C000015188 Fees and Costs — Nuveen Strategic Income Fund, Class R3

Data updated: 2026-07-24

The net expense ratio is 1.09%: a 0.54% management fee, a 0.50% 12b-1 fee plus 0.18% other expenses, less a 0.13% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $28K in broker commissions, 0.0036% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 87%.

C000015188 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000015188. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.54%
12b-1 fee0.50%
Other expenses0.18%
Gross expense ratio1.22%
Fee waiver−0.13%
Net expense ratio1.09%
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

C000015188 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000015188, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $683 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.15% 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 1.09%)$114$357$618
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$2
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$18$63
Total costs$115$376$683
Value after costs$10,385$11,201$12,080
Impact on return, per year1.15%1.15%1.15%

C000015188 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0036%
  • Total broker commissions: $28K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.1B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 87%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $10.9M
  • Net income from securities lending: $123K (0.016% of average net assets)

C000015188 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup$28K100.00%

C000015188 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$124.2M15.43%
Morgan Stanley$101.5M12.62%
Bank of America, National Association$98.9M12.29%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$98.4M12.23%
JPMorgan Securities LLC$81.5M10.13%
Barclays Capital Inc.$69.1M8.59%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$66.9M8.32%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$59.5M7.39%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$53.6M6.66%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$51.0M6.34%

Nuveen Strategic Income Fund Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
FSFRXClass R60.47%none
FCBYXClass I0.55%none
FCDDXClass A0.80%4.25%
C000015188Class R31.09%none
FCBCXClass 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.