Comments on: New iShares ETFs http://www.wiserinvestor.com/410/ Wiser Wealth - Invest Smarter Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:25:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kyle http://www.wiserinvestor.com/410/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Kyle Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:52:13 +0000 http://wiseradvice.com/?p=410#comment-18 Bill, The expense ratios of the ETFs held by the Target Date funds are included in the Target date funds's expense ratios. iShares calls this the "net" expense ratio. I called iShares to double check that. So, TGR has an expense ratio of .31%, this is the total cost of investing in the fund including the underlying ETFS. Since the target date ETFs are made from other iShares products, iShares discounts the expense ratios of the underlying ETFs to the target date funds making it cost effective to hold a target date fund over all the ETFs within the target date fund. Hope this helps. Bill,

The expense ratios of the ETFs held by the Target Date funds are included in the Target date funds’s expense ratios. iShares calls this the “net” expense ratio. I called iShares to double check that. So, TGR has an expense ratio of .31%, this is the total cost of investing in the fund including the underlying ETFS.

Since the target date ETFs are made from other iShares products, iShares discounts the expense ratios of the underlying ETFs to the target date funds making it cost effective to hold a target date fund over all the ETFs within the target date fund.

Hope this helps.

]]> By: Bill M http://www.wiserinvestor.com/410/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Bill M Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:27:25 +0000 http://wiseradvice.com/?p=410#comment-17 You have to look at these iShares Target Date ETFs because the cost could be more, because its tracking other iShares Etfs and there is admin expenses to those also. It is a bit misleading information if they do not report if this is true or isn't. At least i haven't read anywhere else that there is no additional costs built in. TDX could be cheaper on the long run You have to look at these iShares Target Date ETFs because the cost could be more, because its tracking other iShares Etfs and there is admin expenses to those also. It is a bit misleading information if they do not report if this is true or isn’t. At least i haven’t read anywhere else that there is no additional costs built in.

TDX could be cheaper on the long run

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