MYCTX Fees and Costs — MainStay MacKay U.S. Equity Opportunities Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2021-03-30

The net expense ratio is 1.56%: a 1.00% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.63% other expenses, less a 0.32% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.50%. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $515K in broker commissions, 0.2250% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 176%.

MYCTX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of MYCTX. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.00%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.63%
Gross expense ratio1.88%
Fee waiver−0.32%
Net expense ratio1.56%
Sales charges
Max front load5.50%
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

MYCTX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in MYCTX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,741 over 5 years, cutting the return by 3.03% 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$550$550$550
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.56%)$155$479$824
Trading costs (broker commissions)$22$69$119
Lost growth on money paid in costs$28$114$248
Total costs$755$1,212$1,741
Value after costs$9,745$10,364$11,022
Impact on return, per year7.55%3.80%3.03%

MYCTX Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.2250%
  • Total broker commissions: $515K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $339.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 176%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $10K
  • Net income from securities lending: $113 (0.000% of average net assets)

MYCTX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Virtu Itg LLC$95K20.13%
Guardian Capital LP$79K16.83%
UBS Securities LLC$56K11.84%
SG Americas Securities, LLC$55K11.73%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$43K9.16%
Jefferies LLC$43K9.12%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$33K7.12%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$24K5.14%
Instinet, LLC$21K4.55%
BofA Securities, Inc.$21K4.39%

MYCTX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$189.4M55.74%
SG Americas Securities, LLC$82.0M24.13%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$46.0M13.53%
Guardian Capital LP$14.0M4.11%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$4.8M1.41%
Virtu Itg LLC$2.1M0.61%
Societe Generale$759K0.22%
BofA Securities, Inc.$501K0.15%
UBS Securities LLC$291K0.09%

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.