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Waddell & Reed High-Income A (UNHIX)
Expense Ratio: 1.10%
Expected Lifetime Fees: $32,418.10


The Waddell & Reed High-Income A fund (UNHIX) is a High Yield Bond fund started on 07/12/1979 and has $1.60 billion in assets under management. The current manager has been running Waddell & Reed High-Income A since 04/22/2008. The fund is rated by Morningstar. In addition to trading fees and broker commissions, this fund has 12b-1 fees of 0.25%

MarketRiders Prefers The Following ETF

SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond (JNK)
Expense Ratio: 0.41%
Expected Lifetime Fees: $12,984.20


The SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond (JNK) is an Exchange Traded Fund. It is a "basket" of securities that index the High Yield Bond investment strategy and is an alternative to a High Yield Bond mutual fund. Fees are very low compared to a comparable mutual fund like Waddell & Reed High-Income A because computers automatically manage the stocks.



The Following High Yield Bond Funds Have Lower Fees Than Waddell & Reed High-Income A (UNHIX). Why are these metrics important?
Mutual Fund Name Ticker Symbol Turnover Assets (M) Annual Fees
Allianz AGIC High Yield Bond D AYBDX 168.0% 270 1.00%
Allianz AGIC High Yield Bond Fund Institutional Class AYBIX 168.0% 270 0.65%
American Beacon High Yield Bond Fund Class Y ACYYX 149.0% 139 0.98%
American Beacon High Yld Bd AMR ABMRX 149.0% 139 0.61%
American Beacon High Yld Bd Instl AYBFX 149.0% 139 0.89%
American Beacon SiM High Yield Opportunities Fund Y Class SHOYX 20.0% 223 0.94%
American Century High-Yield Instl ACYIX 28.0% 530 0.67%
American Century High-Yield Inv ABHIX 28.0% 530 0.87%
American Funds American Hi Inc Tr A AHITX 51.0% 18,100 0.67%
American Funds American Hi Inc Tr F-1 AHTFX 51.0% 18,100 0.72%
American Funds American Hi Inc Tr F-2 AHIFX 51.0% 18,100 0.46%
American Funds American Hi Inc Tr R3 RITCX 51.0% 18,100 1.02%
American Funds American Hi Inc Tr R4 RITEX 51.0% 18,100 0.72%
American Funds American Hi Inc Tr R5 RITFX 51.0% 18,100 0.42%
American Funds American Hi Inc Tr R6 RITGX 51.0% 18,100 0.37%
Aquila Three Peaks High Income Y ATPYX 67.0% 357 0.90%
Artio Global High Income A BJBHX 78.0% 3,300 1.00%
Artio Global High Income I JHYIX 78.0% 3,300 0.75%
BlackRock High Yield Bond BlackRock BRHYX 91.0% 7,300 0.59%
BlackRock High Yield Bond Instl BHYIX 91.0% 7,300 0.67%
BlackRock High Yield Bond Inv A BHYAX 91.0% 7,300 0.93%
BlackRock High Yield Bond Inv A BHYSZ 91.0% 7,300 0.93%
BlackRock High Yield Bond Svc BHYSX 91.0% 7,300 1.03%
Buffalo High-Yield BUFHX 21.0% 259 1.04%
Calamos High Income I CIHYX 72.6% 284 0.97%
Columbia High Yield Bond A INEAX 96.0% 1,600 1.03%
Columbia High Yield Bond R5 RSHRX 96.0% 1,600 0.69%
Columbia High Yield Opportunity Z LHY1Z 109.0% 331 0.87%
Columbia High Yield Opportunity Z LHYSZ 109.0% 331 0.87%
Columbia High Yield Opportunity Z LHYZX 109.0% 331 0.87%
Columbia Income Opportunities A AIOAX 84.0% 2,300 1.04%
Columbia Income Opportunities Fund Class R4 COPRX 84.0% 2,300 0.97%
Columbia Income Opportunities Z CIOZX 84.0% 2,300 0.79%
Delaware High-Yield Opportunities In DHOIX 115.0% 562 0.81%
Dreyfus High Yield Fund Class A DPL1Z 75.9% 1,100 0.95%
Dreyfus High Yield Fund Class A DPLTX 75.9% 1,100 0.95%
Dreyfus High Yld I DLHRX 75.9% 1,100 0.70%
DWS Global High Income A SGH1Z 57.0% 344 1.07%
DWS Global High Income A SGHAX 57.0% 344 1.07%
DWS Global High Income Institutional MGHYX 57.0% 344 0.73%
DWS Global High Income S SGHSX 57.0% 344 0.90%
DWS High Income A KHY1Z 68.0% 1,600 0.93%
DWS High Income A KHYAX 68.0% 1,600 0.93%
DWS High Income Instl KHYIX 68.0% 1,600 0.66%
Eaton Vance High Income Opportunities A ETHIX 78.0% 475 0.99%
Eaton Vance High Income Opportunities A ETHSZ 78.0% 475 0.99%
Eaton Vance High Income Opportunities Fund Class I EIHIX 78.0% 475 0.74%
Eaton Vance Income Fund of Boston A EVIBX 70.0% 3,700 1.02%
Eaton Vance Income Fund of Boston A EVITZ 70.0% 3,700 1.02%
Eaton Vance Income Fund of Boston I EIBIX 70.0% 3,700 0.77%
Federated High-Yield Svc FHYTX 50.0% 250 1.01%
Federated Instl High Yield Bond Instl FIHBX 23.0% 1,100 0.50%
Fidelity Advisor High Income Advantage A FAHCZ 68.0% 1,900 1.03%
Fidelity Advisor High Income Advantage I FAHCX 68.0% 1,900 0.77%
Fidelity Advisor High Income Advantage T FAHYX 68.0% 1,900 1.02%
Fidelity Advisor High Income I FHNIX 75.0% 926 0.85%
Fidelity Advisor High Income T FHITX 75.0% 926 1.07%
Fidelity Capital & Income FAGIX 65.0% 9,300 0.76%
Fidelity Focused High Income FHIFX 48.0% 932 0.81%
Fidelity High Income SPHIX 55.0% 5,600 0.75%
First Eagle High Yield I FEHIX 45.2% 336 0.81%
Forward High Yield Bond Institutional AHBAX 320.0% 103 0.82%
Franklin High Income A AGESZ 51.6% 4,700 0.76%
Franklin High Income A FHAIX 51.6% 4,700 0.76%
Franklin High Income Adv FVHIX 51.6% 4,700 0.61%
Goldman Sachs High Yield A GSHAX 71.0% 5,700 1.05%
Goldman Sachs High Yield Instl GSHIX 71.0% 5,700 0.71%
Goldman Sachs High Yield Instl GSHTZ 71.0% 5,700 0.71%
Harbor High-Yield Bond Adm HYFRX 47.0% 2,200 0.91%
Harbor High-Yield Bond Instl HYFAX 47.0% 2,200 0.66%
Harbor High-Yield Bond Inv HYFIX 47.0% 2,200 1.03%
Hartford High Yield A HAHAX 117.0% 484 1.05%
Hartford High Yield I HAHIX 117.0% 484 0.80%
Hartford High Yield Y HAHYX 117.0% 484 0.70%
Hotchkis and Wiley High Yield Class A HWHAX 139.0% 460 0.95%
Hotchkis and Wiley High Yield Class I HWHIX 139.0% 460 0.70%
Invesco High Yield A AMHSZ 65.0% 1,400 0.89%
Invesco High Yield Fund Institutional Class AHIYX 65.0% 1,400 0.59%
Invesco High Yield Investor HYINX 65.0% 1,400 0.89%
Invesco High Yield Y AHHYX 65.0% 1,400 0.64%
Ivy High Income A WHIAX 80.0% 4,900 1.08%
Ivy High Income I IVHIX 80.0% 4,900 0.79%
Ivy High Income Y WHIYX 80.0% 4,900 1.05%
Janus High-Yield Fund Class A JHYAX 92.0% 2,100 0.93%
Janus High-Yield Fund Class I JHYFX 92.0% 2,100 0.71%
Janus High-Yield T JAHYX 92.0% 2,100 0.89%
JHancock High-Yield A JHHBX 51.0% 603 1.02%
JHancock High-Yield I JYHIX 51.0% 603 0.67%
Lazard US High Yield Instl LZHYX 27.0% 178 0.55%
Lazard US High Yield Open LZHOX 27.0% 178 0.85%
Legg Mason WA Global Hi Yld Bd I SHYOX 90.0% 533 0.88%
Legg Mason WA High Income A SHIAX 90.0% 466 1.00%
Legg Mason WA High Income A SHQCZ 90.0% 466 1.00%
Legg Mason WA High Income I SHIYX 90.0% 466 0.81%
Loomis Sayles High Income Y NEHYX 67.0% 175 0.90%
Loomis Sayles Instl High Income LSHIX 25.0% 614 0.69%
Lord Abbett High Yield A LHHSZ 112.2% 2,100 0.98%
Lord Abbett High Yield I LAHYX 112.2% 2,100 0.78%
MainStay High Yield Corporate Bond A MHCAX 39.0% 7,200 0.99%
MainStay High Yield Corporate Bond I MHYIX 39.0% 7,200 0.74%
MainStay High Yield Corporate Bond Inv MHHIX 39.0% 7,200 1.05%
MainStay High Yield Corporate Bond R2 MHYRX 39.0% 7,200 1.09%
Metropolitan West High Yield Bond I MWHIX 54.0% 2,200 0.56%
Metropolitan West High Yield Bond M MWHYX 54.0% 2,200 0.81%
MFS High Income A MHITX 60.0% 1,000 0.95%
MFS High Income I MHIIX 60.0% 1,000 0.70%
MFS High Yield Opportunities A MHO1Z 61.0% 598 1.05%
MFS High Yield Opportunities A MHOAX 61.0% 598 1.05%
MFS High Yield Opportunities I MHOIX 61.0% 598 0.80%
MFS High Yield Opportunities R3 MHOTX 61.0% 598 1.05%
MFS High Yield Opportunities R4 MHOUX 61.0% 598 0.80%
Neuberger Berman High Inc Bond Inv NHINX 88.0% 2,800 0.87%
Neuberger Berman High Income Bond Fund Institutional Class NHILX 88.0% 2,800 0.74%
Nicholas High Income I NCINX 61.2% 101 0.72%
Nicholas High Income N NNHIX 61.2% 101 1.06%
Northeast Investors NTHEX 33.3% 555 0.82%
Northern High Yield Fixed Income NHFIX 88.1% 5,700 0.77%
Northern Multi-Manager Hi Yld Opp NMHYX 80.6% 688 1.00%
Nuveen High Income Bond A FJSIX 130.0% 594 1.01%
Nuveen High Income Bond I FJSYX 130.0% 594 0.76%
Nuveen Symphony Credit Opportunities A NCOAX 137.0% 186 1.08%
Nuveen Symphony Credit Opportunities I NCOIX 137.0% 186 0.83%
Oppenheimer Champion Income Y OCHYX 69.0% 505 0.81%
Payden High Income PYH1Z 38.0% 1,100 0.66%
Payden High Income PYHRX 38.0% 1,100 0.66%
Payden High Income Adviser PYHWX 38.0% 1,100 0.91%
PIMCO High Yield A PHDAX 50.0% 16,800 0.90%
PIMCO High Yield A PHFTZ 50.0% 16,800 0.90%
PIMCO High Yield Admin PHYAX 50.0% 16,800 0.80%
PIMCO High Yield D PHYDX 50.0% 16,800 0.90%
PIMCO High Yield Instl PHIYX 50.0% 16,800 0.55%
PIMCO High Yield P PHLPX 50.0% 16,800 0.65%
PIMCO High Yield Spectrum Fund Class A PHSTZ 44.0% 1,200 0.90%
PIMCO High Yield Spectrum Fund Class D PHSDX 44.0% 1,200 0.90%
PIMCO High Yield Spectrum Fund Institutional Class PHSIX 44.0% 1,200 0.55%
Pioneer Global High Yield A PGHYX 52.0% 2,400 1.09%
Pioneer Global High Yield Y GHYYX 52.0% 2,400 0.74%
Pioneer High Yield Y TYHYX 47.0% 2,300 0.81%
Principal High Yield A CPHYX 82.8% 3,500 0.92%
Principal High Yield I Inst PYHIX 67.4% 1,000 0.65%
Principal High Yield Inst PHYTX 82.8% 3,500 0.57%
Prudential High-Yield A PBHCZ 87.0% 2,200 0.88%
Prudential High-Yield Z PHYZX 87.0% 2,200 0.63%
Putnam High Yield A PHIGX 72.0% 1,400 1.00%
Putnam High Yield Advantage A PHYIX 57.0% 896 1.04%
Putnam High Yield Advantage Y PHAYX 57.0% 896 0.79%
Putnam High Yield Y PHYYX 72.0% 1,400 0.75%
RidgeWorth High Income A SAHIX 148.0% 685 1.01%
RidgeWorth High Income I STHTX 148.0% 685 0.71%
RidgeWorth Seix High Yield A HYPSX 83.0% 2,100 0.77%
RidgeWorth Seix High Yield I SAMHX 83.0% 2,100 0.51%
RS High Yield A GUHYX 101.0% 136 0.95%
T. Rowe Price High-Yield PRHYX 75.4% 9,200 0.74%
T. Rowe Price High-Yield Adv PAHIX 75.4% 9,200 0.98%
T. Rowe Price Instl High Yield TRHYX 77.6% 2,600 0.50%
Third Avenue Focused Credit Fund Institutional Class TFCIX 105.0% 1,000 0.95%
TIAA-CREF High-Yield Fund Premier Class TIHPX 62.0% 1,400 0.55%
TIAA-CREF High-Yield Inst TIHYX 62.0% 1,400 0.40%
TIAA-CREF High-Yield R TIHRX 62.0% 1,400 0.65%
TIAA-CREF High-Yield Retail TIYRX 62.0% 1,400 0.59%
Touchstone High Yield A THYAX 62.0% 233 1.05%
Touchstone High Yield A THYCZ 62.0% 233 1.05%
Touchstone High Yield Y THYYX 62.0% 233 0.80%
Transamerica High Yield Bond I TDHIX 93.0% 602 0.78%
Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Adm VWEAX 26.0% 17,000 0.13%
Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Inv VWEHX 26.0% 17,000 0.23%
Wells Fargo Advantage High Income A SHBSZ 78.0% 765 0.91%
Wells Fargo Advantage High Income I SHYYX 78.0% 765 0.51%
Wells Fargo Advantage High Income Inv STHYX 78.0% 765 0.94%
Wells Fargo Advantage High Yld Bond A EKKSZ 70.0% 403 1.02%
Wells Fargo Advantage High Yld Bond Adm EKHYX 70.0% 403 0.80%
Wells Fargo Advantage S/T Hi-Yld Bd Inv STHBX 36.0% 982 0.85%
Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term High Yeild Bond Fund Administrator Class WDHYX 36.0% 982 0.66%
Western Asset High Yield I WAHYX 103.0% 441 0.68%



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