AAOPX Fees and Costs — Opportunistic Fund, A Shares

Data updated: 2024-01-26

The net expense ratio is 1.35% (1.72% before fee waivers). This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 2.00% and a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $52K in broker commissions, 0.1672% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 260%.

AAOPX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of AAOPX. Prospectus, as of November 30, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.85%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.52%
Gross expense ratio1.72%
Fee waiver−0.37%
Net expense ratio1.35%
Sales charges
Max front load2.00%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

AAOPX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in AAOPX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,176 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.01% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Sales charges$301$200$200
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.35%)$139$431$744
Trading costs (broker commissions)$17$53$92
Lost growth on money paid in costs$10$56$140
Total costs$467$740$1,176
Value after costs$10,033$10,836$11,587
Impact on return, per year4.67%2.29%2.01%

AAOPX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1672%
  • Total broker commissions: $52K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $165.3M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 260%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

AAOPX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated$10K21.83%
Strategas Securities, LLC$7K15.01%
Jefferies LLC$6K12.35%
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.$4K9.04%
Virtu ITG LLC$4K8.63%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$4K7.91%
Capital Institutional Services Inc$3K7.12%
Piper Jaffray & Co.$3K7.05%
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey$3K5.75%
UBS Securities LLC$2K5.30%

AAOPX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BOK Financial Securities, Inc.$124.7M76.05%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$11.9M7.27%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$9.7M5.91%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$7.6M4.66%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$3.6M2.21%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$2.8M1.68%
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey$1.0M0.61%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$978K0.60%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$978K0.60%
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC$673K0.41%

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.