Making Money Minute - August 21, 2026
Making Money Minute with Ron Hiebert - Fees & Performance What is the best predictor of future fund performance? Some think it is past performance. But research shows that a fund with a 5 star rating, is very unlikely to repeat it going forward. The best indicator of future performance is the funds fee structure. Kiplinger did a study of 1100 mutual funds. They divided them into two baskets. The high fee bucket and the low fee one. On average, over the next 5 years, funds with the lowest fees, outperformed the higher cost ones by 2% a year. Funds that have 1% -2% lower annual fees are difficult to beat no matter how saavy the high fee fund manager might be. For more information listen to our Making Money podcast with Ron Hiebert and Graham Hicks at letsmakemoney.ca or CFCW.com.






