Actual front-end sales load incurred by mutual fund investors in the United States 1990-2016

The data describes the actual front-end sales load incurred by mutual fund investors in the U.S. from 1990 to 2016, by fund type. The actual front-end sales load charged by equity funds amounted to 1.1% in the U.S. in 2016. The maximum fees that the mutual funds could have charged the investors, as defined in the fund prospectus, differed significantly from the actual values.