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🏦 Money systems · Lesson 51
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Fees — the silent thief

Why 1% sounds tiny but eats huge chunks.

The idea

A fee is a small cut someone takes for managing your money. 1% sounds tiny — but it's charged every single year, and over decades it can quietly eat a huge chunk of your wealth. That's why cheap index funds (often 0.03%) beat pricey ones: lower fees mean more money stays yours and keeps compounding. 🪙

Words to know

Fee (expense ratio)
A small yearly cost for owning a fund, taken as a percent of your money.
VOO / VTI
Very cheap index funds (about 0.03% fee) holding hundreds or thousands of companies.
Mutual fund
A fund run by managers who pick stocks; often charges around 1% a year.
Financial advisor
A person who manages money for you, often charging about 1% of it each year.

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Match each investment to its typical FEE. Lower is way better.

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