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I am trying to find Vanguard Funds in the same asset classes as our current portfolio. For example, we have Merrill Lynch Basic Value I (MABAX), which is a Large Cap Value fund. We did not pay the front end load, because we were in the Merrill Lynch MFA program (and I can’t remember what that stood for - we got out). So this fund has an expense ratio of .56%. Are there other expenses here that I’m not seeing?
The 2005 return is -4.3, 2004 was 10.5, 2003 was 32.7, 2002 was -16.8, according to Morningstar. On the Vanguard site, how can I find all Large Cap Value funds? Then, it is difficult to compare them because Morningstar uses calendar year for returns and Vanguard uses 1 year, 5 years,etc, but I think these are from the current date.
Also, what is the difference between total return and trailing return?
Thanks for any help you can give me with this. My goal is to take one Merrill Lynch fund at a time and find low fee alternatives that are doing as well or better.
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