The following information pertains to the Big Returns Fund:
|
Cost |
Class "A" |
Class "B" |
Class "C" |
|
Front-end load |
5.57 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Back-end load |
0.00 |
5.34 |
0.89 |
|
Declining 1% per year |
First year only |
||
|
Management fee |
0.80 |
0.80 |
0.80 |
|
12b-1 fee |
0.30 |
0.60 |
0.80 |
For each share class, calculate (1) how much you would pay in initial commissions, (2) how much you would pay in back-end commissions if you sold after two years, (3) how much in value is lost to annual expenses over a two-year holding period. Assume you purchased $1,500worth of shares in this fund, and that prior to reductions for management and 12b-1 fees the gross fund return was 9.00percent each year.
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|
Compound Sum of $1 (FVIF) |
|||
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
7.10 % |
1.0710 |
1.1470 |
1.2285 |
|
7.20 % |
1.0720 |
1.1492 |
1.2319 |
|
7.30 % |
1.0730 |
1.1513 |
1.2354 |
|
7.40 % |
1.0740 |
1.1535 |
1.2388 |
|
7.50 % |
1.0750 |
1.1556 |
1.2423 |
|
7.60 % |
1.0760 |
1.1578 |
1.2458 |
|
7.70 % |
1.0770 |
1.1599 |
1.2492 |
|
7.80 % |
1.0780 |
1.1621 |
1.2527 |
|
7.85 % |
1.0785 |
1.1632 |
1.2545 |
|
7.90 % |
1.0790 |
1.1642 |
1.2562 |
|
7.95 % |
1.0795 |
1.1653 |
1.2580 |
|
8.00 % |
1.0800 |
1.1664 |
1.2597 |
|
8.10 % |
1.0810 |
1.1686 |
1.2632 |
|
8.20 % |
1.0820 |
1.1707 |
1.2667 |
|
8.30 % |
1.0830 |
1.1729 |
1.2702 |
|
8.40 % |
1.0840 |
1.1751 |
1.2738 |
|
8.50 % |
1.0850 |
1.1772 |
1.2773 |
|
8.60 % |
1.0860 |
1.1794 |
1.2808 |
|
8.70 % |
1.0870 |
1.1816 |
1.2844 |
|
8.80 % |
1.0880 |
1.1837 |
1.2879 |
|
8.85 % |
1.0885 |
1.1848 |
1.2897 |
|
8.90 % |
1.0890 |
1.1859 |
1.2915 |
|
8.95 % |
1.0895 |
1.1870 |
1.2932 |
|
9.00 % |
1.0900 |
1.1881 |
1.2950 |
|
9.10 % |
1.0910 |
1.1903 |
1.2986 |
|
9.20 % |
1.0920 |
1.1925 |
1.3022 |
|
9.30 % |
1.0930 |
1.1946 |
1.3058 |
|
9.40 % |
1.0940 |
1.1968 |
1.3093 |
|
9.50 % |
1.0950 |
1.1990 |
1.3129 |
|
9.60 % |
1.0960 |
1.2012 |
1.3165 |
|
9.70 % |
1.0970 |
1.2034 |
1.3201 |
|
9.80 % |
1.0980 |
1.2056 |
1.3238 |
|
9.85 % |
1.0985 |
1.2067 |
1.3256 |
|
9.90 % |
1.0990 |
1.2078 |
1.3274 |
|
9.95 % |
1.0995 |
1.2089 |
1.3292 |
|
10.00 % |
1.1000 |
1.2100 |
1.3310 |
|
11.00 % |
1.1100 |
1.2321 |
1.3676 |
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The back-end commission for Class "A" is $ . (Round to the nearest cent.)
The total value lost to annual fees and expenses for Class "A" over the two-year holding period is $ . (Round to the nearest cent.)



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