The fund industry giveth, and it taketh away. But lately, there's more taking. A Securities & Exchange Commission report this month figures the expense ratio of the average mutual fund soared nearly 28% between 1979 and 1999, when it reached 0.94% of assets—despite a huge, 85-fold increase to $6.8 trillion in the money the funds manage. So much for economies of scale.
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