QCIBX Fees and Costs — QCI Balanced Fund, Institutional Class

Data updated: 2022-08-29

The net expense ratio is 0.98%: a 0.72% management fee plus 0.39% other expenses, less a 0.14% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $6K in broker commissions, 0.0079% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 32%.

QCIBX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of QCIBX. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.72%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.39%
Gross expense ratio1.12%
Fee waiver−0.14%
Net expense ratio0.98%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

QCIBX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in QCIBX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $618 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.04% 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 0.98%)$103$321$557
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$3$4
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$16$57
Total costs$104$340$618
Value after costs$10,396$11,237$12,145
Impact on return, per year1.04%1.04%1.04%

QCIBX 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): 0.0079%
  • Total broker commissions: $6K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $23.5M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 32%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

QCIBX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
JonesTrading Instutional Services, LLC$1K24.19%
Interactive Brokers Corp.$1K23.93%
Cowen & Co., LLC$1K23.36%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$1K19.12%
Goldman Sachs & Co., LLC$5289.41%

QCIBX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc.$8.9M37.87%
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.$6.6M27.95%
Mizuho Capital Markets, LLC$2.3M9.69%
Goldman Sachs & Co.$2.0M8.63%
Fifth Third Bank, n.a.$1.1M4.74%
Stifel, Nicolaus, & Co., Inc.$1.1M4.67%
Susquehanna Financial Group, LLP$747K3.18%
Morgan Stanley$716K3.05%
BMO Capital Markets$54K0.23%

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.