C000024059 Fees and Costs — ICON Utilities Fund, Class S

Data updated: 2020-08-27

The net expense ratio is 1.22%: a 1.00% management fee plus 0.57% other expenses, less a 0.35% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $113K in broker commissions, 0.2608% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 144%.

C000024059 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000024059. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.00%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.57%
Gross expense ratio1.57%
Fee waiver−0.35%
Net expense ratio1.22%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

C000024059 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000024059, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $917 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.55% 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 1.22%)$128$398$686
Trading costs (broker commissions)$27$85$147
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$24$85
Total costs$155$507$917
Value after costs$10,345$11,070$11,845
Impact on return, per year1.55%1.55%1.55%

C000024059 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.2608%
  • Total broker commissions: $113K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 144%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $770K
  • Net income from securities lending: $1K (0.003% of average net assets)

C000024059 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
The Benchmark Company LLC$32K28.36%
RBC Capital Markets LLC$18K16.07%
Steven M. Ferretti$17K14.75%
Weeden & Co.$14K12.48%
Capital Institutional Services Inc.$14K12.32%
Bloomberg Tradebook LLC$13K11.12%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$5K4.29%
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.$6900.61%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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.