Wellington and Wellsley

[ats5g]

The expense ratio for OAKBX was over 1%. As of fiscal year ending September 30 of each year.

1996...2.50%
1997...1.50%
1998...1.31%
1999...1.18%
2000...1.24%
2001...0.98%
2002...0.96%
2003...0.93%
2004...0.92%
2005...0.89%

- Alec

[Nords]

Originally Posted by ats5g

The expense ratio for OAKBX was over 1%. As of fiscal year ending September 30 of each year.

That must be the only mutual fund in America that lowered its expense ratio over the last few years. Whatta buncha losers.

Whatever you said to them when you sold your shares, Laurence, it sure worked!

[cute fuzzy bunny]

Hey, I'm not a moron again! I had the fund in 2000-2001 IIRC. I remember looking at it and saying "good performed, but dodbx is just as good and (I think) .54% ER'...and a couple of others looked good and were cheaper.

Then I was vanguardized and now anything over .25 looks way too spendy to me

[Spanky]

Fido's index funds (Total Market, Total International) have very low ER (0.07% for advantage class and 0.1% for investor class). Advantage class requires an investment of $100K.

[ats5g]

Well geez, I would hope OAKBX lowered their expense ratio given the massive asset increase.

9/30/1997 33,462,513
9/30/1998 57,745,855
9/30/1999 60,317,591
9/30/2000 54,935,837
9/30/2001 623,356,396
9/30/2002 2,360,587,003
9/30/2003 4,384,649,011
9/30/2004 8,056,557,682
9/30/2005 9,805,219,823

- Alec

[Brat]

I balance OAKBX with DODBX , their holdings are complementary.* Over time DODBX has done better but it has a higher StD.

[cute fuzzy bunny]

Maybe a few shots of good old american pharmaceuticals could fix that std problem...