JGSDX Fees and Costs — International Growth Stock Trust, Class NAV

Data updated: 2019-11-27

The net expense ratio is 1.01%: a 0.82% management fee plus 0.19% other expenses, less a 0.01% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2018 the fund paid $540K in broker commissions, 2.6607% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 46%.

JGSDX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of JGSDX. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.82%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.19%
Gross expense ratio1.02%
Fee waiver−0.01%
Net expense ratio1.01%
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 recoupmentNo

JGSDX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in JGSDX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $2,177 over 5 years, cutting the return by 3.85% 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 1.01%)$106$322$543
Trading costs (broker commissions)$279$848$1,429
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$59$205
Total costs$385$1,229$2,177
Value after costs$10,115$10,348$10,586
Impact on return, per year3.85%3.85%3.85%

JGSDX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 2.6607%
  • Total broker commissions: $540K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $810.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 46%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

JGSDX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Credit Suisse AG$77K18.21%
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.$67K15.82%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$65K15.48%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$46K10.94%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$45K10.79%
UBS AG$31K7.33%
Deutsche Bank AG$25K6.03%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$22K5.32%
Macquarie Group Limited$22K5.29%
Societe Generale SA$20K4.79%

JGSDX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.$307.0M43.36%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$90.8M12.83%
Credit Suisse AG$58.8M8.30%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$54.9M7.76%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$45.4M6.42%
Barclays Bank PLC$39.8M5.61%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$37.8M5.34%
UBS AG$37.8M5.33%
Deutsche Bank AG$18.0M2.54%
Royal Bank of Canada$17.7M2.50%

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.