At the Money: Why Fees Really Matter
Masters in Business
Bloomberg
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Fees matter more than you think. Over the long term, the difference between a few basis points can turn into real, big money. On this episode, Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analyst Eric Balchunas joins Barry Ritholtz to discuss how fees can significantly impact your portfolio.
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| 0:30.1 | I'm Barry Ritolts and I'm excited to tell you about my new podcast at the money. |
| 0:35.0 | Each week I'm going to spend about 10 minutes or so |
| 0:38.0 | diving deep into a specific topic that affects you and your money, acquiring it, spending it, and most of all investing |
| 0:47.4 | it. |
| 0:48.4 | We'll talk about things like portfolio construction, why fees matter, how to build a set of bond holdings, why it matters so much to |
| 0:57.4 | manage your own behavior as an investor. |
| 1:01.0 | Strap in for at the money starting right now. |
| 1:05.0 | We are committed to lowering fees to an ETS. |
| 1:10.0 | You're competing against people that have two basis points, fees. |
| 1:14.8 | The margins on ETS tend to be lower than mutual funds or other types of products. |
| 1:21.4 | Are fun fees going to zero? The trends for ETF prices have been lower fees. Now after decades of falling prices, those fees are approaching zero. |
| 1:33.0 | Let's bring in an expert to help us unpack this. |
| 1:36.0 | Eric Balchunis is senior E.T.F. analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence |
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