Fair Value Measurements
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical securities
Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following table summarizes the market value of the Fund's holdings as of December 31, 2023, based on the inputs used to value them:
Asset Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
Common Stocks: | | | | |
Brazil | $ — | $92,346,187 | $ — | $92,346,187 |
Chile | — | 58,678,448 | — | 58,678,448 |
China | 20,982,329 | 347,611,870 | — | 368,594,199 |
Hong Kong | — | 112,282,065 | — | 112,282,065 |
Hungary | — | 48,044,084 | — | 48,044,084 |
India | — | 334,112,747 | — | 334,112,747 |
Indonesia | — | 67,567,512 | — | 67,567,512 |
Malaysia | — | 40,217,734 | — | 40,217,734 |
Mexico | 74,119,263 | — | — | 74,119,263 |
South Africa | — | 157,753,027 | — | 157,753,027 |
South Korea | — | 245,071,527 | — | 245,071,527 |
Sweden | — | 23,041,232 | — | 23,041,232 |
Taiwan | — | 361,348,073 | — | 361,348,073 |
United Arab Emirates | — | 34,511,102 | — | 34,511,102 |
United States | 44,435,685 | — | — | 44,435,685 |
Total Common Stocks | $139,537,277 | $1,922,585,608(1) | $ — | $2,062,122,885 |
Rights | $34,564 | $ — | $ — | $34,564 |
Short-Term Investments | 3,686 | — | — | 3,686 |
Total Investments | $139,575,527 | $1,922,585,608 | $ — | $2,062,161,135 |
(1) | Includes foreign equity securities whose values were adjusted to reflect market trading of comparable securities or other correlated instruments that occurred after the close of trading in their applicable foreign markets. |
For information on the Fund’s policy regarding the valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund’s most recent financial statements included in its semiannual or annual report to shareholders.