C000037627 Fees and Costs — BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund, Class R

Data updated: 2026-08-27

The net expense ratio is 1.01%: a 0.45% management fee, a 0.50% 12b-1 fee plus 0.39% other expenses, less a 0.34% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $514K in broker commissions, 0.0919% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 144%.

C000037627 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000037627. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.45%
12b-1 fee0.50%
Other expenses0.39%
Gross expense ratio1.35%
Fee waiver−0.34%
Net expense ratio1.01%
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

C000037627 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000037627, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $688 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.16% 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 1.01%)$106$331$573
Trading costs (broker commissions)$10$30$52
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$18$63
Total costs$116$378$688
Value after costs$10,384$11,198$12,075
Impact on return, per year1.16%1.16%1.16%

C000037627 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0919%
  • Total broker commissions: $514K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.7M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 144%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $27.5M
  • Net income from securities lending: $122K (0.022% of average net assets)

C000037627 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$56K14.64%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$50K13.17%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$48K12.44%
UBS Securities LLC$47K12.31%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$45K11.79%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$39K10.24%
TD SECURITIES (USA) LLC$29K7.60%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$26K6.92%
JEFFERIES LLC$24K6.34%
BTIG, LLC$17K4.56%

C000037627 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BlackRock Liquidity Funds T-Fund$137.0M98.76%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$534K0.38%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$456K0.33%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$390K0.28%
PENSERRA SECURITIES, LLC$156K0.11%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$91K0.07%
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.$59K0.04%
JEFFERIES LLC$17K0.01%
UBS SECURITIES LLC$10K0.01%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$7K0.01%

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000198224Class K0.46%—
PSGIXInstitutional Class0.51%none
CSGEXInvestor A0.76%5.25%
C000037627Class R1.01%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.