C000017424 Fees and Costs — TCW Relative Value Dividend Appreciation Fund, N Class

Data updated: 2024-06-25

The net expense ratio is 0.85%: a 0.60% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.16% other expenses, less a 0.16% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $77K in broker commissions, 0.0297% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 18%.

C000017424 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000017424. Prospectus, as of February 29, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.60%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.16%
Gross expense ratio1.01%
Fee waiver−0.16%
Net expense ratio0.85%
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

C000017424 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000017424, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $552 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.92% 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 0.85%)$89$279$484
Trading costs (broker commissions)$3$10$17
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$14$51
Total costs$92$303$552
Value after costs$10,408$11,273$12,211
Impact on return, per year0.92%0.92%0.92%

C000017424 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0297%
  • Total broker commissions: $77K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $76.5M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 18%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000017424 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$35K44.96%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$12K16.13%
UBS Securities LLC$8K10.47%
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC$8K9.85%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$5K6.41%
Jefferies LLC$5K6.00%
BofA Securities, Inc.$2K2.38%
Barclays Capital Inc.$2K2.12%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$1K1.49%
Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated$1360.18%

C000017424 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$76.5M100.00%

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.