UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 333-256687
Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60606
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Amy J. Lee
227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60606
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (312) 827-0100
Date of fiscal year end: May 31
Date of reporting period: November 23, 2021 – November 30, 2021
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
The registrant's semi-annual report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), is as follows:
11.30.2021 (Unaudited)
Guggenheim Funds Semiannual Report
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DEAR SHAREHOLDER
We thank you for your investment in the Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund (the “Fund”). This report covers the Fund’s performance for the initial fiscal period from the Fund’s inception on November 23, 2021, through November 30, 2021.
The outbreak of COVID-19 and the recovery response causes at times disruption to consumer demand, economic output, and supply chains. There are still travel restrictions, quarantines, and disparate global vaccine distributions. As with other serious economic disruptions, governmental authorities and regulators have responded to this crisis with significant fiscal and monetary policy changes. These include providing direct capital infusions into companies, introducing new monetary programs, and considerably lowering interest rates. In some cases, these responses resulted in negative interest rates and higher inflation. Recently, the U.S. and other governments have also made investments and engaged in infrastructure modernization projects that have also increased public debt and spending. These actions, including their possible unexpected or sudden reversal or potential ineffectiveness, could further increase volatility in securities and other financial markets, reduce market liquidity, continue to cause higher inflation, heighten investor uncertainty, and adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investments and the performance of the Fund. These actions also contribute to a risk that asset prices have a higher degree of correlation than historically seen across markets and asset classes. The duration and extent of COVID-19 over the long term cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. The ultimate impact of COVID-19 and the extent to which COVID-19 impacts the Fund will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and difficult to predict. Management continues to monitor and evaluate this situation.
Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC (“GFIA” or the “Investment Adviser”) serves as the Fund’s investment adviser and is responsible for the management of the Fund. Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC (“GPIM” or the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the management of the Fund’s portfolio of securities. The Investment Advisor and the Sub-Adviser are affiliates of Guggenheim Partners, LLC (“Guggenheim Partners”), a global diversified financial services firm.
The Fund’s investment objective is to maximize total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The Fund pursues both a tactical asset allocation strategy, dynamically allocating across asset classes, and a relative value-based investment strategy, utilizing quantitative and qualitative analysis to seek to identify securities with attractive relative value and risk/reward characteristics. The Fund’s Sub-Adviser seeks to combine a credit-managed fixed-income portfolio with a diversified pool of alternative investments and equity strategies. The Fund’s investment philosophy is predicated upon the belief that thorough research and independent thought are rewarded with performance that has the potential to outperform standard indexes on an absolute and/or risk adjusted basis. There can be no assurance that the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.
All Fund returns cited—whether based on net asset value (“NAV”) or market price—assume the reinvestment of all distributions. There were no distributions during the initial fiscal period. For the initial fiscal period ended November 30, 2021, the Fund provided a total return based on market price of
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0.00% and a total return based on NAV of -1.70%. The NAV performance of the Fund reflects fees and expenses of the Fund.
As of November 30, 2021, the Fund’s market price of $20.00 per share represented a premium of 1.73% to its NAV of $19.66 per share. As of the commencement of the Fund’s operations on November 23, 2021, the Fund’s market price was $20.00 per share and its NAV was $20.00 per share.
The market value of the Fund’s shares fluctuates from time to time and it may be higher or lower than the Fund’s NAV.
The Fund did not pay a distribution during the initial fiscal period. The Fund intends to pay substantially all of its net investment income through monthly distributions. In addition, the Fund intends to distribute net long-term capital gains as long-term capital gain dividends at least annually.
We encourage shareholders to consider the opportunity to reinvest their distributions from the Fund through the Dividend Reinvestment Plan (“DRIP”), which is described in detail on page 129 of this report. When shares trade at a discount to NAV, the DRIP takes advantage of the discount by reinvesting the monthly dividend distribution in common shares of the Fund purchased in the market at a price less than NAV. Conversely, when the market price of the Fund’s common shares is at a premium above NAV, the DRIP reinvests participants’ dividends in newly-issued common shares at the greater of NAV per share or 95% of the market price per share. The DRIP provides a cost-effective means to accumulate additional shares and enjoy the benefits of compounding returns over time. Since the Fund endeavors to maintain a stable monthly distribution, the DRIP effectively provides an income averaging technique which causes shareholders to accumulate a larger number of Fund shares when the market price is depressed than when the price is higher.
To learn more about the Fund’s performance and investment strategy, we encourage you to read the Questions & Answers section of this report, which begins on page 6. You’ll find information on Guggenheim’s investment philosophy, views on the economy and market environment, and detailed information about the factors that impacted the Fund’s performance.
We appreciate your investment and look forward to serving your investment needs in the future. For the most up-to-date information on your investment, please visit the Fund’s website at guggenheiminvestments.com/gug.
Sincerely,
Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC
Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund
December 31, 2021
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ECONOMIC AND MARKET OVERVIEW (Unaudited) | November 30, 2021 |
During the six-month period ended November 30, 2021, the yield on the two-year U.S. Treasury Note rose 38 basis points to 0.52% from 0.14%, and the 10-year U.S. Treasury Note fell 15 basis points to 1.43% from 1.58%. The spread between the two-year U.S. Treasury and 10-year U.S. Treasury narrowed to 91 basis points from 144 basis points. One basis point equals 0.01%. Treasury yields experienced volatility through much of the period, rising on strong U.S. economic data and market strength and declining amid policy uncertainty, global geopolitical challenges, and the emergence of new COVID-19 variants .Real gross domestic product (“GDP”) growth in the fourth quarter picked up meaningfully from the third quarter, which came in around 2% annualized. We expect fourth quarter growth in real terms to come in close to 7% annualized. Sequential growth in 2022 is likely to be slower than in 2021 as we move further away from the initial pandemic shock, but we still expect GDP growth in 2022 of 3–4% for the full year, well above potential based on the supply side of the economy’s capacity to provide the goods and services to meet consumer demand.
Transitory inflationary pressures have dominated the news for much of the year. The initial spike in the second quarter was due to reopening activities, in the third quarter it was driven by global supply chain issues related to the spread of the Delta variant, and then in the fourth quarter we experienced some strong gains in energy prices. These successive price shocks appear to have had a more sustained impact on inflation, but this should wane in 2022 as some of the supply chain issues improve.
Nevertheless, rising inflation has paved the way for a winding down of ultra-accommodative U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) policy. We expect the Fed to conclude tapering in March 2022 and deliver its first rate hike of the cycle in May 2022 followed by two more in 2022, and then four more in 2023, although not necessarily spread evenly over the course of this period due to turbulence along the way. Fed Chair Powell has indicated over time that he understands that policy needs to be nimble, and investors should anticipate that, given the uncertainty and crosscurrents, the Fed will pivot as needed.
Even if the pace of rate hikes occurs as expected, Fed officials’ median expectation is for an interest rate of 2% in 2024, well below their 2.5% neutral rate estimate, beyond which Fed policy can be considered restrictive. In the meantime, the policy environment should remain highly supportive of the drivers of corporate earnings, which should help reassure markets.
Outside of Fed policy, we expect the housing market to continue to be supported by low interest rates and strong demand, coupled with a deep supply shortage since the peak of the housing bubble, which should continue to drive housing prices higher. In fixed-income markets, we expect floating rate credit to continue to outperform fixed-rate bonds and that the credit backdrop could remain positive throughout 2022.
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Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund (“Fund”) is managed by a team of seasoned professionals at Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC (“GPIM” or the “Sub-Adviser”). This team includes B. Scott Minerd, Chairman of Guggenheim Investments and Global Chief Investment Officer; Anne B. Walsh, CFA, JD, Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income; Steven H. Brown, CFA, Assistant Chief Investment Officer, Senior Managing Director, and Portfolio Manager; Adam J. Bloch, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager; Perry Hollowell, Director and Portfolio Manager; and Evan L. Serdensky, Director and Portfolio Manager. In the following interview, the investment team discusses the market environment and the Fund’s performance for the initial fiscal period ended November 30, 2021.
What is the Fund’s investment objective and how is it pursued?
The Fund’s investment objective is to maximize total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a wide range of both fixed-income and other debt instruments (“Income Securities”) selected from a variety of sectors and credit qualities, including, but not limited to, government and agency securities, corporate bonds, loans and loan participations, structured finance investments (including residential and commercial mortgage-related securities, asset-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations and risk-linked securities), mezzanine and preferred securities and convertible securities. The Fund may invest in non-U.S. dollar-denominated Income Securities issued by sovereign entities and corporations, including Income Securities of issuers in emerging market countries.
The Fund may invest in below-investment grade securities (e.g., securities rated below Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., (“Moody’s”), below BBB- by any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization or, if unrated, determined by the Sub-Adviser to be of comparable quality). Below-investment grade securities are commonly referred to as “high-yield” or “junk” bonds and are considered speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal. The Fund’s investments in below-investment grade securities may include distressed and defaulted securities.
The Fund may also invest in common stocks, limited liability company interests, trust certificates and other equity investments (“Common Equity Securities”) that the Sub-Adviser believes offer attractive yield and/or capital appreciation potential. The strategy may use options and other derivatives. The Fund plans to use various valuation models to determine the appropriate allocation amongst asset classes. As part of its Common Equity Securities strategy, the Fund may also opportunistically employ a strategy of writing (selling) covered call options (“Covered Call Option Strategy”) and may, from time to time, buy put options or sell covered put options on individual Common Equity Securities.
The Fund uses tactical asset allocation models to determine the optimal allocation of its assets between Income Securities and Common Equity Securities.
The Fund may use financial leverage to finance the purchase of additional securities. Although financial leverage may create an opportunity for increased return for shareholders, it also results in additional
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risks and can magnify the effect of any losses. There is no assurance that the strategy will be successful. If income and gains earned on securities purchased with the financial leverage proceeds are greater than the cost of the financial leverage, common shareholders’ return will be greater than if financial leverage had not been used. Conversely, if the income or gains from the securities purchased with the proceeds of financial leverage are less than the cost of the financial leverage, common shareholders’ return will be less than if financial leverage had not been used.
Describe the approach to asset allocation.
The Fund will pursue both a tactical asset allocation strategy, dynamically allocating across asset classes, and a relative value-based investment strategy, utilizing quantitative and qualitative analysis to seek to identify securities with attractive relative value and risk/reward characteristics. The Sub-Adviser seeks to combine a credit-managed fixed-income portfolio with a diversified pool of alternative investments and equity strategies.
The Sub-Adviser’s process for determining optimal asset allocation weightings between asset classes utilizes models developed by its Macroeconomic and Investment Research Team. The Sub-Adviser’s process for determining whether to buy or sell a security is a collaborative effort between various groups including: (i) economic research, which focuses on key economic themes and trends, regional and country-specific analysis, and assessments of event-risk and policy impacts on asset prices; (ii) the Portfolio Construction Group, which utilizes proprietary portfolio construction and risk modeling tools to determine allocation of assets among a variety of sectors; (iii) Sector Specialists, who are responsible for identifying investment opportunities in particular sectors, including the structuring of certain securities directly with the issuers or with investment banks and dealers involved in the origination of such securities; and (iv) portfolio managers, who determine which securities best fit the Fund based on the Fund’s investment objective and top-down sector allocations. In managing the Fund, the Sub-Adviser uses a process for selecting securities for purchase and sale that is based on intensive credit research and involves extensive due diligence on each issuer, region and sector.
What are the allocation maximums for the strategy?
Under normal market conditions, the Fund will not invest more than:
• 50% of its total assets in Common Equity Securities;
• 30% of its total assets in other investment companies, including registered investment companies, private investment funds and/or other pooled investment vehicles (collectively, “Investment Funds”); and
• 30% of its total assets in issuers located outside the United States.
In addition, the Fund will not invest more than:
• 25% of its total assets in securities, including structured instruments, such as mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), rated CCC or below (or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable credit quality by the Sub-Adviser) at the time of investment;
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• 15% of its total assets in securities issued by collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”), including up to 5% of total assets in equity securities issued by CLOs; and
• 15% of its total assets in (i) direct investments in commodities and (ii) issuers engaged in energy and natural resource businesses.
The percentage of the Fund’s total assets allocated to any category of investment may at any given time be significantly less than the maximum percentage permitted pursuant to the above referenced investment policies.
How did the Fund perform for the initial fiscal period?
All Fund returns cited—whether based on net asset value (“NAV”) or market price—assume the reinvestment of all distributions. There were no distributions during the initial fiscal period. For the initial fiscal period ended November 30, 2021, the Fund provided a total return based on market price of 0.00% and a total return based on NAV of -1.70%.
As of November 30, 2021, the Fund’s market price of $20.00 per share represented a premium of 1.73% to its NAV of $19.66 per share. As of the commencement of the Fund’s operations on November 23, 2021, the Fund’s market price was $20.00 per share and its NAV was $20.00 per share.
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. All NAV returns include the deduction of management fees, operating expenses, and all other Fund expenses. The market value of the Fund’s shares fluctuates from time to time and may be higher or lower than the Fund’s NAV.
Please refer to the graphs and tables included within the Fund Summary, beginning on page 27 for additional information about the Fund’s performance.
What were the Fund’s distributions?
Fund did not pay a distribution during the initial fiscal period. The Fund intends to pay substantially all of its net investment income through monthly distributions. In addition, the Fund intends to distribute net long-term capital gains as long-term capital gain dividends at least annually.
Discuss how proceeds were invested and how the Fund is currently allocated.
For the four days of the Fund’s existence during the period, the Fund focused on investing proceeds from the Initial Public Offering(“IPO”). At November 30, 2021, assets were invested mostly in corporate credit, primarily high yield and bank loans, and equities, primarily via a covered call strategy.
Below investment grade corporate credit, including both high yield corporates and bank loans, comprised approximately 40% of the Fund. This exposure was expected to grow as the Fund continues to invest the IPO proceeds. The remainder of the fixed income portion of the Fund was allocated to investment grade corporates, preferreds and structured credit.
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Describe the recent market conditions for the main asset classes the Fund invests in?
Global credit fundamentals remain strong overall, notwithstanding concerns about rising interest rates and stubbornly persistent inflation. The steady, if now less dramatic, economic rebound from the pandemic shock continues to build issuers’ credit muscle. Defaults remain at historically low levels, corporate liquidity is ample, leverage ratios are declining, interest coverage is improving, and aggregate leveraged-credit cash flow has recovered to pre-COVID levels.
In equity markets, while volatility is likely to remain elevated and the pace of gains could slow through the end of the year, we feel the macro environment remains supportive and should continue to provide a sturdy backbone for additional upside. Although the U.S. economy has recently shown some signs of slowing, growth over the next few quarters is expected remain above pre-pandemic trend levels. The U.S. consumer is in good shape and savings rates are elevated, suggesting that as consumers become more comfortable with the economic recovery, pent up demand will be unleashed. While earnings growth is expected to slow from the estimated pace of 44% for 2021, earnings are still expected to grow in the upper single digit range in both 2022 and 2023. The markets have recently hit a soft patch and additional downside cannot be ruled out. However, if we were to see a larger drawdown in the weeks/months ahead, we would view it as a healthy correction and not the start of a broader move lower. Hence, periods of weakness could be viewed as buying opportunities.
The pace of forward market performance is likely to slow as valuation levels remains extended. On top of this, growth may be in the process of peaking and adjusting as the economy matures. Grasping the trends and components of economic growth is important in developing views for equity positioning. To start, investors in the short-term seem to be overlooking factors that we believe are a net positive at the moment, particularly the transition back to service spending and replenishing inventories. First, service spending is still below trend, which should reverse as the recovery matures. Secondly, inventories are historically low—a boost of at least a percentage point should be expected to quarterly gross domestic product over the next year as companies look to restock. Also, looking out past the coming year, easy credit conditions could support business capital expenditures with a further boost from elevated cash balances. While increased capital expenditures won’t amount to a significant growth rate as exhibited earlier this year, the compositional change of growth from consumer spending has positive effects even if the economic trajectory slows.
As for fixed income, currently, the economic and policy backdrop supports a risk-on view. Corporate fundamentals have strengthened significantly. Although leverage remains high, we believe debt service is manageable given the trajectory for corporate earnings.
Expanded Fed support for credit markets has reduced tail risks, but high and rising debt loads means security selection remains paramount.
We are finding attractive relative value in structured credit, which typically has higher yields compared to corporate credit, lower duration risk, and less correlation. Leveraged loans can also offer compelling value versus corporates.
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Though credit spreads have tightened below historical averages, history shows they can persist at low levels for years during periods of economic expansion.
We are mindful of a handful of potential catalysts for a market correction in the near term, which include: the onset of the Winter flu season, reigniting healthcare system concerns; a China slowdown; the impact of labor shortages in the U.S., and ongoing supply chain disruptions.
Ultimately, any pull back in risk assets could be a buying opportunity given our view that the credit cycle has a few more years to run.
How did other markets perform for the same period as the Fund?
Total Return | |
for the period | |
November 23, 2021 to | |
Index | November 30, 2021 |
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | 1.17% |
Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield Index | -0.46% |
Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index | -0.32% |
ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch Asset Backed Security Master BBB-AA Index | 0.31% |
Standard & Poor’s 500 (“S&P 500”) Index | -2.61% |
Nasdaq 100 Index | -1.04% |
Russell 2000 | -5.51% |
Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index | 1.43% |
What was the impact of derivatives on Fund performance?
As part of its Common Equity Securities strategy, the Fund may also opportunistically employ a strategy of writing (selling) covered call options (“Covered Call Option Strategy”) and may, from time to time, buy put options or sell covered put options on individual Common Equity Securities. During the initial fiscal period, the Fund wrote call options on major equity indices. The Fund also held a credit default index swap. Written options contributed to Fund performance. Credit default index swaps detracted from performance during the initial fiscal period.
Discuss the Fund’s use of leverage.
As of November 30, 2021, the Fund had no leverage. After period end, the Fund began employing financial leverage through borrowings to seek to enhance return.
The Fund may seek to enhance the level of its current distributions by utilizing financial leverage through the issuance of preferred shares and through borrowings from certain financial institutions or the issuance of commercial paper or other forms of debt (“Borrowings”), or through a combination of these methods. The Fund currently intends to use financial leverage through Borrowings from certain
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financial institutions. The Fund intends to enter into a credit facility in the next twelve months. The Fund has no present intention to issue preferred shares. The Fund currently anticipates utilizing financial leverage for investment purposes in an amount equal to approximately 25% of its managed assets.
The purpose of leverage (borrowings) is to fund the purchase of additional securities that may provide increased income and potentially greater appreciation to common shareholders than could be achieved from an unlevered portfolio. Leverage may result in greater NAV volatility and entails more downside risk than an unleveraged portfolio.
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Index Definitions
Indices are unmanaged and reflect no expenses. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based flagship benchmark that measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including U.S. Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities or “MBS” (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage, or “ARM”, pass-throughs), ABS, and commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) (agency and non-agency).
The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond 1-3 Year Index measures the performance of publicly issued investment grade corporate, U.S. Treasury and government agency securities with remaining maturities of one to three years.
The Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index measures the investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bond market. It includes U.S. dollar denominated securities publicly issued by U.S. and non-U.S. industrial, utility, and financial issuers that meet specified maturity, liquidity, and quality requirements.
The Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield Index measures the U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield, fixed-rate corporate bond market. Securities are classified as high yield if the middle rating of Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P is Ba1/BB +/BB + or below.
The Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index is an index designed to mirror the investable universe of the U.S.-dollar-denominated leveraged loan market.
The ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch Asset Backed Security Master BBB-AA Index is a subset of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. Fixed Rate Asset Backed Securities Index including all securities rated AA1 through BBB3, inclusive.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 (“S&P 500”) is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks designed to measure the performance of the broad economy, representing all major industries and is considered a representation of the U.S. stock market.
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Risks and Other Considerations
The global ongoing crisis caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 is causing materially reduced consumer demand and economic output, disrupting supply chains, resulting in market closures, travel restrictions and quarantines, and adversely impacting local and global economies. Investors should be aware that in light of the current uncertainty, volatility and distress in economies, financial markets, and labor and public health conditions all over the world, the Fund’s investments and a shareholder’s investment in the Fund are subject to sudden and substantial losses, increased volatility and other adverse events. Firms through which investors invest with the Fund, the Fund, its service providers, the markets in which it invests and market intermediaries are also impacted by quarantines and similar measures intended to contain the ongoing pandemic, which can obstruct their functioning and subject them to heightened operational risks.
The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio managers only through the report period as stated on the cover. These views are subject to change at any time, based on market and other conditions and should not be construed as a recommendation of any kind. The material may also include forward looking statements that involve risk and uncertainty, and there is no guarantee that any predictions will come to pass.
There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. The value of the Fund will fluctuate with the value of the underlying securities. Risk is inherent in all investing, including the loss of your entire principal. Therefore, before investing you should consider the risks carefully. The Fund is subject to various risk factors. Certain of these risk factors are described below. Please see the Fund’s Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information (SAI) and guggenheiminvestments.com/gug for a more detailed description of the risks of investing in the Fund. Shareholders may access the Fund’s Prospectus and SAI on the EDGAR Database on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The fact that a particular risk below is not specifically identified as being heightened under current conditions does not mean that the risk is not greater than under normal conditions.
Below-Investment Grade Securities Risk. The Fund may invest in Income Securities rated below-investment grade or, if unrated, determined by the Sub-Adviser to be of comparable credit quality, which are commonly referred to as “high-yield” or “junk” bonds. The Fund will not invest more than 25% of its total assets in securities, including structured instruments, such as MBS and CMBS, rated CCC or below (or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable credit quality by the Sub-Adviser) at the time of investment. Investment in securities of below-investment grade quality involves substantial risk of loss, the risk of which is particularly acute under adverse economic conditions. Income Securities of below-investment grade quality are predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal when due and therefore involve a greater risk of default or decline in market value due to adverse economic and issuer-specific developments. Securities of below investment grade quality may involve a greater risk of default or decline in market value due to adverse economic and issuer-specific developments, such as operating results and outlook and to real or perceived adverse economic and competitive industry conditions. Generally, the risks associated with high yield securities are heightened during times of weakening economic conditions or rising interest rates (particularly for issuers that are highly leveraged) and are therefore heightened under current conditions. If the Fund is unable to sell an investment at its desired time, the Fund may miss other investment opportunities while it holds investments it would prefer to sell, which could adversely affect the Fund’s performance.
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In addition, the liquidity of any Fund investment may change significantly over time as a result of market, economic, trading, issuer-specific and other factors. Accordingly, the performance of the Fund and a shareholder’s investment in the Fund may be adversely affected if an issuer is unable to pay interest and repay principal, either on time or at all. Issuers of below-investment grade securities are not perceived to be as strong financially as those with higher credit ratings.
Common Equity Securities Risk. The Fund may invest up to 50% of its total assets in Common Equity Securities. An adverse event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value of a particular common stock held by the Fund. Also, the prices of equity securities are sensitive to general movements in the stock market, so a drop in the stock market may depress the prices of equity securities to which the Fund has exposure. Common Equity Securities’ prices fluctuate for a number of reasons, including changes in investors’ perceptions of the financial condition of an issuer, the general condition of the relevant stock market, and broader domestic and international political and economic events. The prices of Common Equity Securities may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries, such as labor shortages or increased production costs and competitive conditions within an industry. The value of a particular common stock held by the Fund may decline for a number of other reasons which directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, leverage, the issuer’s historical and prospective earnings, the value of its assets and reduced demand for its goods and services. In addition, common stock prices may be particularly sensitive to rising interest rates, as the cost of capital rises and borrowing costs increase.
Convertible Securities Risk. Convertible securities, debt or preferred equity securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, equity securities, are generally preferred stocks and other securities, including fixed-income securities and warrants that are convertible into or exercisable for common stock. Convertible securities generally participate in the appreciation or depreciation of the underlying stock into which they are convertible, but to a lesser degree and are subject to the risks associated with debt and equity securities, including interest rate, market and issuer risks. For example, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security usually falls. Certain convertible securities may combine higher or lower current income with options and other features. Warrants are options to buy a stated number of shares of common stock at a specified price anytime during the life of the warrants (generally, two or more years). Convertible securities may be lower-rated securities subject to greater levels of credit risk. A convertible security may be converted before it would otherwise be most appropriate, which may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.
Corporate Bond Risk. The market value of a corporate bond may be affected by factors directly related to the issuer, such as investors’ perceptions of the creditworthiness of the issuer, the issuer’s financial performance, perceptions of the issuer in the market place, performance of management of the issuer, the issuer’s capital structure and use of financial leverage and demand for the issuer’s goods and services. There is a risk that the issuers of corporate bonds may not be able to meet their obligations on interest or principal payments at the time called for by an instrument or at all. Corporate bonds of below investment grade quality are often high risk and have speculative characteristics and may be particularly susceptible to adverse issuer-specific and other developments.
Credit Risk. The Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument or a counterparty to a derivatives transaction or other transaction (such as a repurchase agreement or a loan of portfolio
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securities or other instruments) is unable or unwilling, or perceived to be unable or unwilling, to pay interest or repay principal on time or defaults. If an issuer fails to pay interest, the Fund’s income would likely be reduced, and if an issuer fails to repay principal, the value of the instrument likely would fall and the Fund could lose money. This risk is especially acute with respect to high yield, below-investment grade and unrated high risk debt instruments (which also may be known as “junk bonds”), whose issuers are particularly susceptible to fail to meet principal or interest obligations. Also, the issuer, guarantor or counterparty may suffer adverse changes in its financial condition or be adversely affected by economic, political or social conditions that could lower the credit quality (or the market’s perception of the credit quality) of the issuer or instrument, leading to greater volatility in the price of the instrument and in shares of the Fund. Although credit quality rating may not accurately reflect the true credit risk of an instrument, a change in the credit quality rating of an instrument or an issuer can have a rapid, adverse effect on the instrument’s liquidity and make it more difficult for the Fund to sell at an advantageous price or time. The risk of the occurrence of these types of events is heightened under adverse economic conditions.
Current Fixed-Income and Debt Market Conditions. Fixed-income and debt market conditions are highly unpredictable and some parts of the market are subject to dislocations. In response to the crisis initially caused by the outbreak of COVID-19, as with other serious economic disruptions, governmental authorities and regulators have enacted or are enacting significant fiscal and monetary policy changes, including direct capital infusions into companies, new monetary programs and considerable interest rates changes. These actions present heightened risks to fixed-income and debt instruments, and such risks could be even further heightened if these actions are unexpectedly or suddenly reversed or are ineffective in achieving their desired outcomes. In light of these actions and current conditions, interest rates and bond yields in the United States and many other countries are at or near historic lows, and in some cases, such rates and yields are or have been negative. The current very low or negative interest rates are magnifying the Fund’s susceptibility to interest rate risk and diminishing yield and performance. In addition, the current environment is exposing fixed-income and debt markets to significant volatility and reduced liquidity for the Fund’s investments. Also, the current environment generally reflects expectations for continued economic recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. If those expectations are not fulfilled, or become less optimistic, there may be an adverse change in fixed income and debt market conditions, and that change may be abrupt and severe, which likely would significantly adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.
Derivatives Transactions Risk. In addition to the Covered Call Option Strategy and other options strategies, the Fund may, but is not required to, utilize other derivatives, including futures contracts, swaps transactions and other strategic transactions to seek to earn income, facilitate portfolio management and mitigate risks. Participation in derivatives markets transactions involves investment risks and transaction costs to which the Fund would not be subject absent the use of these strategies (other than its covered call writing strategy). Certain derivatives transactions that involve leverage can result in losses that greatly exceed the amount originally invested. Derivatives transactions utilizing instruments denominated in foreign currencies will expose the Fund to foreign currency risk. Derivatives transactions involve risks of mispricing or improper valuation, and the documentation governing a derivative instrument or transaction may be unfavorable or ambiguous. Derivatives transactions may involve commissions and other costs, which may increase the Fund’s expenses and reduce its return.
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Various legislative and regulatory initiatives may impact the availability, liquidity and cost of derivative instruments, limit or restrict the ability of the Fund to use certain derivative instruments or transact with certain counterparties as a part of its investment strategy, increase the costs of using derivative instruments or make derivative instruments less effective. In connection with certain derivatives transactions, under current regulatory requirements, to the extent the terms of any such transaction obligate the Fund to make payments, the Fund may be required to segregate liquid assets or otherwise cover such transactions. The Fund also may be required to deposit amounts as premiums or to be held in margin accounts. Such amounts may not otherwise be available to the Fund for investment purposes. The Fund may earn a lower return on its portfolio than it might otherwise earn if it did not have to segregate assets in respect of, or otherwise cover, its derivatives transactions positions. To the extent the Fund’s assets are segregated or committed as cover, it could limit the Fund’s investment flexibility. Segregating assets and covering positions will not limit or offset losses on related positions. Participation in derivatives market transactions involves investment risks and transaction costs to which the Fund would not be subject absent the use of these strategies. The skills necessary to successfully execute derivatives strategies may be different from those for more traditional portfolio management techniques, and if the Sub-Adviser is incorrect about its expectations of market conditions, the use of derivatives could also result in a loss, which in some cases may be unlimited.
Financial Leverage and Leveraged Transactions Risk. The Fund may seek to enhance the level of its current distributions by utilizing financial leverage through the issuance of preferred shares (“Preferred Shares”) and through Borrowings, or through a combination of the foregoing (collectively “Financial Leverage”). Although the use of Financial Leverage and leveraged transactions by the Fund may create an opportunity for increased after-tax total return for the Fund’s common shares, it also results in additional risks and can magnify the effect of any losses. If the income and gains earned on securities purchased with Financial Leverage and leveraged transaction proceeds are greater than the cost of Financial Leverage and leveraged transactions, the Fund’s return will be greater than if Financial Leverage and leveraged transactions had not been used. Conversely, if the income or gains from the securities purchased with such proceeds does not cover the cost of Financial Leverage and leveraged transactions, the return to the Fund will be less than if Financial Leverage and leveraged transactions had not been used. There can be no assurance that a leveraging strategy will be implemented or that it will be successful during any period during which it is employed.
Financial Leverage and the use of leveraged transactions involve risks and special considerations for shareholders, including the likelihood of greater volatility of NAV and market price of and dividends on the Fund’s common shares than a comparable portfolio without leverage; the risk that fluctuations in interest rates on Borrowings or in the dividend rate on any Preferred Shares that the Fund must pay will reduce the return to the shareholders; and the effect of Financial Leverage and leveraged transactions in a declining market, which is likely to cause a greater decline in the NAV of the Fund’s common shares than if the Fund were not leveraged, which may result in a greater decline in the market price of the common shares. Investments in Investment Funds and certain other pooled and structured finance vehicles, such as collateralized loan obligations, frequently expose the Fund to an additional layer of financial leverage and, thus, increase the Fund’s exposure to leverage risk.
Interest Rate Risk. Fixed-income and other debt instruments are subject to the possibility that interest rates could change (or be expected to change). Changes in interest rates, including changes in reference
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rates used in fixed-income and other debt instruments, may adversely affect the Fund’s investments in these instruments, such as the value or liquidity of, and income generated by, the investments. In addition, changes in interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, can have unpredictable effects on markets and can adversely affect the Fund’s yield, income and performance.
Investment and Market Risk. An investment in the common shares of the Fund is subject to investment risk, particularly under current economic, financial, labor and public health conditions, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount that you invest. The global ongoing crisis caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 and the current recovery underway is causing disruption to consumer demand and economic output and supply chains. There are still travel restrictions and quarantines, and adverse impacts on local and global economies. Investors should be aware that in light of the current uncertainty, volatility and distress in economies, financial markets, and labor and public health conditions around the world, the Fund’s investments and a shareholder’s investment in the Fund are subject to sudden and substantial losses, increased volatility and other adverse events. Firms through which investors invest with the Fund, the Fund, its service providers, the markets in which it invests and market intermediaries and exchanges are also impacted by quarantines and similar measures intended to respond to and contain the ongoing pandemic, which can obstruct their functioning and subject them to heightened operational and other risks.
An investment in the common shares of the Fund represents an indirect investment in the securities owned by the Fund. The value of, or income generated by, the investments held by the Fund are subject to the possibility of rapid and unpredictable fluctuation. These movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, or from broader influences, including real or perceived changes in prevailing interest rates, changes in inflation or expectations about inflation, investor confidence or economic, political, social or financial market conditions, natural/environmental disasters, cyber-attacks, terrorism, governmental or quasi-governmental actions, public health emergencies (such as the spread of infectious diseases, pandemics and epidemics) and other similar events, each of which may be temporary or last for extended periods.
Different sectors, industries and security types may react differently to such developments and, when the market performs well, there is no assurance that the Fund’s investments will increase in value along with the broader markets. Volatility of financial markets, including potentially extreme volatility caused by the events described above or other events, can expose the Fund to greater market risk than normal, possibly resulting in greatly reduced liquidity. Moreover, changing economic, political, social or financial market conditions in one country or geographic region could adversely affect the value, yield and return of the investments held by the Fund in a different country or geographic region because of the increasingly interconnected global economies and financial markets.
At any point in time, your common shares may be worth less than your original investment, even after including the reinvestment of Fund dividends and distributions.
Investment Funds Risk. The Fund may also obtain investment exposure to Income Securities and Common Equity Securities by investing up to 30% of its total assets in other investment companies, including registered investment companies, private investment funds and/or other pooled investment vehicles (collectively, “Investment Funds”). These investments include open-end funds, closed-end funds, ETFs and business development companies as well as other pooled investment vehicles.
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Investments in Investment Funds present certain special considerations and risks not present in making direct investments in Income Securities and Common Equity Securities. Investments in Investment Funds subject the Fund to the risks affecting such Investment Funds and involve operating expenses and fees that are in addition to the expenses and fees borne by the Fund. Such expenses and fees attributable to the Fund’s investment in another Investment Fund are borne indirectly by common shareholders. Accordingly, investment in such entities involves expenses and fees at both levels. Fees and expenses borne of other Investment Funds in which the Fund invests may be similar to the fees and expenses borne of the Fund and can include asset-based management fees and administrative fees payable to such entities’ advisers and managers, as well as other expenses borne by such entities, thus resulting in fees and expenses at both levels. To the extent management fees of Investment Funds are based on total gross assets, it may create an incentive for such entities’ managers to employ Financial Leverage, thereby adding additional expense and increasing volatility and risk (including the Fund’s overall exposure to Financial Leverage risk). Fees payable to advisers and managers of Investment Funds may include performance-based incentive fees calculated as a percentage of profits. Such incentive fees directly reduce the return that otherwise would have been earned by investors over the applicable period. A performance-based fee arrangement may create incentives for an adviser or manager to take greater investment risks in the hope of earning a higher profit participation. Investments in Investment Funds frequently expose the Fund to an additional layer of financial leverage and, thus, increase the Fund’s exposure to the risks associated with financial leverage (such as higher risk of volatility and magnified financial losses).
Management Risk. The Fund is subject to management risk because it has an actively managed portfolio. The Sub-Adviser will apply investment techniques and risk analysis in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there can be no guarantee that these will produce the desired results. The Fund’s allocation of its investments across various asset classes and sectors may vary significantly over time based on the Sub-Adviser’s analysis and judgment. As a result, the particular risks most relevant to an investment in the Fund, as well as the overall risk profile of the Fund’s portfolio, may vary over time. The ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective depends, in part, on the ability of the Sub-Adviser to allocate effectively the Fund’s assets among multiple investment strategies, underlying funds and investments and asset classes. There can be no assurance that the actual allocations will be effective in achieving the Fund’s investment objective or that an investment strategy or underlying fund or investment will achieve its particular investment objective.
Mezzanine Investments Risk. The Fund may invest in certain lower grade securities known as “Mezzanine Investments,” which are subordinated debt securities that are generally issued in private placements in connection with an equity security (e.g., with attached warrants) or may be convertible into equity securities. Mezzanine Investments are subject to the same risks associated with investment in Senior Loans, Second Lien Loans and other lower grade Income Securities. However, Mezzanine Investments may rank lower in right of payment than any outstanding Senior Loans and Second Lien Loans of the borrower, or may be unsecured (i.e., not backed by a security interest in any specific collateral), and are subject to the additional risk that the cash flow of the borrower and available assets may be insufficient to meet scheduled payments after giving effect to any higher-ranking obligations of the borrower. Mezzanine Investments are expected to have greater price volatility and exposure to losses upon default than Senior Loans and Second Lien Loans and may be less liquid.
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Preferred Securities/Preferred Stock Risk. The Fund may invest in preferred stock, which represents the senior residual interest in the assets of an issuer after meeting all claims, with priority to corporate income and liquidation payments over the issuer’s common stock. As such, preferred stock is inherently riskier than the bonds and other debt instruments of the issuer, but less risky than its common stock. Certain preferred stocks contain provisions that allow an issuer under certain conditions to skip (in the case of “non-cumulative” preferred stocks) or defer (in the case of “cumulative” preferred stocks) dividend payments. Preferred stocks often contain provisions that allow for redemption in the event of certain tax or legal changes or at the issuer’s call. Preferred stocks typically do not provide any voting rights, except in cases when dividends are in arrears beyond a certain time period. There is no assurance that dividends on preferred stocks in which the Fund invests will be declared or otherwise made payable. If the Fund owns preferred stock that is deferring its distributions, the Fund may be required to report income for U.S. federal income tax purposes while it is not receiving cash payments corresponding to such income. When interest rates fall below the rate payable on an issue of preferred stock or for other reasons, the issuer may redeem the preferred stock, generally after an initial period of call protection in which the stock is not redeemable. Preferred stocks may be significantly less liquid than many other securities, such as U.S. Government securities, corporate debt and common stock.
Prepayment Risk. Certain debt instruments, including loans and mortgage- and other asset-backed securities, are subject to the risk that payments on principal may occur more quickly or earlier than expected (or an investment is converted or redeemed prior to maturity). For example, an issuer may exercise its right to redeem outstanding debt securities prior to their maturity (known as a “call”) or otherwise pay principal earlier than expected for a number of reasons (e.g., declining interest rates, changes in credit spreads and improvements in the issuer’s credit quality). If an issuer calls or “prepays” a security in which the Fund has invested, the Fund may not recoup the full amount of its initial investment and may be required to reinvest in generally lower-yielding securities, securities with greater credit risks or securities with other, less favorable features or terms than the security in which the Fund initially invested, thus potentially reducing the Fund’s yield. Income Securities frequently have call features that allow the issuer to repurchase the security prior to its stated maturity. Loans and mortgage- and other asset-backed securities are particularly subject to prepayment risk, and offer less potential for gains, during periods of declining interest rates (or narrower spreads) as issuers of higher interest rate debt instruments pay off debts earlier than expected. In addition, the Fund may lose any premiums paid to acquire the investment. Other factors, such as excess cash flows, may also contribute to prepayment risk. Thus, changes in interest rates may cause volatility in the value of and income received from these types of debt instruments.
Senior Loans Risk. The Fund may invest in senior secured floating rate Loans made to corporations and other non-governmental entities and issuers (“Senior Loans”). Senior Loans typically hold the most senior position in the capital structure of the issuing entity, are typically secured with specific collateral and typically have a claim on the assets of the borrower, including stock owned by the borrower in its subsidiaries, that is senior to that held by junior lien creditors, subordinated debt holders and stockholders of the borrower. The Fund’s investments in Senior Loans are typically below-investment grade and are considered speculative because of the credit risk of the applicable issuer.
There is less readily-available, reliable information about most Senior Loans than is the case for many other types of securities. In addition, there is rarely a minimum rating or other independent evaluation
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of a borrower or its securities, and the Sub-Adviser relies primarily on its own evaluation of a borrower’s credit quality rather than on any available independent sources. As a result, the Fund is particularly dependent on the analytical abilities of the Sub-Adviser with respect to investments in Senior Loans. The Sub-Adviser’s judgment about the credit quality of a borrower may be wrong.
Second Lien Loans Risk. The Fund may invest in “second lien” secured floating rate Loans made by public and private corporations and other non-governmental entities and issuers for a variety of purposes (“Second Lien Loans”). Second Lien Loans are typically second in right of payment and/or second in right of priority with respect to collateral remedies to one or more Senior Loans of the related borrower. Second Lien Loans are subject to the same risks associated with investment in Senior Loans and other lower grade Income Securities. However, Second Lien Loans are second in right of payment and/or second in right of priority with respect to collateral remedies to Senior Loans and therefore are subject to the additional risk that the cash flow of the borrower and/or the value of any property securing the Loan may be insufficient to meet scheduled payments or otherwise be available to repay the Loan after giving effect to payments in respect of a Senior Loan, including payments made with the proceeds of any property securing the Loan and any senior secured obligations of the borrower. Second Lien Loans are expected to have greater price volatility and exposure to losses upon default than Senior Loans and may be less liquid. There is also a possibility that originators will not be able to sell participations in Second Lien Loans, which would create greater credit risk exposure.
Subordinated Secured Loans Risk. Subordinated secured Loans generally are subject to similar risks as those associated with investment in Senior Loans, Second Lien Loans and below-investment grade securities. However, such loans may rank lower in right of payment than any outstanding Senior Loans, Second Lien Loans or other debt instruments with higher priority of the borrower and therefore are subject to additional risk that the cash flow of the borrower and any property securing the loan may be insufficient to meet scheduled payments and repayment of principal in the event of default or bankruptcy after giving effect to the higher-ranking secured obligations of the borrower. Subordinated secured Loans are expected to have greater price volatility than Senior Loans and Second Lien Loans and may be less liquid.
Unsecured Loans Risk. Unsecured Loans generally are subject to similar risks as those associated with investment in Senior Loans, Second Lien Loans, subordinated secured Loans and below-investment grade securities. However, because unsecured Loans have lower priority in right of payment to any higher-ranking obligations of the borrower and are not backed by a security interest in any specific collateral, they are subject to additional risk that the cash flow of the borrower and available assets may be insufficient to meet scheduled payments and repayment of principal after giving effect to any higher-ranking obligations of the borrower. Unsecured Loans are expected to have greater price volatility than Senior Loans, Second Lien Loans and subordinated secured Loans and may be less liquid.
Loans and Loan Participations and Assignments Risk. The Fund may invest in loans directly or through participations or assignments. The Fund may purchase Loans on a direct assignment basis from a participant in the original syndicate of lenders or from subsequent assignees of such interests. The Fund may also purchase, without limitation, participations in Loans. The purchaser of an assignment typically succeeds to all the rights and obligations of the assigning institution and becomes a lender under the credit agreement with respect to the debt obligation; however, the purchaser’s rights can be more
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restricted than those of the assigning institution, and, in any event, the Fund may not be able to unilaterally enforce all rights and remedies under the loan and with regard to any associated collateral. A participation typically results in a contractual relationship only with the institution participating out the interest, not with the borrower. In purchasing participations, the Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement against the borrower, and the Fund may not directly benefit from the collateral supporting the debt obligation in which it has purchased the participation. As a result, the Fund will be exposed to the credit risk of both the borrower and the institution selling the participation. Further, in purchasing participations in lending syndicates, the Fund may not be able to conduct the same due diligence on the borrower with respect to a Senior Loan that the Fund would otherwise conduct. In addition, as a holder of the participations, the Fund may not have voting rights or inspection rights that the Fund would otherwise have if it were investing directly in the Senior Loan, which may result in the Fund being exposed to greater credit or fraud risk with respect to the borrower or the Senior Loan. Lenders selling a participation and other persons interpositioned between the lender and the Fund with respect to a participation will likely conduct their principal business activities in the banking, finance and financial services industries. Because the Fund may invest in participations, the Fund may be more susceptible to economic, political or regulatory occurrences affecting such industries.
Loans are especially vulnerable to the financial health, or perceived financial health, of the borrower but are also particularly susceptible to economic and market sentiment such that changes in these conditions or the occurrence of other economic or market events may reduce the demand for loans and cause their value to decline rapidly and unpredictably. Many loans and loan interests are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on transfer, resale or assignment that may limit the ability of the Fund to sell its interest in a loan at an advantageous time or price. Transactions in loans are often subject to long settlement periods. The Fund thus is subject to the risk of selling other investments at disadvantageous times or prices or taking other actions necessary to raise cash to meet its obligations such as borrowing from a bank or holding additional cash, particularly during periods of unusual market or economic conditions or financial stress.
The Fund invests in or is exposed to loans and other similar debt obligations that are sometimes referred to as “covenant-lite” loans or obligations (“covenant-lite obligations”), which are generally subject to more risk than investments that contain traditional financial maintenance covenants and financial reporting requirements. The Fund may have fewer rights with respect to covenant-lite obligations, including fewer protections against the possibility of default and fewer remedies in the event of default. As a result, investments in (or exposure to) covenant-lite obligations are subject to more risk than investments in (or exposure to) certain other types of obligations.
The Fund is subject to other risks associated with investments in (or exposure to) loans and other similar obligations, including that such loans or obligations may not be considered “securities” and, as a result, the Fund may not be entitled to rely on the anti-fraud protections under the federal securities laws and instead may have to resort to state law and direct claims.
Mezzanine Investments Risk. The Fund may invest in certain lower grade securities known as “Mezzanine Investments,” which are subordinated debt securities that are generally issued in private placements in connection with an equity security (e.g., with attached warrants) or may be convertible
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into equity securities. Mezzanine Investments are subject to the same risks associated with investment in Senior Loans, Second Lien Loans and other lower grade Income Securities. However, Mezzanine Investments may rank lower in right of payment than any outstanding Senior Loans and Second Lien Loans of the borrower, or may be unsecured (i.e., not backed by a security interest in any specific collateral), and are subject to the additional risk that the cash flow of the borrower and available assets may be insufficient to meet scheduled payments after giving effect to any higher-ranking obligations of the borrower. Mezzanine Investments are expected to have greater price volatility and exposure to losses upon default than Senior Loans and Second Lien Loans and may be less liquid.
Risks Associated with the Fund’s Covered Call Option Strategy and Put Options. The ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective is partially dependent on the successful implementation of its Covered Call Option Strategy. There are significant differences between the securities and options markets that could result in an imperfect correlation between these markets, causing a given transaction not to achieve its objectives. A decision as to whether, when and how to use options involves the exercise of skill and judgment, and even a well-conceived transaction may be unsuccessful to some degree because of market behavior or unexpected events.
The Fund may write call options on individual securities, securities indices, ETFs and baskets of securities. The buyer of an option acquires the right, but not the obligation, to buy (a call option) or sell (a put option) a certain quantity of a security (the underlying security) or instrument, including a futures contract or swap, at a certain price up to a specified point in time or on expiration, depending on the terms. The seller or writer of an option is obligated to sell (a call option) or buy (a put option) the underlying instrument upon exercise of the option. A call option is “covered” if the Fund owns the security or instrument underlying the call or has an absolute right to acquire the security or instrument without additional cash consideration (or, if additional cash consideration is required under current regulatory requirements, cash or cash equivalents in such amount are segregated by the Fund’s custodian or earmarked on the Fund’s books and records). A call option is also covered if the Fund holds a call on the same security as the call written where the exercise price of the call held is (i) equal to or less than the exercise price of the call written, or (ii) greater than the exercise price of the call written, provided the difference is maintained by the Fund in segregated assets determined to be liquid by the Sub-Adviser as described above. As a seller of covered call options, the Fund faces the risk that it will forgo the opportunity to profit from increases in the market value of the security or instrument covering the call option during an option’s life. As the Fund writes covered calls over more of its portfolio, its ability to benefit from capital appreciation becomes more limited. For certain types of options, the writer of the option will have no control over the time when it may be required to fulfill its obligation under the option. There can be no assurance that a liquid market will exist if and when the Fund seeks to close out an option position. Once an option writer has received an exercise notice, it cannot effect a closing purchase transaction in order to terminate its obligation under the option and must deliver the underlying security or instrument at the exercise price.
The Fund may purchase and write exchange-listed and OTC options. Options written by the Fund with respect to non-U.S. securities, indices or sectors and other instruments generally will be OTC options. OTC options differ from exchange-listed options in several respects. They are transacted directly with the dealers and not with a clearing corporation, and therefore entail the risk of non-performance by the dealer. OTC options are available for a greater variety of securities and for a wider range of expiration
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dates and exercise prices than are available for exchange-traded options. Because OTC options are not traded on an exchange, pricing is done normally by reference to information from a market maker. OTC options are subject to heightened counterparty, credit, liquidity and valuation risks. The Fund’s ability to terminate OTC options is more limited than with exchange-traded options and may involve the risk that broker-dealers participating in such transactions will not fulfill their obligations. The hours of trading for options may not conform to the hours during which the underlying securities are traded. The Fund’s options transactions will be subject to limitations established by each of the exchanges, boards of trade or other trading facilities on which such options are traded.
The Fund may also purchase and write covered put options. A put option written by the Fund on a security is “covered” if the Fund segregates or earmarks assets determined to be liquid by the Sub-Adviser, in accordance with the procedures established by the Board, equal to the exercise price. A put option is also covered if the Fund holds a put on the same security as the put written where the exercise price of the put held is (i) equal to or greater than the exercise price of the put written, or (ii) less than the exercise price of the put written, provided the difference is maintained by the Fund in segregated or earmarked assets determined to be liquid by the Sub-Adviser, as described above. As a seller of covered put options, the Fund bears the risk of loss if the value of the underlying security or instrument declines below the exercise price minus the put premium. If the option is exercised, the Fund could incur a loss if it is required to purchase the security or instrument underlying the put option at a price greater than the market price of the security or instrument at the time of exercise plus the put premium the Fund received when it wrote the option. The Fund’s potential gain in writing a covered put option is limited to distributions earned on the liquid assets securing the put option plus the premium received from the purchaser of the put option; however, the Fund risks a loss equal to the entire exercise price of the option minus the put premium.
Short Sales Risk. The Fund may make short sales of securities. Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of that security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. If the price of the security sold short increases between the time of the short sale and the time the Fund replaces the borrowed security, the Fund will incur a loss; conversely, if the price declines, the Fund will realize a capital gain. Any gain will be decreased, and any loss will be increased, by the transaction costs incurred by the Fund, including the costs associated with providing collateral to the broker-dealer (usually cash and liquid securities) and the maintenance of collateral with its custodian. Although the Fund’s gain is limited to the price at which it sold the security short, its potential loss is theoretically unlimited and is greater than a direct investment in the security itself because the price of the borrowed or reference security may rise. The Fund may not always be able to close out a short position at a particular time or at an acceptable price. A lender may request that borrowed securities be returned to it on short notice, and the Fund may have to buy the borrowed securities at an unfavorable price, resulting in a loss. Short sales also subject the Fund to risks related to the lender (such as bankruptcy risks) or the general risk that the lender does not comply with its obligations.
Structured Finance Investments Risk. The Fund’s structured finance investments may include residential and commercial mortgage-related and other ABS issued by governmental entities and private issuers. Holders of structured finance investments bear risks of the underlying investments, index or reference obligation and are subject to counterparty risk. The Fund may have the right to receive
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payments only from the structured product, and generally does not have direct rights against the issuer or the entity that sold the assets to be securitized. While certain structured finance investments enable the investor to acquire interests in a pool of securities without the brokerage and other expenses associated with directly holding the same securities, investors in structured finance investments generally pay their share of the structured product’s administrative and other expenses. Although it is difficult to accurately predict whether the prices of indices and securities underlying structured finance investments will rise or fall, these prices (and, therefore, the prices of structured finance investments) will be influenced by the same types of political, economic and other events that affect issuers of securities and capital markets generally. If the issuer of a structured product uses shorter term financing to purchase longer term securities, the issuer may be forced to sell its securities at below market prices if it experiences difficulty in obtaining short-term financing, which may adversely affect the value of the structured finance investment owned by the Fund.
Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk. MBS represent an interest in a pool of mortgages. MBS are subject to certain risks, such as: credit risk associated with the performance of the underlying mortgage properties and of the borrowers owning these properties; risks associated with their structure and execution (including the collateral, the process by which principal and interest payments are allocated and distributed to investors and how credit losses affect the return to investors in such MBS); risks associated with the servicer of the underlying mortgages; adverse changes in economic conditions and circumstances, which are more likely to have an adverse impact on MBS secured by loans on certain types of commercial properties than on those secured by loans on residential properties; prepayment risk, which can lead to significant fluctuations in the value of the MBS; loss of all or part of the premium, if any, paid; and decline in the market value of the security, whether resulting from changes in interest rates, prepayments on the underlying mortgage collateral or perceptions of the credit risk associated with the underlying mortgage collateral. The value of MBS may be substantially dependent on the servicing of the underlying pool of mortgages. In addition, the Fund’s level of investment in MBS of a particular type or in MBS issued or guaranteed by affiliated obligors, serviced by the same servicer or backed by underlying collateral located in a specific geographic region, may subject the Fund to additional risk.
Additional risks relating to investments in MBS may arise because of the type of MBS in which the Fund invests, defined by the assets collateralizing the MBS. For example, collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”) may have complex or highly variable prepayment terms, such as companion classes, interest only or principal only payments, inverse floaters and residuals. These investments generally entail greater market, prepayment and liquidity risks than other MBS, and may be more volatile or less liquid than other MBS. These risks are heightened under the currently distressed economic, market, labor and public health conditions.
MBS generally are classified as either CMBS or residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”), each of which are subject to certain specific risks.
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk. The market for CMBS developed more recently and, in terms of total outstanding principal amount of issues, is relatively small compared to the market for RMBS. CMBS are subject to particular risks, such as those associated with lack of standardized terms, shorter maturities than residential mortgage loans and payment of all or
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substantially all of the principal only at maturity rather than regular amortization of principal. In addition, commercial lending generally is viewed as exposing the lender to a greater risk of loss than residential lending. Commercial lending typically involves larger loans to single borrowers or groups of related borrowers than residential mortgage loans. In addition, the repayment of loans secured by income producing properties typically is dependent upon the successful operation of the related real estate project and the cash flow generated therefrom.
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk. Credit-related risk on RMBS arises from losses due to delinquencies and defaults by the borrowers in payments on the underlying mortgage loans and breaches by originators and servicers of their obligations under the underlying documentation pursuant to which the RMBS are issued. The rate of delinquencies and defaults on residential mortgage loans and the aggregate amount of the resulting losses will be affected by a number of factors, including general economic conditions, particularly those in the area where the related mortgaged property is located, the level of the borrower’s equity in the mortgaged property and the individual financial circumstances of the borrower. If a residential mortgage loan is in default, foreclosure on the related residential property may be a lengthy and difficult process involving significant legal and other expenses. The net proceeds obtained by the holder on a residential mortgage loan following the foreclosure on the related property may be less than the total amount that remains due on the loan. The prospect of incurring a loss upon the foreclosure of the related property may lead the holder of the residential mortgage loan to restructure the residential mortgage loan or otherwise delay the foreclosure process. These risks are elevated given the current distressed economic, market, public health and labor conditions, notably, increased levels of unemployment relative to recent years, delays and delinquencies in payments of mortgage and rent obligations, and uncertainty regarding the effects and extent of government intervention with respect to mortgage payments and other economic matters.
Asset-Backed Securities Risk. ABS are a form of structured debt obligation. In addition to the general risks associated with credit securities discussed herein and the risks discussed under “Structured Finance Investments Risk,” ABS are subject to additional risks. While traditional fixed-income securities typically pay a fixed rate of interest until maturity, when the entire principal amount is due, an ABS represents an interest in a pool of assets, such as automobile loans, credit card receivables, unsecured consumer loans or student loans, that has been securitized and provides for monthly payments of interest, at a fixed or floating rate, and principal from the cash flow of these assets. This pool of assets (and any related assets of the issuing entity) is the only source of payment for the ABS. The ability of an ABS issuer to make payments on the ABS, and the timing of such payments, is therefore dependent on collections on these underlying assets. The recoveries on the underlying collateral may not, in some cases, be sufficient to support payments on these securities, which may result in losses to investors in an ABS.
CLO, CDO and CBO Risk. The Fund may invest in collateralized debt obligations (“CDO”), collateralized bond obligation (“CBO”) and collateralized loan obligation (“CLO”). In addition to the general risks associated with credit or debt securities discussed herein and the risks discussed under “Structured Finance Investments Risks,” CLOs, CDOs and CBOs are subject to additional risks. CLOs, CDOs and CBOs are subject to risks because of the involvement of multiple transaction parties related to the underlying collateral and disruptions that may occur as a result of the restructuring or insolvency of the
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underlying obligors, which are generally corporate obligors. Unlike a consumer obligor that is generally obligated to make payments on the collateral backing an ABS, the obligor on the collateral backing a CLO, a CDO or a CBO may have more effective defenses or resources to cause a delay in payment or restructure the underlying obligation. If an obligor is permitted to restructure its obligations, distributions from collateral securities may not be adequate to make interest or other payments.
U.S. Government Securities Risk. Different types of U.S. government securities have different relative levels of credit risk depending on the nature of the particular government support for that security. U.S. government securities may be supported by: (i) the full faith and credit of the United States government; (ii) the ability of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury; (iii) the credit of the issuing agency, instrumentality or government-sponsored entity (“GSE”); (iv) pools of assets (e.g., MBS); or (v) the United States in some other way. The U.S. government and its agencies and instrumentalities do not guarantee the market value of their securities, which may fluctuate in value and are subject to investment risks, and certain U.S. government securities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government. Any downgrades of the U.S. credit rating could increase volatility in both stock and bond markets, result in higher interest rates and higher Treasury yields and increase the costs of all debt generally. The value of U.S. government obligations may be adversely affected by changes in interest rates. It is possible that the issuers of some U.S. government securities will not have the funds to timely meet their payment obligations in the future and there is a risk of default. For certain agency and GSE issued securities, there is no guarantee the U.S. government will support the agency or GSE if it is unable to meet its obligations.
Valuation of Certain Income Securities Risk. The Sub-Adviser may use the fair value method to value investments if market quotations for them are not readily available or are deemed unreliable, or if events occurring after the close of a securities market and before the Fund values its assets would materially affect NAV. Because the secondary markets for certain investments may be limited, they may be difficult to value. Where market quotations are not readily available, valuation may require more research than for more liquid investments. In addition, elements of judgment may play a greater role in valuation in such cases than for investments with a more active secondary market because there is less reliable objective data available. A security that is fair valued may be valued at a price higher or lower than the value determined by other funds using their own fair valuation procedures. Prices obtained by the Fund upon the sale of such securities may not equal the value at which the Fund carried the investment on its books, which would adversely affect the NAV of the Fund.
This material is not intended as a recommendation or as investment advice of any kind, including in connection with rollovers, transfers, and distributions. Such material is not provided in a fiduciary capacity, may not be relied upon for or in connection with the making of investment decisions, and does not constitute a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell securities. All content has been provided for informational or educational purposes only and is not intended to be and should not be construed as legal or tax advice and/or a legal opinion. Always consult a financial, tax and/or legal professional regarding your specific situation.
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Fund Statistics |
Share Price | $20.00 |
Net Asset Value | $19.66 |
Premium to NAV | 1.73% |
Net Assets ($000) | $643,799 |
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 2021
Since Inception (non-annualized) | |
(11/23/21) | |
Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund | |
NAV | (1.70%) |
Market | 0.00% |
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | 1.17% |
Performance data quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results and current performance may be lower or higher than the figures shown. All NAV returns include the deduction of management fees, operating expenses and all other Fund expenses. The deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares is not reflected in the total returns. For the most recent month-end performance figures, please visit guggenheiminvestments.com/gug. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate with changes in market conditions and other factors so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
The referenced index is an unmanaged index and is not available for direct investment. Index performance does not reflect transaction costs, fees or expenses. Since inception returns assume a purchase of the Fund at the initial share price of $20.00 per share for share price returns or initial net asset value (NAV) of $20.00 per share for NAV returns. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
Portfolio Breakdown | % of Net Assets |
Investments | |
Common Stocks | 31.3% |
Corporate Bonds | 24.6% |
Senior Floating Rate Interests | 15.0% |
Exchange-Traded Funds | 13.6% |
Preferred Stocks | 2.2% |
Asset-Backed Securities | 2.0% |
U.S. Treasury Bills | 1.4% |
Closed-End Funds | 0.7% |
Total Investments | 90.8% |
Options Written | (0.3%) |
Other Assets & Liabilities, net | 9.5% |
Net Assets | 100.0% |
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Ten Largest Holdings | % of Net Assets |
Invesco QQQ Trust Series | 3.6% |
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 3.5% |
iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF | 3.5% |
Hotwire Funding LLC, 4.46% | 1.2% |
SPDR Gold Shares | 1.1% |
iShares Silver Trust | 1.1% |
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.50% | 1.0% |
NuStar Logistics, LP, 6.38% | 1.0% |
Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc., 5.75% | 0.9% |
LaserAway Intermediate Holdings II LLC, 6.50% | 0.9% |
Top Ten Total | 17.8% |
“Ten Largest Holdings” excludes any temporary cash or derivative investments.
Portfolio breakdown and holdings are subject to change daily. For more information, please visit guggenheiminvestments.com/gug. The above summaries are provided for informational purposes only and should not be viewed as recommendations. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Portfolio Composition by Quality Rating*
% of Total | |
Rating | Investments |
Investments | |
A | 0.9% |
BBB | 4.0% |
BB | 16.9% |
B | 22.0% |
CCC | 0.9% |
NR** | 1.3% |
Other Instruments | 54.0% |
Total Investments | 100.0% |
* | Source: BlackRock Solutions. Credit quality ratings are measured on a scale that generally ranges from AAA (highest) to D (lowest). All securities except for those labeled “NR” have been rated by Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”), or Fitch, each of which is a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSRO”). For purposes of this presentation, when ratings are available from more than one agency, the highest rating is used. Guggenheim Investments has converted Moody’s and Fitch ratings to the equivalent S&P rating. Security ratings are determined at the time of purchase and may change thereafter. |
** | NR (not rated) securities do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. |
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | November 30, 2021 |
Shares | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% | ||
Financial – 6.1% | ||
Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT1 | 4,219 | $ 644,832 |
SVB Financial Group*,1 | 927 | 641,790 |
Lincoln National Corp.1 | 9,481 | 628,875 |
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.1 | 2,119 | 613,662 |
Regions Financial Corp.1 | 26,932 | 612,703 |
Invesco Ltd.1 | 27,426 | 612,423 |
Zions Bancorp North America1 | 9,659 | 609,290 |
Principal Financial Group, Inc.1 | 8,831 | 605,630 |
Franklin Resources, Inc.1 | 18,682 | 605,297 |
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.1 | 12,728 | 601,653 |
Kimco Realty Corp. REIT1 | 26,226 | 587,987 |
Synchrony Financial1 | 12,820 | 574,208 |
BlackRock, Inc. — Class A1 | 627 | 567,190 |
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.1 | 2,796 | 559,060 |
Discover Financial Services1 | 5,183 | 558,987 |
State Street Corp.1 | 6,238 | 554,995 |
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT*,1 | 34,021 | 534,130 |
Mastercard, Inc. — Class A1 | 1,648 | 518,988 |
CME Group, Inc. — Class A | 1,424 | 314,021 |
Duke Realty Corp. REIT | 5,308 | 309,616 |
Comerica, Inc. | 3,700 | 305,361 |
Arthur J Gallagher & Co. | 1,870 | 304,623 |
KeyCorp | 13,558 | 304,242 |
Prologis, Inc. REIT | 2,016 | 303,912 |
Brown & Brown, Inc. | 4,663 | 300,344 |
Bank of America Corp. | 6,690 | 297,504 |
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 2,267 | 296,342 |
Fifth Third Bancorp | 6,968 | 293,701 |
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT | 1,422 | 293,288 |
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 2,977 | 292,609 |
Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT | 7,761 | 291,891 |
Charles Schwab Corp. | 3,771 | 291,838 |
M&T Bank Corp. | 1,984 | 290,874 |
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT | 1,734 | 290,861 |
Wells Fargo & Co. | 6,077 | 290,359 |
UDR, Inc. REIT | 5,107 | 289,720 |
Truist Financial Corp. | 4,880 | 289,433 |
Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT | 1,440 | 288,000 |
W R Berkley Corp. | 3,756 | 287,860 |
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT | 1,205 | 287,838 |
See notes to financial statements.
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Shares | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% (continued) | ||
Financial – 6.1% (continued) | ||
People’s United Financial, Inc. | 16,848 | $ 287,090 |
First Republic Bank | 1,364 | 285,976 |
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 5,190 | 284,360 |
Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT | 837 | 284,111 |
Equity Residential REIT | 3,309 | 282,291 |
Regency Centers Corp. REIT | 4,067 | 282,006 |
Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT | 2,288 | 280,669 |
Nasdaq, Inc. | 1,374 | 279,238 |
Realty Income Corp. REIT | 4,085 | 277,453 |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 1,406 | 276,982 |
Northern Trust Corp. | 2,393 | 276,870 |
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 2,136 | 275,416 |
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | 1,679 | 275,390 |
Public Storage REIT | 833 | 272,708 |
Aon plc — Class A | 922 | 272,700 |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1,712 | 271,917 |
Everest Re Group Ltd. | 1,055 | 270,481 |
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. REIT | 1,349 | 269,894 |
Loews Corp. | 5,036 | 269,225 |
Progressive Corp. | 2,893 | 268,875 |
U.S. Bancorp | 4,858 | 268,842 |
Boston Properties, Inc. REIT | 2,492 | 268,737 |
Vornado Realty Trust REIT | 6,690 | 268,537 |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. — Class B* | 970 | 268,389 |
Chubb Ltd. | 1,495 | 268,308 |
Aflac, Inc. | 4,928 | 266,802 |
CBRE Group, Inc. — Class A* | 2,780 | 265,685 |
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 2,597 | 265,569 |
SBA Communications Corp. REIT | 763 | 262,319 |
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 2,295 | 261,400 |
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 17,550 | 260,442 |
Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT | 5,729 | 260,326 |
American International Group, Inc. | 4,948 | 260,265 |
MetLife, Inc. | 4,433 | 260,040 |
Crown Castle International Corp. REIT | 1,430 | 259,759 |
Equinix, Inc. REIT | 319 | 259,092 |
American Express Co. | 1,697 | 258,453 |
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | 3,908 | 258,319 |
Willis Towers Watson plc | 1,139 | 257,232 |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 668 | 254,501 |
Globe Life, Inc. | 2,927 | 253,303 |
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Shares | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% (continued) | ||
Financial – 6.1% (continued) | ||
Travelers Companies, Inc. | 1,723 | $ 253,195 |
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. REIT | 7,621 | 250,426 |
Welltower, Inc. REIT | 3,108 | 247,459 |
Citigroup, Inc. | 3,872 | 246,646 |
Morgan Stanley | 2,600 | 246,532 |
Assurant, Inc. | 1,604 | 243,968 |
Capital One Financial Corp. | 1,732 | 243,398 |
American Tower Corp. — Class A REIT | 917 | 240,694 |
Visa, Inc. — Class A | 1,198 | 232,136 |
Ventas, Inc. REIT | 4,794 | 224,934 |
Allstate Corp. | 2,048 | 222,659 |
Western Union Co. | 12,774 | 202,085 |
Blue Whale Acquisition Corp.*,2 | 11,503 | 111,464 |
RXR Acquisition Corp.*,1,2 | 10,263 | 101,809 |
EastGroup Properties, Inc. REIT1 | 465 | 94,720 |
STAG Industrial, Inc. REIT1 | 1,908 | 83,151 |
First Financial Bankshares, Inc.1 | 1,518 | 75,779 |
Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. REIT1 | 277 | 71,142 |
Glacier Bancorp, Inc.1 | 1,288 | 69,938 |
Houlihan Lokey, Inc.1 | 597 | 64,798 |
Cadence Bank1 | 2,198 | 64,226 |
SouthState Corp.1 | 816 | 63,762 |
Valley National Bancorp1 | 4,681 | 62,913 |
Terreno Realty Corp. REIT1 | 812 | 61,834 |
Silvergate Capital Corp. — Class A*,1 | 286 | 58,481 |
National Storage Affiliates Trust REIT1 | 949 | 58,250 |
CIT Group, Inc.1 | 1,160 | 56,910 |
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. — Class A REIT1 | 1,838 | 55,140 |
Trupanion, Inc.*,1 | 446 | 55,001 |
Essent Group Ltd.1 | 1,294 | 53,804 |
Agree Realty Corp. REIT1 | 795 | 53,710 |
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. REIT1 | 1,701 | 53,275 |
Selective Insurance Group, Inc.1 | 694 | 52,425 |
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.1 | 251 | 52,208 |
United Bankshares, Inc.1 | 1,460 | 52,166 |
UMB Financial Corp.1 | 512 | 51,497 |
Kite Realty Group Trust REIT1 | 2,537 | 51,044 |
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. REIT1 | 896 | 50,965 |
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. REIT*,1 | 629 | 48,685 |
Redfin Corp.*,1 | 1,189 | 48,380 |
Hancock Whitney Corp.1 | 1,011 | 48,306 |
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Shares | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% (continued) | ||
Financial – 6.1% (continued) | ||
Lexington Realty Trust REIT1 | 3,206 | $ 48,250 |
Walker & Dunlop, Inc.1 | 342 | 48,116 |
RLI Corp.1 | 468 | 48,101 |
Macerich Co. REIT1 | 2,499 | 47,131 |
ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.1 | 583 | 46,867 |
RXR Acquisition Corp. — Class A*,1,2 | 4,724 | 46,106 |
Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. REIT1 | 1,808 | 45,200 |
MSD Acquisition Corp. — Class A*,1,2 | 4,562 | 45,164 |
DigitalBridge Group, Inc. REIT*,1 | 5,671 | 45,141 |
Physicians Realty Trust REIT1 | 2,520 | 44,932 |
Radian Group, Inc.1 | 2,179 | 44,386 |
Community Bank System, Inc.1 | 626 | 44,233 |
Moelis & Co. — Class A1 | 715 | 43,837 |
Chimera Investment Corp. REIT1 | 2,753 | 43,773 |
BankUnited, Inc.1 | 1,089 | 43,168 |
Focus Financial Partners, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 696 | 42,832 |
Home BancShares, Inc.1 | 1,782 | 42,643 |
Outfront Media, Inc. REIT1 | 1,701 | 42,508 |
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.1 | 1,096 | 42,470 |
Independent Bank Corp.1 | 535 | 42,297 |
Hamilton Lane, Inc. — Class A1 | 398 | 42,096 |
PotlatchDeltic Corp. REIT1 | 772 | 41,796 |
PS Business Parks, Inc. REIT1 | 235 | 41,172 |
Eastern Bankshares, Inc.1 | 2,007 | 40,401 |
Investors Bancorp, Inc.1 | 2,674 | 39,816 |
Associated Banc-Corp.1 | 1,769 | 38,741 |
Navient Corp.1 | 1,926 | 38,000 |
Ameris Bancorp1 | 777 | 37,817 |
Axos Financial, Inc.*,1 | 667 | 37,759 |
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.1 | 2,506 | 37,640 |
LendingClub Corp.*,1 | 1,143 | 37,399 |
Federated Hermes, Inc. — Class B1 | 1,106 | 37,283 |
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. REIT1 | 1,368 | 36,977 |
Cathay General Bancorp1 | 877 | 36,755 |
Simmons First National Corp. — Class A1 | 1,255 | 36,533 |
Colicity, Inc. — Class A*,1,2 | 3,644 | 35,638 |
Triumph Bancorp, Inc.*,1 | 275 | 35,021 |
Equity Commonwealth REIT*,1 | 1,371 | 34,892 |
United Community Banks, Inc.1 | 1,017 | 34,853 |
Old National Bancorp1 | 1,931 | 34,101 |
Acropolis Infrastructure Acquisition Corp. — Class A*,1,2 | 3,500 | 33,950 |
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Shares | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% (continued) | ||
Financial – 6.1% (continued) | ||
Corporate Office Properties Trust REIT1 | 1,320 | $ 33,871 |
Piper Sandler Cos.1 | 204 | 33,813 |
CNO Financial Group, Inc.1 | 1,491 | 33,786 |
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.*,1 | 593 | 33,398 |
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.1 | 2,577 | 33,321 |
Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.1 | 368 | 32,789 |
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.1 | 967 | 32,520 |
Enstar Group Ltd.*,1 | 145 | 32,349 |
First BanCorp1 | 2,402 | 31,923 |
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust REIT1 | 1,519 | 31,823 |
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc. — Class A1 | 684 | 30,595 |
Independent Bank Group, Inc.1 | 440 | 30,549 |
SITE Centers Corp. REIT1 | 2,025 | 30,496 |
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.1 | 1,403 | 30,431 |
Uniti Group, Inc. REIT1 | 2,273 | 30,163 |
Independence Realty Trust, Inc. REIT1 | 1,229 | 30,110 |
Columbia Banking System, Inc.1 | 915 | 30,067 |
Fulton Financial Corp.1 | 1,858 | 29,338 |
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.1 | 897 | 29,161 |
CVB Financial Corp.1 | 1,510 | 28,856 |
Cushman & Wakefield plc*,1 | 1,621 | 28,659 |
Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.1 | 609 | 28,343 |
Newmark Group, Inc. — Class A1 | 1,744 | 28,009 |
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. REIT1 | 1,589 | 27,887 |
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. REIT*,1 | 2,544 | 27,653 |
WSFS Financial Corp.1 | 549 | 27,296 |
Goosehead Insurance, Inc. — Class A1 | 207 | 27,183 |
eXp World Holdings, Inc.1 | 733 | 26,908 |
National Health Investors, Inc. REIT1 | 511 | 26,695 |
International Bancshares Corp.1 | 628 | 26,382 |
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.1 | 1,331 | 26,261 |
Cohen & Steers, Inc.1 | 291 | 26,123 |
Washington Federal, Inc.1 | 792 | 25,732 |
Columbia Property Trust, Inc. REIT1 | 1,340 | 25,728 |
Brandywine Realty Trust REIT1 | 1,983 | 25,482 |
First Financial Bancorp1 | 1,106 | 25,438 |
Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.1 | 542 | 25,436 |
Hilltop Holdings, Inc.1 | 743 | 25,284 |
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.1 | 85 | 25,277 |
First Merchants Corp.1 | 633 | 25,250 |
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Shares | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% (continued) | ||
Financial – 6.1% (continued) | ||
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. — Class A REIT1 | 1,449 | $ 25,184 |
Washington Real Estate Investment Trust REIT1 | 990 | 24,948 |
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. REIT1 | 1,389 | 24,391 |
RLJ Lodging Trust REIT1 | 1,933 | 24,336 |
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.1 | 384 | 24,319 |
WesBanco, Inc.1 | 742 | 24,152 |
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. REIT1 | 889 | 24,021 |
TowneBank1 | 785 | 24,013 |
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. REIT1 | 1,196 | 23,693 |
Renasant Corp.1 | 646 | 23,534 |
Urban Edge Properties REIT1 | 1,353 | 23,312 |
Banner Corp.1 | 405 | 23,198 |
Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. REIT1 | 1,113 | 23,117 |
CareTrust REIT, Inc.1 | 1,128 | 22,797 |
Genworth Financial, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 5,925 | 22,633 |
PRA Group, Inc.*,1 | 531 | 22,546 |
Heartland Financial USA, Inc.1 | 471 | 22,373 |
Trustmark Corp.1 | 727 | 22,253 |
Stewart Information Services Corp.1 | 312 | 22,221 |
MFA Financial, Inc. REIT1 | 5,174 | 22,196 |
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. REIT1 | 1,640 | 22,189 |
Veritex Holdings, Inc.1 | 556 | 22,034 |
Meta Financial Group, Inc.1 | 367 | 21,936 |
Park National Corp.1 | 168 | 21,855 |
McGrath RentCorp1 | 282 | 21,799 |
Great Western Bancorp, Inc.1 | 648 | 21,740 |
Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd.1 | 586 | 21,582 |
Two Harbors Investment Corp. REIT1 | 3,668 | 21,568 |
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida1 | 638 | 21,545 |
PJT Partners, Inc. — Class A1 | 281 | 21,379 |
DiamondRock Hospitality Co. REIT*,1 | 2,444 | 21,287 |
Palomar Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 287 | 20,974 |
Provident Financial Services, Inc.1 | 887 | 20,880 |
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT*,1 | 1,332 | 20,872 |
Eagle Bancorp, Inc.1 | 370 | 20,849 |
Easterly Government Properties, Inc. REIT1 | 985 | 20,655 |
Encore Capital Group, Inc.*,1 | 352 | 20,536 |
Acadia Realty Trust REIT1 | 1,015 | 20,493 |
Realogy Holdings Corp.*,1 | 1,346 | 20,446 |
Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.1 | 678 | 20,360 |
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Financial – 6.1% (continued) | ||
BRP Group, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 547 | $ 20,261 |
Lakeland Financial Corp.1 | 285 | 20,127 |
Customers Bancorp, Inc.*,1 | 349 | 20,116 |
American Assets Trust, Inc. REIT1 | 584 | 20,090 |
Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.1 | 370 | 20,084 |
Hope Bancorp, Inc.1 | 1,390 | 19,947 |
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust REIT1 | 1,145 | 19,889 |
iStar, Inc. REIT1 | 810 | 19,715 |
StepStone Group, Inc. — Class A1 | 473 | 19,568 |
First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. — Class A1 | 479 | 19,543 |
NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. REIT1 | 260 | 19,391 |
NMI Holdings, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 981 | 19,228 |
Enterprise Financial Services Corp.1 | 414 | 19,197 |
Northwest Bancshares, Inc.1 | 1,430 | 18,990 |
St. Joe Co.1 | 389 | 18,676 |
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. REIT1 | 847 | 18,659 |
B. Riley Financial, Inc.1 | 236 | 18,274 |
Horace Mann Educators Corp.1 | 488 | 18,090 |
First Bancorp1 | 401 | 17,820 |
NBT Bancorp, Inc.1 | 493 | 17,802 |
Paramount Group, Inc. REIT1 | 2,182 | 17,369 |
BGC Partners, Inc. — Class A1 | 3,876 | 17,326 |
Bancorp, Inc.*,1 | 611 | 17,273 |
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.1 | 1,519 | 17,256 |
Mack-Cali Realty Corp. REIT*,1 | 1,026 | 17,144 |
Nelnet, Inc. — Class A1 | 198 | 17,068 |
Redwood Trust, Inc. REIT1 | 1,321 | 16,935 |
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust REIT1 | 759 | 16,819 |
Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.1 | 281 | 16,812 |
Centerspace REIT1 | 164 | 16,759 |
First Commonwealth Financial Corp.1 | 1,115 | 16,758 |
Global Net Lease, Inc. REIT1 | 1,180 | 16,756 |
FB Financial Corp.1 | 389 | 16,688 |
American National Group, Inc.1 | 87 | 16,465 |
Westamerica BanCorp1 | 304 | 16,349 |
Service Properties Trust REIT1 | 1,918 | 16,322 |
Enova International, Inc.*,1 | 424 | 16,163 |
LendingTree, Inc.*,1 | 136 | 15,420 |
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.1 | 572 | 15,278 |
First Busey Corp.1 | 594 | 15,266 |
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COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% (continued) | ||
Financial – 6.1% (continued) | ||
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. — Class A REIT1 | 1,671 | $ 15,189 |
Safehold, Inc. REIT1 | 209 | 14,952 |
Southside Bancshares, Inc.1 | 364 | 14,833 |
National Bank Holdings Corp. — Class A1 | 345 | 14,704 |
LTC Properties, Inc. REIT1 | 455 | 14,451 |
ProAssurance Corp.1 | 628 | 14,444 |
OFG Bancorp1 | 594 | 14,315 |
OceanFirst Financial Corp.1 | 691 | 14,242 |
Getty Realty Corp. REIT1 | 466 | 14,227 |
ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.1 | 436 | 14,170 |
City Holding Co.1 | 178 | 13,966 |
Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.1 | 404 | 13,857 |
Brookline Bancorp, Inc.1 | 897 | 13,841 |
TriCo Bancshares1 | 322 | 13,576 |
S&T Bancorp, Inc.1 | 453 | 13,549 |
Broadmark Realty Capital, Inc. REIT1 | 1,501 | 13,509 |
Office Properties Income Trust REIT1 | 560 | 13,289 |
Safety Insurance Group, Inc.1 | 169 | 13,059 |
Farmer Mac — Class C1 | 107 | 13,024 |
Apartment Investment and Management Co. — Class A REIT*,1 | 1,741 | 12,901 |
Tompkins Financial Corp.1 | 165 | 12,896 |
Employers Holdings, Inc.1 | 333 | 12,857 |
BancFirst Corp.1 | 201 | 12,790 |
Premier Financial Corp.1 | 432 | 12,701 |
Banc of California, Inc.1 | 640 | 12,538 |
RPT Realty REIT1 | 942 | 11,982 |
AMERISAFE, Inc.1 | 224 | 11,892 |
Community Healthcare Trust, Inc. REIT1 | 276 | 11,876 |
Marcus & Millichap, Inc.*,1 | 277 | 11,869 |
First Foundation, Inc.1 | 464 | 11,795 |
HomeStreet, Inc.1 | 236 | 11,651 |
Cowen, Inc. — Class A1 | 328 | 11,605 |
UMH Properties, Inc. REIT1 | 496 | 11,448 |
Global Medical REIT, Inc.1 | 700 | 11,438 |
Radius Global Infrastructure, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 689 | 11,369 |
James River Group Holdings Ltd.1 | 428 | 11,316 |
German American Bancorp, Inc.1 | 289 | 11,309 |
StoneX Group, Inc.*,1 | 196 | 11,010 |
American Finance Trust, Inc. REIT1 | 1,384 | 10,989 |
Preferred Bank/Los Angeles CA1 | 161 | 10,972 |
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COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% (continued) | ||
Financial – 6.1% (continued) | ||
Origin Bancorp, Inc.1 | 259 | $ 10,927 |
Kearny Financial Corp.1 | 854 | 10,854 |
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. REIT*,1 | 1,212 | 10,847 |
Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.1 | 200 | 10,760 |
State Auto Financial Corp.1 | 206 | 10,601 |
World Acceptance Corp.*,1 | 51 | 10,476 |
Ready Capital Corp. REIT1 | 676 | 10,383 |
Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.1 | 231 | 10,303 |
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT1 | 3,410 | 10,230 |
Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.1 | 571 | 10,215 |
Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc.1 | 342 | 10,174 |
TriState Capital Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 338 | 10,110 |
NETSTREIT Corp.1 | 464 | 9,902 |
Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. REIT1 | 706 | 9,849 |
Heritage Financial Corp.1 | 415 | 9,723 |
Horizon Bancorp, Inc.1 | 501 | 9,719 |
QCR Holdings, Inc.1 | 180 | 9,709 |
WisdomTree Investments, Inc.1 | 1,574 | 9,664 |
Gladstone Land Corp. REIT1 | 335 | 9,571 |
Gladstone Commercial Corp. REIT1 | 426 | 9,466 |
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.1 | 964 | 9,438 |
Univest Financial Corp.1 | 338 | 9,319 |
BrightSpire Capital, Inc. REIT1 | 987 | 9,228 |
First Bancshares, Inc.1 | 237 | 9,210 |
Blucora, Inc.*,1 | 568 | 9,196 |
1st Source Corp.1 | 198 | 9,157 |
Peoples Bancorp, Inc.1 | 296 | 9,129 |
Ellington Financial, Inc. REIT1 | 545 | 9,031 |
Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.1 | 223 | 9,016 |
Nicolet Bankshares, Inc.*,1 | 125 | 8,914 |
Amerant Bancorp, Inc.*,1 | 316 | 8,895 |
Northfield Bancorp, Inc.1 | 527 | 8,880 |
Central Pacific Financial Corp.1 | 323 | 8,647 |
TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. REIT1 | 702 | 8,564 |
Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.*,1 | 90 | 8,544 |
Columbia Financial, Inc.*,1 | 459 | 8,372 |
Universal Health Realty Income Trust REIT1 | 150 | 8,351 |
City Office REIT, Inc.1 | 499 | 8,323 |
First Mid Bancshares, Inc.1 | 194 | 8,154 |
Flushing Financial Corp.1 | 345 | 8,149 |
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COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% (continued) | ||
Financial – 6.1% (continued) | ||
HarborOne Bancorp, Inc.1 | 579 | $ 8,042 |
Hanmi Financial Corp.1 | 357 | 8,022 |
SiriusPoint Ltd.*,1 | 1,035 | 7,969 |
Ambac Financial Group, Inc.*,1 | 532 | 7,948 |
Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. — Class A REIT1 | 603 | 7,948 |
Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc. REIT1 | 640 | 7,891 |
Camden National Corp.1 | 172 | 7,881 |
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc. REIT1 | 378 | 7,798 |
Diversified Healthcare Trust REIT1 | 2,773 | 7,737 |
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.1 | 182 | 7,644 |
CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc.*,1 | 545 | 7,625 |
Byline Bancorp, Inc.1 | 291 | 7,557 |
Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. REIT1 | 511 | 7,522 |
Heritage Commerce Corp.1 | 683 | 7,486 |
HCI Group, Inc.1 | 66 | 7,286 |
TrustCo Bank Corporation NY1 | 221 | 7,218 |
Cambridge Bancorp1 | 80 | 7,102 |
CorePoint Lodging, Inc. REIT*,1 | 460 | 7,098 |
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp.1 | 212 | 7,013 |
Franklin Street Properties Corp. REIT1 | 1,206 | 6,947 |
Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.1 | 124 | 6,898 |
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. REIT1 | 219 | 6,870 |
Saul Centers, Inc. REIT1 | 138 | 6,794 |
Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc.1 | 35 | 6,723 |
Chatham Lodging Trust REIT*,1 | 559 | 6,658 |
Dynex Capital, Inc. REIT1 | 398 | 6,655 |
Hingham Institution For Savings The1 | 17 | 6,640 |
MBIA, Inc.*,1 | 560 | 6,586 |
Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc. — Class A REIT1 | 348 | 6,570 |
Orchid Island Capital, Inc. REIT1 | 1,444 | 6,527 |
Bank of Marin Bancorp1 | 187 | 6,478 |
First Community Bankshares, Inc.1 | 198 | 6,475 |
Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc.*,1 | 230 | 6,426 |
Alexander’s, Inc. REIT1 | 25 | 6,390 |
Farmers National Banc Corp.1 | 361 | 6,350 |
eHealth, Inc.*,1 | 285 | 6,293 |
Seritage Growth Properties REIT*,1 | 436 | 6,274 |
Business First Bancshares, Inc.1 | 224 | 6,160 |
One Liberty Properties, Inc. REIT1 | 188 | 6,116 |
Mercantile Bank Corp.1 | 182 | 6,112 |
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COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% (continued) | ||
Financial – 6.1% (continued) | ||
National Western Life Group, Inc. — Class A1 | 30 | $ 6,109 |
Midland States Bancorp, Inc.1 | 254 | 6,045 |
CBTX, Inc.1 | 215 | 5,977 |
Metrocity Bankshares, Inc.1 | 222 | 5,972 |
RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. — Class A1 | 216 | 5,938 |
Blue Whale Acquisition Corp. I*,2 | 600 | 5,934 |
Reliant Bancorp, Inc.1 | 178 | 5,922 |
First Financial Corp.1 | 136 | 5,911 |
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior S.A. — Class E1 | 362 | 5,883 |
West BanCorp, Inc.1 | 188 | 5,834 |
RMR Group, Inc. — Class A1 | 178 | 5,815 |
Flywire Corp.*,1 | 142 | 5,771 |
GCM Grosvenor, Inc. — Class A1 | 503 | 5,764 |
International Money Express, Inc.*,1 | 374 | 5,651 |
Financial Institutions, Inc.1 | 183 | 5,636 |
Republic Bancorp, Inc. — Class A1 | 110 | 5,635 |
Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. REIT*,1 | 366 | 5,614 |
First of Long Island Corp.1 | 267 | 5,594 |
Arrow Financial Corp.1 | 161 | 5,555 |
Bank First Corp.1 | 78 | 5,478 |
Independent Bank Corp.1 | 241 | 5,435 |
AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 213 | 5,402 |
HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc.1 | 178 | 5,345 |
Alerus Financial Corp.1 | 176 | 5,298 |
Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. — Class A1 | 108 | 5,296 |
Regional Management Corp.1 | 93 | 5,260 |
Waterstone Financial, Inc.1 | 253 | 5,250 |
Merchants Bancorp1 | 115 | 5,245 |
Oportun Financial Corp.*,1 | 244 | 5,239 |
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.1 | 169 | 5,205 |
United Fire Group, Inc.1 | 246 | 5,146 |
Equity Bancshares, Inc. — Class A1 | 158 | 5,138 |
Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc.1 | 163 | 5,128 |
Southern First Bancshares, Inc.*,1 | 87 | 5,092 |
Capstar Financial Holdings, Inc.1 | 239 | 4,978 |
CNB Financial Corp.1 | 188 | 4,954 |
Bar Harbor Bankshares1 | 173 | 4,943 |
Coastal Financial Corp.*,1 | 111 | 4,854 |
Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc.1 | 90 | 4,807 |
MVB Financial Corp.1 | 117 | 4,805 |
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COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% (continued) | ||
Financial – 6.1% (continued) | ||
Blue Foundry Bancorp*,1 | 328 | $ 4,779 |
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.1 | 317 | 4,777 |
First Internet Bancorp1 | 109 | 4,721 |
Whitestone REIT — Class B1 | 507 | 4,695 |
I3 Verticals, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 250 | 4,663 |
Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.1 | 256 | 4,639 |
FRP Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 78 | 4,574 |
American National Bankshares, Inc.1 | 124 | 4,536 |
Citizens & Northern Corp.1 | 181 | 4,478 |
CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. — Class A REIT1 | 572 | 4,399 |
Primis Financial Corp.1 | 282 | 4,309 |
EZCORP, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 576 | 4,262 |
Enterprise Bancorp, Inc.1 | 108 | 4,257 |
Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc.*,1 | 246 | 4,204 |
Spirit of Texas Bancshares, Inc.1 | 150 | 4,170 |
Capital City Bank Group, Inc.1 | 157 | 4,162 |
SmartFinancial, Inc.1 | 162 | 4,159 |
Sierra Bancorp1 | 164 | 4,130 |
Curo Group Holdings Corp.1 | 246 | 4,081 |
Civista Bancshares, Inc.1 | 173 | 4,071 |
RBB Bancorp1 | 164 | 4,011 |
Old Second Bancorp, Inc.1 | 324 | 4,001 |
Peoples Financial Services Corp.1 | 82 | 3,886 |
Farmland Partners, Inc. REIT1 | 334 | 3,871 |
CTO Realty Growth, Inc. REIT1 | 68 | 3,735 |
Atlanticus Holdings Corp.*,1 | 62 | 3,685 |
First Bancorp, Inc.1 | 121 | 3,664 |
Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.1 | 203 | 3,615 |
Home Bancorp, Inc.1 | 89 | 3,599 |
Tiptree, Inc. — Class A1 | 271 | 3,531 |
Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.1 | 93 | 3,418 |
Hersha Hospitality Trust REIT*,1 | 377 | 3,329 |
Summit Financial Group, Inc.1 | 133 | 3,325 |
Citizens, Inc.*,1 | 583 | 3,306 |
Provident Bancorp, Inc.1 | 179 | 3,242 |
Investors Title Co.1 | 15 | 3,240 |
Great Ajax Corp. REIT1 | 253 | 3,198 |
Howard Bancorp, Inc.*,1 | 154 | 3,182 |
South Plains Financial, Inc.1 | 124 | 3,100 |
Ocwen Financial Corp.*,1 | 95 | 3,029 |
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COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% (continued) | ||
Financial – 6.1% (continued) | ||
Orrstown Financial Services, Inc.1 | 127 | $ 2,972 |
Northrim BanCorp, Inc.1 | 71 | 2,879 |
Greenhill & Company, Inc.1 | 168 | 2,866 |
PCSB Financial Corp.1 | 157 | 2,857 |
Independence Holding Co.1 | 50 | 2,825 |
Red River Bancshares, Inc.1 | 53 | 2,798 |
FS Bancorp, Inc.1 | 83 | 2,694 |
Amalgamated Financial Corp.1 | 159 | 2,690 |
Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT*,1 | 616 | 2,686 |
First Bank/Hamilton NJ1 | 182 | 2,634 |
Macatawa Bank Corp.1 | 307 | 2,585 |
Luther Burbank Corp.1 | 182 | 2,510 |
BRT Apartments Corp. REIT1 | 133 | 2,503 |
Postal Realty Trust, Inc. — Class A REIT1 | 144 | 2,498 |
Maiden Holdings Ltd.*,1 | 812 | 2,436 |
Capital Bancorp, Inc.1 | 91 | 2,418 |
Altus Midstream Co. — Class A1 | 38 | 2,408 |
Fidelity D&D Bancorp, Inc.1 | 47 | 2,397 |
Donegal Group, Inc. — Class A1 | 173 | 2,353 |
Legacy Housing Corp.*,1 | 94 | 2,347 |
AFC Gamma, Inc. REIT1 | 104 | 2,250 |
Marlin Business Services Corp.1 | 95 | 2,180 |
Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. REIT*,1 | 199 | 2,119 |
Greenlight Capital Re Ltd. — Class A*,1 | 307 | 2,075 |
HBT Financial, Inc.1 | 112 | 2,016 |
Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc.1 | 302 | 2,011 |
NI Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 100 | 1,854 |
Pzena Investment Management, Inc. — Class A1 | 197 | 1,848 |
Five Star Bancorp1 | 62 | 1,841 |
Republic First Bancorp, Inc.*,1 | 522 | 1,764 |
Trean Insurance Group, Inc.*,1 | 206 | 1,732 |
Pioneer Bancorp, Inc.*,1 | 136 | 1,697 |
Finance of America Companies, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 410 | 1,681 |
GAMCO Investors, Inc. — Class A1 | 61 | 1,493 |
Fathom Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 60 | 1,415 |
Angel Oak Mortgage, Inc. REIT1 | 85 | 1,386 |
Crawford & Co. — Class A1 | 190 | 1,385 |
Clipper Realty, Inc. REIT1 | 143 | 1,250 |
Retail Value, Inc. REIT1 | 204 | 1,240 |
Velocity Financial, Inc.*,1 | 100 | 1,208 |
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COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% (continued) | ||
Financial – 6.1% (continued) | ||
MetroMile, Inc.*,1 | 453 | $ 1,151 |
United Insurance Holdings Corp.1 | 238 | 983 |
Associated Capital Group, Inc. — Class A1 | 20 | 790 |
Rafael Holdings, Inc. — Class B*,1 | 114 | 626 |
Waverley Capital Acquisition Corp. *,1,2 | 60 | 594 |
Home Point Capital, Inc.1 | 85 | 327 |
Total Financial | 38,980,206 | |
Consumer, Non-cyclical – 5.8% | ||
United Rentals, Inc.*,1 | 1,737 | 588,391 |
Cintas Corp.1 | 1,386 | 585,155 |
Align Technology, Inc.*,1 | 921 | 563,219 |
Bio-Techne Corp.1 | 1,179 | 556,523 |
PayPal Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 2,778 | 513,624 |
Global Payments, Inc.1 | 3,926 | 467,351 |
Centene Corp.* | 4,510 | 322,059 |
Pfizer, Inc. | 5,909 | 317,491 |
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 1,341 | 309,623 |
Anthem, Inc. | 754 | 306,297 |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 471 | 298,063 |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 667 | 296,295 |
Verisk Analytics, Inc. — Class A | 1,310 | 294,580 |
Robert Half International, Inc. | 2,624 | 291,710 |
Church & Dwight Company, Inc. | 3,257 | 291,111 |
AbbVie, Inc. | 2,525 | 291,082 |
Zoetis, Inc. | 1,301 | 288,874 |
McKesson Corp. | 1,329 | 288,074 |
CVS Health Corp. | 3,215 | 286,328 |
IHS Markit Ltd. | 2,230 | 285,039 |
General Mills, Inc. | 4,610 | 284,760 |
Tyson Foods, Inc. — Class A | 3,601 | 284,335 |
Constellation Brands, Inc. — Class A | 1,259 | 283,690 |
J M Smucker Co. | 2,225 | 281,396 |
Humana, Inc. | 670 | 281,206 |
STERIS plc | 1,284 | 280,592 |
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | 4,498 | 279,821 |
Corteva, Inc. | 6,204 | 279,180 |
Eli Lilly & Co. | 1,125 | 279,045 |
PepsiCo, Inc. | 1,733 | 276,899 |
Dexcom, Inc.* | 490 | 275,669 |
Equifax, Inc. | 987 | 275,028 |
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COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% (continued) | ||
Consumer, Non-cyclical – 5.8% (continued) | ||
Moody’s Corp. | 704 | $ 275,011 |
Merck & Company, Inc. | 3,668 | 274,770 |
Hershey Co. | 1,539 | 273,157 |
S&P Global, Inc. | 598 | 272,527 |
McCormick & Company, Inc. | 3,149 | 270,247 |
Procter & Gamble Co. | 1,869 | 270,220 |
Gartner, Inc.* | 859 | 268,223 |
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.* | 1,034 | 267,940 |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 1,429 | 267,137 |
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. — Class A | 802 | 266,320 |
Brown-Forman Corp. — Class B | 3,765 | 264,905 |
Quanta Services, Inc. | 2,326 | 264,652 |
Mondelez International, Inc. — Class A | 4,473 | 263,639 |
Hormel Foods Corp. | 6,367 | 263,594 |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 414 | 263,523 |
Abbott Laboratories | 2,091 | 262,985 |
Molson Coors Beverage Co. — Class B | 5,912 | 262,729 |
Kellogg Co. | 4,294 | 262,707 |
Danaher Corp. | 816 | 262,458 |
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 3,497 | 262,345 |
PerkinElmer, Inc. | 1,440 | 262,310 |
Kroger Co. | 6,313 | 262,179 |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 3,795 | 261,589 |
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | 587 | 259,841 |
Nielsen Holdings plc | 13,544 | 259,503 |
Clorox Co. | 1,588 | 258,606 |
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 1,739 | 258,555 |
Incyte Corp.* | 3,788 | 256,523 |
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.* | 790 | 256,229 |
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 1,966 | 256,189 |
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings* | 895 | 255,370 |
Coca-Cola Co. | 4,844 | 254,068 |
AmerisourceBergen Corp. — Class A | 2,194 | 253,955 |
Cigna Corp. | 1,316 | 252,540 |
Catalent, Inc.* | 1,957 | 251,788 |
Campbell Soup Co. | 6,243 | 251,780 |
Hologic, Inc.* | 3,368 | 251,691 |
Johnson & Johnson | 1,613 | 251,515 |
Amgen, Inc. | 1,260 | 250,589 |
Henry Schein, Inc.* | 3,510 | 249,421 |
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COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% (continued) | ||
Consumer, Non-cyclical – 5.8% (continued) | ||
Kraft Heinz Co. | 7,415 | $ 249,218 |
Conagra Brands, Inc. | 8,141 | 248,707 |
Baxter International, Inc. | 3,329 | 248,243 |
Becton Dickinson and Co. | 1,043 | 247,337 |
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. — Class A* | 328 | 247,050 |
Sysco Corp. | 3,519 | 246,471 |
Avery Dennison Corp. | 1,201 | 246,289 |
Viatris, Inc. | 19,521 | 240,304 |
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.* | 395 | 240,188 |
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.* | 2,228 | 239,087 |
HCA Healthcare, Inc. | 1,049 | 236,644 |
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 5,100 | 235,773 |
Monster Beverage Corp.* | 2,808 | 235,254 |
ABIOMED, Inc.* | 746 | 234,826 |
Stryker Corp. | 984 | 232,844 |
Organon & Co. | 7,951 | 232,408 |
ResMed, Inc. | 911 | 232,168 |
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. | 4,454 | 231,252 |
Boston Scientific Corp.* | 6,059 | 230,666 |
Rollins, Inc. | 6,916 | 230,164 |
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | 1,918 | 229,393 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 4,267 | 228,839 |
Altria Group, Inc. | 5,324 | 227,015 |
Cooper Companies, Inc. | 597 | 224,753 |
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.* | 611 | 223,547 |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 2,601 | 223,530 |
Medtronic plc | 2,054 | 219,162 |
Universal Health Services, Inc. — Class B | 1,827 | 216,920 |
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. | 614 | 216,552 |
Dentsply Sirona, Inc. | 4,424 | 215,626 |
Teleflex, Inc. | 723 | 215,035 |
Illumina, Inc.* | 588 | 214,814 |
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.* | 1,033 | 213,965 |
Biogen, Inc.* | 898 | 211,695 |
Moderna, Inc.* | 599 | 211,106 |
DaVita, Inc.* | 2,189 | 206,861 |
Avis Budget Group, Inc.*,1 | 569 | 156,242 |
Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 805 | 92,583 |
Tenet Healthcare Corp.*,1 | 1,241 | 90,432 |
Omnicell, Inc.*,1 | 503 | 89,031 |
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Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 1,184 | $ 82,939 |
ASGN, Inc.*,1 | 607 | 73,860 |
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.*,1 | 651 | 73,068 |
Performance Food Group Co.*,1 | 1,772 | 71,429 |
Shockwave Medical, Inc.*,1 | 394 | 71,015 |
Medpace Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 339 | 70,312 |
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.*,1 | 314 | 70,107 |
Helen of Troy Ltd.*,1 | 282 | 67,821 |
Blueprint Medicines Corp.*,1 | 684 | 65,801 |
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.*,1 | 551 | 62,820 |
Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 1,116 | 56,994 |
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 1,647 | 54,153 |
API Group Corp.*,1 | 2,316 | 53,986 |
STAAR Surgical Co.*,1 | 555 | 52,830 |
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.*,1 | 2,272 | 52,733 |
Twist Bioscience Corp.*,1 | 552 | 52,716 |
HealthEquity, Inc.*,1 | 956 | 52,274 |
Fate Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 948 | 52,149 |
Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.*,1 | 1,257 | 50,908 |
Neogen Corp.*,1 | 1,258 | 50,484 |
LivaNova plc*,1 | 625 | 50,100 |
Herc Holdings, Inc.1 | 292 | 49,771 |
Insperity, Inc.1 | 425 | 49,190 |
Denali Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 1,063 | 49,174 |
TriNet Group, Inc.*,1 | 474 | 47,542 |
Ensign Group, Inc.1 | 614 | 46,867 |
Korn Ferry1 | 643 | 46,772 |
Beam Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 582 | 46,065 |
NeoGenomics, Inc.*,1 | 1,325 | 45,394 |
CONMED Corp.1 | 339 | 44,565 |
Sanderson Farms, Inc.1 | 237 | 44,504 |
Option Care Health, Inc.*,1 | 1,749 | 44,267 |
Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 553 | 44,124 |
Triton International Ltd.1 | 780 | 43,657 |
Celsius Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 630 | 43,098 |
Alkermes plc*,1 | 1,874 | 41,078 |
LHC Group, Inc.*,1 | 357 | 40,955 |
Invitae Corp.*,1 | 2,342 | 39,814 |
Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 715 | 38,960 |
Arvinas, Inc.*,1 | 510 | 38,561 |
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Merit Medical Systems, Inc.*,1 | 600 | $ 37,716 |
Progyny, Inc.*,1 | 737 | 37,417 |
Insmed, Inc.*,1 | 1,344 | 36,987 |
Riot Blockchain, Inc.*,1 | 985 | 36,809 |
Simply Good Foods Co.*,1 | 995 | 36,785 |
iRhythm Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 345 | 36,432 |
Cytokinetics, Inc.*,1 | 926 | 36,429 |
LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 772 | 36,230 |
Kodiak Sciences, Inc.*,1 | 391 | 35,909 |
WD-40 Co.1 | 160 | 35,896 |
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.*,1 | 1,341 | 35,483 |
ABM Industries, Inc.1 | 787 | 35,415 |
Nevro Corp.*,1 | 404 | 35,180 |
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 835 | 35,137 |
PROG Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 775 | 34,968 |
Brink’s Co.1 | 569 | 34,800 |
Select Medical Holdings Corp.1 | 1,291 | 34,663 |
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 419 | 34,379 |
Rent-A-Center, Inc.1 | 770 | 34,011 |
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*,1 | 826 | 33,436 |
Vir Biotechnology, Inc.*,1 | 702 | 33,289 |
AtriCure, Inc.*,1 | 523 | 33,158 |
Karuna Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 259 | 33,126 |
R1 RCM, Inc.*,1 | 1,388 | 33,062 |
Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 3,073 | 32,912 |
Inari Medical, Inc.*,1 | 397 | 32,768 |
Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.*,1 | 585 | 32,731 |
Veracyte, Inc.*,1 | 788 | 32,686 |
Lancaster Colony Corp.1 | 222 | 32,456 |
Allakos, Inc.*,1 | 408 | 31,967 |
Patterson Companies, Inc.1 | 1,001 | 31,501 |
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.1 | 55 | 31,381 |
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 813 | 30,902 |
Integer Holdings Corp.*,1 | 384 | 30,620 |
Primo Water Corp.1 | 1,838 | 30,548 |
Haemonetics Corp.*,1 | 590 | 30,237 |
PTC Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 812 | 30,174 |
EVERTEC, Inc.1 | 708 | 29,729 |
Axonics, Inc.*,1 | 535 | 29,109 |
NuVasive, Inc.*,1 | 605 | 29,076 |
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Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. — Class B*,1 | 176 | $ 28,498 |
Medifast, Inc.1 | 136 | 27,981 |
Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 321 | 27,478 |
Edgewell Personal Care Co.1 | 635 | 26,962 |
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 1,399 | 26,861 |
Pacira BioSciences, Inc.*,1 | 510 | 26,836 |
Beauty Health Co.*,1 | 1,019 | 26,453 |
Magellan Health, Inc.*,1 | 277 | 26,257 |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. — Class A1 | 504 | 26,198 |
Editas Medicine, Inc.*,1 | 799 | 26,095 |
Vector Group Ltd.1 | 1,679 | 26,092 |
Hostess Brands, Inc.*,1 | 1,531 | 26,012 |
CareDx, Inc.*,1 | 591 | 25,496 |
Graham Holdings Co. — Class B1 | 45 | 25,493 |
Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.*,1 | 572 | 25,237 |
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 2,077 | 25,049 |
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Holdings plc*,1 | 1,293 | 24,748 |
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 689 | 24,542 |
SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 341 | 24,501 |
Xencor, Inc.*,1 | 661 | 23,941 |
Cassava Sciences, Inc.*,1 | 447 | 23,910 |
Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 1,130 | 23,730 |
J & J Snack Foods Corp.1 | 172 | 23,492 |
Myriad Genetics, Inc.*,1 | 906 | 23,429 |
Arcus Biosciences, Inc.*,1 | 529 | 23,170 |
ChemoCentryx, Inc.*,1 | 631 | 22,893 |
TG Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 1,498 | 22,770 |
Glaukos Corp.*,1 | 525 | 22,591 |
B&G Foods, Inc.1 | 749 | 22,567 |
Fulgent Genetics, Inc.*,1 | 241 | 22,538 |
Green Dot Corp. — Class A*,1 | 625 | 22,438 |
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.*,1 | 608 | 22,314 |
Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 401 | 22,264 |
MEDNAX, Inc.*,1 | 890 | 21,858 |
NanoString Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 530 | 21,783 |
Covetrus, Inc.*,1 | 1,209 | 21,738 |
Monro, Inc.1 | 388 | 21,736 |
Avid Bioservices, Inc.*,1 | 706 | 21,575 |
CBIZ, Inc.*,1 | 585 | 21,078 |
Lantheus Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 787 | 21,076 |
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ICF International, Inc.1 | 216 | $ 20,896 |
Relay Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 701 | 20,623 |
Central Garden & Pet Co. — Class A*,1 | 473 | 20,504 |
Prothena Corporation plc*,1 | 408 | 20,461 |
Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 537 | 20,460 |
Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 537 | 20,438 |
Dynavax Technologies Corp.*,1 | 1,260 | 20,349 |
Coursera, Inc.*,1 | 675 | 20,243 |
Vericel Corp.*,1 | 543 | 20,205 |
2U, Inc.*,1 | 838 | 19,936 |
ModivCare, Inc.*,1 | 145 | 19,869 |
Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 225 | 19,863 |
Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 699 | 19,754 |
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 681 | 19,443 |
CorVel Corp.*,1 | 103 | 19,364 |
Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 3,246 | 19,346 |
REVOLUTION Medicines, Inc.*,1 | 694 | 19,196 |
Sana Biotechnology, Inc.*,1 | 1,009 | 19,181 |
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 1,697 | 18,820 |
Inter Parfums, Inc.1 | 209 | 18,356 |
Heska Corp.*,1 | 114 | 18,349 |
OPKO Health, Inc.*,1 | 4,669 | 18,349 |
Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.1 | 560 | 18,295 |
Kforce, Inc.1 | 237 | 18,161 |
IVERIC bio, Inc.*,1 | 1,220 | 17,836 |
Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 523 | 17,583 |
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 2,416 | 17,492 |
Community Health Systems, Inc.*,1 | 1,452 | 17,468 |
Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 966 | 17,282 |
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 574 | 17,203 |
Adtalem Global Education, Inc.*,1 | 579 | 17,179 |
elf Beauty, Inc.*,1 | 563 | 16,958 |
Avanos Medical, Inc.*,1 | 562 | 16,956 |
Krystal Biotech, Inc.*,1 | 210 | 16,915 |
C4 Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 451 | 16,741 |
Deluxe Corp.1 | 492 | 16,649 |
Repay Holdings Corp.*,1 | 1,012 | 16,556 |
AdaptHealth Corp.*,1 | 837 | 16,430 |
Surgery Partners, Inc.*,1 | 370 | 16,413 |
Stride, Inc.*,1 | 471 | 16,075 |
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Silk Road Medical, Inc.*,1 | 396 | $ 16,070 |
Senseonics Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 5,050 | 15,857 |
Addus HomeCare Corp.*,1 | 180 | 15,700 |
Cimpress plc*,1 | 197 | 15,333 |
Strategic Education, Inc.1 | 285 | 15,248 |
Accolade, Inc.*,1 | 588 | 15,094 |
Butterfly Network, Inc.*,1 | 2,134 | 15,045 |
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.1 | 417 | 15,037 |
Endo International plc*,1 | 2,678 | 14,997 |
REGENXBIO, Inc.*,1 | 461 | 14,752 |
Allogene Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 795 | 14,700 |
Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 468 | 14,597 |
USANA Health Sciences, Inc.*,1 | 146 | 14,559 |
Anavex Life Sciences Corp.*,1 | 750 | 14,550 |
Quanterix Corp.*,1 | 361 | 14,429 |
RadNet, Inc.*,1 | 531 | 14,316 |
ImmunoGen, Inc.*,1 | 2,311 | 14,259 |
National Beverage Corp.1 | 274 | 14,232 |
Alector, Inc.*,1 | 682 | 14,083 |
American Well Corp. — Class A*,1 | 2,140 | 13,910 |
Coherus Biosciences, Inc.*,1 | 749 | 13,909 |
Ocugen, Inc.*,1 | 2,158 | 13,682 |
Cerus Corp.*,1 | 1,965 | 13,539 |
MannKind Corp.*,1 | 2,885 | 13,358 |
Inhibrx, Inc.*,1 | 326 | 13,180 |
Universal Corp.1 | 283 | 13,179 |
Joint Corp.*,1 | 162 | 12,947 |
MGP Ingredients, Inc.1 | 166 | 12,945 |
Bionano Genomics, Inc.*,1 | 3,287 | 12,852 |
US Physical Therapy, Inc.1 | 149 | 12,811 |
Varex Imaging Corp.*,1 | 448 | 12,790 |
Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 2,163 | 12,675 |
Ingles Markets, Inc. — Class A1 | 164 | 12,592 |
FibroGen, Inc.*,1 | 1,006 | 12,585 |
Andersons, Inc.1 | 368 | 12,505 |
MacroGenics, Inc.*,1 | 702 | 12,355 |
Tivity Health, Inc.*,1 | 514 | 12,243 |
Weis Markets, Inc.1 | 192 | 12,086 |
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 437 | 11,939 |
Huron Consulting Group, Inc.*,1 | 261 | 11,925 |
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Berkeley Lights, Inc.*,1 | 567 | $ 11,833 |
Evo Payments, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 554 | 11,795 |
Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 476 | 11,629 |
Adagio Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 247 | 11,619 |
Laureate Education, Inc. — Class A1 | 1,160 | 11,600 |
Morphic Holding, Inc.*,1 | 242 | 11,543 |
Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 1,387 | 11,498 |
Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.*,1 | 367 | 11,403 |
Atrion Corp.1 | 16 | 11,360 |
Vivint Smart Home, Inc.*,1 | 1,071 | 11,288 |
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 325 | 11,226 |
Revance Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 820 | 11,218 |
AngioDynamics, Inc.*,1 | 432 | 11,124 |
Vaxart, Inc.*,1 | 1,396 | 11,112 |
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 133 | 11,000 |
BioLife Solutions, Inc.*,1 | 285 | 10,876 |
Seer, Inc.*,1 | 486 | 10,843 |
Multiplan Corp.*,1 | 2,653 | 10,718 |
TrueBlue, Inc.*,1 | 409 | 10,642 |
Nurix Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 366 | 10,548 |
Intersect ENT, Inc.*,1 | 389 | 10,413 |
Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 640 | 10,368 |
Kura Oncology, Inc.*,1 | 742 | 10,358 |
WW International, Inc.*,1 | 615 | 10,344 |
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.1 | 221 | 10,341 |
Castle Biosciences, Inc.*,1 | 249 | 10,291 |
Heron Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 1,079 | 10,197 |
Keros Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 182 | 10,154 |
Viad Corp.*,1 | 237 | 10,027 |
BellRing Brands, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 465 | 10,007 |
SpartanNash Co.1 | 418 | 10,003 |
Carriage Services, Inc. — Class A1 | 192 | 9,934 |
Meridian Bioscience, Inc.*,1 | 498 | 9,915 |
Replimune Group, Inc.*,1 | 347 | 9,886 |
Pulmonx Corp.*,1 | 305 | 9,851 |
Avidity Biosciences, Inc.*,1 | 440 | 9,825 |
Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 247 | 9,818 |
Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.1 | 226 | 9,756 |
Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.1 | 392 | 9,706 |
Vaxcyte, Inc.*,1 | 472 | 9,619 |
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GreenSky, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 839 | $ 9,514 |
National Healthcare Corp.1 | 147 | 9,480 |
Triple-S Management Corp. — Class B*,1 | 266 | 9,448 |
Utz Brands, Inc.1 | 669 | 9,439 |
Affimed N.V.*,1 | 1,356 | 9,248 |
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.*,1 | 459 | 9,180 |
Alphatec Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 826 | 9,169 |
MiMedx Group, Inc.*,1 | 1,298 | 9,099 |
First Advantage Corp.*,1 | 523 | 9,069 |
OrthoPediatrics Corp.*,1 | 162 | 9,025 |
Radius Health, Inc.*,1 | 547 | 9,004 |
ACCO Brands Corp.1 | 1,089 | 8,995 |
Natus Medical, Inc.*,1 | 394 | 8,904 |
Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 261 | 8,897 |
Tattooed Chef, Inc.*,1 | 552 | 8,882 |
Generation Bio Co.*,1 | 512 | 8,791 |
Seres Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 813 | 8,748 |
RR Donnelley & Sons Co.*,1 | 828 | 8,744 |
Sutro Biopharma, Inc.*,1 | 507 | 8,660 |
Scholar Rock Holding Corp.*,1 | 323 | 8,576 |
John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.1 | 104 | 8,570 |
Innoviva, Inc.*,1 | 507 | 8,477 |
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 432 | 8,450 |
Ideaya Biosciences, Inc.*,1 | 383 | 8,426 |
Aaron’s Company, Inc.1 | 379 | 8,414 |
Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 525 | 8,384 |
Quanex Building Products Corp.1 | 391 | 8,356 |
iTeos Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 236 | 8,331 |
ViewRay, Inc.*,1 | 1,617 | 8,311 |
RAPT Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 249 | 8,130 |
Calavo Growers, Inc.1 | 200 | 8,108 |
Perdoceo Education Corp.*,1 | 822 | 8,097 |
Mind Medicine MindMed, Inc.*,1 | 4,066 | 8,051 |
Bluebird Bio, Inc.*,1 | 789 | 7,977 |
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 1,135 | 7,945 |
Gossamer Bio, Inc.*,1 | 727 | 7,881 |
Inotiv, Inc.*,1 | 151 | 7,852 |
OraSure Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 836 | 7,800 |
Mission Produce, Inc.*,1 | 433 | 7,668 |
CRA International, Inc.1 | 83 | 7,642 |
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CryoLife, Inc.*,1 | 444 | $ 7,632 |
Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 596 | 7,629 |
Agenus, Inc.*,1 | 2,414 | 7,604 |
Arlo Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 971 | 7,525 |
Forrester Research, Inc.*,1 | 132 | 7,450 |
Transcat, Inc.*,1 | 83 | 7,385 |
Zogenix, Inc.*,1 | 655 | 7,369 |
SP Plus Corp.*,1 | 270 | 7,320 |
SI-BONE, Inc.*,1 | 380 | 7,315 |
AnaptysBio, Inc.*,1 | 225 | 7,279 |
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.*,1 | 411 | 7,225 |
Cutera, Inc.*,1 | 206 | 7,181 |
Nuvation Bio, Inc.*,1 | 780 | 6,997 |
Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 408 | 6,969 |
Inogen, Inc.*,1 | 228 | 6,965 |
Surmodics, Inc.*,1 | 158 | 6,941 |
Kelly Services, Inc. — Class A1 | 411 | 6,929 |
2seventy bio, Inc.*,1 | 263 | 6,927 |
Cara Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 519 | 6,840 |
Oramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 354 | 6,804 |
Orthofix Medical, Inc.*,1 | 221 | 6,765 |
TransMedics Group, Inc.*,1 | 303 | 6,678 |
Cass Information Systems, Inc.1 | 166 | 6,667 |
ALX Oncology Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 207 | 6,657 |
PMV Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 306 | 6,655 |
Rubius Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 537 | 6,637 |
NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 368 | 6,631 |
VBI Vaccines, Inc.*,1 | 2,176 | 6,615 |
Anika Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 169 | 6,613 |
National Research Corp. — Class A1 | 163 | 6,528 |
BrightView Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 479 | 6,514 |
Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc.*,1 | 379 | 6,485 |
Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 136 | 6,484 |
Turning Point Brands, Inc.1 | 170 | 6,460 |
Franklin Covey Co.*,1 | 146 | 6,421 |
Akero Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 300 | 6,378 |
Resources Connection, Inc.1 | 369 | 6,339 |
Verve Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 185 | 6,305 |
Antares Pharma, Inc.*,1 | 1,950 | 6,298 |
Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 329 | 6,290 |
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PetIQ, Inc.*,1 | 314 | $ 6,271 |
Gritstone bio, Inc.*,1 | 472 | 6,230 |
ImmunityBio, Inc.*,1 | 798 | 6,216 |
MoneyGram International, Inc.*,1 | 1,046 | 6,203 |
Chinook Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 387 | 6,196 |
Paya Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 961 | 6,189 |
MeiraGTx Holdings plc*,1 | 348 | 6,153 |
Barrett Business Services, Inc.1 | 87 | 6,141 |
Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.*,1 | 896 | 6,129 |
Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 755 | 6,108 |
Pennant Group, Inc.*,1 | 300 | 6,099 |
Allovir, Inc.*,1 | 345 | 6,024 |
Kinnate Biopharma, Inc.*,1 | 301 | 6,014 |
Annexon, Inc.*,1 | 364 | 5,930 |
G1 Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 458 | 5,908 |
Theravance Biopharma, Inc.*,1 | 701 | 5,888 |
Hackett Group, Inc.1 | 287 | 5,872 |
Vapotherm, Inc.*,1 | 266 | 5,852 |
Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 841 | 5,845 |
Agiliti, Inc.*,1 | 275 | 5,791 |
Forma Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 397 | 5,753 |
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.1 | 182 | 5,724 |
Personalis, Inc.*,1 | 421 | 5,705 |
DermTech, Inc.*,1 | 284 | 5,703 |
Ennis, Inc.1 | 298 | 5,668 |
Vectrus, Inc.*,1 | 135 | 5,648 |
Veru, Inc.*,1 | 753 | 5,648 |
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 328 | 5,645 |
4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 245 | 5,635 |
Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 836 | 5,635 |
Stoke Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 223 | 5,553 |
Kezar Life Sciences, Inc.*,1 | 400 | 5,544 |
Central Garden & Pet Co.*,1 | 115 | 5,541 |
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 2,038 | 5,523 |
Cullinan Oncology, Inc.*,1 | 302 | 5,436 |
Verastem, Inc.*,1 | 2,014 | 5,377 |
Chimerix, Inc.*,1 | 853 | 5,365 |
Kronos Bio, Inc.*,1 | 454 | 5,362 |
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 323 | 5,352 |
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 1,996 | 5,329 |
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Precision BioSciences, Inc.*,1 | 579 | $ 5,246 |
Geron Corp.*,1 | 3,523 | 5,214 |
Willdan Group, Inc.*,1 | 130 | 5,201 |
Accuray, Inc.*,1 | 1,081 | 5,200 |
ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 369 | 5,107 |
Athira Pharma, Inc.*,1 | 377 | 5,082 |
Omeros Corp.*,1 | 705 | 5,076 |
CytomX Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 758 | 5,010 |
Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 495 | 4,999 |
Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 351 | 4,988 |
SeaSpine Holdings Corp.*,1 | 371 | 4,983 |
Applied Molecular Transport, Inc.*,1 | 292 | 4,964 |
Apria, Inc.*,1 | 176 | 4,951 |
Curis, Inc.*,1 | 1,012 | 4,939 |
Apyx Medical Corp.*,1 | 364 | 4,888 |
Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 1,165 | 4,870 |
Altimmune, Inc.*,1 | 463 | 4,857 |
Vital Farms, Inc.*,1 | 287 | 4,853 |
Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 432 | 4,800 |
Albireo Pharma, Inc.*,1 | 197 | 4,726 |
22nd Century Group, Inc.*,1 | 1,881 | 4,721 |
IGM Biosciences, Inc.*,1 | 94 | 4,692 |
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 114 | 4,690 |
Phibro Animal Health Corp. — Class A1 | 239 | 4,682 |
SIGA Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 571 | 4,659 |
Whole Earth Brands, Inc.*,1 | 437 | 4,615 |
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 515 | 4,609 |
Bioxcel Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 201 | 4,609 |
Instil Bio, Inc.*,1 | 208 | 4,572 |
BioAtla, Inc.*,1 | 181 | 4,570 |
Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc.*,1 | 236 | 4,534 |
Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 311 | 4,510 |
Organogenesis Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 446 | 4,487 |
Provention Bio, Inc.*,1 | 648 | 4,471 |
Tejon Ranch Co.*,1 | 244 | 4,465 |
Utah Medical Products, Inc.1 | 40 | 4,462 |
Cue Biopharma, Inc.*,1 | 359 | 4,401 |
VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 2,267 | 4,375 |
Tactile Systems Technology, Inc.*,1 | 224 | 4,368 |
Precigen, Inc.*,1 | 1,108 | 4,366 |
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Consumer, Non-cyclical – 5.8% (continued) | ||
Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 567 | $ 4,349 |
CEL-SCI Corp.*,1 | 420 | 4,313 |
LifeStance Health Group, Inc.*,1 | 542 | 4,303 |
MEI Pharma, Inc.*,1 | 1,267 | 4,270 |
Axogen, Inc.*,1 | 446 | 4,268 |
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 237 | 4,252 |
Viking Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 799 | 4,243 |
Bioventus, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 338 | 4,201 |
Clovis Oncology, Inc.*,1 | 1,318 | 4,165 |
Caribou Biosciences, Inc.*,1 | 224 | 4,164 |
AppHarvest, Inc.*,1 | 815 | 4,083 |
Custom Truck One Source, Inc.*,1 | 540 | 4,061 |
Spero Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 283 | 4,033 |
Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 281 | 3,985 |
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 460 | 3,970 |
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Ltd. — Class A*,1 | 341 | 3,962 |
Prometheus Biosciences, Inc.*,1 | 132 | 3,920 |
Avita Medical, Inc.*,1 | 284 | 3,908 |
EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 247 | 3,903 |
Cytek Biosciences, Inc.*,1 | 188 | 3,792 |
Aligos Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 247 | 3,784 |
Krispy Kreme, Inc.1 | 257 | 3,739 |
Asensus Surgical, Inc.*,1 | 2,734 | 3,664 |
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 793 | 3,632 |
Immunovant, Inc.*,1 | 468 | 3,604 |
InfuSystem Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 212 | 3,509 |
SQZ Biotechnologies Co.*,1 | 266 | 3,501 |
ShotSpotter, Inc.*,1 | 99 | 3,477 |
Cogent Biosciences, Inc.*,1 | 434 | 3,437 |
Epizyme, Inc.*,1 | 1,049 | 3,430 |
Erasca, Inc.*,1 | 242 | 3,429 |
Stereotaxis, Inc.*,1 | 580 | 3,405 |
ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc.*,1 | 2,449 | 3,404 |
Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc.*,1 | 260 | 3,375 |
KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 232 | 3,364 |
Beyondspring, Inc.*,1 | 262 | 3,346 |
iRadimed Corp.*,1 | 74 | 3,330 |
Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 1,465 | 3,311 |
Pulse Biosciences, Inc.*,1 | 163 | 3,309 |
Icosavax, Inc.*,1 | 156 | 3,301 |
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Consumer, Non-cyclical – 5.8% (continued) | ||
Relmada Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 183 | $ 3,268 |
Alta Equipment Group, Inc.*,1 | 221 | 3,229 |
Humanigen, Inc.*,1 | 531 | 3,218 |
European Wax Center, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 119 | 3,209 |
Tenaya Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 163 | 3,203 |
Selecta Biosciences, Inc.*,1 | 1,061 | 3,183 |
Seneca Foods Corp. — Class A*,1 | 74 | 3,160 |
Passage Bio, Inc.*,1 | 433 | 3,157 |
Atossa Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 1,367 | 3,103 |
PAVmed, Inc.*,1 | 840 | 3,083 |
Harvard Bioscience, Inc.*,1 | 459 | 3,071 |
ClearPoint Neuro, Inc.*,1 | 223 | 3,062 |
Evelo Biosciences, Inc.*,1 | 355 | 3,060 |
Cortexyme, Inc.*,1 | 233 | 3,031 |
BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc.*,1 | 1,088 | 3,025 |
HF Foods Group, Inc.*,1 | 423 | 3,020 |
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 1,905 | 3,010 |
Arbutus Biopharma Corp.*,1 | 939 | 3,005 |
Vera Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 83 | 2,971 |
Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 461 | 2,969 |
Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 385 | 2,953 |
Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 472 | 2,945 |
Zynex, Inc.*,1 | 227 | 2,906 |
Acacia Research Corp.*,1 | 573 | 2,808 |
Soliton, Inc.*,1 | 136 | 2,792 |
UroGen Pharma Ltd.*,1 | 228 | 2,757 |
Janux Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 155 | 2,756 |
Design Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 163 | 2,729 |
9 Meters Biopharma, Inc.*,1 | 2,610 | 2,714 |
Sientra, Inc.*,1 | 671 | 2,697 |
Cymabay Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 810 | 2,681 |
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 307 | 2,680 |
Limoneira Co.1 | 183 | 2,676 |
Nuvalent, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 125 | 2,666 |
Syros Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 673 | 2,665 |
Foghorn Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 229 | 2,650 |
Shattuck Labs, Inc.*,1 | 311 | 2,637 |
Century Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 138 | 2,637 |
Lyell Immunopharma, Inc.*,1 | 276 | 2,636 |
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 99 | 2,633 |
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Consumer, Non-cyclical – 5.8% (continued) | ||
Nkarta, Inc.*,1 | 165 | $ 2,622 |
Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 135 | 2,618 |
Durect Corp.*,1 | 2,643 | 2,616 |
KemPharm, Inc.*,1 | 334 | 2,615 |
Adicet Bio, Inc.*,1 | 244 | 2,596 |
Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 149 | 2,596 |
Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 2,277 | 2,573 |
Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 294 | 2,572 |
ChromaDex Corp.*,1 | 548 | 2,570 |
Vor BioPharma, Inc.*,1 | 222 | 2,562 |
Imago Biosciences, Inc.*,1 | 114 | 2,550 |
Athersys, Inc.*,1 | 2,393 | 2,537 |
Cardiff Oncology, Inc.*,1 | 445 | 2,501 |
Honest Company, Inc.*,1 | 290 | 2,477 |
Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 267 | 2,475 |
Homology Medicines, Inc.*,1 | 490 | 2,475 |
Sesen Bio, Inc.*,1 | 2,311 | 2,427 |
Fortress Biotech, Inc.*,1 | 837 | 2,385 |
Applied Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 207 | 2,376 |
Codiak Biosciences, Inc.*,1 | 186 | 2,372 |
CytoSorbents Corp.*,1 | 482 | 2,371 |
Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 129 | 2,370 |
Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.1 | 139 | 2,363 |
Surface Oncology, Inc.*,1 | 407 | 2,348 |
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 556 | 2,346 |
Poseida Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 336 | 2,335 |
Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 374 | 2,300 |
Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.*,1 | 132 | 2,285 |
TherapeuticsMD, Inc.*,1 | 4,556 | 2,255 |
XBiotech, Inc.1 | 178 | 2,246 |
Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 1,327 | 2,243 |
Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 1,023 | 2,220 |
CorMedix, Inc.*,1 | 443 | 2,206 |
Neoleukin Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 411 | 2,203 |
Immuneering Corp. — Class A*,1 | 97 | 2,195 |
Akouos, Inc.*,1 | 280 | 2,153 |
Evolus, Inc.*,1 | 381 | 2,111 |
Village Super Market, Inc. — Class A1 | 99 | 2,105 |
Viemed Healthcare, Inc.*,1 | 414 | 2,091 |
Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 347 | 2,065 |
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Consumer, Non-cyclical – 5.8% (continued) | ||
Nathan’s Famous, Inc.1 | 33 | $ 2,031 |
Seelos Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 1,148 | 1,986 |
Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp.*,1 | 4,213 | 1,977 |
Magenta Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 350 | 1,970 |
Viracta Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 424 | 1,955 |
Quotient Ltd.*,1 | 917 | 1,944 |
Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc.*,1 | 385 | 1,925 |
Frequency Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 374 | 1,907 |
iBio, Inc.*,1 | 2,525 | 1,881 |
Immunic, Inc.*,1 | 219 | 1,868 |
TCR2 Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 356 | 1,833 |
MaxCyte, Inc.*,1 | 183 | 1,826 |
Alpha Teknova, Inc.*,1 | 81 | 1,811 |
Prelude Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 126 | 1,801 |
Athenex, Inc.*,1 | 1,010 | 1,788 |
Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.*,1 | 1,015 | 1,766 |
Aspira Women’s Health, Inc.*,1 | 849 | 1,766 |
Retractable Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 203 | 1,758 |
WaVe Life Sciences Ltd.*,1 | 446 | 1,739 |
Molecular Templates, Inc.*,1 | 432 | 1,732 |
Ikena Oncology, Inc.*,1 | 121 | 1,731 |
Graphite Bio, Inc.*,1 | 190 | 1,714 |
Absci Corp.*,1 | 162 | 1,709 |
Celcuity, Inc.*,1 | 113 | 1,706 |
Innovage Holding Corp.*,1 | 214 | 1,706 |
Avrobio, Inc.*,1 | 443 | 1,701 |
Silverback Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 240 | 1,687 |
Sensei Biotherapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 244 | 1,679 |
Mustang Bio, Inc.*,1 | 813 | 1,642 |
Cyteir Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 98 | 1,628 |
NexImmune, Inc.*,1 | 206 | 1,627 |
Aerovate Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 118 | 1,618 |
AquaBounty Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 613 | 1,606 |
Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 266 | 1,596 |
Vincerx Pharma, Inc.*,1 | 152 | 1,594 |
Verrica Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 153 | 1,584 |
Oncocyte Corp.*,1 | 703 | 1,582 |
Singular Genomics Systems, Inc.*,1 | 138 | 1,576 |
Outlook Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 1,041 | 1,572 |
Summit Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 308 | 1,565 |
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Consumer, Non-cyclical – 5.8% (continued) | ||
Omega Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 86 | $ 1,556 |
Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 517 | 1,525 |
89bio, Inc.*,1 | 114 | 1,506 |
Greenwich Lifesciences, Inc.*,1 | 47 | 1,477 |
Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc.*,1 | 136 | 1,473 |
Finch Therapeutics Group, Inc.*,1 | 88 | 1,463 |
SOC Telemed, Inc.*,1 | 710 | 1,441 |
XOMA Corp.*,1 | 70 | 1,436 |
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.1 | 108 | 1,389 |
Talaris Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 107 | 1,387 |
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.*,1 | 130 | 1,356 |
HireQuest, Inc.1 | 59 | 1,345 |
Harpoon Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 219 | 1,345 |
Inozyme Pharma, Inc.*,1 | 168 | 1,334 |
Oncorus, Inc.*,1 | 239 | 1,324 |
Clene, Inc.*,1 | 229 | 1,303 |
Trevena, Inc.*,1 | 1,911 | 1,299 |
Werewolf Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 88 | 1,275 |
Exagen, Inc.*,1 | 121 | 1,244 |
Avalo Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 619 | 1,238 |
Solid Biosciences, Inc.*,1 | 697 | 1,220 |
Biomea Fusion, Inc.*,1 | 101 | 1,219 |
Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 160 | 1,208 |
Eargo, Inc.*,1 | 231 | 1,197 |
Eliem Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 82 | 1,180 |
Ardelyx, Inc.*,1 | 1,033 | 1,178 |
Puma Biotechnology, Inc.*,1 | 377 | 1,169 |
Akoya Biosciences, Inc.*,1 | 90 | 1,168 |
Neuronetics, Inc.*,1 | 298 | 1,153 |
Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 93 | 1,146 |
Rain Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 88 | 1,139 |
Emerald Holding, Inc.*,1 | 280 | 1,106 |
CVRx, Inc.*,1 | 95 | 1,100 |
Atreca, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 303 | 1,088 |
Rallybio Corp.*,1 | 84 | 1,081 |
Invacare Corp.*,1 | 393 | 1,077 |
Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 565 | 1,073 |
RxSight, Inc.*,1 | 97 | 1,052 |
Biodesix, Inc.*,1 | 144 | 982 |
Laird Superfood, Inc.*,1 | 73 | 973 |
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StoneMor, Inc.*,1 | 376 | $ 925 |
Zevia PBC — Class A*,1 | 120 | 918 |
Angion Biomedica Corp.*,1 | 254 | 914 |
Acumen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 112 | 885 |
Portage Biotech, Inc.*,1 | 58 | 854 |
GT Biopharma, Inc.*,1 | 207 | 842 |
NeuroPace, Inc.*,1 | 83 | 830 |
Kaleido Biosciences, Inc.*,1 | 226 | 811 |
Talis Biomedical Corp.*,1 | 169 | 791 |
Priority Technology Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 117 | 756 |
Acutus Medical, Inc.*,1 | 223 | 736 |
Hookipa Pharma, Inc.*,1 | 224 | 724 |
Gemini Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 256 | 707 |
Sigilon Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 178 | 669 |
Ontrak, Inc.*,1 | 105 | 637 |
Codex DNA, Inc.*,1 | 91 | 622 |
Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 42 | 598 |
Sera Prognostics, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 55 | 583 |
Impel Neuropharma, Inc.*,1 | 63 | 582 |
Reneo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 | 74 | 509 |
Landos Biopharma, Inc.*,1 | 55 | 398 |
Forte Biosciences, Inc.*,1 | 132 | 351 |
Spruce Biosciences, Inc.*,1 | 101 | 261 |
Greenlane Holdings, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 191 | 229 |
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical | 37,678,021 | |
Technology – 4.9% | ||
Teradyne, Inc.1 | 5,728 | 875,639 |
Lam Research Corp.1 | 1,233 | 838,255 |
NVIDIA Corp.1 | 2,496 | 815,593 |
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*,1 | 4,918 | 778,864 |
Applied Materials, Inc.1 | 5,281 | 777,310 |
KLA Corp.1 | 1,887 | 770,141 |
Microchip Technology, Inc.1 | 9,221 | 769,308 |
QUALCOMM, Inc.1 | 4,255 | 768,283 |
Micron Technology, Inc.1 | 9,122 | 766,248 |
NXP Semiconductor N.V.1 | 3,362 | 750,936 |
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.1 | 1,332 | 737,209 |
Western Digital Corp.*,1 | 11,538 | 667,358 |
Apple, Inc.1 | 3,972 | 656,572 |
Intuit, Inc.1 | 997 | 650,343 |
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Broadcom, Inc.1 | 1,174 | $ 650,020 |
ANSYS, Inc.*,1 | 1,629 | 637,721 |
Synopsys, Inc.*,1 | 1,865 | 635,965 |
Texas Instruments, Inc.1 | 3,280 | 630,974 |
Qorvo, Inc.*,1 | 4,309 | 630,105 |
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*,1 | 3,534 | 627,144 |
Analog Devices, Inc.1 | 3,441 | 620,240 |
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.1 | 4,047 | 613,768 |
Fortinet, Inc.*,1 | 1,816 | 603,112 |
PTC, Inc.*,1 | 5,431 | 595,129 |
Zebra Technologies Corp. — Class A*,1 | 1,004 | 591,135 |
IPG Photonics Corp.*,1 | 3,511 | 576,471 |
Paycom Software, Inc.*,1 | 1,310 | 573,099 |
DXC Technology Co.*,1 | 17,440 | 523,026 |
Autodesk, Inc.*,1 | 2,041 | 518,802 |
Xilinx, Inc. | 1,737 | 396,818 |
HP, Inc. | 9,621 | 339,429 |
Seagate Technology Holdings plc | 3,210 | 329,571 |
Microsoft Corp. | 911 | 301,167 |
salesforce.com, Inc.* | 1,047 | 298,353 |
Tyler Technologies, Inc.* | 571 | 296,338 |
Paychex, Inc. | 2,442 | 291,086 |
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.* | 1,750 | 290,290 |
Accenture plc — Class A | 788 | 281,631 |
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. — Class A | 3,533 | 275,503 |
Adobe, Inc.* | 409 | 273,969 |
Oracle Corp. | 3,004 | 272,583 |
Akamai Technologies, Inc.* | 2,407 | 271,269 |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | 18,826 | 270,153 |
ServiceNow, Inc.* | 416 | 269,443 |
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.* | 2,452 | 268,249 |
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | 1,585 | 267,183 |
Roper Technologies, Inc. | 568 | 263,637 |
MSCI, Inc. — Class A | 414 | 260,592 |
NetApp, Inc. | 2,918 | 259,352 |
Cerner Corp. | 3,618 | 254,888 |
Intel Corp. | 5,004 | 246,197 |
Leidos Holdings, Inc. | 2,770 | 243,511 |
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | 1,594 | 241,698 |
International Business Machines Corp. | 2,052 | 240,289 |
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Fiserv, Inc.* | 2,434 | $ 234,930 |
Electronic Arts, Inc. | 1,856 | 230,552 |
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 2,176 | 227,392 |
Citrix Systems, Inc. | 2,504 | 201,397 |
Activision Blizzard, Inc. | 3,383 | 198,244 |
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.*,1 | 1,586 | 120,425 |
Synaptics, Inc.*,1 | 412 | 116,283 |
Silicon Laboratories, Inc.*,1 | 519 | 101,864 |
Asana, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 864 | 89,813 |
Rapid7, Inc.*,1 | 649 | 80,515 |
Ambarella, Inc.*,1 | 408 | 73,244 |
KBR, Inc.1 | 1,653 | 72,732 |
Power Integrations, Inc.1 | 706 | 70,621 |
Workiva, Inc.*,1 | 500 | 69,735 |
Blackline, Inc.*,1 | 627 | 69,001 |
MicroStrategy, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 92 | 66,372 |
Semtech Corp.*,1 | 756 | 64,767 |
Varonis Systems, Inc.*,1 | 1,238 | 64,141 |
SPS Commerce, Inc.*,1 | 422 | 59,498 |
Sprout Social, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 523 | 58,409 |
DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 579 | 58,369 |
Ziff Davis, Inc.*,1 | 508 | 57,846 |
Digital Turbine, Inc.*,1 | 1,061 | 56,297 |
Sailpoint Technologies Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 1,069 | 56,219 |
MaxLinear, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 829 | 55,817 |
Diodes, Inc.*,1 | 509 | 54,132 |
Maximus, Inc.1 | 717 | 54,098 |
Onto Innovation, Inc.*,1 | 569 | 53,577 |
Tenable Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 1,060 | 52,364 |
Qualys, Inc.*,1 | 398 | 51,855 |
SiTime Corp.*,1 | 173 | 51,637 |
ExlService Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 384 | 49,870 |
Envestnet, Inc.*,1 | 635 | 48,685 |
CMC Materials, Inc.1 | 341 | 45,285 |
Blackbaud, Inc.*,1 | 566 | 42,710 |
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.1 | 716 | 41,285 |
Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 440 | 41,215 |
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 569 | 40,917 |
Altair Engineering, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 540 | 40,203 |
ACI Worldwide, Inc.*,1 | 1,379 | 40,184 |
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Insight Enterprises, Inc.*,1 | 403 | $ 39,744 |
Box, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 1,666 | 39,001 |
FormFactor, Inc.*,1 | 909 | 38,105 |
Verint Systems, Inc.*,1 | 753 | 35,835 |
Appian Corp.*,1 | 460 | 34,201 |
Rambus, Inc.*,1 | 1,268 | 34,109 |
CommVault Systems, Inc.*,1 | 536 | 33,704 |
PagerDuty, Inc.*,1 | 943 | 33,429 |
Cerence, Inc.*,1 | 442 | 33,230 |
Phreesia, Inc.*,1 | 571 | 32,935 |
3D Systems Corp.*,1 | 1,419 | 32,325 |
Momentive Global, Inc.*,1 | 1,517 | 30,992 |
LivePerson, Inc.*,1 | 758 | 29,304 |
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 519 | 28,446 |
8x8, Inc.*,1 | 1,297 | 27,950 |
Appfolio, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 219 | 26,387 |
Zuora, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 1,303 | 25,812 |
Amkor Technology, Inc.1 | 1,193 | 25,721 |
BigCommerce Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 565 | 25,578 |
Health Catalyst, Inc.*,1 | 586 | 25,427 |
Outset Medical, Inc.*,1 | 535 | 25,359 |
Cardlytics, Inc.*,1 | 374 | 25,275 |
Progress Software Corp.1 | 514 | 24,903 |
NetScout Systems, Inc.*,1 | 820 | 24,518 |
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.*,1 | 1,448 | 24,080 |
Axcelis Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 389 | 24,048 |
Evolent Health, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 906 | 23,556 |
Vocera Communications, Inc.*,1 | 403 | 23,511 |
Domo, Inc. — Class B*,1 | 322 | 23,297 |
Bottomline Technologies DE, Inc.*,1 | 517 | 23,182 |
Verra Mobility Corp.*,1 | 1,567 | 22,549 |
Xperi Holding Corp.1 | 1,227 | 21,988 |
ManTech International Corp. — Class A1 | 320 | 21,744 |
1Life Healthcare, Inc.*,1 | 1,362 | 21,697 |
Super Micro Computer, Inc.*,1 | 504 | 20,866 |
Schrodinger Incorporated/United States*,1 | 530 | 20,765 |
CSG Systems International, Inc.1 | 380 | 20,030 |
JFrog Ltd.*,1 | 618 | 19,751 |
Bandwidth, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 270 | 19,348 |
Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 492 | 19,301 |
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Porch Group, Inc.*,1 | 901 | $ 18,957 |
Avaya Holdings Corp.*,1 | 964 | 18,769 |
Cohu, Inc.*,1 | 560 | 18,463 |
TTEC Holdings, Inc.1 | 216 | 18,228 |
PROS Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 467 | 16,961 |
Impinj, Inc.*,1 | 218 | 16,344 |
Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.*,1 | 344 | 16,072 |
Veeco Instruments, Inc.*,1 | 582 | 15,470 |
PAR Technology Corp.*,1 | 285 | 14,925 |
Desktop Metal, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 2,188 | 14,266 |
Sumo Logic, Inc.*,1 | 1,002 | 14,168 |
Pitney Bowes, Inc.1 | 2,055 | 14,036 |
Unisys Corp.*,1 | 767 | 13,929 |
Avid Technology, Inc.*,1 | 422 | 13,529 |
CTS Corp.1 | 373 | 12,995 |
Sapiens International Corporation N.V.1 | 361 | 12,805 |
Yext, Inc.*,1 | 1,298 | 12,539 |
Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.*,1 | 247 | 12,133 |
SMART Global Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 205 | 11,689 |
Model N, Inc.*,1 | 415 | 11,661 |
CEVA, Inc.*,1 | 263 | 11,598 |
Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.*,1 | 169 | 10,586 |
PDF Solutions, Inc.*,1 | 347 | 10,386 |
Parsons Corp.*,1 | 308 | 10,222 |
NextGen Healthcare, Inc.*,1 | 656 | 10,168 |
PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 503 | 10,085 |
Agilysys, Inc.*,1 | 231 | 10,060 |
Conduent, Inc.*,1 | 1,958 | 9,868 |
Ebix, Inc.1 | 310 | 9,474 |
Photronics, Inc.*,1 | 704 | 9,300 |
Rackspace Technology, Inc.*,1 | 637 | 9,084 |
Mitek Systems, Inc.*,1 | 501 | 8,582 |
Veritone, Inc.*,1 | 332 | 8,512 |
Digi International, Inc.*,1 | 395 | 8,504 |
Simulations Plus, Inc.1 | 179 | 8,408 |
American Software, Inc. — Class A1 | 367 | 8,368 |
PAE, Inc.*,1 | 811 | 8,045 |
Vuzix Corp.*,1 | 686 | 7,388 |
Telos Corp.*,1 | 467 | 7,355 |
Corsair Gaming, Inc.*,1 | 320 | 7,168 |
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OneSpan, Inc.*,1 | 412 | $ 7,041 |
Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.*,1 | 841 | 6,820 |
Upland Software, Inc.*,1 | 338 | 6,618 |
Digimarc Corp.*,1 | 149 | 6,392 |
Inseego Corp.*,1 | 974 | 6,292 |
Cantaloupe, Inc.*,1 | 681 | 6,143 |
DSP Group, Inc.*,1 | 264 | 5,805 |
Atomera, Inc.*,1 | 237 | 5,709 |
BTRS Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 756 | 5,640 |
CS Disco, Inc.*,1 | 151 | 5,542 |
Privia Health Group, Inc.*,1 | 235 | 5,428 |
Daily Journal Corp.*,1 | 14 | 5,100 |
Alignment Healthcare, Inc.*,1 | 308 | 4,993 |
ON24, Inc.*,1 | 314 | 4,974 |
Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.*,1 | 165 | 4,863 |
Brightcove, Inc.*,1 | 475 | 4,574 |
Integral Ad Science Holding Corp.*,1 | 198 | 4,443 |
Genius Brands International, Inc.*,1 | 3,298 | 4,090 |
AXT, Inc.*,1 | 467 | 3,839 |
Intelligent Systems Corp.*,1 | 85 | 3,448 |
MeridianLink, Inc.*,1 | 148 | 3,263 |
Intapp, Inc.*,1 | 118 | 3,232 |
EverCommerce, Inc.*,1 | 194 | 3,158 |
EMCORE Corp.*,1 | 427 | 3,147 |
Instructure Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 140 | 3,118 |
Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc.*,1 | 263 | 2,990 |
Smith Micro Software, Inc.*,1 | 538 | 2,948 |
Benefitfocus, Inc.*,1 | 292 | 2,938 |
eGain Corp.*,1 | 239 | 2,509 |
DarioHealth Corp.*,1 | 158 | 2,470 |
Alkami Technology, Inc.*,1 | 84 | 2,410 |
PlayAGS, Inc.*,1 | 321 | 2,311 |
Ouster, Inc.*,1 | 339 | 2,305 |
Castlight Health, Inc. — Class B*,1 | 1,421 | 2,174 |
SecureWorks Corp. — Class A*,1 | 117 | 2,078 |
Forian, Inc.*,1 | 220 | 1,888 |
iCAD, Inc.*,1 | 256 | 1,887 |
SkyWater Technology, Inc.*,1 | 94 | 1,759 |
Outbrain, Inc.*,1 | 94 | 1,418 |
Viant Technology, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 135 | 1,323 |
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GreenBox POS*,1 | 214 | $ 1,115 |
Convey Health Solutions Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 157 | 1,024 |
Kaltura, Inc.*,1 | 203 | 962 |
IBEX Holdings Ltd.*,1 | 66 | 873 |
StarTek, Inc.*,1 | 197 | 792 |
NantHealth, Inc.*,1 | 314 | 352 |
Total Technology | 31,639,770 | |
Consumer, Cyclical – 4.5% | ||
Tesla, Inc.*,1 | 756 | 865,439 |
Bath & Body Works, Inc.1 | 8,943 | 671,888 |
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.*,1 | 7,271 | 654,899 |
Penn National Gaming, Inc.*,1 | 12,505 | 640,631 |
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.*,1 | 5,891 | 628,275 |
PVH Corp.1 | 5,772 | 616,334 |
Aptiv plc*,1 | 3,828 | 613,820 |
Marriott International, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 3,953 | 583,305 |
MGM Resorts International1 | 14,409 | 570,308 |
Ross Stores, Inc.1 | 5,131 | 559,741 |
Mohawk Industries, Inc.*,1 | 3,281 | 550,782 |
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 12,645 | 534,378 |
Wynn Resorts Ltd.*,1 | 6,369 | 515,953 |
Carnival Corp.*,1 | 28,628 | 504,425 |
Alaska Air Group, Inc.*,1 | 10,303 | 500,417 |
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.*,1 | 7,112 | 496,560 |
Gap, Inc.1 | 29,039 | 480,015 |
Ford Motor Co. | 21,246 | 407,711 |
Dollar Tree, Inc.* | 2,986 | 399,616 |
Home Depot, Inc. | 812 | 325,295 |
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. | 1,318 | 322,370 |
AutoZone, Inc.* | 174 | 316,170 |
General Motors Co.* | 5,443 | 314,986 |
WW Grainger, Inc. | 649 | 312,435 |
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 579 | 312,301 |
Pool Corp. | 546 | 302,549 |
Fastenal Co. | 5,028 | 297,507 |
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | 1,347 | 297,310 |
LKQ Corp. | 5,315 | 297,108 |
Tractor Supply Co. | 1,315 | 296,309 |
DR Horton, Inc. | 3,007 | 293,784 |
Genuine Parts Co. | 2,276 | 290,736 |
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O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.* | 455 | $ 290,363 |
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.* | 2,115 | 285,673 |
Lennar Corp. — Class A | 2,701 | 283,740 |
CarMax, Inc.* | 2,002 | 282,783 |
PulteGroup, Inc. | 5,621 | 281,219 |
NIKE, Inc. — Class B | 1,647 | 278,738 |
Ralph Lauren Corp. — Class A | 2,392 | 277,568 |
Domino’s Pizza, Inc. | 527 | 276,222 |
Ulta Beauty, Inc.* | 719 | 276,060 |
McDonald’s Corp. | 1,126 | 275,420 |
Dollar General Corp. | 1,235 | 273,305 |
Copart, Inc.* | 1,881 | 273,046 |
VF Corp. | 3,797 | 272,359 |
BorgWarner, Inc. | 6,285 | 272,015 |
Whirlpool Corp. | 1,249 | 271,957 |
NVR, Inc.* | 52 | 271,718 |
TJX Companies, Inc. | 3,912 | 271,493 |
PACCAR, Inc. | 3,222 | 268,779 |
Target Corp. | 1,102 | 268,712 |
Tapestry, Inc. | 6,657 | 267,079 |
Hasbro, Inc. | 2,748 | 266,309 |
Walmart, Inc. | 1,846 | 259,603 |
Best Buy Company, Inc. | 2,419 | 258,494 |
Yum! Brands, Inc. | 2,074 | 254,770 |
American Airlines Group, Inc.* | 14,216 | 251,481 |
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | 1,812 | 249,965 |
Southwest Airlines Co.* | 5,624 | 249,706 |
Delta Air Lines, Inc.* | 6,844 | 247,753 |
Starbucks Corp. | 2,257 | 247,457 |
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 5,448 | 244,070 |
Cummins, Inc. | 1,155 | 242,261 |
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. — Class A* | 142 | 233,364 |
Leggett & Platt, Inc. | 5,771 | 233,091 |
Hanesbrands, Inc. | 14,391 | 232,415 |
Newell Brands, Inc. | 10,823 | 232,370 |
Las Vegas Sands Corp.* | 6,439 | 229,357 |
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 6,032 | 204,726 |
Under Armour, Inc. — Class A* | 6,222 | 146,777 |
Under Armour, Inc. — Class C* | 6,481 | 130,074 |
Crocs, Inc.*,1 | 722 | 118,422 |
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BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 1,602 | $ 105,972 |
Macy’s, Inc.1 | 3,671 | 104,624 |
Fox Factory Holding Corp.*,1 | 494 | 86,830 |
Scientific Games Corp. — Class A*,1 | 1,124 | 71,846 |
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. — Class A1 | 818 | 67,845 |
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.*,1 | 3,230 | 64,955 |
WESCO International, Inc.*,1 | 520 | 64,548 |
Signet Jewelers Ltd.1 | 609 | 59,158 |
Avient Corp.1 | 1,064 | 58,531 |
Wingstop, Inc.1 | 349 | 56,049 |
Meritage Homes Corp.*,1 | 438 | 49,433 |
Murphy USA, Inc.1 | 283 | 49,052 |
Skyline Champion Corp.*,1 | 614 | 48,045 |
Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.*,1 | 1,000 | 47,500 |
Papa John’s International, Inc.1 | 387 | 47,183 |
Adient plc*,1 | 1,107 | 46,992 |
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.1 | 1,779 | 46,058 |
National Vision Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 954 | 45,830 |
Steven Madden Ltd.1 | 959 | 45,505 |
Sonos, Inc.*,1 | 1,405 | 44,468 |
Taylor Morrison Home Corp. — Class A*,1 | 1,426 | 44,291 |
LCI Industries1 | 290 | 44,158 |
Resideo Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 1,690 | 44,092 |
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.*,1 | 265 | 43,365 |
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 342 | 41,840 |
Fisker, Inc.*,1 | 1,908 | 40,812 |
Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.*,1 | 908 | 40,515 |
Group 1 Automotive, Inc.1 | 205 | 39,924 |
KB Home1 | 978 | 39,110 |
LGI Homes, Inc.*,1 | 256 | 36,777 |
Dana, Inc.1 | 1,699 | 36,529 |
Callaway Golf Co.*,1 | 1,352 | 36,450 |
SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.*,1 | 602 | 35,512 |
Dorman Products, Inc.*,1 | 313 | 34,737 |
Visteon Corp.*,1 | 324 | 34,318 |
Red Rock Resorts, Inc. — Class A1 | 720 | 34,229 |
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.1 | 277 | 33,800 |
UniFirst Corp.1 | 176 | 33,730 |
Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.*,1 | 1,321 | 32,985 |
MillerKnoll, Inc.1 | 869 | 32,970 |
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Gentherm, Inc.*,1 | 389 | $ 32,851 |
Kontoor Brands, Inc.1 | 606 | 32,676 |
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.*,1 | 652 | 32,541 |
Cavco Industries, Inc.*,1 | 108 | 32,129 |
MDC Holdings, Inc.1 | 668 | 31,957 |
Shake Shack, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 437 | 31,897 |
International Game Technology plc1 | 1,168 | 31,559 |
Allegiant Travel Co. — Class A*,1 | 179 | 31,006 |
FirstCash, Inc.1 | 464 | 29,622 |
Wolverine World Wide, Inc.1 | 950 | 29,573 |
Vista Outdoor, Inc.*,1 | 672 | 29,346 |
Cannae Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 990 | 29,274 |
GMS, Inc.*,1 | 500 | 27,935 |
Winnebago Industries, Inc.1 | 378 | 27,299 |
Nikola Corp.*,1 | 2,630 | 26,879 |
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. — Class A*,1 | 717 | 25,812 |
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 1,317 | 25,800 |
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. — Class A1 | 581 | 25,494 |
Urban Outfitters, Inc.*,1 | 802 | 25,399 |
Rush Enterprises, Inc. — Class A1 | 494 | 25,174 |
Century Communities, Inc.1 | 351 | 24,946 |
iRobot Corp.*,1 | 327 | 24,823 |
Spirit Airlines, Inc.*,1 | 1,149 | 24,026 |
SkyWest, Inc.*,1 | 582 | 22,797 |
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.*,1 | 1,229 | 22,528 |
Camping World Holdings, Inc. — Class A1 | 499 | 21,886 |
Acushnet Holdings Corp.1 | 401 | 21,806 |
Veritiv Corp.*,1 | 171 | 21,553 |
Sleep Number Corp.*,1 | 270 | 21,541 |
ODP Corp.*,1 | 557 | 21,032 |
KAR Auction Services, Inc.*,1 | 1,389 | 20,821 |
Everi Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 998 | 20,699 |
Cheesecake Factory, Inc.*,1 | 538 | 20,616 |
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.*,1 | 305 | 20,167 |
HNI Corp.1 | 509 | 20,111 |
Meritor, Inc.*,1 | 793 | 20,055 |
Methode Electronics, Inc.1 | 446 | 19,834 |
PriceSmart, Inc.1 | 274 | 19,651 |
Shyft Group, Inc.1 | 404 | 19,638 |
Cinemark Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 1,263 | 19,602 |
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Dillard’s, Inc. — Class A1 | 70 | $ 19,173 |
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. — Class B*,1 | 1,380 | 18,837 |
M/I Homes, Inc.*,1 | 334 | 18,667 |
Brinker International, Inc.*,1 | 531 | 18,373 |
Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.*,1 | 1,035 | 18,288 |
World Fuel Services Corp.1 | 729 | 18,218 |
Oxford Industries, Inc.1 | 188 | 17,962 |
La-Z-Boy, Inc.1 | 525 | 17,530 |
Big Lots, Inc.1 | 400 | 17,352 |
Malibu Boats, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 242 | 16,812 |
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.*,1 | 505 | 16,402 |
Buckle, Inc.1 | 348 | 16,370 |
H&E Equipment Services, Inc.1 | 376 | 15,830 |
Healthcare Services Group, Inc.1 | 876 | 15,330 |
G-III Apparel Group Ltd.*,1 | 516 | 15,294 |
XPEL, Inc.*,1 | 210 | 15,097 |
Canoo, Inc.*,1 | 1,243 | 14,879 |
Aspen Aerogels, Inc.*,1 | 258 | 14,747 |
Hibbett, Inc.1 | 188 | 14,655 |
Bally’s Corp.*,1 | 382 | 14,646 |
Children’s Place, Inc.*,1 | 164 | 14,191 |
Dine Brands Global, Inc.*,1 | 190 | 13,646 |
Arko Corp.*,1 | 1,411 | 13,306 |
MarineMax, Inc.*,1 | 247 | 13,158 |
OptimizeRx Corp.*,1 | 201 | 13,065 |
Clean Energy Fuels Corp.*,1 | 1,813 | 12,999 |
Standard Motor Products, Inc.1 | 244 | 12,210 |
Liberty Media Corporation-Liberty Braves — Class C*,1 | 427 | 11,747 |
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 1,318 | 11,677 |
Zumiez, Inc.*,1 | 255 | 11,669 |
Steelcase, Inc. — Class A1 | 1,036 | 11,593 |
Sonic Automotive, Inc. — Class A1 | 256 | 11,497 |
Rush Street Interactive, Inc.*,1 | 630 | 11,239 |
Genesco, Inc.*,1 | 171 | 10,807 |
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 591 | 10,803 |
Guess?, Inc.1 | 470 | 10,599 |
PLBY Group, Inc.*,1 | 275 | 10,546 |
Douglas Dynamics, Inc.1 | 264 | 10,494 |
GrowGeneration Corp.*,1 | 632 | 10,302 |
Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.*,1 | 152 | 10,240 |
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Caleres, Inc.1 | 431 | $ 10,176 |
Denny’s Corp.*,1 | 732 | 10,138 |
Winmark Corp.1 | 40 | 10,084 |
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. — Class A*,1 | 681 | 9,977 |
Wabash National Corp.1 | 584 | 9,753 |
Interface, Inc. — Class A1 | 679 | 9,682 |
Designer Brands, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 703 | 9,617 |
IMAX Corp.*,1 | 582 | 9,597 |
Lovesac Co.*,1 | 149 | 9,429 |
Golden Entertainment, Inc.*,1 | 201 | 9,228 |
ScanSource, Inc.*,1 | 294 | 9,187 |
Hyliion Holdings Corp.*,1 | 1,370 | 9,083 |
Tupperware Brands Corp.*,1 | 580 | 9,071 |
Green Brick Partners, Inc.*,1 | 359 | 8,957 |
Aeva Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 896 | 8,915 |
Citi Trends, Inc.*,1 | 103 | 8,734 |
Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 509 | 8,668 |
Accel Entertainment, Inc.*,1 | 658 | 8,376 |
Tenneco, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 795 | 8,348 |
Movado Group, Inc.1 | 186 | 8,346 |
Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 303 | 8,311 |
Workhorse Group, Inc.*,1 | 1,411 | 8,240 |
Chico’s FAS, Inc.*,1 | 1,406 | 8,056 |
Shoe Carnival, Inc.1 | 206 | 8,055 |
Rite Aid Corp.*,1 | 642 | 7,909 |
BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.*,1 | 263 | 7,853 |
Ideanomics, Inc.*,1 | 4,849 | 7,807 |
TravelCenters of America, Inc.*,1 | 146 | 7,624 |
BlueLinx Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 108 | 7,618 |
Titan Machinery, Inc.*,1 | 226 | 7,512 |
Clarus Corp.1 | 283 | 7,468 |
Party City Holdco, Inc.*,1 | 1,291 | 7,101 |
A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.1 | 102 | 7,063 |
Purple Innovation, Inc.*,1 | 673 | 6,945 |
VSE Corp.1 | 124 | 6,788 |
Beazer Homes USA, Inc.*,1 | 342 | 6,717 |
Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.*,1 | 393 | 6,681 |
Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 233 | 6,678 |
Fossil Group, Inc.*,1 | 558 | 6,668 |
Johnson Outdoors, Inc. — Class A1 | 61 | 6,346 |
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PetMed Express, Inc.1 | 230 | $ 6,293 |
RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc.1 | 98 | 6,204 |
OneWater Marine, Inc. — Class A1 | 120 | 6,142 |
Modine Manufacturing Co.*,1 | 585 | 6,061 |
MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 220 | 6,019 |
Global Industrial Co.1 | 149 | 5,969 |
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.1 | 263 | 5,917 |
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.1 | 195 | 5,832 |
Romeo Power, Inc.*,1 | 1,472 | 5,829 |
OneSpaWorld Holdings Ltd.*,1 | 618 | 5,828 |
Golden Nugget Online Gaming, Inc.*,1 | 466 | 5,811 |
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.1 | 243 | 5,766 |
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 60 | 5,731 |
PC Connection, Inc.1 | 130 | 5,699 |
Universal Electronics, Inc.*,1 | 153 | 5,539 |
Frontier Group Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 407 | 5,433 |
Bluegreen Vacations Holding Corp.*,1 | 177 | 5,262 |
Lordstown Motors Corp. — Class A*,1 | 1,123 | 5,256 |
REV Group, Inc.1 | 333 | 5,228 |
Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 335 | 5,139 |
Funko, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 310 | 5,065 |
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 359 | 5,030 |
Noodles & Co.*,1 | 475 | 4,888 |
Velodyne Lidar, Inc.*,1 | 883 | 4,874 |
Kopin Corp.*,1 | 907 | 4,734 |
Marcus Corp.*,1 | 267 | 4,664 |
Conn’s, Inc.*,1 | 209 | 4,573 |
Cooper-Standard Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 197 | 4,549 |
GAN Ltd.*,1 | 469 | 4,535 |
Kimball International, Inc. — Class B1 | 422 | 4,321 |
Container Store Group, Inc.*,1 | 371 | 4,315 |
Miller Industries, Inc.1 | 130 | 4,252 |
Titan International, Inc.*,1 | 597 | 4,113 |
Tilly’s, Inc. — Class A1 | 265 | 3,980 |
Forestar Group, Inc.*,1 | 199 | 3,944 |
Cato Corp. — Class A1 | 231 | 3,800 |
Rush Enterprises, Inc. — Class B1 | 77 | 3,756 |
Blue Bird Corp.*,1 | 185 | 3,744 |
Esports Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 129 | 3,733 |
Kirkland’s, Inc.*,1 | 164 | 3,541 |
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Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.*,1 | 219 | $ 3,513 |
Full House Resorts, Inc.*,1 | 382 | 3,423 |
Traeger, Inc.*,1 | 264 | 3,408 |
Snap One Holdings Corp.*,1 | 155 | 3,401 |
Shift Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 725 | 3,342 |
Arcimoto, Inc.*,1 | 320 | 3,274 |
Liberty Media Corporation-Liberty Braves — Class A*,1 | 117 | 3,261 |
Hooker Furnishings Corp.1 | 137 | 3,252 |
ONE Group Hospitality, Inc.*,1 | 242 | 3,173 |
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.*,1 | 449 | 3,152 |
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.*,1 | 375 | 3,146 |
Superior Group of Companies, Inc.1 | 137 | 3,063 |
Kura Sushi USA, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 47 | 2,989 |
Vera Bradley, Inc.*,1 | 304 | 2,891 |
Rocky Brands, Inc.1 | 80 | 2,842 |
Mesa Air Group, Inc.*,1 | 401 | 2,831 |
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 223 | 2,814 |
Weber, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 199 | 2,678 |
F45 Training Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 240 | 2,554 |
CarLotz, Inc.*,1 | 836 | 2,475 |
Torrid Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 149 | 2,424 |
Nautilus, Inc.*,1 | 352 | 2,411 |
Lifetime Brands, Inc.1 | 148 | 2,404 |
EVI Industries, Inc.*,1 | 67 | 2,287 |
Casper Sleep, Inc.*,1 | 339 | 2,217 |
Flexsteel Industries, Inc.1 | 78 | 2,214 |
NEOGAMES S.A.*,1 | 65 | 2,166 |
Xponential Fitness, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 108 | 2,101 |
Daktronics, Inc.*,1 | 429 | 2,093 |
Escalade, Inc.1 | 118 | 2,007 |
Duluth Holdings, Inc. — Class B*,1 | 142 | 1,970 |
Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.*,1 | 206 | 1,922 |
VOXX International Corp. — Class A*,1 | 182 | 1,873 |
XL Fleet Corp.*,1 | 408 | 1,852 |
Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 851 | 1,838 |
Lazydays Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 86 | 1,740 |
Drive Shack, Inc.*,1 | 965 | 1,650 |
Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc.1 | 108 | 1,646 |
Aterian, Inc.*,1 | 303 | 1,479 |
Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co. — Class A1 | 87 | 1,305 |
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JOANN, Inc.1 | 141 | $ 1,289 |
Biglari Holdings, Inc. — Class B*,1 | 9 | 1,277 |
Marine Products Corp.1 | 95 | 1,123 |
Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.1 | 391 | 1,118 |
Chicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment, Inc.*,1 | 83 | 1,092 |
Target Hospitality Corp.*,1 | 291 | 1,074 |
Landsea Homes Corp.*,1 | 125 | 949 |
Regis Corp.*,1 | 276 | 751 |
CompX International, Inc.1 | 19 | 424 |
MedAvail Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 140 | 242 |
Total Consumer, Cyclical | 29,021,839 | |
Industrial – 3.7% | ||
Trimble, Inc.*,1 | 7,110 | 610,536 |
Textron, Inc.1 | 8,252 | 584,242 |
Boeing Co.*,1 | 2,926 | 578,909 |
Generac Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 1,366 | 575,414 |
Howmet Aerospace, Inc.1 | 18,678 | 525,412 |
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | 924 | 328,177 |
Union Pacific Corp. | 1,297 | 305,625 |
A O Smith Corp. | 3,842 | 303,710 |
CSX Corp. | 8,704 | 301,681 |
Masco Corp. | 4,525 | 298,197 |
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | 1,550 | 296,298 |
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | 729 | 294,159 |
Keysight Technologies, Inc.* | 1,495 | 290,748 |
Vulcan Materials Co. | 1,516 | 290,526 |
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | 3,047 | 289,739 |
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 1,090 | 289,144 |
Rockwell Automation, Inc. | 858 | 288,460 |
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. | 2,021 | 288,114 |
Sealed Air Corp. | 4,638 | 288,113 |
Amphenol Corp. — Class A | 3,575 | 288,073 |
Ingersoll Rand, Inc. | 4,922 | 287,149 |
Republic Services, Inc. — Class A | 2,168 | 286,740 |
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 948 | 286,353 |
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 1,231 | 285,777 |
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 1,853 | 285,232 |
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. | 2,815 | 282,992 |
AMETEK, Inc. | 2,065 | 281,873 |
Waste Management, Inc. | 1,744 | 280,208 |
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Kansas City Southern | 962 | $ 279,798 |
IDEX Corp. | 1,240 | 278,492 |
United Parcel Service, Inc. — Class B | 1,394 | 276,528 |
Eaton Corporation plc | 1,680 | 272,261 |
Johnson Controls International plc | 3,589 | 268,314 |
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. | 3,014 | 267,553 |
Ball Corp. | 2,841 | 265,491 |
Northrop Grumman Corp. | 761 | 265,437 |
Trane Technologies plc | 1,417 | 264,483 |
Fortive Corp. | 3,577 | 264,233 |
Raytheon Technologies Corp. | 3,246 | 262,666 |
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | 2,142 | 260,510 |
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 779 | 259,656 |
TransDigm Group, Inc.* | 449 | 259,545 |
Pentair plc | 3,520 | 259,389 |
Carrier Global Corp. | 4,774 | 258,369 |
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.* | 622 | 258,310 |
Deere & Co. | 742 | 256,391 |
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.* | 169 | 255,888 |
Dover Corp. | 1,552 | 254,295 |
Caterpillar, Inc. | 1,314 | 254,062 |
Snap-on, Inc. | 1,232 | 253,681 |
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 1,445 | 252,528 |
General Dynamics Corp. | 1,336 | 252,464 |
General Electric Co. | 2,641 | 250,869 |
3M Co. | 1,460 | 248,258 |
Amcor plc | 21,902 | 247,931 |
Honeywell International, Inc. | 1,211 | 244,913 |
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | 1,163 | 243,160 |
Xylem, Inc. | 2,005 | 242,826 |
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | 1,359 | 241,236 |
FedEx Corp. | 1,046 | 240,967 |
Otis Worldwide Corp. | 2,975 | 239,190 |
Emerson Electric Co. | 2,692 | 236,465 |
Packaging Corporation of America | 1,774 | 231,667 |
Allegion plc | 1,864 | 230,465 |
Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 1,520 | 229,368 |
Westrock Co. | 5,194 | 225,368 |
Waters Corp.* | 641 | 210,293 |
Garmin Ltd. | 1,561 | 208,456 |
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Industrial – 3.7% (continued) | ||
Tetra Tech, Inc.1 | 630 | $ 116,348 |
Saia, Inc.*,1 | 310 | 102,666 |
WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.*,1 | 2,444 | 93,092 |
II-VI, Inc.*,1 | 1,222 | 76,412 |
Chart Industries, Inc.*,1 | 427 | 74,533 |
EMCOR Group, Inc.1 | 623 | 74,349 |
Exponent, Inc.1 | 607 | 70,715 |
Novanta, Inc.*,1 | 412 | 66,517 |
RBC Bearings, Inc.*,1 | 327 | 64,645 |
Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.*,1 | 1,352 | 60,813 |
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. — Class A1 | 322 | 60,765 |
Simpson Manufacturing Company, Inc.1 | 509 | 58,718 |
UFP Industries, Inc.1 | 704 | 58,629 |
John Bean Technologies Corp.1 | 367 | 57,902 |
Atkore, Inc.*,1 | 539 | 57,403 |
Summit Materials, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 1,388 | 51,772 |
Zurn Water Solutions Corp.1 | 1,418 | 49,701 |
Casella Waste Systems, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 575 | 48,748 |
Fabrinet*,1 | 432 | 47,762 |
Franklin Electric Company, Inc.1 | 542 | 47,723 |
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.1 | 691 | 45,475 |
Bloom Energy Corp. — Class A*,1 | 1,627 | 44,710 |
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.1 | 454 | 43,148 |
Matson, Inc.1 | 502 | 40,928 |
GATX Corp.1 | 413 | 40,681 |
SPX FLOW, Inc.1 | 486 | 40,586 |
Altra Industrial Motion Corp.1 | 757 | 39,901 |
Comfort Systems USA, Inc.1 | 417 | 39,561 |
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.1 | 450 | 39,460 |
AAON, Inc.1 | 490 | 38,220 |
Hillenbrand, Inc.1 | 853 | 38,044 |
Helios Technologies, Inc.1 | 378 | 37,925 |
EnerSys1 | 501 | 37,119 |
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.1 | 875 | 36,785 |
Fluor Corp.*,1 | 1,660 | 36,703 |
Mueller Industries, Inc.1 | 657 | 36,352 |
Welbilt, Inc.*,1 | 1,528 | 36,000 |
Vicor Corp.*,1 | 247 | 35,435 |
Badger Meter, Inc.1 | 341 | 34,905 |
Kennametal, Inc.1 | 977 | 34,556 |
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Industrial – 3.7% (continued) | ||
Terex Corp.1 | 800 | $ 33,904 |
Werner Enterprises, Inc.1 | 732 | 33,021 |
Encore Wire Corp.1 | 235 | 33,008 |
Itron, Inc.*,1 | 529 | 32,750 |
Dycom Industries, Inc.*,1 | 349 | 32,624 |
Belden, Inc.1 | 517 | 31,883 |
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.1 | 1,558 | 31,736 |
Kadant, Inc.1 | 135 | 31,652 |
CryoPort, Inc.*,1 | 474 | 31,493 |
Forward Air Corp.1 | 318 | 31,402 |
ArcBest Corp.1 | 296 | 30,512 |
Masonite International Corp.*,1 | 282 | 30,174 |
Hub Group, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 387 | 30,058 |
Federal Signal Corp.1 | 704 | 29,871 |
SPX Corp.*,1 | 513 | 29,831 |
Boise Cascade Co.1 | 460 | 29,822 |
Energizer Holdings, Inc.1 | 795 | 29,566 |
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 336 | 29,437 |
Albany International Corp. — Class A1 | 360 | 29,135 |
Arcosa, Inc.1 | 566 | 28,962 |
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.*,1 | 1,434 | 28,264 |
GrafTech International Ltd.1 | 2,379 | 27,715 |
Brady Corp. — Class A1 | 551 | 27,688 |
Plexus Corp.*,1 | 327 | 27,514 |
Sanmina Corp.*,1 | 751 | 27,442 |
Gibraltar Industries, Inc.*,1 | 383 | 26,006 |
Mueller Water Products, Inc. — Class A1 | 1,841 | 25,111 |
EnPro Industries, Inc.1 | 241 | 24,582 |
ESCO Technologies, Inc.1 | 299 | 24,440 |
Trinity Industries, Inc.1 | 921 | 24,406 |
Raven Industries, Inc.*,1 | 417 | 24,219 |
Barnes Group, Inc.1 | 553 | 24,028 |
Moog, Inc. — Class A1 | 338 | 23,380 |
Cactus, Inc. — Class A1 | 638 | 23,287 |
Knowles Corp.*,1 | 1,040 | 22,589 |
MYR Group, Inc.*,1 | 193 | 21,367 |
AeroVironment, Inc.*,1 | 263 | 21,240 |
Patrick Industries, Inc.1 | 265 | 21,139 |
CSW Industrials, Inc.1 | 174 | 20,915 |
Granite Construction, Inc.1 | 535 | 20,801 |
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Industrial – 3.7% (continued) | ||
O-I Glass, Inc.*,1 | 1,846 | $ 20,435 |
NV5 Global, Inc.*,1 | 154 | 20,251 |
Materion Corp.1 | 238 | 20,149 |
Montrose Environmental Group, Inc.*,1 | 270 | 19,772 |
Worthington Industries, Inc.1 | 395 | 18,952 |
Lindsay Corp.1 | 127 | 18,481 |
Greif, Inc. — Class A1 | 301 | 18,265 |
OSI Systems, Inc.*,1 | 198 | 18,004 |
Mesa Laboratories, Inc.1 | 58 | 17,910 |
Ranpak Holdings Corp.*,1 | 439 | 17,398 |
TTM Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 1,252 | 17,253 |
Air Transport Services Group, Inc.*,1 | 690 | 17,036 |
Tennant Co.1 | 216 | 16,991 |
TriMas Corp.1 | 505 | 16,726 |
Astec Industries, Inc.1 | 265 | 16,610 |
Alamo Group, Inc.1 | 116 | 16,497 |
Blink Charging Co.*,1 | 427 | 16,410 |
Proto Labs, Inc.*,1 | 325 | 16,289 |
Ichor Holdings Ltd.*,1 | 324 | 15,516 |
AZZ, Inc.1 | 291 | 15,100 |
Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc.*,1 | 455 | 15,015 |
Greenbrier Companies, Inc.1 | 373 | 14,916 |
Enerpac Tool Group Corp.1 | 706 | 14,904 |
FARO Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 213 | 14,795 |
GoPro, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 1,475 | 14,750 |
Standex International Corp.1 | 141 | 14,524 |
Columbus McKinnon Corp.1 | 325 | 14,436 |
Sturm Ruger & Company, Inc.1 | 201 | 14,410 |
Griffon Corp.1 | 543 | 14,286 |
Golar LNG Ltd.*,1 | 1,202 | 14,184 |
Primoris Services Corp.1 | 625 | 14,012 |
PGT Innovations, Inc.*,1 | 674 | 13,844 |
MicroVision, Inc.*,1 | 1,921 | 13,601 |
Harsco Corp.*,1 | 915 | 13,341 |
AAR Corp.*,1 | 397 | 12,966 |
Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.1 | 560 | 12,740 |
Matthews International Corp. — Class A1 | 362 | 12,550 |
US Ecology, Inc.*,1 | 368 | 12,538 |
Triumph Group, Inc.*,1 | 744 | 12,469 |
nLight, Inc.*,1 | 497 | 12,370 |
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Industrial – 3.7% (continued) | ||
Apogee Enterprises, Inc.1 | 296 | $ 12,225 |
American Woodmark Corp.*,1 | 196 | 12,081 |
Kaman Corp.1 | 323 | 11,951 |
Construction Partners, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 340 | 11,744 |
Gorman-Rupp Co.1 | 265 | 11,456 |
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.*,1 | 757 | 11,188 |
Marten Transport Ltd.1 | 695 | 11,176 |
Energy Recovery, Inc.*,1 | 493 | 10,476 |
SFL Corporation Ltd.1 | 1,222 | 10,191 |
Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc.*,1 | 640 | 10,061 |
Benchmark Electronics, Inc.1 | 418 | 9,856 |
Frontline Ltd.*,1 | 1,396 | 9,563 |
Meta Materials, Inc.*,1 | 2,560 | 9,395 |
Heartland Express, Inc.1 | 558 | 9,341 |
DHT Holdings, Inc.1 | 1,657 | 9,196 |
Insteel Industries, Inc.1 | 218 | 9,191 |
Chase Corp.1 | 87 | 8,577 |
Sterling Construction Company, Inc.*,1 | 325 | 8,375 |
Myers Industries, Inc.1 | 422 | 8,220 |
Forterra, Inc.*,1 | 340 | 8,089 |
Scorpio Tankers, Inc.1 | 570 | 7,929 |
Napco Security Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 169 | 7,853 |
International Seaways, Inc.1 | 537 | 7,840 |
Yellow Corp.*,1 | 588 | 7,738 |
TimkenSteel Corp.*,1 | 537 | 7,690 |
Manitowoc Company, Inc.*,1 | 401 | 7,643 |
Comtech Telecommunications Corp.1 | 298 | 7,566 |
Costamare, Inc.1 | 617 | 7,404 |
Latham Group, Inc.*,1 | 271 | 6,984 |
Argan, Inc.1 | 174 | 6,838 |
Stoneridge, Inc.*,1 | 305 | 6,658 |
Thermon Group Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 385 | 6,645 |
Centrus Energy Corp. — Class A*,1 | 113 | 6,270 |
Pactiv Evergreen, Inc.1 | 503 | 6,242 |
AMMO, Inc.*,1 | 1,006 | 6,237 |
Tutor Perini Corp.*,1 | 482 | 6,199 |
Luxfer Holdings plc1 | 322 | 6,112 |
Kimball Electronics, Inc.*,1 | 281 | 5,963 |
Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.*,1 | 183 | 5,872 |
Haynes International, Inc.1 | 146 | 5,850 |
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Industrial – 3.7% (continued) | ||
CIRCOR International, Inc.*,1 | 215 | $ 5,794 |
Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.1 | 375 | 5,779 |
DXP Enterprises, Inc.*,1 | 208 | 5,747 |
Identiv, Inc.*,1 | 249 | 5,724 |
UFP Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 81 | 5,416 |
Ducommun, Inc.*,1 | 127 | 5,399 |
Allied Motion Technologies, Inc.1 | 136 | 5,365 |
Vishay Precision Group, Inc.*,1 | 145 | 4,978 |
National Presto Industries, Inc.1 | 60 | 4,907 |
IES Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 101 | 4,847 |
View, Inc.*,1 | 1,146 | 4,836 |
Turtle Beach Corp.*,1 | 178 | 4,770 |
PureCycle Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 385 | 4,736 |
Xometry, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 94 | 4,673 |
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.1 | 117 | 4,594 |
Daseke, Inc.*,1 | 469 | 4,526 |
Ryerson Holding Corp.1 | 192 | 4,499 |
Dorian LPG Ltd.1 | 364 | 4,481 |
Omega Flex, Inc.1 | 36 | 4,247 |
Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc.1 | 104 | 4,167 |
American Superconductor Corp.*,1 | 323 | 4,134 |
Fluidigm Corp.*,1 | 890 | 4,103 |
Greif, Inc. — Class B1 | 69 | 4,083 |
American Outdoor Brands, Inc.*,1 | 165 | 3,892 |
NVE Corp.1 | 56 | 3,767 |
908 Devices, Inc.*,1 | 151 | 3,624 |
Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 141 | 3,535 |
Nordic American Tankers Ltd.1 | 1,783 | 3,530 |
Akoustis Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 508 | 3,525 |
Radiant Logistics, Inc.*,1 | 459 | 3,461 |
Tredegar Corp.1 | 306 | 3,366 |
Pure Cycle Corp.*,1 | 225 | 3,276 |
Northwest Pipe Co.*,1 | 113 | 3,252 |
Byrna Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 215 | 3,165 |
Eastman Kodak Co.*,1 | 524 | 3,139 |
Teekay Tankers Ltd. — Class A*,1 | 279 | 3,133 |
Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, Inc.*,1 | 321 | 3,037 |
Luna Innovations, Inc.*,1 | 361 | 3,022 |
Astronics Corp.*,1 | 285 | 2,981 |
Caesarstone Ltd.1 | 264 | 2,949 |
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Industrial – 3.7% (continued) | ||
Park Aerospace Corp.1 | 228 | $ 2,941 |
Sight Sciences, Inc.*,1 | 130 | 2,723 |
PAM Transportation Services, Inc.*,1 | 42 | 2,721 |
Teekay Corp.*,1 | 812 | 2,696 |
Lawson Products, Inc.*,1 | 56 | 2,695 |
Safe Bulkers, Inc.*,1 | 727 | 2,632 |
Powell Industries, Inc.1 | 106 | 2,589 |
US Xpress Enterprises, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 314 | 2,468 |
Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 302 | 2,467 |
Iteris, Inc.*,1 | 495 | 2,247 |
Olympic Steel, Inc.1 | 110 | 2,238 |
CECO Environmental Corp.*,1 | 364 | 2,159 |
INNOVATE Corp.*,1 | 553 | 2,107 |
Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.1 | 99 | 2,090 |
AerSale Corp.*,1 | 106 | 1,918 |
AgEagle Aerial Systems, Inc.*,1 | 793 | 1,792 |
Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc.1 | 89 | 1,654 |
Mayville Engineering Company, Inc.*,1 | 105 | 1,559 |
Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc.*,1 | 163 | 1,495 |
Sharps Compliance Corp.*,1 | 171 | 1,262 |
Karat Packaging, Inc.*,1 | 54 | 1,187 |
Willis Lease Finance Corp.*,1 | 32 | 1,096 |
NL Industries, Inc.1 | 98 | 603 |
Total Industrial | 24,072,437 | |
Energy – 2.0% | ||
Enphase Energy, Inc.*,1 | 3,684 | 921,000 |
Diamondback Energy, Inc.1 | 7,048 | 752,233 |
Devon Energy Corp.1 | 17,836 | 750,182 |
Marathon Oil Corp.1 | 46,366 | 718,209 |
APA Corp.1 | 27,578 | 710,685 |
Occidental Petroleum Corp.1 | 22,783 | 675,516 |
ONEOK, Inc.1 | 10,432 | 624,251 |
Marathon Petroleum Corp.1 | 9,783 | 595,296 |
Halliburton Co.1 | 27,276 | 588,889 |
Schlumberger N.V.1 | 19,726 | 565,742 |
Hess Corp.1 | 7,555 | 562,999 |
Valero Energy Corp.1 | 8,328 | 557,476 |
Phillips 661 | 7,917 | 547,619 |
EOG Resources, Inc. | 4,012 | 349,044 |
ConocoPhillips | 4,834 | 339,008 |
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Energy – 2.0% (continued) | ||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 1,783 | $ 317,945 |
Chevron Corp. | 2,804 | 316,487 |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 4,991 | 298,661 |
Williams Companies, Inc. | 11,095 | 297,235 |
Coterra Energy, Inc. — Class A | 14,705 | 295,276 |
Baker Hughes Co. | 11,291 | 263,532 |
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 16,869 | 260,795 |
Ovintiv, Inc.1 | 3,063 | 106,470 |
Chesapeake Energy Corp.1 | 1,227 | 73,056 |
PDC Energy, Inc.1 | 1,162 | 58,600 |
Range Resources Corp.*,1 | 2,794 | 54,651 |
Matador Resources Co.1 | 1,294 | 50,815 |
ChampionX Corp.*,1 | 2,370 | 48,372 |
Denbury, Inc.*,1 | 590 | 46,976 |
Equitrans Midstream Corp.1 | 4,779 | 45,974 |
Murphy Oil Corp.1 | 1,713 | 45,531 |
SM Energy Co.1 | 1,402 | 40,658 |
California Resources Corp.1 | 966 | 37,742 |
Sunnova Energy International, Inc.*,1 | 1,006 | 37,192 |
Southwestern Energy Co.*,1 | 7,920 | 35,482 |
CNX Resources Corp.*,1 | 2,529 | 34,496 |
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. — Class A1 | 1,627 | 30,864 |
Civitas Resources, Inc.1 | 578 | 29,542 |
Oasis Petroleum, Inc.1 | 236 | 28,296 |
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.1 | 1,231 | 27,636 |
SunPower Corp. — Class A*,1 | 935 | 26,788 |
Renewable Energy Group, Inc.*,1 | 523 | 24,989 |
Callon Petroleum Co.*,1 | 466 | 23,691 |
Green Plains, Inc.*,1 | 558 | 21,567 |
Kosmos Energy Ltd.*,1 | 4,735 | 17,330 |
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.1 | 2,180 | 15,391 |
PBF Energy, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 1,126 | 14,109 |
Tellurian, Inc.*,1 | 4,209 | 13,721 |
Arch Resources, Inc.1 | 177 | 13,716 |
Centennial Resource Development, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 2,116 | 13,183 |
Gevo, Inc.*,1 | 2,281 | 13,116 |
Warrior Met Coal, Inc.1 | 602 | 12,937 |
Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.1 | 612 | 12,473 |
Oceaneering International, Inc.*,1 | 1,164 | 12,443 |
Delek US Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 767 | 12,027 |
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Energy – 2.0% (continued) | ||
Stem, Inc.*,1 | 566 | $ 12,010 |
Archrock, Inc.1 | 1,576 | 11,647 |
NOW, Inc.*,1 | 1,288 | 10,768 |
Brigham Minerals, Inc. — Class A1 | 510 | 10,588 |
Liberty Oilfield Services, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 1,062 | 9,770 |
Peabody Energy Corp.*,1 | 941 | 9,372 |
CONSOL Energy, Inc.*,1 | 400 | 8,780 |
Laredo Petroleum, Inc.*,1 | 147 | 8,658 |
Comstock Resources, Inc.*,1 | 1,070 | 8,656 |
US Silica Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 858 | 8,323 |
ProPetro Holding Corp.*,1 | 998 | 8,203 |
Bristow Group, Inc.*,1 | 276 | 8,197 |
DMC Global, Inc.*,1 | 217 | 7,920 |
Dril-Quip, Inc.*,1 | 410 | 7,835 |
TPI Composites, Inc.*,1 | 423 | 7,542 |
NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc.*,1 | 2,021 | 7,276 |
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 523 | 7,081 |
Cleanspark, Inc.*,1 | 390 | 6,934 |
Nabors Industries Ltd.*,1 | 83 | 6,761 |
MRC Global, Inc.*,1 | 941 | 6,474 |
Berry Corp.1 | 788 | 6,414 |
Contango Oil & Gas Co.*,1 | 1,716 | 5,972 |
Aemetis, Inc.*,1 | 316 | 5,928 |
SunCoke Energy, Inc.1 | 972 | 5,920 |
REX American Resources Corp.*,1 | 62 | 5,642 |
CVR Energy, Inc.1 | 346 | 5,401 |
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.*,1 | 1,673 | 5,086 |
Tidewater, Inc.*,1 | 480 | 5,006 |
Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc.*,1 | 502 | 4,995 |
Ranger Oil Corp. — Class A*,1 | 180 | 4,846 |
Expro Group Holdings N.V.*,1 | 323 | 4,525 |
National Energy Services Reunited Corp.*,1 | 444 | 4,400 |
Alto Ingredients, Inc.*,1 | 836 | 4,355 |
Talos Energy, Inc.*,1 | 431 | 4,297 |
Select Energy Services, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 721 | 4,131 |
W&T Offshore, Inc.*,1 | 1,097 | 3,774 |
TETRA Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 1,434 | 3,743 |
Oil States International, Inc.*,1 | 708 | 3,582 |
RPC, Inc.*,1 | 789 | 3,180 |
Newpark Resources, Inc.*,1 | 1,055 | 2,880 |
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Energy – 2.0% (continued) | ||
Earthstone Energy, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 280 | $ 2,862 |
FTS International, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 104 | 2,739 |
Beam Global*,1 | 103 | 2,734 |
Matrix Service Co.*,1 | 304 | 2,642 |
Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc. — Class A1 | 365 | 2,497 |
FutureFuel Corp.1 | 302 | 2,277 |
Falcon Minerals Corp.1 | 460 | 2,134 |
Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 184 | 1,409 |
HighPeak Energy, Inc.1 | 58 | 788 |
Riley Exploration Permian, Inc.1 | 29 | 509 |
Total Energy | 12,675,377 | |
Communications – 1.9% | ||
Etsy, Inc.*,1 | 2,561 | 703,199 |
CDW Corp.1 | 3,035 | 574,708 |
Expedia Group, Inc.*,1 | 3,562 | 573,803 |
Meta Platforms, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 1,662 | 539,252 |
Booking Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 249 | 523,361 |
Match Group, Inc.*,1 | 4,006 | 520,740 |
Twitter, Inc.*,1 | 11,550 | 507,507 |
Arista Networks, Inc.* | 3,071 | 380,988 |
F5, Inc.* | 1,327 | 301,999 |
Juniper Networks, Inc. | 9,680 | 301,338 |
VeriSign, Inc.* | 1,218 | 292,210 |
Netflix, Inc.* | 450 | 288,855 |
Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 1,110 | 281,030 |
Lumen Technologies, Inc. | 22,506 | 277,724 |
Amazon.com, Inc.* | 78 | 273,551 |
Corning, Inc. | 6,938 | 257,331 |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 4,654 | 255,225 |
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 3,759 | 253,018 |
eBay, Inc. | 3,713 | 250,479 |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 4,968 | 249,741 |
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. | 7,450 | 247,266 |
NortonLifeLock, Inc. | 9,882 | 245,568 |
Comcast Corp. — Class A | 4,543 | 227,059 |
AT&T, Inc. | 9,912 | 226,291 |
T-Mobile US, Inc.* | 2,059 | 224,040 |
Charter Communications, Inc. — Class A* | 342 | 221,028 |
Walt Disney Co.* | 1,463 | 211,989 |
ViacomCBS, Inc. — Class B | 6,794 | 210,274 |
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Communications – 1.9% (continued) | ||
News Corp. — Class A | 9,431 | $ 203,898 |
DISH Network Corp. — Class A* | 6,302 | 196,938 |
Fox Corp. — Class A | 5,239 | 187,085 |
Discovery, Inc. — Class C* | 6,762 | 153,565 |
Alphabet, Inc. — Class A* | 49 | 139,060 |
Alphabet, Inc. — Class C* | 46 | 131,056 |
Discovery, Inc. — Class A* | 3,796 | 88,333 |
Fox Corp. — Class B | 2,435 | 81,816 |
News Corp. — Class B | 2,936 | 63,271 |
Vonage Holdings Corp.*,1 | 2,825 | 58,252 |
Mimecast Ltd.*,1 | 712 | 57,672 |
Iridium Communications, Inc.*,1 | 1,380 | 53,061 |
Perficient, Inc.*,1 | 380 | 52,071 |
Upwork, Inc.*,1 | 1,379 | 51,382 |
Q2 Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 639 | 51,312 |
TEGNA, Inc.1 | 2,585 | 51,054 |
Overstock.com, Inc.*,1 | 502 | 44,808 |
Calix, Inc.*,1 | 645 | 43,189 |
Cargurus, Inc.*,1 | 1,103 | 41,362 |
Viavi Solutions, Inc.*,1 | 2,672 | 39,572 |
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.1 | 498 | 37,315 |
Revolve Group, Inc.*,1 | 420 | 31,991 |
Shutterstock, Inc.1 | 273 | 31,125 |
TechTarget, Inc.*,1 | 298 | 28,796 |
Yelp, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 836 | 28,658 |
Open Lending Corp. — Class A*,1 | 1,218 | 28,306 |
Meredith Corp.*,1 | 466 | 27,494 |
Magnite, Inc.*,1 | 1,517 | 26,745 |
iHeartMedia, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 1,309 | 25,670 |
InterDigital, Inc.1 | 362 | 24,583 |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.*,1 | 1,486 | 23,122 |
Maxar Technologies, Inc.1 | 838 | 23,070 |
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.1 | 1,181 | 20,880 |
Gray Television, Inc.1 | 999 | 20,599 |
Liberty Latin America Ltd. — Class C*,1 | 1,806 | 20,299 |
Extreme Networks, Inc.*,1 | 1,442 | 19,467 |
Infinera Corp.*,1 | 2,116 | 17,203 |
Stitch Fix, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 690 | 17,181 |
ePlus, Inc.*,1 | 155 | 16,351 |
Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.1 | 565 | 14,345 |
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COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% (continued) | ||
Communications – 1.9% (continued) | ||
RealReal, Inc.*,1 | 919 | $ 14,309 |
Cars.com, Inc.*,1 | 800 | 13,344 |
Eventbrite, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 877 | 13,243 |
AMC Networks, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 340 | 13,127 |
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 4,244 | 13,029 |
IDT Corp. — Class B*,1 | 234 | 12,702 |
EchoStar Corp. — Class A*,1 | 462 | 12,645 |
Plantronics, Inc.*,1 | 493 | 12,581 |
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. — Class A1 | 537 | 12,528 |
EW Scripps Co. — Class A1 | 670 | 12,415 |
Scholastic Corp.1 | 308 | 11,593 |
ADTRAN, Inc.1 | 564 | 11,494 |
WideOpenWest, Inc.*,1 | 613 | 11,402 |
Harmonic, Inc.*,1 | 1,044 | 11,223 |
A10 Networks, Inc.1 | 702 | 10,825 |
Globalstar, Inc.*,1 | 7,094 | 9,861 |
NETGEAR, Inc.*,1 | 352 | 9,413 |
Tucows, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 114 | 9,272 |
1-800-Flowers.com, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 311 | 9,262 |
NeoPhotonics Corp.*,1 | 599 | 9,207 |
QuinStreet, Inc.*,1 | 580 | 8,880 |
Gogo, Inc.*,1 | 691 | 8,859 |
Clearfield, Inc.*,1 | 133 | 8,610 |
ChannelAdvisor Corp.*,1 | 341 | 8,528 |
Gannett Company, Inc.*,1 | 1,644 | 8,401 |
Anterix, Inc.*,1 | 134 | 8,062 |
Quotient Technology, Inc.*,1 | 1,039 | 7,283 |
CarParts.com, Inc.*,1 | 571 | 7,063 |
Liquidity Services, Inc.*,1 | 310 | 7,028 |
HealthStream, Inc.*,1 | 295 | 6,850 |
Advantage Solutions, Inc.*,1 | 893 | 6,456 |
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 852 | 6,407 |
Boston Omaha Corp. — Class A*,1 | 206 | 5,902 |
Groupon, Inc.*,1 | 275 | 5,681 |
Stagwell, Inc.*,1 | 721 | 5,566 |
Liberty Latin America Ltd. — Class A*,1 | 489 | 5,555 |
Zix Corp.*,1 | 625 | 5,294 |
United States Cellular Corp.*,1 | 181 | 5,269 |
Entravision Communications Corp. — Class A1 | 703 | 5,223 |
ATN International, Inc.1 | 130 | 4,967 |
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COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% (continued) | ||
Communications – 1.9% (continued) | ||
Ooma, Inc.*,1 | 254 | $ 4,778 |
Telesat Corp.1 | 150 | 4,617 |
Ribbon Communications, Inc.*,1 | 822 | 4,480 |
Limelight Networks, Inc.*,1 | 1,460 | 4,015 |
Lands’ End, Inc.*,1 | 168 | 3,866 |
MediaAlpha, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 248 | 3,824 |
CalAmp Corp.*,1 | 408 | 3,746 |
Couchbase, Inc.*,1 | 113 | 3,735 |
Aviat Networks, Inc.*,1 | 113 | 3,541 |
Thryv Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 90 | 3,518 |
Entercom Communications Corp.*,1 | 1,378 | 3,404 |
Cambium Networks Corp.*,1 | 124 | 3,374 |
EverQuote, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 224 | 2,952 |
comScore, Inc.*,1 | 818 | 2,838 |
DZS, Inc.*,1 | 196 | 2,540 |
VirnetX Holding Corp.*,1 | 741 | 2,223 |
CuriosityStream, Inc.*,1 | 304 | 2,204 |
Preformed Line Products Co.1 | 34 | 2,147 |
Bright Health Group, Inc.*,1 | 620 | 2,065 |
National CineMedia, Inc.1 | 702 | 1,966 |
Casa Systems, Inc.*,1 | 367 | 1,831 |
KVH Industries, Inc.*,1 | 177 | 1,768 |
Hemisphere Media Group, Inc.*,1 | 189 | 1,436 |
LiveOne, Inc.*,1 | 681 | 1,246 |
HyreCar, Inc.*,1 | 205 | 1,086 |
1stdibs.com, Inc.*,1 | 79 | 1,018 |
Fluent, Inc.*,1 | 507 | 943 |
Value Line, Inc.1 | 11 | 446 |
Digital Media Solutions, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 38 | 172 |
Total Communications | 12,136,669 | |
Utilities – 1.2% | ||
Edison International | 4,634 | 302,508 |
Exelon Corp. | 5,398 | 284,637 |
Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 3,607 | 280,047 |
NextEra Energy, Inc. | 3,172 | 275,266 |
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 4,335 | 270,894 |
FirstEnergy Corp. | 7,148 | 269,194 |
NiSource, Inc. | 10,947 | 268,311 |
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | 10,274 | 266,199 |
AES Corp. | 11,333 | 264,966 |
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COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% (continued) | ||
Utilities – 1.2% (continued) | ||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 2,893 | $ 261,296 |
Evergy, Inc. | 4,039 | 255,669 |
Xcel Energy, Inc. | 3,976 | 253,390 |
PPL Corp. | 9,098 | 253,197 |
Duke Energy Corp. | 2,610 | 253,196 |
Ameren Corp. | 3,096 | 252,603 |
Eversource Energy | 3,050 | 250,923 |
CMS Energy Corp. | 4,235 | 249,230 |
Southern Co. | 4,069 | 248,616 |
Dominion Energy, Inc. | 3,485 | 248,132 |
Alliant Energy Corp. | 4,507 | 246,939 |
WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 2,839 | 246,794 |
American Electric Power Company, Inc. | 3,033 | 245,825 |
American Water Works Company, Inc. | 1,458 | 245,775 |
DTE Energy Co. | 2,268 | 245,715 |
Sempra Energy | 2,033 | 243,696 |
Entergy Corp. | 2,409 | 241,719 |
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 3,614 | 235,091 |
NRG Energy, Inc. | 6,197 | 223,216 |
Portland General Electric Co.1 | 1,052 | 51,201 |
PNM Resources, Inc.1 | 1,001 | 49,289 |
Black Hills Corp.1 | 737 | 47,256 |
Brookfield Infrastructure Corp. — Class A1 | 722 | 42,735 |
New Jersey Resources Corp.1 | 1,129 | 41,525 |
American States Water Co.1 | 431 | 40,592 |
Ormat Technologies, Inc.1 | 530 | 40,015 |
ONE Gas, Inc.1 | 616 | 39,941 |
California Water Service Group1 | 602 | 37,932 |
ALLETE, Inc.1 | 614 | 35,999 |
Clearway Energy, Inc. — Class C1 | 959 | 35,790 |
Spire, Inc.1 | 593 | 35,491 |
NorthWestern Corp.1 | 605 | 33,456 |
Ameresco, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 361 | 32,609 |
Otter Tail Corp.1 | 481 | 31,453 |
Avista Corp.1 | 810 | 31,193 |
MGE Energy, Inc.1 | 426 | 30,923 |
South Jersey Industries, Inc.1 | 1,204 | 28,294 |
Chesapeake Utilities Corp.1 | 201 | 25,599 |
SJW Group1 | 323 | 21,754 |
Middlesex Water Co.1 | 202 | 20,814 |
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COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% (continued) | ||
Utilities – 1.2% (continued) | ||
Northwest Natural Holding Co.1 | 357 | $ 15,394 |
Clearway Energy, Inc. — Class A1 | 407 | 14,054 |
Unitil Corp.1 | 182 | 7,542 |
York Water Co.1 | 152 | 7,123 |
Artesian Resources Corp. — Class A1 | 95 | 4,062 |
Global Water Resources, Inc.1 | 148 | 2,548 |
FTC Solar, Inc.*,1 | 222 | 1,900 |
Via Renewables, Inc.1 | 140 | 1,564 |
Total Utilities | 7,991,092 | |
Basic Materials – 1.2% | ||
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.1 | 18,786 | 696,585 |
Albemarle Corp.1 | 2,487 | 662,761 |
Mosaic Co.1 | 17,117 | 585,744 |
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. — Class A1 | 6,166 | 537,244 |
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 5,903 | 357,663 |
Sherwin-Williams Co. | 896 | 296,791 |
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | 1,005 | 288,877 |
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 3,822 | 282,675 |
Linde plc | 868 | 276,146 |
FMC Corp. | 2,746 | 275,122 |
PPG Industries, Inc. | 1,760 | 271,339 |
Celanese Corp. — Class A | 1,758 | 266,091 |
Ecolab, Inc. | 1,193 | 264,214 |
Newmont Corp. | 4,727 | 259,607 |
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | 1,825 | 259,460 |
Eastman Chemical Co. | 2,461 | 256,658 |
Nucor Corp. | 2,400 | 255,024 |
Dow, Inc. | 4,459 | 244,933 |
International Paper Co. | 4,877 | 222,001 |
Rogers Corp.*,1 | 219 | 59,704 |
Balchem Corp.1 | 377 | 59,566 |
Livent Corp.*,1 | 1,894 | 57,369 |
Sensient Technologies Corp.1 | 494 | 48,061 |
HB Fuller Co.1 | 609 | 44,554 |
Commercial Metals Co.1 | 1,404 | 43,384 |
MP Materials Corp.*,1 | 852 | 37,437 |
Quaker Chemical Corp.1 | 158 | 36,000 |
Arconic Corp.*,1 | 1,290 | 34,469 |
Cabot Corp.1 | 656 | 34,427 |
Hecla Mining Co.1 | 6,212 | 34,414 |
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COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% (continued) | ||
Basic Materials – 1.2% (continued) | ||
Ingevity Corp.*,1 | 464 | $ 33,366 |
Tronox Holdings plc — Class A1 | 1,339 | 29,445 |
Stepan Co.1 | 252 | 28,403 |
Minerals Technologies, Inc.1 | 393 | 25,808 |
Constellium SE*,1 | 1,435 | 25,213 |
Codexis, Inc.*,1 | 703 | 24,401 |
Innospec, Inc.1 | 287 | 23,304 |
Trinseo plc1 | 455 | 21,490 |
Allegheny Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 1,489 | 21,203 |
Ferro Corp.*,1 | 960 | 20,275 |
Compass Minerals International, Inc.1 | 400 | 19,460 |
Novagold Resources, Inc.*,1 | 2,772 | 18,711 |
Kraton Corp.*,1 | 367 | 16,904 |
Coeur Mining, Inc.*,1 | 2,990 | 16,744 |
Kaiser Aluminum Corp.1 | 185 | 16,508 |
Carpenter Technology Corp.1 | 557 | 15,307 |
Energy Fuels, Inc.*,1 | 1,726 | 15,033 |
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. — Class A1 | 303 | 14,574 |
AdvanSix, Inc.1 | 319 | 14,447 |
Amyris, Inc.*,1 | 1,998 | 13,706 |
GCP Applied Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 575 | 13,420 |
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.1 | 708 | 12,425 |
Uranium Energy Corp.*,1 | 2,697 | 10,572 |
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.1 | 366 | 10,504 |
Danimer Scientific, Inc.*,1 | 778 | 10,379 |
Neenah, Inc.1 | 197 | 9,159 |
Glatfelter Corp.1 | 512 | 8,433 |
Century Aluminum Co.*,1 | 600 | 7,938 |
Clearwater Paper Corp.*,1 | 193 | 7,768 |
Hawkins, Inc.1 | 225 | 7,465 |
Koppers Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 243 | 7,339 |
Gatos Silver, Inc.*,1 | 542 | 7,322 |
Verso Corp. — Class A1 | 315 | 6,659 |
Ecovyst, Inc.1 | 600 | 5,742 |
American Vanguard Corp.1 | 343 | 4,908 |
Intrepid Potash, Inc.*,1 | 116 | 4,768 |
Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc.*,1 | 722 | 3,957 |
Kronos Worldwide, Inc.1 | 260 | 3,640 |
Unifi, Inc.*,1 | 155 | 3,157 |
Ur-Energy, Inc.*,1 | 2,114 | 3,150 |
United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.1 | 24 | 2,860 |
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COMMON STOCKS† – 31.3% (continued) | ||
Basic Materials – 1.2% (continued) | ||
Oil-Dri Corporation of America1 | 61 | $ 2,031 |
Zymergen, Inc.*,1 | 219 | 1,984 |
Perpetua Resources Corp.*,1 | 313 | 1,581 |
PolyMet Mining Corp.*,1 | 337 | 1,014 |
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.*,1 | 1,171 | 826 |
Valhi, Inc.1 | 28 | 739 |
Total Basic Materials | 7,622,362 | |
Total Common Stocks | ||
(Cost $210,666,936) | 201,817,773 | |
PREFERRED STOCKS†† – 2.2% | ||
Financial – 2.2% | ||
First Republic Bank, 4.50%*,1 | 190,491 | 4,697,508 |
Wells Fargo & Co., 4.38%1 | 139,386 | 3,459,560 |
Bank of America Corp., 4.38%1 | 109,500 | 2,712,315 |
Selective Insurance Group, Inc., 4.60%1 | 85,536 | 2,135,834 |
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., 4.20% | 38,000 | 928,340 |
Total Financial | 13,933,557 | |
Total Preferred Stocks | ||
(Cost $13,952,435) | 13,933,557 | |
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS† – 13.6% | ||
Invesco QQQ Trust Series | 59,435 | 23,406,692 |
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 50,155 | 22,848,612 |
iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF | 101,948 | 22,241,995 |
SPDR Gold Shares — Class D | 42,000 | 6,951,420 |
iShares Silver Trust | 320,800 | 6,759,256 |
VanEck Gold Miners ETF | 162,400 | 5,165,944 |
Total Exchange-Traded Funds | ||
(Cost $89,934,145) | 87,373,919 | |
CLOSED-END FUNDS† – 0.7% | ||
Eaton Vance Limited Duration Income Fund1 | 164,641 | 2,151,858 |
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust1 | 46,505 | 692,924 |
Blackstone Strategic Credit Fund1 | 42,708 | 585,100 |
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.1 | 37,971 | 440,464 |
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund, Inc.1 | 18,560 | 294,918 |
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund, Inc.1 | 49,398 | 250,942 |
Total Closed-End Funds | ||
(Cost $4,440,487) | 4,416,206 |
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Amount | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS†† – 24.6% | ||
Financial – 5.7% | ||
Citigroup, Inc. | ||
4.15%1,3,4 | $5,000,000 | $ 4,921,875 |
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | ||
3.75%1,3,4 | 5,000,000 | 4,900,000 |
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc. | ||
4.30% due 02/01/611,5 | 5,250,000 | 4,895,625 |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | ||
3.80% 1,3,4 | 5,000,000 | 4,871,000 |
Kennedy-Wilson, Inc. | ||
5.00% due 03/01/311 | 3,000,000 | 3,063,810 |
Iron Mountain, Inc. | ||
5.25% due 07/15/301,5 | 2,940,000 | 2,996,419 |
United Wholesale Mortgage LLC | ||
5.50% due 04/15/291,5 | 2,875,000 | 2,737,259 |
OneMain Finance Corp. | ||
4.00% due 09/15/301 | 2,000,000 | 1,930,000 |
HUB International Ltd. | ||
5.63% due 12/01/291,5 | 1,750,000 | 1,746,290 |
NFP Corp. | ||
6.88% due 08/15/281,5 | 1,750,000 | 1,733,742 |
Hunt Companies, Inc. | ||
5.25% due 04/15/291,5 | 1,450,000 | 1,410,125 |
Jefferies Finance LLC / JFIN Company-Issuer Corp. | ||
5.00% due 08/15/281,5 | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 |
Total Financial | 36,406,145 | |
Consumer, Non-cyclical – 5.5% | ||
DaVita, Inc. | ||
4.63% due 06/01/301,5 | 5,200,000 | 5,135,000 |
3.75% due 02/15/311,5 | 4,500,000 | 4,172,512 |
Jaguar Holding Company II / PPD Development, LP | ||
5.00% due 06/15/285 | 4,000,000 | 4,285,000 |
US Foods, Inc. | ||
4.63% due 06/01/301,5 | 4,250,000 | 4,271,250 |
Sabre GLBL, Inc. | ||
7.38% due 09/01/251,5 | 4,000,000 | 4,140,000 |
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. | ||
4.00% due 09/01/281 | 2,000,000 | 1,896,220 |
Endo Dac / Endo Finance LLC / Endo Finco, Inc. | ||
9.50% due 07/31/271,5 | 1,750,000 | 1,762,040 |
Mozart Debt Merger Sub, Inc. | ||
5.25% due 10/01/291,5 | 1,750,000 | 1,747,813 |
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Amount | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS†† – 24.6% (continued) | ||
Consumer, Non-cyclical – 5.5% (continued) | ||
IQVIA, Inc. | ||
5.00% due 05/15/271,5 | $1,600,000 | $ 1,648,000 |
ADT Security Corp. | ||
4.88% due 07/15/321,5 | 1,600,000 | 1,581,696 |
Cheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbH | ||
5.50% due 01/15/281,5 | 1,375,000 | 1,374,587 |
Bausch Health Companies, Inc. | ||
4.88% due 06/01/281,5 | 1,200,000 | 1,182,000 |
FAGE International S.A. / FAGE USA Dairy Industry, Inc. | ||
5.63% due 08/15/261,5 | 942,000 | 959,710 |
Sotheby’s/Bidfair Holdings, Inc. | ||
5.88% due 06/01/291,5 | 900,000 | 903,656 |
CPI CG, Inc. | ||
8.63% due 03/15/261,5 | 350,000 | 371,875 |
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical | 35,431,359 | |
Communications – 5.5% | ||
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp. | ||
4.50% due 06/01/331,5 | 6,500,000 | 6,402,500 |
British Telecommunications plc | ||
4.88% due 11/23/811,4 | 5,000,000 | 4,976,150 |
Vodafone Group plc | ||
5.13% due 06/04/811,4 | 4,750,000 | 4,809,375 |
Level 3 Financing, Inc. | ||
3.75% due 07/15/291,5 | 4,800,000 | 4,458,000 |
Ziggo Bond Company BV | ||
5.13% due 02/28/301,5 | 4,361,000 | 4,356,006 |
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. | ||
4.00% due 03/01/271,5 | 3,250,000 | 3,095,625 |
Altice France S.A. | ||
5.13% due 07/15/291,5 | 2,000,000 | 1,900,760 |
5.13% due 01/15/291,5 | 1,010,000 | 956,399 |
Vmed O2 UK Financing I plc | ||
4.25% due 01/31/311,5 | 2,750,000 | 2,628,808 |
McGraw-Hill Education, Inc. | ||
5.75% due 08/01/281,5 | 1,100,000 | 1,061,500 |
UPC Broadband Finco BV | ||
4.88% due 07/15/315 | 750,000 | 757,500 |
Total Communications | 35,402,623 | |
Consumer, Cyclical – 2.1% | ||
1011778 BC ULC / New Red Finance, Inc. | ||
4.00% due 10/15/301,5 | 4,500,000 | 4,299,930 |
Station Casinos LLC | ||
4.63% due 12/01/311,5 | 3,250,000 | 3,221,562 |
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Amount | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS†† – 24.6% (continued) | ||
Consumer, Cyclical – 2.1% (continued) | ||
Penn National Gaming, Inc. | ||
4.13% due 07/01/291,5 | $3,250,000 | $ 3,067,025 |
Aramark Services, Inc. | ||
5.00% due 02/01/281,5 | 2,000,000 | 2,010,000 |
Suburban Propane Partners Limited Partnership/Suburban Energy Finance Corp. | ||
5.00% due 06/01/311,5 | 1,000,000 | 987,500 |
Total Consumer, Cyclical | 13,586,017 | |
Energy – 1.9% | ||
NuStar Logistics, LP | ||
6.38% due 10/01/301 | 6,000,000 | 6,390,000 |
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | ||
7.95% due 06/15/391 | 1,890,000 | 2,457,000 |
ITT Holdings LLC | ||
6.50% due 08/01/291,5 | 1,700,000 | 1,646,008 |
PDC Energy, Inc. | ||
5.75% due 05/15/26 | 1,252,000 | 1,264,946 |
CVR Energy, Inc. | ||
5.75% due 02/15/281,5 | 500,000 | 472,245 |
Total Energy | 12,230,199 | |
Basic Materials – 1.8% | ||
EverArc Escrow Sarl | ||
5.00% due 10/30/291,5 | 4,250,000 | 4,143,750 |
Diamond BC BV | ||
4.63% due 10/01/291,5 | 3,250,000 | 3,176,875 |
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. | ||
4.50% due 06/01/311,5 | 3,100,000 | 3,010,875 |
Ingevity Corp. | ||
3.88% due 11/01/281,5 | 900,000 | 862,011 |
Valvoline, Inc. | ||
4.25% due 02/15/301,5 | 400,000 | 396,560 |
Total Basic Materials | 11,590,071 | |
Industrial – 1.1% | ||
PGT Innovations, Inc. | ||
4.38% due 10/01/291,5 | 3,295,000 | 3,266,169 |
TK Elevator US Newco, Inc. | ||
5.25% due 07/15/271,5 | 2,630,000 | 2,674,526 |
Standard Industries, Inc. | ||
3.38% due 01/15/311,5 | 1,000,000 | 921,250 |
Total Industrial | 6,861,945 |
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Amount | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS†† – 24.6% (continued) | ||
Technology – 0.8% | ||
NCR Corp. | ||
5.25% due 10/01/301,5 | $3,250,000 | $ 3,296,053 |
CDW LLC / CDW Finance Corp. | ||
3.57% due 12/01/311 | 1,900,000 | 1,943,301 |
Total Technology | 5,239,354 | |
Utilities – 0.2% | ||
American Transmission Systems, Inc. | ||
2.65% due 01/15/321,5 | 1,650,000 | 1,666,771 |
Total Corporate Bonds | ||
(Cost $158,983,651) | 158,414,484 | |
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,6 – 15.0% | ||
Industrial – 3.6% | ||
Pelican Products, Inc. | ||
due 11/16/28 | 5,750,000 | 5,706,875 |
American Bath Group LLC | ||
due 11/23/27 | 5,750,000 | 5,688,935 |
Arcline FM Holdings LLC | ||
due 06/23/28 | 4,500,000 | 4,474,710 |
CapStone Acquisition Holdings, Inc. | ||
due 11/12/27 | 4,376,528 | 4,360,116 |
Protective Industrial Products, Inc. | ||
due 12/29/27 | 2,705,232 | 2,681,561 |
Total Industrial | 22,912,197 | |
Bank Loans – 3.0% | ||
Sierra Acquisition, Inc. | ||
due 11/11/24 | 5,750,000 | 5,706,875 |
Pacific Bells, LLC | ||
due 10/06/28 | 5,000,000 | 4,978,150 |
Florida Food Products LLC | ||
due 10/18/28 | 3,250,000 | 3,193,125 |
Women’s Care Holdings, Inc. | ||
due 01/17/28 | 3,000,000 | 2,993,430 |
HAH Group Holding Co. LLC | ||
due 10/29/27 | 1,331,147 | 1,332,252 |
PetIQ LLC | ||
due 04/13/28 | 1,250,000 | 1,240,625 |
Southern Veterinary Partners LLC | ||
due 10/05/27 | 228,350 | 228,635 |
Total Bank Loans | 19,673,092 |
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Amount | Value | |
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,6 – 15.0% | ||
Consumer, Non-cyclical – 2.9% | ||
LaserAway Intermediate Holdings II LLC | ||
due 10/14/27 | $5,750,000 | $ 5,721,250 |
Gibson Brands, Inc. | ||
due 08/11/28 | 5,750,000 | 5,678,125 |
National Mentor Holdings, Inc. | ||
due 03/02/28 | 5,333,441 | 5,262,986 |
Zep, Inc. | ||
due 08/12/24 | 2,000,000 | 1,968,000 |
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical | 18,630,361 | |
Technology – 1.8% | ||
Misys Ltd. | ||
due 06/13/24 | 5,750,000 | 5,692,500 |
Bali Finco, Inc. | ||
due 06/30/26 | 5,750,000 | 5,692,500 |
Total Technology | 11,385,000 | |
Consumer, Cyclical – 1.6% | ||
Arcis Golf LLC | ||
due 11/18/28 | 3,000,271 | 2,981,520 |
IBC Capital Ltd. | ||
due 09/11/23 | 2,000,000 | 1,960,000 |
SP PF Buyer LLC | ||
due 12/22/25 | 2,000,000 | 1,933,220 |
NFM & J LLC | ||
due 11/23/27 | 1,864,224 | 1,843,814 |
FR Refuel LLC | ||
due 11/08/28 | 1,766,667 | 1,751,208 |
Total Consumer, Cyclical | 10,469,762 | |
Communications – 0.9% | ||
Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc. | ||
due 07/14/26 | 5,750,000 | 5,724,125 |
Utilities – 0.6% | ||
Hamilton Projects Acquiror LLC | ||
due 06/17/27 | 3,900,000 | 3,885,375 |
Basic Materials – 0.5% | ||
NIC Acquisition Corp. | ||
due 12/29/27 | 3,500,000 | 3,480,330 |
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Face | ||
Amount | Value | |
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,6 – 15.0% | ||
Financial – 0.1% | ||
Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. | ||
due 08/10/26 | $ 350,000 | $ 349,125 |
Eisner Advisory Group | ||
due 07/28/28 | 181,818 | 181,364 |
Total Financial | 530,489 | |
Total Senior Floating Rate Interests | ||
(Cost $97,070,104) | 96,690,731 | |
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES†† – 2.0% | ||
Infrastructure – 1.2% | ||
Hotwire Funding LLC | ||
2021-1, 4.46% due 11/20/511,5 | 7,700,000 | 7,744,347 |
Collateralized Loan Obligations – 0.5% | ||
ABPCI Direct Lending Fund IX LLC | ||
2021-9A, (3 Month USD LIBOR + 2.50%, Rate Floor: 2.50%) due 11/18/311,5,6 | 3,500,000 | 3,500,000 |
Net Lease – 0.2% | ||
Capital Automotive REIT | ||
4.52% due 02/15/501 | 1,000,000 | 1,031,911 |
Transport-Aircraft – 0.1% | ||
Aaset 2021-2 Trust | ||
2021-2A, 3.54% due 01/15/475 | 700,000 | 703,323 |
Total Asset-Backed Securities | ||
(Cost $12,918,157) | 12,979,581 | |
U.S. TREASURY BILLS†† – 1.4% | ||
U.S. Cash Management Bill | ||
0.05% due 02/22/221,7 | 9,000,000 | 8,998,900 |
Total U.S. Treasury Bills | ||
(Cost $8,999,128) | 8,998,900 | |
Total Investments – 90.8% | ||
(Cost $596,965,043) | $ 584,625,151 |
See notes to financial statements.
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Contracts | Value | |
OTC OPTIONS WRITTEN†† – (0.3)% | ||
Call Options on: | ||
Bank of America, N.A. S&P 500 Index | ||
Expiring December 2021 with strike price of $4,660.00 (Notional Value $45,670,000) | 100 | $ (390,500) |
Bank of America, N.A. Russell 2000 Index | ||
Expiring December 2021 with strike price of $2,310.00 (Notional Value $44,417,942) | 202 | (396,930) |
Bank of America, N.A. NASDAQ-100 Index | ||
Expiring December 2021 with strike price of $16,100.00 (Notional Value $46,794,168) | 29 | (1,166,235) |
Total OTC Options Written | ||
(Premiums received $3,290,030) | (1,953,665) | |
Other Assets & Liabilities, net – 11.9% | 61,127,941 | |
Total Net Assets – 100.0% | $ 643,799,427 |
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Contracts | Value | ||||||||
Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swap Agreements Protection Sold†† | |||||||||
Protection | Upfront | ||||||||
Premium | Payment | Maturity | Notional | Premiums | Unrealized | ||||
Counterparty | Exchange Index | Rate | Frequency | Date | Amount | Value | Paid | Depreciation** | |
J.P. Morgan | |||||||||
Securities LLC | ICE | CDX.NA.HY.37.V1 | 5.00% | Quarterly | 12/20/26 | $50,000,000 | $3,800,050 | $4,121,774 | $(321,724) |
* | Non-income producing security. |
** | Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation). Variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 6. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs— See Note 6. |
1 | All or a portion of these securities have been physically segregated in connection with unfunded loan commitments. As of November 30, 2021, the total value of segregated securities was $282,907,630. |
2 | Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). |
3 | Perpetual maturity. |
4 | Security has a fixed rate coupon which will convert to a floating or variable rate coupon on a future date. |
5 | Security is a 144A or Section 4(a)(2) security. These securities have been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The total market value of 144A or Section 4(a)(2) securities is $126,938,477 (cost $127,221,668), or 19.7% of total net assets. |
6 | Variable rate security. Rate indicated is the rate effective at November 30, 2021. In some instances, the effective rate is limited by a minimum rate floor or a maximum rate cap established by the issuer. The settlement status of a position may also impact the effective rate indicated. In some cases, a position may be unsettled at period end and may not have a stated effective rate. In instances where multiple underlying reference rates and spread amounts are shown, the effective rate is based on a weighted average. |
7 | Rate indicated is the effective yield at the time of purchase. |
CDX.NA.HY.37.V1 — Credit Default Swap North American High Yield Series 37 Index Version 1
ICE — Intercontinental Exchange
LIBOR — London Interbank Offered Rate
plc — Public Limited Company
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
SARL — Société à Responsabilité Limitée
See Sector Classification in Other Information section.
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The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at November 30, 2021 (See Note 6 in the Notes to Financial Statements):
Level 2 | Level 3 | |||
Significant | Significant | |||
Level 1 | Observable | Unobservable | ||
Investments in Securities (Assets) | Quoted Prices | Inputs | Inputs | Total |
Common Stocks | $ 201,817,773 | $ — | $ — | $ 201,817,773 |
Preferred Stocks | — | 13,933,557 | — | 13,933,557 |
Exchange-Traded Funds | 87,373,919 | — | — | 87,373,919 |
Closed-End Funds | 4,416,206 | — | — | 4,416,206 |
Corporate Bonds | — | 158,414,484 | — | 158,414,484 |
Senior Floating Rate Interests | — | 96,690,731 | — | 96,690,731 |
Asset-Backed Securities | — | 12,979,581 | — | 12,979,581 |
U.S. Treasury Bills | — | 8,998,900 | — | 8,998,900 |
Total Assets | $ 293,607,898 | $ 291,017,253 | $ — | $ 584,625,151 |
Level 2 | Level 3 | |||
Significant | Significant | |||
Level 1 | Observable | Unobservable | ||
Investments in Securities (Liabilities) | Quoted Prices | Inputs | Inputs | Total |
Options Written | $ — | $ 1,953,665 | $ — | $ 1,953,665 |
Credit Default Swap Agreements** | — | 321,724 | — | 321,724 |
Unfunded Loan Commitments (Note 11) | — | — | 24,643 | 24,643 |
Total Liabilities | $ — | $ 2,275,389 | $ 24,643 | $ 2,300,032 |
** This derivative is reported as unrealized appreciation/depreciation at period end.
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Unaudited) | November 30, 2021 |
ASSETS: | |
Investments, at value (cost $596,965,043) | $ 584,625,151 |
Cash | 249,673,677 |
Restricted cash | 4,141,825 |
Unamortized upfront premiums paid on credit default swap agreements | 4,121,774 |
Receivables: | |
Investments sold | 5,007,714 |
Interest | 1,063,840 |
Protection fees on credit default swap agreements | 500,000 |
Dividends | 119,832 |
Total assets | 849,253,813 |
LIABILITIES: | |
Unfunded loan commitments, at value (Note 11) | |
(commitment fees received $3,764) | 24,643 |
Options written, at value | |
(proceeds $3,290,030) | 1,953,665 |
Payable for: | |
Investments purchased | 203,080,802 |
Variation margin on credit default swap agreements | 260,216 |
Investment advisory fees | 111,796 |
Professional fees | 9,884 |
Trustees’ fees and expenses* | 1,148 |
Other liabilities | 12,232 |
Total liabilities | 205,454,386 |
NET ASSETS | $ 643,799,427 |
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: | |
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share; unlimited number of shares | |
authorized, 32,755,000 shares issued and outstanding | $ 327,550 |
Additional paid-in capital | 654,772,450 |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | (11,300,573) |
NET ASSETS | $ 643,799,427 |
Shares outstanding ($0.01 par value with unlimited amount authorized) | 32,755,000 |
Net asset value | $ 19.66 |
* Relates to Trustees not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.
See notes to financial statements.
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) | November 30, 2021 |
For the Period from November 23, 2021a to November 30, 2021 |
INVESTMENT INCOME: | |
Dividends (net of foreign withholdings tax $55) | $ 119,832 |
Interest | 33,735 |
Total investment income | 153,567 |
EXPENSES: | |
Investment advisory fees | 111,796 |
Professional fees | 9,884 |
Printing fees | 3,703 |
Fund accounting fees | 2,398 |
Administration fees | 1,890 |
Registration and filing fees | 1,855 |
Custodian fees | 1,659 |
Trustees’ fees and expenses* | 1,148 |
Transfer agent fees | 441 |
Miscellaneous | 286 |
Total expenses | 135,060 |
Net investment income | 18,507 |
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS): | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |
Investments | 7,911 |
Swap agreements | 19,139 |
Net realized gain | 27,050 |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |
Investments | (12,360,771) |
Swap agreements | (321,724) |
Options written | 1,336,365 |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (11,346,130) |
Net realized and unrealized loss | (11,319,080) |
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations | $ (11,300,573) |
* | Relates to Trustees not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. |
a | Commencement of operations |
See notes to financial statements.
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS | November 30, 2021 |
Period from | |
November 23, | |
2021a to | |
November 30, | |
2021(Unaudited) | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS: | |
Net investment income | $ 18,507 |
Net realized gain on investments | 27,050 |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | (11,346,130) |
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations | (11,300,573) |
SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTIONS: | |
Proceeds from sale of shares | 655,100,000 |
Net increase in net assets resulting from shareholder transactions | 655,100,000 |
Net increase in net assets | 643,799,427 |
NET ASSETS: | |
Beginning of period | — |
End of period | $ 643,799,427 |
a Commencement of operations
See notes to financial statements.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | November 30, 2021 |
Period Ended | |
November 30, 2021 | |
(Unaudited)(a) | |
Per Share Data: | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 20.00 |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income(b) | —* |
Net loss on investments (realized and unrealized) | (0.34) |
Total from investment operations | (0.34) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 19.66 |
Market value, end of period | $ 20.00 |
Total Return | |
Net asset value | (1.70%) |
Market value | 0.00% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data: | |
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) | $ 643,799 |
Ratio to average net assets of: | |
Net investment income(d),(e) | 0.30% |
Total expenses(d),(e) | 1.41% |
Portfolio turnover rate | 1% |
(a) | Since commencement of operations: November 23, 2021. Percentage amounts for the period, except total return and portfolio turnover rate, have been annualized. |
(b) | Based on average shares outstanding. |
(c) | Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a common share at the beginning of the period and a sale on the last day of the period reported either at net asset value (“NAV”) or market price per share. Dividends and distributions are assumed to be reinvested at NAV for NAV returns or the prices obtained under the Fund’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan for market value returns. Total return does not reflect brokerage commissions. A return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
(d) | The ratios of total expenses to average net assets applicable to commons shares do not reflect fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund as a result of its investment in shares of other investment companies. If these fees were included in the expense ratio the expense ratio would increase by 0.02% |
(e) | Annualized. |
* | Less than $0.01 per share |
See notes to financial statements.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) | November 30, 2021 |
Note 1 – Organization
Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund (the “Fund”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on May 20, 2021, and commenced investment operations on November 23, 2021. The Fund is registered as a diversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund’s investment objective is to maximize total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.
Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies
The Fund operates as an investment company and, accordingly, follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investment Companies.
The following significant accounting policies are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and are consistently followed by the Fund. This requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities, contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. All time references are based on Eastern Time.
(a) Valuation of Investments
The Board of Trustees of the Fund (the “Board”) has adopted policies and procedures for the valuation of the Fund’s investments (the “Valuation Procedures”). Pursuant to the Valuation Procedures, the Board has delegated to a valuation committee, consisting of representatives from Guggenheim’s investment management, fund administration, legal and compliance departments (the “Valuation Committee”), the day-to-day responsibility for implementing the Valuation Procedures, including, under most circumstances, the responsibility for determining the fair value of the Fund’s securities and/or other assets.
Valuations of the Fund’s securities and other assets are supplied primarily by pricing services appointed pursuant to the processes set forth in the Valuation Procedures. The Valuation Committee convenes monthly, or more frequently as needed, to review the valuation of all assets which have been fair valued for reasonableness. The Fund’s officers, through the Valuation Committee and consistent with the monitoring and review responsibilities set forth in the Valuation Procedures, regularly review procedures used and valuations provided by the pricing services.
If the pricing service cannot or does not provide a valuation for a particular investment or such valuation is deemed unreliable, such investment is fair valued by the Valuation Committee.
Equity securities listed or traded on a recognized U.S. securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (“NASDAQ”) National Market System shall generally be valued on the basis of the last sale price on the primary U.S. exchange or market on which the security is listed or traded; provided, however, that securities listed on NASDAQ will be valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price, which may not necessarily represent the last sale price. If there is no sale on the valuation date, exchange-traded U.S. equity securities will be valued on the basis of the last bid price.
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Open-end investment companies are valued at their net asset value (“NAV”) as of the close of business, on the valuation date. Exchange-traded funds and closed-end investment companies are valued at the last quoted sale price.
Generally, trading in foreign securities markets is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The values of foreign securities are determined as of the close of such foreign markets or the close of the NYSE, if earlier. All investments quoted in foreign currencies are valued in U.S. dollars on the basis of the foreign currency exchange rates prevailing at the close of U.S. business at 4:00 p.m. Investments in foreign securities may involve risks not present in domestic investments. The Valuation Committee will determine the current value of such foreign securities by taking into consideration certain factors which may include those discussed above, as well as the following factors, among others: the value of the securities traded on other foreign markets, ADR trading, closed-end fund trading, foreign currency exchange activity, and the trading prices of financial products that are tied to foreign securities. In addition, under the Valuation Procedures, the Valuation Committee and Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC (“GFIA” or the “Adviser”) are authorized to use prices and other information supplied by a third party pricing vendor in valuing foreign securities.
Debt securities with a maturity of greater than 60 days at acquisition are valued at prices that reflect broker-dealer supplied valuations or are obtained from independent pricing services, which may consider the trade activity, treasury spreads, yields or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, and type, as well as prices quoted by dealers who make markets in such securities. Short-term debt securities with a maturity of 60 days or less at acquisition are valued at amortized cost, provided such amount approximates market value.
Typically, loans are valued using information provided by an independent third party pricing service which uses broker quotes, among other inputs. If the pricing service cannot or does not provide a valuation for a particular loan, or such valuation is deemed unreliable, such investment is valued based on a quote from a broker-dealer or is fair valued by the Valuation Committee.
Exchange-traded options are valued at the mean of the bid and ask prices on the principal exchange on which they are traded. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) options are valued using a price provided by a pricing service.
The values of swap agreements entered into by the Fund are accounted for using the unrealized appreciation or depreciation on the agreements that are determined by marking the agreements to the last quoted value of the index or other underlying position that the swaps pertain to at the close of the NYSE.
Investments for which market quotations are not readily available are fair-valued as determined in good faith by GFIA, subject to review and approval by the Valuation Committee, pursuant to methods established or ratified by the Board. Valuations in accordance with these methods are intended to reflect each security’s (or asset’s or liability’s) “fair value”. Each such determination is based on a consideration of all relevant factors, which are likely to vary from one pricing context to another. Examples of such factors may include, but are not limited to market prices; sale prices; broker quotes; and models which derive prices based on inputs such as prices of securities with comparable maturities and characteristics, or based on inputs such as anticipated cash flows or collateral, spread over U.S. Treasury securities, and other information analysis.
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(b) Investment Transactions and Investment Income
Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on investments are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded net of applicable withholding taxes on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividend income from Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) is recorded based on the income included in the distributions received from the REIT investments using published REIT classifications, including some management estimates when actual amounts are not available. Distributions received in excess of this estimated amount are recorded as a reduction of the cost of investments or reclassified to capital gains. The actual amounts of income, return of capital, and capital gains are only determined by each REIT after its fiscal year-end, and may differ from the estimated amounts. Discounts or premiums on debt securities purchased are accreted or amortized to interest income using the effective interest method. Interest income also includes paydown gains and losses on mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, and senior and subordinated loans. Amendment fees are earned as compensation for evaluating and accepting changes to the original loan agreement.
The Fund may receive other income from investments in senior loan interests, including amendment fees, consent fees and commitment fees. For funded loans, these fees are recorded as income when received by the Fund and included in interest income on the Statement of Operations. For unfunded loans, commitment fees are included in realized gain on investments on the Statement of Operations at the end of the commitment period.
Income from residual collateralized loan obligations is recognized using the effective interest method. At the time of purchase, management estimates the future expected cash flows and determines the effective yield and estimated maturity date based on the estimated cash flows. Subsequent to the purchase, the estimated cash flows are updated periodically and a revised yield is calculated prospectively.
(c) Senior Floating Rate Interests and Loan Investments
Senior floating rate interests in which the Fund invests generally pay interest rates which are periodically adjusted by reference to a base short-term floating rate, plus a premium. These base lending rates are generally (i) the lending rate offered by one or more major European banks, such as the one-month or three-month London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), (ii) the prime rate offered by one or more major United States banks, or (iii) the bank’s certificate of deposit rate. Senior floating rate interests often require prepayments from excess cash flows or permit the borrower to repay at its election. The rate at which the borrower repays cannot be predicted with accuracy. As a result, the actual remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturities disclosed in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments.
The Fund invests in loans and other similar debt obligations (“obligations”). A portion of the Fund’s investments in these obligations is sometimes referred to as “covenant lite” loans or obligations (“covenant lite obligations”), which are obligations that lack covenants or possess fewer or less restrictive covenants or constraints on borrowers than certain other types of obligations. The Fund may also obtain exposure to covenant lite obligations through investment in securitization vehicles and other structured products. In recent market conditions, many new or reissued obligations have not featured traditional covenants, which are intended to protect lenders and investors by
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(i) imposing certain restrictions or other limitations on a borrower’s operations or assets or (ii) providing certain rights to lenders. The Fund may have fewer rights with respect to covenant lite obligations, including fewer protections against the possibility of default and fewer remedies in the event of default. As a result, investments in (or exposure to) covenant lite obligations are subject to more risk than investments in (or exposure to) certain other types of obligations. The Fund is subject to other risks associated with investments in (or exposure to) obligations, including that obligations may not be considered “securities” and, as a result, the Fund may not be entitled to rely on the anti-fraud protections under the federal securities laws and instead may have to resort to state law and direct claims.
(d) Currency Translations
The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. All assets and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are converted into U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates. Purchases and sales of investment securities, dividend and interest income, and certain expenses are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Changes in the relationship of these foreign currencies to the U.S. dollar can significantly affect the value of the investments and earnings of the Fund. Foreign investments may also subject the Fund to foreign government exchange restrictions, expropriation, taxation, or other political, social or economic developments, all of which could affect the market and/or credit risk of the investments.
The Fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized gain or loss and unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments.
Reported net realized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from sales of foreign currencies and currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on investment transactions. Net unrealized appreciation and depreciation arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities at the fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.
(e) Distributions to Shareholders
The Fund intends to declare and pay monthly distributions to common shareholders. These distributions consist of investment company taxable income, which generally includes qualified dividend income, ordinary income and short-term capital gains. Any net realized long-term capital gains are distributed annually to common shareholders. To the extent distributions exceed taxable income, the excess will be deemed a return of capital. A return of capital is not taxable, but it reduces the shareholder’s basis in its shares, which reduces the loss (or increases the gain) on a subsequent taxable disposition by such shareholder of the shares.
Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The amount and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.
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(f) Restricted Cash
A portion of cash on hand relates to collateral received by the Fund for credit default swaps. This amount, if any, is presented on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as Restricted Cash. At November 30, 2021, there was $4,141,825 of restricted cash.
(g) U.S. Government Agency Obligations
Certain U.S. Government and Agency Obligations are traded on a discount basis; the interest rates shown on the Schedule of Investments reflect the effective rates paid at the time of purchase by the Fund. Other securities bear interest at the rates shown, payable at fixed dates through maturity.
(h) Swap Agreements
Swap agreements are marked-to-market daily and the change, if any, is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. Payments received or made as a result of an agreement or termination of an agreement are recognized as realized gains or losses.
Upon entering into certain centrally-cleared swap transactions, the Fund is required to deposit with its clearing broker an amount of cash or securities as an initial margin. Subsequent variation margin receipts or payments are received or made by the Fund depending on fluctuations in the fair value of the reference entity and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.
Upfront payments received or made by the Fund on credit default swap agreements and interest rate swap agreements are amortized over the expected life of the agreement. Periodic payments received or paid by the Fund are recorded as realized gains or losses. Payments received or made as a result of a credit event or termination of the contract are recognized, net of a proportional amount of the upfront payment, as realized gains or losses.
(i) Options
Upon the purchase of an option, the premium paid is recorded as an investment, the value of which is marked-to-market daily. If a purchased option expires, the Fund realizes a loss in the amount of the cost of the option. When the Fund enters into a closing sale transaction, it realizes a gain or loss depending on whether the proceeds from the closing sale transaction are greater or less than the cost of the option. If the Fund exercises a put option, it realizes a gain or loss from the sale of the underlying security and the proceeds from such sale will be decreased by the premium originally paid. When the Fund exercises a call option, the cost of the security purchased by the Fund upon exercise increases by the premium originally paid.
When the Fund writes (sells) an option, an amount equal to the premium received is entered in that Fund’s accounting records as an asset and equivalent liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current value of the option written. When a written option expires, or if the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, it realizes a gain (or loss if the cost of a closing purchase transaction exceeds the premium received when the option was sold).
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(j) Indemnifications
Under the Fund’s organizational documents, its Trustees and Officers are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. In addition, throughout the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties which provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund and/or its affiliates that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.
(k) Special Purpose Acquisition Companies
The Fund may acquire an interest in a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) in an initial public offering or a secondary market transaction. SPAC investments carry many of the same risks as investments in initial public offering securities, such as erratic price movements, greater risk of loss, lack of information about the issuer, limited operating and little public or no trading history, and higher transaction costs. An investment in a SPAC is typically subject to a higher risk of dilution by additional later offerings of interests in the SPAC or by other investors exercising existing rights to purchase shares of the SPAC and interests in SPACs may be illiquid and/or be subject to restrictions on resale. A SPAC is a publicly traded company that raises investment capital for the purpose of acquiring the equity securities of one or more existing companies (or interests therein) via merger, combination, acquisition or other similar transactions. Unless and until an acquisition is completed, a SPAC generally invests its assets (less a portion retained to cover expenses) in U.S. government securities, money market securities and cash and does not typically pay dividends in respect of its common stock. SPAC investments are also subject to the risk that a significant portion of the funds raised by the SPAC may be expended during the search for a target acquisition or merger and that the SPAC may have limited time in which to conduct due diligence on potential business combination targets. Because SPACs are in essence blank check companies without operating history or ongoing business other than seeking acquisitions, the value of their securities is particularly dependent on the ability of the entity’s management to identify and complete a profitable acquisition. Among other conflicts of interest, the economic interests of the management, directors, officers and related parties of a SPAC can differ from the economic interests of public shareholders, which may lead to conflicts as they evaluate, negotiate and recommend business combination transactions to shareholders. This risk may become more acute as the deadline for the completion of a business combination nears. There is no guarantee that the SPACs in which the Fund invests will complete an acquisition or that any acquisitions that are completed will be profitable.
Note 3 – Derivatives
As part of its investment strategy, the Fund utilizes a variety of derivative instruments. These investments involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk and risks in excess of amounts recognized on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Valuation and accounting treatment of these instruments can be found under Significant Accounting Policies in Note 2 of these Notes to Financial Statements.
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Derivatives are instruments whose values depend on, or are derived from, in whole or in part, the value of one or more other assets, such as securities, currencies, commodities or indices. Derivative instruments may be used to increase investment flexibility (including to maintain cash reserves while maintaining exposure to certain other assets), for risk management (hedging) purposes, to facilitate trading, to reduce transaction costs and to pursue higher investment returns. Derivative instruments may also be used to mitigate certain investment risks, such as foreign currency exchange rate risk, interest rate risk and credit risk. U.S. GAAP requires disclosures to enable investors to better understand how and why a fund uses derivative instruments, how these derivative instruments are accounted for and their effects on the Fund’s financial position and results of operations.
The Fund utilized derivatives for the following purposes:
Income: the use of any instrument that distributes cash flows typically based upon some rate of interest.
Index Exposure: the use of an instrument to obtain exposure to a listed or other type of index.
Options Purchased and Written
A call option on a security gives the purchaser of the option the right to buy, and the writer of a call option the obligation to sell, the underlying security. The purchaser of a put option has the right to sell, and the writer of the put option the obligation to buy, the underlying security at any time during the option period. The risk associated with purchasing options is limited to the premium originally paid.
The risk in writing a call option is that the Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that the Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security decreases and the option is exercised. In addition, there may be an imperfect correlation between the movement in prices of options and the underlying securities where the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market; or, for OTC options, the Fund may be at risk because of the counterparty’s inability to perform.
The following table represents the Fund’s use and volume of call/put options written on a monthly basis:
Average Notional Amount | ||
Use | Call | Put |
Income, Index Exposure | $22,813,685 | $ — |
Swap Agreements
A swap is an agreement that obligates two parties to exchange a series of cash flows at specified intervals based upon or calculated by reference to changes in specified prices or rates for a specified amount of an underlying asset. When utilizing OTC swaps, the Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of
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a swap agreement counterparty or if the underlying asset declines in value. Certain standardized swaps are subject to mandatory central clearing and are executed on a multi-lateral or other trade facility platform, such as a registered exchange. There is limited counterparty credit risk with respect to centrally-cleared swaps as the transaction is facilitated through a central clearinghouse, much like exchange-traded futures contracts. For a fund utilizing centrally-cleared swaps, the exchange bears the risk of loss resulting from a counterparty not being able to pay. There is no guarantee that a fund or an underlying fund could eliminate its exposure under an outstanding swap agreement by entering into an offsetting swap agreement with the same or another party.
Credit default swaps are instruments which allow for the full or partial transfer of third party credit risk, with respect to a particular entity or entities, from one counterparty to the other. The Fund enters into credit default swaps as a “seller” or “buyer” of protection primarily to gain or reduce exposure to the investment grade and/or high yield bond market. A seller of credit default swaps is selling credit protection or assuming credit risk with respect to the underlying entity or entities. The buyer in a credit default swap is obligated to pay the seller a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract provided that no event of default on an underlying reference obligation has occurred. If a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of the swap agreement, the seller will either (i) pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) pay a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index. The notional amount reflects the maximum potential amount the seller of credit protection could be required to pay to the buyer if a credit event occurs. The seller of protection receives periodic premium payments from the buyer and may also receive or pay an upfront premium adjustment to the stated periodic payments. In the event a credit default occurs on a credit default swap referencing an index, a factor adjustment will take place and the buyer of protection will receive a payment reflecting the par less the default recovery rate of the defaulted index component based on its weighting in the index. If no default occurs, the counterparty will pay the stream of payments and have no further obligations to the fund selling the credit protection. For a fund utilizing centrally cleared credit default swaps, the exchange bears the risk of loss resulting from a counterparty not being able to pay. For OTC credit default swaps, a fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap agreement counterparty, or in the case of a credit default swap in which a fund is selling credit protection, the default of a third party issuer.
The quoted market prices and resulting market values for credit default swap agreements on securities and credit indices serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood of an expected liability (or profit) for the credit derivative had the notional amount of the swap agreement been closed/sold as of the period end. Increasing market values, in absolute terms when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.
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The following table represents the Fund’s use and volume of credit default swaps on a monthly basis:
Average Notional Amount | ||
Protection | Protection | |
Use | Sold | Purchased |
Income, Index Exposure | $8,333,333 | $ — |
Derivative Investment Holdings Categorized by Risk Exposure
The following is a summary of the location of derivative investments on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of November 30, 2021:
Derivative Investment Type | Asset Derivatives | Liability Derivatives |
Equity option contracts | Options written, at value | |
Credit swap contracts | Unamortized upfront premiums paid | Variation margin on |
on credit default swap agreements | Credit Default Swaps |
The following tables set forth the fair value of the Fund’s derivative investments categorized by primary risk exposure at November 30, 2021:
Liability Derivative Investments Value | ||
Options Written | Total Value at | |
Swaps Credit Risk | Equity Risk | November 30, 2021 |
$321,724 | $1,953,665 | $2,275,389 |
The following is a summary of the location of derivative investments on the Fund’s Statement of Operations for the period ended November 30, 2021:
Derivative Investment Type | Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives |
Equity option contracts | Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on options written |
Credit swap contracts | Net realized gain (loss) on swap agreements |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements |
The following is a summary of the Fund’s realized gain (loss) and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivative investments recognized on the Statement of Operations categorized by primary risk exposure for the period ended November 30, 2021:
Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivative Investments Recognized on the Statement of Operations | ||
Options Written | ||
Swaps Credit Risk | Equity Risk | Total |
$19,139 | $— | $19,139 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivative Investments Recognized on the Statement of Operations | ||
Options Written | ||
Swaps Credit Risk | Equity Risk | Total |
$(321,724) | $1,336,365 | $1,014,641 |
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In conjunction with the use of derivative instruments, the Fund is required to maintain collateral in various forms. Depending on the financial instrument utilized and the broker involved, the Fund uses margin deposits at the broker, cash and/or securities segregated at the custodian bank, discount notes or repurchase agreements allocated to the Fund as collateral.
The Fund has established counterparty credit guidelines and enters into transactions only with financial institutions of investment grade or better. The Fund monitors the counterparty credit risk.
Foreign Investments
There are several risks associated with exposure to foreign currencies, foreign issuers and emerging markets. The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or in the case of short positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. Currency rates in foreign countries may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in interest rates and the imposition of currency controls or other political developments in the U.S. or abroad. In addition, the Fund may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies. The Fund may, but is not obligated to, engage in currency hedging transactions, which generally involve buying currency forward, options or futures contracts. However, not all currency risks may be effectively hedged, and in some cases the costs of hedging techniques may outweigh expected benefits. In such instances, the value of securities denominated in foreign currencies can change significantly when foreign currencies strengthen or weaken relative to the U.S. dollar.
The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs and exchange-traded funds, which are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market. Investing in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers, may involve risks not typically associated with investing in U.S. issuers. The value of securities denominated in foreign currencies, and of dividends from such securities, can change significantly when foreign currencies strengthen or weaken relative to the U.S. dollar. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets. Many foreign countries lack accounting and disclosure standards comparable to those that apply to U.S. companies, and it may be more difficult to obtain reliable information regarding a foreign issuer’s financial condition and operations. Transaction costs and costs associated with custody services are generally higher for foreign securities than they are for U.S. securities. Some foreign governments levy withholding taxes against dividend and interest income. Although in some countries portions of these taxes are recoverable, the non-recovered portion will reduce the income received by the Fund.
Note 4 – Offsetting
In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into transactions subject to enforceable master netting arrangements or other similar arrangements. Generally, the right to offset in those agreements allows the Fund to counteract the exposure to a specific counterparty with collateral
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received from or delivered to that counterparty based on the terms of the arrangements. These arrangements provide for the right to liquidate upon the occurrence of an event of default, credit event upon merger or additional termination event.
In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with its derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between a fund and a counterparty that governs OTC derivatives, including foreign exchange contracts, and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of a default (close-out netting) or similar event, including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty.
For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by the Fund and the counterparty. For financial reporting purposes, cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, are reported separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as segregated cash with broker/receivable for variation margin, or payable for swap settlement/variation margin. Cash and/or securities pledged or received as collateral by the Fund in connection with an OTC derivative subject to an ISDA Master Agreement generally may not be invested, sold or rehypothecated by the counterparty or the Fund, as applicable, absent an event of default under such agreement, in which case such collateral generally may be applied towards obligations due to and payable by such counterparty or the Fund, as applicable. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty must exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold (e.g., $300,000) before a transfer is required to be made. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance. The Fund attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by only entering into agreements with counterparties that it believes to be of good standing and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties.
For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
The following tables present derivative financial instruments and secured financing transactions that are subject to enforceable netting arrangements:
Net Amount | ||||||
Gross Amounts | of Liabilities | Gross Amounts Not | ||||
Gross | Offset in the | Presented on the | Offset in The Statement | |||
Amounts of | Statement of | Statement of | of Assets and Liabilities | |||
Recognized | Assets and | Assets and | Financial | Cash Collateral | Net | |
Instrument | Liabilities1 | Liabilities | Liabilities | Instruments | Pledged | Amount |
Options written | ||||||
contracts | $ 1,953,665 | $ — | $ 1,953,665 | $ — | $ — | $1,953,665 |
1 Exchange-traded or centrally-cleared derivatives are excluded from these reported amounts.
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The Fund has the right to offset deposits against any related derivative liabilities outstanding with each counterparty with the exception of exchange-traded or centrally-cleared derivatives. The following table presents deposits held by others in connection with derivative investments as of November 30, 2021.
Counterparty | Asset Type | Cash Pledged | Cash Received |
JP Morgan Chase and Co. | Credit default swap agreements | $4,141,825 | $ — |
Note 5 – Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement between the Fund and the Adviser, the Adviser furnishes offices, necessary facilities and equipment, provides administrative services, oversees the activities of Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC (“GPIM” or “Sub-Adviser”), provides personnel including certain officers required for the Fund’s administrative management and compensates the officers and trustees of the Fund who are affiliates of the Adviser. As compensation for these services, the Fund pays the Adviser a fee, payable monthly, in an annual amount equal to 1.25% of the Fund’s average daily managed assets.
Pursuant to a Sub-Advisory Agreement among the Fund, the Adviser and GPIM, GPIM under the supervision of the Board and the Adviser, provides a continuous investment program for the Fund’s portfolio; provides investment research; makes and executes recommendations for the purchase and sale of securities; and provides certain facilities and personnel, including certain officers required for its administrative management and pays the compensation of all officers and trustees of the Fund who are GPIM’s affiliates. As compensation for its services, the Adviser pays GPIM a fee, payable monthly, in an annual amount equal to 0.625% of the Fund’s average daily managed assets.
For purposes of calculating the fees payable under the foregoing agreements, average daily managed assets means the average daily value of the Fund’s total assets minus the sum of its accrued liabilities. Total assets means all of the Fund’s assets and is not limited to its investment securities. Accrued liabilities means all of the Fund’s liabilities other than borrowings for investment purposes.
Certain officers and trustees of the Fund may also be officers, directors and/or employees of the Adviser or GPIM. The Fund does not compensate its officers who are officers, directors and/or employees of the aforementioned firms.
GFIA pays operating expenses on behalf of the Fund, such as audit and accounting related services, legal services, custody, printing and mailing, among others, on a pass-through basis.
MUFG Investor Services (US), LLC (“MUIS”) acts as the Fund’s administrator and accounting agent. As administrator and accounting agent, MUIS maintains the books and records of the Fund’s securities and cash. The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (“BNY”) acts as the Fund’s custodian. As custodian, BNY is responsible for the custody of the Fund’s assets. For providing the aforementioned services, MUIS and BNY are entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage of the Fund’s average daily managed assets subject to certain minimum monthly fees and out of pocket expenses
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Note 6 – Fair Value Measurement
In accordance with U.S. GAAP, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. U.S. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy based on the types of inputs used to value assets and liabilities and requires corresponding disclosure. The hierarchy and the corresponding inputs are summarized below:
Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2 — significant other observable inputs (for example quoted prices for securities that are similar based on characteristics such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs based on the best information available under the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available, which may include assumptions.
The types of inputs available depend on a variety of factors, such as the type of security and the characteristics of the markets in which it trades, if any. Fair valuation determinations that rely on fewer or no observable inputs require greater judgment. Accordingly, fair value determinations for Level 3 securities require the greatest amount of judgment.
Independent pricing services are used to value a majority of the Fund’s investments. When values are not available from a pricing service, they will be determined using a variety of sources and techniques, including: market prices; broker quotes; and models which derive prices based on inputs such as prices of securities with comparable maturities and characteristics or based on inputs such as anticipated cash flows or collateral, spread over U.S. Treasury securities, and other information and analysis. A significant portion of the Fund’s assets and liabilities are categorized as Level 2, as indicated in this report.
Quotes from broker-dealers, adjusted for fluctuations in criteria such as credit spreads and interest rates, may also be used to value the Fund’s assets and liabilities, i.e. prices provided by a broker-dealer or other market participant who has not committed to trade at that price. Although quotes are typically received from established market participants, the Fund may not have the transparency to view the underlying inputs which support the market quotations. Significant changes in a quote would generally result in significant changes in the fair value of the security.
Certain fixed income securities are valued by obtaining a monthly quote from a broker-dealer, adjusted for fluctuations in criteria such as credit spreads and interest rates.
Certain loans and other securities are valued using a single daily broker quote or a price from a third party vendor based on a single daily or monthly broker quote.
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The suitability of the techniques and sources employed to determine fair valuation are regularly monitored and subject to change.
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Note 7 – Reverse Repurchase Agreements
The Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements as part of its financial leverage strategy. Under a reverse repurchase agreement, the Fund temporarily transfers possession of a portfolio instrument to another party, such as a bank or broker-dealer, in return for cash. At the same time, the Fund agrees to repurchase the instrument at an agreed upon time and price, which reflects an interest payment. Such agreements have the economic effect of borrowings. The Fund may enter into such agreements when it is able to invest the cash acquired at a rate higher than the cost of the agreement, which would increase earned income. When the Fund enters into a reverse repurchase agreement, any fluctuations in the market value of either the instruments transferred to another party or the instruments in which the proceeds may be invested would affect the market value of the Fund’s assets. As a result, such transactions may increase fluctuations in the market value of the Fund’s assets. The Fund did not invest in repurchase agreements for the period ended November 30, 2021.
Note 8 – Borrowings
The Fund currently intends to use Financial Leverage through Borrowings from certain financial institutions. The Fund currently anticipates utilizing Financial Leverage for investment purposes in an amount equal to approximately 25% of its Managed Assets.
The credit facility agreement governing the loan facility includes usual and customary covenants. These covenants impose on the Fund asset coverage requirements, collateral requirements, investment strategy requirements, and certain financial obligations. These covenants place limits or restrictions on the Fund’s ability to (i) enter into additional indebtedness with a party other than the counterparty, (ii) change its fundamental investment policy, or (iii) pledge to any other party, other than to the counterparty, securities owned or held by the Fund over which the counterparty has a lien. In addition, the Fund is required to deliver financial information to the counterparty within established deadlines, maintain an asset coverage ratio(as defined in Section 18(g) of the 1940 Act) greater than 300%, comply with the rules of the stock exchange on which its shares are listed, and maintain its classification as a “closed-end management investment company” as defined in the 1940 Act. The Fund did not have any borrowings as of and for the period ended November 30, 2021.
On December 25, 2021, the Fund has entered into an $165,000,000 credit facility agreement with an approved lender whereby the lender has agreed to provide secured financing to the Fund and the Fund will provide pledged collateral to the lender. Interest on the amount borrowed is based on the 1-month LIBOR plus 0.85%, and an unused commitment fee of .50% is charged on the difference between the amount available to borrow under the credit facility agreement and the actual amount borrowed.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s leverage strategy will be successful. The Fund’s use of leverage may cause the Fund’s NAV and market price of common shares to be more volatile and can magnify the effect of any losses.
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Note 9 – Federal Income Tax Information
The Fund intends to comply with the provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and will distribute substantially all taxable net investment income and capital gains sufficient to relieve the Fund from all, or substantially all, federal income, excise and state income taxes. Therefore, no provision for federal or state income tax or federal excise tax is required.
Tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns are evaluated to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken, or to be taken, on U.S. federal income tax returns for all open tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. The Fund’s U.S. federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for a period of three years after they are filed.
At November 30, 2021, the cost of investments for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments for which there was an excess of value over tax cost, and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments for which there was an excess of tax cost over value, were as follows:
Net Tax Unrealized | |||
Tax Unrealized | Tax Unrealized | Appreciation | |
Tax Cost | Appreciation | Depreciation | (Depreciation) |
$ 593,675,014 | $ 2,171,769 | $ (13,497,020) | $ (11,325,251) |
Note 10 – Securities Transactions
For the period ended November 30, 2021, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities, excluding government securities, short-term investments and derivatives, were as follows:
Purchases | Sales |
$ 563,984,660 | $ 5,036,064 |
The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain affiliated funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under these procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price to save costs, where permissible. For the period ended November 30, 2021, the Fund engaged in purchases and sales of securities, pursuant to Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act, as follows:
Purchases | Sales | Realized Gain (Loss) |
$ 924,920 | $ — | $ — |
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Note 11 – Unfunded Loan Commitments
Pursuant to the terms of certain loan agreements, the Fund held unfunded loan commitments as of November 30, 2021. The Fund is obligated to fund these loan commitments at the borrower’s discretion. The Fund reserves against such contingent obligations by designating cash, liquid securities, illiquid securities, and liquid term loans as a reserve. As of November 30, 2021, the total amount segregated in connection with unfunded loan commitments was $282,907,630.
The unfunded loan commitments as of November 30, 2021, were as follows:
Borrower | Maturity Date | Face Amount | Value |
CapStone Acquisition Holdings, Inc. | 11/12/27 | $ 790,400 | $ 3,952 |
Eisner Advisory Group | 07/28/28 | 18,182 | 45 |
Facilities Group | 11/23/27 | 1,885,776 | 20,646 |
$ 24,643 |
Note 12 – Capital
Common Shares
The Fund has an unlimited amount of common shares, $0.01 par value, authorized and 32,755,000 shares issued and outstanding.
Transactions in common shares were as follows: | |
Period Ended | |
November 30, 2021 | |
Beginning shares | — |
Shares issued through sale of shares | 32,755,000 |
Ending shares | 32,755,000 |
Note 13 – COVID-19
The outbreak of COVID-19 and the recovery response causes at times disruption to consumer demand, economic output, and supply chains. There are still travel restrictions, quarantines, and disparate global vaccine distributions. As with other serious economic disruptions, governmental authorities and regulators have responded to this situation with significant fiscal and monetary policy changes. These include providing direct capital infusions into companies, introducing new monetary programs, and considerably lowering interest rates. In some cases, these responses resulted in negative interest rates and higher inflation. Recently, the U.S. and other governments have also made investments and engaged in infrastructure modernization projects that have also increased public debt and spending. These actions, including their possible unexpected or sudden reversal or potential ineffectiveness, could further increase volatility in securities and other financial markets, reduce market liquidity, continue to cause higher inflation, heighten investor uncertainty, and adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investments and the performance of the Fund. These actions also contribute to a risk that asset prices have a higher degree of correlation than historically seen across markets and asset classes. The duration and extent of COVID-19 over the long term
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cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. The ultimate impact of COVID-19 and the extent to which COVID-19 impacts the Fund will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and difficult to predict. Management continues to monitor and evaluate this situation.
Note 14 – Subsequent Events
On December 28,2021, the Fund sold 225,083 shares and received $4,501,660 in net proceeds in connection with the over-allotment of shares from the initial offering.
On January 14, 2022 the Fund declared its initial monthly distribution.
The following dates apply to the initial distribution:
Record Date | February 4, 2022 |
Ex-Dividend Date | February 3, 2022 |
Payable Date | February 18, 2022 |
Distribution Schedule
Change from | ||||
Previous | ||||
NYSE Ticker | Closed-End Fund Name | Distribution Per Share | Distribution | Frequency |
GUG | Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund | $0.11875 | Monthly |
You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund’s investment performance from the amount of this distribution. Final determination of the character of distributions will be made at year-end.
The Fund evaluated subsequent events through the date the financial statements were available for issue and determined there were no additional material events that would require adjustment to or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.
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OTHER INFORMATION (Unaudited) | November 30, 2021 |
Federal Income Tax Information
This information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code. Amounts shown may differ from those elsewhere in the report because of differences in tax and financial reporting practice.
In January 2022, shareholders will be advised on IRS Form 1099 DIV or substitute 1099 DIV as to the federal tax status of the distributions received by shareholders in calendar year 2021.
Sector Classification
Information in the “Schedule of Investments” is categorized by sectors using sector-level classifications used by Bloomberg Industry Classification System, a widely recognized industry classification system provider. In the Fund’s registration statement, the Fund has investment policies relating to concentration in specific industries. For purposes of these investment policies, the Fund usually classifies industries based on industry-level classifications used by widely recognized industry classification system providers such as Bloomberg Industry Classification System, Global Industry Classification Standards and Barclays Global Classification Scheme.
Trustees
The Trustees of the Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund and their principal occupations during the past five years:
Position(s) | Term of Office | Number of | |||
Held | and Length | Portfolios in | |||
Name, Address* | with | of Time | Principal Occupation(s) | Fund Complex | Other Directorships |
and Year of Birth | Trust | Served** | During Past 5 Years | Overseen | Held by Trustees*** |
Independent Trustees: | |||||
Randall C. Barnes | Trustee and | Since 2021 | Current: Private Investor (2001-present). | 156 | Current: Purpose Investments Funds |
(1951) | Chair of the | (2013-present). | |||
Valuation | Former: Senior Vice President and Treasurer, PepsiCo, Inc. (1993-1997); | ||||
Oversight | President, Pizza Hut International (1991-1993); Senior Vice President, Strategic | Former: Guggenheim Enhanced Equity | |||
Committee | Planning and New Business Development, PepsiCo, Inc. (1987-1990). | Income Fund (2005-2021); Guggenheim | |||
Credit Allocation Fund (2013-2021); | |||||
Managed Duration Investment Grade | |||||
Municipal Fund (2003-2016). | |||||
Angela Brock-Kyle | Trustee | Since 2021 | Current: Founder and Chief Executive Officer, B.O.A.R.D.S. (2013-present). | 155 | Current: Bowhead Insurance GP, LLC |
(1959) | (2020-present); Hunt Companies, Inc. | ||||
Former: Senior Leader, TIAA (1987-2012). | (2019-present). | ||||
Former: Guggenheim Enhanced Equity | |||||
Income Fund (2019-2021); Guggenheim | |||||
Credit Allocation Fund (2019-2021); | |||||
Infinity Property & Casualty Corp. | |||||
(2014-2018). |
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Position(s) | Term of Office | Number of | |||
Held | and Length | Portfolios in | |||
Name, Address* | with | of Time | Principal Occupation(s) | Fund Complex | Other Directorships |
and Year of Birth | Trust | Served** | During Past 5 Years | Overseen | Held by Trustees*** |
Independent Trustees continued: | |||||
Thomas F. Lydon, Jr. | Trustee and | Since 2021 | Current: President, Global Trends Investments (1996-present); Co-Chief | 155 | Current: US Global Investors, Inc. |
(1960) | Chair of the | Executive Officer, ETF Flows, LLC (2019-present); Chief Executive Officer, | (GROW) (1995-present). | ||
Contracts | Lydon Media (2016-present). | ||||
Review | Former: Guggenheim Enhanced Equity | ||||
Committee | Income Fund (2019-2021); Guggenheim | ||||
Credit Allocation Fund (2019-2021); | |||||
Harvest Volatility Edge Trust (3) | |||||
(2017-2019). | |||||
Ronald A. Nyberg | Trustee and | Since 2021 | Current: Of Counsel, Momkus LLP (2016-present). | 156 | Current: PPM Funds (2) (2018-present); |
(1953) | Chair of the | Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare System | |||
Nominating and | Former: Partner, Nyberg & Cassioppi, LLC (2000-2016); Executive Vice President, | (2012-present). | |||
Governance | General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, Van Kampen Investments (1982-1999). | ||||
Committee | Former: Guggenheim Enhanced Equity | ||||
Income Fund (2005-2021); Guggenheim | |||||
Credit Allocation Fund (2013-2021); | |||||
Western Asset Inflation-Linked | |||||
Opportunities & Income Fund (2004- | |||||
2020); Western Asset Inflation-Linked | |||||
Income Fund (2003-2020); Managed | |||||
Duration Investment Grade Municipal | |||||
Fund (2003-2016). | |||||
Sandra G. Sponem | Trustee and | Since 2021 | Current: Retired. | 155 | Current: SPDR Series Trust (81) |
(1958) | Chair of the | (2018-present); SPDR Index Shares | |||
Audit | Former: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, M.A. | Funds (30) (2018-present); SSGA Active | |||
Committee | Mortenson-Companies, Inc. (2007-2017). | Trust (14) (2018-present). Former: | |||
Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income | |||||
Fund (2019-2021); Guggenheim Credit | |||||
Allocation Fund (2019-2021); SSGA | |||||
Master Trust (1) (2018-2020). |
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Position(s) | Term of Office | Number of | |||
Held | and Length | Portfolios in | |||
Name, Address* | with | of Time | Principal Occupation(s) | Fund Complex | Other Directorships |
and Year of Birth | Trust | Served** | During Past 5 Years | Overseen | Held by Trustees*** |
Independent Trustees continued: | |||||
Ronald E. Toupin, Jr. | Trustee, | Since 2021 | Current: Portfolio Consultant (2010-present); Member, Governing Council, | 155 | Former: Guggenheim Enhanced Equity |
(1958) | Chair of the | Independent Directors Council (2013-present); Governor, Board of Governors, | Income Fund (2005-2021); Guggenheim | ||
Board and | Investment Company Institute (2018-present). | Credit Allocation Fund (2013-2021); | |||
Chair of the | Western Asset Inflation-Linked | ||||
Executive | Former: Member, Executive Committee, Independent Directors Council | Opportunities & Income Fund | |||
Committee | (2016-2018); Vice President, Manager and Portfolio Manager, Nuveen | (2004-2020); Western Asset Inflation- | |||
Asset Management (1998-1999); Vice President, Nuveen Investment | Linked Income Fund (2003-2020); | ||||
Advisory Corp. (1992-1999); Vice President and Manager, Nuveen Unit | Managed Duration Investment Grade | ||||
Investment Trusts (1991-1999); and Assistant Vice President and Portfolio | Municipal Fund (2003-2016). | ||||
Manager, Nuveen Unit Investment Trusts (1988-1999), each of John | |||||
Nuveen & Co., Inc. (1982-1999). |
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Position(s) | Term of Office | Number of | |||
Name, Address* | Held | and Length | Portfolios in | ||
and Year of Birth | with | of Time | Principal Occupation(s) | Fund Complex | Other Directorships |
of Trustees | Trust | Served** | During Past 5 Years | Overseen | Held by Trustees*** |
Interested Trustee: | |||||
Amy J. Lee**** | Trustee, Vice | Since 2021 | Current: Interested Trustee, certain other funds in the Fund Complex | 155 | Former: Guggenheim Enhanced Equity |
(1961) | President and | (2018-present); Chief Legal Officer, certain other funds in the Fund | Income Fund (2018-2021); Guggenheim | ||
Chief Legal | Complex (2014-present); Vice President, certain other funds in the Fund | Credit Allocation Fund (2018-2021). | |||
Officer | Complex (2007-present); Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments | ||||
(2012-present). | |||||
Former: President and Chief Executive Officer, certain other funds in the Fund | |||||
Complex (2017-2019); Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant | |||||
Secretary, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company and Security Benefit Corporation | |||||
(2004-2012). |
* | The business address of each Trustee is c/o Guggenheim Investments, 227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. |
** | Each Trustee elected shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been elected and shall have qualified. After a Trustee’s initial term, each Trustee is expected to serve a two year term concurrent with the class of Trustees for which he or she serves. |
- Mr. Barnes and Ms. Brock-Kyle are Class I Trustees. Class I Trustees are expected to stand for election on the date of the Fund’s first annual meeting of Shareholders.
- Messrs. Nyberg and Lydon, Jr are Class II Trustees. Class II Trustees are expected to stand for election on the date of the Fund’s second annual meeting of Shareholders.
- Mr. Toupin Jr. and Mses. Lee and Sponem are Class III Trustees. Class III Trustees are expected to stand for election on the date of the Fund’s third annual meeting of Shareholders.
*** | Each Trustee also serves on the Boards of Trustees of Guggenheim Funds Trust, Guggenheim Variable Funds Trust, Guggenheim Strategy Funds Trust, Fiduciary/Claymore Energy Infrastructure Fund, Guggenheim Taxable Municipal Bond & Investment Grade Debt Trust, Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund, Guggenheim Energy & Income Fund, Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund, Rydex Series Funds, Rydex Dynamic Funds, Rydex Variable Trust and Transparent Value Trust. Messrs. Barnes and Nyberg also serve on the Board of Trustees of Advent Convertible & Income Fund. |
**** | This Trustee is deemed to be an “interested person” of the Fund under the 1940 Act by reason of her position with the Fund’s Investment Manager and/or the parent of the Investment Manager. |
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Officers
The Officers of the Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund and their principal occupations during the past five years:
Position(s) | |||
Held | Term of Office | ||
Name, Address* | with | and Length of | Principal Occupation(s) |
and Year of Birth | Trust | Time Served** | During Past Five Years |
Brian E. Binder | President and | Since 2021 | Current: President and Chief Executive Officer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2018-present); President, Chief Executive Officer and |
(1972) | Chief Executive | Chairman of the Board of Managers, Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC (2018-present); President and Chief Executive Officer, | |
Officer | Security Investors, LLC (2018-present); Board Member of Guggenheim Partners Fund Management (Europe) Limited (2018-present); Senior | ||
Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer, Guggenheim Investments (2018-present). | |||
Former: Managing Director and President, Deutsche Funds, and Head of US Product, Trading and Fund Administration, Deutsche Asset | |||
Management (2013-2018); Managing Director, Head of Business Management and Consulting, Invesco Ltd. (2010-2012). | |||
Joanna M. Catalucci | Chief | Since 2021 | Current: Chief Compliance Officer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2012-present); Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim |
(1966) | Compliance | Investments (2014-present). | |
Officer | |||
Former: AML Officer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2016-2017); Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary certain other funds in the | |||
Fund Complex (2008-2012); Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Security Investor, LLC and certain affiliates (2010-2012); Chief | |||
Compliance Officer and Senior Vice President, Rydex Advisors, LLC and certain affiliates (2010-2011). | |||
James M. Howley | Assistant | Since 2021 | Current: Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2004-present); Assistant Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex |
(1972) | Treasurer | (2006-present). | |
Former: Manager, Mutual Fund Administration of Van Kampen Investments, Inc. (1996-2004). | |||
Mark E. Mathiasen | Secretary | Since 2021 | Current: Secretary, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2007-present); Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2007-present). |
(1978) | |||
Glenn McWhinnie | Assistant | Since 2021 | Current: Vice President, Guggenheim Investments (2009-present); Assistant Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2016-present). |
(1969) | Treasurer | ||
Michael P. Megaris | Assistant | Since 2021 | Current: Assistant Secretary, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2014-present); Director, Guggenheim Investments (2012-present). |
(1984) | Secretary |
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Position(s) | |||
Held | Term of Office | ||
Name, Address* | with | and Length of | Principal Occupation(s) |
and Year of Birth | Trust | Time Served** | During Past Five Years |
Kimberly J. Scott | Assistant | Since 2021 | Current: Director, Guggenheim Investments (2012-present); Assistant Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2012-present). |
(1974) | Treasurer | ||
Former: Financial Reporting Manager, Invesco, Ltd. (2010-2011); Vice President/Assistant Treasurer, Mutual Fund Administration for Van | |||
Kampen Investments, Inc./Morgan Stanley Investment Management (2009-2010); Manager of Mutual Fund Administration, Van Kampen | |||
Investments, Inc./Morgan Stanley Investment Management (2005-2009). | |||
Bryan Stone | Vice | Since 2021 | Current: Vice President, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2014-present); Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2013-present). |
(1979) | President | ||
Former: Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman Group LLC (2009-2013); Vice President, Morgan Stanley (2002-2009). | |||
John L. Sullivan | Chief | Since 2021 | Current: Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2010-present); Senior |
(1955) | Financial | Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2010-present). | |
Officer, Chief | |||
Accounting | Former: Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer, each of the funds in the Van Kampen Investments fund complex (2004-2010); | ||
Officer and | Managing Director and Head of Fund Accounting and Administration, Morgan Stanley Investment Management (2002-2004); Chief Financial | ||
Treasurer | Officer and Treasurer, Van Kampen Funds (1996-2004). | ||
Jon Szafran | Assistant | Since 2021 | Current: Vice President, Guggenheim Investments (2017-present); Assistant Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2017-present). |
(1989) | Treasurer | ||
Former: Assistant Treasurer of Henderson Global Funds and Manager of US Fund Administration, Henderson Global Investors (North America) | |||
Inc. (“HGINA”), (2017); Senior Analyst of US Fund Administration, HGINA (2014–2017); Senior Associate of Fund Administration, Cortland | |||
Capital Market Services, LLC (2013-2014); Experienced Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (2012-2013). |
* | The business address of each officer is c/o Guggenheim Investments, 227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. |
** | Each officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. |
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DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN (Unaudited) | November 30, 2021 |
Unless the registered owner of common shares elects to receive cash by contacting Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the “Plan Administrator”), all dividends declared on common shares of the Fund will be automatically reinvested by the Plan Administrator for shareholders in the Fund’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”), in additional common shares of the Fund. Participation in the Plan is completely voluntary and may be terminated or resumed at any time without penalty by notice if received and processed by the Plan Administrator prior to the dividend record date; otherwise such termination or resumption will be effective with respect to any subsequently declared dividend or other distribution. Some brokers may automatically elect to receive cash on your behalf and may re-invest that cash in additional common shares of the Fund for you. If you wish for all dividends declared on your common shares of the Fund to be automatically reinvested pursuant to the Plan, please contact your broker.
The Plan Administrator will open an account for each common shareholder under the Plan in the same name in which such common shareholder’s common shares are registered. Whenever the Fund declares a dividend or other distribution (together, a “Dividend”) payable in cash, nonparticipants in the Plan will receive cash and participants in the Plan will receive the equivalent in common shares. The common shares will be acquired by the Plan Administrator for the participants’ accounts, depending upon the circumstances described below, either (i) through receipt of additional unissued but authorized common shares from the Fund (“Newly Issued Common Shares”) or (ii) by purchase of outstanding common shares on the open market (“Open-Market Purchases”) on the New York Stock Exchange or elsewhere. If, on the payment date for any Dividend, the closing market price plus estimated brokerage commission per common share is equal to or greater than the net asset value per common share, the Plan Administrator will invest the Dividend amount in Newly Issued Common Shares on behalf of the participants. The number of Newly Issued Common Shares to be credited to each participant’s account will be determined by dividing the dollar amount of the Dividend by the net asset value per common share on the payment date; provided that, if the net asset value is less than or equal to 95% of the closing market value on the payment date, the dollar amount of the Dividend will be divided by 95% of the closing market price per common share on the payment date. If, on the payment date for any Dividend, the net asset value per common share is greater than the closing market value plus estimated brokerage commission, the Plan Administrator will invest the Dividend amount in common shares acquired on behalf of the participants in Open-Market Purchases.
If, before the Plan Administrator has completed its Open-Market Purchases, the market price per common share exceeds the net asset value per common share, the average per common share purchase price paid by the Plan Administrator may exceed the net asset value of the common shares, resulting in the acquisition of fewer common shares than if the Dividend had been paid in Newly Issued Common Shares on the Dividend payment date. Because of the foregoing difficulty with respect to Open-Market Purchases, the Plan provides that if the Plan Administrator is unable to invest the full Dividend amount in Open-Market Purchases during the purchase period or if the market discount shifts to a market premium during the purchase period, the Plan Administrator may cease making Open-Market Purchases and may invest the uninvested portion of the Dividend amount in Newly Issued Common Shares at net asset value per common share at the close of business on the Last Purchase Date provided that, if the net asset value is less than or equal to 95% of the then current market price per common share; the dollar amount of the Dividend will be divided by 95% of the market price on the payment date.
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The Plan Administrator maintains all shareholders’ accounts in the Plan and furnishes written confirmation of all transactions in the accounts, including information needed by shareholders for tax records. Common shares in the account of each Plan participant will be held by the Plan Administrator on behalf of the Plan participant, and each shareholder proxy will include those shares purchased or received pursuant to the Plan. The Plan Administrator will forward all proxy solicitation materials to participants and vote proxies for shares held under the Plan in accordance with the instruction of the participants.
There will be no brokerage charges with respect to common shares issued directly by the Fund. However, each participant will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commission incurred in connection with Open-Market Purchases. The automatic reinvestment of Dividends will not relieve participants of any Federal, state or local income tax that may be payable (or required to be withheld) on such Dividends.
The Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan. There is no direct service charge to participants with regard to purchases in the Plan; however, the Fund reserves the right to amend the Plan to include a service charge payable by the participants.
All correspondence or questions concerning the Plan should be directed to the Plan Administrator, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., P.O. Box 30170 College Station, TX 77842-3170: Attention: Shareholder Services Department, Phone Number: (866) 488-3559 or online at www.computershare.com/investor.
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SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT | November 30, 2021 |
Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund (GUG)
Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund (the “Fund”) is a newly organized Delaware statutory trust formed on May 20, 2021 that is registered as a diversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). At an organizational meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Fund (the “Board,” with the members of the Board referred to individually as the “Trustees”) held by videoconference1 on September 15, 2021 (the “Organizational Meeting”), the Board, including the Trustees who are not “interested person[s],” as defined by the 1940 Act, of the Fund (collectively, the “Independent Trustees”), approved the appointment of Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC (“GFIA” or the “Adviser”) as the Fund’s investment adviser pursuant to an investment advisory agreement between the Fund and GFIA (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”) and the appointment of Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC (“GPIM” or the “Sub-Adviser”) as the Fund’s investment sub-adviser pursuant to an investment sub-advisory agreement among the Fund, GFIA and GPIM (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement” and together with the Investment Advisory Agreement, the “Advisory Agreements”). Thereafter, at a meeting held by videoconference2 on October 18, 2021 (the “October Meeting”), the Board approved certain amendments to the Advisory Agreements. (The Organizational Meeting and the October Meeting are collectively referred to as the “Meetings.”) GFIA and GPIM are indirect subsidiaries of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, a privately-held, global investment and advisory firm (“Guggenheim Partners”). (Guggenheim Partners, GFIA, GPIM and their affiliates may be referred to herein collectively as “Guggenheim.” “Guggenheim Investments” refers to the global asset management and investment advisory division of Guggenheim Partners and includes GFIA, GPIM, Security Investors, LLC and other affiliated investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners.)
Subject to the Board’s oversight, GFIA will supervise and manage the investment and reinvestment of the Fund’s assets, supervise the investment program of the Fund and the composition of its investment portfolio and arrange for the purchase and sale of securities and other assets held in the investment portfolio, in addition to furnishing office facilities and equipment and certain clerical, bookkeeping and administrative services to the Fund. Under the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement and subject to certain conditions, GFIA may delegate some or all of its duties and obligations to one or more investment sub-advisers. In this connection, GFIA will be responsible for overseeing the activities of GPIM with respect to GPIM’s service as investment sub-adviser to the Fund pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement.
1 | On March 13, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued an exemptive order providing relief to registered management investment companies from certain provisions of the 1940 Act in light of the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including the in-person voting requirements under Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act with respect to approving or renewing an investment advisory agreement, subject to certain conditions (the “In-Person Relief ”). The In-Person Relief, initially provided for a limited period of time, has been extended multiple times and was in effect as of September 15, 2021. The Board, including the Independent Trustees, relied on the In-Person Relief in voting to approve the Advisory Agreements at the Organizational Meeting. |
2 | The In-Person Relief was in effect as of October 18, 2021. The Board, including the Independent Trustees, relied on the In-Person Relief in voting to approve the amendments to the Advisory Agreements at the October Meeting. |
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SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT | November 30, 2021 |
At the Meetings, the Independent Trustees met separately from Guggenheim to consider the approval of the Advisory Agreements for the Fund. The Independent Trustees were represented by independent legal counsel (“Independent Legal Counsel”), from whom the Independent Trustees received separate legal advice and with whom they met separately. Independent Legal Counsel reviewed and discussed with the Independent Trustees various key aspects of the Trustees’ legal responsibilities relating to the approval of the Advisory Agreements and other principal contracts for the Fund. The Independent Trustees took into account various materials with respect to the Fund received from Guggenheim, legal counsel to the Fund and Independent Legal Counsel. The Independent Trustees also considered the variety of written materials, reports and oral presentations they received throughout the year with respect to their service on the boards of trustees of other registered investment companies or series thereof managed by Guggenheim (the “Guggenheim Funds”), and other information relevant to their evaluation of the Advisory Agreements. Thus, in connection with their consideration of the Advisory Agreements for the Fund, the Independent Trustees also took into account relevant materials provided by Guggenheim relating to the annual contract renewal proposals for the Guggenheim Funds approved at the May 25-26, 2021 Board meeting (“Contract Renewal”).
The Board discussed the Advisory Agreements in light of the applicable legal and regulatory requirements and criteria and assessed information concerning Guggenheim’s investment philosophy and fixed income investment team as well as the Fund’s proposed investment advisory fee and estimated total expense ratio, investment objective, investment strategy and portfolio construction process, anticipated leverage and target distribution rate, portfolio management team, risk management processes and market opportunity, among other things. The Board also considered the features of the Fund, including the Fund’s limited 12-year term structure and anticipated listing on the New York Stock Exchange. The Board also noted that the Fund’s shares would be offered to investors without a front-end sales load and that Guggenheim had agreed to pay all offering costs, organizational expenses and underwriting compensation in connection with the offering.
The Board considered the foregoing materials and information in the context of its substantial accumulated experience in governing the Guggenheim Funds and weighed the factors and standards discussed with Independent Legal Counsel. Following an analysis and discussion of relevant factors, including those identified below, and in the exercise of its business judgment, the Board concluded that it was in the best interest of the Fund to approve each of the Advisory Agreements for an initial term of one year.
Investment Advisory Agreement
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services to Be Provided by the Adviser: With respect to the nature, extent and quality of services to be provided by the Adviser, the Board noted that, although the Adviser will delegate certain portfolio management responsibilities to the Sub-Adviser, as affiliated companies, both the Adviser and Sub-Adviser are part of the Guggenheim organization. Further, the Board took into account Guggenheim’s explanation in connection with Contract Renewal that investment advisory-related services for the Guggenheim Funds for which Guggenheim serves as investment adviser and sub-adviser are provided by many Guggenheim employees under different related legal entities and thus, the services to be provided to such Guggenheim Funds by the adviser on the one hand and the sub-adviser on the other, as well as the risks to be assumed by each party,
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SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT | November 30, 2021 |
cannot be ascribed to distinct legal entities.3 As a result, the Board did not evaluate the services to be provided to the Fund under the Investment Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement separately.
The Board considered the qualifications, experience and skills of key personnel that will perform services for the Fund, including those personnel providing compliance and risk oversight, as well as the supervisors and reporting lines for such personnel. The Board also considered other information received in connection with Contract Renewal, including Guggenheim’s resources and related efforts to retain, attract and motivate capable personnel to serve the Guggenheim Funds, including the Fund. In evaluating Guggenheim’s resources and capabilities, the Board considered Guggenheim’s commitment to focusing on, and investing resources in support of, funds in the Guggenheim fund complex, including the Fund.
The Board’s review of the services to be provided by Guggenheim to the Fund included consideration of Guggenheim’s investment processes, portfolio oversight and risk management, and the related regular quarterly reports and presentations received by the Board with respect to the Guggenheim Funds. The Board took into account the risks to be borne by Guggenheim in sponsoring and providing services to the Fund, including entrepreneurial, legal, regulatory and operational risks. The Board considered the resources dedicated by Guggenheim to compliance functions and the reporting made to the Board by Guggenheim compliance personnel regarding Guggenheim’s adherence to regulatory requirements. The Board also considered the regular reports the Board receives from the Guggenheim Funds’ Chief Compliance Officers regarding compliance policies and procedures established pursuant to Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act.
In connection with the Board’s evaluation of the overall package of services to be provided by Guggenheim, the Board considered Guggenheim’s administrative services, including its role in supervising, monitoring, coordinating and evaluating the various services provided by the underwriters, fund administrator, transfer agent, custodian and other service providers to the Fund. The Board evaluated the Office of Chief Financial Officer (the “OCFO”), established to oversee the fund administration, accounting and transfer agency services provided to the Guggenheim Funds, including the OCFO’s resources, personnel and services provided.
With respect to Guggenheim’s resources and the ability of the Adviser to carry out its responsibilities under the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board considered the presentation by the Chief Financial Officer of Guggenheim Investments in connection with Contract Renewal and his review of financial information concerning the holding company for Guggenheim Investments, Guggenheim Partners Investment Management Holdings, LLC (“GPIMH”), and the various entities comprising Guggenheim Investments. The Board also considered the audited consolidated financial statements of GPIMH provided by Guggenheim in connection with Contract Renewal, as well as the respective audited consolidated financial statements of the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser provided by Guggenheim at the Organizational Meeting.
3 | Consequently, except where the context indicates otherwise, references to “Adviser” or “Sub-Adviser” should be understood as referring to Guggenheim Investments generally and the services to be provided under both Advisory Agreements. |
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SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT | November 30, 2021 |
The Board also considered the acceptability of the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement, including the scope of services required to be performed by the Adviser. At the October Meeting, the Board considered certain amendments to the Investment Advisory Agreement to make its terms consistent with the terms of the most current investment advisory agreements of other Guggenheim closed-end funds. The Board considered that, in light of Guggenheim’s policy to waive the Fund’s advisory fees on assets invested in affiliated funds in amounts equal to the fees charged to such affiliated funds, as applicable, the amendments would not change the fees payable under the Investment Advisory Agreement nor alter the Fund’s advisory relationship with the Adviser.
Based on the foregoing, and based on other information received (both oral and written) at the Meetings and in connection with Contract Renewal, as well as other considerations, including the Board’s knowledge of how the Adviser performs its duties for other Guggenheim Funds obtained through Board meetings, discussions and reports throughout the year, the Board concluded that the Adviser and its personnel were qualified to serve the Fund in such capacity and may reasonably be expected to provide a high quality of services under the Investment Advisory Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Investment Performance: With respect to performance, the Board noted that the Fund had no operating history and took into account that the Fund’s investment objective is to maximize total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The Board also noted that, in pursuit of this investment objective, the Fund will pursue both a tactical asset allocation strategy, dynamically allocating across asset classes, and a relative value-based investment strategy, utilizing quantitative and qualitative analysis to seek to identify securities with attractive relative value and risk/reward characteristics, and that the Sub-Adviser seeks to combine a credit-managed fixed-income portfolio with a diversified pool of alternative investments and equity strategies. In this connection, the Board considered Guggenheim’s fixed-income expertise and noted information provided by Guggenheim regarding the performance and historical asset allocations of other Guggenheim Funds with similar “unconstrained” investment strategies, noting that the performance of such Guggenheim Funds had been evaluated as a part of Contract Renewal. The Board also considered that the portfolio would be managed by the Sub-Adviser, under the supervision of the Adviser. In light of all of the foregoing, the Board determined that performance was expected to be acceptable.
Based on the foregoing, and based on other information received (both oral and written) at the Meetings and in connection with Contract Renewal, as well as other considerations, the Board concluded that the Fund’s performance was expected to be acceptable.
Comparative Fees, Costs of Services to Be Provided and the Benefits to Be Realized by the Adviser from Its Relationship with the Fund: The Board noted that the materials provided by Guggenheim in connection with the proposed Investment Advisory Agreement included a memorandum to assist the Board in determining the reasonableness of the proposed advisory fee and a preliminary peer group analysis. The Board observed that management had identified four other closed-end funds with limited 12-year term structures and investment objectives and strategies similar to those of the Fund, but took into account management’s statement that the Fund is unique and there is not another fund with the same investment strategy. The Board compared the Fund’s proposed advisory fee to the peer group, noting that the proposed advisory fee of 1.25% of managed assets is equal to
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or lower than the advisory fee of two peer funds, higher than the advisory fee of the other two peer funds and within 15 basis points of the peer fund with the lowest advisory fee.
As part of its evaluation of the Fund’s proposed advisory fee, the Board considered how such fee compared to the advisory fee charged by Guggenheim to another closed-end fund that it manages pursuant to similar “unconstrained” investment strategy (the “Guggenheim Closed-end Fund”), noting that Guggenheim charges a lower advisory fee to the Guggenheim Closed-end Fund. In this connection, the Board considered Guggenheim’s statement that the Guggenheim Closed-end Fund was not included in the peer group for the Fund because the Guggenheim Closed-end Fund does not have a limited term structure. The Board also considered Guggenheim’s discussion of the differences in the services to be provided to the Fund relative to those provided to the Guggenheim Closed-end Fund, including, among other things, Guggenheim’s statement that the Fund would require significant firm resources to manage, including sector desk personnel and utilization of all proprietary indicators developed by the firm, given the number of asset classes in the Fund’s anticipated portfolio. The Board concluded that the information it received demonstrated that the aggregate services to be provided to, and the specific circumstances of, the Fund were sufficiently different from the services provided to, or the specific circumstances of, the Guggenheim Closed-end Fund to support the difference in fees.
With respect to the costs of advisory services to be provided and the benefits to be realized by the Adviser from its relationship with the Fund, the Board noted the Adviser’s statement that the proposed advisory fee and estimated total expense ratio are commensurate with the dynamic strategies the Fund may employ, the investment objective of the Fund and the Fund’s closed-end fund structure. The Board also noted that it would have the opportunity in the future to periodically re-examine the costs of the services and the appropriateness of the advisory fees payable by the Fund to the Adviser.
The Board considered other benefits to be available to the Adviser because of its relationship with the Fund. In this regard, the Board considered Guggenheim’s discussion of the market opportunity and the potential growth to the firm associated with offering the Fund. The Board also considered Guggenheim’s statement in connection with Contract Renewal regarding other benefits available to the Adviser because of its relationship with the Guggenheim Funds, that, although it does not consider such benefits to be fall-out benefits, the Adviser may benefit from certain economies of scale and synergies, such as enhanced visibility of the Adviser, enhanced leverage in fee negotiations and other synergies arising from offering a broad spectrum of products.
Based on the foregoing, and based on other information received (both oral and written) at the Meetings and in connection with Contract Renewal, as well as other considerations, the Board concluded that the comparative fees and the benefits to be realized by the Adviser from its relationship with the Fund were appropriate.
Economies of Scale to Be Realized: The Board considered that the size of the Fund will not be known until after its underwritten offering is completed and that thereafter, given the structure of closed-end funds (which although able to conduct additional share offerings periodically, do not continuously offer new shares), the Fund would not experience daily inflows of capital that may create economies of scale. The Board noted that it would have the opportunity in the future to
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periodically re-examine economies of scale and the appropriateness of the advisory fees payable by the Fund to the Adviser.
Based on the foregoing, and based on other information received (both oral and written) at the Meetings and in connection with Contract Renewal, as well as other considerations, the Board concluded that the Fund’s proposed advisory fee was reasonable.
Sub-Advisory Agreement
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services to Be Provided by the Sub-Adviser: As noted above, because both the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser for the Fund—GFIA and GPIM, respectively—are part of Guggenheim Investments and the services to be provided by the Adviser on the one hand and the Sub-Adviser on the other cannot be ascribed to distinct legal entities, the Board did not evaluate the services to be provided under the Investment Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement separately. Therefore, the Board considered the qualifications, experience and skills of the Fund’s portfolio management team in connection with the Board’s evaluation of Guggenheim’s investment professionals under the Investment Advisory Agreement.
With respect to Guggenheim’s resources and the Sub-Adviser’s ability to carry out its responsibilities under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, as noted above, the Board considered the financial condition of GPIMH and the various entities comprising Guggenheim Investments.
The Board also considered the acceptability of the terms of the Sub-Advisory Agreement, including the scope of services required to be performed by the Sub-Adviser. At the October Meeting, the Board considered certain amendments to the Sub-Advisory Agreement to make its terms consistent with the terms of the most current investment sub-advisory agreements of other Guggenheim closed-end funds. The Board considered that, in light of Guggenheim’s policy to waive the Fund’s advisory fees on assets invested in affiliated funds in amounts equal to the fees charged to such affiliated funds, as applicable, the amendments would not change the fees payable under the Sub-Advisory Agreement nor alter the Fund’s advisory relationship with the Sub-Adviser.
Investment Performance: The Board considered the expected performance of the Fund under its evaluation of the Investment Advisory Agreement.
Comparative Fees, Costs of Services to Be Provided and the Benefits to Be Realized by the Sub-Adviser from Its Relationship with the Fund: The Board considered that the Sub-Advisory Agreement is with an affiliate of the Adviser, that the Adviser will compensate the Sub-Adviser from its own fees so that the sub-advisory fee rate with respect to the Fund does not impact the fees paid by the Fund. Given its conclusion of the reasonableness of the proposed advisory fee, the Board concluded that the proposed sub-advisory fee rate for the Fund was reasonable.
Economies of Scale to Be Realized: The Board recognized that, because the Sub-Adviser’s fees will be paid by the Adviser and not the Fund, the analysis of economies of scale to be realized was more appropriate in the context of the Board’s consideration of the Investment Advisory Agreement, which was separately considered. (See “Investment Advisory Agreement – Economies of Scale to Be Realized” above.)
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Overall Conclusions
The Board concluded that the proposed investment advisory fees are fair and reasonable in light of the extent and quality of the services to be provided and other benefits to be received and that the approval of each Advisory Agreement is in the best interest of the Fund. In reaching this conclusion, no single factor was determinative or conclusive and each Trustee, in the exercise of his or her well-informed business judgment, may afford different weights to different factors. At the Meetings, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, approved each Advisory Agreement for an initial term of one year, with the amendments approved at the October Meeting.
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Board of Trustees * This Trustee is an “interested person” (as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) (“Interested Trustee”) of the Fund because of her affiliation with Guggenheim Investments. Principal Executive Officers | Investment Adviser Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC Chicago, IL Investment Sub-Adviser Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC Santa Monica, CA Administrator and Accounting Agent MUFG Investor Services (US), LLC Rockville, MD Custodian The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. New York, NY Legal Counsel Dechert LLP Washington, D.C. Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Ernst & Young LLP Tysons, VA |
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Privacy Principles of Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund for Shareholders
The Fund is committed to maintaining the privacy of its shareholders and to safeguarding its non-public personal information. The following information is provided to help you understand what personal information the Fund collects, how we protect that information and why, in certain cases, we may share information with select other parties.
Generally, the Fund does not receive any non-public personal information relating to its shareholders, although certain non-public personal information of its shareholders may become available to the Fund. The Fund does not disclose any non-public personal information about its shareholders or former shareholders to anyone except as permitted by law or as is necessary in order to service shareholder accounts (for example, to a transfer agent or third party administrator).
The Fund restricts access to non-public personal information about the shareholders to Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC employees with a legitimate business need for the information. The Fund maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards designed to protect the non-public personal information of its shareholders.
Questions concerning your shares of Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund?
• | If your shares are held in a Brokerage Account, contact your Broker. |
• | If you have physical possession of your shares in certificate form, contact the Fund’s Transfer Agent: Computershare Trust Company, N.A., P.O. Box 30170 College Station, TX 77842-3170; (866) 488-3559 or online at www.computershare.com/investor |
This report is sent to shareholders of Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund for their information. It is not a Prospectus, circular or representation intended for use in the purchase or sale of shares of the Fund or of any securities mentioned in this report.
Paper copies of the Fund’s annual and semi-annual shareholder reports are not sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports are made available on a website, and you are notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website address to access the report.
You may elect to receive paper copies of all future shareholder reports free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to request that you may receive paper copies of your shareholder reports; if you invest directly with the Fund, you may call Computershare at 1-866-488-3559. Your election to receive reports in paper form may apply to all funds held in your account with your financial intermediary or, if you invest directly, to all Guggenheim closed-end funds you hold.
A description of the Fund’s proxy voting policies and procedures related to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund at (888) 991-0091.
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies for portfolio securities, if applicable, during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is also available, without charge and upon request by calling (888) 991-0091, by visiting the Fund’s website at guggenheiminvestments.com/gug or by accessing the Fund’s Form N-PX on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) website at www.sec.gov.
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC website at www.sec.gov or at guggenheiminvestments.com/gug.
Notice to Shareholders
Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 23(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that the Fund from time to time may purchase shares of its common stock in the open market or in private transactions.
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ABOUT THE FUND MANAGERS
Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC
Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC (“GPIM”) is an indirect subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, a diversified financial services firm. The firm provides capital markets services, portfolio and risk management expertise, wealth management, and investment advisory services. Clients of Guggenheim Partners, LLC subsidiaries are an elite mix of individuals, family offices, endowments, foundations, insurance companies and other institutions.
Investment Philosophy
GPIM’s investment philosophy is predicated upon the belief that thorough research and independent thought are rewarded with performance that has the potential to outperform benchmark indexes with both lower volatility and lower correlation of returns over time as compared to such benchmark indexes.
Investment Process
GPIM’s investment process is a collaborative effort between various groups including the Portfolio Construction Group, which utilize proprietary portfolio construction and risk modeling tools to determine allocation of assets among a variety of sectors, and its Sector Specialists, who are responsible for security selection within these sectors and for implementing securities transactions, including the structuring of certain securities directly with the issuers or with investment banks and dealers involved in the origination of such securities.
Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC
227 West Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60606
Member FINRA/SIPC
(07/21)
NOT FDIC-INSURED l NOT BANK-GUARANTEED l MAY LOSE VALUE
CEF-GUG-SAR-1121
Item 2. Code of Ethics.
Not applicable.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Not applicable.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments.
The Schedule of Investments is included as part of Item 1.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
(a) Not applicable.
(b) There has been no change, as of the date of filing, in any of the Portfolio Managers identified in response to paragraph (a)(1) of this Item in the registrant’s most recent annual report on Form N-CSR
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Not applicable..
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The registrant has not made any material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
(a) The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act) as of a date within 90 days of this filing and have concluded based on such evaluation, as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Investment Company Act, that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this Form N-CSR was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.
(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
(a) The registrant has not participated in securities lending activities during the period covered by this report.
(b) Not applicable.
Item 13. Exhibits.
(a)(1) Not applicable
(a)(3) Not applicable.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
(Registrant) Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund
By: /s/ Brian E. Binder
Name: Brian E. Binder
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: February 4, 2022
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: /s/ Brian E. Binder
Name: Brian E. Binder
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: February 4, 2022
By: /s/ John L. Sullivan
Name: John L. Sullivan
Title: Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
Date: February 4, 2022