GBDRX Fees and Costs — Nationwide Bond Fund, Class R

Data updated: 2025-03-19

The net expense ratio is 1.14%: a 0.40% management fee, a 0.50% 12b-1 fee plus 0.31% other expenses, less a 0.07% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $14K in broker commissions, 0.0052% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 42%.

GBDRX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of GBDRX. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.40%
12b-1 fee0.50%
Other expenses0.31%
Gross expense ratio1.21%
Fee waiver−0.07%
Net expense ratio1.14%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

GBDRX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in GBDRX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $714 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.20% 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 1.14%)$120$373$646
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$2$3
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$19$66
Total costs$120$393$714
Value after costs$10,380$11,183$12,049
Impact on return, per year1.20%1.20%1.20%

GBDRX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0052%
  • Total broker commissions: $14K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $136.6M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 42%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $13.8M
  • Net income from securities lending: $15K (0.005% of average net assets)

GBDRX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
UBS Securities LLC$14K100.00%

GBDRX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$17.2M16.82%
BofA Securities, Inc.$13.0M12.76%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$12.2M11.98%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$11.9M11.67%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$11.4M11.17%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$9.1M8.96%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$8.9M8.71%
Keybanc Capital Markets Inc.$7.4M7.27%
Citadel Securities LLC$6.7M6.52%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$4.2M4.14%

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.