And I should be able to order without a sales charge.

Focus Trust has no sales charge, but expenses are quite high.

Class 1 shares carry a sales charge of 4.5 percent.

The sales charge on the new fund is 5.75 percent.

All figures are total return, before taxes, and do not include sales charges.

The sales charge on class A shares is 4.75 percent.

In the short term, a high sales charge could eat into profits.

The sales charge for each is 4.25 percent of the amount invested.

The new sales charges apply only to the company's class I shares.

Earlier in the year, the company dropped sales charges on nine of its international funds.