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My Merrill Lynch advisor wants to charge 1.5% fees


               
2021 Mar 20, 7:02am   1,400 views  11 comments

by GlocknLoad   follow (0)  

I am still researching what to do with my cash sitting in my 401k. Fees can eat you alive, correct? What fee structure is acceptable?
The 1.5% is the management fee for a mutual fund and covers all trades for the year. I do not make the trades, the managers of the fund do.

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7   Rin   @   2021 Mar 20, 9:24am  

Patrick says
Just pick your favorite 10 stocks out of their ETF and you have your no-fee ETF with complete control.


Also, SPYD is the dividend one, thus, you get money every quarter, here's my earlier post on it ...

https://patrick.net/post/1338471?0#comment-1740521

I was thinking more of State Street SPDR which has a lower expense of 0.07%

You can download the Excel sheet of all their holdings on State Street Global Advisor's web site

https://www.ssga.com/us/en/institutional/etfs/funds/spdr-portfolio-sp-500-high-dividend-etf-spyd

Look for the download link just below the Top 10 Holdings section, it also gives the percentages & no of shares held.

Ticker Symbol: SPYD
Holdings: As of 16-Mar-2021

Name Ticker
HollyFrontier Corporation HFC
Valero Energy Corporation VLO
ConocoPhillips COP
Hanesbrands Inc. HBI
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. HPE
People's United Financial Inc. PBCT
Seagate Technology PLC STX
Lumen Technologies Inc. LUMN
Vornado Realty Trust VNO
Exxon Mobil Corporation XOM
Regency Centers Corporation REG
Omnicom Group Inc OMC
Marathon Petroleum Corporation MPC
Simon Property Group Inc. SPG
Fifth Third Bancorp FITB
Xerox Holdings Corporation XRX
Invesco Ltd. IVZ
Lincoln National Corporation LNC
Federal Realty Investment Trust FRT
Equity Residential EQR
Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. IPG
Iron Mountain Inc. IRM
Altria Group Inc MO
American International Group Inc. AIG
Regions Financial Corporation RF
Kraft Heinz Company KHC
SL Green Realty Corp. SLG
U.S. Bancorp USB
Chevron Corporation CVX
Phillips 66 PSX
MetLife Inc. MET
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated HBAN
Boston Properties Inc. BXP
Welltower Inc. WELL
AvalonBay Communities Inc. AVB
ONEOK Inc. OKE
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc WBA
LyondellBasell Industries NV LYB
Kimco Realty Corporation KIM
Citizens Financial Group Inc. CFG
Ventas Inc. VTR
Truist Financial Corporation TFC
FirstEnergy Corp. FE
Western Union Company WU
Franklin Resources Inc. BEN
Principal Financial Group Inc. PFG
KeyCorp KEY
Prudential Financial Inc. PRU
Evergy Inc. EVRG
Unum Group UNM
Public Storage PSA
Comerica Incorporated CMA
Dow Inc. DOW
Philip Morris International Inc. PM
Leggett & Platt Incorporated LEG
International Business Machines Corporation IBM
Williams Companies Inc. WMB
Realty Income Corporation O
M&T Bank Corporation MTB
Healthpeak Properties Inc. PEAK
Entergy Corporation ETR
Consolidated Edison Inc. ED
Baker Hughes Company Class A BKR
Kinder Morgan Inc Class P KMI
Newell Brands Inc NWL
Amcor PLC AMCR
AT&T Inc. T
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation PNW
Duke Energy Corporation DUK
International Paper Company IP
Broadcom Inc. AVGO
Dominion Energy Inc D
Exelon Corporation EXC
Southern Company SO
PPL Corporation PPL
Edison International EIX
AbbVie Inc. ABBV
Pfizer Inc. PFE
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ
Gilead Sciences Inc. GILD

Sure, the above isn't all the dividend stocks in the market, but it's a good start.

And if you want to trim the list, avoid those which been nothing but bullish for the past 4 years with no corrections along the way.
8   Blue   @   2021 Mar 20, 9:40am  

Try some % into total stock market indexes or growth index to be moderately defensive with less risk.
9   clambo   @   2021 Mar 20, 9:52am  

I never asked you how long you were going to be working, but I’m assuming you have a few decades left on earth.

Want to see the effect of fees on your future net worth?

Use an online calculator for the future value of money.

Pick a rate of return and a period of time like 20 years. Try 8.5-9%

Then repeat the exercise and enter 1% less, e.g. 7.5-8%

Notice the HUGE difference? That’s how much it costs over time.

The “actively managed” funds are considered extremely successful if they can beat an index of similar stocks by 1%, frequently funds are compared to the S&P 500 index.

And, many don’t beat the index.
10   GlocknLoad   @   2021 Mar 20, 10:38am  

clambo says
I never asked you how long you were going to be working, but I’m assuming you have a few decades left on earth.

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11   rocketjoe79   @   2021 Mar 20, 5:15pm  

I use Personal Capital. Best online tool for planning and especially retirement planning. Vanguard has the cheapest management fees (0.3%, last I checked) but Personal Capital is around 0.7%. They are a roboinvestor but they have people at the top managing the strategies to your risk profile. They are not a full service broker (no margin puts or calls, etc.) or a bank. But I don't gamble like that anyway.

My referral code is:

https://pcap.link/joe925

Thanks if you use it!

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