C000023910 Fees and Costs — U.S. Government Securities Fund, Class 3

Data updated: 2026-08-27

The net expense ratio is 0.43%: a 0.30% management fee, a 0.18% 12b-1 fee plus 0.04% other expenses, less a 0.09% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. Portfolio turnover was 253%.

C000023910 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000023910. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2026.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.30%
12b-1 fee0.18%
Other expenses0.04%
Gross expense ratio0.52%
Fee waiver−0.09%
Net expense ratio0.43%
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

C000023910 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000023910, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $272 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.45% 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 0.43%)$45$142$247
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$7$25
Total costs$45$149$272
Value after costs$10,455$11,428$12,491
Impact on return, per year0.45%0.45%0.45%

C000023910 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): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $15.7B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 253%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000023910 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$3.1B20.82%
Bank of America, N.A.$2.9B19.88%
Barclays Bank PLC$2.4B16.18%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$1.4B9.75%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$1.3B8.50%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$1.2B8.35%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1.1B7.51%
BNP Paribas$693.8M4.71%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.$335.3M2.28%
Prudential Funding LLC$298.1M2.02%

U.S. Government Securities Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000023908Class 10.25%—
C000023910Class 30.43%—
C000023909Class 20.50%—
C000176236Class 1A0.50%—
C000121504Class 40.75%—

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.