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Old 12-16-2003, 05:23 PM   #7
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Originally posted by VTGreg
The fees are relatively low for most of the funds. In addition, the taxes are different. Based on what I have read you likely wouldn't need to pay as much in capital gains as you would with traditional mutual funds because you aren't linked to others that own the fund.

True, that is mainly because the fund would have substantially less turnover. Less buying and selling = fewer taxable events.
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