The French presidency is based on a semi-presidential system where both a president and a prime minister are active participants in the day-to-day administration of the state. France's president appoints a prime minister, who then forms a government.
The Portfolio Management Rating is the same as our Stock Rating except that we incorporate Asset Allocation in the Portfolio Management Rating. The Total Annual Costs Rating captures the all-in cost of being in a fund over a 3-yr holding period, the average holding period of all mutual fund investors.
Currently the typical expense ratio for an actively managed mutual fund is about 1.5%, and that number has been going up lately. With an expense ratio of 1.5%, a mutual fund is cutting itself in on 1.5% of the total money in the fund every year. That's whether there's a good year or a bad year for the fund.