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    If most people can not easily explain how they are getting charged for services, you can almost always bank on a rip-off in your midst. Such is the case with many mutual funds and their "fund classes". Just like when a corporation offers up shenanigans like "super-voting" shares, grab your wallet.

    Get this. The same organization with the same portfolio and same manager can have "A" class, "B" class, and "C" class shares. In some extreme cases they can also have "D", "E", "Z", and more, but these are rare and we will not go into them here.

    "A" shares generally refer to the shares that have a front end "load" or sales charge. This is normally in the 3-5 percent range. This means that 3-5 percent of your investment comes off the top before it is even invested. Your $100k investment just became $97k with a 3% sales load. This sales charge is often split with the financial adviser, mutual fund supermarket, or other intermediary who placed you in this fund. Oft maligned, load funds are not always the worst possible solution. In many cases, the ongoing management fee that is charged every year is often lower for the "A" shares. If you intend to hold the fund for a long period of time, then this might actually be the cheap

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    "A" shares generally refer to the shares that have a front end "load" or sales charge. This is normally in the 3-5 percent range. This means that 3-5 percent of your investment comes off the top before it is even invested. Your $100k investment just became $97k with a 3% sales load. This sales charge is often split with the financial adviser, mutual fund supermarket, or other intermediary who placed you in this fund. Oft maligned, load funds are not always the worst possible solution. In many cases, the ongoing management fee that is charged every year is often lower for the "A" shares. If you intend to hold the fund for a long period of time, then this might actually be the chea

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    ut these are rare and we will not go into them here.

    "A" shares generally refer to the shares that have a front end "load" or sales charge. This is normally in the 3-5 percent range. This means that 3-5 percent of your investment comes off the top before it is even invested. Your $100k investment just became $97k with a 3% sales load. This sales charge is often split with the financial adviser, mutual fund supermarket, or other intermediary who placed you in this fund. Oft maligned, load funds are not always the worst possible solution. In many cases, the ongoing management fee that is charged every year is often lower for the "A" shares. If you intend to hold the fund for a long period of time, then this might actually be the chea

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    top before it is even invested. Your $100k investment just became $97k with a 3% sales load. This sales charge is often split with the financial adviser, mutual fund supermarket, or other intermediary who placed you in this fund. Oft maligned, load funds are not always the worst possible solution. In many cases, the ongoing management fee that is charged every year is often lower for the "A" shares. If you intend to hold the fund for a long period of time, then this might actually be the chea
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    funds are not always the worst possible solution. In many cases, the ongoing management fee that is charged every year is often lower for the "A" shares. If you intend to hold the fund for a long period of time, then this might actually be the cheapest way to go. More on this later.

    "B" shares waive the front end load, but instead employ a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), or a back end load. In plain English, this means that you are not charged up front, but if you redeem your shares from the fund, you may face a sales charge. The most prevalent CDSC's are those that are reduced or phased-out over time, say seven years. If you hold the fund for seven years or longer in this example, you pay no front end or back end load. Why the complexity? The aforementioned intermediaries are likely to want their vigorish up front, so the fund obliges them, but wants to make sure they will get their money back from you. Placing these onerous restrictions enables the fund to at least cover their out-of-pocket expense for recruiting you. Again, "B" shares can be the cheapest alternative for a specific fund if you have a long-term horizon.

    "C" shares have neither a front end nor back end load. However, it is likely that if

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