C000098651 Fees and Costs — TCW Enhanced Commodity Strategy Fund, I Class

Data updated: 2024-09-20

The net expense ratio is 0.70% (1.59% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $2K in broker commissions, 0.0067% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 14%.

C000098651 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000098651. Prospectus, as of February 29, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.50%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.69%
Gross expense ratio1.59%
Fee waiver−0.89%
Net expense ratio0.70%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

C000098651 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000098651, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $445 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.74% 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 0.70%)$74$230$400
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$2$4
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$11$41
Total costs$74$244$445
Value after costs$10,426$11,333$12,318
Impact on return, per year0.74%0.74%0.74%

C000098651 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0067%
  • Total broker commissions: $2K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $154.3M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 14%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000098651 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$2K100.00%

C000098651 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$118.8M79.91%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$7.6M5.09%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$5.9M3.98%
UBS Securities LLC$3.2M2.17%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$3.0M2.00%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2.7M1.80%
BofA Securities, Inc.$2.6M1.76%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$2.6M1.76%
Citadel Securities LLC$1.3M0.86%
Barclays Capital Inc.$981K0.66%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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