The 3 Great Bargain Funds: Cheap Fees and Yields up to 9%
Michael Foster, Investment StrategistUpdated: September 21, 2017
I hear it from readers all the time: closed-end fund fees are just too high!
And when you can get a passive fund that simply tracks the S&P 500, like the Vanguard 500 ETF (VOO), for a microscopic 0.05% expense ratio, it can seem silly to pay over 2% for a closed-end fund.
(If you’re unfamiliar with CEFs, click here to learn more about them—and why you need to hold at least a few of these high-yield investments in your retirement portfolio.)
My answer is that you need to look closely at total returns, keeping in mind that CEFs report returns after fees.… Read more