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- From: scott@geta.life.uiuc.edu (mrh)
- Subject: Re: Dreyfus Funds
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 03:46:08 GMT
- Keywords: Dreyfus mutual funds
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- I'm pretty happy with the Appreciation Fund- they pay a reasonable yearly
- Dividend, have a respectable manager, and slow, but steady improvement in
- their stock prices. Their strategy appears to be value centered.
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- On the downside, its fee structure reminds me of a typical Fidelity fund-
- complex enough to preclude easy calculation of management fees.
- All told, they rake off about 10-15% of any profits via 12b-1 and expenses.
-
- Count on making 9-11% in an up year and losing 3-5% in a bad year.
-
- Get an annual report before you decide to go in, because as you said,
- the Prospectus doesn't say squat.
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