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Mutual Fund Pricing

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Buy or SwitchLegal Disclaimer footnote 1 Orders

1% of the gross trade amount (maximum $50 per trade, charged in the fund’s denomination currency)

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$0 commissionLegal Disclaimer footnote 2

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Mutual Funds FAQs

A mutual fund is a pool of investments in stocks, bonds or other securities funded by individual investors who own units of the fund. A mutual fund’s strategy may focus on a specific sector, region or asset class, or may invest in various asset classes. Because a mutual fund holds multiple investments, it may provide a degree of diversification.

Mutual funds are managed by portfolio managers who buy and sell the securities in the fund’s portfolio and monitor market conditions. Some funds are actively managed, meaning that the portfolio manager selects securities according to his or her investment philosophy and judgment in an attempt to outperform the market. Other funds, known as index funds, are passive investments that attempt to simply mirror a market index, such as the S&P/TSX Composite Index of Canadian stocks. In either case, the transaction and administration costs of the fund are spread among all of its investors.

Mutual funds are not listed for continuous trading and pricing on a stock exchange. Instead, mutual fund companies sell their own shares (or units) to investors and buy back their shares when investors redeem them. New shares may be issued if investor demand exceeds redemptions.

If you're thinking about investing in mutual funds, here are a few advantages to consider:

  • Built-in diversification: When you purchase a mutual fund, you're investing in a diversified portfolio of investments that can include stocks, bonds and cash. Diversification can reduce risk by spreading assets among various asset classes, geographic regions or industrial sectors.
  • Professional management: Actively managed mutual funds allow you to take advantage of professional investment management. The cost of the portfolio manager's expertise, called a Management Expense Ratio (MER), is shared by all the fund's investors.
  • Your choice of asset classes and fund types: Select from a wide range of mutual funds to fit your investment needs.

A trade commission of 1% of the gross trade amount (maximum $50 per trade, charged in the fund’s denomination currency) will be charged on all mutual fund buy or switchLegal Disclaimer footnote 1 orders. There is no commission for mutual fund sell ordersLegal Disclaimer footnote 2.

No, there is no commission on reinvested distributions.

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There may be commissions, trailing commissions, investment fund management fees and expenses associated with investment fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) investments. On or after June 1, 2022, any trailing commissions paid to RBC Direct Investing Inc. will be rebated to clients pursuant to applicable regulatory exemptions. Before investing, please review the applicable fees, expenses and charges relating to the fund as disclosed in the prospectus, fund facts or ETF facts. Mutual funds and ETFs are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. For money market funds there can be no assurances that the fund will be able to maintain its net asset value per security at a constant amount or that the full amount of your investment in the fund will be returned to you.