C000029019 Fees and Costs — AB All Market Total Return Portfolio, Class R

Data updated: 2026-09-09

The net expense ratio is 1.69% (1.71% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2026 the fund paid $170K in broker commissions, 0.0398% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 190%.

C000029019 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000029019. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.55%
12b-1 fee0.50%
Other expenses0.64%
Gross expense ratio1.71%
Fee waiver−0.02%
Net expense ratio1.69%
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 recoupmentNo

C000029019 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000029019, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,066 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.82% 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 1.69%)$177$549$946
Trading costs (broker commissions)$4$13$22
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$28$98
Total costs$182$590$1,066
Value after costs$10,318$10,986$11,696
Impact on return, per year1.82%1.82%1.82%

C000029019 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0398%
  • Total broker commissions: $170K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.4B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 190%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $2.7M
  • Net income from securities lending: $14K (0.003% of average net assets)

C000029019 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$116K69.71%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$13K7.66%
BofA Securities, Inc.$10K5.74%
UBS Securities LLC$8K4.81%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$7K4.43%
Barclays Capital Inc.$4K2.68%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$4K2.53%
Jefferies LLC$1K0.89%
Berenberg Capital Markets LLC$1K0.84%
TD Securities (USA) LLC$1K0.72%

C000029019 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$549.0M42.49%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$393.3M30.44%
Barclays Capital Inc.$99.9M7.74%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$47.8M3.70%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$47.2M3.65%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$41.3M3.20%
BofA Securities, Inc.$34.1M2.64%
Citadel Securities LLC$29.0M2.24%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$27.3M2.11%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$23.1M1.79%

AB All Market Total Return Portfolio Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
ABWYXAdvisor Class0.89%none
ABWIXClass I0.93%none
ABWAXClass A1.14%4.25%
C000029019Class R1.69%none
ABWCXClass C1.90%none

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.