PRPFX Fees and Costs — Permanent Portfolio, Class I

Data updated: 2026-09-25

The net expense ratio is 0.79%: a 0.77% management fee plus 0.02% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2026 the fund paid $186K in broker commissions, 0.0034% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 16%.

PRPFX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of PRPFX. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2026.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.77%
12b-1 fee—
Other expenses0.02%
Gross expense ratio0.79%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.79%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

PRPFX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in PRPFX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $498 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.83% 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 0.79%)$83$259$451
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$2
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$13$46
Total costs$83$273$498
Value after costs$10,417$11,303$12,264
Impact on return, per year0.83%0.83%0.83%

PRPFX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2026.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0034%
  • Total broker commissions: $186K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $2.7B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 16%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

PRPFX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$130K69.87%
Jefferies LLC$56K30.13%

PRPFX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BNY Capital Markets, LLC$1.6B61.12%
UBS Securities LLC$378.5M14.07%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$289.6M10.77%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$143.8M5.34%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$84.7M3.15%
Barclays Capital Inc.$78.2M2.91%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$44.1M1.64%
BofA Securities, Inc.$14.0M0.52%
Jefferies LLC$10.3M0.38%
Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated$2.8M0.11%

Permanent Portfolio Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
PRPFXClass I0.79%none
PRPDXClass A1.04%5.00%
PRPHXClass C1.79%none

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.