MSADX Fees and Costs — Strategic Income Portfolio, Class A

Data updated: 2022-02-28

The net expense ratio is 0.95%: a 0.32% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 2.11% other expenses, less a 1.73% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 3.25%. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $399 in broker commissions, 0.0015% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 38%.

MSADX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of MSADX. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.32%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses2.11%
Gross expense ratio2.68%
Fee waiver−1.73%
Net expense ratio0.95%
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

MSADX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in MSADX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $991 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.68% 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 0.95%)$97$301$523
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$0$1
Lost growth on money paid in costs$16$66$143
Total costs$438$693$991
Value after costs$10,062$10,883$11,772
Impact on return, per year4.38%2.14%1.68%

MSADX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0015%
  • Total broker commissions: $399
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $45.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 38%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

MSADX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$399100.00%

MSADX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$17.4M42.25%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$10.9M26.34%
BofA Securities, Inc.$3.2M7.82%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2.6M6.26%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$2.3M5.51%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1.6M3.94%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$1.2M2.93%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$789K1.91%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$629K1.52%
MarketAxess Corporation$624K1.51%

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.