SOIL Fees and Costs — Global X Fertilizers/Potash ETF

Data updated: 2020-09-28

The net expense ratio is 0.70%: a 0.69% management fee plus 0.01% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $2K in broker commissions, 0.0200% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 17%.

SOIL Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of SOIL. Prospectus, as of February 29, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.69%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.01%
Gross expense ratio0.70%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.70%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

SOIL Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in SOIL, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $453 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.76% 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 0.70%)$74$230$400
Trading costs (broker commissions)$2$7$11
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$12$41
Total costs$76$248$453
Value after costs$10,424$11,328$12,310
Impact on return, per year0.76%0.76%0.76%

SOIL Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0200%
  • Total broker commissions: $2K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 17%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $4K
  • Net income from securities lending: $146 (0.001% of average net assets)

SOIL Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS$2K85.42%
BANK OF AMERICA$2099.21%
CREDIT SUISSE - FIRST BOSTON$512.26%
BTIG LLC$361.59%
JP MORGAN$241.08%
MERRILL LYNCH$100.45%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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.