Do Index Funds Cost 100 Times As Much As You Think?

David Winters, a veteran value investor, has a provocative idea: Index funds aren’t the dirt-cheap choice we all believe them to be. Tens of millions of investors hold roughly $4 trillion in U.S. stock index funds -- which report annual ownership costs as low as 0.03%, or $3 on a $10,000 investment. In his latest letter to shareholders in the $303 million fund, Mr. Winters argues that the typical S&P 500 index fund incurred ownership costs exceeding 4.3%, or more than $430 per $10,000, in 2016.

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