advertising costs and lower sales to U.S. department stores.
Neither site charges merchants fees for hosting the stores or a commission on sales, however Facebook recently announced it will take a 30% cut of sales of credits for certain virtual goods.
It's a low-margin but steady business: DTCC charges six-tenths of a cent per trade to net out purchases and sales.
Schultz directed the Muchmores to nine solid, albeit not cheap, mutual funds, such as First Eagle Gold Fund, which charges 1.41% of assets yearly and a maximum 5% upfront sales charge.
Non interest income (aka, fees) fell 11% from a year ago, driven by lower servicing income (down 64%), lower deposit account service charges (down 7%), and lower proceeds from loan and asset sales.
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Wal-Mart may be able to pump up its sales numbers by offering costly discounts, or worse, finding ways to nickel and dime customers with hidden charges.
If you want advice delivered in person, consider a fee-only planner, meaning one who charges either an hourly rate or a flat rate, as opposed to one who lives off sales commissions.
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