C000017621 Fees and Costs — Calamos Growth & Income Portfolio

Data updated: 2026-08-27

The net expense ratio is 1.27%: a 0.75% management fee plus 0.52% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $8K in broker commissions, 0.0233% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 34%.

C000017621 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000017621. Prospectus, as of April 10, 2026.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.75%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.52%
Gross expense ratio1.27%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.27%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000017621 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000017621, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $804 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.36% 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 1.27%)$133$415$717
Trading costs (broker commissions)$2$8$13
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$21$74
Total costs$136$443$804
Value after costs$10,364$11,133$11,959
Impact on return, per year1.36%1.36%1.36%

C000017621 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0233%
  • Total broker commissions: $8K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $14.4M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 34%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $450K
  • Net income from securities lending: $1K (0.003% of average net assets)

C000017621 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$3K41.37%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$1K16.18%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$6549.54%
O'Neil Securities, Incorporated$5177.55%
Barclays Capital Inc.$4176.08%
BofA Securities, Inc.$3084.49%
National Financial Services LLC$2964.32%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$2733.99%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$2533.69%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$1922.80%

C000017621 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$3.2M23.91%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2.3M17.23%
BofA Securities, Inc.$1.4M10.15%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$1.2M9.21%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1.2M9.15%
Jefferies LLC$1.1M8.16%
TD Securities (USA) LLC$957K7.06%
Barclays Capital Inc.$933K6.89%
UBS Securities LLC$760K5.61%
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated$357K2.63%

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.