CSGNX Fees and Costs — Cushing SMID Growth Focused Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2021-10-29

The net expense ratio is 1.10%: a 0.80% management fee plus 6.26% other expenses, less a 5.96% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $7K in broker commissions, 0.2516% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 21%.

CSGNX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of CSGNX. Prospectus, as of March 31, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.80%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses6.26%
Gross expense ratio7.06%
Fee waiver−5.96%
Net expense ratio1.10%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee0.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

CSGNX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in CSGNX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $840 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.42% 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 1.10%)$116$359$620
Trading costs (broker commissions)$26$82$142
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$22$77
Total costs$142$463$840
Value after costs$10,358$11,113$11,923
Impact on return, per year1.42%1.42%1.42%

CSGNX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.2516%
  • Total broker commissions: $7K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 21%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

CSGNX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
BTIG LLC$3K41.44%
SEAPORT GLOBAL SECURITIES LLC$1K23.29%
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES LLC$84713.20%
KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS INC.$4767.42%
COWEN EXECUTION SERVICES LLC$3625.64%
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED$2413.76%
TRUIST SECURITIES INC.$1532.38%
NEEDHAM & COMPANY LLC$651.01%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$651.01%
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES INC.$540.84%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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