SWHEX Fees and Costs — Schwab Hedged Equity Fund

Data updated: 2021-09-24

The net expense ratio is 1.91%: a 1.05% management fee plus 0.90% other expenses, less a 0.04% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $109K in broker commissions, 0.0939% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 168%.

SWHEX Fees and Expenses

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

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.05%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.90%
Gross expense ratio1.95%
Fee waiver−0.04%
Net expense ratio1.91%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

SWHEX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in SWHEX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,229 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.10% 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 1.91%)$201$619$1,063
Trading costs (broker commissions)$10$30$52
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$32$114
Total costs$210$682$1,229
Value after costs$10,290$10,894$11,534
Impact on return, per year2.10%2.10%2.10%

SWHEX 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): 0.0939%
  • Total broker commissions: $109K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $222K
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 168%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $26K
  • Net income from securities lending: $215 (0.000% of average net assets)

SWHEX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Piper Sandler & Co.$35K36.11%
Jefferies LLC$13K13.18%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$13K13.09%
Dash Financial Technologies LLC$9K9.01%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$8K8.62%
Virtu Americas LLC$5K5.73%
Instinet, LLC$4K4.30%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$4K3.73%
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated$3K3.50%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$3K2.73%

SWHEX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Virtu Americas LLC$222K100.00%

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.