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LTWAX - AllianceBern 2055 Retirement Strat A

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AllianceBern 2055 Retirement Strat A (LTWAX)
Expense Ratio: 1.06%
Expected Lifetime Fees: $31,368.98


The AllianceBern 2055 Retirement Strat A fund (LTWAX) is a Target Date 2051+ fund started on 06/29/2007 and has $5.60 million in assets under management. The current manager has been running AllianceBern 2055 Retirement Strat A since 07/19/2007. The fund is rated by Morningstar. In addition to trading fees and broker commissions, this fund has 12b-1 fees of 0.30%

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iShares S&P Target Date 2040 (TZV)
Expense Ratio: 0.11%
Expected Lifetime Fees: $3,595.26


The iShares S&P Target Date 2040 (TZV) is an Exchange Traded Fund. It is a "basket" of securities that index the Target Date 2051+ investment strategy and is an alternative to a Target Date 2051+ mutual fund. Fees are very low compared to a comparable mutual fund like AllianceBern 2055 Retirement Strat A because computers automatically manage the stocks.




The Following Target Date 2051+ Funds Have Lower Fees Than AllianceBern 2055 Retirement Strat A (LTWAX). Why are these metrics important?
Mutual Fund Name Ticker Symbol Turnover Assets (M) Annual Fees
T. Rowe Price Retirement 2055 TRRNX 27.4% 406 0.76%
T. Rowe Price Retirement 2055 Adv PAROX 27.4% 406 1.01%
Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Fund Investor Shares VFFVX 12.0% 270 0.19%



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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.