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- From: prabhak@giga.cs.umn.edu (Satya Prabhakar)
- Subject: Daylight Robbery: GT Telecommunications Fund
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- Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:08:40 GMT
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- I recently chanced upon the prospectus of the GT Global Telecomm
- Fund. This fund invests in companies around the world that have
- a stake in the telcommunications revolution. I thought it is
- a great way to play the globalization trend.
-
- Until I called them up to ask about their expenses.
-
- The fund charges 4.75% as sales charge on every single dollar
- you invest into the fund. Further they have about 3.00% expenses
- towards admin, 12b-1 and research. In total they squeeze the
- investors for about 8% on their investments.
-
- Now, am I missing something or is this fund an exception to
- the general load funds that levy the sales charge only on the
- initial purchase.
-
- Satya Prabhakar
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