Fair Value Measurements
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical securities
Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following table summarizes the market value of the Fund's holdings as of December 31, 2023, based on the inputs used to value them:
Asset Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3(1) | Total |
Common Stocks: | | | | |
Australia | $ — | $14,347,548 | $ — | $14,347,548 |
Austria | — | 5,646,071 | — | 5,646,071 |
Brazil | 8,612,062 | 10,910,445 | — | 19,522,507 |
Canada | 5,947,624 | — | — | 5,947,624 |
Chile | — | 6,456,389 | — | 6,456,389 |
China | — | 26,042,361 | — | 26,042,361 |
Denmark | — | 3,189,885 | — | 3,189,885 |
Finland | — | 7,933,792 | — | 7,933,792 |
France | — | 18,967,197 | — | 18,967,197 |
Germany | — | 6,429,133 | — | 6,429,133 |
Italy | — | 12,084,767 | — | 12,084,767 |
Japan | — | 43,507,759 | — | 43,507,759 |
Mexico | 4,713,969 | — | — | 4,713,969 |
Netherlands | — | 8,717,828 | — | 8,717,828 |
Singapore | — | 6,526,311 | 0 | 6,526,311 |
South Korea | — | 11,308,934 | — | 11,308,934 |
Spain | — | 6,337,762 | — | 6,337,762 |
Sweden | — | 3,614,092 | — | 3,614,092 |
Switzerland | — | 29,682,650 | — | 29,682,650 |
Taiwan | — | 3,073,083 | — | 3,073,083 |
Thailand | — | 6,067,569 | — | 6,067,569 |
United Kingdom | 10,532,848 | 42,772,019 | — | 53,304,867 |
United States | 279,161,559 | — | — | 279,161,559 |
Total Common Stocks | $308,968,062 | $273,615,595(2) | $0 | $582,583,657 |
Short-Term Investments: | | | | |
Affiliated Fund | $1,162,837 | $ — | $ — | $1,162,837 |
Securities Lending Collateral | 9,354,646 | — | — | 9,354,646 |
Total Investments | $319,485,545 | $273,615,595 | $0 | $593,101,140 |
(1) | None of the unobservable inputs for Level 3 assets, individually or collectively, had a material impact on the Fund. |
(2) | Includes foreign equity securities whose values were adjusted to reflect market trading of comparable securities or other correlated instruments that occurred after the close of trading in their applicable foreign markets. |
Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets were not significant and accordingly, a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for the fiscal year to date ended December 31, 2023 is not presented.