LOAD AND NO-LOAD FUNDS
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To load or not to load? In mutual fund investing, that is often the question. Many investors choose funds that don't charge loads. Others like what they can get in return for paying loads. In this tutorial, we will cover the basics of loads. You will learn what a load is and what you can get from load funds. We will cover the following topics:

• What Are Load and No-Load Funds?
• RECOGNIZING LOAD AND NO-LOAD MUTUAL FUND QUOTES
• FEES CHARGED BY MUTUAL FUNDS
• LOAD VS NO-LOAD MUTUAL FUNDS
• SUMMARY OF LOAD AND NO-LOAD MUTUAL FUNDS

To begin, let us look at what a load is.