C000004300 Fees and Costs — Investment Grade Bond Fund, Class E

Data updated: 2026-09-25

The net expense ratio is 0.77%: a 0.25% management fee plus 0.56% other expenses, less a 0.04% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $76K in broker commissions, 0.0076% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 82%.

C000004300 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000004300. Prospectus, as of February 29, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.25%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.56%
Gross expense ratio0.81%
Fee waiver−0.04%
Net expense ratio0.77%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000004300 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000004300, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $489 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.82% 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 0.77%)$81$253$440
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$2$4
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$13$45
Total costs$82$268$489
Value after costs$10,418$11,308$12,274
Impact on return, per year0.82%0.82%0.82%

C000004300 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0076%
  • Total broker commissions: $76K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $4.7B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 82%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000004300 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
UBS Securities LLC$38K49.56%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$31K40.86%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$7K9.58%

C000004300 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$1.1B24.89%
State Street Bank and Trust Company$1.1B24.74%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$901.4M21.05%
Barclays Capital Inc.$449.9M10.51%
BofA Securities, Inc.$244.3M5.71%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$161.6M3.77%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$149.0M3.48%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$103.1M2.41%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$91.3M2.13%
Citadel Securities LLC$56.0M1.31%

Investment Grade Bond Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
RFAYXClass Y0.35%none
RIGRXClass R60.38%none
RIWTXClass M0.41%none
RFATXClass S0.51%none
C000004300Class E0.77%none
RFAAXClass A0.80%3.75%
RFACXClass C1.55%none

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.