AB Tax-Managed Wealth Appreciation Strategy
Portfolio of Investments
November 30, 2024 (unaudited)
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Company | | Shares | | | U.S. $ Value | |
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COMMON STOCKS – 59.1% | |
Information Technology – 17.6% | |
Communications Equipment – 0.1% | |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | | | 14,232 | | | $ | 842,677 | |
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Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 0.4% | |
CDW Corp./DE | | | 20,234 | | | | 3,559,767 | |
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Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 6.7% | |
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a) | | | 4,089 | | | | 560,909 | |
Broadcom, Inc. | | | 54,151 | | | | 8,776,794 | |
KLA Corp. | | | 2,363 | | | | 1,528,932 | |
NVIDIA Corp. | | | 274,767 | | | | 37,986,538 | |
NXP Semiconductors NV | | | 19,630 | | | | 4,502,533 | |
QUALCOMM, Inc. | | | 16,191 | | | | 2,566,759 | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Sponsored ADR) | | | 7,563 | | | | 1,396,583 | |
Texas Instruments, Inc. | | | 8,454 | | | | 1,699,508 | |
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| | | | | | | 59,018,556 | |
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Software – 7.2% | |
Adobe, Inc.(a) | | | 9,978 | | | | 5,147,950 | |
Gen Digital, Inc. | | | 33,364 | | | | 1,029,279 | |
Microsoft Corp. | | | 102,151 | | | | 43,256,862 | |
Oracle Corp. | | | 64,333 | | | | 11,891,312 | |
ServiceNow, Inc.(a) | | | 1,612 | | | | 1,691,697 | |
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Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 3.2% | |
Apple, Inc. | | | 113,581 | | | | 26,956,179 | |
Western Digital Corp.(a) | | | 24,080 | | | | 1,757,599 | |
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| | | | | | | 28,713,778 | |
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| | | | | | | 155,151,878 | |
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Financials – 8.4% | |
Banks – 2.6% | |
Bank of America Corp. | | | 220,137 | | | | 10,458,709 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | 7,890 | | | | 1,970,291 | |
Wells Fargo & Co. | | | 135,535 | | | | 10,323,701 | |
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Capital Markets – 2.2% | |
Charles Schwab Corp. (The) | | | 97,591 | | | | 8,076,631 | |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) | | | 16,342 | | | | 9,945,251 | |
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. | | | 2,952 | | | | 959,843 | |
S&P Global, Inc. | | | 957 | | | | 500,042 | |
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| | | | | | | 19,481,767 | |
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Financial Services – 2.2% | |
Fiserv, Inc.(a) | | | 4,322 | | | | 954,989 | |
PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | 12,940 | | | | 1,122,804 | |
Visa, Inc. - Class A | | | 54,512 | | | | 17,175,641 | |
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| | | | | | | 19,253,434 | |
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Insurance – 1.4% | |
Progressive Corp. (The) | | | 35,998 | | | | 9,679,142 | |
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Willis Towers Watson PLC | | | 8,660 | | | $ | 2,788,520 | |
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| | | | | | | 12,467,662 | |
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Health Care – 7.6% | |
Biotechnology – 1.2% | |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | | | 412 | | | | 38,143 | |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | 4,507 | | | | 3,381,241 | |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | 14,675 | | | | 6,869,808 | |
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Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 1.0% | |
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a) | | | 36,521 | | | | 2,605,773 | |
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a) | | | 2,352 | | | | 1,274,784 | |
Medtronic PLC | | | 55,999 | | | | 4,846,154 | |
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Health Care Providers & Services – 2.5% | |
HCA Healthcare, Inc. | | | 5,855 | | | | 1,915,873 | |
Labcorp Holdings, Inc. | | | 11,393 | | | | 2,747,536 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | 28,165 | | | | 17,186,283 | |
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Life Sciences Tools & Services – 1.6% | |
Illumina, Inc.(a) | | | 13,399 | | | | 1,931,466 | |
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | 25,438 | | | | 5,108,968 | |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | | | 5,106 | | | | 2,704,291 | |
Waters Corp.(a) | | | 10,443 | | | | 4,017,631 | |
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Pharmaceuticals – 1.3% | |
Johnson & Johnson | | | 9,589 | | | | 1,486,391 | |
Merck & Co., Inc. | | | 27,921 | | | | 2,837,890 | |
Pfizer, Inc. | | | 8,730 | | | | 228,813 | |
Roche Holding AG (Sponsored ADR) | | | 95,023 | | | | 3,443,634 | |
Zoetis, Inc. | | | 22,108 | | | | 3,874,427 | |
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| | | | | | | 66,499,106 | |
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Communication Services – 7.1% | |
Diversified Telecommunication Services – 0.6% | |
Comcast Corp. - Class A | | | 120,151 | | | | 5,189,322 | |
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Entertainment – 0.7% | |
Walt Disney Co. (The) | | | 54,550 | | | | 6,407,988 | |
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Interactive Media & Services – 4.9% | |
Alphabet, Inc. - Class A | | | 12,280 | | | | 2,074,706 | |
Alphabet, Inc. - Class C | | | 131,015 | | | | 22,336,747 | |
Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A | | | 32,780 | | | | 18,826,210 | |
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| | | | | | | 43,237,663 | |
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Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.9% | |
T-Mobile US, Inc. | | | 29,971 | | | | 7,401,039 | |
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Consumer Discretionary – 5.0% | | | | | | | | |
Automobile Components – 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Magna International, Inc. | | | 4,191 | | | | 189,182 | |
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Broadline Retail – 2.2% | |
Amazon.com, Inc.(a) | | | 90,844 | | | | 18,885,559 | |
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Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.6% | |
Booking Holdings, Inc. | | | 236 | | | | 1,227,667 | |
Hyatt Hotels Corp. - Class A | | | 12,072 | | | | 1,906,652 | |
Starbucks Corp. | | | 20,439 | | | | 2,094,180 | |
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Specialty Retail – 1.8% | |
AutoZone, Inc.(a) | | | 1,837 | | | | 5,822,445 | |
Home Depot, Inc. (The) | | | 24,189 | | | | 10,380,226 | |
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Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.4% | |
NIKE, Inc. - Class B | | | 45,064 | | | | 3,549,691 | |
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Industrials – 4.3% | | | | | | | | |
Building Products – 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Otis Worldwide Corp. | | | 17,442 | | | | 1,796,177 | |
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Construction & Engineering – 0.3% | |
AECOM | | | 14,454 | | | | 1,690,684 | |
MasTec, Inc.(a) | | | 2,998 | | | | 431,892 | |
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Electrical Equipment – 1.7% | |
Eaton Corp. PLC | | | 28,704 | | | | 10,776,056 | |
GE Vernova, Inc.(a) | | | 12,170 | | | | 4,066,240 | |
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Ground Transportation – 0.7% | |
CSX Corp. | | | 143,575 | | | | 5,247,666 | |
Norfolk Southern Corp. | | | 3,002 | | | | 828,102 | |
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Industrial Conglomerates – 0.1% | |
Honeywell International, Inc. | | | 4,448 | | | | 1,036,073 | |
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Machinery – 1.1% | |
Deere & Co. | | | 4,911 | | | | 2,288,035 | |
Ingersoll Rand, Inc. | | | 10,221 | | | | 1,064,722 | |
PACCAR, Inc. | | | 43,658 | | | | 5,107,986 | |
Pentair PLC | | | 13,464 | | | | 1,467,441 | |
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Professional Services – 0.2% | |
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. | | | 11,833 | | | | 1,753,414 | |
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Consumer Staples – 3.8% | | | | | | | | |
Beverages – 0.7% | | | | | | | | |
Coca-Cola Co. (The) | | | 50,566 | | | $ | 3,240,269 | |
Constellation Brands, Inc. - Class A | | | 13,468 | | | | 3,245,115 | |
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Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail – 2.4% | |
Costco Wholesale Corp. | | | 7,999 | | | | 7,774,068 | |
Walmart, Inc. | | | 138,819 | | | | 12,840,757 | |
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Household Products – 0.7% | |
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | | | 34,119 | | | | 6,116,172 | |
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Energy – 2.2% | | | | | | | | |
Energy Equipment & Services – 0.7% | |
Baker Hughes Co. | | | 141,227 | | | | 6,206,927 | |
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 1.5% | |
Cameco Corp. (New York) | | | 46,342 | | | | 2,755,032 | |
Chevron Corp. | | | 26,222 | | | | 4,246,128 | |
EOG Resources, Inc. | | | 43,115 | | | | 5,745,505 | |
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Materials – 1.6% | |
Chemicals – 1.5% | |
Corteva, Inc. | | | 64,179 | | | | 3,994,501 | |
Linde PLC | | | 10,590 | | | | 4,881,884 | |
LyondellBasell Industries NV - Class A | | | 54,480 | | | | 4,540,363 | |
Westlake Corp. | | | 1,866 | | | | 239,595 | |
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Metals & Mining – 0.1% | |
ATI, Inc.(a) | | | 13,478 | | | | 810,971 | |
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Utilities – 0.8% | |
Electric Utilities – 0.8% | |
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | | | 40,805 | | | | 4,074,787 | |
NextEra Energy, Inc. | | | 42,859 | | | | 3,371,718 | |
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Real Estate – 0.7% | |
Industrial REITs – 0.4% | |
Prologis, Inc. | | | 29,727 | | | | 3,471,519 | |
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Real Estate Management & Development – 0.0% | |
CBRE Group, Inc. - Class A(a) | | | 450 | | | | 62,995 | |
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Specialized REITs – 0.3% | |
American Tower Corp. | | | 12,522 | | | | 2,617,098 | |
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Total Common Stocks (cost $188,164,341) | | | $ | 519,688,054 | |
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INVESTMENT COMPANIES – 40.3% | |
Funds and Investment Trusts – 40.3%(b) (c) | |
AB Discovery Growth Fund, Inc. - Class Z(a) | | | 1,568,700 | | | | 22,416,726 | |
AB Trust - AB Discovery Value Fund - Class Z | | | 1,187,343 | | | | 29,861,673 | |
Bernstein Fund, Inc. - International Small Cap Portfolio - Class Z | | | 3,199,166 | | | | 39,253,761 | |
Bernstein International Strategic Equities Portfolio - Class Z | | | 16,783,856 | | | | 221,882,574 | |
Bernstein Small Cap Core Portfolio - Class Z | | | 1,322,923 | | | | 19,857,074 | |
Sanford C Bernstein Fund, Inc. - Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class Z | | | 750,397 | | | | 20,695,942 | |
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Total Investment Companies (cost $314,861,505) | | | | 353,967,750 | |
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SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.6% | |
Investment Companies – 0.6% | |
AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio - Class AB, 4.54%(b) (c) (d) (cost $5,420,349) | | | 5,420,349 | | | | 5,420,349 | |
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Total Investments – 100.0% (cost $508,446,195)(e) | | | | | | | 879,076,153 | |
Other assets less liabilities – 0.0% | | | | (45,143 | ) |
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Net Assets – 100.0% | | | $ | 879,031,010 | |
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(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | To obtain a copy of the fund’s shareholder report, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AB at (800) 227-4618. |
(c) | Affiliated investments. |
(d) | The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end. |
(e) | As of November 30, 2024, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $371,730,357 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(1,100,399), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $370,629,958. |
| Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market. |
Glossary:
ADR – American Depositary Receipt
REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
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AB Tax-Managed Wealth Appreciation Strategy
November 30, 2024 (unaudited)
In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Fund. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.
| • | | Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments |
| • | | Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
| • | | Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.
The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of November 30, 2024:
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Investments in Securities: | | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Total | |
Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stocks(a) | | $ | 519,688,054 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 519,688,054 | |
Investment Companies | | | 353,967,750 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 353,967,750 | |
Short-Term Investments | | | 5,420,349 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 5,420,349 | |
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Total Investments in Securities | | | 879,076,153 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 879,076,153 | |
Other Financial Instruments(b) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
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Total | | $ | 879,076,153 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 879,076,153 | |
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(a) | See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications. |
(b) | Other financial instruments include derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps. Derivative instruments are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. Other financial instruments may also include swaps with upfront premiums, written options and written swaptions which are valued at market value. |
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A summary of the Fund’s transactions in AB mutual funds for the three months ended November 30, 2024 is as follows:
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Affiliated Issuer | | Market Value 08/31/2024 (000) | | | Purchases at Cost (000) | | | Sales Proceeds (000) | | | Realized Gain (Loss) (000) | | | Change in Unrealized Appr (Depr) (000) | | | Market Value 11/30/2024 (000) | | | Dividend Income (000) | | | Realized Gains (000) | |
AB Discovery Growth Fund, Inc. | | $ | 20,221 | | | $ | 0 | | | $ | 452 | | | $ | (63 | ) | | $ | 2,711 | | | $ | 22,417 | | | $ | 0 | | | $ | 0 | |
AB Trust - AB Discovery Value Fund | | | 27,606 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 2,256 | | | | 29,862 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | |
Bernstein Fund, Inc. - International Small Cap Portfolio | | | 45,669 | | | | 0 | | | | 5,049 | | | | 228 | | | | (1,594 | ) | | | 39,254 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | |
Bernstein Fund, Inc. - International Strategic Equities Portfolio | | | 224,850 | | | | 3,000 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | (5,967 | ) | | | 221,883 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | |
Bernstein Fund, Inc. - Small Cap Core Portfolio | | | 18,269 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 1,588 | | | | 19,857 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | |
Government Money Market Portfolio | | | 843 | | | | 21,291 | | | | 16,714 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 5,420 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | |
Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc. - Emerging Markets Portfolio | | | 21,369 | | | | 0 | | | | 283 | | | | (23 | ) | | | (367 | ) | | | 20,696 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | |
Total | | $ | 358,827 | | | $ | 24,291 | | | $ | 22,498 | | | $ | 142 | | | $ | (1,373 | ) | | $ | 359,389 | | | $ | 0 | | | $ | 0 | |
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