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19 luna receives $550,000 as a gift from her mother and decides to inve…

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19 luna receives $550,000 as a gift from her mother and decides to invest the amount in a segregated fund. luna has no experience investing and wants to open an account. luna recommends a segregated fund with a management expense ratio (mer) of 3.1% and luna wants to understand how mer impacts her investment. which of the following responses will jake provide?
a. mers are sales charges that do not affect investment returns.
b. mers reduce the return on investment.
c. mers are based only on the funds performance.
d. mers are charged only at the time of contract issue.
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Explanation:

Brief Explanations

To solve this, we analyze each option:

  • Option a: MER (Management Expense Ratio) is a fee that reduces the investor's return, so it does impact returns. Eliminate a.
  • Option b: MERs are sales charges? No, MER is an annual fee for management, not a sales charge. Eliminate b.
  • Option c: MERs are based on the funds' performance? No, MER is a percentage of assets under management, not directly based on performance. Eliminate c.
  • Option d: MERs are charged only at the time of contract issue? No, MER is an annual fee. Wait, re - evaluating: The correct reasoning is that MER (Management Expense Ratio) is a fee that is deducted from the fund's assets annually and reduces the investor's return. But among the options, the most correct one related to MER's impact is that MERs reduce the return (option a was misanalyzed earlier? Wait, no, let's re - read the options. Wait, the question is about which statement is false? Wait, the original question: "Which of the following responses will Jake provide?" Wait, the options:

a. MERs reduce the return on investment. (True, so if the question is which is false, no. Wait, maybe the question is which is correct. Let's re - examine:
MER (Management Expense Ratio) is a fee that is taken from the fund's assets, so it reduces the investor's return. So option a is correct. But maybe the options were misread. Alternatively, if we consider the options again:
Option d: "MERs are charged only at the time of contract issue" is false because MER is an annual fee. But maybe the question is which statement is correct. Given the context of mutual fund fees, MERs do reduce the return on investment (option a).

Answer:

a. MERs reduce the return on investment