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BAINX - BlackRock India Fund Investor A Shares

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BlackRock India Fund Investor A Shares (BAINX)
Expense Ratio: 2.00%
Expected Lifetime Fees: $53,740.75


The BlackRock India Fund Investor A Shares fund (BAINX) is a India Equity fund started on 05/5/2011 and has $3.80 million in assets under management. The current manager has been running BlackRock India Fund Investor A Shares since 08/31/2011. The fund is rated by Morningstar. In addition to trading fees and broker commissions, this fund has 12b-1 fees of 0.25%

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PowerShares India (PIN)
Expense Ratio: 0.79%
Expected Lifetime Fees: $24,043.94


The PowerShares India (PIN) is an Exchange Traded Fund. It is a "basket" of securities that index the India Equity investment strategy and is an alternative to a India Equity mutual fund. Fees are very low compared to a comparable mutual fund like BlackRock India Fund Investor A Shares because computers automatically manage the stocks.




The Following India Equity Funds Have Lower Fees Than BlackRock India Fund Investor A Shares (BAINX). Why are these metrics important?
Mutual Fund Name Ticker Symbol Turnover Assets (M) Annual Fees
Eaton Vance Greater India A ETGIX 49.0% 334 1.88%
Eaton Vance Greater India Fund Class I EGIIX 49.0% 334 1.58%
Matthews India Fund Institutional Class MIDNX 3.5% 576 0.99%
Matthews India Investor MINDX 3.5% 576 1.18%



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Turnover
Turnover represents how much of a mutual fund's holdings are changed over the course of a year through buying and selling. Active mutual funds have an average turnover rate of about 85%, meaning that funds are turning over nearly all of their holdings every year. A high turnover means you could make lower returns because: 1) buying and selling stocks costs money through commissions and spreads and 2) the fund will distribute yearly capital gains which increases your taxes. Look for funds with turnover rates below 50%. For comparison, ETF turnover rates average around 10% or lower.

Assets
Generally, smaller funds do better than larger ones. The more assets in a mutual fund, the lower the chance that it will beat its index. Managers outperform an index by choosing stocks that are undervalued. In order to find these undervalued stocks, the manager has to know more than his competitors to develop an "edge." There are only a finite number of stocks a mutual fund manager can reasonably analyze and actively track to gain such a competitive edge. When the fund has more assets, the manager must analyze large companies because he needs to take larger positions. Large companies are more efficiently priced in the market and it becomes increasingly difficult to get an edge.