Strategy Shares Nasdaq 5HANDL™ Index ETF (FIVR)† | July 31, 2023 (Unaudited) |
Portfolio of Investments Summary Table |
| | Percentage of Value |
Exchange-Traded Funds | | 100.0% |
Total | | 100.0% |
| | |
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. As of July 31, 2023, percentages in the table above are based on total investments. Such total investments may differ from the percentages set forth in the following Portfolio of Investments which are computed using the Fund’s total net assets. |
Portfolio of Investments
Shares | | | | | Value | |
Exchange-Traded Funds — 99.6% | | | | |
| 4,152 | | | Alerian MLP ETF | | $ | 173,221 | |
| 1,624 | | | Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF | | | 67,737 | |
| 3,528 | | | Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF | | | 152,692 | |
| 4,896 | | | Global X U.S. Preferred ETF | | | 95,815 | |
| 428 | | | Invesco QQQ Trust | | | 164,215 | |
| 1,020 | | | Invesco Taxable Municipal Bond ETF | | | 26,775 | |
| 1,152 | | | iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | | | 40,942 | |
| 116 | | | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | | | 53,381 | |
| 2,520 | | | iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | | | 246,154 | |
| 144 | | | iShares MBS ETF | | | 13,380 | |
| 1,960 | | | JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF | | | 109,525 | |
| 5,344 | | | Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | | | 245,610 | |
| 1,008 | | | Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF | | | 54,644 | |
| 4,168 | | | Schwab U.S. REIT ETF | | | 82,985 | |
| 832 | | | Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF | | | 138,320 | |
| 684 | | | Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF | | | 54,104 | |
| 128 | | | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | | | 53,847 | |
| 3,396 | | | Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF | | | 245,938 | |
| 3,292 | | | WisdomTree U.S. Efficient Core Fund | | | 125,080 | |
Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $2,222,363) | | $ | 2,144,365 | |
Total Investments — 99.6% (Cost $2,222,363) | | $ | 2,144,365 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities — 0.4% | | | 9,469 | |
| | | | |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | $ | 2,153,834 | |
ETF — Exchange-Traded Fund |
MBS — Mortgage-Backed Security |
MLP — Master Limited Partnership |
MSCI — Morgan Stanley Capital International |
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust |
S&P — Standard and Poor’s |
USD — United States Dollar |
† Strategy Shares Nasdaq 5HANDL™ Index ETF (FIVR) ceased operations and liquidated following the close of the market on August 30, 2023.
Strategy Shares Gold-Hedged Bond ETF (GLDB) | July 31, 2023 (Unaudited) |
Portfolio of Investments Summary Table |
| | Percentage of Value |
Communication Services | | 11.0% |
Consumer Discretionary | | 6.1% |
Consumer Staples | | 12.7% |
Energy | | 5.2% |
Financials | | 26.4% |
Health Care | | 8.6% |
Industrials | | 8.6% |
Information Technology | | 8.3% |
Materials | | 3.1% |
Real Estate | | 3.9% |
Utilities | | 6.1% |
Total | | 100.0% |
| | |
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. As of July 31, 2023, percentages in the table above are based on total investments. Such total investments may differ from the percentages set forth in the following Portfolio of Investments which are computed using the Fund’s total net assets. |
Portfolio of Investments*
Principal Amount | | | Value | |
Corporate Bonds — 74.6% | | | | |
Communication Services — 6.2% | | | | |
$ | 532,000 | | | Verizon Communications, Inc., 4.52%, 9/15/48 | | $ | 459,652 | |
| 504,000 | | | Walt Disney Co. (The), 2.65%, 1/13/31 | | | 433,531 | |
| | | | | | | 893,183 | |
Consumer Discretionary — 4.8% | | | | |
| 448,000 | | | Amazon.com, Inc., 1.50%, 6/03/30 | | | 366,701 | |
| 308,000 | | | Home Depot, Inc. (The), 5.88%, 12/16/36 | | | 333,964 | |
| | | | | | | 700,665 | |
Consumer Staples — 10.1% | | | | |
| 476,000 | | | Anheuser-Busch Companies LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 4.70%, 2/01/36 | | | 461,504 | |
| 392,000 | | | BAT Capital Corp., 3.56%, 8/15/27 | | | 364,075 | |
| 420,000 | | | Coca-Cola Co. (The), 1.38%, 3/15/31 | | | 333,727 | |
| 364,000 | | | Costco Wholesale Corp., 1.60%, 4/20/30 | | | 302,037 | |
| | | | | | | 1,461,343 | |
Energy — 4.1% | | | | |
| 364,000 | | | Chevron Corp., 2.24%, 5/11/30 | | | 314,760 | |
| 336,000 | | | MPLX LP, 2.65%, 8/15/30 | | | 282,279 | |
| | | | | | | 597,039 | |
Financials — 18.6% | | | | |
| 140,000 | | | Capital One Financial Corp., 3.80%, 1/31/28 | | | 129,732 | |
| 476,000 | | | Citigroup, Inc., 4.41%, 3/31/31 | | | 447,390 | |
| 364,000 | | | Fiserv, Inc., 3.50%, 7/01/29 | | | 334,942 | |
| 504,000 | | | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 1.99%, 1/27/32 | | | 396,978 | |
| 448,000 | | | JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.49%, 3/24/31 | | | 428,954 | |
| 392,000 | | | MetLife, Inc., 4.55%, 3/23/30 | | | 383,627 | |
| 168,000 | | | Northern Trust Corp., 1.95%, 5/01/30 | | | 139,395 | |
$ | 476,000 | | | Wells Fargo & Co., 3.00%, 10/23/26 | | | 443,688 | |
| | | | | | | 2,704,706 | |
Principal Amount | | | Value | |
Health Care — 6.8% | | | | |
$ | 392,000 | | | AbbVie, Inc., 3.20%, 11/21/29 | | $ | 355,079 | |
| 308,000 | | | Amgen, Inc., 2.20%, 2/21/27 | | | 279,725 | |
| 364,000 | | | CVS Health Corp., 4.30%, 3/25/28 | | | 352,530 | |
| | | | | | | 987,334 | |
Industrials — 6.9% | | | | |
| 392,000 | | | Boeing Co. (The), 5.15%, 5/01/30 | | | 388,674 | |
| 280,000 | | | General Electric Co., 5.88%, 1/14/38 | | | 299,916 | |
| 308,000 | | | Southwest Airlines Co., 5.13%, 6/15/27 | | | 307,106 | |
| | | | | | | 995,696 | |
Information Technology — 6.6% | | | | |
| 336,000 | | | Apple, Inc., 3.35%, 2/09/27 | | | 322,361 | |
| 336,000 | | | Broadcom Corp. / Broadcom Cayman Finance, Ltd., 3.88%, 1/15/27 | | | 320,347 | |
| 336,000 | | | Oracle Corp., 5.38%, 7/15/40 | | | 320,030 | |
| | | | | | | 962,738 | |
Materials — 2.5% | | | | |
| 252,000 | | | Dow Chemical Co. (The), 3.60%, 11/15/50 | | | 185,893 | |
| 196,000 | | | Sherwin-Williams Co. (The), 2.95%, 8/15/29 | | | 174,476 | |
| | | | | | | 360,369 | |
Real Estate — 3.1% | | | | |
| 504,000 | | | Equinix, Inc., 3.20%, 11/18/29 | | | 444,162 | |
Utilities — 4.9% | | | | |
| 448,000 | | | NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., 2.25%, 6/01/30 | | | 372,238 | |
| 364,000 | | | Pacific Gas and Electric Co., 4.55%, 7/01/30 | | | 330,627 | |
| | | | | | | 702,865 | |
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $11,602,194) | | $ | 10,810,100 | |
Strategy Shares Gold-Hedged Bond ETF (GLDB) (Continued) | July 31, 2023 (Unaudited) |
Principal Amount | | | Value | |
Yankee Dollars — 5.0% | | | | |
Communication Services — 2.6% | | | | |
$ | 308,000 | | | Orange SA, 9.00%, 3/01/31 | | $ | 375,828 | |
Financials — 2.4% | | | | |
| 308,000 | | | Shell International Finance BV, 6.38%, 12/15/38 | | | 346,063 | |
Total Yankee Dollars (Cost $792,442) | | $ | 721,891 | |
Total Investments — 79.6% (Cost $12,394,636) | | $ | 11,531,991 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities — 20.4% | | | 2,954,102 | |
| | | | |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | $ | 14,486,093 | |
* Portfolio of Investments is presented on a consolidated basis.
LLC — Limited Liability Corporation |
LP — Limited Partnership |
SA — Societe Anonyme (French public limited company) |
Total Return Swap Agreements
Pay/ Receive | | Financing Rate | | Description | | Counterparty | | Payment Frequency | | Expiration Date | | Notional Amount | | Value and Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) |
Receive | | Effective Federal Funds Rate(a) + 85 bps | | iShares Gold Trust | | BNP PARIBAS SA | | Monthly | | 5/20/24 | | $ | 14,261,415 | | | $ | (134,678 | ) |
Receive | | Effective Federal Funds Rate(a) + 85 bps | | iShares IBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond | | BNP PARIBAS SA | | Monthly | | 5/20/24 | | | 2,598,065 | | | | (20,936 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (155,614 | ) |
| (a) | The Effective Federal Funds Rate at July 31, 2023 was 5.33%. |
Strategy Shares Nasdaq 7HANDL™ Index ETF (HNDL) | July 31, 2023 (Unaudited) |
Portfolio of Investments Summary Table |
| | Percentage of Value |
Exchange-Traded Funds | | 100.0% |
Total | | 100.0% |
| | |
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. As of July 31, 2023, percentages in the table above are based on total investments. Such total investments may differ from the percentages set forth in the following Portfolio of Investments which are computed using the Fund’s total net assets. |
Portfolio of Investments
Shares | | | | | Value | |
Exchange-Traded Funds — 93.4% | | | | |
| 1,874,538 | | | Alerian MLP ETF | | $ | 78,205,725 | |
| 732,555 | | | Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF | | | 30,554,869 | |
| 1,593,558 | | | Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF | | | 68,969,190 | |
| 2,211,714 | | | Global X U.S. Preferred ETF | | | 43,283,243 | |
| 192,672 | | | Invesco QQQ Trust | | | 73,924,393 | |
| 461,610 | | | Invesco Taxable Municipal Bond ETF | | | 12,117,263 | |
| 519,813 | | | iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | | | 18,474,154 | |
| 52,182 | | | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | | | 24,013,113 | |
| 1,137,969 | | | iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | | | 111,156,811 | |
| 64,224 | | | iShares MBS ETF | | | 5,967,694 | |
| 885,087 | | | JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF | | | 49,458,662 | |
| 2,414,421 | | | Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | | | 110,966,789 | |
| 455,589 | | | Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF | | | 24,697,480 | |
| 1,882,566 | | | Schwab U.S. REIT ETF | | | 37,481,889 | |
| 377,316 | | | Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF | | | 62,728,785 | |
| 309,078 | | | Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF | | | 24,448,070 | |
| 58,203 | | | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | | | 24,484,838 | |
| 1,533,348 | | | Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF | | | 111,045,062 | |
| 1,487,187 | | | WisdomTree U.S. Efficient Core Fund | | | 56,505,670 | |
Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $1,007,848,600) | | $ | 968,483,700 | |
Total Investments — 93.4% (Cost $1,007,848,600) | | $ | 968,483,700 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities — 6.6% | | | 67,913,477 | |
| | | | |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | $ | 1,036,397,177 | |
ETF — Exchange-Traded Fund |
MBS — Mortgage-Backed Security |
MLP — Master Limited Partnership |
MSCI — Morgan Stanley Capital International |
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust |
S&P — Standard and Poor’s |
USD — United States Dollar |
Total Return Swap Agreements
Pay/ Receive | | Financing Rate | | Description | | Counterparty | | Payment Frequency | | Expiration Date | | Notional Amount | | Value and Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) |
Receive | | Effective Federal Funds Rate(a) + 85 bps | | Nasdaq 7HANDLTM Index | | BNP PARIBAS SA | | Monthly | | 1/12/24 | | $ | 363,790,578 | | | $ | 7,311,827 | |
Pay | | Effective Federal Funds Rate(a) + 85 bps | | Nasdaq 7HANDLTM Index | | BNP PARIBAS SA | | Monthly | | 1/12/24 | | | 10,000,000 | | | | (96 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 7,311,731 | |
| (a) | The Effective Federal Funds Rate at July 31, 2023 was 5.33%. |
SA — Societe Anonyme (French public limited company)
Strategy Shares Halt Climate Change ETF (NZRO) | July 31, 2023 (Unaudited) |
Portfolio of Investments Summary Table |
| | Percentage of Value |
Communication Services | | 8.2% |
Consumer Discretionary | | 4.3% |
Consumer Staples | | 4.0% |
Energy | | 0.3% |
Financials | | 5.7% |
Health Care | | 21.4% |
Industrials | | 15.5% |
Information Technology | | 29.9% |
Materials | | 2.2% |
Real Estate | | 0.6% |
Utilities | | 7.9% |
Total | | 100.0% |
| | |
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. As of July 31, 2023, percentages in the table above are based on total investments. Such total investments may differ from the percentages set forth in the following Portfolio of Investments which are computed using the Fund’s total net assets. |
Portfolio of Investments
Shares | | | | | Value | |
Common Stocks — 99.4% | | | | |
Communication Services — 8.1% | | | | |
| 200 | | | Alphabet, Inc., Class C † | | $ | 26,622 | |
| 98 | | | Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A † | | | 31,223 | |
| 81 | | | Netflix, Inc. † | | | 35,557 | |
| | | | | | | 93,402 | |
Consumer Discretionary — 4.2% | | | | |
| 6 | | | Arcimoto, Inc. † | | | 9 | |
| 1,366 | | | Canoo, Inc. † | | | 881 | |
| 590 | | | Fisker, Inc. † | | | 3,640 | |
| 161 | | | Tesla, Inc. † | | | 43,057 | |
| 910 | | | Workhorse Group, Inc. † | | | 1,210 | |
| | | | | | | 48,797 | |
Consumer Staples — 4.0% | | | | |
| 126 | | | Beyond Meat, Inc. † | | | 2,167 | |
| 88 | | | Ingredion, Inc. | | | 9,791 | |
| 90 | | | McCormick & Co., Inc. | | | 8,053 | |
| 476 | | | Unilever PLC ADR | | | 25,576 | |
| | | | | | | 45,587 | |
Energy — 0.3% | | | | |
| 278 | | | Aemetis, Inc. † | | | 2,052 | |
| 120 | | | Enviva, Inc. | | | 1,616 | |
| | | | | | | 3,668 | |
Financials — 5.6% | | | | |
| 180 | | | Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. | | | 4,700 | |
| 68 | | | Mastercard, Inc., Class A | | | 26,811 | |
| 10 | | | MSCI, Inc. | | | 5,481 | |
| 116 | | | Visa, Inc., Class A | | | 27,577 | |
| | | | | | | 64,569 | |
Health Care — 21.3% | | | | |
| 188 | | | Abbott Laboratories | | | 20,930 | |
| 188 | | | AbbVie, Inc. | | | 28,120 | |
| 112 | | | Amgen, Inc. | | | 26,224 | |
| 102 | | | Baxter International, Inc. | | | 4,613 | |
| 126 | | | Beam Therapeutics, Inc. † | | | 3,890 | |
| 404 | | | Boston Scientific Corp. † | | | 20,948 | |
| 140 | | | Edwards Lifesciences Corp. † | | | 11,490 | |
| 240 | | | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | | | 18,274 | |
Shares | | | | | Value | |
Common Stocks – (Continued) | | | | |
Health Care – (Continued) | | | | |
| 66 | | | IQVIA Holdings, Inc. † | | $ | 14,769 | |
| 118 | | | Moderna, Inc. † | | | 13,884 | |
| 460 | | | Pfizer, Inc. | | | 16,588 | |
| 72 | | | The Cigna Group | | | 21,247 | |
| 56 | | | UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | 28,357 | |
| 26 | | | Waters Corp. † | | | 7,181 | |
| 22 | | | West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | | | 8,097 | |
| | | | | | | 244,612 | |
Industrials — 15.4% | | | | |
| 128 | | | Ameresco, Inc., Class A † | | | 7,451 | |
| 254 | | | Aris Water Solution, Inc., Class A | | | 2,776 | |
| 618 | | | Array Technologies, Inc. † | | | 11,773 | |
| 748 | | | Ballard Power Systems, Inc. † | | | 3,531 | |
| 370 | | | Blink Charging Co. † | | | 2,368 | |
| 458 | | | Bloom Energy Corp., Class A † | | | 8,180 | |
| 108 | | | Casella Waste Systems, Inc. † | | | 8,715 | |
| 518 | | | ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. † | | | 4,486 | |
| 22 | | | Cintas Corp. | | | 11,045 | |
| 478 | | | Emeren Group, Ltd. ADR † | | | 1,840 | |
| 112 | | | EnerSys | | | 12,131 | |
| 318 | | | Fluence Energy, Inc. † | | | 9,298 | |
| 910 | | | Freyr Battery SA † | | | 7,662 | |
| 1,696 | | | FuelCell Energy, Inc. † | | | 3,714 | |
| 386 | | | GreenPower Motor Co., Inc. † | | | 1,787 | |
| 98 | | | Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. † | | | 4,515 | |
| 216 | | | Johnson Controls International PLC | | | 15,023 | |
| 86 | | | ManpowerGroup, Inc. | | | 6,784 | |
| 860 | | | Nikola Corp. † | | | 2,296 | |
| 348 | | | Plug Power, Inc. † | | | 4,566 | |
| 408 | | | Shoals Technologies Group, Inc., Class A † | | | 10,592 | |
| 152 | | | Stericycle, Inc. † | | | 6,458 | |
| 456 | | | SunPower Corp. † | | | 4,501 | |
| 276 | | | Sunrun, Inc. † | | | 5,238 | |
| 1,076 | | | Sunworks, Inc. † | | | 1,861 | |
| 218 | | | TPI Composites, Inc. † | | | 1,295 | |
| 46 | | | Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A | | | 8,581 | |
| 76 | | | Xylem, Inc. | | | 8,569 | |
| | | | | | | 177,036 | |
Strategy Shares Halt Climate Change ETF (NZRO) | July 31, 2023 (Unaudited) |
Shares | | Value |
Common Stocks – (Continued) | | | | |
Information Technology — 29.8% | | | | |
| 85 | | | Adobe, Inc. † | | $ | 46,423 | |
| 188 | | | Apple, Inc. | | | 36,933 | |
| 64 | | | Autodesk, Inc. † | | | 13,567 | |
| 296 | | | Canadian Solar, Inc. † | | | 10,703 | |
| 418 | | | Cisco Systems, Inc. | | | 21,753 | |
| 60 | | | Enphase Energy, Inc. † | | | 9,110 | |
| 104 | | | First Solar, Inc. † | | | 21,569 | |
| 30 | | | Gartner, Inc. † | | | 10,608 | |
| 44 | | | Intuit, Inc. | | | 22,515 | |
| 46 | | | Keysight Technologies, Inc. † | | | 7,410 | |
| 242 | | | Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd. † | | | 5,975 | |
| 104 | | | Microsoft Corp. | | | 34,936 | |
| 94 | | | NetApp, Inc. | | | 7,333 | |
| 290 | | | Oracle Corp. | | | 33,997 | |
| 112 | | | Salesforce, Inc. † | | | 25,201 | |
| 44 | | | ServiceNow, Inc. † | | | 25,652 | |
| 36 | | | SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. † | | | 8,693 | |
| | | | | | | 342,378 | |
Materials — 2.2% | | | | |
| 74 | | | Ecolab, Inc. | | | 13,553 | |
| 1,016 | | | PureCycle Technologies, Inc. † | | | 12,029 | |
| | | | | | | 25,582 | |
Real Estate — 0.6% | | | | |
| 82 | | | CBRE Group, Inc., Class A † | | | 6,831 | |
Utilities — 7.9% | | | | |
| 52 | | | American Water Works Co., Inc. | | | 7,666 | |
| 260 | | | Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC | | | 6,271 | |
| 262 | | | Brookfield Renewable Corp., Class A | | | 8,167 | |
| 130 | | | California Water Service Group | | | 6,893 | |
| 262 | | | Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C | | | 6,919 | |
| 188 | | | Global Water Resources, Inc. | | | 2,388 | |
| 902 | | | Montauk Renewables, Inc. † | | | 7,893 | |
| 114 | | | NextEra Energy Partners LP | | | 6,207 | |
| 298 | | | NextEra Energy, Inc. | | | 21,843 | |
| 116 | | | Ormat Technologies, Inc. | | | 9,430 | |
| 374 | | | Sunnova Energy International, Inc. † | | | 6,605 | |
| | | | | | | 90,282 | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $1,230,542) | | $ | 1,142,744 | |
Total Investments — 99.4% (Cost $1,230,542) | | $ | 1,142,744 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities — 0.6% | | | 6,507 | |
| | | | |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | $ | 1,149,251 | |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt |
LP — Limited Partnership |
MSCI — Morgan Stanley Capital International |
PLC — Public Liability Company |
| † | Non-income producing security |
Strategy Shares Newfound/ReSolve Robust Momentum ETF (ROMO) | July 31, 2023 (Unaudited) |
Portfolio of Investments Summary Table |
| | Percentage of Value |
Exchange-Traded Funds | | 100.0% |
Total | | 100.0% |
| | |
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. As of July 31, 2023, percentages in the table above are based on total investments. Such total investments may differ from the percentages set forth in the following Portfolio of Investments which are computed using the Fund’s total net assets. |
Portfolio of Investments
Shares | | | | | Value | |
Exchange-Traded Funds — 99.8% | | | | |
| 9,782 | | | iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | | $ | 793,516 | |
| 1,005 | | | iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF | | | 96,219 | |
| 134,536 | | | iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF | | | 9,356,979 | |
| 74,236 | | | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | | | 34,161,922 | |
Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $41,933,086) | | $ | 44,408,636 | |
Total Investments — 99.8% (Cost $41,933,086) | | $ | 44,408,636 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities — 0.2% | | | 101,220 | |
| | | | |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | $ | 44,509,856 | |
ETF — Exchange-Traded Fund |
MSCI EAFE — MSCI Europe, Australasia and Far East |
MSCI — Morgan Stanley Capital International |
S&P — Standard and Poor’s |