Mutual fund comparator

• Amount invested? The total amount of cash you will invest in the fund

• Assumed annual return? Your estimate of how the funds' underlying investments will do

• Holding period? How long you plan to keep the investment

• Front-end load? The percentage front-end load charged by the fund

• Annual expense ratio? The yearly expense ratio charged by the fund

• Back-end load? The back-end load charged by the fund

Output values

• Cash out value? The amount of cash you'll get if you sell all your shares at the end of the holding period

• Total expenses? The total fund expenses you will have paid

• Effective annual return? The actual annual investment return you would realize