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HEAD-TO-HEAD: AB versus Blackrock
FSA compares two US equity products: the AB American Growth Portfolio and the BGF US Flexible Equity Fund.
FEES
The ongoing charges (OCF) of the AB fund’s retail share class is 1.75%, which is lower compared to the Blackrock fund’s retail share class OCF of 1.81%, according to Wolfstetter. The median OCF for the retail share classes of US equity funds is 1.7%.
On the flipside, the AB fund’s clean share classes are more expensive, with an OCF of 1.17%, compared to the Blackrock fund’s OCF of 1.06%.
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