C000123919 Fees and Costs — First Investors Investment Grade Fund, Advisor Class

Data updated: 2019-12-13

The net expense ratio is 0.76%: a 0.66% management fee plus 0.17% other expenses, less a 0.07% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. Portfolio turnover was 58%.

C000123919 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000123919. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2018.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.66%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.17%
Gross expense ratio0.83%
Fee waiver−0.07%
Net expense ratio0.76%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000123919 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000123919, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $478 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.80% 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 0.76%)$80$250$434
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$12$44
Total costs$80$262$478
Value after costs$10,420$11,314$12,285
Impact on return, per year0.80%0.80%0.80%

C000123919 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $872.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 58%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000123919 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$112.1M17.98%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$93.0M14.92%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC. LLC$79.3M12.72%
Barclays Capital Inc$71.7M11.51%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$70.8M11.36%
JP Morgan Securities LLC$53.1M8.52%
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc.$50.5M8.11%
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.$32.4M5.20%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$30.9M4.95%
Fifth Third Securities, Inc.$29.5M4.73%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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