C000017390 Fees and Costs — TCW High Yield Bond Fund, N Class

Data updated: 2025-01-10

The net expense ratio is 0.80%: a 0.45% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.67% other expenses, less a 0.57% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $2K in broker commissions, 0.0036% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 63%.

C000017390 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000017390. Prospectus, as of February 29, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.45%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.67%
Gross expense ratio1.37%
Fee waiver−0.57%
Net expense ratio0.80%
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

C000017390 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000017390, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $505 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.84% 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 0.80%)$84$263$456
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$2
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$13$46
Total costs$84$277$505
Value after costs$10,416$11,299$12,258
Impact on return, per year0.84%0.84%0.84%

C000017390 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0036%
  • Total broker commissions: $2K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $152.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 63%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000017390 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$2K87.09%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$22712.91%

C000017390 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$75.1M55.24%
Barclays Capital Inc.$13.6M9.98%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$9.7M7.17%
BofA Securities, Inc.$8.4M6.17%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$5.9M4.35%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$5.6M4.15%
UBS Securities LLC$5.6M4.14%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$5.2M3.85%
Jefferies LLC$3.5M2.59%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$3.2M2.36%

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.