Commodities Strategy Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
MUTUAL FUNDS† - 13.9% | ||||||||
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class1 | 141,704 | $ | 1,381,614 | |||||
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II1 | 56,518 | 1,371,700 | ||||||
Total Mutual Funds | ||||||||
(Cost $2,822,291) | 2,753,314 |
Face Amount | ||||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES†† - 12.6% | ||||||||
United States Treasury Floating Rate Note | ||||||||
5.44% (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Rate + 0.04%, Rate Floor: 0.00%) due 10/31/23◊ | $ | 2,500,000 | 2,500,031 | |||||
Total U.S. Government Securities | ||||||||
(Cost $2,500,100) | 2,500,031 | |||||||
U.S. TREASURY BILLS†† - 1.0% | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills | ||||||||
4.65% due 10/05/232,3 | 200,000 | 199,912 | ||||||
Total U.S. Treasury Bills | ||||||||
(Cost $199,883) | 199,912 | |||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,4 - 64.6% | ||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC issued 09/29/23 at 5.30% due 10/02/23 | 7,215,399 | 7,215,399 | ||||||
Barclays Capital, Inc. issued 09/29/23 at 5.29% due 10/02/23 | 2,802,834 | 2,802,834 | ||||||
BofA Securities, Inc. issued 09/29/23 at 5.30% due 10/02/23 | 2,775,153 | 2,775,153 | ||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements | ||||||||
(Cost $12,793,386) | 12,793,386 | |||||||
Total Investments - 92.1% | ||||||||
(Cost $18,315,660) | $ | 18,246,643 | ||||||
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - 7.9% | 1,561,090 | |||||||
Total Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 19,807,733 |
Futures Contracts | ||||||||||||||
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized | ||||||||||
Commodity Futures Contracts Purchased† | ||||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs Commodity Index Futures Contracts | 132 | Oct 2023 | $ | 20,105,250 | $ | (89,522 | ) |
** | Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation). |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 3. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 3. |
◊ | Variable rate security. Rate indicated is the rate effective at September 30, 2023. 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. |
1 | Affiliated issuer. |
2 | All or a portion of this security is pledged as futures collateral at September 30, 2023. |
3 | Rate indicated is the effective yield at the time of purchase. |
4 | Repurchase Agreements — See Note 4. |
See Sector Classification in Other Information section.
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund's investments at September 30, 2023 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments):
Investments in Securities (Assets) | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Mutual Funds | $ | 2,753,314 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,753,314 | ||||||||
U.S. Government Securities | — | 2,500,031 | — | 2,500,031 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills | — | 199,912 | — | 199,912 | ||||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements | — | 12,793,386 | — | 12,793,386 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 2,753,314 | $ | 15,493,329 | $ | — | $ | 18,246,643 |
Commodities Strategy Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
Investments in Securities (Liabilities) | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Commodity Futures Contracts** | $ | 89,522 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 89,522 |
** | This derivative is reported as unrealized appreciation/depreciation at period end. |
Affiliated Transactions
Investments representing 5% or more of the outstanding voting shares of a company, or control of or by, or common control under Guggenheim Investments ("GI"), result in that company being considered an affiliated issuer, as defined in the 1940 Act.
The Fund may invest in certain of the underlying series of Guggenheim Strategy Funds Trust, including Guggenheim Strategy Fund II and Guggenheim Strategy Fund III, (collectively, the “Short Term Investment Vehicles”), each of which are open-end management investment companies managed by GI. The Short Term Investment Vehicles, which launched on March 11, 2014, are offered as short term investment options only to mutual funds, trusts, and other accounts managed by GI and/or its affiliates, and are not available to the public. The Short Term Investment Vehicles pay no investment management fees. The Short Term Investment Vehicles' annual report on Form N-CSR dated September 30, 2022, is available publicly or upon request. This information is available from the EDGAR database on the SEC's website at https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601445/000182126822000340/gug84768.htm. The Fund may invest in certain of the underlying series of Guggenheim Funds Trust, which are open-end management investment companies managed by GI, are available to the public and whose most recent annual report on Form N-CSR is available publicly or upon request.
Transactions during the period ended September 30, 2023, in which the company is an affiliated issuer, were as follows:
Security Name | Value 12/31/22 | Additions | Reductions | Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value 09/30/23 | Shares 09/30/23 | Investment Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mutual Funds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II | $ | 1,358,701 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 12,999 | $ | 1,371,700 | 56,518 | $ | 54,733 | |||||||||||||||||
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class | 1,366,026 | – | – | – | 15,588 | 1,381,614 | 141,704 | 53,116 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
$ | 2,724,727 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 28,587 | $ | 2,753,314 | $ | 107,849 |
Managed Futures Strategy Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
MUTUAL FUNDS† - 13.7% | ||||||||
Guggenheim Strategy Fund III1 | 235,195 | $ | 5,712,892 | |||||
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II1 | 166,856 | 4,049,592 | ||||||
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class1 | 257,497 | 2,510,593 | ||||||
Total Mutual Funds | ||||||||
(Cost $12,548,781) | 12,273,077 |
Face Amount | ||||||||
U.S. TREASURY BILLS†† - 13.7% | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills | ||||||||
4.66% due 10/05/232,3 | $ | 12,260,000 | 12,254,616 | |||||
Total U.S. Treasury Bills | ||||||||
(Cost $12,252,815) | 12,254,616 | |||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,4 - 69.7% | ||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC issued 09/29/23 at 5.30% due 10/02/23 | 35,096,857 | 35,096,857 | ||||||
Barclays Capital, Inc. issued 09/29/23 at 5.29% due 10/02/23 | 13,633,435 | 13,633,435 | ||||||
BofA Securities, Inc. issued 09/29/23 at 5.30% due 10/02/23 | 13,498,791 | 13,498,791 | ||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements | ||||||||
(Cost $62,229,083) | 62,229,083 | |||||||
Total Investments - 97.1% | ||||||||
(Cost $87,030,679) | $ | 86,756,776 | ||||||
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - 2.9% | 2,549,553 | |||||||
Total Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 89,306,329 |
Futures Contracts
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized (Depreciation)** | ||||||||||
Interest Rate Futures Contracts Purchased† | ||||||||||||||
Euro - BTP Italian Government Bond Futures Contracts†† | 15 | Dec 2023 | $ | 1,737,919 | $ | 8,006 | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Long Bond Futures Contracts | 9 | Dec 2023 | 1,024,875 | 3,170 | ||||||||||
U.S. Treasury 10 Year Note Futures Contracts | 23 | Dec 2023 | 2,484,359 | 563 | ||||||||||
Australian Government 10 Year Bond Futures Contracts | 12 | Dec 2023 | 864,858 | (2,349 | ) | |||||||||
$ | 6,112,011 | $ | 9,390 | |||||||||||
Currency Futures Contracts Purchased† | ||||||||||||||
New Zealand Dollar Futures Contracts | 41 | Dec 2023 | $ | 2,456,925 | $ | 31,443 | ||||||||
Canadian Dollar Futures Contracts | 8 | Dec 2023 | 589,640 | (4,499 | ) | |||||||||
Mexican Peso Futures Contracts | 98 | Dec 2023 | 2,774,870 | (9,662 | ) | |||||||||
British Pound Futures Contracts | 34 | Dec 2023 | 2,593,350 | (59,213 | ) | |||||||||
Japanese Yen Futures Contracts | 40 | Dec 2023 | 3,387,750 | (73,445 | ) | |||||||||
$ | 11,802,535 | $ | (115,376 | ) | ||||||||||
Equity Futures Contracts Purchased† | ||||||||||||||
CBOE Volatility Index Futures Contracts | 106 | Oct 2023 | $ | 1,881,500 | $ | 83,192 | ||||||||
IBEX 35 Index Futures Contracts†† | 10 | Oct 2023 | 996,150 | 6,436 | ||||||||||
FTSE MIB Index Futures Contracts | 2 | Dec 2023 | 298,033 | 201 | ||||||||||
OMX Stockholm 30 Index Futures Contracts†† | 3 | Oct 2023 | 58,918 | (572 | ) | |||||||||
Euro STOXX 50 Index Futures Contracts | 9 | Dec 2023 | 398,562 | (4,942 | ) | |||||||||
Nikkei 225 (OSE) Index Futures Contracts | 3 | Dec 2023 | 638,789 | (6,560 | ) | |||||||||
SPI 200 Index Futures Contracts | 5 | Dec 2023 | 566,494 | (10,588 | ) | |||||||||
FTSE 100 Index Futures Contracts | 30 | Dec 2023 | 2,793,971 | (11,118 | ) | |||||||||
FTSE Taiwan Index Futures Contracts | 19 | Oct 2023 | 1,075,400 | (15,127 | ) | |||||||||
Russell 2000 Index Mini Futures Contracts | 10 | Dec 2023 | 899,050 | (19,072 | ) | |||||||||
Dow Jones Industrial Average Index Mini Futures Contracts | 25 | Dec 2023 | 4,216,500 | (29,019 | ) |
Managed Futures Strategy Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized (Depreciation)** | ||||||||||
Equity Futures Contracts Purchased† (continued) | ||||||||||||||
Tokyo Stock Price Index Futures Contracts | 22 | Dec 2023 | $ | 3,416,177 | $ | (29,814 | ) | |||||||
NASDAQ-100 Index Mini Futures Contracts | 11 | Dec 2023 | 3,270,795 | (32,347 | ) | |||||||||
DAX Index Futures Contracts | 6 | Dec 2023 | 2,455,165 | (48,515 | ) | |||||||||
S&P 500 Index Mini Futures Contracts | 13 | Dec 2023 | 2,812,063 | (56,469 | ) | |||||||||
$ | 25,777,567 | $ | (174,314 | ) | ||||||||||
Commodity Futures Contracts Purchased† | ||||||||||||||
LME Primary Aluminum Futures Contracts | 81 | Nov 2023 | $ | 4,751,662 | $ | 181,314 | ||||||||
Low Sulphur Gas Oil Futures Contracts | 15 | Nov 2023 | 1,439,625 | 35,271 | ||||||||||
WTI Crude Futures Contracts | 8 | Oct 2023 | 726,960 | 30,705 | ||||||||||
LME Zinc Futures Contracts | 35 | Nov 2023 | 2,318,094 | 29,375 | ||||||||||
SGX Iron Ore 62% Futures Contracts | 65 | Nov 2023 | 764,725 | 24,348 | ||||||||||
Brent Crude Futures Contracts | 35 | Oct 2023 | 3,228,750 | 22,283 | ||||||||||
Copper Futures Contracts | 15 | Dec 2023 | 1,398,750 | 21,657 | ||||||||||
NY Harbor ULSD Futures Contracts | 21 | Nov 2023 | 2,789,766 | 10,396 | ||||||||||
Cotton #2 Futures Contracts | 15 | Dec 2023 | 653,925 | 983 | ||||||||||
Cattle Feeder Futures Contracts | 10 | Jan 2024 | 1,290,125 | 961 | ||||||||||
CME Nonfat Dry Milk Futures Contracts | 1 | Oct 2023 | 50,622 | (421 | ) | |||||||||
NY Harbor ULSD Futures Contracts | 3 | Oct 2023 | 416,165 | (642 | ) | |||||||||
LME Lead Futures Contracts | 1 | Nov 2023 | 54,200 | (1,522 | ) | |||||||||
Sugar #11 Futures Contracts | 118 | Jun 2024 | 3,215,453 | (2,465 | ) | |||||||||
Soybean Oil Futures Contracts | 3 | Dec 2023 | 100,530 | (4,340 | ) | |||||||||
Sugar #11 Futures Contracts | 16 | Feb 2024 | 475,059 | (5,426 | ) | |||||||||
Live Cattle Futures Contracts | 4 | Dec 2023 | 300,720 | (5,733 | ) | |||||||||
UK Natural Gas Futures Contracts | 5 | Nov 2023 | 223,809 | (7,173 | ) | |||||||||
Low Sulphur Gas Oil Futures Contracts | 32 | Jan 2024 | 2,865,600 | (12,431 | ) | |||||||||
Silver Futures Contracts | 22 | Dec 2023 | 2,462,350 | (13,104 | ) | |||||||||
ECX Emission Futures Contracts | 5 | Dec 2023 | 431,797 | (15,408 | ) | |||||||||
Soybean Meal Futures Contracts | 16 | Dec 2023 | 610,880 | (21,015 | ) | |||||||||
Soybean Futures Contracts | 4 | Nov 2023 | 255,000 | (25,338 | ) | |||||||||
Cocoa Futures Contracts | 44 | Dec 2023 | 1,505,680 | (25,552 | ) | |||||||||
Natural Gas Futures Contracts | 19 | Oct 2023 | 558,410 | (29,393 | ) | |||||||||
WTI Crude Futures Contracts | 22 | Dec 2023 | 1,915,760 | (29,536 | ) | |||||||||
Coffee 'C' Futures Contracts | 34 | Dec 2023 | 1,851,300 | (48,549 | ) | |||||||||
Gasoline RBOB Futures Contracts | 5 | Oct 2023 | 504,399 | (51,004 | ) | |||||||||
Gasoline RBOB Futures Contracts | 28 | Nov 2023 | 2,765,364 | (104,043 | ) | |||||||||
Lean Hogs Futures Contracts | 234 | Dec 2023 | 6,718,140 | (169,469 | ) | |||||||||
$ | 46,643,620 | $ | (215,271 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest Rate Futures Contracts Sold Short† | ||||||||||||||
Euro - Bund Futures Contracts | 58 | Dec 2023 | $ | 7,874,189 | $ | 171,988 | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Long Bond Futures Contracts | 87 | Dec 2023 | 9,907,125 | 156,126 | ||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Ultra Long Bond Futures Contracts | 56 | Dec 2023 | 6,660,500 | 127,117 | ||||||||||
U.S. Treasury 2 Year Note Futures Contracts | 266 | Dec 2023 | 53,916,953 | 107,656 | ||||||||||
Euro - Schatz Futures Contracts | 456 | Dec 2023 | 50,619,520 | 66,811 | ||||||||||
Euro - Bobl Futures Contracts | 61 | Dec 2023 | 7,459,712 | 65,947 | ||||||||||
Australian Government 10 Year Bond Futures Contracts | 32 | Dec 2023 | 2,306,288 | 64,364 | ||||||||||
Long Gilt Futures Contracts†† | 44 | Dec 2023 | 5,032,697 | 49,240 | ||||||||||
U.S. Treasury 5 Year Note Futures Contracts | 86 | Dec 2023 | 9,057,547 | 19,778 | ||||||||||
U.S. Treasury 10 Year Note Futures Contracts | 10 | Dec 2023 | 1,080,156 | 19,434 | ||||||||||
Canadian Government 10 Year Bond Futures Contracts | 16 | Dec 2023 | 1,356,979 | 15,939 | ||||||||||
Australian Government 3 Year Bond Futures Contracts | 24 | Dec 2023 | 1,626,334 | 9,875 | ||||||||||
Euro - 30 year Bond Futures Contracts | 2 | Dec 2023 | 257,460 | 1,340 | ||||||||||
$ | 157,155,460 | $ | 875,615 | |||||||||||
Commodity Futures Contracts Sold Short† | ||||||||||||||
Red Spring Wheat Futures Contracts | 57 | Dec 2023 | $ | 2,018,513 | $ | 205,651 | ||||||||
LME Nickel Futures Contracts | 18 | Nov 2023 | 2,006,640 | 161,209 |
Managed Futures Strategy Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized (Depreciation)** | ||||||||||
Commodity Futures Contracts Sold Short† (continued) | ||||||||||||||
Wheat Futures Contracts | 31 | Dec 2023 | $ | 837,775 | $ | 118,887 | ||||||||
Gasoline RBOB Futures Contracts | 12 | Oct 2023 | 1,210,558 | 96,855 | ||||||||||
Gold 100 oz. Futures Contracts | 18 | Dec 2023 | 3,355,740 | 65,464 | ||||||||||
Corn Futures Contracts | 321 | Dec 2023 | 7,639,800 | 45,006 | ||||||||||
Coffee 'C' Futures Contracts | 9 | Dec 2023 | 490,050 | 32,000 | ||||||||||
WTI Crude Futures Contracts | 8 | Oct 2023 | 726,960 | 22,460 | ||||||||||
Phelix DE Base Q Futures Contracts | 1 | Dec 2023 | 280,487 | 15,260 | ||||||||||
Canadian Canola (WCE) Futures Contracts | 93 | Nov 2023 | 968,465 | 15,067 | ||||||||||
Sugar #11 Futures Contracts | 47 | Feb 2024 | 1,395,486 | 13,302 | ||||||||||
Hard Red Winter Wheat Futures Contracts | 11 | Dec 2023 | 364,100 | 13,128 | ||||||||||
Silver Futures Contracts | 3 | Dec 2023 | 335,775 | 11,856 | ||||||||||
NY Harbor ULSD Futures Contracts | 13 | Oct 2023 | 1,803,383 | 10,344 | ||||||||||
Natural Gas Futures Contracts | 50 | Oct 2023 | 1,469,500 | 8,781 | ||||||||||
Platinum Futures Contracts | 14 | Jan 2024 | 639,940 | 6,520 | ||||||||||
Soybean Futures Contracts | 10 | Nov 2023 | 637,500 | 4,842 | ||||||||||
Natural Gas Futures Contracts | 54 | Nov 2023 | 1,791,180 | 4,717 | ||||||||||
Euro - Mill Wheat Futures Contracts | 15 | Dec 2023 | 186,766 | 4,667 | ||||||||||
Soybean Oil Futures Contracts | 44 | Dec 2023 | 1,474,440 | 4,183 | ||||||||||
Copper Futures Contracts | 5 | Dec 2023 | 466,250 | 3,175 | ||||||||||
Live Cattle Futures Contracts | 3 | Dec 2023 | 225,540 | 961 | ||||||||||
LME Tin Futures Contracts | 7 | Nov 2023 | 833,438 | (31 | ) | |||||||||
Euro - Rapeseed Futures Contracts | 19 | Oct 2023 | 444,512 | (1,836 | ) | |||||||||
LME Zinc Futures Contracts | 1 | Nov 2023 | 66,231 | (4,672 | ) | |||||||||
Low Sulphur Gas Oil Futures Contracts | 12 | Nov 2023 | 1,151,700 | (6,795 | ) | |||||||||
LME Primary Aluminum Futures Contracts | 2 | Nov 2023 | 117,325 | (7,576 | ) | |||||||||
Palladium Futures Contracts | 7 | Dec 2023 | 877,800 | (16,729 | ) | |||||||||
$ | 33,815,854 | $ | 826,696 | |||||||||||
Currency Futures Contracts Sold Short† | ||||||||||||||
Japanese Yen Futures Contracts | 193 | Dec 2023 | $ | 16,345,894 | $ | 282,543 | ||||||||
Swiss Franc Futures Contracts | 90 | Dec 2023 | 12,391,875 | 223,358 | ||||||||||
Euro FX Futures Contracts | 49 | Dec 2023 | 6,497,093 | 48,893 | ||||||||||
Australian Dollar Futures Contracts | 175 | Dec 2023 | 11,279,625 | 17,776 | ||||||||||
British Pound Futures Contracts | 86 | Dec 2023 | 6,559,650 | 17,557 | ||||||||||
Canadian Dollar Futures Contracts | 47 | Dec 2023 | 3,464,135 | 8,459 | ||||||||||
$ | 56,538,272 | $ | 598,586 | |||||||||||
Equity Futures Contracts Sold Short† | ||||||||||||||
FTSE/JSE TOP 40 Index Futures Contracts†† | 42 | Dec 2023 | $ | 1,488,489 | $ | 35,566 | ||||||||
S&P MidCap 400 Index Mini Futures Contracts | 20 | Dec 2023 | 5,040,000 | 13,860 | ||||||||||
Russell 2000 Index Mini Futures Contracts | 23 | Dec 2023 | 2,067,815 | 12,478 | ||||||||||
S&P/TSX 60 IX Index Futures Contracts | 16 | Dec 2023 | 2,773,582 | 10,762 | ||||||||||
FTSE 100 Index Futures Contracts | 3 | Dec 2023 | 279,397 | 2,740 | ||||||||||
MSCI EAFE Index Futures Contracts | 6 | Dec 2023 | 612,540 | 1,360 | ||||||||||
CAC 40 10 Euro Index Futures Contracts | 6 | Oct 2023 | 452,585 | 414 | ||||||||||
CBOE Volatility Index Futures Contracts | 97 | Feb 2024 | 1,872,100 | (15,845 | ) | |||||||||
CBOE Volatility Index Futures Contracts | 134 | Jan 2024 | 2,559,400 | (61,459 | ) | |||||||||
$ | 17,145,908 | $ | (124 | ) |
** | Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation). |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs, unless otherwise noted — See Note 3. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 3. |
1 | Affiliated issuer. |
2 | All or a portion of this security is pledged as futures collateral at September 30, 2023. |
3 | Rate indicated is the effective yield at the time of purchase. |
4 | Repurchase Agreements — See Note 4. |
Managed Futures Strategy Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
CME — Chicago Mercantile Exchange
See Sector Classification in Other Information section.
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund's investments at September 30, 2023 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments):
Investments in Securities (Assets) | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Mutual Funds | $ | 12,273,077 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 12,273,077 | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills | — | 12,254,616 | — | 12,254,616 | ||||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements | — | 62,229,083 | — | 62,229,083 | ||||||||||||
Commodity Futures Contracts** | 1,221,628 | — | — | 1,221,628 | ||||||||||||
Interest Rate Futures Contracts** | 830,108 | 57,246 | — | 887,354 | ||||||||||||
Currency Futures Contracts** | 630,029 | — | — | 630,029 | ||||||||||||
Equity Futures Contracts** | 125,007 | 42,002 | — | 167,009 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 15,079,849 | $ | 74,582,947 | $ | — | $ | 89,662,796 |
Investments in Securities (Liabilities) | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Commodity Futures Contracts** | $ | 610,203 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 610,203 | ||||||||
Equity Futures Contracts** | 340,875 | 572 | — | 341,447 | ||||||||||||
Currency Futures Contracts** | 146,819 | — | — | 146,819 | ||||||||||||
Interest Rate Futures Contracts** | 2,349 | — | — | 2,349 | ||||||||||||
Total Liabilities | $ | 1,100,246 | $ | 572 | $ | — | $ | 1,100,818 |
** | This derivative is reported as unrealized appreciation/depreciation at period end. |
Affiliated Transactions
Investments representing 5% or more of the outstanding voting shares of a company, or control of or by, or common control under Guggenheim Investments ("GI"), result in that company being considered an affiliated issuer, as defined in the 1940 Act.
The Fund may invest in certain of the underlying series of Guggenheim Strategy Funds Trust, including Guggenheim Strategy Fund II and Guggenheim Strategy Fund III, (collectively, the “Short Term Investment Vehicles”), each of which are open-end management investment companies managed by GI. The Short Term Investment Vehicles, which launched on March 11, 2014, are offered as short term investment options only to mutual funds, trusts, and other accounts managed by GI and/or its affiliates, and are not available to the public. The Short Term Investment Vehicles pay no investment management fees. The Short Term Investment Vehicles' annual report on Form N-CSR dated September 30, 2022, is available publicly or upon request. This information is available from the EDGAR database on the SEC's website at https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601445/000182126822000340/gug84768.htm. The Fund may invest in certain of the underlying series of Guggenheim Funds Trust, which are open-end management investment companies managed by GI, are available to the public and whose most recent annual report on Form N-CSR is available publicly or upon request.
Transactions during the period ended September 30, 2023, in which the company is an affiliated issuer, were as follows:
Security Name | Value 12/31/22 | Additions | Reductions | Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value 09/30/23 | Shares 09/30/23 | Investment Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mutual Funds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II | $ | 4,011,215 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 38,377 | $ | 4,049,592 | 166,856 | $ | 161,586 | |||||||||||||||||
Guggenheim Strategy Fund III | 5,658,797 | – | – | – | 54,095 | 5,712,892 | 235,195 | 227,416 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class | 2,482,268 | – | – | – | 28,325 | 2,510,593 | 257,497 | 96,518 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
$ | 12,152,280 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 120,797 | $ | 12,273,077 | $ | 485,520 |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† - 25.2% | ||||||||
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 6.5% | ||||||||
Horizon Therapeutics plc*,1 | 14,874 | $ | 1,720,773 | |||||
Abcam plc ADR* | 45,304 | 1,025,230 | ||||||
Amedisys, Inc.*,1 | 10,905 | 1,018,527 | ||||||
Seagen, Inc.*,1 | 4,755 | 1,008,773 | ||||||
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 41,449 | 768,464 | ||||||
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical | 5,541,767 | |||||||
Technology - 5.8% | ||||||||
VMware, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 12,600 | 2,097,653 | ||||||
New Relic, Inc.*,1 | 11,976 | 1,025,385 | ||||||
Arco Platform Ltd. — Class A* | 51,923 | 715,499 | ||||||
Activision Blizzard, Inc.1 | 6,659 | 623,482 | ||||||
Splunk, Inc.* | 3,526 | 515,677 | ||||||
Total Technology | 4,977,696 | |||||||
Consumer, Cyclical - 5.8% | ||||||||
Sovos Brands, Inc.* | 57,776 | 1,302,849 | ||||||
Capri Holdings Ltd.*,1 | 24,474 | 1,287,577 | ||||||
Veritiv Corp. | 6,071 | 1,025,392 | ||||||
NEOGAMES S.A.* | 19,035 | 513,945 | ||||||
iRobot Corp.*,1 | 12,316 | 466,776 | ||||||
Spirit Airlines, Inc.1 | 21,083 | 347,870 | ||||||
Total Consumer, Cyclical | 4,944,409 | |||||||
Financial - 3.2% | ||||||||
Avantax, Inc.* | 21,542 | 551,044 | ||||||
Greenhill & Company, Inc. | 32,619 | 482,761 | ||||||
Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. | 36,286 | 457,929 | ||||||
Sculptor Capital Management, Inc. | 21,718 | 251,929 | ||||||
Cambridge Bancorp | 3,642 | 226,860 | ||||||
RPT Realty REIT | 20,895 | 220,651 | ||||||
Great Ajax Corp. REIT | 33,337 | 214,690 | ||||||
Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. | 5,511 | 164,448 | ||||||
Hersha Hospitality Trust — Class A REIT | 15,639 | 154,201 | ||||||
Global Net Lease, Inc. REIT | 14 | 135 | ||||||
Total Financial | 2,724,648 | |||||||
Industrial - 2.7% | ||||||||
National Instruments Corp.1 | 14,539 | 866,815 | ||||||
CIRCOR International, Inc.* | 14,025 | 781,894 | ||||||
Chase Corp. | 5,116 | 650,909 | ||||||
Total Industrial | 2,299,618 | |||||||
Energy - 1.2% | ||||||||
Denbury, Inc.* | 10,342 | 1,013,631 | ||||||
Total Common Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $20,636,247) | 21,501,769 | |||||||
RIGHTS††† - 0.0% | ||||||||
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 0.0% | ||||||||
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | ||||||||
Novartis AG* | 34,843 | – | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson* | 9,562 | – | ||||||
3,841 | – | |||||||
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical | – | |||||||
Total Rights | ||||||||
(Cost $3,729) | – | |||||||
MUTUAL FUNDS† - 17.6% | ||||||||
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class2 | 674,462 | 6,576,008 | ||||||
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II2 | 269,618 | 6,543,631 | ||||||
Guggenheim Strategy Fund III2 | 79,031 | 1,919,669 | ||||||
Total Mutual Funds | ||||||||
(Cost $15,386,814) | 15,039,308 | |||||||
CLOSED-END FUNDS† - 6.3% | ||||||||
Tekla Life Sciences Investors | 11,715 | 146,086 | ||||||
Tekla Healthcare Investors | 9,297 | 144,568 | ||||||
Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income Fund | 14,808 | 142,897 | ||||||
General American Investors Company, Inc. | 3,467 | 142,632 | ||||||
Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund | 13,816 | 142,443 | ||||||
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc.3 | 14,833 | 141,803 | ||||||
Nuveen New Jersey Quality Municipal Income Fund | 13,173 | 139,370 | ||||||
SRH Total Return Fund, Inc. | 10,720 | 139,146 | ||||||
Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust | 6,941 | 134,933 | ||||||
Pioneer Municipal High Income Fund Trust | 17,861 | 129,135 | ||||||
Clough Global Equity Fund | 16,960 | 92,941 | ||||||
Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund | 11,218 | 92,324 | ||||||
DWS Municipal Income Trust | 11,572 | 89,104 | ||||||
Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund | 8,257 | 87,689 | ||||||
Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. | 5,167 | 85,979 | ||||||
Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund | 8,746 | 84,661 | ||||||
BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust | 9,146 | 83,229 | ||||||
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund, Inc. | 8,935 | 79,790 | ||||||
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. | 14,719 | 73,153 | ||||||
Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust | 8,020 | 71,779 | ||||||
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund | 6,968 | 70,865 | ||||||
Mexico Fund, Inc. | 4,232 | 69,701 | ||||||
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. | 7,740 | 68,576 | ||||||
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc. | 7,537 | 62,557 | ||||||
BNY Mellon Municipal Income, Inc. | 10,605 | 60,130 | ||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc. | 5,761 | 57,207 | ||||||
Gabelli Healthcare & WellnessRx Trust | 6,556 | 56,250 |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
CLOSED-END FUNDS† - 6.3% (continued) | ||||||||
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund, Inc. | 5,607 | 51,192 | ||||||
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund | 5,926 | 51,023 | ||||||
Neuberger Berman Municipal Fund, Inc.3 | 4,880 | 44,945 | ||||||
GAMCO Natural Resources Gold & Income Trust | 8,627 | 42,618 | ||||||
Voya Infrastructure Industrials and Materials Fund | 3,946 | 37,211 | ||||||
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals | 4,006 | 36,495 | ||||||
Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc. | 4,650 | 35,526 | ||||||
Neuberger Berman California Municipal Fund, Inc. | 3,227 | 31,592 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc.3 | 4,456 | 28,919 | ||||||
LMP Capital and Income Fund, Inc. | 2,268 | 28,350 | ||||||
Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund | 2,980 | 28,250 | ||||||
Nuveen Arizona Quality Municipal Income Fund | 2,573 | 24,778 | ||||||
Neuberger Berman New York Municipal Fund, Inc. | 2,828 | 24,773 | ||||||
Voya Global Advantage and Premium Opportunity Fund | 2,268 | 18,824 | ||||||
Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund | 3,580 | 18,115 | ||||||
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. | 2,186 | 18,056 | ||||||
BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust | 2,365 | 17,998 | ||||||
Blackstone Strategic Credit Fund | 1,637 | 17,991 | ||||||
Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income Fund | 1,421 | 17,990 | ||||||
Nuveen Dow 30sm Dynamic Overwrite Fund | 1,309 | 17,933 | ||||||
BlackRock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust | 1,937 | 17,840 | ||||||
Allspring Income Opportunities | 2,924 | 17,836 | ||||||
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Securities Fund, Inc. | 1,373 | 17,808 | ||||||
BlackRock Municipal 2030 Target Term Trust | 913 | 17,721 | ||||||
BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust | 1,164 | 17,646 | ||||||
Nuveen New York AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund | 1,867 | 17,643 | ||||||
Virtus Convertible & Income Fund | 5,667 | 17,624 | ||||||
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund | 2,390 | 17,614 | ||||||
Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund | 830 | 17,579 | ||||||
Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II | 6,362 | 17,559 | ||||||
Nuveen Quality Municipal Income Fund | 1,731 | 17,552 | ||||||
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund | 2,316 | 17,509 | ||||||
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund | 1,814 | 17,451 | ||||||
Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund | 1,879 | 17,437 | ||||||
PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc. | 1,615 | 17,410 | ||||||
BlackRock Municipal Income Fund, Inc. | 1,712 | 17,377 | ||||||
Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund | 1,664 | 17,356 | ||||||
Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund | 1,128 | 17,349 | ||||||
New Germany Fund, Inc. | 2,122 | 17,337 | ||||||
Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund | 1,934 | 17,329 | ||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. | 1,692 | 17,309 | ||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. | 1,803 | 17,219 | ||||||
BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund, Inc. | 1,667 | 17,187 | ||||||
Tekla Healthcare Opportunities Fund | 1,011 | 17,167 | ||||||
Duff & Phelps Utility and Infrastructure Fund, Inc. | 1,984 | 17,102 | ||||||
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund | 958 | 17,014 | ||||||
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust | 2,064 | 16,987 | ||||||
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust | 1,906 | 16,906 | ||||||
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc. | 3,157 | 16,827 | ||||||
Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund, Inc. | 1,660 | 16,799 | ||||||
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd.3 | 2,074 | 16,696 | ||||||
Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund, Inc. | 2,322 | 16,626 | ||||||
PGIM High Yield Bond Fund, Inc. | 1,395 | 16,433 | ||||||
BlackRock Enhanced Global Dividend Trust | 1,742 | 16,427 | ||||||
Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund | 2,115 | 16,243 | ||||||
BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust | 3,202 | 15,978 | ||||||
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals | 1,860 | 15,810 | ||||||
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc. | 1,547 | 15,656 | ||||||
Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust | 1,264 | 15,560 | ||||||
Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust | 1,830 | 15,354 | ||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. | 1,656 | 15,202 |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
CLOSED-END FUNDS† - 6.3% (continued) | ||||||||
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund, Inc. | 4,167 | $ | 15,168 | |||||
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II | 1,656 | 15,136 | ||||||
Nuveen S&P 500 Dynamic Overwrite Fund | 1,017 | 15,072 | ||||||
Nuveen California AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund | 1,463 | 15,010 | ||||||
Invesco Municipal Trust | 1,789 | 14,920 | ||||||
Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust | 1,430 | 14,872 | ||||||
Gabelli Global Small and Mid Capital Value Trust | 1,425 | 14,763 | ||||||
BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc. | 1,661 | 14,584 | ||||||
Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund, Inc. | 1,080 | 14,515 | ||||||
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust | 1,404 | 14,447 | ||||||
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust | 1,705 | 14,373 | ||||||
Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund | 673 | 14,369 | ||||||
Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund, Inc. | 1,249 | 14,351 | ||||||
Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc. | 4,280 | 14,294 | ||||||
Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust | 1,164 | 14,096 | ||||||
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund | 1,114 | 14,047 | ||||||
Invesco Advantage Municipal Income Trust II | 1,859 | 13,775 | ||||||
John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund | 1,428 | 13,666 | ||||||
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust | 1,476 | 13,579 | ||||||
Eaton Vance Municipal Income 2028 Term Trust | 795 | 13,483 | ||||||
Blackstone Long-Short Credit Income Fund | 1,155 | 13,456 | ||||||
RiverNorth Opportunities Fund, Inc. | 1,274 | 13,390 | ||||||
BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust | 1,336 | 13,173 | ||||||
Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust | 2,404 | 13,150 | ||||||
PIMCO Municipal Income Fund III | 2,013 | 13,024 | ||||||
Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund | 1,928 | 12,918 | ||||||
BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc. | 2,119 | 12,841 | ||||||
Nuveen New York Quality Municipal Income Fund | 1,304 | 12,610 | ||||||
Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund, Inc. | 916 | 12,540 | ||||||
MFS Intermediate Income Trust | 4,672 | 12,521 | ||||||
MFS Multimarket Income Trust | 2,860 | 12,184 | ||||||
MFS Charter Income Trust | 2,053 | 12,010 | ||||||
Pioneer Diversified High Income Fund, Inc. | 1,159 | 11,845 | ||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. | 1,314 | 11,813 | ||||||
Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund | 1,502 | 11,746 | ||||||
Federated Hermes Premier Municipal Income Fund | 1,209 | 11,582 | ||||||
PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund | 1,380 | 11,509 | ||||||
PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund II | 2,282 | 11,456 | ||||||
Neuberger Berman Real Estate Securities Income Fund, Inc. | 4,087 | 11,403 | ||||||
Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund | 1,414 | 11,326 | ||||||
John Hancock Investors Trust | 908 | 11,032 | ||||||
Miller/Howard High Dividend Fund | 1,111 | 11,021 | ||||||
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund | 1,156 | 10,982 | ||||||
Allspring Global Dividend Opportunity Fund | 2,704 | 10,897 | ||||||
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund, Inc. | 1,778 | 10,828 | ||||||
Principal Real Estate Income Fund | 1,181 | 10,664 | ||||||
Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund | 1,257 | 10,647 | ||||||
Franklin Universal Trust | 1,674 | 10,630 | ||||||
European Equity Fund, Inc. | 1,327 | 10,550 | ||||||
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Opportunity Fund, Inc. | 1,411 | 10,498 | ||||||
abrdn Australia Equity Fund, Inc. | 2,648 | 10,460 | ||||||
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund, Inc. | 928 | 10,440 | ||||||
Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. | 769 | 10,274 | ||||||
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund, Inc. | 1,188 | 10,217 | ||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund | 981 | 10,173 | ||||||
Western Asset Municipal Partners Fund, Inc. | 957 | 10,125 | ||||||
Sprott Focus Trust, Inc. | 1,347 | 10,116 | ||||||
John Hancock Income Securities Trust | 977 | 10,024 | ||||||
MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust | 1,408 | 9,955 | ||||||
Invesco High Income Trust II3 | 1,000 | 9,940 | ||||||
Nuveen Minnesota Quality Municipal Income Fund | 1,013 | 9,877 | ||||||
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund | 2,234 | 9,830 | ||||||
Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund | 1,194 | 9,803 | ||||||
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. | 771 | 9,730 |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
CLOSED-END FUNDS† - 6.3% (continued) | ||||||||
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. | 946 | $ | 9,716 | |||||
First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund | 2,876 | 9,692 | ||||||
Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund | 5,139 | 9,661 | ||||||
PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund II | 1,492 | 9,579 | ||||||
abrdn Japan Equity Fund, Inc. | 1,787 | 9,560 | ||||||
Allspring Utilities and High Income Fund | 1,087 | 9,500 | ||||||
Source Capital, Inc. | 246 | 9,493 | ||||||
Voya Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund | 1,638 | 9,484 | ||||||
BlackRock Health Sciences Trust | 242 | 9,474 | ||||||
First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II | 947 | 9,470 | ||||||
DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund, Inc. | 887 | 9,464 | ||||||
Invesco Bond Fund | 654 | 9,463 | ||||||
Insight Select Income Fund | 628 | 9,439 | ||||||
Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund | 1,898 | 9,357 | ||||||
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund/United States | 825 | 9,331 | ||||||
First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund | 867 | 9,294 | ||||||
Tri-Continental Corp. | 349 | 9,280 | ||||||
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund | 4,333 | 9,273 | ||||||
Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust | 685 | 9,254 | ||||||
Eaton Vance Tax Managed Global Buy Write Opportunities Fund | 1,209 | 9,237 | ||||||
Royce Global Value Trust, Inc. | 1,055 | 9,190 | ||||||
Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio | 752 | 9,152 | ||||||
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund | 5,821 | 9,139 | ||||||
Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust | 992 | 9,087 | ||||||
abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund, Inc. | 1,048 | 9,076 | ||||||
Eaton Vance California Municipal Bond Fund | 1,117 | 9,070 | ||||||
PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund III | 1,707 | 9,064 | ||||||
MFS High Yield Municipal Trust | 2,893 | 9,055 | ||||||
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred & Income Fund, Inc. | 990 | 9,039 | ||||||
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust | 1,011 | 9,008 | ||||||
Bancroft Fund Ltd. | 571 | 9,005 | ||||||
abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc. | 1,880 | 8,968 | ||||||
Royce Value Trust, Inc. | 695 | 8,945 | ||||||
Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc. | 646 | 8,941 | ||||||
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust | 1,186 | 8,931 | ||||||
Royce Micro-Capital Trust, Inc. | 1,076 | 8,909 | ||||||
MFS Municipal Income Trust | 1,952 | 8,882 | ||||||
MFS High Income Municipal Trust | 2,842 | 8,867 | ||||||
Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend & Income Fund | 1,263 | 8,765 | ||||||
Nuveen NASDAQ 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund | 390 | 8,763 | ||||||
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund, Inc. | 928 | 8,667 | ||||||
Nuveen Preferred & Income Securities Fund | 1,397 | 8,619 | ||||||
Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund | 1,358 | 8,596 | ||||||
Eaton Vance New York Municipal Bond Fund | 1,032 | 8,555 | ||||||
Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Inc. | 500 | 8,535 | ||||||
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust | 878 | 8,499 | ||||||
CBRE Global Real Estate Income Fund | 1,865 | 8,392 | ||||||
Virtus Total Return Fund, Inc. | 1,719 | 8,251 | ||||||
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. | 416 | 8,145 | ||||||
PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund | 1,113 | 8,025 | ||||||
Neuberger Berman Energy Infrastructure and Income Fund, Inc. | 1,133 | 7,795 | ||||||
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund, Inc. | 596 | 7,688 | ||||||
Templeton Global Income Fund | 1,950 | 7,527 | ||||||
Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio | 647 | 7,466 | ||||||
Apollo Tactical Income Fund, Inc. | 528 | 7,059 | ||||||
Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund | 1,508 | 6,952 | ||||||
Nuveen Multi-Asset Income Fund | 612 | 6,805 | ||||||
Flaherty & Crumrine Dynamic Preferred and Income Fund, Inc. | 399 | 6,691 | ||||||
Nuveen Multi-Market Income Fund | 1,184 | 6,642 | ||||||
Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund | 826 | 6,344 | ||||||
Clough Global Opportunities Fund | 1,336 | 5,918 | ||||||
BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust | 427 | 5,598 | ||||||
First Trust Mortgage Income Fund | 486 | 5,426 | ||||||
Nuveen Preferred & Income Term Fund | 309 | 5,306 | ||||||
Franklin Limited Duration Income Trust | 820 | 4,994 |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
CLOSED-END FUNDS† - 6.3% (continued) | ||||||||
Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund | 376 | $ | 4,775 | |||||
Nuveen Missouri Quality Municipal Income Fund | 516 | 4,752 | ||||||
BlackRock Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust | 507 | 4,548 | ||||||
Pioneer High Income Fund, Inc. | 649 | 4,355 | ||||||
Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund, Inc. | 520 | 4,269 | ||||||
Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund, Inc. | 365 | 3,909 | ||||||
Highland Global Allocation Fund | 448 | 3,584 | ||||||
Putnam Premier Income Trust | 1,051 | 3,521 | ||||||
BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. | 307 | 3,494 | ||||||
Nuveen Global High Income Fund | 279 | 3,192 | ||||||
Cohen & Steers Select Preferred and Income Fund, Inc. | 152 | 2,750 | ||||||
Pioneer Floating Rate Fund, Inc. | 302 | 2,721 | ||||||
BrandywineGLOBAL Global Income Opportunities Fund, Inc. | 353 | 2,651 | ||||||
Clough Global Dividend and Income Fund | 409 | 2,033 | ||||||
New America High Income Fund, Inc. | 313 | 2,028 | ||||||
Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund, Inc. | 157 | 1,860 | ||||||
Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust | 391 | 1,181 | ||||||
RiverNorth Capital and Income Fund | 73 | 1,112 | ||||||
MFS Government Markets Income Trust | 298 | 912 | ||||||
Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. | 56 | 612 | ||||||
Nuveen Intermediate Duration Municipal Term Fund | 955 | – | ||||||
Total Closed-End Funds | ||||||||
(Cost $5,597,536) | 5,372,367 |
Face Amount | ||||||||
U.S. TREASURY BILLS†† - 13.9% | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills | ||||||||
4.66% due 10/05/234,5 | $ | 6,570,000 | 6,567,114 | |||||
5.17% due 11/02/235 | 5,400,000 | 5,375,402 | ||||||
Total U.S. Treasury Bills | ||||||||
(Cost $11,940,841) | 11,942,516 | |||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,6 - 26.6% | ||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC issued 09/29/23 at 5.30% due 10/02/231 | 12,799,999 | 12,799,999 | ||||||
Barclays Capital, Inc. issued 09/29/23 at 5.29% due 10/02/231 | 4,972,182 | 4,972,182 | ||||||
BofA Securities, Inc. issued 09/29/23 at 5.30% due 10/02/231 | 4,923,077 | 4,923,077 | ||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements | ||||||||
(Cost $22,695,258) | 22,695,258 |
Shares | ||||||||
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL†,7 - 0.2% | ||||||||
Money Market Fund | ||||||||
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class X, 5.26%8 | 141,370 | 141,370 | ||||||
Total Securities Lending Collateral | ||||||||
(Cost $141,370) | 141,370 | |||||||
Total Investments - 89.8% | ||||||||
(Cost $76,401,795) | 76,692,588 | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS SOLD SHORT† - (4.0)% | ||||||||
Energy - (1.2)% | ||||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 8,687 | (1,021,417 | ) | |||||
Financial - (1.3)% | ||||||||
Ellington Financial, Inc. | 17,695 | (220,657 | ) | |||||
Eastern Bankshares, Inc. | 17,725 | (222,271 | ) | |||||
Kimco Realty Corp. | 12,639 | (222,320 | ) | |||||
Provident Financial Services, Inc. | 30,186 | (461,544 | ) | |||||
Total Financial | (1,126,792 | ) | ||||||
Technology - (1.5)% | ||||||||
Broadcom, Inc. | 1,588 | (1,318,961 | ) | |||||
Total Common Stocks Sold Short | ||||||||
(Proceeds $2,899,763) | (3,467,170 | ) | ||||||
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS SOLD SHORT† - (6.0)% | ||||||||
SPDR Gold Shares — Class D | 8 | (1,372 | ) | |||||
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund | 100 | (3,317 | ) | |||||
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund | 39 | (3,525 | ) | |||||
iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF | 200 | (4,468 | ) | |||||
iShares Agency Bond ETF | 52 | (5,502 | ) | |||||
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 73 | (6,686 | ) | |||||
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF | 116 | (7,366 | ) | |||||
VanEck Gold Miners ETF | 425 | (11,437 | ) | |||||
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | 476 | (18,064 | ) | |||||
Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund | 233 | (18,302 | ) | |||||
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund | 384 | (22,629 | ) | |||||
iShares Latin America 40 ETF | 1,084 | (27,707 | ) | |||||
iShares Preferred & Income Securities ETF | 1,212 | (36,542 | ) |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS SOLD SHORT† - (6.0)% (continued) | ||||||||
iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF | 477 | $ | (37,273 | ) | ||||
SPDR Bloomberg Convertible Securities ETF | 623 | (42,239 | ) | |||||
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 423 | (43,155 | ) | |||||
Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | 1,061 | (46,928 | ) | |||||
iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF | 215 | (57,188 | ) | |||||
iShares MBS ETF | 804 | (71,395 | ) | |||||
SPDR S&P Biotech ETF | 1,394 | (101,790 | ) | |||||
iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF | 2,062 | (104,935 | ) | |||||
iShares Core High Dividend ETF | 1,212 | (119,855 | ) | |||||
iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF | 684 | (120,890 | ) | |||||
iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF | 1,691 | (139,541 | ) | |||||
iShares TIPS Bond ETF | 1,536 | (159,314 | ) | |||||
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund | 1,528 | (196,715 | ) | |||||
Invesco Senior Loan ETF | 9,555 | (200,559 | ) | |||||
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 729 | (311,633 | ) | |||||
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF | 4,631 | (319,169 | ) | |||||
VanEck High Yield Muni ETF | 6,631 | (325,383 | ) | |||||
iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF | 2,179 | (330,816 | ) | |||||
SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg High Yield Municipal Bond ETF | 14,634 | (348,582 | ) | |||||
iShares National Muni Bond ETF | 3,697 | (379,090 | ) | |||||
SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg Municipal Bond ETF | 16,253 | (710,256 | ) | |||||
iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 10,470 | (771,848 | ) | |||||
Total Exchange-Traded Funds Sold Short | ||||||||
(Proceeds $5,659,684) | (5,105,471 | ) | ||||||
Total Securities Sold Short - (10.0)% | ||||||||
(Proceeds $8,559,447) | $ | (8,572,641 | ) | |||||
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - 20.2% | 17,318,026 | |||||||
Total Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 85,437,973 |
Futures Contracts | ||||||||||||||
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized (Depreciation)** | ||||||||||
Interest Rate Futures Contracts Purchased† | ||||||||||||||
Euro - BTP Italian Government Bond Futures Contracts†† | 31 | Dec 2023 | $ | 3,591,699 | $ | 22,866 | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury 10 Year Note Futures Contracts | 58 | Dec 2023 | 6,264,906 | 19,070 | ||||||||||
Australian Government 10 Year Bond Futures Contracts | 75 | Dec 2023 | 5,405,362 | (19,184 | ) | |||||||||
$ | 15,261,967 | $ | 22,752 | |||||||||||
Equity Futures Contracts Purchased† | ||||||||||||||
CBOE Volatility Index Futures Contracts | 224 | Oct 2023 | $ | 3,976,000 | $ | 175,293 | ||||||||
IBEX 35 Index Futures Contracts†† | 16 | Oct 2023 | 1,593,840 | 7,602 | ||||||||||
Tokyo Stock Price Index Futures Contracts | 16 | Dec 2023 | 2,484,492 | 5,249 | ||||||||||
Dow Jones Industrial Average Index Mini Futures Contracts | 38 | Dec 2023 | 6,409,080 | 1,549 | ||||||||||
Euro STOXX 50 Index Futures Contracts | 3 | Dec 2023 | 132,854 | 1,020 | ||||||||||
OMX Stockholm 30 Index Futures Contracts†† | 9 | Oct 2023 | 176,755 | (1,478 | ) | |||||||||
CAC 40 10 Euro Index Futures Contracts | 2 | Oct 2023 | 150,862 | (1,829 | ) | |||||||||
FTSE MIB Index Futures Contracts | 8 | Dec 2023 | 1,192,133 | (2,094 | ) | |||||||||
FTSE 100 Index Futures Contracts | 7 | Dec 2023 | 651,926 | (3,237 | ) | |||||||||
Nikkei 225 (OSE) Index Futures Contracts | 9 | Dec 2023 | 1,916,367 | (19,370 | ) | |||||||||
SPI 200 Index Futures Contracts | 16 | Dec 2023 | 1,812,781 | (31,874 | ) | |||||||||
Russell 2000 Index Mini Futures Contracts | 33 | Dec 2023 | 2,966,865 | (43,232 | ) | |||||||||
NASDAQ-100 Index Mini Futures Contracts | 15 | Dec 2023 | 4,460,175 | (111,730 | ) | |||||||||
S&P 500 Index Mini Futures Contracts | 27 | Dec 2023 | 5,840,438 | (155,079 | ) | |||||||||
$ | 33,764,568 | $ | (179,210 | ) | ||||||||||
Currency Futures Contracts Purchased† | ||||||||||||||
New Zealand Dollar Futures Contracts | 45 | Dec 2023 | $ | 2,696,625 | $ | 28,206 | ||||||||
Canadian Dollar Futures Contracts | 20 | Dec 2023 | 1,474,100 | (10,603 | ) | |||||||||
British Pound Futures Contracts | 88 | Dec 2023 | 6,712,200 | (159,150 | ) | |||||||||
Japanese Yen Futures Contracts | 93 | Dec 2023 | 7,876,519 | (170,314 | ) | |||||||||
$ | 18,759,444 | $ | (311,861 | ) | ||||||||||
Commodity Futures Contracts Purchased† | ||||||||||||||
NY Harbor ULSD Futures Contracts | 39 | Nov 2023 | $ | 5,180,994 | $ | 23,979 | ||||||||
Sugar #11 Futures Contracts | 222 | Jun 2024 | 6,049,411 | 22,518 | ||||||||||
Soybean Oil Futures Contracts | 26 | Dec 2023 | 871,260 | 15,053 | ||||||||||
Brent Crude Futures Contracts | 21 | Oct 2023 | 1,937,250 | 11,518 | ||||||||||
Cotton #2 Futures Contracts | 13 | Dec 2023 | 566,735 | (5,290 | ) | |||||||||
LME Lead Futures Contracts | 5 | Nov 2023 | 271,000 | (6,510 | ) |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized (Depreciation)** | ||||||||||
Commodity Futures Contracts Purchased† (continued) | ||||||||||||||
Cocoa Futures Contracts | 25 | Dec 2023 | $ | 855,500 | $ | (6,834 | ) | |||||||
Low Sulphur Gas Oil Futures Contracts | 60 | Jan 2024 | 5,373,000 | (7,599 | ) | |||||||||
Lean Hogs Futures Contracts | 9 | Dec 2023 | 258,390 | (10,032 | ) | |||||||||
Natural Gas Futures Contracts | 44 | Oct 2023 | 1,293,160 | (11,052 | ) | |||||||||
Live Cattle Futures Contracts | 21 | Dec 2023 | 1,578,780 | (30,096 | ) | |||||||||
Soybean Meal Futures Contracts | 32 | Dec 2023 | 1,221,760 | (88,141 | ) | |||||||||
WTI Crude Futures Contracts | 40 | Dec 2023 | 3,483,200 | (88,902 | ) | |||||||||
Soybean Futures Contracts | 27 | Nov 2023 | 1,721,250 | (169,738 | ) | |||||||||
Gasoline RBOB Futures Contracts | 52 | Nov 2023 | 5,135,676 | (292,192 | ) | |||||||||
$ | 35,797,366 | $ | (643,318 | ) | ||||||||||
Commodity Futures Contracts Sold Short† | ||||||||||||||
Gasoline RBOB Futures Contracts | 30 | Oct 2023 | $ | 3,026,394 | $ | 215,252 | ||||||||
Coffee 'C' Futures Contracts | 35 | Dec 2023 | 1,905,750 | 177,995 | ||||||||||
Wheat Futures Contracts | 39 | Dec 2023 | 1,053,975 | 154,698 | ||||||||||
Hard Red Winter Wheat Futures Contracts | 41 | Dec 2023 | 1,357,100 | 66,496 | ||||||||||
LME Nickel Futures Contracts | 5 | Nov 2023 | 557,400 | 50,040 | ||||||||||
WTI Crude Futures Contracts | 15 | Oct 2023 | 1,363,050 | 42,112 | ||||||||||
Sugar #11 Futures Contracts | 101 | Feb 2024 | 2,998,811 | 38,417 | ||||||||||
NY Harbor ULSD Futures Contracts | 24 | Oct 2023 | 3,329,323 | 29,473 | ||||||||||
Corn Futures Contracts | 64 | Dec 2023 | 1,523,200 | 19,386 | ||||||||||
Natural Gas Futures Contracts | 101 | Nov 2023 | 3,350,170 | 6,412 | ||||||||||
Gold 100 oz. Futures Contracts | 5 | Dec 2023 | 932,150 | 884 | ||||||||||
Copper Futures Contracts | 5 | Dec 2023 | 466,250 | (4,328 | ) | |||||||||
LME Zinc Futures Contracts | 3 | Nov 2023 | 198,694 | (14,016 | ) | |||||||||
Low Sulphur Gas Oil Futures Contracts | 30 | Nov 2023 | 2,879,250 | (16,550 | ) | |||||||||
LME Primary Aluminum Futures Contracts | 11 | Nov 2023 | 645,288 | (44,599 | ) | |||||||||
$ | 25,586,805 | $ | 721,672 | |||||||||||
Currency Futures Contracts Sold Short† | ||||||||||||||
Swiss Franc Futures Contracts | 185 | Dec 2023 | $ | 25,472,188 | $ | 642,749 | ||||||||
Euro FX Futures Contracts | 11 | Dec 2023 | 1,458,531 | 11,587 | ||||||||||
Australian Dollar Futures Contracts | 71 | Dec 2023 | 4,576,305 | 9,843 | ||||||||||
$ | 31,507,024 | $ | 664,179 | |||||||||||
Interest Rate Futures Contracts Sold Short† | ||||||||||||||
Long Gilt Futures Contracts†† | 67 | Dec 2023 | $ | 7,663,425 | $ | 85,600 | ||||||||
Euro - Bund Futures Contracts | 28 | Dec 2023 | 3,801,332 | 7,514 | ||||||||||
Euro - OATS Futures Contracts | 19 | Dec 2023 | 2,468,975 | 6,182 | ||||||||||
Euro - 30 year Bond Futures Contracts | 6 | Dec 2023 | 772,380 | 4,021 | ||||||||||
Canadian Government 10 Year Bond Futures Contracts | 4 | Dec 2023 | 339,245 | (93 | ) | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Long Bond Futures Contracts | 9 | Dec 2023 | 1,024,875 | (1,046 | ) | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Ultra Long Bond Futures Contracts | 7 | Dec 2023 | 832,563 | (1,944 | ) | |||||||||
$ | 16,902,795 | $ | 100,234 | |||||||||||
Equity Futures Contracts Sold Short† | ||||||||||||||
S&P/TSX 60 IX Index Futures Contracts | 10 | Dec 2023 | $ | 1,733,488 | $ | (6,764 | ) | |||||||
CBOE Volatility Index Futures Contracts | 205 | Feb 2024 | 3,956,500 | (27,937 | ) | |||||||||
CBOE Volatility Index Futures Contracts | 285 | Jan 2024 | 5,443,500 | (124,435 | ) | |||||||||
$ | 11,133,488 | $ | (159,136 | ) |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
Custom Basket Swap Agreements | ||||||||||||||||||
Counterparty | Reference Obligation | Type | Financing Rate | Payment Frequency | Maturity Date | Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |||||||||||
OTC Custom Basket Swap Agreements†† | ||||||||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs International | GS Long/Short Equity Custom Basket | Pay | 5.78% (Federal Funds Rate + 0.45%) | At Maturity | 05/06/24 | $ | 15,367,286 | $ | 50,106 | |||||||||
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC | MS Long/Short Equity Custom Basket | Pay | 5.73% (Federal Funds Rate + 0.40%) | At Maturity | 08/31/28 | 15,367,318 | (464,667 | ) | ||||||||||
Goldman Sachs International | GS Equity Market Neutral Custom Basket | Pay | 5.78% (Federal Funds Rate + 0.45%) | At Maturity | 05/06/24 | 13,204,440 | (645,927 | ) | ||||||||||
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC | MS Equity Market Neutral Custom Basket | Pay | 5.73% (Federal Funds Rate + 0.40%) | At Maturity | 08/31/28 | 13,204,433 | (851,392 | ) | ||||||||||
$ | 57,143,477 | $ | (1,911,880 | ) | ||||||||||||||
OTC Custom Basket Swap Agreements Sold Short†† | ||||||||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs International | GS Equity Market Neutral Custom Basket | Receive | 5.13% (Federal Funds Rate - 0.20%) | At Maturity | 05/06/24 | $ | 13,556,862 | $ | 2,569,089 | |||||||||
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC | MS Equity Market Neutral Custom Basket | Receive | 5.03% (Federal Funds Rate - 0.30%) | At Maturity | 08/31/28 | 13,556,854 | 915,266 | |||||||||||
Goldman Sachs International | GS Long/Short Equity Custom Basket | Receive | 5.13% (Federal Funds Rate - 0.20%) | At Maturity | 05/06/24 | 11,178,611 | 675,805 | |||||||||||
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC | MS Long/Short Equity Custom Basket | Receive | 5.03% (Federal Funds Rate - 0.30%) | At Maturity | 08/31/28 | 11,271,610 | 649,569 | |||||||||||
$ | 49,563,937 | $ | 4,809,729 |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
GS LONG/SHORT EQUITY LONG CUSTOM BASKET |
Shares | Percentage Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized (Depreciation) | ||||||||||
Communications | ||||||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1,540 | 0.54 | % | $ | 11,361 | |||||||
Booking Holdings, Inc. | 29 | 0.58 | % | 5,575 | ||||||||
A10 Networks, Inc. | 6,195 | 0.61 | % | 1,368 | ||||||||
eBay, Inc. | 1,172 | 0.34 | % | 300 | ||||||||
GoDaddy, Inc. — Class A | 495 | 0.24 | % | (457 | ) | |||||||
F5, Inc. | 867 | 0.91 | % | (843 | ) | |||||||
AT&T, Inc. | 7,477 | 0.73 | % | (2,131 | ) | |||||||
New York Times Co. — Class A | 811 | 0.22 | % | (2,578 | ) | |||||||
Ziff Davis, Inc. | 1,121 | 0.46 | % | (2,701 | ) | |||||||
Ooma, Inc. | 2,831 | 0.24 | % | (4,884 | ) | |||||||
Juniper Networks, Inc. | 3,884 | 0.70 | % | (4,896 | ) | |||||||
InterDigital, Inc. | 1,126 | 0.59 | % | (5,150 | ) | |||||||
IDT Corp. — Class B | 3,576 | 0.51 | % | (5,336 | ) | |||||||
Yelp, Inc. — Class A | 3,179 | 0.86 | % | (7,844 | ) | |||||||
VeriSign, Inc. | 717 | 0.94 | % | (14,153 | ) | |||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 4,790 | 1.01 | % | (16,482 | ) | |||||||
Gogo, Inc. | 3,544 | 0.28 | % | (17,132 | ) | |||||||
Total Communications | (65,983 | ) | ||||||||||
Industrial | ||||||||||||
Boise Cascade Co. | 1,464 | 0.98 | % | 34,364 | ||||||||
UFP Industries, Inc. | 1,586 | 1.06 | % | 23,267 | ||||||||
Simpson Manufacturing Company, Inc. | 817 | 0.80 | % | 21,571 | ||||||||
Snap-on, Inc. | 575 | 0.95 | % | 19,748 | ||||||||
ITT, Inc. | 1,623 | 1.03 | % | 18,095 | ||||||||
Mueller Industries, Inc. | 1,711 | 0.84 | % | 14,335 | ||||||||
International Seaways, Inc. | 1,129 | 0.33 | % | 9,667 | ||||||||
Argan, Inc. | 1,853 | 0.55 | % | 9,560 | ||||||||
Scorpio Tankers, Inc. | 965 | 0.34 | % | 7,615 | ||||||||
Encore Wire Corp. | 371 | 0.44 | % | 6,144 | ||||||||
Builders FirstSource, Inc. | 325 | 0.26 | % | 4,552 | ||||||||
Ardmore Shipping Corp. | 4,239 | 0.36 | % | 3,153 | ||||||||
Teekay Tankers Ltd. — Class A | 838 | 0.23 | % | 2,062 | ||||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp. | 116 | 0.33 | % | 1,720 | ||||||||
Sanmina Corp. | 835 | 0.29 | % | 203 | ||||||||
Acuity Brands, Inc. | 763 | 0.85 | % | (184 | ) | |||||||
Landstar System, Inc. | 255 | 0.29 | % | (313 | ) | |||||||
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | 526 | 0.39 | % | (342 | ) | |||||||
Donaldson Company, Inc. | 2,569 | 1.00 | % | (759 | ) | |||||||
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | 866 | 0.49 | % | (1,305 | ) | |||||||
Teekay Corp. | 10,752 | 0.43 | % | (1,550 | ) | |||||||
Owens Corning | 400 | 0.36 | % | (1,991 | ) | |||||||
Schneider National, Inc. — Class B | 5,817 | 1.05 | % | (2,177 | ) | |||||||
Insteel Industries, Inc. | 1,788 | 0.38 | % | (2,768 | ) | |||||||
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. | 3,314 | 1.02 | % | (3,385 | ) | |||||||
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. | 552 | 0.22 | % | (4,252 | ) | |||||||
Valmont Industries, Inc. | 417 | 0.65 | % | (5,029 | ) | |||||||
Masco Corp. | 2,167 | 0.75 | % | (5,889 | ) | |||||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 1,001 | 0.80 | % | (6,558 | ) | |||||||
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 527 | 0.79 | % | (6,643 | ) | |||||||
Lindsay Corp. | 265 | 0.20 | % | (7,324 | ) | |||||||
Sturm Ruger & Company, Inc. | 2,387 | 0.81 | % | (7,796 | ) | |||||||
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. — Class A | 891 | 1.00 | % | (9,569 | ) | |||||||
Hub Group, Inc. — Class A | 1,841 | 0.94 | % | (10,151 | ) | |||||||
Keysight Technologies, Inc. | 411 | 0.35 | % | (11,152 | ) | |||||||
Total Industrial | 86,919 | |||||||||||
Technology | ||||||||||||
NextGen Healthcare, Inc. | 2,834 | 0.44 | % | 20,290 | ||||||||
NetApp, Inc. | 984 | 0.49 | % | 15,705 | ||||||||
Akamai Technologies, Inc. | 313 | 0.22 | % | 5,059 | ||||||||
Diodes, Inc. | 414 | 0.21 | % | 4,147 | ||||||||
Veradigm, Inc. | 4,407 | 0.38 | % | 2,034 | ||||||||
Synaptics, Inc. | 591 | 0.34 | % | 780 | ||||||||
Autodesk, Inc. | 149 | 0.20 | % | 474 | ||||||||
Dropbox, Inc. — Class A | 4,218 | 0.75 | % | (1,279 | ) | |||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 607 | 0.44 | % | (1,916 | ) | |||||||
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | 7,389 | 0.84 | % | (2,161 | ) | |||||||
Immersion Corp. | 5,422 | 0.23 | % | (2,226 | ) | |||||||
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. — Class A | 750 | 0.34 | % | (2,708 | ) | |||||||
Intuit, Inc. | 99 | 0.33 | % | (3,779 | ) | |||||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 957 | 0.87 | % | (4,377 | ) | |||||||
Photronics, Inc. | 2,795 | 0.37 | % | (4,392 | ) | |||||||
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. | 2,360 | 0.75 | % | (6,691 | ) | |||||||
Box, Inc. — Class A | 1,385 | 0.22 | % | (8,511 | ) | |||||||
Progress Software Corp. | 1,831 | 0.63 | % | (8,586 | ) | |||||||
Total Technology | 1,863 | |||||||||||
Consumer, Non-cyclical | ||||||||||||
H&R Block, Inc. | 3,998 | 1.12 | % | 45,076 | ||||||||
Perdoceo Education Corp. | 6,814 | 0.76 | % | 43,551 | ||||||||
Exelixis, Inc. | 7,376 | 1.05 | % | 25,080 | ||||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 656 | 1.15 | % | 23,241 | ||||||||
Dynavax Technologies Corp. | 5,971 | 0.57 | % | 17,068 | ||||||||
Hackett Group, Inc. | 1,933 | 0.30 | % | 8,447 | ||||||||
Innoviva, Inc. | 11,427 | 0.97 | % | 6,918 | ||||||||
Humana, Inc. | 351 | 1.11 | % | 5,887 | ||||||||
Molina Healthcare, Inc. | 317 | 0.68 | % | 4,742 | ||||||||
United Therapeutics Corp. | 732 | 1.08 | % | 2,059 | ||||||||
Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. | 563 | 0.22 | % | 1,581 | ||||||||
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 308 | 0.23 | % | 801 | ||||||||
Alkermes plc | 1,127 | 0.21 | % | 360 | ||||||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 581 | 0.35 | % | (508 | ) | |||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. | 328 | 0.31 | % | (2,021 | ) | |||||||
John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. | 427 | 0.27 | % | (2,094 | ) | |||||||
PayPal Holdings, Inc. | 865 | 0.33 | % | (2,380 | ) | |||||||
Elevance Health, Inc. | 146 | 0.41 | % | (2,466 | ) | |||||||
Altria Group, Inc. | 2,496 | 0.68 | % | (3,960 | ) | |||||||
Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. | 1,955 | 0.32 | % | (4,230 | ) | |||||||
Envista Holdings Corp. | 1,537 | 0.28 | % | (5,564 | ) | |||||||
Organon & Co. | 2,353 | 0.27 | % | (6,539 | ) | |||||||
Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. | 4,141 | 0.21 | % | (6,773 | ) |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
Shares | Percentage Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized (Depreciation) | ||||||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 2,228 | 1.09 | % | $ | (7,861 | ) | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. | 4,727 | 1.02 | % | (8,585 | ) | |||||||
Merck & Company, Inc. | 1,550 | 1.04 | % | (14,329 | ) | |||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 2,733 | 1.03 | % | (16,688 | ) | |||||||
Hologic, Inc. | 2,213 | 1.00 | % | (17,613 | ) | |||||||
Incyte Corp. | 2,460 | 0.92 | % | (30,008 | ) | |||||||
Royalty Pharma plc — Class A | 5,571 | 0.98 | % | (48,409 | ) | |||||||
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical | 4,783 | |||||||||||
Consumer, Cyclical | ||||||||||||
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. | 2,369 | 0.91 | % | 36,882 | ||||||||
MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. — Class A | 1,673 | 1.07 | % | 16,002 | ||||||||
Murphy USA, Inc. | 211 | 0.47 | % | 7,952 | ||||||||
Brunswick Corp. | 945 | 0.49 | % | 5,563 | ||||||||
Taylor Morrison Home Corp. — Class A | 1,590 | 0.44 | % | 4,972 | ||||||||
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 229 | 0.23 | % | 3,170 | ||||||||
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. | 2,174 | 0.42 | % | 1,289 | ||||||||
Boyd Gaming Corp. | 2,031 | 0.80 | % | 1,026 | ||||||||
Cavco Industries, Inc. | 119 | 0.21 | % | (265 | ) | |||||||
BorgWarner, Inc. | 1,801 | 0.47 | % | (418 | ) | |||||||
Ulta Beauty, Inc. | 215 | 0.56 | % | (2,162 | ) | |||||||
DR Horton, Inc. | 286 | 0.20 | % | (2,242 | ) | |||||||
Everi Holdings, Inc. | 2,469 | 0.21 | % | (3,372 | ) | |||||||
Steven Madden Ltd. | 2,241 | 0.46 | % | (4,269 | ) | |||||||
Meritage Homes Corp. | 489 | 0.39 | % | (5,153 | ) | |||||||
PulteGroup, Inc. | 1,115 | 0.54 | % | (5,364 | ) | |||||||
Lennar Corp. — Class A | 1,132 | 0.83 | % | (6,581 | ) | |||||||
Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. | 1,196 | 0.48 | % | (6,756 | ) | |||||||
Malibu Boats, Inc. — Class A | 1,201 | 0.38 | % | (7,379 | ) | |||||||
KB Home | 2,369 | 0.71 | % | (7,420 | ) | |||||||
Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. | 4,050 | 0.72 | % | (8,022 | ) | |||||||
MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc. | 1,945 | 0.28 | % | (8,506 | ) | |||||||
M/I Homes, Inc. | 1,064 | 0.58 | % | (10,599 | ) | |||||||
Home Depot, Inc. | 500 | 0.98 | % | (12,376 | ) | |||||||
Polaris, Inc. | 1,495 | 1.01 | % | (21,981 | ) | |||||||
Total Consumer, Cyclical | (36,009 | ) | ||||||||||
Utilities | ||||||||||||
ONE Gas, Inc. | 783 | 0.35 | % | (3,575 | ) | |||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 2,779 | 1.03 | % | (6,028 | ) | |||||||
National Fuel Gas Co. | 3,160 | 1.07 | % | (8,532 | ) | |||||||
Clearway Energy, Inc. — Class C | 2,145 | 0.30 | % | (8,660 | ) | |||||||
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. | 697 | 0.44 | % | (11,858 | ) | |||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 1,460 | 1.01 | % | (12,494 | ) | |||||||
OGE Energy Corp. | 4,925 | 1.07 | % | (22,288 | ) | |||||||
Total Utilities | (73,435 | ) | ||||||||||
Basic Materials | ||||||||||||
NewMarket Corp. | 353 | 1.05 | % | 32,824 | ||||||||
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 564 | 0.31 | % | 9,629 | ||||||||
Olin Corp. | 3,088 | 1.00 | % | (17,539 | ) | |||||||
Total Basic Materials | 24,914 | |||||||||||
Energy | ||||||||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 1,436 | 1.10 | % | 25,607 | ||||||||
Marathon Petroleum Corp. | 444 | 0.44 | % | 23,829 | ||||||||
Valero Energy Corp. | 777 | 0.72 | % | 21,313 | ||||||||
PBF Energy, Inc. — Class A | 890 | 0.31 | % | 14,993 | ||||||||
Cheniere Energy, Inc. | 476 | 0.51 | % | 10,377 | ||||||||
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 1,891 | 0.80 | % | 921 | ||||||||
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. | 1,964 | 0.46 | % | 894 | ||||||||
CNX Resources Corp. | 4,393 | 0.65 | % | 867 | ||||||||
Range Resources Corp. | 1,074 | 0.23 | % | 384 | ||||||||
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. — Class A | 3,646 | 0.54 | % | (725 | ) | |||||||
Equities Corp. | 838 | 0.22 | % | (1,627 | ) | |||||||
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 1,848 | 1.04 | % | (1,759 | ) | |||||||
SandRidge Energy, Inc. | 3,163 | 0.32 | % | (1,831 | ) | |||||||
Chord Energy Corp. | 996 | 1.05 | % | (1,942 | ) | |||||||
Coterra Energy, Inc. — Class A | 2,503 | 0.44 | % | (2,261 | ) | |||||||
Southwestern Energy Co. | 11,611 | 0.49 | % | (2,295 | ) | |||||||
Total Energy | 86,745 | |||||||||||
Financial | ||||||||||||
MGIC Investment Corp. | 9,458 | 1.03 | % | 19,381 | ||||||||
Preferred Bank/Los Angeles CA | 1,987 | 0.80 | % | 18,561 | ||||||||
NMI Holdings, Inc. — Class A | 2,008 | 0.35 | % | 13,828 | ||||||||
Essent Group Ltd. | 3,294 | 1.01 | % | 10,147 | ||||||||
Mr Cooper Group, Inc. | 2,070 | 0.72 | % | 8,036 | ||||||||
Western Union Co. | 8,043 | 0.69 | % | 7,799 | ||||||||
SouthState Corp. | 853 | 0.37 | % | 2,242 | ||||||||
M&T Bank Corp. | 434 | 0.36 | % | 1,940 | ||||||||
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 1 | 0.00 | % | 7 | ||||||||
East West Bancorp, Inc. | 645 | 0.22 | % | (549 | ) | |||||||
International Bancshares Corp. | 1,039 | 0.29 | % | (909 | ) | |||||||
Capital One Financial Corp. | 436 | 0.28 | % | (1,485 | ) | |||||||
Enova International, Inc. | 906 | 0.30 | % | (1,602 | ) | |||||||
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 1,875 | 0.33 | % | (1,692 | ) | |||||||
Enact Holdings, Inc. | 2,303 | 0.41 | % | (1,803 | ) | |||||||
Globe Life, Inc. | 490 | 0.35 | % | (2,655 | ) | |||||||
S&T Bancorp, Inc. | 1,940 | 0.34 | % | (2,664 | ) | |||||||
Independent Bank Corp. | 724 | 0.23 | % | (7,229 | ) | |||||||
FB Financial Corp. | 1,427 | 0.26 | % | (9,521 | ) | |||||||
Fulton Financial Corp. | 6,605 | 0.52 | % | (13,905 | ) | |||||||
Equity Commonwealth | 8,602 | 1.02 | % | (17,618 | ) | |||||||
Total Financial | 20,309 | |||||||||||
Total GS Long/Short Equity Long Custom Basket | $ | 50,106 |
GS LONG/SHORT EQUITY SHORT CUSTOM BASKET |
Consumer, Non-cyclical | ||||||||||
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | 2,622 | (0.50)% | 21,278 | |||||||
Cooper Companies, Inc. | 400 | (1.14)% | 16,513 | |||||||
Utz Brands, Inc. | 6,018 | (0.72)% | 15,953 | |||||||
Equifax, Inc. | 541 | (0.89)% | 12,097 | |||||||
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. | 3,209 | (1.25)% | 11,635 | |||||||
ICU Medical, Inc. | 415 | (0.44)% | 8,110 |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
Shares | Percentage Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. | 732 | (0.53 | )% | $ | 7,712 | |||||||
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. | 4,506 | (0.92 | )% | 5,619 | ||||||||
ABM Industries, Inc. | 953 | (0.34 | )% | 5,194 | ||||||||
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 434 | (0.93 | )% | 4,483 | ||||||||
Cintas Corp. | 254 | (1.09 | )% | 4,024 | ||||||||
Tyson Foods, Inc. — Class A | 1,942 | (0.88 | )% | 2,157 | ||||||||
CBIZ, Inc. | 1,034 | (0.48 | )% | 1,634 | ||||||||
TransUnion | 1,337 | (0.86 | )% | (989 | ) | |||||||
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. | 1,068 | (1.04 | )% | (1,337 | ) | |||||||
Neogen Corp. | 2,678 | (0.44 | )% | (2,978 | ) | |||||||
RB Global, Inc. | 2,547 | (1.42 | )% | (3,938 | ) | |||||||
ICF International, Inc. | 785 | (0.85 | )% | (11,527 | ) | |||||||
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical | 95,640 | |||||||||||
Financial | ||||||||||||
Sun Communities, Inc. | 1,366 | (1.45 | )% | 51,660 | ||||||||
American Tower Corp. — Class A | 919 | (1.35 | )% | 44,583 | ||||||||
Outfront Media, Inc. | 7,409 | (0.67 | )% | 41,763 | ||||||||
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. | 10,122 | (1.33 | )% | 28,002 | ||||||||
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. | 2,357 | (1.04 | )% | 26,259 | ||||||||
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. | 4,152 | (0.57 | )% | 23,568 | ||||||||
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 1,554 | (1.40 | )% | 16,447 | ||||||||
UMH Properties, Inc. | 10,562 | (1.32 | )% | 14,739 | ||||||||
TFS Financial Corp. | 11,247 | (1.19 | )% | 13,577 | ||||||||
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. | 820 | (1.04 | )% | 11,855 | ||||||||
Americold Realty Trust, Inc. | 4,301 | (1.17 | )% | 10,636 | ||||||||
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. | 5,513 | (0.83 | )% | 10,287 | ||||||||
Equinix, Inc. | 209 | (1.36 | )% | 9,167 | ||||||||
SLM Corp. | 4,154 | (0.51 | )% | 8,514 | ||||||||
Rayonier, Inc. | 1,576 | (0.40 | )% | 8,307 | ||||||||
New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. | 9,981 | (0.76 | )% | 7,397 | ||||||||
Pathward Financial, Inc. | 1,520 | (0.63 | )% | 7,177 | ||||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 1,102 | (0.68 | )% | 6,101 | ||||||||
NU Holdings Limited/Cayman Islands — Class A | 11,451 | (0.74 | )% | 5,908 | ||||||||
Stellar Bancorp, Inc. | 2,655 | (0.51 | )% | 5,292 | ||||||||
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. | 5,331 | (0.92 | )% | 4,966 | ||||||||
Popular, Inc. | 2,113 | (1.19 | )% | 4,716 | ||||||||
Crown Castle, Inc. | 506 | (0.42 | )% | 3,451 | ||||||||
BOK Financial Corp. | 1,193 | (0.85 | )% | 2,676 | ||||||||
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | 3,365 | (0.57 | )% | 2,434 | ||||||||
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. | 913 | (0.91 | )% | 1,673 | ||||||||
PotlatchDeltic Corp. | 2,322 | (0.94 | )% | 1,494 | ||||||||
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | 779 | (0.44 | )% | 1,333 | ||||||||
Assured Guaranty Ltd. | 1,123 | (0.61 | )% | 1,232 | ||||||||
AGNC Investment Corp. | 9,083 | (0.77 | )% | 889 | ||||||||
Progressive Corp. | 369 | (0.46 | )% | (356 | ) | |||||||
Ventas, Inc. | 3,358 | (1.27 | )% | (594 | ) | |||||||
Carlyle Group, Inc. | 3,730 | (1.01 | )% | (1,534 | ) | |||||||
Apollo Global Management, Inc. | 716 | (0.57 | )% | (1,798 | ) | |||||||
Allstate Corp. | 1,226 | (1.22 | )% | (4,455 | ) | |||||||
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. | 1,811 | (1.08 | )% | (5,314 | ) | |||||||
Welltower, Inc. | 1,724 | (1.26 | )% | (8,238 | ) | |||||||
Brighthouse Financial, Inc. | 3,131 | (1.37 | )% | (8,968 | ) | |||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 2,575 | (1.37 | )% | (13,082 | ) | |||||||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 560 | (0.61 | )% | (13,828 | ) | |||||||
KKR & Company, Inc. — Class A | 2,664 | (1.47 | )% | (14,742 | ) | |||||||
Total Financial | 303,194 | |||||||||||
Utilities | ||||||||||||
AES Corp. | 9,458 | (1.29 | )% | 49,468 | ||||||||
Avista Corp. | 4,332 | (1.25 | )% | 37,394 | ||||||||
Portland General Electric Co. | 3,808 | (1.38 | )% | 22,719 | ||||||||
PG&E Corp. | 10,004 | (1.43 | )% | 11,145 | ||||||||
Edison International | 2,420 | (1.37 | )% | 10,646 | ||||||||
Exelon Corp. | 2,332 | (0.79 | )% | 4,459 | ||||||||
Spire, Inc. | 1,948 | (0.99 | )% | 3,210 | ||||||||
FirstEnergy Corp. | 3,270 | (1.00 | )% | 2,531 | ||||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 1,868 | (1.46 | )% | (2,895 | ) | |||||||
Total Utilities | 138,677 | |||||||||||
Basic Materials | ||||||||||||
Hecla Mining Co. | 20,740 | (0.73 | )% | 30,329 | ||||||||
Piedmont Lithium, Inc. | 1,690 | (0.60 | )% | 24,676 | ||||||||
Alcoa Corp. | 3,738 | (0.97 | )% | 14,387 | ||||||||
Royal Gold, Inc. | 672 | (0.64 | )% | 10,095 | ||||||||
Avient Corp. | 1,649 | (0.52 | )% | 7,251 | ||||||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 500 | (0.76 | )% | 6,095 | ||||||||
Novagold Resources, Inc. | 23,863 | (0.82 | )% | 5,885 | ||||||||
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. | 1,469 | (0.99 | )% | 2,367 | ||||||||
Century Aluminum Co. | 6,934 | (0.45 | )% | 1,496 | ||||||||
Mercer International, Inc. | 8,084 | (0.62 | )% | (471 | ) | |||||||
Carpenter Technology Corp. | 1,841 | (1.11 | )% | (39,958 | ) | |||||||
Total Basic Materials | 62,152 | |||||||||||
Energy | ||||||||||||
Baker Hughes Co. | 2,167 | (0.68 | )% | 1,473 | ||||||||
Halliburton Co. | 3,229 | (1.17 | )% | (581 | ) | |||||||
Archrock, Inc. | 5,769 | (0.65 | )% | (684 | ) | |||||||
Expro Group Holdings N.V. | 2,783 | (0.58 | )% | (1,000 | ) | |||||||
NOV, Inc. | 6,198 | (1.16 | )% | (2,002 | ) | |||||||
Noble Corporation plc | 1,098 | (0.50 | )% | (4,717 | ) | |||||||
TechnipFMC plc | 5,096 | (0.93 | )% | (5,442 | ) | |||||||
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. | 5,260 | (0.53 | )% | (8,336 | ) | |||||||
Valaris Ltd. | 862 | (0.58 | )% | (10,991 | ) | |||||||
Hess Corp. | 1,035 | (1.41 | )% | (15,698 | ) | |||||||
Total Energy | (47,978 | ) | ||||||||||
Consumer, Cyclical | ||||||||||||
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 5,772 | (1.14 | )% | 25,894 | ||||||||
UniFirst Corp. | 650 | (0.95 | )% | 20,086 | ||||||||
Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. | 5,644 | (0.70 | )% | 16,880 | ||||||||
Shake Shack, Inc. — Class A | 1,044 | (0.54 | )% | 10,440 |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
Shares | Percentage Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||
Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. — Class A | 990 | (0.80 | )% | $ | 5,674 | |||||||
Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. | 3,360 | (0.46 | )% | 5,495 | ||||||||
VF Corp. | 5,733 | (0.91 | )% | 2,580 | ||||||||
OPENLANE, Inc. | 5,290 | (0.71 | )% | 1,085 | ||||||||
Newell Brands, Inc. | 5,446 | (0.44 | )% | (661 | ) | |||||||
Tesla, Inc. | 133 | (0.30 | )% | (3,728 | ) | |||||||
Total Consumer, Cyclical | 83,745 | |||||||||||
Industrial | ||||||||||||
MasTec, Inc. | 721 | (0.46 | )% | 15,737 | ||||||||
3M Co. | 1,025 | (0.86 | )% | 12,604 | ||||||||
Casella Waste Systems, Inc. — Class A | 1,220 | (0.83 | )% | 8,578 | ||||||||
GATX Corp. | 797 | (0.78 | )% | 4,009 | ||||||||
Tetra Tech, Inc. | 427 | (0.58 | )% | 2,481 | ||||||||
Republic Services, Inc. — Class A | 227 | (0.29 | )% | 1,596 | ||||||||
Stericycle, Inc. | 1,498 | (0.60 | )% | 156 | ||||||||
General Electric Co. | 1 | 0.00 | % | (23 | ) | |||||||
Jacobs Solutions, Inc. | 247 | (0.30 | )% | (1,077 | ) | |||||||
Trinity Industries, Inc. | 3,375 | (0.74 | )% | (1,686 | ) | |||||||
MSA Safety, Inc. | 647 | (0.91 | )% | (11,002 | ) | |||||||
Total Industrial | 31,373 | |||||||||||
Technology | ||||||||||||
Science Applications International Corp. | 1,390 | (1.30 | )% | 12,736 | ||||||||
Evolent Health, Inc. — Class A | 2,259 | (0.55 | )% | 10,585 | ||||||||
KBR, Inc. | 2,231 | (1.18 | )% | 5,285 | ||||||||
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | 579 | (0.73 | )% | (149 | ) | |||||||
Paycor HCM, Inc. | 5,289 | (1.08 | )% | (258 | ) | |||||||
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. | 1,550 | (0.94 | )% | (11,685 | ) | |||||||
Total Technology | 16,514 | |||||||||||
Communications | ||||||||||||
DoorDash, Inc. — Class A | 811 | (0.58 | )% | (7,512 | ) | |||||||
Total GS Long/Short Equity Short Custom Basket | $ | 675,805 |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
MS LONG/SHORT EQUITY LONG CUSTOM BASKET |
Shares | Percentage Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized (Depreciation) | ||||||||||
Communications | ||||||||||||
AT&T, Inc. | 7,477 | 0.73 | % | $ | 2,228 | |||||||
Gogo, Inc. | 3,544 | 0.28 | % | 2,056 | ||||||||
A10 Networks, Inc. | 6,195 | 0.61 | % | 1,092 | ||||||||
GoDaddy, Inc. — Class A | 495 | 0.24 | % | 887 | ||||||||
eBay, Inc. | 1,172 | 0.34 | % | (809 | ) | |||||||
Booking Holdings, Inc. | 29 | 0.58 | % | (815 | ) | |||||||
F5, Inc. | 867 | 0.91 | % | (2,185 | ) | |||||||
New York Times Co. — Class A | 811 | 0.22 | % | (2,646 | ) | |||||||
Ziff Davis, Inc. | 1,121 | 0.46 | % | (2,753 | ) | |||||||
Ooma, Inc. | 2,831 | 0.24 | % | (2,940 | ) | |||||||
VeriSign, Inc. | 717 | 0.94 | % | (3,771 | ) | |||||||
IDT Corp. — Class B | 3,576 | 0.51 | % | (5,258 | ) | |||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1,540 | 0.54 | % | (5,529 | ) | |||||||
Juniper Networks, Inc. | 3,884 | 0.70 | % | (5,558 | ) | |||||||
InterDigital, Inc. | 1,126 | 0.59 | % | (6,155 | ) | |||||||
Yelp, Inc. — Class A | 3,179 | 0.86 | % | (7,584 | ) | |||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 4,790 | 1.01 | % | (11,085 | ) | |||||||
Total Communications | (50,825 | ) | ||||||||||
Industrial | ||||||||||||
Acuity Brands, Inc. | 763 | 0.85 | % | 6,881 | ||||||||
Encore Wire Corp. | 371 | 0.44 | % | 6,253 | ||||||||
Argan, Inc. | 1,853 | 0.55 | % | 5,938 | ||||||||
Scorpio Tankers, Inc. | 965 | 0.34 | % | 3,484 | ||||||||
Ardmore Shipping Corp. | 4,239 | 0.36 | % | 2,394 | ||||||||
International Seaways, Inc. | 1,129 | 0.33 | % | 2,303 | ||||||||
Sturm Ruger & Company, Inc. | 2,387 | 0.81 | % | 2,205 | ||||||||
Teekay Tankers Ltd. — Class A | 838 | 0.23 | % | 2,124 | ||||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp. | 116 | 0.33 | % | 1,729 | ||||||||
Hub Group, Inc. — Class A | 1,841 | 0.94 | % | 568 | ||||||||
Sanmina Corp. | 835 | 0.29 | % | 153 | ||||||||
Keysight Technologies, Inc. | 411 | 0.35 | % | (407 | ) | |||||||
Teekay Corp. | 10,752 | 0.43 | % | (651 | ) | |||||||
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | 526 | 0.39 | % | (1,094 | ) | |||||||
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | 866 | 0.49 | % | (1,329 | ) | |||||||
Lindsay Corp. | 265 | 0.20 | % | (1,652 | ) | |||||||
Mueller Industries, Inc. | 1,711 | 0.84 | % | (2,165 | ) | |||||||
Owens Corning | 400 | 0.36 | % | (2,201 | ) | |||||||
Schneider National, Inc. — Class B | 5,817 | 1.05 | % | (2,323 | ) | |||||||
Insteel Industries, Inc. | 1,788 | 0.38 | % | (2,645 | ) | |||||||
UFP Industries, Inc. | 1,586 | 1.06 | % | (2,942 | ) | |||||||
Landstar System, Inc. | 255 | 0.29 | % | (3,282 | ) | |||||||
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. | 552 | 0.22 | % | (3,787 | ) | |||||||
Valmont Industries, Inc. | 417 | 0.65 | % | (4,441 | ) | |||||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 1,001 | 0.80 | % | (6,475 | ) | |||||||
Builders FirstSource, Inc. | 325 | 0.26 | % | (6,679 | ) | |||||||
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 527 | 0.79 | % | (6,894 | ) | |||||||
ITT, Inc. | 1,623 | 1.03 | % | (6,959 | ) | |||||||
Snap-on, Inc. | 575 | 0.95 | % | (7,232 | ) | |||||||
Simpson Manufacturing Company, Inc. | 817 | 0.80 | % | (8,129 | ) | |||||||
Boise Cascade Co. | 1,464 | 0.98 | % | (8,277 | ) | |||||||
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. — Class A | 891 | 1.00 | % | (9,636 | ) | |||||||
Donaldson Company, Inc. | 2,569 | 1.00 | % | (10,408 | ) | |||||||
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. | 3,314 | 1.02 | % | (10,886 | ) | |||||||
Masco Corp. | 2,167 | 0.75 | % | (12,048 | ) | |||||||
Total Industrial | (88,510 | ) | ||||||||||
Technology | ||||||||||||
NextGen Healthcare, Inc. | 2,834 | 0.44 | % | 15,644 | ||||||||
Synaptics, Inc. | 591 | 0.34 | % | 710 | ||||||||
Akamai Technologies, Inc. | 313 | 0.22 | % | 454 | ||||||||
NetApp, Inc. | 984 | 0.49 | % | (807 | ) | |||||||
Veradigm, Inc. | 4,407 | 0.38 | % | (1,000 | ) | |||||||
Dropbox, Inc. — Class A | 4,218 | 0.75 | % | (1,198 | ) | |||||||
Diodes, Inc. | 414 | 0.21 | % | (1,210 | ) | |||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 607 | 0.44 | % | (1,898 | ) | |||||||
Immersion Corp. | 5,422 | 0.23 | % | (2,217 | ) | |||||||
Autodesk, Inc. | 149 | 0.20 | % | (2,239 | ) | |||||||
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | 7,389 | 0.84 | % | (2,466 | ) | |||||||
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. — Class A | 750 | 0.34 | % | (2,686 | ) | |||||||
Box, Inc. — Class A | 1,385 | 0.22 | % | (3,144 | ) | |||||||
Intuit, Inc. | 99 | 0.33 | % | (3,698 | ) | |||||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 957 | 0.87 | % | (6,249 | ) | |||||||
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. | 2,360 | 0.75 | % | (7,264 | ) | |||||||
Photronics, Inc. | 2,795 | 0.37 | % | (8,529 | ) | |||||||
Progress Software Corp. | 1,831 | 0.63 | % | (14,643 | ) | |||||||
Total Technology | (42,440 | ) | ||||||||||
Consumer, Non-cyclical | ||||||||||||
H&R Block, Inc. | 3,998 | 1.12 | % | 12,634 | ||||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 656 | 1.15 | % | 9,439 | ||||||||
Humana, Inc. | 351 | 1.11 | % | 6,781 | ||||||||
Molina Healthcare, Inc. | 317 | 0.68 | % | 5,035 | ||||||||
Perdoceo Education Corp. | 6,814 | 0.76 | % | 3,611 | ||||||||
Innoviva, Inc. | 11,427 | 0.97 | % | 2,887 | ||||||||
Dynavax Technologies Corp. | 5,971 | 0.57 | % | 2,448 | ||||||||
United Therapeutics Corp. | 732 | 1.08 | % | 1,778 | ||||||||
Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. | 563 | 0.22 | % | 1,567 | ||||||||
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 308 | 0.23 | % | 703 | ||||||||
Hackett Group, Inc. | 1,933 | 0.30 | % | 39 | ||||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 2,228 | 1.09 | % | (456 | ) | |||||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 581 | 0.35 | % | (601 | ) | |||||||
Alkermes plc | 1,127 | 0.21 | % | (1,330 | ) | |||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. | 328 | 0.31 | % | (2,038 | ) | |||||||
Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. | 1,955 | 0.32 | % | (2,122 | ) | |||||||
Elevance Health, Inc. | 146 | 0.41 | % | (2,291 | ) | |||||||
John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. | 427 | 0.27 | % | (2,296 | ) | |||||||
PayPal Holdings, Inc. | 865 | 0.33 | % | (3,650 | ) | |||||||
Exelixis, Inc. | 7,376 | 1.05 | % | (3,983 | ) | |||||||
Altria Group, Inc. | 2,496 | 0.68 | % | (4,049 | ) | |||||||
Envista Holdings Corp. | 1,537 | 0.28 | % | (5,502 | ) | |||||||
Organon & Co. | 2,353 | 0.27 | % | (6,277 | ) | |||||||
Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. | 4,141 | 0.21 | % | (9,059 | ) |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
Shares | Percentage Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized (Depreciation) | ||||||||||
Merck & Company, Inc. | 1,550 | 1.04 | % | $ | (9,113 | ) | ||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 2,733 | 1.03 | % | (9,483 | ) | |||||||
Pfizer, Inc. | 4,727 | 1.02 | % | (9,952 | ) | |||||||
Hologic, Inc. | 2,213 | 1.00 | % | (11,695 | ) | |||||||
Royalty Pharma plc — Class A | 5,571 | 0.98 | % | (14,628 | ) | |||||||
Incyte Corp. | 2,460 | 0.92 | % | (16,509 | ) | |||||||
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical | (68,112 | ) | ||||||||||
Consumer, Cyclical | ||||||||||||
Murphy USA, Inc. | 211 | 0.47 | % | 5,223 | ||||||||
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 229 | 0.23 | % | 3,311 | ||||||||
MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc. | 1,945 | 0.28 | % | 1,324 | ||||||||
Malibu Boats, Inc. — Class A | 1,201 | 0.38 | % | 539 | ||||||||
Brunswick Corp. | 945 | 0.49 | % | (39 | ) | |||||||
BorgWarner, Inc. | 1,801 | 0.47 | % | (275 | ) | |||||||
Cavco Industries, Inc. | 119 | 0.21 | % | (1,649 | ) | |||||||
Ulta Beauty, Inc. | 215 | 0.56 | % | (2,152 | ) | |||||||
DR Horton, Inc. | 286 | 0.20 | % | (2,268 | ) | |||||||
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. | 2,369 | 0.91 | % | (2,468 | ) | |||||||
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. | 2,174 | 0.42 | % | (2,608 | ) | |||||||
Everi Holdings, Inc. | 2,469 | 0.21 | % | (3,062 | ) | |||||||
Steven Madden Ltd. | 2,242 | 0.46 | % | (4,307 | ) | |||||||
Meritage Homes Corp. | 489 | 0.39 | % | (5,386 | ) | |||||||
PulteGroup, Inc. | 1,115 | 0.54 | % | (5,579 | ) | |||||||
MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. — Class A | 1,673 | 1.07 | % | (5,947 | ) | |||||||
Lennar Corp. — Class A | 1,132 | 0.83 | % | (5,962 | ) | |||||||
Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. | 1,196 | 0.48 | % | (5,997 | ) | |||||||
Taylor Morrison Home Corp. — Class A | 1,590 | 0.44 | % | (6,769 | ) | |||||||
Polaris, Inc. | 1,495 | 1.01 | % | (10,288 | ) | |||||||
KB Home | 2,369 | 0.71 | % | (10,525 | ) | |||||||
Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. | 4,050 | 0.72 | % | (11,082 | ) | |||||||
Boyd Gaming Corp. | 2,031 | 0.80 | % | (11,792 | ) | |||||||
Home Depot, Inc. | 500 | 0.98 | % | (12,314 | ) | |||||||
M/I Homes, Inc. | 1,064 | 0.58 | % | (13,510 | ) | |||||||
Total Consumer, Cyclical | (113,582 | ) | ||||||||||
Utilities | ||||||||||||
OGE Energy Corp. | 4,925 | 1.07 | % | (3,005 | ) | |||||||
ONE Gas, Inc. | 783 | 0.35 | % | (3,729 | ) | |||||||
National Fuel Gas Co. | 3,160 | 1.07 | % | (4,933 | ) | |||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 2,779 | 1.03 | % | (6,263 | ) | |||||||
Clearway Energy, Inc. — Class C | 2,145 | 0.30 | % | (7,743 | ) | |||||||
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. | 697 | 0.44 | % | (8,459 | ) | |||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 1,460 | 1.01 | % | (13,946 | ) | |||||||
Total Utilities | (48,078 | ) | ||||||||||
Basic Materials | ||||||||||||
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 564 | 0.31 | % | 4,890 | ||||||||
Livent Corp. | 1 | 0.00 | % | 17 | ||||||||
NewMarket Corp. | 353 | 1.05 | % | (4,885 | ) | |||||||
Olin Corp. | 3,088 | 1.00 | % | (20,702 | ) | |||||||
Total Basic Materials | (20,680 | ) | ||||||||||
Energy | ||||||||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 1,436 | 1.10 | % | 9,176 | ||||||||
Valero Energy Corp. | 777 | 0.72 | % | 8,514 | ||||||||
PBF Energy, Inc. — Class A | 890 | 0.31 | % | 5,910 | ||||||||
Marathon Petroleum Corp. | 444 | 0.44 | % | 3,805 | ||||||||
CNX Resources Corp. | 4,393 | 0.65 | % | 1,317 | ||||||||
Cheniere Energy, Inc. | 476 | 0.51 | % | 1,314 | ||||||||
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. | 1,964 | 0.46 | % | 800 | ||||||||
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 1,891 | 0.80 | % | 641 | ||||||||
Range Resources Corp. | 1,074 | 0.23 | % | 451 | ||||||||
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. — Class A | 3,646 | 0.54 | % | 401 | ||||||||
Equities Corp. | 838 | 0.22 | % | (1,434 | ) | |||||||
Chord Energy Corp. | 996 | 1.05 | % | (1,728 | ) | |||||||
SandRidge Energy, Inc. | 3,163 | 0.32 | % | (1,869 | ) | |||||||
Southwestern Energy Co. | 11,611 | 0.49 | % | (1,880 | ) | |||||||
Coterra Energy, Inc. — Class A | 2,503 | 0.44 | % | (2,284 | ) | |||||||
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 1,848 | 1.04 | % | (3,771 | ) | |||||||
Total Energy | 19,363 | |||||||||||
Financial | ||||||||||||
Western Union Co. | 8,043 | 0.69 | % | 5,517 | ||||||||
M&T Bank Corp. | 434 | 0.36 | % | 1,930 | ||||||||
Enova International, Inc. | 906 | 0.30 | % | 489 | ||||||||
Preferred Bank/Los Angeles CA | 1,987 | 0.80 | % | 278 | ||||||||
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 1 | 0.00 | % | 7 | ||||||||
East West Bancorp, Inc. | 645 | 0.22 | % | (571 | ) | |||||||
Globe Life, Inc. | 490 | 0.35 | % | (1,392 | ) | |||||||
International Bancshares Corp. | 1,039 | 0.29 | % | (1,527 | ) | |||||||
Capital One Financial Corp. | 436 | 0.28 | % | (1,535 | ) | |||||||
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 1,875 | 0.33 | % | (1,765 | ) | |||||||
Enact Holdings, Inc. | 2,303 | 0.41 | % | (1,805 | ) | |||||||
S&T Bancorp, Inc. | 1,940 | 0.34 | % | (2,363 | ) | |||||||
FB Financial Corp. | 1,427 | 0.26 | % | (2,883 | ) | |||||||
NMI Holdings, Inc. — Class A | 2,008 | 0.35 | % | (2,985 | ) | |||||||
Independent Bank Corp. | 724 | 0.23 | % | (3,527 | ) | |||||||
SouthState Corp. | 853 | 0.37 | % | (4,214 | ) | |||||||
Equity Commonwealth | 8,602 | 1.03 | % | (5,690 | ) | |||||||
Mr Cooper Group, Inc. | 2,070 | 0.72 | % | (5,839 | ) | |||||||
Fulton Financial Corp. | 6,605 | 0.52 | % | (7,491 | ) | |||||||
MGIC Investment Corp. | 9,458 | 1.02 | % | (7,785 | ) | |||||||
Essent Group Ltd. | 3,294 | 1.01 | % | (8,652 | ) | |||||||
Total Financial | (51,803 | ) | ||||||||||
Total MS Long/Short Equity Long Custom Basket | $ | (464,667 | ) |
MS LONG/SHORT EQUITY SHORT CUSTOM BASKET |
Consumer, Non-cyclical | ||||||||||||
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | 2,622 | (0.50 | )% | 18,199 | ||||||||
Cooper Companies, Inc. | 400 | (1.14 | )% | 16,197 | ||||||||
TransUnion | 1,337 | (0.85 | )% | 12,685 | ||||||||
Neogen Corp. | 2,678 | (0.44 | )% | 12,265 | ||||||||
Equifax, Inc. | 541 | (0.88 | )% | 11,639 | ||||||||
ICF International, Inc. | 785 | (0.84 | )% | 11,186 | ||||||||
Utz Brands, Inc. | 6,018 | (0.72 | )% | 10,315 |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
Shares | Percentage Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized (Depreciation) | ||||||||||
ICU Medical, Inc. | 415 | (0.44 | )% | $ | 8,796 | |||||||
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. | 732 | (0.53 | )% | 8,333 | ||||||||
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. | 3,209 | (1.24 | )% | 7,081 | ||||||||
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. | 4,506 | (0.91 | )% | 5,704 | ||||||||
ABM Industries, Inc. | 953 | (0.34 | )% | 5,156 | ||||||||
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 434 | (0.93 | )% | 4,367 | ||||||||
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. | 1,068 | (1.04 | )% | 4,315 | ||||||||
Cintas Corp. | 254 | (1.08 | )% | 3,901 | ||||||||
Tyson Foods, Inc. — Class A | 1,942 | (0.87 | )% | 1,917 | ||||||||
CBIZ, Inc. | 1,034 | (0.48 | )% | 1,719 | ||||||||
RB Global, Inc. | 2,547 | (1.41 | )% | 703 | ||||||||
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical | 144,478 | |||||||||||
Financial | ||||||||||||
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. | 820 | (1.03 | )% | 25,927 | ||||||||
TFS Financial Corp. | 11,247 | (1.18 | )% | 19,967 | ||||||||
American Tower Corp. — Class A | 919 | (1.34 | )% | 15,124 | ||||||||
Americold Realty Trust, Inc. | 4,301 | (1.16 | )% | 13,935 | ||||||||
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. | 10,122 | (1.32 | )% | 12,558 | ||||||||
Equinix, Inc. | 209 | (1.35 | )% | 10,949 | ||||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 2,575 | (1.36 | )% | 10,530 | ||||||||
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. | 2,357 | (1.03 | )% | 9,711 | ||||||||
UMH Properties, Inc. | 10,562 | (1.31 | )% | 9,706 | ||||||||
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. | 4,152 | (0.56 | )% | 9,342 | ||||||||
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. | 1,811 | (1.07 | )% | 9,177 | ||||||||
Outfront Media, Inc. | 7,409 | (0.66 | )% | 8,377 | ||||||||
Carlyle Group, Inc. | 3,730 | (1.00 | )% | 8,066 | ||||||||
New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. | 9,981 | (0.75 | )% | 7,470 | ||||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 1,102 | (0.68 | )% | 7,296 | ||||||||
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 1,554 | (1.38 | )% | 6,451 | ||||||||
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. | 5,513 | (0.82 | )% | 6,217 | ||||||||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 560 | (0.60 | )% | 5,967 | ||||||||
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. | 5,331 | (0.92 | )% | 5,104 | ||||||||
Sun Communities, Inc. | 1,366 | (1.43 | )% | 5,084 | ||||||||
Popular, Inc. | 2,113 | (1.18 | )% | 4,943 | ||||||||
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | 3,365 | (0.56 | )% | 4,913 | ||||||||
Pathward Financial, Inc. | 1,520 | (0.62 | )% | 4,672 | ||||||||
AGNC Investment Corp. | 9,083 | (0.76 | )% | 4,123 | ||||||||
Crown Castle, Inc. | 506 | (0.41 | )% | 3,459 | ||||||||
KKR & Company, Inc. — Class A | 2,664 | (1.46 | )% | 3,189 | ||||||||
BOK Financial Corp. | 1,193 | (0.85 | )% | 2,617 | ||||||||
SLM Corp. | 4,154 | (0.50 | )% | 2,594 | ||||||||
Rayonier, Inc. | 1,576 | (0.40 | )% | 2,269 | ||||||||
Brighthouse Financial, Inc. | 3,131 | (1.36 | )% | 2,122 | ||||||||
Welltower, Inc. | 1,724 | (1.25 | )% | 1,655 | ||||||||
PotlatchDeltic Corp. | 2,322 | (0.94 | )% | 1,508 | ||||||||
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | 779 | (0.44 | )% | 1,329 | ||||||||
Ventas, Inc. | 3,358 | (1.26 | )% | 223 | ||||||||
Stellar Bancorp, Inc. | 2,655 | (0.50 | )% | (133 | ) | |||||||
Apollo Global Management, Inc. | 716 | (0.57 | )% | (1,861 | ) | |||||||
Assured Guaranty Ltd. | 1,123 | (0.60 | )% | (1,887 | ) | |||||||
Progressive Corp. | 369 | (0.46 | )% | (2,151 | ) | |||||||
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. | 913 | (0.90 | )% | (3,889 | ) | |||||||
Allstate Corp. | 1,226 | (1.21 | )% | (4,285 | ) | |||||||
34450 NU Holdings Limited/Cayman Islands — Class A | 11,451 | (0.74 | )% | (4,580 | ) | |||||||
Total Financial | 227,788 | |||||||||||
Utilities | ||||||||||||
AES Corp. | 9,458 | (1.28 | )% | 24,567 | ||||||||
Edison International | 2,420 | (1.36 | )% | 13,146 | ||||||||
Portland General Electric Co. | 3,808 | (1.37 | )% | 12,466 | ||||||||
Exelon Corp. | 2,332 | (0.78 | )% | 4,527 | ||||||||
Avista Corp. | 4,332 | (1.24 | )% | 3,904 | ||||||||
Spire, Inc. | 1,948 | (0.98 | )% | 3,266 | ||||||||
FirstEnergy Corp. | 3,270 | (0.99 | )% | 2,632 | ||||||||
PG&E Corp. | 10,004 | (1.43 | )% | 1,771 | ||||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 1,868 | (1.46 | )% | (2,397 | ) | |||||||
Total Utilities | 63,882 | |||||||||||
Basic Materials | ||||||||||||
Hecla Mining Co. | 20,740 | (0.72 | )% | 8,617 | ||||||||
Piedmont Lithium, Inc. | 1,690 | (0.60 | )% | 8,603 | ||||||||
Avient Corp. | 1,649 | (0.52 | )% | 7,899 | ||||||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 500 | (0.75 | )% | 6,088 | ||||||||
Novagold Resources, Inc. | 23,863 | (0.81 | )% | 3,964 | ||||||||
Alcoa Corp. | 3,738 | (0.96 | )% | 3,804 | ||||||||
Royal Gold, Inc. | 672 | (0.63 | )% | 3,395 | ||||||||
Century Aluminum Co. | 6,934 | (0.44 | )% | 1,795 | ||||||||
Livent Corp. | 1 | 0.00 | % | (6 | ) | |||||||
Mercer International, Inc. | 8,084 | (0.62 | )% | (547 | ) | |||||||
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. | 1,469 | (0.98 | )% | (558 | ) | |||||||
Carpenter Technology Corp. | 1,841 | (1.10 | )% | (8,604 | ) | |||||||
Total Basic Materials | 34,450 | |||||||||||
Energy | ||||||||||||
Noble Corporation plc | 1,098 | (0.49 | )% | 2,295 | ||||||||
Hess Corp. | 1,035 | (1.40 | )% | 2,034 | ||||||||
Baker Hughes Co. | 2,167 | (0.68 | )% | 1,885 | ||||||||
NOV, Inc. | 6,198 | (1.15 | )% | 1,536 | ||||||||
Expro Group Holdings N.V. | 2,783 | (0.57 | )% | 1,063 | ||||||||
Valaris Ltd. | 862 | (0.57 | )% | 120 | ||||||||
Archrock, Inc. | 5,769 | (0.64 | )% | (455 | ) | |||||||
Halliburton Co. | 3,229 | (1.16 | )% | (2,645 | ) | |||||||
TechnipFMC plc | 5,096 | (0.92 | )% | (3,391 | ) | |||||||
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. | 5,260 | (0.52 | )% | (5,417 | ) | |||||||
Total Energy | (2,975 | ) | ||||||||||
Consumer, Cyclical | ||||||||||||
Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. | 5,644 | (0.69 | )% | 17,158 | ||||||||
VF Corp. | 5,733 | (0.90 | )% | 11,737 | ||||||||
Shake Shack, Inc. — Class A | 1,044 | (0.54 | )% | 11,486 | ||||||||
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 5,772 | (1.14 | )% | 10,978 |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
Shares | Percentage Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized (Depreciation) | ||||||||||
UniFirst Corp. | 650 | (0.94 | )% | $ | 8,528 | |||||||
Newell Brands, Inc. | 5,446 | (0.44 | )% | 7,968 | ||||||||
Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. — Class A | 990 | (0.79 | )% | 5,802 | ||||||||
Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. | 3,360 | (0.45 | )% | 5,659 | ||||||||
OPENLANE, Inc. | 5,290 | (0.70 | )% | 3,650 | ||||||||
Tesla, Inc. | 133 | (0.30 | )% | 945 | ||||||||
Steven Madden Ltd. | 1 | 0.00 | % | 3 | ||||||||
Total Consumer, Cyclical | 83,914 | |||||||||||
Industrial | ||||||||||||
MSA Safety, Inc. | 647 | (0.90 | )% | 16,195 | ||||||||
MasTec, Inc. | 721 | (0.46 | )% | 15,630 | ||||||||
3M Co. | 1,025 | (0.85 | )% | 12,828 | ||||||||
GATX Corp. | 797 | (0.77 | )% | 4,141 | ||||||||
Casella Waste Systems, Inc. — Class A | 1,220 | (0.83 | )% | 3,169 | ||||||||
Tetra Tech, Inc. | 427 | (0.58 | )% | 2,568 | ||||||||
Stericycle, Inc. | 1,498 | (0.59 | )% | 373 | ||||||||
Republic Services, Inc. — Class A | 227 | (0.29 | )% | 368 | ||||||||
General Electric Co. | 1 | 0.00 | % | (23 | ) | |||||||
Jacobs Solutions, Inc. | 247 | (0.30 | )% | (1,078 | ) | |||||||
Trinity Industries, Inc. | 3,375 | (0.73 | )% | (1,694 | ) | |||||||
Total Industrial | 52,477 | |||||||||||
Technology | ||||||||||||
Science Applications International Corp. | 1,390 | (1.30 | )% | 16,704 | ||||||||
Privia Health Group, Inc. | 4,042 | (0.82 | )% | 13,049 | ||||||||
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. | 1,550 | (0.93 | )% | 7,239 | ||||||||
KBR, Inc. | 2,231 | (1.17 | )% | 5,756 | ||||||||
Paycor HCM, Inc. | 5,289 | (1.07 | )% | 3,131 | ||||||||
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | 579 | (0.72 | )% | (112 | ) | |||||||
Evolent Health, Inc. — Class A | 2,259 | (0.55 | )% | (3,672 | ) | |||||||
Total Technology | 42,095 | |||||||||||
Communications | ||||||||||||
DoorDash, Inc. — Class A | 811 | (0.57 | )% | 3,460 | ||||||||
Total MS Long/Short Equity Short Custom Basket | $ | 649,569 |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
MS EQUITY MARKET NEUTRAL LONG CUSTOM BASKET |
Shares | Percentage Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized (Depreciation) | ||||||||||
Financial | ||||||||||||
CareTrust REIT, Inc. | 52,141 | 8.09 | % | $ | 18,477 | |||||||
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. | 16,968 | 1.97 | % | 5,276 | ||||||||
VICI Properties, Inc. | 1 | 0.00 | % | 5 | ||||||||
InvenTrust Properties Corp. | 29,967 | 5.40 | % | (3,113 | ) | |||||||
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 4,087 | 3.76 | % | (20,636 | ) | |||||||
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. | 12,855 | 8.11 | % | (22,812 | ) | |||||||
Ventas, Inc. | 15,297 | 4.88 | % | (23,433 | ) | |||||||
NETSTREIT Corp. | 18,230 | 2.15 | % | (24,581 | ) | |||||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 4,703 | 3.85 | % | (25,790 | ) | |||||||
Boston Properties, Inc. | 4,474 | 2.02 | % | (32,564 | ) | |||||||
Kite Realty Group Trust | 29,173 | 4.73 | % | (33,411 | ) | |||||||
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. | 19,196 | 6.62 | % | (35,699 | ) | |||||||
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. — Class A | 33,905 | 1.44 | % | (42,385 | ) | |||||||
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | 35,784 | 5.63 | % | (42,883 | ) | |||||||
Invitation Homes, Inc. | 19,406 | 4.66 | % | (46,531 | ) | |||||||
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 24,300 | 3.38 | % | (53,885 | ) | |||||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 4,583 | 5.96 | % | (55,005 | ) | |||||||
Equity Residential | 12,123 | 5.39 | % | (73,928 | ) | |||||||
Agree Realty Corp. | 11,727 | 4.91 | % | (76,855 | ) | |||||||
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. | 27,213 | 4.57 | % | (80,473 | ) | |||||||
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. | 21,986 | 8.23 | % | (90,093 | ) | |||||||
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | 5,610 | 4.25 | % | (91,073 | ) | |||||||
Total Financial | (851,392 | ) | ||||||||||
Total MS Equity Market Neutral Long Custom Basket | $ | (851,392 | ) |
MS EQUITY MARKET NEUTRAL SHORT CUSTOM BASKET |
Financial | ||||||||||||
Realty Income Corp. | 21,066 | (7.76 | )% | 128,289 | ||||||||
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 4,042 | (6.32 | )% | 106,214 | ||||||||
Global Net Lease, Inc. | 63,617 | (4.51 | )% | 96,722 | ||||||||
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | 4,791 | (4.55 | )% | 79,240 | ||||||||
STAG Industrial, Inc. | 37,109 | (9.45 | )% | 74,904 | ||||||||
Federal Realty Investment Trust | 8,840 | (5.91 | )% | 64,559 | ||||||||
Douglas Emmett, Inc. | 69,240 | (6.52 | )% | 63,208 | ||||||||
JBG SMITH Properties | 50,077 | (5.34 | )% | 61,414 | ||||||||
Camden Property Trust | 3,720 | (2.60 | )% | 48,405 | ||||||||
Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. | 22,444 | (2.37 | )% | 41,956 | ||||||||
Apartment Income REIT Corp. | 11,718 | (2.65 | )% | 39,254 | ||||||||
Macerich Co. | 46,306 | (3.73 | )% | 36,246 | ||||||||
Service Properties Trust | 62,354 | (3.54 | )% | 35,363 | ||||||||
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust | 34,369 | (3.45 | )% | 30,344 | ||||||||
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. | 41,207 | (10.18 | )% | 13,915 | ||||||||
Welltower, Inc. | 9,804 | (5.92 | )% | 9,328 | ||||||||
LTC Properties, Inc. | 7,608 | (1.80 | )% | 5,483 | ||||||||
National Health Investors, Inc. | 4,830 | (1.83 | )% | (1,134 | ) | |||||||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | 16,723 | (4.09 | )% | (22,470 | ) | |||||||
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. | 71,588 | (4.94 | )% | (26,527 | ) | |||||||
Total Financial | 884,713 | |||||||||||
Exchange-Traded Funds | ||||||||||||
Vanguard Real Estate ETF | 4,553 | (2.54 | )% | 30,553 | ||||||||
Total MS Equity Market Neutral Short Custom Basket | $ | 915,266 |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
GS EQUITY MARKET NEUTRAL LONG CUSTOM BASKET | ||||||||||||
Shares | Percentage Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized (Depreciation) | ||||||||||
Financial | ||||||||||||
CareTrust REIT, Inc. | 52,141 | 8.10 | % | $ | 127,263 | |||||||
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. | 12,855 | 8.11 | % | 69,733 | ||||||||
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. | 19,196 | 6.62 | % | 38,683 | ||||||||
InvenTrust Properties Corp. | 29,967 | 5.40 | % | 24,842 | ||||||||
Kite Realty Group Trust | 29,173 | 4.73 | % | 17,456 | ||||||||
Ventas, Inc. | 15,297 | 4.88 | % | 15,921 | ||||||||
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | 35,784 | 5.63 | % | 8,207 | ||||||||
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. | 16,968 | 1.97 | % | 6,910 | ||||||||
VICI Properties, Inc. | 1 | 0.00 | % | 5 | ||||||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 4,583 | 5.96 | % | (18,604 | ) | |||||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 4,703 | 3.85 | % | (20,053 | ) | |||||||
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 4,087 | 3.76 | % | (20,066 | ) | |||||||
Boston Properties, Inc. | 4,474 | 2.02 | % | (38,829 | ) | |||||||
NETSTREIT Corp. | 18,230 | 2.15 | % | (43,094 | ) | |||||||
Invitation Homes, Inc. | 19,406 | 4.66 | % | (49,532 | ) | |||||||
Equity Residential | 12,123 | 5.39 | % | (63,813 | ) | |||||||
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 24,300 | 3.38 | % | (70,849 | ) | |||||||
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. | 27,213 | 4.57 | % | (80,166 | ) | |||||||
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. | 21,986 | 8.22 | % | (103,763 | ) | |||||||
Agree Realty Corp. | 11,727 | 4.91 | % | (118,088 | ) | |||||||
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. — Class A | 33,905 | 1.44 | % | (130,226 | ) | |||||||
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | 5,610 | 4.25 | % | (197,864 | ) | |||||||
Total Financial | (645,927 | ) | ||||||||||
Total GS Equity Market Neutral Long Custom Basket | $ | (645,927 | ) |
GS EQUITY MARKET NEUTRAL SHORT CUSTOM BASKET | ||||||||||||
Financial | ||||||||||||
Douglas Emmett, Inc. | 69,240 | (6.52 | )% | 657,715 | ||||||||
Realty Income Corp. | 21,066 | (7.76 | )% | 366,377 | ||||||||
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | 4,791 | (4.55 | )% | 279,692 | ||||||||
Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. | 22,444 | (2.37 | )% | 251,489 | ||||||||
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 4,042 | (6.32 | )% | 219,732 | ||||||||
Camden Property Trust | 3,720 | (2.60 | )% | 194,097 | ||||||||
Apartment Income REIT Corp. | 11,718 | (2.65 | )% | 175,969 | ||||||||
JBG SMITH Properties | 50,077 | (5.34 | )% | 167,404 | ||||||||
Global Net Lease, Inc. | 63,617 | (4.51 | )% | 119,989 | ||||||||
Federal Realty Investment Trust | 8,840 | (5.91 | )% | 84,483 | ||||||||
Service Properties Trust | 62,354 | (3.54 | )% | 75,617 | ||||||||
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. | 71,588 | (4.94 | )% | 26,516 | ||||||||
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust | 34,369 | (3.45 | )% | 22,433 | ||||||||
Macerich Co. | 46,306 | (3.73 | )% | 18,271 | ||||||||
LTC Properties, Inc. | 7,608 | (1.80 | )% | 14,228 | ||||||||
National Health Investors, Inc. | 4,830 | (1.83 | )% | 9,526 | ||||||||
STAG Industrial, Inc. | 37,109 | (9.45 | )% | 2,462 | ||||||||
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. | 41,207 | (10.18 | )% | (23,952 | ) | |||||||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | 16,723 | (4.09 | )% | (88,163 | ) | |||||||
Welltower, Inc. | 9,804 | (5.92 | )% | (170,404 | ) | |||||||
Total Financial | 2,403,481 | |||||||||||
Exchange-Traded Funds | ||||||||||||
Vanguard Real Estate ETF | 4,553 | (2.54 | )% | 165,608 | ||||||||
Total GS Equity Market Neutral Short Custom Basket | $ | 2,569,089 |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
** | Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation). |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs, unless otherwise noted — See Note 3. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 3. |
††† | Value determined based on Level 3 inputs — See Note 3. |
1 | All or a portion of this security is pledged as short security and equity custom basket collateral at September 30, 2023. |
2 | Affiliated issuer. |
3 | All or a portion of this security is on loan at September 30, 2023 — See Note 5. |
4 | All or a portion of this security is pledged as futures collateral at September 30, 2023. |
5 | Rate indicated is the effective yield at the time of purchase. |
6 | Repurchase Agreements — See Note 4. |
7 | Securities lending collateral — See Note 5. |
8 | Rate indicated is the 7-day yield as of September 30, 2023. |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
GS — Goldman Sachs International
MS — Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC
plc — Public Limited Company
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
See Sector Classification in Other Information section.
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund's investments at September 30, 2023 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments):
Investments in Securities (Assets) | Level 1 Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 21,501,769 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 21,501,769 | ||||||||
Rights | — | — | — | * | — | |||||||||||
Mutual Funds | 15,039,308 | — | — | 15,039,308 | ||||||||||||
Closed-End Funds | 5,372,367 | — | — | 5,372,367 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills | — | 11,942,516 | — | 11,942,516 | ||||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements | — | 22,695,258 | — | 22,695,258 | ||||||||||||
Securities Lending Collateral | 141,370 | — | — | 141,370 | ||||||||||||
Commodity Futures Contracts** | 874,233 | — | — | 874,233 | ||||||||||||
Currency Futures Contracts** | 692,385 | — | — | 692,385 | ||||||||||||
Equity Futures Contracts** | 183,111 | 7,602 | — | 190,713 | ||||||||||||
Interest Rate Futures Contracts** | 36,787 | 108,466 | — | 145,253 | ||||||||||||
Equity Custom Basket Swap Agreements** | — | 4,859,835 | — | 4,859,835 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 43,841,330 | $ | 39,613,677 | $ | — | $ | 83,455,007 |
Investments in Securities (Liabilities) | Level 1 Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks Sold Short | $ | 3,467,170 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 3,467,170 | ||||||||
Exchange-Traded Funds Sold Short | 5,105,471 | — | — | 5,105,471 | ||||||||||||
Commodity Futures Contracts** | 795,879 | — | — | 795,879 | ||||||||||||
Equity Futures Contracts** | 527,581 | 1,478 | — | 529,059 | ||||||||||||
Currency Futures Contracts** | 340,067 | — | — | 340,067 | ||||||||||||
Interest Rate Futures Contracts** | 22,267 | — | — | 22,267 | ||||||||||||
Equity Custom Basket Swap Agreements** | — | 1,961,986 | — | 1,961,986 | ||||||||||||
Total Liabilities | $ | 10,258,435 | $ | 1,963,464 | $ | — | $ | 12,221,899 |
* | Security has a market value of $0. |
** | This derivative is reported as unrealized appreciation/depreciation at period end. |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | |
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | September 30, 2023 |
Affiliated Transactions
Investments representing 5% or more of the outstanding voting shares of a company, or control of or by, or common control under Guggenheim Investments ("GI"), result in that company being considered an affiliated issuer, as defined in the 1940 Act.
The Fund may invest in certain of the underlying series of Guggenheim Strategy Funds Trust, including Guggenheim Strategy Fund II and Guggenheim Strategy Fund III, (collectively, the “Short Term Investment Vehicles”), each of which are open-end management investment companies managed by GI. The Short Term Investment Vehicles, which launched on March 11, 2014, are offered as short term investment options only to mutual funds, trusts, and other accounts managed by GI and/or its affiliates, and are not available to the public. The Short Term Investment Vehicles pay no investment management fees. The Short Term Investment Vehicles' annual report on Form N-CSR dated September 30, 2022, is available publicly or upon request. This information is available from the EDGAR database on the SEC's website at https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601445/000182126822000340/gug84768.htm. The Fund may invest in certain of the underlying series of Guggenheim Funds Trust, which are open-end management investment companies managed by GI, are available to the public and whose most recent annual report on Form N-CSR is available publicly or upon request.
Transactions during the period ended September 30, 2023, in which the company is an affiliated issuer, were as follows:
Security Name | Value 12/31/22 | Additions | Reductions | Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value 09/30/23 | Shares 09/30/23 | Investment Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mutual Funds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II | $ | 6,481,618 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 62,013 | $ | 6,543,631 | 269,618 | $ | 261,103 | |||||||||||||||||
Guggenheim Strategy Fund III | 1,901,492 | – | – | – | 18,177 | 1,919,669 | 79,031 | 76,417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class | 6,501,817 | – | – | – | 74,191 | 6,576,008 | 674,462 | 252,812 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
$ | 14,884,927 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 154,381 | $ | 15,039,308 | $ | 590,332 |
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) |
Note 1 – Organization, Consolidation of Subsidiaries and Significant Accounting Policies
Organization
The Rydex Series Funds (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, is registered with the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ”1940 Act”), as an open-ended investment company of the series type. Each series, in effect, is representing a separate fund (each, a "Fund"). The Trust may issue an unlimited number of authorized shares. The Trust accounts for the assets of each Fund separately.
This report covers the following funds (collectively, the “Funds”):
Fund Name | Investment Company Type |
Commodities Strategy Fund | Non-diversified |
Managed Futures Strategy Fund | Diversified |
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | Diversified |
For information on the Funds' policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Funds' most recent semi-annual or annual shareholder report.
Consolidation of Subsidiaries
The consolidated schedules of investments of the Funds include the accounts of a wholly-owned and controlled Cayman Islands subsidiary (the “Subsidiary”). Significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation for the Funds.
Each Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in its Subsidiary, which acts as an investment vehicle in order to effect certain investments consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives and policies.
Significant Accounting Policies
The Funds operate as investment companies and, accordingly, follow 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 Trust. 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 Funds (the “Board”) has adopted policies and procedures for the valuation of the Funds’ investments (the “Fund Valuation Procedures”). The SEC adopted Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act (“Rule 2a-5”) which establishes requirements for determining fair value in good faith. Rule 2a-5 also defines “readily available market quotations” for purposes of the 1940 Act and establishes requirements for determining whether a fund must fair value a security in good faith.
Pursuant to Rule 2a-5, the Board has designated the Adviser as the valuation designee to perform fair valuation determinations for the Funds with respect to all Fund investments and other assets. As the Funds’ valuation designee pursuant to Rule 2a-5, the Adviser has adopted separate procedures (the “Valuation Designee Procedures” and collectively with the Fund Valuation Procedures, the "Valuation Procedures") reasonably designed to prevent violations of the requirements of Rule 2a-5 and Rule 31a-4. The Adviser, in its role as valuation designee, utilizes the assistance of a valuation committee, consisting of representatives from Guggenheim’s investment management, fund administration, legal and compliance departments (the “Valuation Committee”), in determining the fair value of the Funds’ securities and other assets.
Valuations of the Funds’ securities and other assets are supplied primarily by pricing service providers appointed pursuant to the processes set forth in the Valuation Procedures. The Adviser, with the assistance of the Valuation Committee, convenes monthly, or more frequently as needed, to review the valuation of all assets which have been fair valued. The Adviser, consistent with the monitoring and review responsibilities set forth in the Valuation Procedures, regularly reviews the appropriateness of the inputs, methods, models and assumptions employed by the pricing service provider. If the pricing service provider cannot or does not provide a valuation for a particular investment or such valuation is deemed unreliable, such investment is fair valued by the Adviser.
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 will 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.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) |
Open-end investment companies are valued at their net asset value as of the close of business, on the valuation date. Exchange-traded funds and closed-end investment companies are generally valued at the last quoted sale price.
U.S. Government securities are valued by pricing service providers, the last traded fill price, or at the reported bid price at the close of business.
Commercial paper and discount notes with a maturity of greater than 60 days at acquisition are valued at prices that reflect broker-dealer supplied valuations or are obtained from pricing service providers, 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. Commercial paper and discount notes with a maturity of 60 days or less at acquisition are valued at amortized cost, unless the Adviser concludes that amortized cost does not represent the fair value of the applicable asset in which case it will be valued using an independent pricing service.
Repurchase agreements are generally valued at amortized cost, provided such amounts approximate market value.
Futures contracts are valued on the basis of the last sale price at the 4:00 p.m. price on the valuation date. In the event that the exchange for a specific futures contract closes earlier than 4:00 p.m., the futures contract is valued at the official settlement price of the exchange. However, the underlying securities from which the futures contract value is derived are monitored until 4:00 p.m. to determine if fair valuation would provide a more accurate valuation.
Swap agreements entered into by a Fund are generally valued using an evaluated price provided by a pricing service provider.
Investments for which market quotations are not readily available are fair valued as determined in good faith by the Adviser. 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 anticipated cash flows or collateral, spread over U.S. Treasury securities, and other information analysis. In connection with futures contracts and other derivative investments, such factors may include obtaining information as to how (a) these contracts and other derivative investments trade in the futures or other derivative markets, respectively, and (b) the securities underlying these contracts and other derivative investments trade in the cash market.
Note 2 – Financial Instruments and Derivatives
As part of their investment strategy, the Funds utilize short sales and a variety of derivative instruments. These investments involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk. Valuation and accounting treatment of these instruments can be found under Significant Accounting Policies in Note 1 of these Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.
Short Sales
A short sale is a transaction in which a Fund sells a security it does not own. If the security sold short decreases in price between the time the Fund sells the security and closes its short position, the Fund will realize a gain on the transaction. Conversely, if the security increases in price during the period, the Fund will realize a loss on the transaction. The risk of such price increases is the principal risk of engaging in short sales.
Derivatives
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 Funds may utilize derivatives for the following purposes:
Duration: the use of an instrument to manage the interest rate risk of a portfolio.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) |
Hedge: an investment made in order to reduce the risk of adverse price movements in a security, by taking an offsetting position to protect against broad market moves.
Index Exposure: the use of an instrument to obtain exposure to a listed or other type of index.
Leverage: gaining total exposure to equities or other assets on the long and short sides at greater than 100% of invested capital.
Liquidity: the ability to buy or sell exposure with little price/market impact.
Speculation: the use of an instrument to express macro-economic and other investment views.
For any Fund whose investment strategy consistently involves applying leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index or other asset. In addition, because an investment in derivative instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed, an opportunity for increased net income is created; but, at the same time, leverage risk will increase. The Fund’s use of leverage, through borrowings or instruments such as derivatives, may cause an investment in the Fund to be more volatile and riskier than if the Fund had not been leveraged.
Futures Contracts
A futures contract is an agreement to purchase (long) or sell (short) an agreed amount of securities or other instruments at a set price for delivery at a future date. There are significant risks associated with a Fund's use of futures contracts, including (i) there may be an imperfect or no correlation between the changes in market value of the underlying asset and the prices of futures contracts; (ii) there may not be a liquid secondary market for a futures contract; (iii) trading restrictions or limitations may be imposed by an exchange; and (iv) government regulations may restrict trading in futures contracts. When investing in futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to a Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default. Securities held as collateral are noted on the Funds' Consolidated Schedules of Investments.
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 over-the-counter 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 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.
Custom basket swaps involve commitments where single or multiple cash flows are exchanged based on the price of an underlying reference asset (such as a custom basket of securities) or a fixed or variable interest rate. Custom basket swaps will usually be computed based on the current index value as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE or other exchange, with the swap value being adjusted to include dividends accrued, financing charges and/or interest associated with the swap agreement. When utilizing custom basket 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 if the underlying index declines in value.
In conjunction with short sales and the use of derivative instruments, the Funds are required to maintain collateral in various forms. Depending on the financial instrument utilized and the broker involved, the Funds use margin deposits at the broker, cash and/or securities segregated at the custodian bank, discount notes or repurchase agreements allocated to the Funds as collateral.
The Trust has established counterparty credit guidelines and enters into transactions only with financial institutions rated/identified as investment grade or better. The Trust monitors the counterparty credit risk associated with each such financial institution.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) |
Note 3 – Fair Value Measurement
In accordance with U.S. GAAP, fair value is defined as the price that the Funds would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. 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 — unadjusted 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.
Rule 2a-5 sets forth a definition of “readily available market quotations,” which is consistent with the definition of a Level 1 input under U.S. GAAP. Rule 2a-5 provides that “a market quotation is readily available only when that quotation is a quoted price (unadjusted) in active markets for identical investments that the fund can access at the measurement date, provided that a quotation will not be readily available if it is not reliable.”
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available must be valued at fair value as determined in good faith. Accordingly, any security priced using inputs other than Level 1 inputs will be subject to fair value requirements. 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.
The inputs or methodologies selected and applied for valuing securities or other assets are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The suitability, appropriateness and accuracy of the techniques, methodologies and sources employed to determine fair valuation are periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Note 4 – Repurchase Agreements
The Funds transfer uninvested cash balances into a single joint account, the daily aggregate balance of which is invested in one or more repurchase agreements collateralized by obligations of the U.S. Treasury and U.S. government agencies. The joint account includes other Funds in the Guggenheim complex not covered in this report. The collateral is in the possession of the Funds’ custodian and is evaluated to ensure that its market value exceeds, at a minimum, 102% of the original face amount of the repurchase agreements. Each Fund holds a pro rata share of the collateral based on the dollar amount of the repurchase agreement entered into by each Fund.
At September 30, 2023, the repurchase agreements in the joint account were as follows:
Counterparty and Terms of Agreement | Face Value | Repurchase Price | Collateral | Par Value | Fair Value | |||||||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC 5.30% Due 10/02/23 | $ | 161,453,419 | $ | 161,524,727 | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.00% Due 10/10/23 - 09/05/24 | $ | 97,237,600 | $ | 96,132,508 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes 0.38% - 3.25% Due 10/31/23 - 09/15/24 | 46,833,200 | 45,451,839 | ||||||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Notes 5.39% - 5.44% Due 10/31/23 - 01/31/24 | 22,892,900 | 23,098,149 | ||||||||||||||||
166,963,700 | 164,682,496 | |||||||||||||||||
Barclays Capital, Inc. 5.29% Due 10/02/23 | 62,716,858 | 62,744,506 | U.S. Treasury Notes 1.50% - 5.00% Due 08/31/25 - 01/31/27 | 69,304,600 | 63,971,272 | |||||||||||||
BofA Securities, Inc. 5.30% Due 10/02/23 | 62,097,469 | 62,124,895 | U.S. Treasury Note 3.88% Due 04/30/25 | 63,651,000 | 63,339,456 |
In the event of counterparty default, the Funds have the right to collect the collateral to offset losses incurred. There is potential loss to the Funds in the event the Funds are delayed or prevented from exercising their rights to dispose of the collateral securities, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying securities during the period while the Funds seek to assert their rights. GI, acting under the supervision of the Board, reviews the value of the collateral and the creditworthiness of those banks and dealers with which the Funds enter into repurchase agreements to evaluate potential risks.
Note 5 – Portfolio Securities Loaned
The Funds may lend their securities to approved brokers to earn additional income. Security lending income is net of rebates paid to the borrowers and earnings on cash collateral investments shared with the lending agent. Within this arrangement, the Funds act as the lender, U.S. Bank acts as the lending agent, and other approved registered broker dealers act as the borrowers. The Funds receive cash collateral, valued at 102% of the value of the securities on loan. Under the terms of the Funds’ securities lending agreement with U.S. Bank, cash collateral and proceeds are invested in the First American Government Obligations Fund – Class X. The Funds bear the risk of loss on cash collateral investments. Collateral is maintained over the life of the loan in an amount not less than the value of loaned securities, as determined at the close of fund business each day; any additional collateral required due to changes in security values is delivered to the Funds the next business day. Although the collateral mitigates the risk, the Funds could experience a delay in recovering its securities and a possible loss of income or value if the borrower fails to return the securities. The Funds have the right under the securities lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand. Securities lending transactions are accounted for as secured borrowings. The remaining contractual maturity of the securities lending agreement is overnight and continuous.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) |
At September 30, 2023, the Funds participated in securities lending transactions, which are subject to enforceable netting arrangements, as follows:
Fund | Value of Securities Loaned | Collateral Received | ||||||
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | $ | 135,831 | $ | 141,370 |
In the event of counterparty default, the Funds have the right to collect the collateral to offset losses incurred. There is potential loss to the Funds in the event the Funds are delayed or prevented from exercising their rights to dispose of the collateral securities, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying securities during the period while the Funds seek to assert their rights. GI, acting under the supervision of the Board, reviews the value of the collateral and the creditworthiness of those banks and dealers to evaluate potential risks.
Note 6 – Federal Income Tax Information
The Funds intend to comply with the provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (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 Funds 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 Funds' 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 Funds' 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 Funds' financial statements. The Funds' 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.
The Funds intend to invest up to 25% of their assets in the respective Subsidiary which is expected to provide the Funds with exposure to the commodities markets within the limitations of the U.S. federal income tax requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. The Funds have received a private letter ruling from the IRS that concludes that the income the Funds receive from the Subsidiary will constitute qualifying income for purposes of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. The Subsidiary will be classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. A foreign corporation, such as the Subsidiary, will generally not be subject to U.S. federal income taxation unless it is deemed to be engaged in a U.S. trade or business. If, during a taxable year, the Subsidiary’s taxable losses (and other deductible items) exceed its income and gains, the net loss will not pass through to the Fund as a deductible amount for U.S. federal income tax purposes and cannot be carried forward to reduce future income from the Subsidiary in subsequent years.
At September 30, 2023, 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:
Fund | Tax Cost | Tax Unrealized Appreciation | Tax Unrealized Depreciation | Net Tax Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||
Commodities Strategy Fund | $ | 18,722,621 | $ | - | $ | (565,500 | ) | $ | (565,500 | ) | ||||||
Managed Futures Strategy Fund | 87,156,410 | 2,907,006 | (1,501,438 | ) | 1,405,568 | |||||||||||
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund | 68,028,949 | 8,586,209 | (5,382,050 | ) | 3,204,159 |
Note 7 – Market Risks
The value of, or income generated by, the investments held by the Funds are subject to the possibility of rapid and unpredictable fluctuation, and loss that may result from various factors. These factors include, among others, developments affecting individual companies, or from broader influences, including real or perceived changes in prevailing interest rates (which have since risen and may continue to rise), changes in inflation rates or expectations about inflation rates (which are currently elevated relative to normal conditions), adverse investor confidence or sentiment, changing economic, political (including geopolitical), social or financial market conditions, increased instability or general uncertainty, environmental disasters, governmental actions, public health emergencies (such as the spread of infectious diseases, pandemics and epidemics), debt crises, actual or threatened wars or other armed conflicts (such as the current Russia-Ukraine conflict and its risk of expansion or collateral economic and other effects) or ratings downgrades, and other similar events, each of which may be temporary or last for extended periods. Moreover, changing economic, political, geopolitical, social, financial market or other conditions in one country or geographic region could adversely affect the value, yield and return of the investments held by the Funds in a different country or geographic region, economy, and market because of the increasingly interconnected global economies and financial markets. The duration and extent of the foregoing types of factors or conditions are highly uncertain and difficult to predict and have in the past, and may in the future, cause volatility and distress in economies and financial markets or other adverse circumstances, which may negatively affect the value of the Funds’ investments and performance of the Funds.
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Sector Classification
Information in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments is categorized by sectors using sector-level classifications defined by the Bloomberg Industry Classification System, a widely recognized industry classification system provider. Each Fund’s registration statement has investment policies relating to concentration in specific sectors/industries. For purposes of these investment policies, the Funds usually classify sectors/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.