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[Preferred Ranking] #7 [Closed-End Funds] Expense Ratios Similar to the impact on open-end funds, expenses to run a closed-end fund cut into NAV performance. However, since closed-end fund investors experience the price performance rather than NAV performance, they tend to put a much lower level of importance on expense ratios than their open-end fund counterparts. [Open-End Mutual Funds] 
Investment Manager Name recognition is particularly important among open-end fund investors. Some are loyal to one asset management group, selecting several different funds under the same advisor’s umbrella.
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Open-End Mutual Funds