C000223502 Fees and Costs — BlackRock Defensive Advantage U.S. Fund, Investor A

Data updated: 2023-12-27

The net expense ratio is 0.73%: a 0.43% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 3.34% other expenses, less a 3.29% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.25%. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $1K in broker commissions, 0.0245% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 132%.

C000223502 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000223502. Prospectus, as of August 31, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.43%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses3.34%
Gross expense ratio4.02%
Fee waiver−3.29%
Net expense ratio0.73%
Sales charges
Max front load5.25%
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

C000223502 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000223502, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,119 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.91% 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$525$525$525
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.73%)$73$227$395
Trading costs (broker commissions)$2$8$13
Lost growth on money paid in costs$26$94$186
Total costs$626$854$1,119
Value after costs$9,874$10,722$11,643
Impact on return, per year6.26%2.65%1.91%

C000223502 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0245%
  • Total broker commissions: $1K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $2.6M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 132%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $2K
  • Net income from securities lending: $19 (0.000% of average net assets)

C000223502 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
BofA Securities, Inc.$17916.56%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$14513.46%
Barclays Capital Inc.$14313.28%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$1079.93%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1059.69%
UBS Securities LLC$918.45%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$837.72%
Instinet, LLC$837.68%
Cowen and Company, LLC$736.74%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$706.50%

C000223502 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BlackRock Liquidity Funds - T-Fund$2.6M100.00%

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.