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HeadedWest2029
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American Funds ad
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May 08, 2017, 02:18:55 PM »
Ad in my Facebook feed pointed to this gem so I had to investigate
https://www.americanfunds.com/individual/insights/investment-insights/five-american-funds-that-beat-the-first-index-funds-lifetime-results.html?cid=sm_fb_10224
1) Including the sales fee (which was conveniently left out in the chart) results in only one of their promoted funds beating the average over 10 years.
Bonus: sales charges were a whopping 8.5% prior to 1988! I know that reflects how everything was expensive about investing back in the day...crazy!
2) The one fund that did beat the index over 10 years was a large cap growth fund and that's just because that category has outperformed the S&P 500 during that time period.
Anyway, not surprised by the spin, but still enraging nonetheless
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MDM
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Re: American Funds ad
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May 08, 2017, 03:37:00 PM »
See also
Investing with American Funds like betting on Tiger Woods - Bogleheads.org
for similar thoughts.
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