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11. Fees, Fees Everywhere!
Category: Business
Duration: 00:54:09
Publish Date: 2020-09-21 19:00:00
Description:

In this episode, we discuss why you should pay close attention to the fees you're paying in your financial life.  Mastering this area will save you tens of thousands of dollars and boost your progress to financial independence.

Discussion points from the show...

  • Dealing with the big daddy: investment fees or MERs  (02:02)
  • Is a 1% fee really that bad?  (05:04)
  • Looking at fees as a percent of investment returns  (07:05)
  • How fees affect your withdrawal rate and dividends  (09:15)
  • Real examples of how fees compound over 15 and 30 years  (11:37)
  • Dealing with the argument about high fee active funds  (14:49)
  • What about brokerage fees?  (19:05)
  • Fees on superannuation and COVID withdrawals  (23:39)
  • Dave's rant on property management fees  (27:23)
  • When higher fees might be justified  (34:04)
  • Listener question: How to split assets between partners to optimise tax  (43:24)


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