EAMBX Fees and Costs — Eaton Vance Taxable Municipal Bond Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2023-04-27

The net expense ratio is 0.81%: a 0.45% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 1.22% other expenses, less a 1.12% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 3.25%. Portfolio turnover was 185%.

EAMBX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of EAMBX. Prospectus, as of November 30, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.45%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses1.22%
Gross expense ratio1.93%
Fee waiver−1.12%
Net expense ratio0.81%
Sales charges
Max front load3.25%
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

EAMBX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in EAMBX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $907 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.54% 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$325$325$325
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.81%)$82$257$447
Lost growth on money paid in costs$16$64$135
Total costs$424$646$907
Value after costs$10,076$10,930$11,856
Impact on return, per year4.24%1.99%1.54%

EAMBX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2022.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $13.1M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 185%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

EAMBX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Global Markets, LLC$8.6M65.83%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1.2M8.90%
National Financial Services LLC$1.0M7.70%
Jefferies LLC$500K3.81%
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated$494K3.76%
Hilltop Securities Inc.$454K3.46%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$430K3.28%
Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc.$418K3.19%
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC$10K0.08%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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