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Vanguard fee question

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Vanguard Canada ETFs list a Management Fee and a MER. Can one assume that the MER includes the Management Fee? Or do I add these 2 numbers together to get my actual total fees?

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2 yen wrote: 22 Nov 2017 09:47 Vanguard Canada ETFs list a Management Fee and a MER. Can one assume that the MER includes the Management Fee? Or do I add these 2 numbers together to get my actual total fees?

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Don't add them. The management fee is included in the MER.
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ockham wrote: 22 Nov 2017 10:06
2 yen wrote: 22 Nov 2017 09:47 Vanguard Canada ETFs list a Management Fee and a MER. Can one assume that the MER includes the Management Fee? Or do I add these 2 numbers together to get my actual total fees?

Thanks!

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Don't add them. The management fee is included in the MER.
Thanks for the clarification, Ockham! :thumbsup:
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