C000014988 Fees and Costs — USA Mutuals Vitium Global Fund, Investor Class

Data updated: 2021-04-05

The net expense ratio is 1.49%: a 0.95% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.47% other expenses, less a 0.18% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $45K in broker commissions, 0.0409% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 32%.

C000014988 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000014988. Prospectus, as of July 31, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.95%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.47%
Gross expense ratio1.67%
Fee waiver−0.18%
Net expense ratio1.49%
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 recoupmentYes

C000014988 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000014988, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $947 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.61% 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 1.49%)$156$485$837
Trading costs (broker commissions)$4$13$23
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$25$87
Total costs$161$524$947
Value after costs$10,339$11,053$11,815
Impact on return, per year1.61%1.61%1.61%

C000014988 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending January 22, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0409%
  • Total broker commissions: $45K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 32%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $7.4M
  • Net income from securities lending: $22K (0.020% of average net assets)

C000014988 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$22K50.20%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC$17K38.61%
Interactive Brokers LLC$3K5.62%
ADM Investor Services, Inc.$2K5.57%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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