Fund ABC charges a 12b-1 fee of 1.10% and maintains an expense ratio of .85%. Fund XYZ charges a front-end load of 3% but has no 12b-1 fee and an expense ratio of .15%. Assume the rate of return on both funds’ portfolios (before any fees) is 6% per year. Suppose you invest $1000 in each fund. Compute the value of the investments after the end of year 1, year 3, and year 10.
c. The maturity risk premium is assumed to be zero.
Explanation:
In the case when the term structure of the rate of interest would be measured via the pure expectations theory so here the maturity risk premium would be zero as under this theory it is assumed that the risk premium i.e. of the long term would be equivalent to the zero