Question: Consider the following trading and performance data for four different equity mutual funds: Fund W Fund X Fund Y Fund Z Assets under Management, $296.5
Consider the following trading and performance data for four different equity mutual funds:
| Fund W | Fund X | Fund Y | Fund Z | |||||
| Assets under Management, | $296.5 | $668.7 | $1,295.2 | $5,551.4 | ||||
| Avg. for Past 12 months (mil) | ||||||||
| Security Sales, | $40.2 | $572.7 | $1,464.0 | $424.5 | ||||
| Past 12 months (mil) | ||||||||
| Expense Ratio | 0.31% | 0.68% | 1.11% | 0.24% | ||||
| Pretax Return, 3-year avg. | 9.81% | 10.20% | 10.16% | 9.91% | ||||
| Tax-adjusted Return, 3-year avg. | 8.94% | 8.88% | 9.51% | 8.94% | ||||
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Calculate the portfolio turnover ratio for each fund. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places.
Fund W: %
Fund X: %
Fund Y: %
Fund Z: %
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Which two funds are most likely to be actively managed and which two are most likely passive funds?
-Select-Funds W and XFunds W and YFunds W and ZFunds X and YFunds X and ZFunds Y and ZItem 5 are most likely passively managed portfolios; -Select-Funds W and XFunds W and YFunds W and ZFunds X and YFunds X and ZFunds Y and ZItem 6 are most likely to be actively managed.
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Calculate the tax cost ratio for each fund. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places.
Fund W: %
Fund X: %
Fund Y: %
Fund Z: %
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Which funds were the most and least tax efficient in the operations?
-Select-Funds Y and WFunds Y and XFunds Y and ZFunds W and XFunds W and ZFunds X and ZItem 11 were the most tax efficient and -Select-Funds Y and WFunds Y and XFunds Y and ZFunds W and XFunds W and ZFunds X and ZItem 12 were the least tax efficient.
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