Comments on: What are retail mutual funds? Are they the same as the 403B money that is taken from paychecks? http://www.nanothailand.org/mutual-funds/what-are-retail-mutual-funds-are-they-the-same-as-the-403b-money-that-is-taken-from-paychecks Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:15:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: src50 http://www.nanothailand.org/mutual-funds/what-are-retail-mutual-funds-are-they-the-same-as-the-403b-money-that-is-taken-from-paychecks/comment-page-1#comment-3907 src50 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:36:59 +0000 http://www.nanothailand.org/mutual-funds/what-are-retail-mutual-funds-are-they-the-same-as-the-403b-money-that-is-taken-from-paychecks#comment-3907 A 403(b) is a type of retirement account, not a specific mutual fund. "Retail" mutual funds means those that any individual can invest in directly with the fund company. "Institutional" mutual funds are available only to (naturally) insitututions like pension funds or investment firms that invest large sums. The difference is in the expense ratios. "Someone" is wrong.<br><b>References : </b><br> A 403(b) is a type of retirement account, not a specific mutual fund.

"Retail" mutual funds means those that any individual can invest in directly with the fund company. "Institutional" mutual funds are available only to (naturally) insitututions like pension funds or investment firms that invest large sums. The difference is in the expense ratios. "Someone" is wrong.
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