Expense ratio is the fee or amount you pay to the mutual fund to manage your money. All the money given by investors to the fund is pooled together and invested in various assets, which earn returns for you. However, there are various costs incurred by the fund in managing this large pool of money, and all these expenses are recovered from investors in the form of ‘expense ratio’. It’s expressed as a percentage of assets under management (AUM).
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