ALEZX Fees and Costs — Alger Weatherbie Enduring Growth Fund, Class Z

Data updated: 2023-04-06

The net expense ratio is 0.75%: a 0.70% management fee plus 4.39% other expenses, less a 4.34% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2022 the fund paid $2K in broker commissions, 0.0484% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 33%.

ALEZX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of ALEZX. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.70%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses4.39%
Gross expense ratio5.09%
Fee waiver−4.34%
Net expense ratio0.75%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

ALEZX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in ALEZX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $501 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.84% 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
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.75%)$79$246$428
Trading costs (broker commissions)$5$16$28
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$13$46
Total costs$84$275$501
Value after costs$10,416$11,301$12,261
Impact on return, per year0.84%0.84%0.84%

ALEZX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2022.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0484%
  • Total broker commissions: $2K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 33%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

ALEZX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Virtu Americas LLC$1K69.89%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA$28513.43%
OPPENHEIMER & CO. INC.$743.47%
WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY, L.L.C.$632.96%
Goldman Sachs & Co, LLC$512.42%
Jefferies LLC$442.09%
LIQUIDNET INC.$401.88%
COWEN AND COMPANY, LLC$331.57%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$261.24%
Piper Sandler LTD.$221.06%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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.