Should I Use a Broker With Low-Cost Funds
A reader asks if a middle ground exists using a broker with low-cost managed funds like American Funds. The columnist cautions about reliance on brokers, urges annual reviews, notes cost reductions matter but tiny differences are often negligible, and warns the main risk is switching brokers for costly products.
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