We'll skip the inappropriate jokes and just say that back end load refers to mutual fund b-shares, where you pay fees and commissions when selling your fund, not when you buy or when you hold (see b-shares). Here, "load" is commission and "back end" means that it's paid at the end of the holding period (when you sell).
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finance a la shmoop what is a diversified mutual fund? all right people
listen up it's lots of investments stocks bonds exposure to risk and reward [Risk and reward punch man in face]
everywhere energy, telecom, insurance, real estate, banking, chemicals, tech, retail not
enough diversity yet well those are just sectors or industries and there's a
whole bunch of them what about geography geographic diversity the US, Russia, China
Europe someday maybe Mars Elon what do you think well maybe exposures to [Elon Musk floating in space]
different currencies or commodities cycles as the diversity you seek hmm
well that's diversity Benetton eat your heart out so the bigger question is why
would you want such diversity? well the idea is that you mitigate risk by being
diverse the don't put all your eggs in one basket thing if one investment goes [Value of investment graph appears]
bust well at least you have plans B C and D to fall back on and if this is
grabbing you check out our videos on efficient markets theory for more on the
subject or maybe diversify your knowledge and watch all of our finance
videos food for thought and you know please click on the ads that we got to [Man holding begging sign]
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