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Converting mutual funds: The benefits, the risks and the costs
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My wife and I have been educating ourselves on the merits of ETF vs traditional mutual funds after deciding to make a switch from our personal financial advisor. We were late starters in saving and we have another 15- to 20-year investment horizon ahead of us before retirement stares at us.
Our current RRSPs are in mutual funds (one of the three largest mutual funds companies), all DSC back-end loads with high MERs (2.5% in most cases). Hence, we are locked in with early redemption fees, which came as a surprise to us.
We are considering moving to an online brokerage account and opting for an ETF for our RRSPs.
Our current RRSPs are held with DSC fees, in case of early redemptions. We don’t see an option to negotiate this, nor do we want to move these to another fund that will not have strings attached. I was wondering if you could clarify the costs, as we are considering moving to an online brokerage account and opting for an ETF for our RRSPs.
Thank you in advance for taking the time…
