Banking Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† - 97.9% | ||||||||
Banks - 92.0% | ||||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 8,909 | $ | 299,970 | |||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 6,088 | 299,651 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1,743 | 296,484 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. | 5,668 | 291,562 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 5,818 | 251,803 | ||||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 1,583 | 245,128 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 5,821 | 214,911 | ||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 3,728 | 194,042 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bancorp | 4,414 | 152,239 | ||||||
State Street Corp. | 1,879 | 145,547 | ||||||
M&T Bank Corp. | 1,040 | 142,563 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. | 6,931 | 134,323 | ||||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 10,281 | 130,774 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 1,498 | 126,401 | ||||||
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 3,673 | 121,723 | ||||||
NU Holdings Limited/Cayman Islands — Class A* | 14,513 | 120,893 | ||||||
KeyCorp | 7,925 | 114,120 | ||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank | 1,750 | 113,085 | ||||||
HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR | 1,530 | 102,678 | ||||||
East West Bancorp, Inc. | 1,352 | 97,276 | ||||||
ICICI Bank Ltd. ADR | 3,879 | 92,475 | ||||||
Webster Financial Corp. | 1,794 | 91,063 | ||||||
Bank of Nova Scotia | 1,851 | 90,125 | ||||||
Royal Bank of Canada | 887 | 89,702 | ||||||
Comerica, Inc. | 1,532 | 85,501 | ||||||
First Horizon Corp. | 6,015 | 85,172 | ||||||
Western Alliance Bancorporation | 1,284 | 84,474 | ||||||
Zions Bancorp North America | 1,825 | 80,063 | ||||||
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. | 902 | 78,673 | ||||||
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. | 716 | 77,679 | ||||||
SouthState Corp. | 908 | 76,681 | ||||||
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. | 1,122 | 75,993 | ||||||
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. | 1,412 | 75,434 | ||||||
Popular, Inc. | 907 | 74,438 | ||||||
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | 1,542 | 74,232 | ||||||
Bank OZK | 1,478 | 73,649 | ||||||
HSBC Holdings plc ADR1 | 1,800 | 72,972 | ||||||
Columbia Banking System, Inc. | 2,728 | 72,783 | ||||||
Bank of Montreal | 725 | 71,732 | ||||||
Wintrust Financial Corp. | 772 | 71,603 | ||||||
Cadence Bank | 2,392 | 70,779 | ||||||
Synovus Financial Corp. | 1,861 | 70,067 | ||||||
United Bankshares, Inc. | 1,833 | 68,829 | ||||||
FNB Corp. | 4,952 | 68,189 | ||||||
UBS Group AG* | 2,180 | 67,362 | ||||||
Old National Bancorp | 3,988 | 67,357 | ||||||
Valley National Bancorp | 6,154 | 66,832 | ||||||
Home BancShares, Inc. | 2,635 | 66,745 | ||||||
First Citizens BancShares, Inc. — Class A | 45 | 63,854 | ||||||
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. | 2,062 | 62,479 | ||||||
Hancock Whitney Corp. | 1,281 | 62,244 | ||||||
Ameris Bancorp | 1,107 | 58,726 | ||||||
United Community Banks, Inc. | 1,939 | 56,735 | ||||||
UMB Financial Corp. | 679 | 56,731 | ||||||
Barclays plc ADR | 7,153 | 56,366 | ||||||
Cathay General Bancorp | 1,248 | 55,623 | ||||||
Associated Banc-Corp. | 2,600 | 55,614 | ||||||
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.* | 854 | 55,194 | ||||||
Banco Bradesco S.A. ADR | 15,624 | 54,684 | ||||||
International Bancshares Corp. | 1,001 | 54,374 | ||||||
First Hawaiian, Inc. | 2,311 | 52,830 | ||||||
Bank of Hawaii Corp.1 | 720 | 52,171 | ||||||
First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. — Class A | 1,647 | 50,645 | ||||||
Fulton Financial Corp. | 3,049 | 50,187 | ||||||
CVB Financial Corp. | 2,430 | 49,062 | ||||||
Simmons First National Corp. — Class A | 2,463 | 48,866 | ||||||
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida | 1,684 | 47,927 | ||||||
Eastern Bankshares, Inc. | 3,258 | 46,264 | ||||||
BOK Financial Corp. | 507 | 43,425 | ||||||
Bancorp, Inc.* | 1,053 | 40,604 | ||||||
Independent Bank Corp. | 577 | 37,972 | ||||||
Total Banks | 6,948,354 | |||||||
Savings & Loans - 3.0% | ||||||||
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. | 7,977 | 81,605 | ||||||
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. | 1,778 | 51,757 | ||||||
WSFS Financial Corp. | 1,008 | 46,297 | ||||||
WaFd, Inc. | 1,356 | 44,694 | ||||||
Total Savings & Loans | 224,353 | |||||||
Diversified Financial Services - 2.9% | ||||||||
Capital One Financial Corp. | 1,655 | 217,004 | ||||||
Total Common Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $5,321,348) | 7,389,711 | |||||||
PREFERRED STOCKS† - 1.0% | ||||||||
Financial - 1.0% | ||||||||
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. | ||||||||
ADR | 11,349 | 78,875 | ||||||
Total Preferred Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $52,619) | 78,875 |
Face Amount | ||||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,2 - 0.5% | ||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC issued 12/29/23 at 5.33% due 01/02/24 | $ | 19,089 | 19,089 | |||||
BofA Securities, Inc. issued 12/29/23 at 5.35% due 01/02/24 | 15,384 | 15,384 | ||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements | ||||||||
(Cost $34,473) | 34,473 |
Banking Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL†,3 - 0.7% | ||||||||
Money Market Fund | ||||||||
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class X, 5.29%4 | $ | 53,216 | $ | 53,216 | ||||
Total Securities Lending Collateral | ||||||||
(Cost $53,216) | 53,216 | |||||||
Total Investments - 100.1% | ||||||||
(Cost $5,461,656) | $ | 7,556,275 | ||||||
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - (0.1)% | (5,598 | ) | ||||||
Total Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 7,550,677 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 3. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 3. |
1 | All or a portion of this security is on loan at December 31, 2023 — See Note 5. |
2 | Repurchase Agreements — See Note 4. |
3 | Securities lending collateral — See Note 5. |
4 | Rate indicated is the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2023. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt |
plc — Public Limited Company |
See Sector Classification in Other Information section. |
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at December 31, 2023 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
Investments in Securities (Assets) | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 7,389,711 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 7,389,711 | ||||||||
Preferred Stocks | 78,875 | — | — | 78,875 | ||||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements | — | 34,473 | — | 34,473 | ||||||||||||
Securities Lending Collateral | 53,216 | — | — | 53,216 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 7,521,802 | $ | 34,473 | $ | — | $ | 7,556,275 |
Basic Materials Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† - 99.7% | ||||||||
Chemicals - 37.0% | ||||||||
Linde plc | 3,408 | $ | 1,399,700 | |||||
Sherwin-Williams Co. | 2,771 | 864,275 | ||||||
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | 2,852 | 780,878 | ||||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 3,560 | 706,126 | ||||||
Dow, Inc. | 11,482 | 629,673 | ||||||
PPG Industries, Inc. | 3,932 | 588,031 | ||||||
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 7,223 | 555,665 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. — Class A | 5,193 | 493,750 | ||||||
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | 5,595 | 453,027 | ||||||
Albemarle Corp. | 2,946 | 425,638 | ||||||
Celanese Corp. — Class A | 2,711 | 421,208 | ||||||
Nutrien Ltd. | 7,162 | 403,435 | ||||||
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 4,732 | 376,194 | ||||||
RPM International, Inc. | 3,365 | 375,635 | ||||||
Eastman Chemical Co. | 3,640 | 326,945 | ||||||
Mosaic Co. | 9,123 | 325,965 | ||||||
FMC Corp. | 4,583 | 288,958 | ||||||
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.* | 8,005 | 271,930 | ||||||
Olin Corp. | 4,855 | 261,927 | ||||||
Element Solutions, Inc. | 10,152 | 234,917 | ||||||
Westlake Corp. | 1,588 | 222,257 | ||||||
Chemours Co. | 7,019 | 221,379 | ||||||
Huntsman Corp. | 8,039 | 202,020 | ||||||
Ashland, Inc. | 2,313 | 195,009 | ||||||
Livent Corp.* | 10,693 | 192,260 | ||||||
Balchem Corp. | 845 | 125,694 | ||||||
Total Chemicals | 11,342,496 | |||||||
Mining - 22.8% | ||||||||
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | 19,507 | 830,413 | ||||||
Newmont Corp. | 16,815 | 695,973 | ||||||
Barrick Gold Corp. | 30,554 | 552,722 | ||||||
Rio Tinto plc ADR | 5,801 | 431,942 | ||||||
BHP Group Ltd. ADR | 6,073 | 414,847 | ||||||
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | 6,477 | 355,263 | ||||||
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. | 6,039 | 297,964 | ||||||
Southern Copper Corp. | 3,388 | 291,605 | ||||||
Alcoa Corp. | 8,509 | 289,306 | ||||||
Royal Gold, Inc. | 2,290 | 276,998 | ||||||
Franco-Nevada Corp. | 2,359 | 261,401 | ||||||
Pan American Silver Corp. | 15,841 | 258,684 | ||||||
Kinross Gold Corp. | 41,428 | 250,639 | ||||||
Gold Fields Ltd. ADR | 16,784 | 242,697 | ||||||
Anglogold Ashanti plc | 12,940 | 241,849 | ||||||
Sibanye Stillwater Ltd. ADR | 39,591 | 214,979 | ||||||
Sigma Lithium Corp.*,1 | 6,538 | 206,143 | ||||||
Alamos Gold, Inc. — Class A | 14,600 | 196,662 | ||||||
B2Gold Corp. | 59,487 | 187,979 | ||||||
MP Materials Corp.* | 9,180 | 182,223 | ||||||
Hecla Mining Co. | 34,125 | 164,141 | ||||||
SSR Mining, Inc. | 12,998 | 139,859 | ||||||
Total Mining | 6,984,289 | |||||||
Iron & Steel - 12.4% | ||||||||
Nucor Corp. | 3,818 | 664,485 | ||||||
Vale S.A. ADR | 41,228 | 653,876 | ||||||
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 3,611 | 426,459 | ||||||
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | 1,445 | 404,138 | ||||||
United States Steel Corp. | 7,283 | 354,318 | ||||||
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.* | 16,537 | 337,685 | ||||||
ArcelorMittal S.A. | 9,633 | 273,481 | ||||||
ATI, Inc.* | 5,537 | 251,767 | ||||||
Commercial Metals Co. | 4,904 | 245,396 | ||||||
Gerdau S.A. ADR | 42,939 | 208,254 | ||||||
Total Iron & Steel | 3,819,859 | |||||||
Packaging & Containers - 11.0% | ||||||||
Ball Corp. | 7,283 | 418,918 | ||||||
Packaging Corporation of America | 2,284 | 372,087 | ||||||
Crown Holdings, Inc. | 3,577 | 329,406 | ||||||
Westrock Co. | 7,667 | 318,334 | ||||||
Amcor plc | 30,549 | 294,492 | ||||||
AptarGroup, Inc. | 2,236 | 276,414 | ||||||
Graphic Packaging Holding Co. | 11,186 | 275,735 | ||||||
Berry Global Group, Inc. | 4,053 | 273,132 | ||||||
Sonoco Products Co. | 4,136 | 231,078 | ||||||
Sealed Air Corp. | 6,262 | 228,688 | ||||||
Silgan Holdings, Inc. | 4,265 | 192,991 | ||||||
O-I Glass, Inc.* | 9,765 | 159,951 | ||||||
Total Packaging & Containers | 3,371,226 | |||||||
Building Materials - 8.0% | ||||||||
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | 1,132 | 564,766 | ||||||
Vulcan Materials Co. | 2,433 | 552,316 | ||||||
CRH plc* | 5,357 | 370,490 | ||||||
Eagle Materials, Inc. | 1,330 | 269,777 | ||||||
Cemex SAB de CV ADR* | 33,160 | 256,990 | ||||||
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | 3,110 | 220,281 | ||||||
Summit Materials, Inc. — Class A* | 5,692 | 218,914 | ||||||
Total Building Materials | 2,453,534 | |||||||
Coal - 3.2% | ||||||||
Teck Resources Ltd. — Class B | 10,771 | 455,290 | ||||||
Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. | 522 | 176,916 | ||||||
Warrior Met Coal, Inc. | 2,883 | 175,777 | ||||||
Arch Resources, Inc. | 992 | 164,612 | ||||||
Total Coal | 972,595 | |||||||
Biotechnology - 1.9% | ||||||||
Corteva, Inc. | 12,275 | 588,218 | ||||||
Household Products & Housewares - 1.3% | ||||||||
Avery Dennison Corp. | 2,001 | 404,522 | ||||||
Forest Products & Paper - 1.1% | ||||||||
International Paper Co. | 9,504 | 343,570 | ||||||
Housewares - 0.5% | ||||||||
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. — Class A | 2,557 | 163,009 | ||||||
Healthcare-Services - 0.3% | ||||||||
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.*,1 | 45,845 | 77,478 | ||||||
Environmental Control - 0.2% | ||||||||
PureCycle Technologies, Inc.*,1 | 16,615 | 67,291 | ||||||
Total Common Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $18,484,951) | 30,588,087 |
Basic Materials Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Face Amount | Value | |||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,2 - 1.0% | ||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC issued 12/29/23 at 5.33% due 01/02/24 | $ | 176,863 | $ | 176,863 | ||||
BofA Securities, Inc. issued 12/29/23 at 5.35% due 01/02/24 | 142,531 | 142,531 | ||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements | ||||||||
(Cost $319,394) | 319,394 | |||||||
Shares | ||||||||
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL†,3 - 0.9% | ||||||||
Money Market Fund | ||||||||
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class X, 5.29%4 | 282,225 | 282,225 | ||||||
Total Securities Lending Collateral | ||||||||
(Cost $282,225) | 282,225 | |||||||
Total Investments - 101.6% | ||||||||
(Cost $19,086,570) | $ | 31,189,706 | ||||||
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - (1.6)% | (502,383 | ) | ||||||
Total Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 30,687,323 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 3. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 3. |
1 | All or a portion of this security is on loan at December 31, 2023 — See Note 5. |
2 | Repurchase Agreements — See Note 4. |
3 | Securities lending collateral — See Note 5. |
4 | Rate indicated is the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2023. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt |
plc — Public Limited Company |
See Sector Classification in Other Information section. |
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at December 31, 2023 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
Investments in Securities (Assets) | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 30,588,087 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 30,588,087 | ||||||||
Repurchase Agreements | — | 319,394 | — | 319,394 | ||||||||||||
Securities Lending Collateral | 282,225 | — | — | 282,225 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 30,870,312 | $ | 319,394 | $ | — | $ | 31,189,706 |
Biotechnology Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† - 99.5% | ||||||||
Biotechnology - 74.6% | ||||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 22,947 | $ | 6,609,195 | |||||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 11,916 | 4,848,501 | ||||||
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 5,420 | 4,760,332 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 58,422 | 4,732,766 | ||||||
Moderna, Inc.* | 33,946 | 3,375,930 | ||||||
Biogen, Inc.* | 12,718 | 3,291,037 | ||||||
Corteva, Inc. | 64,623 | 3,096,734 | ||||||
Illumina, Inc.* | 18,813 | 2,619,522 | ||||||
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 13,656 | 2,613,895 | ||||||
Cytokinetics, Inc.* | 27,323 | 2,281,197 | ||||||
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.* | 23,095 | 2,226,820 | ||||||
Royalty Pharma plc — Class A | 68,419 | 1,921,890 | ||||||
Incyte Corp.* | 30,192 | 1,895,756 | ||||||
Legend Biotech Corp. ADR* | 28,526 | 1,716,409 | ||||||
United Therapeutics Corp.* | 7,160 | 1,574,412 | ||||||
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.* | 16,261 | 1,568,048 | ||||||
ImmunoGen, Inc.* | 49,427 | 1,465,511 | ||||||
Exelixis, Inc.* | 60,869 | 1,460,247 | ||||||
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.* | 19,815 | 1,419,150 | ||||||
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 27,460 | 1,389,201 | ||||||
BioNTech SE ADR* | 12,391 | 1,307,746 | ||||||
Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.* | 31,868 | 1,286,511 | ||||||
Karuna Therapeutics, Inc.* | 4,028 | 1,274,902 | ||||||
Roivant Sciences Ltd.* | 110,138 | 1,236,850 | ||||||
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 38,459 | 1,204,151 | ||||||
Blueprint Medicines Corp.* | 13,045 | 1,203,271 | ||||||
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 20,005 | 1,197,499 | ||||||
Argenx SE ADR* | 3,121 | 1,187,322 | ||||||
REVOLUTION Medicines, Inc.* | 41,096 | 1,178,633 | ||||||
CRISPR Therapeutics AG* | 18,697 | 1,170,432 | ||||||
Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.* | 82,424 | 1,169,597 | ||||||
Insmed, Inc.* | 37,152 | 1,151,341 | ||||||
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.* | 29,464 | 1,088,990 | ||||||
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.* | 22,494 | 1,075,663 | ||||||
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 33,819 | 1,034,861 | ||||||
Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.* | 17,168 | 1,008,620 | ||||||
Guardant Health, Inc.* | 34,283 | 927,355 | ||||||
Immunovant, Inc.* | 20,363 | 857,893 | ||||||
Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.* | 27,798 | 847,561 | ||||||
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.* | 10,113 | 804,894 | ||||||
TG Therapeutics, Inc.* | 47,043 | 803,495 | ||||||
Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.* | 95,480 | 776,252 | ||||||
PTC Therapeutics, Inc.* | 27,608 | 760,877 | ||||||
Prothena Corporation plc* | 20,627 | 749,585 | ||||||
Dynavax Technologies Corp.* | 50,798 | 710,156 | ||||||
Beam Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 | 24,560 | 668,523 | ||||||
Akero Therapeutics, Inc.* | 26,132 | 610,182 | ||||||
Krystal Biotech, Inc.* | 4,629 | 574,274 | ||||||
Sage Therapeutics, Inc.* | 26,068 | 564,894 | ||||||
Novavax, Inc.* | 74,642 | 358,282 | ||||||
Total Biotechnology | 83,657,165 | |||||||
Pharmaceuticals - 18.6% | ||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 56,397 | 8,739,843 | ||||||
AstraZeneca plc ADR | 43,595 | 2,936,123 | ||||||
Viatris, Inc. | 180,371 | 1,953,418 | ||||||
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.* | 14,605 | 1,924,355 | ||||||
Alkermes plc* | 55,142 | 1,529,639 | ||||||
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc* | 11,642 | 1,431,966 | ||||||
Vaxcyte, Inc.* | 18,581 | 1,166,887 | ||||||
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. — Class A* | 59,223 | 677,511 | ||||||
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 2,447 | 566,187 | ||||||
Total Pharmaceuticals | 20,925,929 | |||||||
Healthcare-Products - 5.2% | ||||||||
Exact Sciences Corp.* | 27,239 | 2,015,141 | ||||||
Natera, Inc.* | 22,863 | 1,432,138 | ||||||
Novocure Ltd.* | 95,849 | 1,431,026 | ||||||
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.* | 92,643 | 908,828 | ||||||
Total Healthcare-Products | 5,787,133 | |||||||
Healthcare-Services - 1.1% | ||||||||
Medpace Holdings, Inc.* | 4,208 | 1,289,879 | ||||||
Total Common Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $57,286,458) | 111,660,106 | |||||||
Face Amount | ||||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,2 - 0.2% | ||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC issued 12/29/23 at 5.33% due 01/02/24 | $ | 126,182 | 126,182 | |||||
BofA Securities, Inc. issued 12/29/23 at 5.35% due 01/02/24 | 101,689 | 101,689 | ||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements | ||||||||
(Cost $227,871) | 227,871 | |||||||
Shares | ||||||||
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL†,3 - 0.5% | ||||||||
Money Market Fund | ||||||||
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class X, 5.29%4 | 565,545 | 565,545 | ||||||
Total Securities Lending Collateral | ||||||||
(Cost $565,545) | 565,545 | |||||||
Total Investments - 100.2% | ||||||||
(Cost $58,079,874) | $ | 112,453,522 | ||||||
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - (0.2)% | (255,578 | ) | ||||||
Total Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 112,197,944 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 3. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 3. |
1 | All or a portion of this security is on loan at December 31, 2023 — See Note 5. |
2 | Repurchase Agreements — See Note 4. |
Biotechnology Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
3 | Securities lending collateral — See Note 5. |
4 | Rate indicated is the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2023. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt |
plc — Public Limited Company |
See Sector Classification in Other Information section. |
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at December 31, 2023 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
Investments in Securities (Assets) | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 111,660,106 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 111,660,106 | ||||||||
Repurchase Agreements | — | 227,871 | — | 227,871 | ||||||||||||
Securities Lending Collateral | 565,545 | — | — | 565,545 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 112,225,651 | $ | 227,871 | $ | — | $ | 112,453,522 |
Consumer Products Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† - 99.6% | ||||||||
Food - 33.5% | ||||||||
Mondelez International, Inc. — Class A | 27,274 | $ | 1,975,456 | |||||
Hershey Co. | 6,449 | 1,202,352 | ||||||
General Mills, Inc. | 18,421 | 1,199,944 | ||||||
Sysco Corp. | 16,149 | 1,180,976 | ||||||
Kroger Co. | 24,110 | 1,102,068 | ||||||
Kraft Heinz Co. | 29,029 | 1,073,492 | ||||||
Tyson Foods, Inc. — Class A | 16,154 | 868,278 | ||||||
McCormick & Company, Inc. | 12,358 | 845,534 | ||||||
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. | 7,439 | 804,082 | ||||||
Kellanova | 13,876 | 775,807 | ||||||
J M Smucker Co. | 5,711 | 721,756 | ||||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. | 24,969 | 715,612 | ||||||
Performance Food Group Co.* | 9,656 | 667,712 | ||||||
US Foods Holding Corp.* | 14,097 | 640,145 | ||||||
Hormel Foods Corp. | 18,790 | 603,347 | ||||||
Campbell Soup Co. | 13,288 | 574,440 | ||||||
Albertsons Companies, Inc. — Class A | 24,149 | 555,427 | ||||||
Ingredion, Inc. | 4,886 | 530,278 | ||||||
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.* | 9,255 | 445,258 | ||||||
Post Holdings, Inc.* | 4,655 | 409,919 | ||||||
Flowers Foods, Inc. | 17,612 | 396,446 | ||||||
Simply Good Foods Co.* | 9,343 | 369,983 | ||||||
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. | 5,783 | 331,886 | ||||||
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.* | 10,922 | 294,457 | ||||||
Lancaster Colony Corp. | 1,634 | 271,881 | ||||||
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.* | 7,813 | 216,108 | ||||||
Total Food | 18,772,644 | |||||||
Beverages - 26.3% | ||||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 17,932 | 3,045,571 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Co. | 50,950 | 3,002,484 | ||||||
Monster Beverage Corp.* | 23,362 | 1,345,885 | ||||||
Constellation Brands, Inc. — Class A | 5,211 | 1,259,759 | ||||||
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. | 34,807 | 1,159,769 | ||||||
Brown-Forman Corp. — Class B | 18,410 | 1,051,211 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc | 13,326 | 889,377 | ||||||
Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A. ADR1 | 12,182 | 787,201 | ||||||
Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV ADR | 5,634 | 734,392 | ||||||
Molson Coors Beverage Co. — Class B | 11,208 | 686,042 | ||||||
Celsius Holdings, Inc.* | 10,647 | 580,474 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. | 171 | 158,756 | ||||||
Total Beverages | 14,700,921 | |||||||
Cosmetics & Personal Care - 16.7% | ||||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. | 25,222 | 3,696,032 | ||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 20,347 | 1,621,859 | ||||||
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. — Class A | 9,810 | 1,434,713 | ||||||
Kenvue, Inc. | 56,810 | 1,223,119 | ||||||
Unilever plc ADR | 15,786 | 765,305 | ||||||
elf Beauty, Inc.* | 4,055 | 585,299 | ||||||
Total Cosmetics & Personal Care | 9,326,327 | |||||||
Agriculture - 13.2% | ||||||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 25,855 | 2,432,438 | ||||||
Altria Group, Inc. | 40,903 | 1,650,027 | ||||||
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | 16,600 | 1,198,852 | ||||||
Bunge Global S.A. | 7,703 | 777,618 | ||||||
British American Tobacco plc ADR | 25,855 | 757,293 | ||||||
Darling Ingredients, Inc.* | 11,208 | 558,607 | ||||||
Total Agriculture | 7,374,835 | |||||||
Household Products & Housewares - 6.6% | ||||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 10,465 | 1,271,602 | ||||||
Church & Dwight Company, Inc. | 10,151 | 959,879 | ||||||
Clorox Co. | 5,838 | 832,440 | ||||||
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. | 4,319 | 344,527 | ||||||
WD-40 Co. | 1,265 | 302,423 | ||||||
Total Household Products & Housewares | 3,710,871 | |||||||
Retail - 1.9% | ||||||||
Casey’s General Stores, Inc. | 2,305 | 633,276 | ||||||
Freshpet, Inc.* | 5,012 | 434,841 | ||||||
Total Retail | 1,068,117 | |||||||
Pharmaceuticals - 1.0% | ||||||||
BellRing Brands, Inc.* | 9,722 | 538,891 | ||||||
Food Service - 0.4% | ||||||||
Sovos Brands, Inc.* | 9,409 | 207,280 | ||||||
Total Common Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $29,333,939) | 55,699,886 |
Face Amount | ||||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,2 - 0.3% | ||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC issued 12/29/23 at 5.33% due 01/02/24 | $ | 106,264 | 106,264 | |||||
BofA Securities, Inc. issued 12/29/23 at 5.35% due 01/02/24 | 85,637 | 85,637 | ||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements | ||||||||
(Cost $191,901) | 191,901 | |||||||
Shares | ||||||||
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL†,3 - 1.1% | ||||||||
Money Market Fund | ||||||||
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class X, 5.29%4 | 607,012 | 607,012 | ||||||
Total Securities Lending Collateral | ||||||||
(Cost $607,012) | 607,012 | |||||||
Total Investments - 101.0% | ||||||||
(Cost $30,132,852) | $ | 56,498,799 | ||||||
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - (1.0)% | (550,988 | ) | ||||||
Total Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 55,947,811 |
Consumer Products Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 3. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 3. |
1 | All or a portion of this security is on loan at December 31, 2023 — See Note 5. |
2 | Repurchase Agreements — See Note 4. |
3 | Securities lending collateral — See Note 5. |
4 | Rate indicated is the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2023. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt |
plc — Public Limited Company |
See Sector Classification in Other Information section. |
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at December 31, 2023 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
Investments in Securities (Assets) | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 55,699,886 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 55,699,886 | ||||||||
Repurchase Agreements | — | 191,901 | — | 191,901 | ||||||||||||
Securities Lending Collateral | 607,012 | — | — | 607,012 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 56,306,898 | $ | 191,901 | $ | — | $ | 56,498,799 |
Dow Jones Industrial Average® Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† - 79.7% | ||||||||
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 17.9% | ||||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 3,404 | $ | 1,792,104 | |||||
Amgen, Inc. | 3,404 | 980,420 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 3,404 | 533,543 | ||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. | 3,404 | 498,822 | ||||||
Merck & Company, Inc. | 3,404 | 371,104 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Co. | 3,404 | 200,598 | ||||||
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical | 4,376,591 | |||||||
Financial - 16.6% | ||||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 3,404 | 1,313,161 | ||||||
Visa, Inc. — Class A | 3,404 | 886,232 | ||||||
Travelers Companies, Inc. | 3,404 | 648,428 | ||||||
American Express Co. | 3,404 | 637,705 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 3,404 | 579,020 | ||||||
Total Financial | 4,064,546 | |||||||
Technology - 14.6% | ||||||||
Microsoft Corp. | 3,404 | 1,280,040 | ||||||
Salesforce, Inc.* | 3,404 | 895,729 | ||||||
Apple, Inc. | 3,404 | 655,372 | ||||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 3,404 | 556,724 | ||||||
Intel Corp. | 3,404 | 171,051 | ||||||
Total Technology | 3,558,916 | |||||||
Consumer, Cyclical - 13.0% | ||||||||
Home Depot, Inc. | 3,404 | 1,179,656 | ||||||
McDonald’s Corp. | 3,404 | 1,009,320 | ||||||
Walmart, Inc. | 3,404 | 536,641 | ||||||
NIKE, Inc. — Class B | 3,404 | 369,572 | ||||||
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 3,404 | 88,879 | ||||||
Total Consumer, Cyclical | 3,184,068 | |||||||
Industrial - 12.2% | ||||||||
Caterpillar, Inc. | 3,404 | 1,006,461 | ||||||
Boeing Co.* | 3,404 | 887,286 | ||||||
Honeywell International, Inc. | 3,404 | 713,853 | ||||||
3M Co. | 3,404 | 372,125 | ||||||
Total Industrial | 2,979,725 | |||||||
Communications - 2.5% | ||||||||
Walt Disney Co. | 3,404 | 307,347 | ||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 3,404 | 171,970 | ||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 3,404 | 128,331 | ||||||
Total Communications | 607,648 | |||||||
Energy - 2.1% | ||||||||
Chevron Corp. | 3,404 | 507,741 | ||||||
Basic Materials - 0.8% | ||||||||
Dow, Inc. | 3,404 | 186,675 | ||||||
Total Common Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $15,056,246) | 19,465,910 | |||||||
MUTUAL FUNDS† - 5.2% | ||||||||
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class1 | 67,906 | 668,877 | ||||||
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II1 | 24,698 | 605,110 | ||||||
Total Mutual Funds | ||||||||
(Cost $1,285,414) | 1,273,987 | |||||||
Face Amount | ||||||||
U.S. TREASURY BILLS†† - 2.4% | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills | ||||||||
5.27% due 02/22/242,3 | $ | 300,000 | 297,770 | |||||
5.23% due 02/22/243 | 300,000 | 297,770 | ||||||
Total U.S. Treasury Bills | ||||||||
(Cost $595,452) | 595,540 | |||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,4 - 9.0% | ||||||||
J.P.
Morgan Securities LLC issued 12/29/23 at 5.33% due 01/02/242 | 1,217,496 | 1,217,496 | ||||||
BofA
Securities, Inc. issued 12/29/23 at 5.35% due 01/02/242 | 981,163 | 981,163 | ||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements | ||||||||
(Cost $2,198,659) | 2,198,659 | |||||||
Total Investments - 96.3% | ||||||||
(Cost $19,135,771) | $ | 23,534,096 | ||||||
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - 3.7% | 892,921 | |||||||
Total Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 24,427,017 |
Futures Contracts | ||||||||||||||
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized Depreciation** | ||||||||||
Equity Futures Contracts Purchased† | ||||||||||||||
Dow Jones Industrial Average Index Mini Futures Contracts | 8 | Mar 2024 | $ | 1,520,120 | $ | (344 | ) |
Total Return Swap Agreements | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Counterparty | Index | Type | Financing Rate | Payment Frequency | Maturity Date | Units | Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized Appreciation | ||||||||||||||
OTC Equity Index Swap Agreements†† | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Barclays Bank plc | Dow Jones Industrial Average Index | Pay | 5.90% (SOFR + 0.50%) | At Maturity | 03/20/24 | 79 | $ | 2,990,454 | $ | 7,342 | ||||||||||||
BNP Paribas | Dow Jones Industrial Average Index | Pay | 5.88% (Federal Funds Rate + 0.55%) | At Maturity | 03/21/24 | 12 | 448,890 | 7,238 | ||||||||||||||
$ | 3,439,344 | $ | 14,580 |
Dow Jones Industrial Average® Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
** | Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation). |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — 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 equity index swap collateral at December 31, 2023. |
3 | Rate indicated is the effective yield at the time of purchase. |
4 | Repurchase Agreements — See Note 4. |
plc — Public Limited Company |
SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
See Sector Classification in Other Information section. |
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at December 31, 2023 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
Investments in Securities (Assets) | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 19,465,910 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 19,465,910 | ||||||||
Mutual Funds | 1,273,987 | — | — | 1,273,987 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills | — | 595,540 | — | 595,540 | ||||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements | — | 2,198,659 | — | 2,198,659 | ||||||||||||
Equity Index Swap Agreements** | — | 14,580 | — | 14,580 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 20,739,897 | $ | 2,808,779 | $ | — | $ | 23,548,676 |
Investments in Securities (Liabilities) | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Equity Futures Contracts** | $ | 344 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 344 |
** | 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, 2023 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/1601445/000182126823000217/gug86449-ncsr.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 December 31, 2023, in which the company is an affiliated issuer, were as follows:
Security Name | Value 03/31/23 | Additions | Reductions | Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value 12/31/23 | Shares 12/31/23 | Investment Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mutual Funds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II | $ | 897,823 | $ | – | $ | (300,000 | ) | $ | (7,060 | ) | $ | 14,347 | $ | 605,110 | 24,698 | $ | 29,150 | |||||||||||||||
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class | 958,754 | – | (300,000 | ) | (5,796 | ) | 15,919 | 668,877 | 67,906 | 31,514 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
$ | 1,856,577 | $ | – | $ | (600,000 | ) | $ | (12,856 | ) | $ | 30,266 | $ | 1,273,987 | $ | 60,664 |
Electronics Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† - 99.4% | ||||||||
Semiconductors - 92.2% | ||||||||
NVIDIA Corp. | 16,606 | $ | 8,223,623 | |||||
Broadcom, Inc. | 5,254 | 5,864,778 | ||||||
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.* | 25,593 | 3,772,664 | ||||||
Intel Corp. | 73,834 | 3,710,159 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 21,366 | 3,090,165 | ||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 17,785 | 3,031,631 | ||||||
Applied Materials, Inc. | 17,639 | 2,858,753 | ||||||
Lam Research Corp. | 3,194 | 2,501,732 | ||||||
Micron Technology, Inc. | 28,445 | 2,427,496 | ||||||
Analog Devices, Inc. | 12,125 | 2,407,540 | ||||||
KLA Corp. | 3,695 | 2,147,904 | ||||||
Marvell Technology, Inc. | 29,656 | 1,788,553 | ||||||
Microchip Technology, Inc. | 18,336 | 1,653,540 | ||||||
NXP Semiconductor N.V. | 6,832 | 1,569,174 | ||||||
ON Semiconductor Corp.* | 17,512 | 1,462,777 | ||||||
ASML Holding N.V. — Class G | 1,768 | 1,338,235 | ||||||
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 2,098 | 1,323,376 | ||||||
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. ADR | 10,845 | 1,127,880 | ||||||
Entegris, Inc. | 8,759 | 1,049,503 | ||||||
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | 9,235 | 1,038,199 | ||||||
Teradyne, Inc. | 9,488 | 1,029,638 | ||||||
STMicroelectronics N.V. — Class Y | 17,151 | 859,780 | ||||||
Qorvo, Inc.* | 7,244 | 815,747 | ||||||
United Microelectronics Corp. ADR1 | 95,174 | 805,172 | ||||||
ASE Technology Holding Company Ltd. ADR | 84,456 | 794,731 | ||||||
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. | 14,470 | 791,798 | ||||||
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.* | 11,117 | 766,962 | ||||||
MKS Instruments, Inc. | 6,611 | 680,074 | ||||||
Rambus, Inc.* | 9,615 | 656,224 | ||||||
Wolfspeed, Inc.* | 13,190 | 573,897 | ||||||
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc.*,1 | 9,254 | 560,792 | ||||||
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.* | 5,894 | 547,847 | ||||||
Synaptics, Inc.* | 4,570 | 521,346 | ||||||
Amkor Technology, Inc. | 15,490 | 515,352 | ||||||
Power Integrations, Inc. | 6,237 | 512,120 | ||||||
Cirrus Logic, Inc.* | 6,135 | 510,371 | ||||||
Silicon Laboratories, Inc.* | 3,778 | 499,716 | ||||||
Axcelis Technologies, Inc.* | 3,816 | 494,897 | ||||||
Diodes, Inc.* | 5,850 | 471,042 | ||||||
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.* | 12,188 | 368,931 | ||||||
Ambarella, Inc.* | 5,964 | 365,534 | ||||||
Impinj, Inc.* | 3,080 | 277,292 | ||||||
Semtech Corp.* | 12,131 | 265,790 | ||||||
Aehr Test Systems* | 7,295 | 193,536 | ||||||
Total Semiconductors | 66,266,271 | |||||||
Energy-Alternate Sources - 5.7% | ||||||||
Enphase Energy, Inc.* | 8,208 | 1,084,605 | ||||||
First Solar, Inc.* | 6,256 | 1,077,784 | ||||||
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.* | 11,244 | 1,052,438 | ||||||
Canadian Solar, Inc.*,1 | 32,768 | 859,505 | ||||||
Total Energy-Alternate Sources | 4,074,332 | |||||||
Electrical Components & Equipment - 1.0% | ||||||||
Universal Display Corp. | 3,682 | 704,219 | ||||||
Telecommunications - 0.5% | ||||||||
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd.* | 19,845 | 386,382 | ||||||
Total Common Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $35,139,992) | 71,431,204 |
Face Amount | ||||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,2 - 1.1% | ||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC issued 12/29/23 at 5.33% due 01/02/24 | $ | 429,411 | 429,411 | |||||
BofA Securities, Inc. issued 12/29/23 at 5.35% due 01/02/24 | 346,057 | 346,057 | ||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements | ||||||||
(Cost $775,468) | 775,468 |
Shares | ||||||||
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL†,3 - 2.4% | ||||||||
Money Market Fund | ||||||||
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class X, 5.29%4 | 1,711,563 | 1,711,563 | ||||||
Total Securities Lending Collateral | ||||||||
(Cost $1,711,563) | 1,711,563 | |||||||
Total Investments - 102.9% | ||||||||
(Cost $37,627,023) | $ | 73,918,235 | ||||||
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - (2.9)% | (2,091,412 | ) | ||||||
Total Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 71,826,823 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 3. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 3. |
1 | All or a portion of this security is on loan at December 31, 2023 — See Note 5. |
2 | Repurchase Agreements — See Note 4. |
3 | Securities lending collateral — See Note 5. |
4 | Rate indicated is the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2023. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt |
See Sector Classification in Other Information section. |
Electronics Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund's investments at December 31, 2023 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
Investments in Securities (Assets) | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 71,431,204 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 71,431,204 | ||||||||
Repurchase Agreements | — | 775,468 | — | 775,468 | ||||||||||||
Securities Lending Collateral | 1,711,563 | — | — | 1,711,563 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 73,142,767 | $ | 775,468 | $ | — | $ | 73,918,235 |
Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† - 62.4% | ||||||||
Technology - 19.5% | ||||||||
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. ADR | 5,528 | $ | 574,912 | |||||
Infosys Ltd. ADR | 6,880 | 126,454 | ||||||
NetEase, Inc. ADR | 689 | 64,187 | ||||||
United Microelectronics Corp. ADR | 4,602 | 38,933 | ||||||
ASE Technology Holding Company Ltd. ADR | 3,380 | 31,806 | ||||||
Wipro Ltd. ADR | 2,790 | 15,540 | ||||||
Total Technology | 851,832 | |||||||
Communications - 17.8% | ||||||||
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR | 3,605 | 279,424 | ||||||
PDD Holdings, Inc. ADR* | 1,341 | 196,202 | ||||||
JD.com, Inc. ADR | 2,432 | 70,260 | ||||||
Baidu, Inc. ADR* | 561 | 66,810 | ||||||
Trip.com Group Ltd. ADR* | 1,100 | 39,611 | ||||||
America Movil SAB de CV ADR | 2,047 | 37,910 | ||||||
Chunghwa Telecom Company Ltd. ADR | 752 | 29,381 | ||||||
Telkom Indonesia Persero Tbk PT ADR | 941 | 24,240 | ||||||
Tencent Music Entertainment Group ADR* | 1,276 | 11,497 | ||||||
Vipshop Holdings Ltd. ADR* | 557 | 9,892 | ||||||
Full Truck Alliance Company Ltd. ADR* | 1,322 | 9,267 | ||||||
Total Communications | 774,494 | |||||||
Financial - 11.6% | ||||||||
HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR | 3,634 | 243,878 | ||||||
ICICI Bank Ltd. ADR | 5,071 | 120,893 | ||||||
Banco Bradesco S.A. ADR | 10,511 | 36,788 | ||||||
KB Financial Group, Inc. ADR | 743 | 30,738 | ||||||
Shinhan Financial Group Company Ltd. ADR | 969 | 29,826 | ||||||
KE Holdings, Inc. ADR | 1,332 | 21,592 | ||||||
Woori Financial Group, Inc. ADR1 | 441 | 13,327 | ||||||
Banco de Chile ADR | 430 | 9,924 | ||||||
Total Financial | 506,966 | |||||||
Basic Materials - 5.8% | ||||||||
Vale S.A. ADR | 7,185 | 113,954 | ||||||
POSCO Holdings, Inc. ADR | 589 | 56,020 | ||||||
Gold Fields Ltd. ADR | 1,768 | 25,565 | ||||||
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. ADR | 283 | 17,042 | ||||||
Suzano S.A. ADR | 1,467 | 16,665 | ||||||
Sasol Ltd. ADR | 1,142 | 11,352 | ||||||
Gerdau S.A. ADR | 2,288 | 11,097 | ||||||
Total Basic Materials | 251,695 | |||||||
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 3.5% | ||||||||
Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV ADR | 363 | 47,317 | ||||||
Ambev S.A. ADR | 8,728 | 24,438 | ||||||
BeiGene Ltd. ADR* | 121 | 21,823 | ||||||
New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. ADR* | 296 | 21,691 | ||||||
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. ADR | 241 | 16,769 | ||||||
TAL Education Group ADR* | 913 | 11,531 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV ADR | 104 | 9,843 | ||||||
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical | 153,412 | |||||||
Energy - 1.5% | ||||||||
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. ADR | 3,682 | 58,802 | ||||||
Cosan S.A. ADR | 575 | 9,004 | ||||||
Total Energy | 67,806 | |||||||
Industrial - 1.3% | ||||||||
Cemex SAB de CV ADR* | 2,995 | 23,211 | ||||||
ZTO Express Cayman, Inc. ADR | 844 | 17,961 | ||||||
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV ADR | 78 | 13,667 | ||||||
Total Industrial | 54,839 | |||||||
Consumer, Cyclical - 0.8% | ||||||||
NIO, Inc. ADR*,1 | 2,766 | 25,088 | ||||||
H World Group Ltd. ADR | 278 | 9,296 | ||||||
Total Consumer, Cyclical | 34,384 | |||||||
Utilities - 0.6% | ||||||||
Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras S.A. ADR | 2,046 | 17,637 | ||||||
Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo ADR | 676 | 10,295 | ||||||
Total Utilities | 27,932 | |||||||
Total Common Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $2,332,968) | 2,723,360 | |||||||
PREFERRED STOCKS† - 3.1% | ||||||||
Energy - 1.6% | ||||||||
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. | ||||||||
ADR | 4,545 | 69,448 | ||||||
Financial - 1.5% | ||||||||
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. | ||||||||
ADR | 9,588 | 66,636 | ||||||
Total Preferred Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $107,355) | 136,084 | |||||||
Face Amount | ||||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,2 - 28.9% | ||||||||
J.P.
Morgan Securities LLC issued 12/29/23 at 5.33% due 01/02/243 | $ | 697,159 | 697,159 | |||||
BofA
Securities, Inc. issued 12/29/23 at 5.35% due 01/02/243 | 561,831 | 561,831 | ||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements | ||||||||
(Cost $1,258,990) | 1,258,990 |
Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL†,4 - 0.7% | ||||||||
Money Market Fund | ||||||||
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class X, 5.29%5 | $ | 29,267 | $ | 29,267 | ||||
Total Securities Lending Collateral | ||||||||
(Cost $29,267) | 29,267 | |||||||
Total Investments - 95.1% | ||||||||
(Cost $3,728,580) | $ | 4,147,701 | ||||||
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - 4.9% | 213,785 | |||||||
Total Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 4,361,486 |
Total Return Swap Agreements | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Counterparty | Index | Type | Financing Rate | Payment Frequency | Maturity Date | Units | Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized Appreciation | ||||||||||||||
OTC Equity Index Swap Agreements†† | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs International | S&P Emerging 50 ADR Index | Pay | 5.58% (Federal Funds Rate + 0.25%) | At Maturity | 03/21/24 | 1,597 | $ | 4,384,430 | $ | 65,432 | ||||||||||||
BNP Paribas | S&P Emerging 50 ADR Index | Pay | 5.93% (Federal Funds Rate + 0.60%) | At Maturity | 03/21/24 | 570 | 1,565,784 | 44,063 | ||||||||||||||
$ | 5,950,214 | $ | 109,495 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 3. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 3. |
1 | All or a portion of this security is on loan at December 31, 2023 — See Note 5. |
2 | Repurchase Agreements — See Note 4. |
3 | All or a portion of this security is pledged as equity index swap collateral at December 31, 2023. |
4 | Securities lending collateral — See Note 5. |
5 | Rate indicated is the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2023. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt |
See Sector Classification in Other Information section. |
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at December 31, 2023 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
Investments in Securities (Assets) | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 2,723,360 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,723,360 | ||||||||
Preferred Stocks | 136,084 | — | — | 136,084 | ||||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements | — | 1,258,990 | — | 1,258,990 | ||||||||||||
Securities Lending Collateral | 29,267 | — | — | 29,267 | ||||||||||||
Equity Index Swap Agreements** | — | 109,495 | — | 109,495 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 2,888,711 | $ | 1,368,485 | $ | — | $ | 4,257,196 |
** | This derivative is reported as unrealized appreciation/depreciation at period end. |
Emerging Markets Bond Strategy Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Face Amount | Value | |||||||
U.S. TREASURY BILLS†† - 1.0% | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills | ||||||||
5.17% due 01/09/241,2 | $ | 9,000 | $ | 8,991 | ||||
Total U.S. Treasury Bills | ||||||||
(Cost $8,989) | 8,991 | |||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,3 - 91.0% | ||||||||
J.P.
Morgan Securities LLC issued 12/29/23 at 5.33% due 01/02/244 | 477,374 | 477,374 | ||||||
BofA
Securities, Inc. issued 12/29/23 at 5.35% due 01/02/244 | 384,710 | 384,710 | ||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements | ||||||||
(Cost $862,084) | 862,084 | |||||||
Total Investments - 92.0% | ||||||||
(Cost $871,073) | $ | 871,075 | ||||||
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - 8.0% | 75,826 | |||||||
Total Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 946,901 |
Futures Contracts | ||||||||||||||
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized Appreciation** | ||||||||||
Interest Rate Futures Contracts Purchased† | ||||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury 5 Year Note Futures Contracts | 5 | Mar 2024 | $ | 543,867 | $ | 8,312 | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury 10 Year Note Futures Contracts | 1 | Mar 2024 | 112,875 | 4,084 | ||||||||||
$ | 656,742 | $ | 12,396 |
Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swap Agreements Protection Sold††
Counterparty | Exchange | Index | Protection Premium Rate | Payment Frequency | Maturity Date | Notional Amount | Value | Upfront Premiums Received | Unrealized Appreciation** | |||||||||||||||||||
Barclays Bank plc | ICE | CDX.EM.40.V1 | 1.00 | % | Quarterly | 12/20/28 | $ | 720,000 | $ | (20,800 | ) | $ | (34,086 | ) | $ | 13,286 |
Total Return Swap Agreements
Counterparty | Index | Type | Financing Rate | Payment Frequency | Maturity Date | Units | Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized Appreciation | ||||||||||||||
OTC Credit Index Swap Agreements†† | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs International | Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF | Pay | 5.93% (Federal Funds Rate + 0.60%) | At Maturity | 01/05/24 | 17,012 | $ | 352,148 | $ | 18,676 |
** | Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation). |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 3. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 3. |
1 | All or a portion of this security is pledged as futures collateral at December 31, 2023. |
2 | Rate indicated is the effective yield at the time of purchase. |
3 | Repurchase Agreements — See Note 4. |
4 | All or a portion of this security is pledged as credit index swap collateral at December 31, 2023. |
CDX.EM.40.V1 — Credit Default Swap Emerging Markets Series 40 Index Version 1 |
ICE — Intercontinental Exchange |
plc — Public Limited Company |
See Sector Classification in Other Information section. |
Emerging Markets Bond Strategy Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at December 31, 2023 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
Investments in Securities (Assets) | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills | $ | — | $ | 8,991 | $ | — | $ | 8,991 | ||||||||
Repurchase Agreements | — | 862,084 | — | 862,084 | ||||||||||||
Interest Rate Futures Contracts** | 12,396 | — | — | 12,396 | ||||||||||||
Credit Default Swap Agreements** | — | 13,286 | — | 13,286 | ||||||||||||
Credit Index Swap Agreements** | — | 18,676 | — | 18,676 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 12,396 | $ | 903,037 | $ | — | $ | 915,433 |
** | This derivative is reported as unrealized appreciation/depreciation at period end. |
Energy Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† - 99.5% | ||||||||
Oil & Gas - 64.3% | ||||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 30,304 | $ | 3,029,794 | |||||
Chevron Corp. | 17,046 | 2,542,581 | ||||||
ConocoPhillips | 15,675 | 1,819,397 | ||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. | 10,706 | 1,294,891 | ||||||
Phillips 66 | 9,014 | 1,200,124 | ||||||
Marathon Petroleum Corp. | 7,837 | 1,162,697 | ||||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 4,872 | 1,095,615 | ||||||
Valero Energy Corp. | 7,983 | 1,037,790 | ||||||
Hess Corp. | 7,020 | 1,012,003 | ||||||
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 16,418 | 980,319 | ||||||
Devon Energy Corp. | 18,460 | 836,238 | ||||||
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 5,280 | 818,822 | ||||||
Shell plc ADR | 11,946 | 786,047 | ||||||
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. ADR | 47,669 | 761,274 | ||||||
BP plc ADR | 21,076 | 746,090 | ||||||
Coterra Energy, Inc. — Class A | 26,385 | 673,345 | ||||||
Equities Corp. | 16,268 | 628,921 | ||||||
Suncor Energy, Inc. | 19,000 | 608,760 | ||||||
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. | 9,043 | 592,497 | ||||||
Marathon Oil Corp. | 23,881 | 576,965 | ||||||
Ovintiv, Inc. | 12,393 | 544,301 | ||||||
Cenovus Energy, Inc. | 31,568 | 525,607 | ||||||
APA Corp. | 14,547 | 521,946 | ||||||
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 6,233 | 479,567 | ||||||
Permian Resources Corp. | 35,088 | 477,197 | ||||||
HF Sinclair Corp. | 7,750 | 430,668 | ||||||
Equinor ASA ADR1 | 13,414 | 424,419 | ||||||
Southwestern Energy Co.* | 64,428 | 422,003 | ||||||
Range Resources Corp. | 13,642 | 415,263 | ||||||
Antero Resources Corp.* | 17,551 | 398,057 | ||||||
Matador Resources Co. | 6,899 | 392,277 | ||||||
Murphy Oil Corp. | 9,145 | 390,126 | ||||||
Civitas Resources, Inc. | 5,688 | 388,945 | ||||||
Weatherford International plc* | 3,948 | 386,233 | ||||||
Noble Corporation plc | 7,915 | 381,186 | ||||||
Transocean Ltd.* | 54,865 | 348,393 | ||||||
PBF Energy, Inc. — Class A | 7,803 | 343,020 | ||||||
SM Energy Co. | 8,693 | 336,593 | ||||||
Chord Energy Corp. | 2,023 | 336,283 | ||||||
Valaris Ltd.* | 4,765 | 326,736 | ||||||
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. | 29,370 | 317,196 | ||||||
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. — Class A | 14,863 | 316,433 | ||||||
California Resources Corp. | 5,625 | 307,575 | ||||||
Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. | 7,614 | 282,251 | ||||||
Kosmos Energy Ltd.* | 40,995 | 275,077 | ||||||
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | 7,541 | 273,135 | ||||||
CNX Resources Corp.* | 13,317 | 266,340 | ||||||
Callon Petroleum Co.* | 6,811 | 220,676 | ||||||
Delek US Holdings, Inc. | 7,512 | 193,810 | ||||||
Comstock Resources, Inc. | 15,456 | 136,786 | ||||||
Total Oil & Gas | 33,062,269 | |||||||
Pipelines - 14.1% | ||||||||
Williams Companies, Inc. | 28,758 | 1,001,641 | ||||||
ONEOK, Inc. | 14,163 | 994,526 | ||||||
Cheniere Energy, Inc. | 5,572 | 951,196 | ||||||
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 50,722 | 894,736 | ||||||
Targa Resources Corp. | 7,823 | 679,584 | ||||||
Enbridge, Inc. | 16,973 | 611,368 | ||||||
TC Energy Corp.1 | 12,271 | 479,674 | ||||||
Golar LNG Ltd. | 16,039 | 368,737 | ||||||
DT Midstream, Inc. | 6,340 | 347,432 | ||||||
Pembina Pipeline Corp. | 9,665 | 332,669 | ||||||
Equitrans Midstream Corp. | 31,568 | 321,362 | ||||||
New Fortress Energy, Inc. | 7,463 | 281,579 | ||||||
Total Pipelines | 7,264,504 | |||||||
Oil & Gas Services - 9.8% | ||||||||
Schlumberger N.V. | 26,103 | 1,358,400 | ||||||
Baker Hughes Co. | 27,251 | 931,439 | ||||||
Halliburton Co. | 23,556 | 851,550 | ||||||
TechnipFMC plc | 25,845 | 520,518 | ||||||
NOV, Inc. | 22,116 | 448,513 | ||||||
ChampionX Corp. | 12,534 | 366,118 | ||||||
Tidewater, Inc.* | 4,473 | 322,548 | ||||||
Liberty Energy, Inc. — Class A | 14,245 | 258,404 | ||||||
Total Oil & Gas Services | 5,057,490 | |||||||
Energy-Alternate Sources - 6.2% | ||||||||
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.* | 10,934 | 1,023,423 | ||||||
Enphase Energy, Inc.* | 5,358 | 708,006 | ||||||
First Solar, Inc.* | 4,079 | 702,730 | ||||||
Sunrun, Inc.* | 18,499 | 363,135 | ||||||
Plug Power, Inc.*,1 | 41,471 | 186,620 | ||||||
Green Plains, Inc.* | 6,923 | 174,598 | ||||||
Total Energy-Alternate Sources | 3,158,512 | |||||||
Transportation - 1.5% | ||||||||
Scorpio Tankers, Inc. | 6,452 | 392,281 | ||||||
Frontline plc | 17,833 | 357,552 | ||||||
Total Transportation | 749,833 | |||||||
Mining - 1.4% | ||||||||
Cameco Corp. | 11,450 | 493,495 | ||||||
Uranium Energy Corp.* | 36,658 | 234,611 | ||||||
Total Mining | 728,106 | |||||||
Coal - 0.8% | ||||||||
Peabody Energy Corp. | 10,443 | 253,974 | ||||||
CONSOL Energy, Inc. | 1,522 | 153,006 | ||||||
Total Coal | 406,980 | |||||||
Metal Fabricate & Hardware - 0.7% | ||||||||
Tenaris S.A. ADR | 10,808 | 375,686 | ||||||
Retail - 0.7% | ||||||||
Murphy USA, Inc. | 1,026 | 365,831 | ||||||
Total Common Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $34,951,558) | 51,169,211 | |||||||
Face Amount | ||||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,2 - 0.7% | ||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC issued 12/29/23 at 5.33% due 01/02/24 | $ | 194,688 | 194,688 | |||||
BofA Securities, Inc. issued 12/29/23 at 5.35% due 01/02/24 | 156,896 | 156,896 | ||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements | ||||||||
(Cost $351,584) | 351,584 |
Energy Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL†,3 - 1.6% | ||||||||
Money Market Fund | ||||||||
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class X, 5.29%4 | $ | 843,448 | $ | 843,448 | ||||
Total Securities Lending Collateral | ||||||||
(Cost $843,448) | 843,448 | |||||||
Total Investments - 101.8% | ||||||||
(Cost $36,146,590) | $ | 52,364,243 | ||||||
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - (1.8)% | (915,331 | ) | ||||||
Total Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 51,448,912 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 3. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 3. |
1 | All or a portion of this security is on loan at December 31, 2023 — See Note 5. |
2 | Repurchase Agreements — See Note 4. |
3 | Securities lending collateral — See Note 5. |
4 | Rate indicated is the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2023. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt |
plc — Public Limited Company |
See Sector Classification in Other Information section. |
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at December 31, 2023 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
Investments in Securities (Assets) | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 51,169,211 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 51,169,211 | ||||||||
Repurchase Agreements | — | 351,584 | — | 351,584 | ||||||||||||
Securities Lending Collateral | 843,448 | — | — | 843,448 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 52,012,659 | $ | 351,584 | $ | — | $ | 52,364,243 |
Energy Services Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† - 99.5% | ||||||||
Oil & Gas Services - 64.9% | ||||||||
Schlumberger N.V. | 85,792 | $ | 4,464,616 | |||||
Baker Hughes Co. | 89,555 | 3,060,990 | ||||||
Halliburton Co. | 77,410 | 2,798,371 | ||||||
NOV, Inc. | 72,683 | 1,474,011 | ||||||
TechnipFMC plc | 67,788 | 1,365,250 | ||||||
ChampionX Corp. | 41,193 | 1,203,248 | ||||||
Tidewater, Inc.* | 14,696 | 1,059,729 | ||||||
Liberty Energy, Inc. — Class A | 46,815 | 849,224 | ||||||
Archrock, Inc. | 51,117 | 787,202 | ||||||
Oceaneering International, Inc.* | 36,301 | 772,485 | ||||||
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.* | 61,858 | 635,900 | ||||||
Expro Group Holdings N.V.* | 39,567 | 629,907 | ||||||
US Silica Holdings, Inc.* | 41,034 | 464,095 | ||||||
ProPetro Holding Corp.* | 52,925 | 443,511 | ||||||
RPC, Inc. | 59,056 | 429,928 | ||||||
Core Laboratories, Inc. | 17,396 | 307,213 | ||||||
ProFrac Holding Corp. — Class A* | 21,887 | 185,602 | ||||||
Total Oil & Gas Services | 20,931,282 | |||||||
Oil & Gas - 28.7% | ||||||||
Weatherford International plc* | 14,519 | 1,420,394 | ||||||
Noble Corporation plc | 26,021 | 1,253,171 | ||||||
Transocean Ltd.* | 180,308 | 1,144,956 | ||||||
Valaris Ltd.* | 15,666 | 1,074,218 | ||||||
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. | 96,524 | 1,042,459 | ||||||
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | 24,778 | 897,459 | ||||||
Seadrill Ltd.* | 17,725 | 838,038 | ||||||
Borr Drilling Ltd.* | 103,934 | 764,954 | ||||||
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.* | 46,973 | 610,649 | ||||||
Nabors Industries Ltd.* | 2,473 | 201,871 | ||||||
Total Oil & Gas | 9,248,169 | |||||||
Machinery-Diversified - 3.1% | ||||||||
Cactus, Inc. — Class A | 21,902 | 994,351 | ||||||
Metal Fabricate & Hardware - 2.8% | ||||||||
Tenaris S.A. ADR | 26,560 | 923,226 | ||||||
Total Common Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $27,359,051) | 32,097,028 | |||||||
Face Amount | ||||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,1 - 0.6% | ||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC issued 12/29/23 at 5.33% due 01/02/24 | $ | 111,028 | 111,028 | |||||
BofA Securities, Inc. issued 12/29/23 at 5.35% due 01/02/24 | 89,476 | 89,476 | ||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements | ||||||||
(Cost $200,504) | 200,504 | |||||||
Total Investments - 100.1% | ||||||||
(Cost $27,559,555) | $ | 32,297,532 | ||||||
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - (0.1)% | (42,412 | ) | ||||||
Total Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 32,255,120 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 3. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 3. |
1 | Repurchase Agreements — See Note 4. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt |
plc — Public Limited Company |
See Sector Classification in Other Information section. |
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at December 31, 2023 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
Investments in Securities (Assets) | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 32,097,028 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 32,097,028 | ||||||||
Repurchase Agreements | — | 200,504 | — | 200,504 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 32,097,028 | $ | 200,504 | $ | — | $ | 32,297,532 |
Europe 1.25x Strategy Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† - 49.4% | ||||||||
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 19.3% | ||||||||
Novo Nordisk A/S ADR | 1,168 | $ | 120,830 | |||||
Nestle S.A. ADR | 959 | 110,889 | ||||||
AstraZeneca plc ADR | 1,109 | 74,691 | ||||||
Novartis AG ADR | 735 | 74,213 | ||||||
Roche Holding AG ADR | 2,012 | 72,895 | ||||||
Unilever plc ADR | 905 | 43,874 | ||||||
L’Oreal S.A. ADR | 436 | 43,343 | ||||||
Sanofi S.A. ADR | 822 | 40,878 | ||||||
Diageo plc ADR | 200 | 29,132 | ||||||
RELX plc ADR | 695 | 27,564 | ||||||
GSK plc ADR | 735 | 27,239 | ||||||
EssilorLuxottica S.A. ADR | 219 | 22,008 | ||||||
British American Tobacco plc ADR | 725 | 21,235 | ||||||
Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A. ADR1 | 321 | 20,743 | ||||||
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc ADR | 1,326 | 18,219 | ||||||
Bayer AG ADR | 1,417 | 13,079 | ||||||
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical | 760,832 | |||||||
Financial - 6.8% | ||||||||
HSBC Holdings plc ADR1 | 1,384 | 56,107 | ||||||
Allianz SE ADR | 1,448 | 38,647 | ||||||
UBS Group AG* | 1,094 | 33,805 | ||||||
Zurich Insurance Group AG ADR | 525 | 27,450 | ||||||
BNP Paribas S.A. ADR | 778 | 27,028 | ||||||
Banco Santander S.A. ADR | 5,860 | 24,260 | ||||||
AXA S.A. ADR1 | 684 | 22,356 | ||||||
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen ADR | 488 | 20,525 | ||||||
ING Groep N.V. ADR | 1,230 | 18,475 | ||||||
Total Financial | 268,653 | |||||||
Industrial - 5.5% | ||||||||
Siemens AG ADR | 537 | 50,231 | ||||||
Schneider Electric SE ADR | 1,028 | 41,357 | ||||||
Airbus SE ADR | 843 | 32,514 | ||||||
Vinci S.A. ADR | 855 | 26,967 | ||||||
ABB Ltd. ADR | 578 | 25,605 | ||||||
Safran S.A. ADR | 543 | 23,963 | ||||||
Deutsche Post AG ADR | 331 | 16,400 | ||||||
Total Industrial | 217,037 | |||||||
Energy - 4.4% | ||||||||
Shell plc ADR | 1,177 | 77,446 | ||||||
TotalEnergies SE ADR | 868 | 58,486 | ||||||
BP plc ADR | 1,012 | 35,825 | ||||||
Total Energy | 171,757 | |||||||
Technology - 4.2% | ||||||||
ASML Holding N.V. — Class G | 145 | 109,753 | ||||||
SAP SE ADR | 366 | 56,580 | ||||||
Total Technology | 166,333 | |||||||
Consumer, Cyclical - 3.7% | ||||||||
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE ADR | 464 | 75,377 | ||||||
Hermes International SCA ADR | 126 | 26,787 | ||||||
Cie Financiere Richemont S.A. ADR | 1,880 | 25,897 | ||||||
Mercedes-Benz Group AG ADR | 1,144 | 19,723 | ||||||
Total Consumer, Cyclical | 147,784 | |||||||
Basic Materials - 2.6% | ||||||||
Air Liquide S.A. ADR | 939 | 36,574 | ||||||
Rio Tinto plc ADR | 383 | 28,518 | ||||||
Glencore plc ADR* | 1,795 | 21,504 | ||||||
BASF SE ADR | 1,282 | 17,205 | ||||||
Total Basic Materials | 103,801 | |||||||
Utilities - 1.7% | ||||||||
Iberdrola S.A. ADR | 519 | 27,247 | ||||||
Enel SpA ADR1 | 2,809 | 20,773 | ||||||
National Grid plc ADR1 | 260 | 17,677 | ||||||
Total Utilities | 65,697 | |||||||
Communications - 1.2% | ||||||||
Deutsche Telekom AG ADR | 1,243 | 29,994 | ||||||
Prosus N.V. ADR | 2,820 | 16,779 | ||||||
Total Communications | 46,773 | |||||||
Total Common Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $1,657,399) | 1,948,667 | |||||||
MUTUAL FUNDS† - 3.5% | ||||||||
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class2 | 7,027 | 69,217 | ||||||
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II2 | 2,760 | 67,631 | ||||||
Total Mutual Funds | ||||||||
(Cost $138,226) | 136,848 | |||||||
Face Amount | ||||||||
U.S. TREASURY BILLS†† - 5.8% | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills | ||||||||
5.17% due 01/09/243,4 | $ | 231,000 | 230,764 | |||||
Total U.S. Treasury Bills | ||||||||
(Cost $230,730) | 230,764 | |||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,5 - 37.6% | ||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC issued 12/29/23 at 5.33% due 01/02/24 | 821,394 | 821,394 | ||||||
BofA Securities, Inc. issued 12/29/23 at 5.35% due 01/02/24 | 661,951 | 661,951 | ||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements | ||||||||
(Cost $1,483,345) | 1,483,345 | |||||||
Shares | ||||||||
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL†,6 - 2.7% | ||||||||
Money Market Fund | ||||||||
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class X, 5.29%7 | 107,332 | 107,332 | ||||||
Total Securities Lending Collateral | ||||||||
(Cost $107,332) | 107,332 | |||||||
Total Investments - 99.0% | ||||||||
(Cost $3,617,032) | $ | 3,906,956 | ||||||
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - 1.0% | 39,419 | |||||||
Total Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 3,946,375 |
Europe 1.25x Strategy Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Futures Contracts | ||||||||||||||
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized Appreciation** | ||||||||||
Currency Futures Contracts Purchased† | ||||||||||||||
Euro FX Futures Contracts | 22 | Mar 2024 | $ | 3,045,625 | $ | 62,596 | ||||||||
Equity Futures Contracts Purchased† | ||||||||||||||
STOXX 50 Index Futures Contracts | 63 | Mar 2024 | 2,855,383 | 1,084 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
** | Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation). |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 3. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 3. |
1 | All or a portion of this security is on loan at December 31, 2023 — See Note 5. |
2 | Affiliated issuer. |
3 | All or a portion of this security is pledged as futures collateral at December 31, 2023. |
4 | Rate indicated is the effective yield at the time of purchase. |
5 | Repurchase Agreements — See Note 4. |
6 | Securities lending collateral — See Note 5. |
7 | Rate indicated is the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2023. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt |
plc — Public Limited Company |
See Sector Classification in Other Information section. |
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at December 31, 2023 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments): | ||||||||||||||||
Investments in Securities (Assets) | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level
2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level
3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 1,948,667 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,948,667 | ||||||||
Mutual Funds | 136,848 | — | — | 136,848 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills | — | 230,764 | — | 230,764 | ||||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements | — | 1,483,345 | — | 1,483,345 | ||||||||||||
Securities Lending Collateral | 107,332 | — | — | 107,332 | ||||||||||||
Currency Futures Contracts** | 62,596 | — | — | 62,596 | ||||||||||||
Equity Futures Contracts** | 1,084 | — | — | 1,084 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 2,256,527 | $ | 1,714,109 | $ | — | $ | 3,970,636 |
** | 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, 2023 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/1601445/000182126823000217/gug86449-ncsr.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.
Europe 1.25x Strategy Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Transactions during the period ended December 31, 2023, in which the company is an affiliated issuer, were as follows:
Security Name | Value 03/31/23 | Additions | Reductions | Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value 12/31/23 | Shares 12/31/23 | Investment Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mutual Funds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II | $ | 66,830 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 801 | $ | 67,631 | 2,760 | $ | 2,791 | |||||||||||||||||
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class | 68,233 | – | – | – | 984 | 69,217 | 7,027 | 2,837 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
$ | 135,063 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 1,785 | $ | 136,848 | $ | 5,628 |
Financial Services Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† - 99.2% | ||||||||
Banks - 24.2% | ||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1,824 | $ | 310,262 | |||||
Bank of America Corp. | 6,388 | 215,084 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 3,833 | 188,660 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 425 | 163,952 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley | 1,684 | 157,033 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. | 2,645 | 136,059 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 2,653 | 114,822 | ||||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 722 | 111,802 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 2,655 | 98,023 | ||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 1,699 | 88,433 | ||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank | 1,237 | 79,935 | ||||||
NU Holdings Limited/Cayman Islands — Class A* | 9,582 | 79,818 | ||||||
HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR | 1,122 | 75,297 | ||||||
Royal Bank of Canada | 720 | 72,814 | ||||||
Bank of Nova Scotia | 1,488 | 72,451 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bancorp | 2,014 | 69,463 | ||||||
ICICI Bank Ltd. ADR | 2,906 | 69,279 | ||||||
State Street Corp. | 857 | 66,383 | ||||||
M&T Bank Corp. | 474 | 64,976 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. | 3,160 | 61,241 | ||||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 4,688 | 59,631 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 684 | 57,716 | ||||||
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 1,674 | 55,476 | ||||||
KeyCorp | 3,613 | 52,027 | ||||||
East West Bancorp, Inc. | 617 | 44,393 | ||||||
Comerica, Inc. | 699 | 39,011 | ||||||
First Horizon Corp. | 2,743 | 38,841 | ||||||
Western Alliance Bancorporation | 586 | 38,553 | ||||||
Zions Bancorp North America | 833 | 36,544 | ||||||
SouthState Corp. | 415 | 35,047 | ||||||
Bank OZK | 674 | 33,585 | ||||||
Columbia Banking System, Inc. | 1,244 | 33,190 | ||||||
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. | 362 | 31,574 | ||||||
Old National Bancorp | 1,819 | 30,723 | ||||||
Valley National Bancorp | 2,806 | 30,473 | ||||||
Wintrust Financial Corp. | 320 | 29,680 | ||||||
First Citizens BancShares, Inc. — Class A | 15 | 21,284 | ||||||
Total Banks | 2,963,535 | |||||||
Diversified Financial Services - 21.3% | ||||||||
Visa, Inc. — Class A | 1,217 | 316,846 | ||||||
Mastercard, Inc. — Class A | 609 | 259,745 | ||||||
BlackRock, Inc. — Class A | 183 | 148,559 | ||||||
Charles Schwab Corp. | 2,086 | 143,517 | ||||||
American Express Co. | 758 | 142,004 | ||||||
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 970 | 124,577 | ||||||
CME Group, Inc. — Class A | 563 | 118,568 | ||||||
Capital One Financial Corp. | 755 | 98,996 | ||||||
Coinbase Global, Inc. — Class A* | 512 | 89,047 | ||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 230 | 87,361 | ||||||
XP, Inc. — Class A | 3,286 | 85,666 | ||||||
Apollo Global Management, Inc. | 891 | 83,032 | ||||||
Ares Management Corp. — Class A | 690 | 82,055 | ||||||
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. — Class A | 970 | 80,413 | ||||||
Discover Financial Services | 666 | 74,858 | ||||||
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 636 | 68,491 | ||||||
Nasdaq, Inc. | 1,174 | 68,256 | ||||||
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 575 | 64,112 | ||||||
Tradeweb Markets, Inc. — Class A | 691 | 62,798 | ||||||
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 333 | 59,460 | ||||||
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. | 254 | 57,815 | ||||||
Synchrony Financial | 1,463 | 55,872 | ||||||
Ally Financial, Inc. | 1,306 | 45,606 | ||||||
SoFi Technologies, Inc.* | 4,444 | 44,218 | ||||||
Franklin Resources, Inc. | 1,423 | 42,391 | ||||||
Invesco Ltd. | 2,350 | 41,924 | ||||||
SEI Investments Co. | 607 | 38,575 | ||||||
Upstart Holdings, Inc.* | 644 | 26,314 | ||||||
Total Diversified Financial Services | 2,611,076 | |||||||
REITS - 21.2% | ||||||||
Prologis, Inc. | 1,188 | 158,360 | ||||||
American Tower Corp. — Class A | 635 | 137,084 | ||||||
Equinix, Inc. | 145 | 116,782 | ||||||
Public Storage | 324 | 98,820 | ||||||
Welltower, Inc. | 1,083 | 97,654 | ||||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 665 | 94,856 | ||||||
Crown Castle, Inc. | 814 | 93,765 | ||||||
Realty Income Corp. | 1,549 | 88,944 | ||||||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 654 | 88,015 | ||||||
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 525 | 84,173 | ||||||
VICI Properties, Inc. | 2,514 | 80,146 | ||||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. | 2,075 | 72,148 | ||||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 382 | 71,518 | ||||||
SBA Communications Corp. | 278 | 70,526 | ||||||
Equity Residential | 1,073 | 65,625 | ||||||
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | 505 | 64,019 | ||||||
Invitation Homes, Inc. | 1,865 | 63,615 | ||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 904 | 63,262 | ||||||
Ventas, Inc. | 1,266 | 63,097 | ||||||
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 228 | 56,530 | ||||||
Sun Communities, Inc. | 417 | 55,732 | ||||||
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | 410 | 55,129 | ||||||
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 2,686 | 52,296 | ||||||
UDR, Inc. | 1,315 | 50,351 | ||||||
Kimco Realty Corp. | 2,359 | 50,270 | ||||||
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. | 1,015 | 50,090 | ||||||
Regency Centers Corp. | 738 | 49,446 | ||||||
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. | 860 | 48,246 | ||||||
American Homes 4 Rent — Class A | 1,298 | 46,676 | ||||||
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | 656 | 46,274 | ||||||
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 2,325 | 46,035 | ||||||
CubeSmart | 990 | 45,887 | ||||||
Camden Property Trust | 456 | 45,276 | ||||||
Lamar Advertising Co. — Class A | 424 | 45,063 | ||||||
Boston Properties, Inc. | 634 | 44,488 | ||||||
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | 2,257 | 43,718 | ||||||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | 1,212 | 37,160 | ||||||
AGNC Investment Corp. | 3,699 | 36,287 |
Financial Services Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† - 99.2% (continued) | ||||||||
REITS - 21.2% (continued) | ||||||||
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | 1,700 | $ | 24,259 | |||||
Total REITS | 2,601,622 | |||||||
Insurance - 17.4% | ||||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. — Class B* | 1,054 | 375,922 | ||||||
Progressive Corp. | 812 | 129,335 | ||||||
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | 682 | 129,219 | ||||||
Willis Towers Watson plc | 465 | 112,158 | ||||||
Arch Capital Group Ltd.* | 1,419 | 105,389 | ||||||
Chubb Ltd. | 452 | 102,152 | ||||||
Aon plc — Class A | 332 | 96,619 | ||||||
American International Group, Inc. | 1,408 | 95,392 | ||||||
Aflac, Inc. | 1,137 | 93,802 | ||||||
Travelers Companies, Inc. | 481 | 91,626 | ||||||
Arthur J Gallagher & Co. | 406 | 91,301 | ||||||
MetLife, Inc. | 1,280 | 84,646 | ||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 814 | 84,420 | ||||||
Allstate Corp. | 584 | 81,748 | ||||||
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | 839 | 67,439 | ||||||
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. | 316 | 61,936 | ||||||
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 765 | 60,183 | ||||||
Everest Group Ltd. | 170 | 60,109 | ||||||
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 526 | 54,420 | ||||||
Brown & Brown, Inc. | 764 | 54,328 | ||||||
W R Berkley Corp. | 706 | 49,928 | ||||||
Unum Group | 580 | 26,228 | ||||||
Erie Indemnity Co. — Class A | 58 | 19,425 | ||||||
Total Insurance | 2,127,725 | |||||||
Commercial Services - 7.9% | ||||||||
S&P Global, Inc. | 372 | 163,873 | ||||||
PayPal Holdings, Inc.* | 1,861 | 114,284 | ||||||
Moody's Corp. | 277 | 108,185 | ||||||
Block, Inc. — Class A* | 1,289 | 99,704 | ||||||
Global Payments, Inc. | 639 | 81,153 | ||||||
StoneCo Ltd. — Class A* | 4,028 | 72,625 | ||||||
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.* | 220 | 62,174 | ||||||
Affirm Holdings, Inc.* | 1,137 | 55,872 | ||||||
Toast, Inc. — Class A* | 2,565 | 46,837 | ||||||
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. | 140 | 40,999 | ||||||
Shift4 Payments, Inc. — Class A* | 482 | 35,832 | ||||||
Euronet Worldwide, Inc.* | 298 | 30,244 | ||||||
Morningstar, Inc. | 90 | 25,762 | ||||||
Flywire Corp.* | 1,046 | 24,215 | ||||||
Total Commercial Services | 961,759 | |||||||
Private Equity - 3.3% | ||||||||
Blackstone, Inc. — Class A | 1,389 | 181,848 | ||||||
KKR & Company, Inc. — Class A | 1,277 | 105,800 | ||||||
Brookfield Corp. | 1,826 | 73,259 | ||||||
Carlyle Group, Inc. | 1,113 | 45,288 | ||||||
Total Private Equity | 406,195 | |||||||
Software - 2.8% | ||||||||
Fiserv, Inc.* | 920 | 122,213 | ||||||
MSCI, Inc. — Class A | 165 | 93,332 | ||||||
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 1,370 | 82,296 | ||||||
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | 286 | 46,735 | ||||||
Total Software | 344,576 | |||||||
Media - 0.5% | ||||||||
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. | 126 | 60,108 | ||||||
Internet - 0.3% | ||||||||
Robinhood Markets, Inc. — Class A* | 3,337 | 42,514 | ||||||
Savings & Loans - 0.3% | ||||||||
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. | 3,637 | 37,207 | ||||||
Total Common Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $10,162,927) | 12,156,317 | |||||||
PREFERRED STOCKS† - 0.5% | ||||||||
Financial - 0.5% | ||||||||
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. | ||||||||
ADR | 9,836 | 68,360 | ||||||
Total Preferred Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $48,648) | 68,360 | |||||||
Face Amount | ||||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,1 - 0.5% | ||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC issued 12/29/23 at 5.33% due 01/02/24 | $ | 32,408 | 32,408 | |||||
BofA Securities, Inc. issued 12/29/23 at 5.35% due 01/02/24 | 26,118 | 26,118 | ||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements | ||||||||
(Cost $58,526) | 58,526 | |||||||
Total Investments - 100.2% | ||||||||
(Cost $10,270,101) | $ | 12,283,203 | ||||||
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - (0.2)% | (26,132 | ) | ||||||
Total Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 12,257,071 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 3. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 3. |
1 | Repurchase Agreements — See Note 4. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
plc — Public Limited Company
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
See Sector Classification in Other Information section.
Financial Services Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund's investments at December 31, 2023 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
Investments in Securities (Assets) | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 12,156,317 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 12,156,317 | ||||||||
Preferred Stocks | 68,360 | — | — | 68,360 | ||||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements | — | 58,526 | — | 58,526 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 12,224,677 | $ | 58,526 | $ | — | $ | 12,283,203 |
Government Long Bond 1.2x Strategy Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
MUTUAL FUNDS† - 13.6% | ||||||||
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class1 | 222,710 | $ | 2,193,695 | |||||
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II1 | 81,235 | 1,991,070 | ||||||
Total Mutual Funds | ||||||||
(Cost $4,227,653) | 4,184,765 |
Face Amount | ||||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES†† - 79.5% | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds | ||||||||
4.75% due 11/15/53 | $ | 21,800,000 | 24,559,063 | |||||
Total U.S. Government Securities | ||||||||
(Cost $22,276,293) | 24,559,063 |
U.S. TREASURY BILLS†† - 2.3% | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills | ||||||||
5.17% due 01/09/242,3 | 713,000 | 712,273 | ||||||
Total U.S. Treasury Bills | ||||||||
(Cost $712,166) | 712,273 | |||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,4 - 5.4% | ||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC issued 12/29/23 at 5.33% due 01/02/24 | 927,991 | 927,991 | ||||||
BofA Securities, Inc. issued 12/29/23 at 5.35% due 01/02/24 | 747,855 | 747,855 | ||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements | ||||||||
(Cost $1,675,846) | 1,675,846 | |||||||
Total Investments - 100.8% | ||||||||
(Cost $28,891,958) | $ | 31,131,947 | ||||||
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - (0.8)% | (246,089 | ) | ||||||
Total Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 30,885,858 |
Futures Contracts | ||||||||||||||
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized Appreciation** | ||||||||||
Interest Rate Futures Contracts Purchased† | ||||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Ultra Long Bond Futures Contracts | 92 | Mar 2024 | $ | 12,284,875 | $ | 1,131,122 |
** | Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation). |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — 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 December 31, 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 December 31, 2023 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
Investments in Securities (Assets) | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Mutual Funds | $ | 4,184,765 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 4,184,765 | ||||||||
U.S. Government Securities | — | 24,559,063 | — | 24,559,063 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills | — | 712,273 | — | 712,273 | ||||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements | — | 1,675,846 | — | 1,675,846 | ||||||||||||
Interest Rate Futures Contracts** | 1,131,122 | — | — | 1,131,122 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 5,315,887 | $ | 26,947,182 | $ | — | $ | 32,263,069 |
** | This derivative is reported as unrealized appreciation/depreciation at period end. |
Government Long Bond 1.2x Strategy Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 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, 2023 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/1601445/000182126823000217/gug86449-ncsr.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 December 31, 2023, in which the company is an affiliated issuer, were as follows:
Security Name | Value 03/31/23 | Additions | Reductions | Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value 12/31/23 | Shares 12/31/23 | Investment Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mutual Funds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II | $ | 1,966,699 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 24,371 | $ | 1,991,070 | 81,235 | $ | 82,136 | |||||||||||||||||
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class | 2,462,516 | – | (300,000 | ) | (7,724 | ) | 38,903 | 2,193,695 | 222,710 | 92,164 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
$ | 4,429,215 | $ | – | $ | (300,000 | ) | $ | (7,724 | ) | $ | 63,274 | $ | 4,184,765 | $ | 174,300 |
Health Care Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† - 100.0% | ||||||||
Pharmaceuticals - 32.8% | ||||||||
Eli Lilly & Co. | 1,159 | $ | 675,604 | |||||
Johnson & Johnson | 3,765 | 590,126 | ||||||
Merck & Company, Inc. | 4,726 | 515,229 | ||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 3,300 | 511,401 | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. | 13,385 | 385,354 | ||||||
CVS Health Corp. | 3,935 | 310,708 | ||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 5,992 | 307,450 | ||||||
Cigna Group | 1,020 | 305,439 | ||||||
Zoetis, Inc. | 1,456 | 287,371 | ||||||
Becton Dickinson & Co. | 1,071 | 261,142 | ||||||
AstraZeneca plc ADR | 3,863 | 260,173 | ||||||
McKesson Corp. | 512 | 237,046 | ||||||
Dexcom, Inc.* | 1,719 | 213,311 | ||||||
Novo Nordisk A/S ADR | 1,824 | 188,693 | ||||||
Cencora, Inc. — Class A | 874 | 179,502 | ||||||
Alkermes plc* | 5,890 | 163,389 | ||||||
GSK plc ADR | 4,208 | 155,948 | ||||||
Novartis AG ADR | 1,524 | 153,878 | ||||||
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ADR* | 14,376 | 150,085 | ||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 1,458 | 146,966 | ||||||
Viatris, Inc. | 10,548 | 114,235 | ||||||
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.* | 854 | 112,523 | ||||||
Henry Schein, Inc.* | 1,275 | 96,530 | ||||||
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc* | 680 | 83,640 | ||||||
Option Care Health, Inc.* | 2,321 | 78,194 | ||||||
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 155 | 35,864 | ||||||
Total Pharmaceuticals | 6,519,801 | |||||||
Healthcare-Products - 28.9% | ||||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 839 | 445,333 | ||||||
Abbott Laboratories | 3,891 | 428,282 | ||||||
Danaher Corp. | 1,685 | 389,808 | ||||||
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.* | 1,024 | 345,457 | ||||||
Stryker Corp. | 1,042 | 312,037 | ||||||
Boston Scientific Corp.* | 4,939 | 285,524 | ||||||
Medtronic plc | 2,858 | 235,442 | ||||||
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.* | 2,834 | 216,092 | ||||||
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.* | 381 | 211,474 | ||||||
Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 1,430 | 198,813 | ||||||
GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc. | 2,331 | 180,233 | ||||||
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | 448 | 157,750 | ||||||
ResMed, Inc. | 910 | 156,538 | ||||||
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | 1,281 | 155,898 | ||||||
Align Technology, Inc.* | 552 | 151,248 | ||||||
Waters Corp.* | 429 | 141,240 | ||||||
Baxter International, Inc. | 3,569 | 137,978 | ||||||
Cooper Companies, Inc. | 362 | 136,995 | ||||||
Hologic, Inc.* | 1,770 | 126,466 | ||||||
Insulet Corp.* | 573 | 124,330 | ||||||
Avantor, Inc.* | 5,427 | 123,898 | ||||||
Exact Sciences Corp.* | 1,594 | 117,924 | ||||||
Bio-Techne Corp. | 1,447 | 111,651 | ||||||
Dentsply Sirona, Inc. | 3,116 | 110,898 | ||||||
Penumbra, Inc.* | 391 | 98,352 | ||||||
Repligen Corp.* | 467 | 83,967 | ||||||
Natera, Inc.* | 1,338 | 83,812 | ||||||
Bruker Corp. | 1,090 | 80,093 | ||||||
Shockwave Medical, Inc.* | 420 | 80,035 | ||||||
Masimo Corp.* | 640 | 75,014 | ||||||
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.* | 347 | 70,590 | ||||||
Azenta, Inc.* | 927 | 60,385 | ||||||
Lantheus Holdings, Inc.* | 948 | 58,776 | ||||||
Inari Medical, Inc.* | 840 | 54,533 | ||||||
Total Healthcare-Products | 5,746,866 | |||||||
Biotechnology - 21.1% | ||||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 1,341 | 386,235 | ||||||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 816 | 332,022 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 3,827 | 310,025 | ||||||
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 338 | 296,862 | ||||||
Moderna, Inc.* | 1,986 | 197,508 | ||||||
Biogen, Inc.* | 744 | 192,525 | ||||||
Illumina, Inc.* | 1,101 | 153,303 | ||||||
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 799 | 152,937 | ||||||
Cytokinetics, Inc.* | 1,598 | 133,417 | ||||||
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.* | 1,351 | 130,263 | ||||||
CRISPR Therapeutics AG* | 2,072 | 129,707 | ||||||
Argenx SE ADR* | 336 | 127,824 | ||||||
Royalty Pharma plc — Class A | 4,002 | 112,416 | ||||||
Incyte Corp.* | 1,766 | 110,887 | ||||||
United Therapeutics Corp.* | 418 | 91,914 | ||||||
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.* | 952 | 91,801 | ||||||
ImmunoGen, Inc.* | 2,890 | 85,689 | ||||||
Exelixis, Inc.* | 3,559 | 85,380 | ||||||
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.* | 1,159 | 83,008 | ||||||
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 1,606 | 81,248 | ||||||
Karuna Therapeutics, Inc.* | 255 | 80,710 | ||||||
Blueprint Medicines Corp.* | 825 | 76,098 | ||||||
Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.* | 1,864 | 75,250 | ||||||
Roivant Sciences Ltd.* | 6,443 | 72,355 | ||||||
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 2,250 | 70,448 | ||||||
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 1,171 | 70,096 | ||||||
REVOLUTION Medicines, Inc.* | 2,405 | 68,975 | ||||||
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.* | 1,723 | 63,682 | ||||||
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.* | 1,315 | 62,883 | ||||||
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 1,978 | 60,527 | ||||||
Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.* | 1,005 | 59,044 | ||||||
Guardant Health, Inc.* | 2,005 | 54,235 | ||||||
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.* | 639 | 50,858 | ||||||
TG Therapeutics, Inc.* | 2,751 | 46,987 | ||||||
Total Biotechnology | 4,197,119 | |||||||
Healthcare-Services - 15.4% | ||||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 1,245 | 655,455 | ||||||
Elevance Health, Inc. | 673 | 317,360 | ||||||
HCA Healthcare, Inc. | 840 | 227,371 | ||||||
Humana, Inc. | 490 | 224,327 | ||||||
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.* | 878 | 203,152 | ||||||
Centene Corp.* | 2,569 | 190,645 | ||||||
ICON plc* | 669 | 189,374 | ||||||
Molina Healthcare, Inc.* | 383 | 138,382 | ||||||
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings | 595 | 135,238 | ||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 871 | 120,093 | ||||||
Universal Health Services, Inc. — Class B | 667 | 101,677 | ||||||
Catalent, Inc.* | 2,048 | 92,017 | ||||||
Tenet Healthcare Corp.* | 1,163 | 87,888 |
Health Care Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† - 100.0% (continued) | ||||||||
Healthcare-Services - 15.4% (continued) | ||||||||
Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc.* | 1,071 | $ | 83,281 | |||||
Medpace Holdings, Inc.* | 266 | 81,537 | ||||||
HealthEquity, Inc.* | 1,080 | 71,604 | ||||||
DaVita, Inc.* | 671 | 70,294 | ||||||
Teladoc Health, Inc.* | 2,815 | 60,663 | ||||||
Total Healthcare-Services | 3,050,358 | |||||||
Software - 0.9% | ||||||||
Veeva Systems, Inc. — Class A* | 893 | 171,920 | ||||||
Electronics - 0.7% | ||||||||
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.* | 123 | 149,194 | ||||||
Commercial Services - 0.2% | ||||||||
R1 RCM, Inc.* | 3,750 | 39,638 | ||||||
Total Common Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $12,102,728) | 19,874,896 | |||||||
RIGHTS††† - 0.0% | ||||||||
Pharmaceuticals - 0.0% | ||||||||
Johnson & Johnson | ||||||||
Expires 12/31/29 | 752 | – | ||||||
Total Rights | ||||||||
(Cost $–) | – |
Face Amount | ||||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,1 - 1.2% | ||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC issued 12/29/23 at 5.33% due 01/02/24 | $ | 130,152 | 130,152 | |||||
BofA Securities, Inc. issued 12/29/23 at 5.35% due 01/02/24 | 104,888 | 104,888 | ||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements | ||||||||
(Cost $235,040) | 235,040 | |||||||
Total Investments - 101.2% | ||||||||
(Cost $12,337,768) | $ | 20,109,936 | ||||||
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - (1.2)% | (240,703 | ) | ||||||
Total Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 19,869,233 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 3. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 3. |
††† | Value determined based on Level 3 inputs — See Note 3. |
1 | Repurchase Agreements — See Note 4. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt |
plc — Public Limited Company |
See Sector Classification in Other Information section. |
Health Care Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at December 31, 2023 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
Investments in Securities (Assets) | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 19,874,896 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 19,874,896 | ||||||||
Rights | — | — | — | * | — | |||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements | — | 235,040 | — | 235,040 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 19,874,896 | $ | 235,040 | $ | — | $ | 20,109,936 |
* | Security has a market value of $0. |
High Yield Strategy Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
MUTUAL FUNDS† - 9.3% | ||||||||
Guggenheim Strategy Fund III1 | 79,841 | $ | 1,960,897 | |||||
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class1 | 133,249 | 1,312,502 | ||||||
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II1 | 53,173 | 1,303,264 | ||||||
Total Mutual Funds | ||||||||
(Cost $4,578,426) | 4,576,663 |
Face Amount | ||||||||
FEDERAL AGENCY DISCOUNT NOTES†† - 45.6% | ||||||||
Farmer Mac | ||||||||
4.59% due 01/05/242 | $ | 8,650,000 | 8,644,964 | |||||
5.20% due 01/02/242 | 6,500,000 | 6,499,061 | ||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank | ||||||||
5.26% due 03/20/242 | 4,500,000 | 4,448,642 | ||||||
5.24% due 01/05/242 | 1,650,000 | 1,649,039 | ||||||
5.29% due 01/12/242 | 1,200,000 | 1,198,060 | ||||||
Total Federal Agency Discount Notes | ||||||||
(Cost $22,439,231) | 22,439,766 | |||||||
U.S. TREASURY BILLS†† - 11.2% | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills | ||||||||
5.26% due 03/26/242 | 4,500,000 | 4,445,361 | ||||||
5.17% due 01/09/242,3 | 1,054,000 | 1,052,925 | ||||||
Total U.S. Treasury Bills | ||||||||
(Cost $5,496,906) | 5,498,286 | |||||||
FEDERAL AGENCY NOTES†† - 9.1% | ||||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank | ||||||||
5.44% (SOFR + 0.04%, Rate Floor: 0.00%) due 02/27/24◊ | 2,500,000 | 2,500,060 | ||||||
5.66% due 08/26/24 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,250 | ||||||
Total Federal Agency Notes | ||||||||
(Cost $4,500,053) | 4,500,310 | |||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,4 - 18.3% | ||||||||
J.P.
Morgan Securities LLC issued 12/29/23 at 5.33% due 01/02/245 | 4,987,228 | 4,987,228 | ||||||
BofA
Securities, Inc. issued 12/29/23 at 5.35% due 01/02/245 | 4,019,138 | 4,019,138 | ||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements | ||||||||
(Cost $9,006,366) | 9,006,366 | |||||||
Total Investments - 93.5% | ||||||||
(Cost $46,020,982) | $ | 46,021,391 | ||||||
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - 6.5% | 3,220,162 | |||||||
Total Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 49,241,553 |
Futures Contracts | ||||||||||||||
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized Appreciation** | ||||||||||
Interest Rate Futures Contracts Purchased† | ||||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury 5 Year Note Futures Contracts | 424 | Mar 2024 | $ | 46,119,938 | $ | 1,056,487 |
Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swap Agreements Protection Sold††
Counterparty | Exchange | Index | Protection Premium Rate | Payment Frequency | Maturity Date | Notional Amount | Value | Upfront Premiums Paid | Unrealized Appreciation** | |||||||||||||||||||
Barclays Bank plc | ICE | CDX.NA.HY.41.V2 | 5.00 | % | Quarterly | 12/20/28 | $ | 38,560,500 | $ | 2,275,070 | $ | 506,606 | $ | 1,768,464 | ||||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs International | ICE | CDX.NA.HY.41.V2 | 5.00 | % | Quarterly | 12/20/28 | 6,633,000 | 391,347 | 31,065 | 360,282 | ||||||||||||||||||
$ | 2,666,417 | $ | 537,671 | $ | 2,128,746 |
Total Return Swap Agreements | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Counterparty | Reference Obligation | Type | Financing Rate | Payment Frequency | Maturity Date | Units | Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized Appreciation | ||||||||||||||
OTC Credit Index Swap Agreements†† | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs International | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | Pay | 5.73% (Federal Funds Rate + 0.40%) | At Maturity | 01/05/24 | 16,337 | $ | 1,267,751 | $ | 35,288 | ||||||||||||
BNP Paribas | SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF | Pay | 5.78% (Federal Funds Rate + 0.45%) | At Maturity | 03/21/24 | 1,788 | 169,851 | 930 |
High Yield Strategy Fund | |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) | December 31, 2023 |
Counterparty | Reference Obligation | Type | Financing Rate | Payment Frequency | Maturity Date | Units | Notional Amount | Value and Unrealized Appreciation | ||||||||||||||
OTC Credit Index Swap Agreements†† (continued) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
BNP Paribas | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | Pay | 5.73% (Federal Funds Rate + 0.40%) | At Maturity | 03/21/24 | 1,222 | $ | 94,843 | $ | 476 | ||||||||||||
$ | 1,532,445 | $ | 36,694 |
** | 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 December 31, 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 | Rate indicated is the effective yield at the time of purchase. |
3 | All or a portion of this security is pledged as futures collateral at December 31, 2023. |
4 | Repurchase Agreements — See Note 4. |
5 | All or a portion of this security is pledged as credit index swap collateral at December 31, 2023. |
CDX.NA.HY.41.V2 — Credit Default Swap North American High Yield Series 41 Index Version 2 |
ICE — Intercontinental Exchange |
plc — Public Limited Company |
SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
See Sector Classification in Other Information section. |
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at December 31, 2023 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
Investments in Securities (Assets) | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Mutual Funds | $ | 4,576,663 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 4,576,663 | ||||||||
Federal Agency Discount Notes | — | 22,439,766 | — | 22,439,766 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills | — | 5,498,286 | — | 5,498,286 | ||||||||||||
Federal Agency Notes | — | 4,500,310 | — | 4,500,310 | ||||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements | — | 9,006,366 | — | 9,006,366 | ||||||||||||
Interest Rate Futures Contracts** | 1,056,487 | — | — | 1,056,487 | ||||||||||||
Credit Default Swap Agreements** | — | 2,128,746 | — | 2,128,746 | ||||||||||||
Credit Index Swap Agreements** | — | 36,694 | — | 36,694 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 5,633,150 | $ | 43,610,168 | $ | — | $ | 49,243,318 |
** | 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, 2023 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/1601445/000182126823000217/gug86449-ncsr.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.