C000098652 Performance — TCW Enhanced Commodity Strategy Fund, N Class

Data updated: 2024-09-20

C000098652 returned −3.97% over one year to Jul 2024. Annualised returns are +3.17% over 3 years and +7.63% over 5 years. The fund trailed its Commodities category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $110, against $113 for the category, and to $96 over one year, against $106. Volatility over the past three years was 15.63% a year. In the 12 months to Jul 2024 the fund lost a net $12.1M, and assets reached $10.40M.

C000098652 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in TCW Enhanced Commodity Strategy Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Commodities category average over the same months.

PeriodC000098652Category average
1 year (Aug 2023 – Jul 2024)$96$106
3 years (Aug 2021 – Jul 2024)$110$113
5 years (Aug 2019 – Jul 2024)$144$140

C000098652 Trailing Returns

Total returns to Jul 2024, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year−3.97%
3 years (annualised)+3.17%
5 years (annualised)+7.63%

C000098652 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of TCW Enhanced Commodity Strategy Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2024 (Jan–Jul)+1.97%
2023−8.27%
2022+13.03%
2021+30.39%
2020+0.34%
2019 (Aug–Dec)+4.42%

C000098652 Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024+0.9%−1.9%+4.0%+1.9%+2.2%−1.7%−3.2%—————
2023+0.6%−5.2%+0.3%−0.8%−6.2%+3.0%+6.4%−1.0%−1.8%−0.2%−1.0%−2.0%
2022+7.6%+6.2%+8.3%+4.0%+1.7%−11.6%+4.9%−0.6%−9.3%+1.0%+4.3%−2.0%
2021+2.5%+6.6%−2.0%+8.7%+3.1%+2.6%+1.9%0.0%+4.9%+2.4%−7.0%+3.9%
2020−7.1%−4.8%−14.1%−0.3%+4.6%+3.4%+6.9%+6.4%−2.7%+0.7%+4.1%+5.5%
2019———————−2.1%+1.3%+2.1%−1.9%+5.0%

C000098652 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Aug 2021 – Jul 2024.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 15.63%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: -0.08 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +8.28% (Mar 2022)
  • Worst month: −11.61% (Jun 2022)

C000098652 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of TCW Enhanced Commodity Strategy Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: −$12.1M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $2.9M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 0.19×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Jul 2024$125K$430K−$305K
Jun 2024$21K$328K−$306K
May 2024$20K$96K−$76K
Apr 2024$1.2M$299K$882K
Mar 2024$55K$773K−$719K
Feb 2024$53K$729K−$677K
Jan 2024$221K$6.8M−$6.6M
Dec 2023$358K$3.0M−$2.7M
Nov 2023$117K$358K−$240K
Oct 2023$375K$812K−$436K
Sep 2023$220K$611K−$391K
Aug 2023$162K$698K−$536K

C000098652 Assets Under Management

Net assets of TCW Enhanced Commodity Strategy Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2024-07-31$10.40M
2024-04-30$11.50M
2024-01-31$11.75M
2023-10-31$22.04M
2023-07-31$24.35M
2023-04-30$28.49M
2023-01-31$36.75M
2022-10-31$40.76M
2022-07-31$45.71M
2022-04-30$32.24M
2022-01-31$13.01M
2021-10-31$2.84M

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.