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Morningstar: Investors Miss Out on 12% of Fund Returns Over Decade
['Elaine Misonzhnik', 'Senior Editor', 'Investments', 'Wealth Management']
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Investors in alternative funds and sector equity funds saw the highest annual return gaps, at 1.6% and 1.2%, respectively.
Municipal bond funds delivered the lowest annual total returns, at 2.2%, with an investor return gap of 1.1%.
Crypto ETFs, on the other hand, fared much worse, with a gap of approximately 14.0% between investors’ annual returns and the fund returns.
When it came to fund structure, ETF investors saw a higher annual return gap of 1.6% than investors in open-end funds (1.2%), but also higher aggregate total returns of 11.2% vs. 9.6% for open-end funds.
Investors in active funds saw an overall higher annual return gap, at 1.6%, than index fund investors, at 1.1%.