GMTEX Fees and Costs — GuideMark Tax-Exempt Fixed Income Fund, Service Shares

Data updated: 2021-02-22

The net expense ratio is 1.29%: a 0.50% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.78% other expenses, less a 0.24% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. Portfolio turnover was 36%.

GMTEX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of GMTEX. Prospectus, as of July 31, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.50%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.78%
Gross expense ratio1.53%
Fee waiver−0.24%
Net expense ratio1.29%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

GMTEX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in GMTEX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $802 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.35% 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 1.29%)$135$421$728
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$21$74
Total costs$135$442$802
Value after costs$10,365$11,134$11,961
Impact on return, per year1.35%1.35%1.35%

GMTEX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $7.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 36%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

GMTEX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Wells Fargo Securities LLC$1.4M20.60%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1.2M18.51%
Morgan Stanley and Co Inc$886K13.42%
Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp.$673K10.20%
National Financial Services LLC$566K8.57%
Barclay Investments Ltd$499K7.56%
JP Morgan Chase$379K5.75%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$367K5.55%
R. Seelaus & Co. Inc.$332K5.03%
RBC Capital Markets LLC$318K4.81%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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