C000022793 Fees and Costs — Utilities Trust, Series II

Data updated: 2019-11-27

The net expense ratio is 1.14%: a 0.82% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.08% other expenses, less a 0.01% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2018 the fund paid $93K in broker commissions, 0.0342% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 26%.

C000022793 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000022793. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.82%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.08%
Gross expense ratio1.15%
Fee waiver−0.01%
Net expense ratio1.14%
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 recoupmentNo

C000022793 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000022793, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $732 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.23% 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 1.14%)$120$373$645
Trading costs (broker commissions)$4$11$19
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$19$67
Total costs$123$403$732
Value after costs$10,377$11,173$12,031
Impact on return, per year1.23%1.23%1.23%

C000022793 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0342%
  • Total broker commissions: $93K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $136.5M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 26%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $12.6M
  • Net income from securities lending: $167K (0.062% of average net assets)

C000022793 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$12K16.04%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$11K15.38%
UBS AG$11K15.25%
National Financial Services LLC$11K14.75%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$7K10.20%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$7K9.11%
Credit Suisse AG$5K7.07%
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.$3K4.58%
Banco Bradesco SA$3K4.00%
Scotia Capital Inc.$3K3.61%

C000022793 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Global Markets, LLC$122.5M89.76%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$4.6M3.34%
Credit Suisse AG$3.8M2.77%
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.$3.0M2.16%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$1.8M1.30%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$731K0.54%
Barclays Bank PLC$97K0.07%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$82K0.06%

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.