Advisor fee drag:
What a 1% fee does to your retirement

Advisor fee drag is how much a yearly advisory fee reduces what your savings grow to over decades.

In the PortfolioPilot planner, enter your Investment management fee and it comes off your assets every year of every simulation. Save the plan with and without it as what-if scenarios to see the difference. Included in the Free plan.

Feature basics

Which plan you need
The investment management fee setting. Included in the Free plan
Input
Investment management fee, a % a year
Effect
Deducted from assets every year of every simulation

What does a 1% fee do?

An illustrative comparison for a hypothetical plan.

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PortfolioPilot advisor fee drag demo. An illustrative comparison for a hypothetical plan.

The portfolio is hypothetical, and all figures are for demonstrative purposes only. Nothing shown is a recommendation to buy or sell any security.

How it works

How advisor fee drag works in PortfolioPilot

Three steps from your accounts to the answer.

Step 1

Set up your plan

Open Plan, then Retirement planning. Enter your ages, monthly budget and Social Security, or keep the defaults.

Step 2

Enter the fee

In Portfolio, set Investment management fee.

Step 3

Compare

Save a what-if scenario with no fee and compare.

Why it matters

How does a fee add up?

It compounds.

Every year

The fee comes off your assets each year, not once.

Less to compound

Money paid in fees no longer grows.

Chance of success

Higher fees can lower your chance the money lasts.

Fund fees too

The fee analyzer shows what your funds charge on top.

Related retirement planning features

See what fees cost your retirement

Add your accounts and see it for your own situation.

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Questions

Questions about advisor fee drag

Short answers here, with a link to the full help center article where one exists.

Where do I enter my advisor's fee?

In the planner's Portfolio settings, as Investment management fee.

Does the planner compare with and without the fee?

Not on its own. Save two what-if scenarios to compare.

Are fund fees included?

The fee analyzer covers them. Read more in the Help Center →

Is it free?

Yes. It is in the Free plan.