Fund companies also ramped up advertising budgets to trumpet triple digit returns, even when they knew that such performance was unlikely to continue. Second, advertising is expensive. Directly or indirectly, it is the mutual fund shareholder who foots the bill. Sweet marketing, it turns out, is usually sour investing. Viewpoints that contain inappropriate or otherwise objectionable content will not be posted.
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