Basis for Consolidation
The Fund seeks to gain exposure to the commodity markets, in whole or in part, through investments in PSC Commodity Subsidiary, Ltd. (the Subsidiary), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands with the same objective and investment policies and restrictions as the Fund. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary. The net assets of the Subsidiary at September 30, 2024 were $353,099,936 or 25.0% of the Fund’s consolidated net assets. The Consolidated Portfolio of Investments includes positions of the Fund and the Subsidiary.
The Fund is subject to commodity risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective. Commodity risk is the risk that the value of a commodity or commodity index will fluctuate based on increases or decreases in the commodities market and factors specific to a particular industry or commodity. The Fund invests primarily in commodities-linked derivative investments, including commodity futures contracts, and commodity exchange-traded funds that provide exposure to the investment returns of the commodities markets, without investing directly in physical commodities.
At September 30, 2024, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under open derivative contracts.
Affiliated Investments
At September 30, 2024, the value of the Fund’s investment in funds that may be deemed to be affiliated was $147,993,081, which represents 10.5% of the Fund’s net assets. Transactions in such investments by the Fund for the fiscal year to date ended September 30, 2024 were as follows:
Name | Value, beginning of period | Purchases | Sales proceeds | Net realized gain (loss) | Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | Value, end of period | Dividend income | Shares, end of period |
Short-Term Investments |
Liquidity Fund,Institutional Class(1) | $66,269,993 | $2,115,877,486 | $(2,034,154,398) | $ — | $ — | $147,993,081 | $3,330,672 | 147,993,081 |
(1) | Represents investment in Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio. |