Beware of large and hidden mutual fund costs - Personal Investment Management > Cost Control and Investment Performance Impr... Beware of large and hidden mutual fund costs - Personal Investment Management > Cost Control and Investment Performance Improvement Articles - Financial Articles, In pursuit of better returns, many investors sensibly seek out no load mutual funds with low annual expense ratios. However, loads and published expense ratios are only part of the mutual fund cost story. Other costs for individual investors to consider concern “hidden” mutual fund expenses that directly reduce the net asset value of the fund. These hidden expenses include trading commissions that a fund pays to brokers and the cost or market impact of fund trading. in Public bookmarkswith bewarecostsfundinvestmentlargemanagementmutualpersonal