C000016565 Fees and Costs — DWS World Dividend Fund, Class C

Data updated: 2020-01-09

The net expense ratio is 1.97%: a 0.67% management fee, a 1.00% 12b-1 fee plus 0.36% other expenses, less a 0.06% fee waiver. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $51K in broker commissions, 0.0292% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 30%.

C000016565 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000016565. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.67%
12b-1 fee1.00%
Other expenses0.36%
Gross expense ratio2.03%
Fee waiver−0.06%
Net expense ratio1.97%
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

C000016565 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000016565, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,226 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.10% 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 1.97%)$207$639$1,096
Trading costs (broker commissions)$3$9$16
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$32$114
Total costs$313$681$1,226
Value after costs$10,187$10,896$11,537
Impact on return, per year3.13%2.10%2.10%

C000016565 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0292%
  • Total broker commissions: $51K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $95.1M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 30%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $3.8M
  • Net income from securities lending: $332K (0.189% of average net assets)

C000016565 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
UBS Securities LLC$23K44.97%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$11K21.62%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$5K9.96%
BofA Securities, Inc.$4K7.30%
Instinet, LLC$3K6.45%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$2K3.35%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$1K2.85%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1K2.14%
Barclays Capital Inc.$4970.97%
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.$1990.39%

C000016565 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.$95.1M100.00%

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.