C000008700 Fees and Costs — Access Flex Bear High Yield Fund, Service Class

Data updated: 2021-03-30

The net expense ratio is 2.78%: a 0.75% management fee, a 1.00% 12b-1 fee plus 4.81% other expenses, less a 3.78% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $172 in broker commissions, 0.0190% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 0%.

C000008700 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000008700. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.75%
12b-1 fee1.00%
Other expenses4.81%
Gross expense ratio6.56%
Fee waiver−3.78%
Net expense ratio2.78%
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

C000008700 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000008700, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,689 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.94% 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 2.78%)$292$894$1,521
Trading costs (broker commissions)$2$6$10
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$45$158
Total costs$294$945$1,689
Value after costs$10,206$10,631$11,074
Impact on return, per year2.94%2.94%2.94%

C000008700 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0190%
  • Total broker commissions: $172
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $134.0M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 0%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000008700 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$50974.70%
RBC (FUTURES - BONDS)$17225.30%

C000008700 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
SG AMERICAS SECURITIES, LLC$55.0M41.01%
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC REPO$26.7M19.95%
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC$25.5M19.02%
CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP.$13.8M10.31%
UMB FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.$8.5M6.32%
CREDIT AGRICOLE SECURITIES (USA) INC.$4.1M3.04%
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.$254K0.19%
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.$125K0.09%
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC$78K0.06%
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.$23K0.02%

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.