Saturday, February 19, 2005

FEE'D TO DEATH!

I am sure a large number of people pay various investment fees, particulary if you invest in mutual funds. Edward Jones recently disclosed some information on the companies they usually work with. I found this rather disturbing. I knew that they were paid, obviously, but not to this extent, particularly since Edward Jones charges a fee to the clients as well!

No wonder Edward Jones was strongly pushing for privatization of Social Security!

Here is a table I downloaded from their website.