C000085554 Fees and Costs — Commodity Strategies Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2021-03-30

The net expense ratio is 1.41% (2.35% before fee waivers). This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.75% and a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $399K in broker commissions, 0.1443% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 36%.

C000085554 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000085554. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.25%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.43%
Gross expense ratio2.35%
Fee waiver−0.94%
Net expense ratio1.41%
Sales charges
Max front load5.75%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000085554 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000085554, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,640 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.85% 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
Sales charges$672$575$575
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.41%)$140$433$746
Trading costs (broker commissions)$14$44$76
Lost growth on money paid in costs$29$114$242
Total costs$855$1,167$1,640
Value after costs$9,645$10,410$11,123
Impact on return, per year8.55%3.65%2.85%

C000085554 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1443%
  • Total broker commissions: $399K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $3.1B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 36%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000085554 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$336K84.05%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$64K15.93%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$540.01%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$50.00%

C000085554 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$1.8B60.64%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$198.8M6.82%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$197.8M6.78%
Pershing LLC$152.8M5.24%
Russell Investments Implementation Services, LLC$131.5M4.51%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$112.9M3.87%
Barclays Capital Inc.$108.2M3.71%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$103.2M3.54%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$80.0M2.74%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$62.5M2.14%

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.