FERUX Fees and Costs — First Eagle Gold Fund, Class R5
Data updated: 2026-09-28
The net expense ratio is 0.99%: a 0.75% management fee plus 0.24% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $941K in broker commissions, 0.0272% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 15%.
FERUX Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of FERUX. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2022.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.75% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.00% |
| Other expenses | 0.24% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.99% |
| Fee waiver | — |
| Net expense ratio | 0.99% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | 0.00% |
| Max deferred load | 0.00% |
| Redemption fee | — |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | No |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | No |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | No |
FERUX Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in FERUX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $636 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.07% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).
| $10,000 invested | Sell after 1 year | Sell after 3 years | Sell after 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value before costs | $10,500 | $11,576 | $12,763 |
| Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.99%) | $104 | $324 | $562 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $3 | $9 | $15 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $16 | $58 |
| Total costs | $107 | $350 | $636 |
| Value after costs | $10,393 | $11,227 | $12,127 |
| Impact on return, per year | 1.07% | 1.07% | 1.07% |
FERUX Trading Costs
Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2025.
- Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0272%
- Total broker commissions: $941K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $29.1B
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 15%
- Securities lending: none during the year
FERUX Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BMO Capital Markets Corp. | $219K | 24.51% |
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | $209K | 23.32% |
| Virtu Americas LLC | $124K | 13.86% |
| Jefferies LLC | $118K | 13.18% |
| Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. | $50K | 5.59% |
| CLSA Americas, LLC | $48K | 5.31% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $40K | 4.48% |
| Barclays Capital, Inc. | $38K | 4.24% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $27K | 2.96% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $23K | 2.55% |
FERUX Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $17.6B | 60.24% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $6.3B | 21.53% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $3.7B | 12.53% |
| Barclays Capital, Inc. | $1.4B | 4.86% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $244.8M | 0.84% |
First Eagle Gold Fund Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEURX | Class R6 | 0.81% | none |
| FEGIX | Class I | 0.91% | none |
| FERUX | Class R5 | 0.99% | none |
| FIURX | Class R4 | 1.10% | none |
| FEUTX | C000182927 | 1.12% | 2.50% |
| SGGDX | Class A | 1.14% | 5.00% |
| EAURX | Class R3 | 1.45% | none |
| FEGOX | Class C | 1.89% | none |
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.