USLIX Fees and Costs — U.S. Global Leaders Growth Fund, Class I

Data updated: 2026-09-25

The net expense ratio is 0.86%: a 0.71% management fee plus 0.17% other expenses, less a 0.02% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $299K in broker commissions, 0.0141% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 32%.

USLIX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of USLIX. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.71%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.17%
Gross expense ratio0.88%
Fee waiver−0.02%
Net expense ratio0.86%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
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

USLIX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in USLIX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $548 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.92% 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 0.86%)$90$282$490
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$5$8
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$14$50
Total costs$92$301$548
Value after costs$10,408$11,275$12,215
Impact on return, per year0.92%0.92%0.92%

USLIX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0141%
  • Total broker commissions: $299K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.1B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 32%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $18.4M
  • Net income from securities lending: $11K (0.001% of average net assets)

USLIX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Capital Institutional Services, Inc.$52K20.60%
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC$49K19.27%
JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC$32K12.77%
William Blair$25K9.76%
Instinet, LLC$24K9.37%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$22K8.87%
Evercore Group L.L.C.$19K7.63%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$13K5.26%
Piper Sandler & Co.$8K3.27%
Barclays Bank PLC$8K3.20%

USLIX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Global Markets, LLC$1.1B100.00%

U.S. Global Leaders Growth Fund Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
UGLSXClass R60.75%none
USLIXClass I0.86%none
USGLXClass A1.11%5.00%
USLYXClass R21.25%none
USLCXClass C1.86%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.