AVGCX Fees and Costs — BNY Mellon Dynamic Total Return Fund, Class C

Data updated: 2025-09-26

The net expense ratio is 2.15%: a 1.10% management fee, a 0.75% 12b-1 fee plus 1.05% other expenses, less a 0.75% fee waiver. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $79K in broker commissions, 0.0824% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 4%.

AVGCX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of AVGCX. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.10%
12b-1 fee0.75%
Other expenses1.05%
Gross expense ratio2.90%
Fee waiver−0.75%
Net expense ratio2.15%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
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

AVGCX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in AVGCX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,362 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.34% 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$103$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 2.15%)$226$695$1,190
Trading costs (broker commissions)$9$27$46
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$36$126
Total costs$337$758$1,362
Value after costs$10,163$10,818$11,400
Impact on return, per year3.37%2.34%2.34%

AVGCX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0824%
  • Total broker commissions: $79K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $194.1M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 4%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

AVGCX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$57K71.72%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$13K16.89%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$4K5.41%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$1K1.69%
TD SECURITIES (USA) LLC$1K1.69%
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.$1K1.38%
SUSQUEHANNA FINANCIAL GROUP, LLLP$9711.23%

AVGCX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$87.0M44.85%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$62.9M32.40%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$24.7M12.73%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$14.5M7.48%
SUSQUEHANNA FINANCIAL GROUP LLLP$4.7M2.43%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$220K0.11%

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.