C000033661 Fees and Costs — DWS EAFE(R) Equity Index Fund, Institutional Class

Data updated: 2019-11-26

The net expense ratio is 0.27%: a 0.25% management fee plus 0.79% other expenses, less a 0.77% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2018 the fund paid $5K in broker commissions, 0.0099% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 4%.

C000033661 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000033661. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.25%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.79%
Gross expense ratio1.04%
Fee waiver−0.77%
Net expense ratio0.27%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000033661 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000033661, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $178 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.29% 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 0.27%)$28$89$156
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$3$6
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$5$16
Total costs$29$97$178
Value after costs$10,471$11,479$12,585
Impact on return, per year0.29%0.29%0.29%

C000033661 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): 0.0099%
  • Total broker commissions: $5K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $28.3M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 4%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $217K
  • Net income from securities lending: $4K (0.007% of average net assets)

C000033661 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2K37.11%
Societe Generale$2K32.00%
Barclays Capital Inc.$55911.05%
UBS Securities LLC$3066.05%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1963.87%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$1693.34%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$1242.45%
Instinet, LLC$1162.30%
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.$731.45%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.$200.39%

C000033661 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$23.6M83.85%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2.4M8.43%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.$1.0M3.64%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$407K1.45%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$270K0.96%
Societe Generale$188K0.67%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$78K0.28%
Sky PLC$77K0.27%
Barclays Capital Inc.$73K0.26%
Abertis Infraestructuras SA$54K0.19%

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.