At December 31, 2024, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under open derivative contracts.
Foreign Exchange Risk: During the fiscal year to date ended December 31, 2024, the Fund entered into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to seek to hedge against fluctuations in currency exchange rates and/or as a substitute for the purchase or sale of securities or currencies.
Affiliated Investments
At December 31, 2024, the value of the Fund's investment in funds that may be deemed to be affiliated was $3,248,785, which represents 3.7% of the Fund's net assets. Transactions in such investments by the Fund for the fiscal year to date ended December 31, 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(1) | $17,570 | $18,218,153 | $(14,986,938) | $ — | $ — | $3,248,785 | $33,186 | 3,248,785 |
(1) | Represents investment in Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio. |
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, 2024, based on the inputs used to value them:
Asset Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
Common Stocks: | | | | |
Argentina | $2,408,184 | $ — | $ — | $2,408,184 |
Brazil | 425,293 | — | — | 425,293 |
China | 1,827,893 | 3,608,181 | — | 5,436,074 |
Cyprus | — | 2,300,348 | — | 2,300,348 |
Egypt | 775,118 | — | — | 775,118 |
Georgia | — | 2,406,107 | — | 2,406,107 |
Greece | — | 11,787,311 | — | 11,787,311 |
Hong Kong | — | 32,702 | — | 32,702 |
India | 123,995 | 10,764,715 | — | 10,888,710 |
Malaysia | — | 4,936,809 | — | 4,936,809 |
Pakistan | — | 1,021,919 | — | 1,021,919 |