UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number | 811-08532 | |||||||||||||||||||
AMERICAN CENTURY STRATEGIC ASSET ALLOCATIONS, INC. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) | ||||||||||||||||||||
4500 MAIN STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI | 64111 | |||||||||||||||||||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||||||||||||||||||
JOHN PAK 4500 MAIN STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64111 | ||||||||||||||||||||
(Name and address of agent for service) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | 816-531-5575 | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of fiscal year end: | 07-31 | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of reporting period: | 07-31-2023 |
ITEM 1. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.
(a) Provided under separate cover.
Annual Report | |||||
July 31, 2023 | |||||
Strategic Allocation: Aggressive Fund | |||||
Investor Class (TWSAX) | |||||
I Class (AAAIX) | |||||
A Class (ACVAX) | |||||
C Class (ASTAX) | |||||
R Class (AAARX) | |||||
R5 Class (ASAUX) | |||||
R6 Class (AAAUX) |
Table of Contents |
President’s Letter | |||||
Performance | |||||
Portfolio Commentary | |||||
Fund Characteristics | |||||
Shareholder Fee Example | |||||
Schedule of Investments | |||||
Statement of Assets and Liabilities | |||||
Statement of Operations | |||||
Statement of Changes in Net Assets | |||||
Notes to Financial Statements | |||||
Financial Highlights | |||||
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | |||||
Management | |||||
Approval of Management Agreement | |||||
Liquidity Risk Management Program | |||||
Proxy Voting Results | |||||
Additional Information | |||||
Any opinions expressed in this report reflect those of the author as of the date of the report, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of American Century Investments® or any other person in the American Century Investments organization. Any such opinions are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and American Century Investments disclaims any responsibility to update such opinions. These opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice and, because investment decisions made by American Century Investments funds are based on numerous factors, may not be relied upon as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any American Century Investments fund. Security examples are used for representational purposes only and are not intended as recommendations to purchase or sell securities. Performance information for comparative indices and securities is provided to American Century Investments by third party vendors. To the best of American Century Investments’ knowledge, such information is accurate at the time of printing.
President’s Letter |
Jonathan Thomas
Dear Investor:
Thank you for reviewing this annual report for the period ended July 31, 2023. Annual reports help convey important information about fund returns, including market factors that affected performance. For additional investment insights, please visit americancentury.com.
Stocks Rallied Despite Ongoing Challenges
After delivering modest gains early in the fiscal year, global stocks—most notably U.S. stocks—rallied through the first seven months of 2023. This bounce back, which occurred despite ongoing volatility and rising interest rates, led to strong 12-month performance for most broad stock indices. Investor expectations for the Federal Reserve (Fed) to conclude its rate-hike campaign largely fueled the optimism.
Inflation’s steady slowdown, mounting recession worries and a series of U.S. regional bank failures prompted investors to regularly recalibrate their monetary policy outlooks. However, with inflation still higher than central bank targets, the Fed and its developed markets peers continued to raise rates through period-end.
In June, the Fed bucked the trend of developed markets central banks and paused after 10 consecutive rate hikes. But the break was short-lived. The central bank resumed its tightening campaign in July, raising rates another quarter point to a range of 5.25% to 5.5%, a 22-year high. Citing still-higher-than-target inflation and still-strong economic data, policymakers left their tightening options open. Inflation remained even higher in the eurozone and the U.K., prompting central bankers there to steadily raise interest rates.
Despite the inflation and rate backdrops, better-than-expected corporate earnings helped the S&P 500 Index return 21% for the seven months ended July 31, 2023. For the 12-month period, the S&P 500 Index returned 13%. Global and style-focused stock index returns were even stronger. Meanwhile, amid high inflation and central bank tightening, government bond yields surged, and global and U.S. bond returns declined for the period.
Remaining Diligent in Uncertain Times
We expect market volatility to linger as investors navigate a complex environment of persistent inflation, tighter financial conditions, banking industry turbulence and recession risk. In addition, increasingly tense geopolitical considerations complicate the market backdrop.
We appreciate your confidence in us during these extraordinary times. American Century Investments has a long history of helping clients weather unpredictable and volatile markets, and we’re confident we will continue to meet today’s challenges.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Thomas
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Century Investments
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Performance |
Total Returns as of July 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Average Annual Returns | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ticker Symbol | 1 year | 5 years | 10 years | Since Inception | Inception Date | ||||||||||||||||||
Investor Class | TWSAX | 8.35% | 7.39% | 7.86% | — | 2/15/96 | |||||||||||||||||
S&P 500 Index | — | 13.02% | 12.19% | 12.65% | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | — | -3.37% | 0.75% | 1.49% | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Month Treasury Bill Index | — | 4.09% | 1.59% | 1.00% | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
I Class | AAAIX | 8.51% | 7.59% | 8.07% | — | 8/1/00 | |||||||||||||||||
A Class | ACVAX | 10/2/96 | |||||||||||||||||||||
No sales charge | 8.12% | 7.12% | 7.59% | — | |||||||||||||||||||
With sales charge | 1.90% | 5.86% | 6.95% | — | |||||||||||||||||||
C Class | ASTAX | 7.29% | 6.33% | 6.78% | — | 11/27/01 | |||||||||||||||||
R Class | AAARX | 7.71% | 6.84% | 7.32% | — | 3/31/05 | |||||||||||||||||
R5 Class | ASAUX | 8.66% | 7.59% | — | 8.57% | 4/10/17 | |||||||||||||||||
R6 Class | AAAUX | 8.71% | 7.77% | 8.24% | — | 7/26/13 |
Average annual returns since inception are presented when ten years of performance history is not available.
Fund returns would have been lower if a portion of the fees had not been waived.
C Class shares will automatically convert to A Class shares after being held for approximately eight years. C Class average annual returns do not reflect this conversion.
Sales charges include initial sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), as applicable. A Class shares have a 5.75% maximum initial sales charge and may be subject to a maximum CDSC of 1.00%. C Class shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase are subject to a maximum CDSC of 1.00%. The SEC requires that mutual funds provide performance information net of maximum sales charges in all cases where charges could be applied.
Data presented reflect past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and redemption value may be more or less than original cost. Data assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, and none of the charts reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-345-2021 or visit americancentury.com. For additional information about the fund, please consult the prospectus.
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Growth of $10,000 Over 10 Years | ||
$10,000 investment made July 31, 2013 | ||
Performance for other share classes will vary due to differences in fee structure. |
Value on July 31, 2023 | |||||
Investor Class — $21,317 | |||||
S&P 500 Index — $32,936 | |||||
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index — $11,601 | |||||
Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Month Treasury Bill Index — $11,048 | |||||
Ending value of Investor Class would have been lower if a portion of the fees had not been waived.
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||
Investor Class | I Class | A Class | C Class | R Class | R5 Class | R6 Class | ||||||||||||||
1.34% | 1.14% | 1.59% | 2.34% | 1.84% | 1.14% | 0.99% |
The total annual fund operating expenses shown is as stated in the fund’s prospectus current as of the date of this report. The prospectus may vary from the expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report because it is based on a different time period, includes acquired fund fees and expenses, and, if applicable, does not include fee waivers or expense reimbursements.
Data presented reflect past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and redemption value may be more or less than original cost. Data assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, and none of the charts reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-345-2021 or visit americancentury.com. For additional information about the fund, please consult the prospectus.
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Portfolio Commentary |
Portfolio Managers: Richard Weiss, Scott Wilson, Radu Gabudean, Vidya Rajappa and Brian Garbe
Performance Summary
Strategic Allocation: Aggressive returned 8.35%* for the fiscal period ended July 31, 2023. Because of the fund’s strategic exposure to a variety of asset classes, a review of the financial markets helps provide context around performance for the reporting period.
Market Overview
Global stocks produced strong gains over the past 12 months amid considerable volatility. After falling sharply in the second half of 2022 due to rising inflation, the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) interest rate increases and the ongoing war in Ukraine, stocks staged a strong rebound from October 2022 through period-end. They benefited as inflation eased, concerns about a possible recession faded and corporate earnings mostly beat consensus expectations. Non-U.S. developed markets equities outperformed U.S. stocks, which in turn did better than emerging markets equities.
Bonds produced negative returns, having declined substantially early in the 12-month period before rebounding early in 2023. Nevertheless, stronger-than-expected economic data and the debt ceiling crisis weighed on U.S. government bonds in particular. Corporate bonds held up better, while more economically sensitive high-yield bonds produced positive absolute returns. Non-U.S. bonds outperformed those of the U.S. after hedging out currency effects.
Tactical Positioning
Strategic Allocation: Aggressive’s neutral asset mix throughout the period was 79% stocks, 20% bonds and 1% cash-equivalent investments. However, the portfolio’s actual asset weightings varied based on short-term tactical adjustments and fluctuating securities prices.
The value of a diversified approach is clear during periods of intense volatility. As rising interest rates, inflation and recession fears weighed on financial markets, the portfolio’s strategic diversification helped manage volatility. In an effort to add value and improve the fund’s ability to achieve its objective, we made modest adjustments to the asset allocation. Our tactical allocation and security selection decisions contributed to performance on the margin.
Our decision to favor cash over stocks and long-term bonds had a mixed effect. Continued Fed rate hikes meant cash performed well, while global bonds produced negative absolute returns. It was also beneficial to hold a modest cash overweight relative to stocks amid sharp volatility early in the period. Nevertheless, stocks ultimately produced strong positive returns, so it detracted from performance on the margin to be underweight stocks for the full reporting period. Similarly, it detracted modestly from performance to be overweight emerging markets equities for a time.
The portfolio was also underweight real estate investment trusts on a tactical basis because rising mortgage rates, indications of a slowing economy and widening credit spreads undermined their attractiveness. Stock selection and asset allocation decisions in global real estate benefited performance.
*All fund returns referenced in this commentary are for Investor Class shares. Fund returns would have been lower if a portion of the fees had not been waived. Performance for other share classes will vary due to differences in fee structure; when Investor Class performance exceeds that of the fund’s benchmark, other share classes may not. See page 3 for returns for all share classes.
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Fund Characteristics |
JULY 31, 2023 | |||||
Types of Investments in Portfolio | % of net assets | ||||
Affiliated Funds | 53.6% | ||||
Common Stocks | 30.6% | ||||
U.S. Treasury Securities | 6.1% | ||||
Sovereign Governments and Agencies | 1.4% | ||||
Corporate Bonds | 1.4% | ||||
Collateralized Loan Obligations | 0.5% | ||||
Municipal Securities | 0.5% | ||||
Preferred Stocks | 0.2% | ||||
Asset-Backed Securities | 0.2% | ||||
Exchange-Traded Funds | 0.2% | ||||
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | 0.1% | ||||
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities | 0.1% | ||||
Short-Term Investments | 5.3% | ||||
Other Assets and Liabilities | (0.2)% |
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Shareholder Fee Example |
Fund shareholders may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and redemption/exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from February 1, 2023 to July 31, 2023.
Actual Expenses
The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each class. You may use the information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. First, identify the share class you own. Then simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
If you hold Investor Class shares of any American Century Investments mutual fund, or I Class shares of the American Century Diversified Bond Fund, in an American Century Investments account (i.e., not through a financial intermediary or employer-sponsored retirement plan account), American Century Investments may charge you a $25 annual account maintenance fee if the value of those shares is less than $10,000. We will redeem shares automatically in one of your accounts to pay the $25 fee. In determining your total eligible investment amount, we will include your investments in all personal accounts (including American Century Investments brokerage accounts) registered under your Social Security number. Personal accounts include individual accounts, joint accounts, UGMA/UTMA accounts, personal trusts, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts and IRAs (including traditional, Roth, Rollover, SEP-, SARSEP- and SIMPLE-IRAs), and certain other retirement accounts. If you have only business, business retirement, employer-sponsored or American Century Investments brokerage accounts, you are currently not subject to this fee. If you are subject to the account maintenance fee, your account value could be reduced by the fee amount.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio of each class of your fund and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return of a fund’s share class. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption/exchange fees. Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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Beginning Account Value 2/1/23 | Ending Account Value 7/31/23 | Expenses Paid During Period(1) 2/1/23 - 7/31/23 | Annualized Expense Ratio(1) | |||||||||||
Actual | ||||||||||||||
Investor Class | $1,000 | $1,051.20 | $3.20 | 0.63% | ||||||||||
I Class | $1,000 | $1,050.30 | $2.19 | 0.43% | ||||||||||
A Class | $1,000 | $1,049.10 | $4.47 | 0.88% | ||||||||||
C Class | $1,000 | $1,045.10 | $8.27 | 1.63% | ||||||||||
R Class | $1,000 | $1,047.80 | $5.74 | 1.13% | ||||||||||
R5 Class | $1,000 | $1,051.70 | $2.19 | 0.43% | ||||||||||
R6 Class | $1,000 | $1,051.90 | $1.42 | 0.28% | ||||||||||
Hypothetical | ||||||||||||||
Investor Class | $1,000 | $1,021.67 | $3.16 | 0.63% | ||||||||||
I Class | $1,000 | $1,022.66 | $2.16 | 0.43% | ||||||||||
A Class | $1,000 | $1,020.43 | $4.41 | 0.88% | ||||||||||
C Class | $1,000 | $1,016.71 | $8.15 | 1.63% | ||||||||||
R Class | $1,000 | $1,019.19 | $5.66 | 1.13% | ||||||||||
R5 Class | $1,000 | $1,022.66 | $2.16 | 0.43% | ||||||||||
R6 Class | $1,000 | $1,023.41 | $1.40 | 0.28% |
(1)Expenses are equal to the class's annualized expense ratio listed in the table above, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181, the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365, to reflect the one-half year period. Annualized expense ratio reflects actual expenses, including any applicable fee waivers or expense reimbursements and excluding any acquired fund fees and expenses.
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Schedule of Investments |
JULY 31, 2023
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
AFFILIATED FUNDS(1) — 53.6% | |||||||||||
American Century Diversified Corporate Bond ETF | 288,278 | $ | 13,162,572 | ||||||||
American Century Emerging Markets Bond ETF | 133,102 | 5,057,996 | |||||||||
American Century Focused Dynamic Growth ETF(2) | 558,118 | 38,370,612 | |||||||||
American Century Focused Large Cap Value ETF | 662,536 | 40,047,519 | |||||||||
American Century Multisector Income ETF | 531,791 | 22,734,065 | |||||||||
American Century Quality Diversified International ETF | 721,671 | 32,947,962 | |||||||||
American Century Short Duration Strategic Income ETF | 70,956 | 3,589,068 | |||||||||
American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF | 528,367 | 37,392,533 | |||||||||
American Century U.S. Quality Value ETF | 813,148 | 41,187,816 | |||||||||
Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF(3) | 500,812 | 28,696,528 | |||||||||
Avantis International Equity ETF | 520,872 | 31,049,180 | |||||||||
Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF | 144,366 | 8,793,333 | |||||||||
Avantis U.S. Equity ETF | 565,043 | 44,350,225 | |||||||||
Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF(3) | 120,663 | 10,163,444 | |||||||||
TOTAL AFFILIATED FUNDS (Cost $290,353,770) | 357,542,853 | ||||||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 30.6% | |||||||||||
Aerospace and Defense — 0.7% | |||||||||||
Airbus SE | 2,788 | 410,672 | |||||||||
CAE, Inc.(2) | 18,048 | 412,381 | |||||||||
Curtiss-Wright Corp. | 4,818 | 921,973 | |||||||||
General Dynamics Corp. | 1,106 | 247,279 | |||||||||
HEICO Corp. | 3,767 | 662,917 | |||||||||
Hensoldt AG | 1,980 | 67,320 | |||||||||
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | 2,827 | 649,277 | |||||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 1,055 | 470,920 | |||||||||
Melrose Industries PLC | 74,493 | 506,967 | |||||||||
Mercury Systems, Inc.(2) | 1,718 | 65,250 | |||||||||
QinetiQ Group PLC | 9,063 | 37,526 | |||||||||
4,452,482 | |||||||||||
Air Freight and Logistics — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Cargojet, Inc.(3) | 1,058 | 77,770 | |||||||||
Cia de Distribucion Integral Logista Holdings SA | 3,764 | 104,734 | |||||||||
GXO Logistics, Inc.(2) | 978 | 65,594 | |||||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 2,106 | 394,096 | |||||||||
642,194 | |||||||||||
Automobile Components — 0.7% | |||||||||||
Aptiv PLC(2) | 13,195 | 1,444,720 | |||||||||
BorgWarner, Inc. | 9,894 | 460,071 | |||||||||
Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA | 11,039 | 361,495 | |||||||||
Continental AG | 6,072 | 484,786 | |||||||||
Forvia(2) | 3,972 | 99,812 | |||||||||
Fox Factory Holding Corp.(2) | 883 | 98,808 | |||||||||
Gentherm, Inc.(2) | 874 | 52,239 | |||||||||
Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. | 2,483 | 453,685 | |||||||||
Linamar Corp. | 8,563 | 496,903 | |||||||||
Mobileye Global, Inc., Class A(2) | 9,673 | 369,315 |
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Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Nifco, Inc. | 3,400 | $ | 101,340 | ||||||||
Toyo Tire Corp. | 5,600 | 75,825 | |||||||||
4,498,999 | |||||||||||
Automobiles — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG | 4,759 | 580,360 | |||||||||
Ferrari NV | 1,920 | 615,526 | |||||||||
Mercedes-Benz Group AG | 10,658 | 851,179 | |||||||||
Tesla, Inc.(2) | 2,133 | 570,428 | |||||||||
Volvo Car AB, Class B(2) | 56,034 | 276,976 | |||||||||
2,894,469 | |||||||||||
Banks — 1.2% | |||||||||||
AIB Group PLC | 19,596 | 92,173 | |||||||||
Banco Bradesco SA | 214,089 | 672,318 | |||||||||
Banco do Brasil SA | 32,700 | 333,517 | |||||||||
Bank Central Asia Tbk PT | 1,010,900 | 612,233 | |||||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 12,928 | 413,696 | |||||||||
Barclays PLC | 265,691 | 527,214 | |||||||||
BNP Paribas SA | 6,290 | 414,812 | |||||||||
BPER Banca | 31,026 | 107,359 | |||||||||
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. | 19,317 | 128,072 | |||||||||
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. | 905 | 48,128 | |||||||||
First Hawaiian, Inc. | 22,597 | 467,532 | |||||||||
Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. | 3,600 | 86,744 | |||||||||
HDFC Bank Ltd., ADR | 7,355 | 502,199 | |||||||||
HSBC Holdings PLC | 80,000 | 669,490 | |||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 4,482 | 707,977 | |||||||||
Jyske Bank A/S(2) | 1,194 | 90,320 | |||||||||
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. | 4,459 | 282,344 | |||||||||
Regions Financial Corp. | 14,922 | 303,961 | |||||||||
Standard Chartered PLC (London) | 22,619 | 217,268 | |||||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 15,962 | 530,258 | |||||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 8,561 | 339,700 | |||||||||
UniCredit SpA | 3,863 | 97,812 | |||||||||
Westamerica Bancorporation | 3,696 | 181,806 | |||||||||
7,826,933 | |||||||||||
Beverages — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Celsius Holdings, Inc.(2) | 7,762 | 1,123,161 | |||||||||
Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc.(2) | 5,770 | 72,587 | |||||||||
MGP Ingredients, Inc. | 1,090 | 124,271 | |||||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 3,745 | 702,038 | |||||||||
2,022,057 | |||||||||||
Biotechnology — 0.7% | |||||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 3,513 | 525,475 | |||||||||
ADMA Biologics, Inc.(2) | 6,423 | 26,655 | |||||||||
Alkermes PLC(2) | 2,285 | 66,905 | |||||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 1,160 | 271,614 | |||||||||
Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 30,581 | 416,513 | |||||||||
Arcus Biosciences, Inc.(2) | 801 | 15,940 | |||||||||
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.(2)(3) | 2,122 | 23,151 | |||||||||
Biohaven Ltd.(2) | 1,800 | 35,784 | |||||||||
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(2) | 3,946 | 346,972 |
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Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Blueprint Medicines Corp.(2) | 864 | $ | 57,024 | ||||||||
Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.(2) | 878 | 30,739 | |||||||||
Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 662 | 23,408 | |||||||||
Centessa Pharmaceuticals PLC, ADR(2)(3) | 2,615 | 20,659 | |||||||||
Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.(2)(3) | 1,154 | 35,301 | |||||||||
CSL Ltd. | 2,305 | 415,168 | |||||||||
Cytokinetics, Inc.(2) | 15,395 | 513,423 | |||||||||
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 2,101 | 90,259 | |||||||||
ImmunoGen, Inc.(2) | 2,612 | 46,546 | |||||||||
Insmed, Inc.(2) | 2,368 | 52,309 | |||||||||
Karuna Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 145 | 28,967 | |||||||||
Keros Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 801 | 33,546 | |||||||||
Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.(2)(3) | 847 | 18,532 | |||||||||
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(2) | 183 | 37,570 | |||||||||
Mineralys Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 1,719 | 24,289 | |||||||||
Natera, Inc.(2) | 1,897 | 85,782 | |||||||||
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(2) | 7,671 | 781,598 | |||||||||
Relay Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 1,285 | 16,191 | |||||||||
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 4,569 | 495,234 | |||||||||
Vaxcyte, Inc.(2) | 1,325 | 63,680 | |||||||||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(2) | 497 | 175,113 | |||||||||
Viking Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 10,569 | 153,250 | |||||||||
Vitrolife AB | 2,880 | 42,735 | |||||||||
4,970,332 | |||||||||||
Broadline Retail — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.(2) | 38,200 | 488,172 | |||||||||
Amazon.com, Inc.(2) | 8,303 | 1,109,945 | |||||||||
B&M European Value Retail SA | 12,401 | 88,083 | |||||||||
Etsy, Inc.(2) | 1,139 | 115,780 | |||||||||
JD.com, Inc., Class A | 14,016 | 290,182 | |||||||||
Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(2) | 1,323 | 96,420 | |||||||||
Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd. | 1,600 | 20,776 | |||||||||
Savers Value Village, Inc.(2) | 659 | 15,928 | |||||||||
2,225,286 | |||||||||||
Building Products — 0.4% | |||||||||||
AZEK Co., Inc.(2) | 4,348 | 135,658 | |||||||||
Cie de Saint-Gobain | 14,880 | 1,006,354 | |||||||||
Hayward Holdings, Inc.(2) | 8,811 | 117,715 | |||||||||
JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.(2) | 6,981 | 124,332 | |||||||||
Johnson Controls International PLC | 7,354 | 511,471 | |||||||||
Masco Corp. | 3,737 | 226,761 | |||||||||
Trane Technologies PLC | 3,812 | 760,265 | |||||||||
Trex Co., Inc.(2) | 836 | 57,801 | |||||||||
2,940,357 | |||||||||||
Capital Markets — 1.4% | |||||||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 819 | 285,380 | |||||||||
Ares Management Corp., Class A | 8,367 | 830,174 | |||||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 20,864 | 946,391 | |||||||||
BlackRock, Inc. | 470 | 347,259 | |||||||||
Charles Schwab Corp. | 4,239 | 280,198 | |||||||||
Evercore, Inc., Class A | 329 | 44,435 |
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Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A | 1,102 | $ | 97,450 | ||||||||
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 1,933 | 221,908 | |||||||||
Intermediate Capital Group PLC | 3,823 | 68,998 | |||||||||
Julius Baer Group Ltd. | 4,722 | 334,448 | |||||||||
London Stock Exchange Group PLC | 6,370 | 691,748 | |||||||||
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. | 3,875 | 888,770 | |||||||||
M&A Capital Partners Co. Ltd.(2) | 2,400 | 49,223 | |||||||||
Man Group PLC | 33,301 | 102,087 | |||||||||
Morgan Stanley | 7,835 | 717,373 | |||||||||
MSCI, Inc. | 1,987 | 1,089,035 | |||||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 13,430 | 1,076,011 | |||||||||
S&P Global, Inc. | 671 | 264,716 | |||||||||
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 5,449 | 671,644 | |||||||||
9,007,248 | |||||||||||
Chemicals — 0.7% | |||||||||||
Air Liquide SA | 2,963 | 532,730 | |||||||||
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 817 | 249,454 | |||||||||
Akzo Nobel NV | 7,251 | 620,309 | |||||||||
Avient Corp. | 13,791 | 558,949 | |||||||||
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(2) | 2,506 | 80,192 | |||||||||
DSM-Firmenich AG | 5,444 | 600,087 | |||||||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 1,083 | 198,341 | |||||||||
Element Solutions, Inc. | 31,232 | 654,623 | |||||||||
Kansai Paint Co. Ltd. | 5,800 | 95,070 | |||||||||
Linde PLC | 1,546 | 603,976 | |||||||||
Perimeter Solutions SA(2) | 8,470 | 47,093 | |||||||||
Sika AG | 1,217 | 378,776 | |||||||||
Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co. Ltd. | 1,000 | 63,161 | |||||||||
4,682,761 | |||||||||||
Commercial Services and Supplies — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Clean Harbors, Inc.(2) | 626 | 104,079 | |||||||||
Driven Brands Holdings, Inc.(2) | 4,940 | 127,798 | |||||||||
Elis SA | 7,307 | 150,963 | |||||||||
GFL Environmental, Inc. | 12,611 | 430,539 | |||||||||
Healthcare Services Group, Inc. | 7,328 | 92,406 | |||||||||
Rentokil Initial PLC | 58,684 | 478,519 | |||||||||
Republic Services, Inc. | 7,464 | 1,127,885 | |||||||||
SPIE SA | 4,356 | 130,758 | |||||||||
2,642,947 | |||||||||||
Communications Equipment — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Arista Networks, Inc.(2) | 2,372 | 367,874 | |||||||||
Ciena Corp.(2) | 1,401 | 59,122 | |||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 10,235 | 532,629 | |||||||||
F5, Inc.(2) | 3,351 | 530,262 | |||||||||
Juniper Networks, Inc. | 11,656 | 324,037 | |||||||||
1,813,924 | |||||||||||
Construction and Engineering — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Balfour Beatty PLC | 23,393 | 105,053 | |||||||||
Construction Partners, Inc., Class A(2) | 2,800 | 82,320 | |||||||||
Eiffage SA | 4,517 | 469,938 | |||||||||
Sacyr SA | 30,322 | 103,662 |
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Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
SNC-Lavalin Group, Inc. | 1,595 | $ | 46,339 | ||||||||
Vinci SA | 4,408 | 517,708 | |||||||||
1,325,020 | |||||||||||
Construction Materials† | |||||||||||
Eagle Materials, Inc. | 463 | 85,363 | |||||||||
Summit Materials, Inc., Class A(2) | 1,760 | 63,677 | |||||||||
Taiheiyo Cement Corp. | 3,100 | 64,741 | |||||||||
213,781 | |||||||||||
Consumer Finance† | |||||||||||
American Express Co. | 1,453 | 245,383 | |||||||||
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 0.5% | |||||||||||
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(2) | 769 | 50,992 | |||||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 512 | 287,063 | |||||||||
CP ALL PCL | 185,000 | 342,225 | |||||||||
Dollar Tree, Inc.(2) | 5,075 | 783,225 | |||||||||
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(2) | 2,507 | 83,859 | |||||||||
Kobe Bussan Co. Ltd. | 2,000 | 53,253 | |||||||||
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV | 24,620 | 848,617 | |||||||||
Kroger Co. | 5,853 | 284,690 | |||||||||
MatsukiyoCocokara & Co. | 1,600 | 93,635 | |||||||||
Redcare Pharmacy NV(2) | 581 | 67,363 | |||||||||
Sysco Corp. | 5,837 | 445,421 | |||||||||
Target Corp. | 2,276 | 310,606 | |||||||||
3,650,949 | |||||||||||
Containers and Packaging — 0.5% | |||||||||||
Amcor PLC | 55,310 | 567,481 | |||||||||
AptarGroup, Inc. | 540 | 65,588 | |||||||||
Avery Dennison Corp. | 3,303 | 607,785 | |||||||||
Ball Corp. | 3,827 | 224,607 | |||||||||
DS Smith PLC | 49,403 | 196,419 | |||||||||
O-I Glass, Inc.(2) | 2,849 | 65,413 | |||||||||
Packaging Corp. of America | 5,447 | 835,297 | |||||||||
Smurfit Kappa Group PLC | 17,620 | 697,241 | |||||||||
Sonoco Products Co. | 3,433 | 201,311 | |||||||||
Verallia SA | 3,524 | 156,203 | |||||||||
3,617,345 | |||||||||||
Distributors — 0.1% | |||||||||||
D'ieteren Group | 241 | 42,090 | |||||||||
LKQ Corp. | 5,136 | 281,401 | |||||||||
323,491 | |||||||||||
Diversified Consumer Services† | |||||||||||
European Wax Center, Inc., Class A(2) | 4,090 | 79,223 | |||||||||
Diversified REITs — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. | 4,963 | 121,842 | |||||||||
Land Securities Group PLC | 23,133 | 192,115 | |||||||||
Stockland | 23,749 | 67,495 | |||||||||
WP Carey, Inc. | 3,761 | 253,980 | |||||||||
635,432 | |||||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.2% | |||||||||||
BCE, Inc. | 6,383 | 275,718 | |||||||||
Cellnex Telecom SA | 9,756 | 398,426 |
13
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
IHS Holding Ltd.(2)(3) | 4,180 | $ | 33,858 | ||||||||
Internet Initiative Japan, Inc. | 5,800 | 107,993 | |||||||||
Usen-Next Holdings Co. Ltd.(3) | 3,000 | 69,391 | |||||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 13,856 | 472,212 | |||||||||
1,357,598 | |||||||||||
Electric Utilities — 0.6% | |||||||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 7,309 | 684,268 | |||||||||
Edison International | 14,508 | 1,043,996 | |||||||||
Evergy, Inc. | 6,961 | 417,451 | |||||||||
Eversource Energy | 4,680 | 338,504 | |||||||||
Iberdrola SA | 38,190 | 476,670 | |||||||||
IDACORP, Inc. | 719 | 73,928 | |||||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc. | 10,516 | 770,823 | |||||||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 4,385 | 363,166 | |||||||||
4,168,806 | |||||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 0.8% | |||||||||||
AMETEK, Inc. | 5,735 | 909,571 | |||||||||
Eaton Corp. PLC | 2,056 | 422,138 | |||||||||
Emerson Electric Co. | 9,713 | 887,282 | |||||||||
Generac Holdings, Inc.(2) | 520 | 79,924 | |||||||||
Legrand SA | 317 | 31,781 | |||||||||
nVent Electric PLC | 7,131 | 377,087 | |||||||||
Plug Power, Inc.(2)(3) | 6,605 | 86,658 | |||||||||
Regal Rexnord Corp. | 5,297 | 827,285 | |||||||||
Schneider Electric SE | 3,720 | 663,544 | |||||||||
Sensata Technologies Holding PLC | 1,871 | 79,050 | |||||||||
Signify NV | 12,501 | 393,050 | |||||||||
Vertiv Holdings Co., Class A | 12,195 | 317,192 | |||||||||
5,074,562 | |||||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components — 0.6% | |||||||||||
CDW Corp. | 2,100 | 392,847 | |||||||||
Cognex Corp. | 11,825 | 645,882 | |||||||||
Corning, Inc. | 5,394 | 183,072 | |||||||||
Fabrinet(2) | 336 | 41,543 | |||||||||
Jenoptik AG | 2,311 | 74,748 | |||||||||
Keyence Corp. | 1,200 | 538,490 | |||||||||
Keysight Technologies, Inc.(2) | 6,749 | 1,087,129 | |||||||||
Littelfuse, Inc. | 359 | 109,351 | |||||||||
Mirion Technologies, Inc., Class A(2) | 4,990 | 37,675 | |||||||||
National Instruments Corp. | 1,843 | 108,737 | |||||||||
Spectris PLC | 1,335 | 60,245 | |||||||||
Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd. | 700 | 20,874 | |||||||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 3,179 | 456,155 | |||||||||
3,756,748 | |||||||||||
Energy Equipment and Services — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Aker Solutions ASA | 17,087 | 75,955 | |||||||||
Baker Hughes Co. | 13,308 | 476,293 | |||||||||
Expro Group Holdings NV(2) | 6,003 | 133,207 | |||||||||
Schlumberger NV | 11,251 | 656,383 | |||||||||
Seadrill Ltd.(2) | 4,575 | 223,763 | |||||||||
TechnipFMC PLC(2) | 4,250 | 77,945 |
14
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Transocean Ltd.(2) | 9,548 | $ | 84,023 | ||||||||
Weatherford International PLC(2) | 2,568 | 213,401 | |||||||||
1,940,970 | |||||||||||
Entertainment — 0.3% | |||||||||||
CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA | 1,243 | 84,830 | |||||||||
Electronic Arts, Inc. | 3,004 | 409,595 | |||||||||
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C(2) | 1,370 | 99,462 | |||||||||
Spotify Technology SA(2) | 5,546 | 828,628 | |||||||||
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(2) | 3,706 | 566,796 | |||||||||
Walt Disney Co.(2) | 2,169 | 192,802 | |||||||||
2,182,113 | |||||||||||
Financial Services — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Adyen NV(2) | 526 | 976,264 | |||||||||
AvidXchange Holdings, Inc.(2) | 4,173 | 51,787 | |||||||||
Edenred | 5,376 | 349,173 | |||||||||
Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(2) | 486 | 42,705 | |||||||||
GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. | 1,000 | 76,289 | |||||||||
Mastercard, Inc., Class A | 1,342 | 529,124 | |||||||||
Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A(2) | 1,057 | 72,922 | |||||||||
Visa, Inc., Class A | 3,315 | 788,075 | |||||||||
2,886,339 | |||||||||||
Food Products — 0.6% | |||||||||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. | 30,258 | 992,765 | |||||||||
Hershey Co. | 6,072 | 1,404,514 | |||||||||
J.M. Smucker Co. | 2,173 | 327,363 | |||||||||
Kerry Group PLC, A Shares | 3,797 | 377,235 | |||||||||
Kotobuki Spirits Co. Ltd. | 1,200 | 91,338 | |||||||||
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 4,898 | 363,089 | |||||||||
Nomad Foods Ltd.(2) | 3,446 | 61,270 | |||||||||
Sovos Brands, Inc.(2) | 2,643 | 47,045 | |||||||||
SunOpta, Inc.(2) | 9,004 | 59,697 | |||||||||
Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd. | 2,500 | 103,405 | |||||||||
Yamazaki Baking Co. Ltd. | 4,700 | 67,639 | |||||||||
3,895,360 | |||||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 1,977 | 240,621 | |||||||||
Brookfield Infrastructure Corp., Class A | 2,363 | 110,399 | |||||||||
Nippon Gas Co. Ltd.(3) | 2,900 | 42,675 | |||||||||
Spire, Inc. | 11,771 | 748,283 | |||||||||
1,141,978 | |||||||||||
Ground Transportation — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. | 8,280 | 681,288 | |||||||||
Heartland Express, Inc. | 18,898 | 308,982 | |||||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 3,874 | 904,928 | |||||||||
Saia, Inc.(2) | 117 | 49,507 | |||||||||
Uber Technologies, Inc.(2) | 2,579 | 127,557 | |||||||||
Union Pacific Corp. | 628 | 145,709 | |||||||||
XPO, Inc.(2) | 1,655 | 114,592 | |||||||||
2,332,563 | |||||||||||
Health Care Equipment and Supplies — 1.0% | |||||||||||
Alphatec Holdings, Inc.(2) | 5,478 | 96,796 |
15
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Becton Dickinson & Co. | 604 | $ | 168,287 | ||||||||
ConvaTec Group PLC | 15,560 | 41,687 | |||||||||
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. | 6,893 | 286,197 | |||||||||
DexCom, Inc.(2) | 9,490 | 1,182,074 | |||||||||
Embecta Corp. | 11,112 | 237,130 | |||||||||
Envista Holdings Corp.(2) | 10,383 | 357,279 | |||||||||
EssilorLuxottica SA | 1,988 | 399,936 | |||||||||
Establishment Labs Holdings, Inc.(2) | 1,059 | 76,259 | |||||||||
GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc. | 4,490 | 350,220 | |||||||||
Glaukos Corp.(2) | 5,365 | 413,856 | |||||||||
Hologic, Inc.(2) | 1,755 | 139,382 | |||||||||
ICU Medical, Inc.(2) | 419 | 74,657 | |||||||||
Inari Medical, Inc.(2) | 1,435 | 81,895 | |||||||||
Inmode Ltd.(2) | 2,287 | 98,135 | |||||||||
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(2) | 544 | 176,474 | |||||||||
Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(2) | 5,305 | 458,830 | |||||||||
Nakanishi, Inc. | 1,900 | 43,779 | |||||||||
PROCEPT BioRobotics Corp.(2) | 2,114 | 72,806 | |||||||||
ResMed, Inc. | 372 | 82,714 | |||||||||
Silk Road Medical, Inc.(2) | 1,933 | 44,150 | |||||||||
Smith & Nephew PLC, ADR(3) | 7,526 | 228,640 | |||||||||
Terumo Corp. | 13,800 | 451,937 | |||||||||
TransMedics Group, Inc.(2) | 504 | 46,963 | |||||||||
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | 7,193 | 993,713 | |||||||||
6,603,796 | |||||||||||
Health Care Providers and Services — 1.0% | |||||||||||
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(2) | 1,232 | 97,365 | |||||||||
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | 1,942 | 362,960 | |||||||||
Amvis Holdings, Inc. | 4,700 | 95,413 | |||||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 4,400 | 402,468 | |||||||||
Centene Corp.(2) | 4,870 | 331,598 | |||||||||
Chartwell Retirement Residences | 7,827 | 59,416 | |||||||||
Cigna Group | 2,118 | 625,022 | |||||||||
CVS Health Corp. | 4,884 | 364,786 | |||||||||
Ensign Group, Inc. | 1,024 | 99,195 | |||||||||
HealthEquity, Inc.(2) | 1,707 | 115,974 | |||||||||
Henry Schein, Inc.(2) | 11,160 | 879,296 | |||||||||
Humana, Inc. | 423 | 193,239 | |||||||||
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | 2,490 | 532,686 | |||||||||
Option Care Health, Inc.(2) | 3,013 | 101,779 | |||||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 5,472 | 739,869 | |||||||||
R1 RCM, Inc.(2) | 21,491 | 371,364 | |||||||||
Surgery Partners, Inc.(2) | 1,831 | 70,732 | |||||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 1,725 | 873,488 | |||||||||
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B | 4,479 | 622,402 | |||||||||
6,939,052 | |||||||||||
Health Care REITs — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 26,547 | 579,521 | |||||||||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | 2,315 | 73,849 | |||||||||
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | 7,177 | 93,229 | |||||||||
Ventas, Inc. | 3,692 | 179,136 |
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Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Welltower, Inc. | 1,456 | $ | 119,610 | ||||||||
1,045,345 | |||||||||||
Health Care Technology† | |||||||||||
Evolent Health, Inc., Class A(2) | 2,856 | 86,794 | |||||||||
Schrodinger, Inc.(2) | 901 | 47,131 | |||||||||
133,925 | |||||||||||
Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Invincible Investment Corp. | 474 | 196,371 | |||||||||
Japan Hotel REIT Investment Corp. | 193 | 95,835 | |||||||||
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 3,108 | 42,362 | |||||||||
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. | 1,456 | 138,743 | |||||||||
473,311 | |||||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure — 0.7% | |||||||||||
Airbnb, Inc., Class A(2) | 9,221 | 1,403,344 | |||||||||
Basic-Fit NV(2)(3) | 1,265 | 42,699 | |||||||||
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(2) | 233 | 457,211 | |||||||||
Churchill Downs, Inc. | 524 | 60,705 | |||||||||
Food & Life Cos. Ltd. | 3,300 | 64,934 | |||||||||
Greggs PLC | 1,368 | 48,514 | |||||||||
H World Group Ltd., ADR(2) | 9,598 | 461,088 | |||||||||
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. | 9,143 | 1,421,645 | |||||||||
Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A | 495 | 62,543 | |||||||||
Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A(2) | 1,915 | 129,339 | |||||||||
Starbucks Corp. | 2,282 | 231,783 | |||||||||
Trainline PLC(2) | 12,142 | 41,031 | |||||||||
Wingstop, Inc. | 408 | 68,781 | |||||||||
4,493,617 | |||||||||||
Household Durables — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Barratt Developments PLC | 78,680 | 460,562 | |||||||||
Bellway PLC | 1,611 | 45,811 | |||||||||
SEB SA | 555 | 62,130 | |||||||||
Taylor Wimpey PLC | 341,431 | 501,173 | |||||||||
TopBuild Corp.(2) | 252 | 69,030 | |||||||||
1,138,706 | |||||||||||
Household Products — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 2,278 | 173,720 | |||||||||
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Preference Shares | 5,305 | 409,367 | |||||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 5,026 | 648,857 | |||||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. | 2,737 | 427,793 | |||||||||
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | 6,303 | 472,171 | |||||||||
2,131,908 | |||||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Honeywell International, Inc. | 1,832 | 355,646 | |||||||||
Industrial REITs — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Americold Realty Trust, Inc. | 2,216 | 71,843 | |||||||||
EastGroup Properties, Inc. | 396 | 70,163 | |||||||||
GLP J-Reit | 56 | 55,169 | |||||||||
Goodman Group | 16,670 | 230,499 | |||||||||
Mapletree Logistics Trust | 71,100 | 90,388 | |||||||||
Prologis, Inc. | 11,000 | 1,372,250 | |||||||||
Segro PLC | 10,345 | 101,376 |
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Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Terreno Realty Corp. | 1,206 | $ | 71,564 | ||||||||
Tritax Big Box REIT PLC | 49,636 | 88,015 | |||||||||
2,151,267 | |||||||||||
Insurance — 0.9% | |||||||||||
Aflac, Inc. | 7,107 | 514,120 | |||||||||
AIA Group Ltd. | 54,800 | 548,260 | |||||||||
Allstate Corp. | 9,239 | 1,041,051 | |||||||||
ASR Nederland NV | 1,439 | 65,229 | |||||||||
Goosehead Insurance, Inc., Class A(2) | 983 | 65,733 | |||||||||
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. | 3,312 | 375,846 | |||||||||
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. | 341 | 127,067 | |||||||||
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 1,816 | 342,171 | |||||||||
Palomar Holdings, Inc.(2) | 945 | 57,229 | |||||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 2,878 | 277,698 | |||||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | 4,492 | 630,452 | |||||||||
RLI Corp. | 683 | 91,119 | |||||||||
Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc., Class A(2) | 12,868 | 557,699 | |||||||||
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.(2) | 2,047 | 48,493 | |||||||||
Steadfast Group Ltd. | 18,591 | 72,937 | |||||||||
Storebrand ASA | 7,296 | 63,775 | |||||||||
Travelers Cos., Inc. | 2,030 | 350,398 | |||||||||
Willis Towers Watson PLC | 3,231 | 682,807 | |||||||||
5,912,084 | |||||||||||
Interactive Media and Services — 0.8% | |||||||||||
Alphabet, Inc., Class A(2) | 14,825 | 1,967,574 | |||||||||
Autohome, Inc., ADR | 9,125 | 291,726 | |||||||||
Baidu, Inc., Class A(2) | 22,000 | 430,117 | |||||||||
carsales.com Ltd. | 5,179 | 86,571 | |||||||||
Eventbrite, Inc., Class A(2) | 9,823 | 113,063 | |||||||||
Match Group, Inc.(2) | 10,402 | 483,797 | |||||||||
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(2) | 2,564 | 816,891 | |||||||||
Tencent Holdings Ltd. | 25,900 | 1,190,393 | |||||||||
5,380,132 | |||||||||||
IT Services — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Accenture PLC, Class A | 1,550 | 490,342 | |||||||||
Alten SA(3) | 700 | 100,824 | |||||||||
Amdocs Ltd. | 6,000 | 561,840 | |||||||||
Cloudflare, Inc., Class A(2) | 9,462 | 650,702 | |||||||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 2,620 | 377,751 | |||||||||
NEXTDC Ltd.(2) | 78,711 | 675,538 | |||||||||
Perficient, Inc.(2) | 552 | 35,212 | |||||||||
2,892,209 | |||||||||||
Leisure Products — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Brunswick Corp. | 1,047 | 90,367 | |||||||||
Games Workshop Group PLC | 504 | 75,351 | |||||||||
Sankyo Co. Ltd. | 1,900 | 80,373 | |||||||||
Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc. | 3,700 | 80,899 | |||||||||
Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.(2) | 4,183 | 83,534 | |||||||||
410,524 | |||||||||||
Life Sciences Tools and Services — 1.0% | |||||||||||
Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 10,139 | 1,234,629 |
18
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Avantor, Inc.(2) | 12,540 | $ | 257,948 | ||||||||
Bio-Techne Corp. | 9,390 | 783,126 | |||||||||
Danaher Corp. | 1,502 | 383,100 | |||||||||
Gerresheimer AG | 1,141 | 135,145 | |||||||||
ICON PLC(2) | 1,985 | 499,049 | |||||||||
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(2) | 5,074 | 1,135,358 | |||||||||
Lonza Group AG | 1,134 | 658,895 | |||||||||
MaxCyte, Inc.(2) | 7,139 | 31,911 | |||||||||
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(2) | 919 | 1,155,615 | |||||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 764 | 419,176 | |||||||||
6,693,952 | |||||||||||
Machinery — 0.7% | |||||||||||
Astec Industries, Inc. | 1,704 | 84,178 | |||||||||
ATS Corp.(2) | 922 | 41,812 | |||||||||
Cummins, Inc. | 2,554 | 666,083 | |||||||||
Deere & Co. | 580 | 249,168 | |||||||||
Graco, Inc. | 5,208 | 413,151 | |||||||||
Hoshizaki Corp. | 1,800 | 69,032 | |||||||||
IMI PLC | 17,560 | 367,134 | |||||||||
Interpump Group SpA | 1,128 | 61,373 | |||||||||
Interroll Holding AG | 14 | 44,782 | |||||||||
KION Group AG | 1,083 | 45,381 | |||||||||
Kornit Digital Ltd.(2) | 2,079 | 65,883 | |||||||||
Metso Oyj | 5,749 | 65,332 | |||||||||
Organo Corp.(3) | 2,600 | 75,357 | |||||||||
Oshkosh Corp. | 9,340 | 859,934 | |||||||||
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 2,099 | 860,611 | |||||||||
Trelleborg AB, B Shares | 2,537 | 67,542 | |||||||||
Valmet Oyj(3) | 1,684 | 44,669 | |||||||||
Weir Group PLC | 3,441 | 81,041 | |||||||||
Xylem, Inc. | 1,851 | 208,700 | |||||||||
4,371,163 | |||||||||||
Media — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Fox Corp., Class B | 16,982 | 533,405 | |||||||||
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. | 12,072 | 413,225 | |||||||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 2,806 | 237,444 | |||||||||
Trade Desk, Inc., Class A(2) | 12,021 | 1,097,036 | |||||||||
WPP PLC | 53,592 | 585,156 | |||||||||
2,866,266 | |||||||||||
Metals and Mining — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Alamos Gold, Inc., Class A | 7,502 | 92,676 | |||||||||
Allkem Ltd.(2) | 8,181 | 81,905 | |||||||||
AMG Critical Materials NV(3) | 2,604 | 106,465 | |||||||||
Capstone Copper Corp.(2) | 37,031 | 193,488 | |||||||||
ERO Copper Corp.(2) | 13,035 | 313,358 | |||||||||
MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC(2)(4) | 2,446 | — | |||||||||
787,892 | |||||||||||
Multi-Utilities — 0.1% | |||||||||||
NorthWestern Corp. | 12,625 | 712,934 | |||||||||
Office REITs† | |||||||||||
Boston Properties, Inc. | 1,465 | 97,613 |
19
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
SL Green Realty Corp.(3) | 1,484 | $ | 55,962 | ||||||||
153,575 | |||||||||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 0.8% | |||||||||||
Antero Resources Corp.(2) | 4,561 | 122,007 | |||||||||
ConocoPhillips | 5,871 | 691,134 | |||||||||
Devon Energy Corp. | 6,635 | 358,290 | |||||||||
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 2,566 | 378,023 | |||||||||
Enterprise Products Partners LP | 28,072 | 744,189 | |||||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. | 4,653 | 616,662 | |||||||||
EQT Corp. | 7,799 | 328,962 | |||||||||
Euronav NV | 772 | 12,683 | |||||||||
Excelerate Energy, Inc., Class A | 7,797 | 165,452 | |||||||||
Golar LNG Ltd. | 732 | 17,656 | |||||||||
Hess Corp. | 10,756 | 1,632,008 | |||||||||
5,067,066 | |||||||||||
Paper and Forest Products — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | 923 | 70,268 | |||||||||
Mondi PLC | 24,486 | 429,499 | |||||||||
Stella-Jones, Inc. | 2,388 | 121,261 | |||||||||
621,028 | |||||||||||
Passenger Airlines — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Southwest Airlines Co. | 20,849 | 712,202 | |||||||||
Personal Care Products† | |||||||||||
Beauty Health Co.(2)(3) | 6,490 | 53,802 | |||||||||
Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | 6,200 | 132,151 | |||||||||
185,953 | |||||||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 1.1% | |||||||||||
Arvinas, Inc.(2) | 961 | 23,756 | |||||||||
AstraZeneca PLC | 5,790 | 831,885 | |||||||||
AstraZeneca PLC, ADR | 8,771 | 628,881 | |||||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 7,472 | 464,684 | |||||||||
Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 2,306 | 16,811 | |||||||||
Eli Lilly & Co. | 447 | 203,184 | |||||||||
GSK PLC | 49,468 | 880,587 | |||||||||
Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.(2) | 584 | 20,656 | |||||||||
Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC | 11,983 | 321,802 | |||||||||
Indivior PLC(2) | 3,487 | 78,533 | |||||||||
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.(2) | 1,509 | 93,317 | |||||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 3,770 | 402,071 | |||||||||
Novo Nordisk A/S, B Shares | 7,434 | 1,198,749 | |||||||||
Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(2) | 196 | 32,454 | |||||||||
Roche Holding AG | 1,451 | 449,884 | |||||||||
Sanofi, ADR | 15,150 | 808,555 | |||||||||
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | 6,200 | 189,564 | |||||||||
UCB SA | 4,062 | 359,679 | |||||||||
Ventyx Biosciences, Inc.(2) | 1,063 | 39,384 | |||||||||
Verona Pharma PLC, ADR(2) | 1,026 | 22,664 | |||||||||
Zoetis, Inc. | 1,978 | 372,042 | |||||||||
7,439,142 | |||||||||||
Professional Services — 0.5% | |||||||||||
Adecco Group AG | 19,267 | 785,214 |
20
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
BayCurrent Consulting, Inc. | 14,100 | $ | 455,356 | ||||||||
CACI International, Inc., Class A(2) | 306 | 107,234 | |||||||||
First Advantage Corp.(2) | 2,683 | 40,245 | |||||||||
Jacobs Solutions, Inc. | 6,469 | 811,277 | |||||||||
Korn Ferry | 1,175 | 61,899 | |||||||||
Paycom Software, Inc. | 1,440 | 531,014 | |||||||||
Paycor HCM, Inc.(2) | 2,474 | 66,452 | |||||||||
TechnoPro Holdings, Inc. | 1,500 | 38,835 | |||||||||
UT Group Co. Ltd.(2) | 2,800 | 56,596 | |||||||||
Verisk Analytics, Inc. | 2,452 | 561,361 | |||||||||
3,515,483 | |||||||||||
Real Estate Management and Development — 0.1% | |||||||||||
FirstService Corp. | 698 | 109,328 | |||||||||
FirstService Corp. (Toronto) | 643 | 100,703 | |||||||||
Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd. | 4,600 | 94,507 | |||||||||
PSP Swiss Property AG | 739 | 87,084 | |||||||||
Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corp. | 23,500 | 139,706 | |||||||||
531,328 | |||||||||||
Residential REITs — 0.2% | |||||||||||
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A | 4,365 | 163,600 | |||||||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 1,727 | 325,799 | |||||||||
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust | 785 | 38,998 | |||||||||
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT | 3,053 | 119,027 | |||||||||
Comforia Residential REIT, Inc.(3) | 17 | 40,697 | |||||||||
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 2,723 | 663,187 | |||||||||
Invitation Homes, Inc. | 4,651 | 165,111 | |||||||||
Sun Communities, Inc. | 388 | 50,556 | |||||||||
UDR, Inc. | 2,095 | 85,644 | |||||||||
1,652,619 | |||||||||||
Retail REITs — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Agree Realty Corp. | 955 | 61,865 | |||||||||
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | 3,387 | 77,020 | |||||||||
Kite Realty Group Trust | 8,860 | 202,717 | |||||||||
Link REIT | 8,200 | 46,093 | |||||||||
NETSTREIT Corp. | 2,206 | 39,465 | |||||||||
Realty Income Corp. | 11,948 | 728,470 | |||||||||
Regency Centers Corp. | 9,042 | 592,522 | |||||||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 1,796 | 223,782 | |||||||||
Urban Edge Properties | 5,880 | 100,019 | |||||||||
Vicinity Ltd. | 28,430 | 37,801 | |||||||||
2,109,754 | |||||||||||
Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment — 1.4% | |||||||||||
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(2) | 3,243 | 370,999 | |||||||||
AIXTRON SE | 1,542 | 61,175 | |||||||||
Analog Devices, Inc. | 2,346 | 468,097 | |||||||||
Applied Materials, Inc. | 3,745 | 567,705 | |||||||||
ASML Holding NV | 411 | 294,387 | |||||||||
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd.(2) | 4,383 | 74,380 | |||||||||
Enphase Energy, Inc.(2) | 4,152 | 630,398 | |||||||||
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc.(2) | 1,770 | 112,731 | |||||||||
Infineon Technologies AG | 14,524 | 638,119 |
21
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(2) | 995 | $ | 90,485 | ||||||||
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.(2) | 1,337 | 93,483 | |||||||||
Marvell Technology, Inc. | 7,285 | 474,472 | |||||||||
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 1,268 | 709,433 | |||||||||
Nova Ltd.(2)(3) | 717 | 88,865 | |||||||||
NVIDIA Corp. | 3,348 | 1,564,487 | |||||||||
Onto Innovation, Inc.(2) | 1,023 | 127,179 | |||||||||
Power Integrations, Inc. | 1,561 | 151,636 | |||||||||
Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(2) | 489 | 72,929 | |||||||||
Socionext, Inc. | 700 | 82,828 | |||||||||
SUMCO Corp. | 51,400 | 748,997 | |||||||||
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 45,000 | 812,592 | |||||||||
Teradyne, Inc. | 10,126 | 1,143,630 | |||||||||
9,379,007 | |||||||||||
Software — 1.8% | |||||||||||
Adobe, Inc.(2) | 304 | 166,036 | |||||||||
Blackbaud, Inc.(2) | 947 | 71,451 | |||||||||
Box, Inc., Class A(2) | 3,195 | 99,844 | |||||||||
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(2) | 4,663 | 1,091,189 | |||||||||
CyberArk Software Ltd.(2) | 336 | 55,779 | |||||||||
Datadog, Inc., Class A(2) | 7,296 | 851,589 | |||||||||
Descartes Systems Group, Inc.(2) | 591 | 46,096 | |||||||||
DocuSign, Inc.(2) | 9,719 | 523,077 | |||||||||
DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.(2) | 1,334 | 56,161 | |||||||||
Five9, Inc.(2) | 628 | 55,107 | |||||||||
Guidewire Software, Inc.(2) | 952 | 80,749 | |||||||||
HubSpot, Inc.(2) | 2,085 | 1,210,447 | |||||||||
JFrog Ltd.(2) | 1,521 | 46,801 | |||||||||
Kinaxis, Inc.(2) | 713 | 96,813 | |||||||||
Manhattan Associates, Inc.(2) | 4,982 | 949,669 | |||||||||
Microsoft Corp. | 10,649 | 3,577,212 | |||||||||
m-up Holdings, Inc. | 5,100 | 40,302 | |||||||||
nCino, Inc.(2) | 2,218 | 71,752 | |||||||||
New Relic, Inc.(2) | 620 | 52,068 | |||||||||
Palantir Technologies, Inc., Class A(2) | 34,181 | 678,151 | |||||||||
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(2) | 3,048 | 761,878 | |||||||||
QT Group Oyj(2) | 758 | 62,871 | |||||||||
Salesforce, Inc.(2) | 2,137 | 480,846 | |||||||||
SAP SE | 2,209 | 301,333 | |||||||||
ServiceNow, Inc.(2) | 187 | 109,021 | |||||||||
SPS Commerce, Inc.(2) | 841 | 151,708 | |||||||||
TeamViewer SE(2) | 2,685 | 45,641 | |||||||||
Tenable Holdings, Inc.(2) | 3,693 | 179,701 | |||||||||
Workday, Inc., Class A(2) | 674 | 159,826 | |||||||||
12,073,118 | |||||||||||
Specialized REITs — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Big Yellow Group PLC | 4,592 | 63,196 | |||||||||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 2,430 | 302,827 | |||||||||
Equinix, Inc. | 926 | 749,986 | |||||||||
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 1,109 | 154,783 | |||||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 3,175 | 194,945 |
22
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Keppel DC REIT | 56,100 | $ | 92,455 | ||||||||
Public Storage | 2,202 | 620,413 | |||||||||
VICI Properties, Inc. | 12,906 | 406,281 | |||||||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. | 2,350 | 80,041 | |||||||||
2,664,927 | |||||||||||
Specialty Retail — 0.6% | |||||||||||
Burlington Stores, Inc.(2) | 3,572 | 634,459 | |||||||||
CarMax, Inc.(2) | 1,323 | 109,293 | |||||||||
Chewy, Inc., Class A(2)(3) | 6,941 | 235,300 | |||||||||
Dufry AG(2) | 1,430 | 73,886 | |||||||||
Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. | 2,000 | 501,025 | |||||||||
Five Below, Inc.(2) | 1,461 | 304,385 | |||||||||
Home Depot, Inc. | 2,352 | 785,192 | |||||||||
Kingfisher PLC | 166,081 | 523,715 | |||||||||
Murphy USA, Inc. | 205 | 62,941 | |||||||||
Nextage Co. Ltd.(3) | 2,000 | 52,531 | |||||||||
Pets at Home Group PLC | 9,625 | 48,367 | |||||||||
TJX Cos., Inc. | 5,223 | 451,946 | |||||||||
Tractor Supply Co. | 739 | 165,529 | |||||||||
3,948,569 | |||||||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage and Peripherals — 0.5% | |||||||||||
Apple, Inc. | 11,890 | 2,335,790 | |||||||||
HP, Inc. | 13,966 | 458,504 | |||||||||
Pure Storage, Inc., Class A(2) | 1,588 | 58,740 | |||||||||
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | 8,502 | 465,507 | |||||||||
3,318,541 | |||||||||||
Textiles, Apparel and Luxury Goods — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Asics Corp. | 4,500 | 141,953 | |||||||||
Crocs, Inc.(2) | 670 | 72,595 | |||||||||
Deckers Outdoor Corp.(2) | 408 | 221,826 | |||||||||
HUGO BOSS AG | 1,259 | 101,663 | |||||||||
Li Ning Co. Ltd. | 73,000 | 445,039 | |||||||||
lululemon athletica, Inc.(2) | 746 | 282,383 | |||||||||
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE | 783 | 727,225 | |||||||||
On Holding AG, Class A(2) | 16,523 | 594,828 | |||||||||
Tod's SpA(2) | 1,949 | 88,511 | |||||||||
2,676,023 | |||||||||||
Trading Companies and Distributors — 0.4% | |||||||||||
AddTech AB, B Shares(3) | 2,295 | 42,755 | |||||||||
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.(2) | 3,447 | 295,305 | |||||||||
Beijer Ref AB | 5,586 | 75,961 | |||||||||
Bunzl PLC | 6,696 | 248,207 | |||||||||
Diploma PLC | 2,282 | 94,914 | |||||||||
Finning International, Inc. | 2,682 | 92,380 | |||||||||
H&E Equipment Services, Inc. | 1,667 | 80,983 | |||||||||
MonotaRO Co. Ltd. | 19,200 | 234,333 | |||||||||
MRC Global, Inc.(2) | 5,935 | 67,006 | |||||||||
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A | 6,584 | 664,457 | |||||||||
NOW, Inc.(2) | 7,980 | 90,892 | |||||||||
Rexel SA | 21,932 | 529,049 | |||||||||
2,516,242 |
23
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Transportation Infrastructure† | |||||||||||
Japan Airport Terminal Co. Ltd. | 2,600 | $ | 121,161 | ||||||||
Water Utilities† | |||||||||||
SJW Group | 1,544 | 108,790 | |||||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | |||||||||||
TIM SA | 156,900 | 474,142 | |||||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $157,360,370) | 204,210,049 | ||||||||||
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES — 6.1% | |||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 2.00%, 11/15/41 | $ | 3,150,000 | 2,262,032 | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 2.375%, 2/15/42 | 5,000,000 | 3,815,918 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.00%, 5/15/42 | 250,000 | 210,767 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.75%, 11/15/43 | 40,000 | 37,404 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.125%, 8/15/44 | 350,000 | 296,194 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.00%, 5/15/45 | 100,000 | 82,533 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.00%, 11/15/45 | 50,000 | 41,156 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 2.375%, 1/15/25 | 806,715 | 797,579 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 2.375%, 1/15/27 | 301,616 | 303,545 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 2.125%, 2/15/40 | 506,552 | 536,027 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 0.75%, 2/15/42 | 888,314 | 743,921 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 0.625%, 2/15/43 | 410,068 | 330,157 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 1.375%, 2/15/44 | 1,500,681 | 1,387,123 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 0.75%, 2/15/45 | 3,060,879 | 2,478,979 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 0.875%, 2/15/47 | 503,956 | 413,929 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 0.125%, 2/15/51 | 642,477 | 416,639 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 0.125%, 2/15/52 | 1,092,510 | 704,739 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes, 0.125%, 4/15/25 | 2,178,209 | 2,075,964 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes, 0.875%, 1/15/29 | 421,558 | 401,264 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes, 0.125%, 1/15/32 | 1,678,609 | 1,476,834 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.00%, 5/31/24 | 4,000,000 | 3,890,782 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.875%, 8/31/24 | 4,000,000 | 3,854,688 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.75%, 7/31/27 | 311,000 | 293,306 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.25%, 8/15/27 | 200,000 | 184,895 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.875%, 11/30/27 | 3,895,000 | 3,835,738 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.50%, 11/30/28(5) | 6,900,000 | 6,027,393 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.50%, 4/30/30 | 3,550,000 | 3,427,553 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.375%, 5/15/33 | 29,000 | 27,666 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, VRN, 5.39%, (3-month USBMMY plus 0.04%), 10/31/23 | 500,000 | 500,116 | |||||||||
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES (Cost $45,037,561) | 40,854,841 | ||||||||||
SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND AGENCIES — 1.4% | |||||||||||
Australia† | |||||||||||
Australia Government Bond, 3.00%, 3/21/47 | AUD | 120,000 | 64,131 | ||||||||
New South Wales Treasury Corp., 3.00%, 3/20/28 | AUD | 110,000 | 70,355 | ||||||||
134,486 | |||||||||||
Austria† | |||||||||||
Republic of Austria Government Bond, 0.75%, 10/20/26(6) | EUR | 41,000 | 42,038 | ||||||||
Republic of Austria Government Bond, 4.15%, 3/15/37(6) | EUR | 29,000 | 35,114 | ||||||||
77,152 | |||||||||||
Belgium† | |||||||||||
Kingdom of Belgium Government Bond, 4.25%, 3/28/41(6) | EUR | 27,000 | 33,014 |
24
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Canada — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Canadian Government Bond, 0.25%, 3/1/26 | CAD | 850,000 | $ | 579,662 | |||||||
Canadian Government Bond, 3.50%, 3/1/28 | CAD | 1,785,000 | 1,331,294 | ||||||||
Province of British Columbia Canada, 2.85%, 6/18/25 | CAD | 201,000 | 146,862 | ||||||||
Province of Quebec Canada, 3.00%, 9/1/23 | CAD | 215,000 | 162,760 | ||||||||
Province of Quebec Canada, 5.75%, 12/1/36 | CAD | 108,000 | 93,764 | ||||||||
Province of Quebec Canada, 3.50%, 12/1/48 | CAD | 20,000 | 13,321 | ||||||||
2,327,663 | |||||||||||
China — 0.4% | |||||||||||
China Government Bond, 2.88%, 11/5/23 | CNY | 19,000,000 | 2,667,761 | ||||||||
China Government Bond, 3.25%, 6/6/26 | CNY | 400,000 | 57,738 | ||||||||
China Government Bond, 3.29%, 5/23/29 | CNY | 300,000 | 43,909 | ||||||||
2,769,408 | |||||||||||
Denmark† | |||||||||||
Denmark Government Bond, 0.50%, 11/15/27 | DKK | 245,000 | 32,915 | ||||||||
Denmark Government Bond, 4.50%, 11/15/39 | DKK | 62,000 | 11,135 | ||||||||
44,050 | |||||||||||
Finland — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Finland Government Bond, 4.00%, 7/4/25(6) | EUR | 58,000 | 64,694 | ||||||||
Finland Government Bond, 0.125%, 4/15/36(6) | EUR | 350,000 | 263,713 | ||||||||
328,407 | |||||||||||
France — 0.1% | |||||||||||
French Republic Government Bond OAT, 0.00%, 11/25/31(7) | EUR | 1,050,000 | 909,737 | ||||||||
Germany† | |||||||||||
Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe, 0.00%, 8/15/52(7) | EUR | 40,000 | 21,512 | ||||||||
Ireland† | |||||||||||
Ireland Government Bond, 3.40%, 3/18/24 | EUR | 74,000 | 81,419 | ||||||||
Italy — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro, 1.50%, 6/1/25 | EUR | 35,000 | 37,072 | ||||||||
Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro, 2.00%, 12/1/25 | EUR | 223,000 | 236,888 | ||||||||
273,960 | |||||||||||
Japan — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Japan Government Thirty Year Bond, 1.40%, 3/20/53 | JPY | 58,700,000 | 408,144 | ||||||||
Malaysia† | |||||||||||
Malaysia Government Bond, 3.96%, 9/15/25 | MYR | 250,000 | 56,069 | ||||||||
Mexico† | |||||||||||
Mexico Government International Bond, 4.15%, 3/28/27 | $ | 200,000 | 195,832 | ||||||||
Netherlands† | |||||||||||
Netherlands Government Bond, 0.50%, 7/15/26(6) | EUR | 100,000 | 102,513 | ||||||||
Netherlands Government Bond, 2.75%, 1/15/47(6) | EUR | 27,000 | 29,384 | ||||||||
131,897 | |||||||||||
Norway† | |||||||||||
Norway Government Bond, 1.75%, 2/17/27(6) | NOK | 510,000 | 46,515 | ||||||||
Peru† | |||||||||||
Peruvian Government International Bond, 5.625%, 11/18/50 | $ | 60,000 | 61,319 | ||||||||
Poland† | |||||||||||
Republic of Poland Government Bond, 4.00%, 10/25/23 | PLN | 215,000 | 53,399 | ||||||||
Switzerland† | |||||||||||
Swiss Confederation Government Bond, 1.25%, 5/28/26 | CHF | 147,000 | 169,359 | ||||||||
Swiss Confederation Government Bond, 2.50%, 3/8/36 | CHF | 3,000 | 4,073 | ||||||||
173,432 |
25
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Thailand† | |||||||||||
Thailand Government Bond, 3.85%, 12/12/25 | THB | 3,200,000 | $ | 96,934 | |||||||
United Kingdom — 0.2% | |||||||||||
United Kingdom Gilt, 0.125%, 1/30/26 | GBP | 1,100,000 | 1,261,547 | ||||||||
Uruguay† | |||||||||||
Uruguay Government International Bond, 4.125%, 11/20/45 | $ | 30,000 | 27,246 | ||||||||
TOTAL SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND AGENCIES (Cost $10,778,973) | 9,513,142 | ||||||||||
CORPORATE BONDS — 1.4% | |||||||||||
Aerospace and Defense† | |||||||||||
TransDigm, Inc., 6.375%, 6/15/26 | 50,000 | 49,534 | |||||||||
TransDigm, Inc., 4.625%, 1/15/29 | 190,000 | 169,803 | |||||||||
219,337 | |||||||||||
Automobile Components† | |||||||||||
ZF North America Capital, Inc., 4.75%, 4/29/25(6) | 110,000 | 107,058 | |||||||||
Automobiles — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 3.625%, 6/17/31 | 370,000 | 306,181 | |||||||||
Banks — 0.5% | |||||||||||
Avi Funding Co. Ltd., 3.80%, 9/16/25(6) | 143,000 | 138,357 | |||||||||
Banco Santander SA, 2.50%, 3/18/25 | EUR | 100,000 | 106,738 | ||||||||
Bank of America Corp., 2.30%, 7/25/25 | GBP | 100,000 | 119,512 | ||||||||
CaixaBank SA, VRN, 2.25%, 4/17/30 | EUR | 100,000 | 103,179 | ||||||||
Commerzbank AG, 4.00%, 3/23/26 | EUR | 150,000 | 162,009 | ||||||||
Credit Agricole SA, 7.375%, 12/18/23 | GBP | 50,000 | 64,280 | ||||||||
European Financial Stability Facility, 2.125%, 2/19/24 | EUR | 93,000 | 101,467 | ||||||||
European Financial Stability Facility, 0.40%, 5/31/26 | EUR | 200,000 | 203,462 | ||||||||
European Union, 0.00%, 7/4/31(7) | EUR | 1,450,000 | 1,259,390 | ||||||||
ING Groep NV, 2.125%, 1/10/26 | EUR | 200,000 | 211,912 | ||||||||
Lloyds Bank PLC, 7.625%, 4/22/25 | GBP | 20,000 | 26,154 | ||||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank, VRN, 5.875%, 5/1/24 | $ | 1,000,000 | 997,187 | ||||||||
3,493,647 | |||||||||||
Biotechnology — 0.1% | |||||||||||
AbbVie, Inc., 4.40%, 11/6/42 | 280,000 | 248,856 | |||||||||
Chemicals† | |||||||||||
MEGlobal BV, 4.25%, 11/3/26(6) | 46,000 | 44,183 | |||||||||
Olin Corp., 5.125%, 9/15/27 | 70,000 | 66,981 | |||||||||
111,164 | |||||||||||
Commercial Services and Supplies† | |||||||||||
Clean Harbors, Inc., 6.375%, 2/1/31(6) | 190,000 | 191,080 | |||||||||
Containers and Packaging† | |||||||||||
Sealed Air Corp., 5.125%, 12/1/24(6) | 105,000 | 103,584 | |||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | |||||||||||
AT&T, Inc., 4.90%, 8/15/37 | 59,000 | 54,234 | |||||||||
Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/28 | 342,000 | 362,845 | |||||||||
Turk Telekomunikasyon AS, 4.875%, 6/19/24(6) | 115,000 | 111,642 | |||||||||
528,721 | |||||||||||
Electric Utilities† | |||||||||||
Duke Energy Florida LLC, 3.85%, 11/15/42 | 40,000 | 32,372 | |||||||||
Duke Energy Progress LLC, 4.15%, 12/1/44 | 40,000 | 33,481 | |||||||||
MidAmerican Energy Co., 4.40%, 10/15/44 | 60,000 | 52,367 | |||||||||
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., 5.25%, 2/28/53 | 43,000 | 41,188 | |||||||||
159,408 |
26
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Financial Services† | |||||||||||
Allen C Stonecipher Life Insurance Trust, VRDN, 5.45%, 8/7/23 (LOC: FHLB) | $ | 5,000 | $ | 5,000 | |||||||
Ground Transportation† | |||||||||||
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, 4.45%, 3/15/43 | 12,000 | 10,824 | |||||||||
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, 4.15%, 4/1/45 | 80,000 | 69,483 | |||||||||
80,307 | |||||||||||
Health Care Providers and Services — 0.1% | |||||||||||
CVS Health Corp., 4.78%, 3/25/38 | 40,000 | 36,938 | |||||||||
DaVita, Inc., 4.625%, 6/1/30(6) | 270,000 | 230,634 | |||||||||
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, 3.00%, 6/1/51 | 70,000 | 48,566 | |||||||||
316,138 | |||||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Caesars Entertainment, Inc., 4.625%, 10/15/29(6) | 110,000 | 96,934 | |||||||||
Caesars Entertainment, Inc., 7.00%, 2/15/30(6) | 142,000 | 143,556 | |||||||||
MGM Resorts International, 4.625%, 9/1/26 | 39,000 | 37,029 | |||||||||
Station Casinos LLC, 4.625%, 12/1/31(6) | 530,000 | 448,327 | |||||||||
Wynn Las Vegas LLC / Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., 5.25%, 5/15/27(6) | 200,000 | 190,268 | |||||||||
916,114 | |||||||||||
Household Durables — 0.1% | |||||||||||
KB Home, 4.80%, 11/15/29 | 253,000 | 233,682 | |||||||||
Meritage Homes Corp., 5.125%, 6/6/27 | 190,000 | 184,066 | |||||||||
Tempur Sealy International, Inc., 3.875%, 10/15/31(6) | 136,000 | 110,198 | |||||||||
527,946 | |||||||||||
Interactive Media and Services† | |||||||||||
Tencent Holdings Ltd., 3.80%, 2/11/25(6) | 86,000 | 83,943 | |||||||||
Leisure Products† | |||||||||||
Mattel, Inc., 5.45%, 11/1/41 | 200,000 | 172,620 | |||||||||
Media† | |||||||||||
Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital, 5.125%, 7/1/49 | 85,000 | 66,711 | |||||||||
Metals and Mining — 0.1% | |||||||||||
ATI, Inc., 4.875%, 10/1/29 | 240,000 | 219,276 | |||||||||
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., 6.75%, 4/15/30(6) | 230,000 | 224,031 | |||||||||
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 5.40%, 11/14/34 | 215,000 | 209,311 | |||||||||
652,618 | |||||||||||
Multi-Utilities† | |||||||||||
Dominion Energy, Inc., 4.90%, 8/1/41 | 30,000 | 27,098 | |||||||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Antero Resources Corp., 7.625%, 2/1/29(6) | 65,000 | 66,636 | |||||||||
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP / Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp., 5.75%, 4/1/25 | 90,000 | 88,734 | |||||||||
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 4.85%, 3/15/44 | 92,000 | 84,096 | |||||||||
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 6.50%, 9/1/39 | 42,000 | 42,942 | |||||||||
MEG Energy Corp., 5.875%, 2/1/29(6) | 70,000 | 67,169 | |||||||||
Southwestern Energy Co., 5.70%, 1/23/25 | 21,000 | 20,887 | |||||||||
370,464 | |||||||||||
Passenger Airlines† | |||||||||||
American Airlines, Inc. / AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., 5.50%, 4/20/26(6) | 149,487 | 147,392 |
27
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Personal Care Products† | |||||||||||
Edgewell Personal Care Co., 4.125%, 4/1/29(6) | $ | 180,000 | $ | 157,630 | |||||||
Specialty Retail† | |||||||||||
Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 3.75%, 2/15/31(6) | 210,000 | 178,426 | |||||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services† | |||||||||||
C&W Senior Financing DAC, 6.875%, 9/15/27(6) | 130,000 | 118,152 | |||||||||
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS (Cost $10,047,530) | 9,289,595 | ||||||||||
COLLATERALIZED LOAN OBLIGATIONS — 0.5% | |||||||||||
Cerberus Loan Funding XXVIII LP, Series 2020-1A, Class A, VRN, 7.42%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.11%), 10/15/31(6) | 206,970 | 206,779 | |||||||||
Cerberus Loan Funding XXXI LP, Series 2021-1A, Class A, VRN, 7.07%, (3-month SOFR plus 1.76%), 4/15/32(6) | 218,491 | 216,923 | |||||||||
Cook Park CLO Ltd., Series 2018-1A, Class C, VRN, 7.32%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.01%), 4/17/30(6) | 250,000 | 241,731 | |||||||||
Dewolf Park CLO Ltd., Series 2017-1A, Class CR, VRN, 7.42%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.11%), 10/15/30(6) | 200,000 | 195,333 | |||||||||
Goldentree Loan Opportunities X Ltd., Series 2015-10A, Class AR, VRN, 6.71%, (3-month SOFR plus 1.38%), 7/20/31(6) | 175,000 | 174,591 | |||||||||
KKR CLO Ltd., Series 2018, Class CR, VRN, 7.67%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.36%), 7/18/30(6) | 175,000 | 172,414 | |||||||||
KKR CLO Ltd., Series 2022A, Class B, VRN, 7.19%, (3-month SOFR plus 1.86%), 7/20/31(6) | 300,000 | 296,850 | |||||||||
Magnetite VIII Ltd., Series 2014-8A, Class BR2, VRN, 7.07%, (3-month SOFR plus 1.76%), 4/15/31(6) | 300,000 | 296,795 | |||||||||
Magnetite XXV Ltd., Series 2020-25A, Class C, VRN, 7.71%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.36%), 1/25/32(6) | 300,000 | 294,928 | |||||||||
Marathon CLO Ltd., Series 2021-17A, Class B1, VRN, 8.27%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.94%), 1/20/35(6) | 200,000 | 197,815 | |||||||||
MF1 Ltd., Series 2021-FL7, Class AS, VRN, 6.79%, (1-month SOFR plus 1.56%), 10/16/36(6) | 398,000 | 385,139 | |||||||||
Rockford Tower CLO Ltd., Series 2020-1A, Class C, VRN, 7.94%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.61%), 1/20/32(6) | 200,000 | 197,876 | |||||||||
Symphony CLO XXII Ltd., Series 2020-22A, Class B, VRN, 7.27%, (3-month SOFR plus 1.96%), 4/18/33(6) | 500,000 | 493,400 | |||||||||
TOTAL COLLATERALIZED LOAN OBLIGATIONS (Cost $3,416,114) | 3,370,574 | ||||||||||
MUNICIPAL SECURITIES — 0.5% | |||||||||||
Bay Area Toll Authority Rev., 6.92%, 4/1/40 | 100,000 | 115,753 | |||||||||
Harris County Industrial Development Corp. Rev., (Exxon Mobil Corp.) VRDN, 4.58%, 8/1/23 | 2,450,000 | 2,450,000 | |||||||||
New Jersey Turnpike Authority Rev., 7.41%, 1/1/40 | 40,000 | 49,424 | |||||||||
New Jersey Turnpike Authority Rev., 7.10%, 1/1/41 | 30,000 | 36,131 | |||||||||
New York City GO, 6.27%, 12/1/37 | 5,000 | 5,549 | |||||||||
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Rev., 4.93%, 10/1/51 | 35,000 | 34,761 | |||||||||
Regents of the University of California Medical Center Pooled Rev., 3.26%, 5/15/60 | 100,000 | 68,941 | |||||||||
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey Rev., 5.67%, 5/1/40 | 90,000 | 94,237 | |||||||||
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Rev., 6.16%, 5/15/36 | 140,000 | 151,924 | |||||||||
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Water Rev., 6.00%, 11/1/40 | 10,000 | 10,581 | |||||||||
State of California GO, 4.60%, 4/1/38 | 30,000 | 28,391 |
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Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
State of California GO, 7.55%, 4/1/39 | $ | 20,000 | $ | 24,922 | |||||||
State of California GO, 7.30%, 10/1/39 | 25,000 | 29,884 | |||||||||
State of California GO, 7.60%, 11/1/40 | 40,000 | 50,231 | |||||||||
State of Washington GO, 5.14%, 8/1/40 | 20,000 | 20,015 | |||||||||
Texas Natural Gas Securitization Finance Corp. Rev., 5.17%, 4/1/41 | 30,000 | 30,435 | |||||||||
TOTAL MUNICIPAL SECURITIES (Cost $3,195,559) | 3,201,179 | ||||||||||
PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Automobiles† | |||||||||||
Volkswagen International Finance NV, 3.875% | 300,000 | 281,779 | |||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Telefonica Europe BV, 3.00% | 300,000 | 328,218 | |||||||||
Electric Utilities† | |||||||||||
Electricite de France SA, 3.375% | 200,000 | 174,196 | |||||||||
Enel SpA, 2.25% | 100,000 | 97,155 | |||||||||
271,351 | |||||||||||
Insurance — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Allianz SE, 2.625% | 200,000 | 157,831 | |||||||||
Allianz SE, 4.75% | 100,000 | 110,041 | |||||||||
Assicurazioni Generali SpA, 4.60% | 100,000 | 107,831 | |||||||||
Intesa Sanpaolo Vita SpA, 4.75% | 100,000 | 108,053 | |||||||||
483,756 | |||||||||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels† | |||||||||||
Eni SpA, 3.375% | 200,000 | 188,299 | |||||||||
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost $2,003,350) | 1,553,403 | ||||||||||
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Blackbird Capital Aircraft, Series 2021-1A, Class A, SEQ, 2.44%, 7/15/46(6) | $ | 198,398 | 171,481 | ||||||||
BRE Grand Islander Timeshare Issuer LLC, Series 2017-1A, Class A, SEQ, 2.94%, 5/25/29(6) | 26,731 | 26,077 | |||||||||
FirstKey Homes Trust, Series 2020-SFR1, Class C, 1.94%, 8/17/37(6) | 300,000 | 273,198 | |||||||||
Lunar Aircraft Ltd., Series 2020-1A, Class A, SEQ, 3.38%, 2/15/45(6) | 326,127 | 283,292 | |||||||||
MAPS Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A, SEQ, 2.52%, 6/15/46(6) | 517,494 | 448,595 | |||||||||
VSE VOI Mortgage LLC, Series 2018-A, Class B, 3.72%, 2/20/36(6) | 75,802 | 72,971 | |||||||||
TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $1,451,873) | 1,275,614 | ||||||||||
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 0.2% | |||||||||||
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 125 | 57,523 | |||||||||
iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF(3) | 9,397 | 1,077,648 | |||||||||
TOTAL EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS (Cost $1,046,115) | 1,135,171 | ||||||||||
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Private Sponsor Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.1% | |||||||||||
ABN Amro Mortgage Corp., Series 2003-4, Class A4, 5.50%, 3/25/33 | $ | 2,460 | 2,210 | ||||||||
Radnor RE Ltd., Series 2021-1, Class M1B, VRN, 6.77%, (30-day average SOFR plus 1.70%), 12/27/33(6) | 314,852 | 314,555 |
29
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Sofi Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-1A, Class 1A4, SEQ, VRN, 3.00%, 11/25/46(6) | $ | 8,746 | $ | 7,769 | |||||||
324,534 | |||||||||||
U.S. Government Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations† | |||||||||||
FNMA, Series 2014-C02, Class 2M2, VRN, 7.78%, (30-day average SOFR plus 2.71%), 5/25/24 | 87,827 | 88,502 | |||||||||
TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (Cost $413,086) | 413,036 | ||||||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Adjustable-Rate U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities† | |||||||||||
FHLMC, VRN, 4.76%, (12-month LIBOR plus 1.87%), 7/1/36 | 8,341 | 8,432 | |||||||||
FHLMC, VRN, 4.20%, (1-year H15T1Y plus 2.14%), 10/1/36 | 11,637 | 11,860 | |||||||||
FHLMC, VRN, 4.59%, (1-year H15T1Y plus 2.26%), 4/1/37 | 14,991 | 15,190 | |||||||||
FHLMC, VRN, 4.69%, (12-month LIBOR plus 1.89%), 7/1/41 | 4,632 | 4,575 | |||||||||
FNMA, VRN, 6.94%, (6-month LIBOR plus 1.57%), 6/1/35 | 8,821 | 8,960 | |||||||||
FNMA, VRN, 6.94%, (6-month LIBOR plus 1.57%), 6/1/35 | 7,331 | 7,442 | |||||||||
FNMA, VRN, 6.07%, (6-month LIBOR plus 1.54%), 9/1/35 | 2,401 | 2,435 | |||||||||
FNMA, VRN, 4.28%, (1-year H15T1Y plus 2.15%), 3/1/38 | 17,195 | 17,521 | |||||||||
76,415 | |||||||||||
Fixed-Rate U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities — 0.1% | |||||||||||
GNMA, 7.50%, 10/15/25 | 307 | 307 | |||||||||
GNMA, 6.00%, 3/15/26 | 1,185 | 1,194 | |||||||||
GNMA, 7.00%, 12/15/27 | 1,545 | 1,532 | |||||||||
GNMA, 7.00%, 5/15/31 | 3,799 | 3,908 | |||||||||
GNMA, 5.50%, 11/15/32 | 5,855 | 5,911 | |||||||||
GNMA, 6.50%, 10/15/38 | 121,746 | 128,695 | |||||||||
GNMA, 4.50%, 6/15/41 | 99,957 | 98,476 | |||||||||
240,023 | |||||||||||
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $319,666) | 316,438 | ||||||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 5.3% | |||||||||||
Certificates of Deposit — 1.4% | |||||||||||
Banco Santander SA, 5.45%, 9/7/23 | 2,500,000 | 2,499,473 | |||||||||
Bank of Montreal, VRN, 5.93%, (SOFR plus 0.63%), 9/12/23 | 3,500,000 | 3,501,751 | |||||||||
BNP Paribas Fortis SA, 5.46%, 10/19/23 | 1,000,000 | 999,796 | |||||||||
Natixis SA, 5.52%, 10/25/23 | 500,000 | 499,870 | |||||||||
Nordea Bank Abp, VRN, 5.90%, (SOFR plus 0.60%), 10/11/23 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,738 | |||||||||
Wells Fargo Bank N.A., VRN, 5.85%, (SOFR plus 0.55%), 1/5/24 | 750,000 | 750,734 | |||||||||
9,252,362 | |||||||||||
Commercial Paper(8) — 1.7% | |||||||||||
Alinghi Funding Co. LLC, 11.34%, 10/12/23 (LOC: UBS AG)(6) | 1,500,000 | 1,483,459 | |||||||||
Atlantic Asset Securitization LLC, 5.60%, 9/14/23 (LOC: Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank)(6) | 1,000,000 | 993,200 | |||||||||
Canadian Imperial Holdings, Inc., 5.88%, 3/19/24(6) | 750,000 | 723,151 | |||||||||
Charta LLC, 5.71%, 11/3/23 (LOC: CitiBank N.A.)(6) | 750,000 | 739,180 | |||||||||
Chesham Finance Ltd. / Chesham Finance LLC, 5.55%, 8/1/23(6) | 1,890,000 | 1,889,721 | |||||||||
JP Morgan Securities LLC, 5.95%, 4/25/24(6) | 2,000,000 | 1,996,672 | |||||||||
Svenska Handelsbanken AB, VRN, 6.10%, (SOFR plus 0.79%), 11/1/23(6) | 1,000,000 | 1,001,403 | |||||||||
Toyota Credit Canada, Inc., 5.60%, 10/20/23(6) | 500,000 | 493,948 |
30
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
UBS AG, 5.91%, 1/19/24(6) | $ | 750,000 | $ | 729,797 | |||||||
UBS AG, VRN, 5.81%, (SOFR plus 0.58%), 9/22/23(6) | 600,000 | 600,000 | |||||||||
Versailles Commercial Paper LLC, 5.66%, 10/5/23 (LOC: Natixis)(6) | 1,075,000 | 1,064,237 | |||||||||
11,714,768 | |||||||||||
Money Market Funds — 1.4% | |||||||||||
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class | 7,568,043 | 7,568,043 | |||||||||
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio(9) | 1,790,634 | 1,790,634 | |||||||||
9,358,677 | |||||||||||
Treasury Bills(8) — 0.8% | |||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.70%, 8/24/23 | $ | 750,000 | 747,480 | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.42%, 10/31/23 | 1,500,000 | 1,480,065 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.47%, 11/21/23 | 2,000,000 | 1,967,194 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.19%, 6/13/24 | 1,000,000 | 955,120 | |||||||||
5,149,859 | |||||||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $35,477,607) | 35,475,666 | ||||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — 100.2% (Cost $560,901,574) | 668,151,561 | ||||||||||
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (0.2)% | (1,595,498) | ||||||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0% | $ | 666,556,063 |
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FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS
Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement Date | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||||||
CAD | 9,667 | USD | 7,303 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | $ | 34 | |||||||||||||
CAD | 16,105 | USD | 12,144 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 78 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 1,353,010 | CAD | 1,791,793 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/15/23 | (6,621) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 997,820 | CAD | 1,331,610 | UBS AG | 9/15/23 | (12,619) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 369,080 | CAD | 485,272 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 786 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 284,281 | CAD | 373,778 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 605 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 7,706 | CAD | 10,150 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 7,644 | CAD | 10,113 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (31) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 14,798 | CAD | 19,620 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (92) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 9,339 | CAD | 12,382 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (58) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 43,955 | CAD | 58,152 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (179) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 8,233 | CAD | 10,892 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (33) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 28,687 | CAD | 37,949 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (115) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 11,626 | CAD | 15,380 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (47) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 11,598 | CAD | 15,379 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (73) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 7,312 | CAD | 9,702 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (51) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 16,198 | CAD | 21,481 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (105) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 18,317 | CAD | 24,209 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (56) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 18,608 | CAD | 24,515 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 12,923 | CAD | 17,025 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 11,920 | CAD | 15,612 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 71 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 12,724 | CAD | 16,811 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (35) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 11,301 | CAD | 14,931 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (31) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 12,178 | CAD | 16,037 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 10,856 | CAD | 14,341 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (28) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 19,544 | CAD | 25,818 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (50) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 13,765 | CAD | 18,115 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 11,395 | CAD | 14,996 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 7,758 | CAD | 10,235 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 171,279 | CHF | 152,544 | Morgan Stanley | 9/15/23 | (4,454) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 5,595,565 | CNY | 39,636,185 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/15/23 | 17,897 | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 9,991 | USD | 11,006 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 7,057 | USD | 7,941 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (160) | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 14,355 | USD | 15,812 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 68,340 | USD | 76,906 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (1,553) | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 15,255 | USD | 16,662 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | 158 | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 15,581 | USD | 17,381 | Morgan Stanley | 9/29/23 | (201) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 5,631,538 | EUR | 5,211,781 | UBS AG | 9/15/23 | (111,026) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 63,399 | EUR | 57,784 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (314) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 66,837 | EUR | 60,992 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (414) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 79,493 | EUR | 72,452 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (394) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 762,822 | EUR | 695,259 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (3,782) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 122,961 | EUR | 112,174 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | (724) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 9,138 | EUR | 8,105 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | 202 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 8,625 | EUR | 7,651 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | 189 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 1,479,477 | EUR | 1,349,691 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | (8,715) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 154,174 | EUR | 140,649 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | (908) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 14,149 | EUR | 12,960 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | (141) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 13,510 | EUR | 12,015 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | 262 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 12,175 | EUR | 10,800 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | 267 |
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Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement Date | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||||||
USD | 26,419 | EUR | 23,940 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | $ | 22 | |||||||||||||
USD | 63,404 | EUR | 57,784 | Morgan Stanley | 9/29/23 | (310) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 6,318 | EUR | 5,764 | Morgan Stanley | 9/29/23 | (38) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 762,878 | EUR | 695,259 | Morgan Stanley | 9/29/23 | (3,726) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 79,498 | EUR | 72,452 | Morgan Stanley | 9/29/23 | (388) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 12,635 | EUR | 11,424 | Morgan Stanley | 9/29/23 | 39 | ||||||||||||||
GBP | 9,346 | USD | 12,054 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (57) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 1,448,360 | GBP | 1,151,910 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/15/23 | (30,229) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 345,859 | GBP | 272,180 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (3,526) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 10,926 | GBP | 8,636 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (160) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 31,614 | GBP | 25,044 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (534) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 16,891 | GBP | 13,289 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (168) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 20,519 | GBP | 16,161 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (227) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 22,506 | GBP | 17,438 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | 121 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 13,698 | GBP | 10,664 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 25,440 | GBP | 19,845 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (34) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 18,611 | GBP | 14,490 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 17,453 | GBP | 13,550 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | 60 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 441,499 | JPY | 60,445,624 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/15/23 | 13,706 | ||||||||||||||
THB | 9,912,062 | USD | 288,317 | UBS AG | 9/15/23 | 2,445 | ||||||||||||||
$ | (155,382) |
FUTURES CONTRACTS PURCHASED | ||||||||||||||
Reference Entity | Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)^ | ||||||||||
Euro-Bund 10-Year Bonds | 10 | September 2023 | $ | 1,462,336 | $ | (11,671) | ||||||||
Korean Treasury 10-Year Bonds | 3 | September 2023 | 259,059 | (2,382) | ||||||||||
U.K. Gilt 10-Year Bonds | 3 | September 2023 | 370,105 | 2,999 | ||||||||||
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes | 130 | September 2023 | 13,886,641 | (242,654) | ||||||||||
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes | 68 | September 2023 | 7,575,625 | (57,486) | ||||||||||
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Ultra Notes | 45 | September 2023 | 5,264,297 | (99,091) | ||||||||||
$ | 28,818,063 | $ | (410,285) |
^Amount represents value and unrealized appreciation (depreciation).
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CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP AGREEMENTS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Reference Entity | Type‡ | Fixed Rate Received (Paid) Quarterly | Termination Date | Notional Amount | Premiums Paid (Received) | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value^ | ||||||||||||||||
Markit CDX North America High Yield Index Series 38 | Sell | 5.00% | 6/20/27 | $ | 7,154,000 | $ | (126,039) | $ | 484,281 | $ | 358,242 |
‡The maximum potential amount the fund could be required to deliver as a seller of credit protection if a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of the agreement is the notional amount. The maximum potential amount may be partially offset by any recovery values of the referenced obligations and upfront payments received upon entering into the agreement.
^The value for credit default swap agreements serves as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood of an expected liability or profit at the period end. Increasing values in absolute terms when compared to the notional amount of the credit default swap agreement represent a deterioration of the referenced entity's credit soundness and an increased likelihood or risk of a credit event occurring as defined in the agreement.
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NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS | ||||||||
ADR | – | American Depositary Receipt | ||||||
AUD | – | Australian Dollar | ||||||
CAD | – | Canadian Dollar | ||||||
CDX | – | Credit Derivatives Indexes | ||||||
CHF | – | Swiss Franc | ||||||
CNY | – | Chinese Yuan | ||||||
DKK | – | Danish Krone | ||||||
EUR | – | Euro | ||||||
FHLB | – | Federal Home Loan Bank | ||||||
FHLMC | – | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation | ||||||
FNMA | – | Federal National Mortgage Association | ||||||
GBP | – | British Pound | ||||||
GNMA | – | Government National Mortgage Association | ||||||
GO | – | General Obligation | ||||||
H15T1Y | – | Constant Maturity U.S. Treasury Note Yield Curve Rate Index | ||||||
JPY | – | Japanese Yen | ||||||
LIBOR | – | London Interbank Offered Rate | ||||||
LOC | – | Letter of Credit | ||||||
MYR | – | Malaysian Ringgit | ||||||
NOK | – | Norwegian Krone | ||||||
PLN | – | Polish Zloty | ||||||
SEQ | – | Sequential Payer | ||||||
SOFR | – | Secured Overnight Financing Rate | ||||||
THB | – | Thai Baht | ||||||
USBMMY | – | U.S. Treasury Bill Money Market Yield | ||||||
USD | – | United States Dollar | ||||||
VRDN | – | Variable Rate Demand Note. The instrument may be payable upon demand and adjusts periodically based upon the terms set forth in the security's offering documents. The rate shown is effective at the period end and the reference rate and spread, if any, is indicated. The date of the demand feature is disclosed. | ||||||
VRN | – | Variable Rate Note. The rate adjusts periodically based upon the terms set forth in the security’s offering documents. The rate shown is effective at the period end and the reference rate and spread, if any, is indicated. The security's effective maturity date may be shorter than the final maturity date shown. |
†Category is less than 0.05% of total net assets.
(1)Investments are funds within the American Century Investments family of funds and are considered affiliated funds.
(2)Non-income producing.
(3)Security, or a portion thereof, is on loan. At the period end, the aggregate value of securities on loan was $2,485,418. The amount of securities on loan indicated may not correspond with the securities on loan identified because securities with pending sales are in the process of recall from the brokers.
(4)Security may be subject to resale, redemption or transferability restrictions.
(5)Security, or a portion thereof, has been pledged at the custodian bank or with a broker for collateral requirements on forward foreign currency exchange contracts, futures contracts and/or swap agreements. At the period end, the aggregate value of securities pledged was $1,439,586.
(6)Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Section 4(2) under the Securities Act of 1933 and may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional investors. The aggregate value of these securities at the period end was $20,259,465, which represented 3.0% of total net assets.
(7)Security is a zero-coupon bond. Zero-coupon securities may be issued at a substantial discount from their value at maturity.
(8)The rate indicated is the yield to maturity at purchase for non-interest bearing securities. For interest bearing securities, the stated coupon rate is shown.
(9)Investment of cash collateral from securities on loan. At the period end, the aggregate value of the collateral held by the fund was $2,569,057, which includes securities collateral of $778,423.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
JULY 31, 2023 | |||||
Assets | |||||
Investment securities - unaffiliated, at value (cost of $268,757,170) — including $1,391,745 of securities on loan | $ | 308,818,074 | |||
Investment securities - affiliated, at value (cost of $290,353,770) — including $1,093,673 of securities on loan | 357,542,853 | ||||
Investment made with cash collateral received for securities on loan, at value (cost of $1,790,634) | 1,790,634 | ||||
Total investment securities, at value (cost of $560,901,574) | 668,151,561 | ||||
Foreign currency holdings, at value (cost of $46,644) | 2,497 | ||||
Foreign deposits with broker for futures contracts, at value (cost $24,662) | 27,127 | ||||
Receivable for investments sold | 1,297,812 | ||||
Receivable for capital shares sold | 192,580 | ||||
Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts | 17,602 | ||||
Receivable for variation margin on swap agreements | 1,633 | ||||
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 37,035 | ||||
Interest and dividends receivable | 894,093 | ||||
Securities lending receivable | 4,745 | ||||
Other assets | 25,200 | ||||
670,651,885 | |||||
Liabilities | |||||
Disbursements in excess of demand deposit cash | 156,288 | ||||
Payable for collateral received for securities on loan | 1,790,634 | ||||
Payable for investments purchased | 1,357,547 | ||||
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 249,828 | ||||
Payable for variation margin on futures contracts | 730 | ||||
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 192,417 | ||||
Accrued management fees | 276,824 | ||||
Distribution and service fees payable | 49,365 | ||||
Accrued other expenses | 22,189 | ||||
4,095,822 | |||||
Net Assets | $ | 666,556,063 | |||
Net Assets Consist of: | |||||
Capital (par value and paid-in surplus) | $ | 553,535,200 | |||
Distributable earnings (loss) | 113,020,863 | ||||
$ | 666,556,063 |
Net Assets | Shares Outstanding | Net Asset Value Per Share* | |||||||||
Investor Class, $0.01 Par Value | $249,997,541 | 33,843,122 | $7.39 | ||||||||
I Class, $0.01 Par Value | $57,064,991 | 7,803,248 | $7.31 | ||||||||
A Class, $0.01 Par Value | $146,576,062 | 19,605,216 | $7.48 | ||||||||
C Class, $0.01 Par Value | $14,781,600 | 2,059,617 | $7.18 | ||||||||
R Class, $0.01 Par Value | $14,295,580 | 1,915,703 | $7.46 | ||||||||
R5 Class, $0.01 Par Value | $22,250 | 3,040 | $7.32 | ||||||||
R6 Class, $0.01 Par Value | $183,818,039 | 25,227,534 | $7.29 |
*Maximum offering price per share was equal to the net asset value per share for all share classes, except A Class, for which the maximum offering price per share was $7.94 (net asset value divided by 0.9425). A contingent deferred sales charge may be imposed on redemptions of A Class and C Class.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations |
YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 2023 | |||||
Investment Income (Loss) | |||||
Income: | |||||
Income distributions from affiliated funds | $ | 7,990,671 | |||
Interest (net of foreign taxes withheld of $1,228) | 3,812,740 | ||||
Dividends (net of foreign taxes withheld of $140,369) | 3,804,873 | ||||
Securities lending, net | 85,746 | ||||
15,694,030 | |||||
Expenses: | |||||
Management fees | 6,581,820 | ||||
Distribution and service fees: | |||||
A Class | 351,476 | ||||
C Class | 151,912 | ||||
R Class | 68,763 | ||||
Directors' fees and expenses | 20,317 | ||||
Other expenses | 76,530 | ||||
7,250,818 | |||||
Fees waived(1) | (3,414,733) | ||||
3,836,085 | |||||
Net investment income (loss) | 11,857,945 | ||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | |||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |||||
Investment transactions (including $640,561 from affiliated funds) | 3,690,356 | ||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions | 1,012,377 | ||||
Futures contract transactions | (1,590,329) | ||||
Swap agreement transactions | 289,598 | ||||
Foreign currency translation transactions | (298,148) | ||||
Capital gain distributions received from affiliated funds | 1,030,196 | ||||
4,134,050 | |||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |||||
Investments (including $25,588,553 from affiliated funds) | 36,521,883 | ||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | (774,221) | ||||
Futures contracts | (723,541) | ||||
Swap agreements | 305,118 | ||||
Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | (11,572) | ||||
35,317,667 | |||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 39,451,717 | ||||
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | $ | 51,309,662 |
(1)Amount consists of $1,303,906, $313,711, $759,529, $82,072, $74,303, $93 and $881,119 for Investor Class, I Class, A Class, C Class, R Class, R5 Class and R6 Class, respectively.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets |
YEARS ENDED JULY 31, 2023 AND JULY 31, 2022 | ||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | July 31, 2023 | July 31, 2022 | ||||||
Operations | ||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 11,857,945 | $ | 11,998,704 | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) | 4,134,050 | 47,630,956 | ||||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 35,317,667 | (137,524,567) | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 51,309,662 | (77,894,907) | ||||||
Distributions to Shareholders | ||||||||
From earnings: | ||||||||
Investor Class | (12,410,905) | (36,011,235) | ||||||
I Class | (3,151,906) | (5,941,362) | ||||||
A Class | (6,768,419) | (19,836,034) | ||||||
C Class | (662,133) | (2,358,549) | ||||||
R Class | (609,476) | (2,055,153) | ||||||
R5 Class | (882) | (1,947) | ||||||
R6 Class | (8,730,240) | (23,401,758) | ||||||
Decrease in net assets from distributions | (32,333,961) | (89,606,038) | ||||||
Capital Share Transactions | ||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions (Note 5) | (2,804,141) | (41,427,439) | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | 16,171,560 | (208,928,384) | ||||||
Net Assets | ||||||||
Beginning of period | 650,384,503 | 859,312,887 | ||||||
End of period | $ | 666,556,063 | $ | 650,384,503 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements |
JULY 31, 2023
1. Organization
American Century Strategic Asset Allocations, Inc. (the corporation) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company and is organized as a Maryland corporation. Strategic Allocation: Aggressive Fund (the fund) is one fund in a series issued by the corporation. The fund may invest in varying combinations of other affiliated investment companies such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds advised by American Century Investments (affiliated funds). The fund will assume the risks associated with the affiliated funds. The fund is an asset allocation fund and its investment objective is to seek the highest level of total return consistent with its asset mix.
The fund offers the Investor Class, I Class, A Class, C Class, R Class, R5 Class and R6 Class. The A Class may incur an initial sales charge. The A Class and C Class may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the fund in preparation of its financial statements. The fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. This may require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Management evaluated the impact of events or transactions occurring through the date the financial statements were issued that would merit recognition or disclosure.
Investment Valuations — The fund determines the fair value of its investments and computes its net asset value (NAV) per share at the close of regular trading (usually 4 p.m. Eastern time) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on each day the NYSE is open. The value of investments of the fund is determined by American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) (the investment advisor), as the valuation designee, pursuant to its valuation policies and procedures. The Board of Directors oversees the valuation designee and reviews its valuation policies and procedures at least annually.
Equity securities that are listed or traded on a domestic securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price or at the official closing price as provided by the exchange. Equity securities traded on foreign securities exchanges are generally valued at the closing price of such securities on the exchange where primarily traded or at the close of the NYSE, if that is earlier. If no last sales price is reported, or if local convention or regulation so provides, the mean of the latest bid and asked prices may be used. Securities traded over-the-counter are valued at the mean of the latest bid and asked prices, the last sales price, or the official closing price. Equity securities initially expressed in local currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the appropriate currency exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
Fixed income securities are valued at the evaluated mean as provided by independent pricing services or at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices as provided by investment dealers. Corporate bonds, U.S. Treasury and Government Agency securities, municipal securities, and sovereign governments and agencies are valued using market models that consider trade data, quotations from dealers and active market makers, relevant yield curve and spread data, creditworthiness, trade data or market information on comparable securities, and other relevant security specific information. Mortgage-related and asset-backed securities are valued based on models that consider trade data, prepayment and default projections, benchmark yield and spread data and estimated cash flows of each tranche of the issuer. Collateralized loan obligations are valued based on discounted cash flow models that consider trade and economic data, prepayment assumptions and default projections. Commercial paper and certificates of deposit are valued using a curve-based approach that considers money market rates for specific instruments, programs, currencies and maturity points from a variety of active market makers. Fixed income securities initially expressed in local currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the appropriate currency exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
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Hybrid securities are valued at the evaluated mean as provided by independent pricing services or at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices as provided by investment dealers. Preferred stocks and convertible preferred stocks with perpetual maturities are valued using market models that consider trade data, quotations from dealers and active market makers, relevant yield curve and spread data, creditworthiness, trade data or market information on comparable securities, and other relevant security specific information. Hybrid securities initially expressed in local currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the appropriate currency exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
Open-end management investment companies are valued at the reported NAV per share. Exchange-traded futures contracts are valued at the settlement price as provided by the appropriate exchange. Swap agreements are valued at an evaluated mean as provided by independent pricing services or independent brokers. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean of the appropriate forward exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service. Investments initially expressed in local currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the appropriate currency exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
If the valuation designee determines that the market price for a portfolio security is not readily available or is believed by the valuation designee to be unreliable, such security is valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the valuation designee, in accordance with its policies and procedures. Circumstances that may cause the fund to determine that market quotations are not available or reliable include, but are not limited to: when there is a significant event subsequent to the market quotation; trading in a security has been halted during the trading day; or trading in a security is insufficient or did not take place due to a closure or holiday.
The valuation designee monitors for significant events occurring after the close of an investment’s primary exchange but before the fund’s NAV per share is determined. Significant events may include, but are not limited to: corporate announcements and transactions; regulatory news, governmental action and political unrest that could impact a specific investment or an investment sector; or armed conflicts, natural disasters and similar events that could affect investments in a specific country or region. The valuation designee also monitors for significant fluctuations between domestic and foreign markets, as evidenced by the U.S. market or such other indicators that it deems appropriate. The valuation designee may apply a model-derived factor to the closing price of equity securities traded on foreign securities exchanges. The factor is based on observable market data as provided by an independent pricing service.
Security Transactions — Security transactions are accounted for as of the trade date. Net realized gains and losses are determined on the identified cost basis, which is also used for federal income tax purposes.
Investment Income — Interest income less foreign taxes withheld, if any, is recorded on the accrual basis and includes paydown gain (loss) and accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums. Inflation adjustments related to inflation-linked debt securities are reflected as interest income. Dividend income less foreign taxes withheld, if any, is recorded as of the ex-dividend date. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or long-term capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The fund may estimate the components of distributions received that may be considered nontaxable distributions or long-term capital gain distributions for income tax purposes. Income and capital gain distributions, if any, from the affiliated funds are recorded as of the ex-dividend date. Securities lending income is net of fees and rebates earned by the lending agent for its services.
Foreign Currency Translations — All assets and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates at period end. The fund may enter into spot foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate transactions denominated in a foreign currency. Purchases and sales of investment securities, dividend and interest income, spot foreign currency exchange contracts, and expenses are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized and unrealized foreign currency exchange gains or losses related to investment securities are a component of net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, respectively.
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Income Tax Status — It is the fund's policy to distribute substantially all net investment income and net realized gains to shareholders and to otherwise qualify as a regulated investment company under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, no provision has been made for income taxes. The fund files U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax returns as applicable. The fund's tax returns are subject to examination by the relevant taxing authority until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years from the date of filing but can be longer in certain jurisdictions. At this time, management believes there are no uncertain tax positions which, based on their technical merit, would not be sustained upon examination and for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.
Multiple Class — All shares of the fund represent an equal pro rata interest in the net assets of the class to which such shares belong, and have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except for class specific expenses and exclusive rights to vote on matters affecting only individual classes. Income, non-class specific expenses, and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses of the fund are allocated to each class of shares based on their relative net assets.
Distributions to Shareholders — Distributions from net investment income and net realized gains, if any, are generally declared and paid annually.
Indemnifications — Under the corporation’s organizational documents, its officers and directors are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered by management to be remote.
Securities Lending — Securities are lent to qualified financial institutions and brokers. State Street Bank & Trust Co. serves as securities lending agent to the fund pursuant to a Securities Lending Agreement. The lending of securities exposes the fund to risks such as: the borrowers may fail to return the loaned securities, the borrowers may not be able to provide additional collateral, the fund may experience delays in recovery of the loaned securities or delays in access to collateral, or the fund may experience losses related to the investment collateral. To minimize certain risks, loan counterparties pledge collateral in the form of cash and/or securities. The lending agent has agreed to indemnify the fund in the case of default of any securities borrowed. Cash collateral received is invested in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, a money market mutual fund registered under the 1940 Act. The loans may also be secured by U.S. government securities in an amount at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned, plus accrued interest and dividends, determined on a daily basis and adjusted accordingly. By lending securities, the fund seeks to increase its net investment income through the receipt of interest and fees. Such income is reflected separately within the Statement of Operations. The value of loaned securities and related collateral outstanding at period end, if any, are shown on a gross basis within the Schedule of Investments and Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
The following table reflects a breakdown of transactions accounted for as secured borrowings, the gross obligation by the type of collateral pledged, and the remaining contractual maturity of those transactions as of July 31, 2023.
Remaining Contractual Maturity of Agreements | |||||||||||||||||
Overnight and Continuous | <30 days | Between 30 & 90 days | >90 days | Total | |||||||||||||
Securities Lending Transactions(1) | |||||||||||||||||
Affiliated Funds | $ | 24,995 | — | — | — | $ | 24,995 | ||||||||||
Common Stocks | 1,765,639 | — | — | — | 1,765,639 | ||||||||||||
Total Borrowings | $ | 1,790,634 | — | — | — | $ | 1,790,634 | ||||||||||
Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions | $ | 1,790,634 |
(1)Amount represents the payable for cash collateral received for securities on loan. This will generally be in the Overnight and Continuous column as the securities are typically callable on demand.
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3. Fees and Transactions with Related Parties
Certain officers and directors of the corporation are also officers and/or directors of American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC). The corporation's investment advisor, ACIM, the corporation's distributor, American Century Investment Services, Inc. (ACIS), and the corporation's transfer agent, American Century Services, LLC, are wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by ACC. ACIM serves as the investment advisor for the affiliated funds.
Management Fees — The corporation has entered into a management agreement with ACIM, under which ACIM provides the fund with investment advisory and management services in exchange for a single, unified management fee (the fee) per class. The agreement provides that ACIM will pay all expenses of managing and operating the fund, except brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of the independent directors (including legal counsel fees), extraordinary expenses, and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The fee is computed and accrued daily based on each class's daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The difference in the fee among the classes is a result of their separate arrangements for non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder services. It is not the result of any difference in advisory or custodial fees or other expenses related to the management of the fund's assets, which do not vary by class. The rate of the fee is determined by applying a fee rate calculation formula. This formula takes into account the fund's assets as well as certain assets, if any, of other clients of the investment advisor outside the American Century Investments family of funds (such as subadvised funds and separate accounts), as well as exchange-traded funds managed by the investment advisor, that use very similar investment teams and strategies (strategy assets). The investment advisor will waive the portion of the fund's management fee equal to the expenses attributable to the management fees of the funds advised by American Century Investments in which the fund invests. The amount of this waiver will fluctuate depending on the fund's daily allocation to such funds. This waiver is expected to remain in effect permanently and it cannot be terminated without the approval of the Board of Directors. During the period ended July 31, 2023, the investment advisor agreed to waive an additional 0.37% of the fund's management fee. The investment advisor expects this waiver to continue until July 31, 2024 and cannot terminate it prior to such date without the approval of the Board of Directors.
The management fee schedule range and the effective annual management fee before and after waiver for each class for the period ended July 31, 2023 are as follows:
Management Fee Schedule Range | Effective Annual Management Fee | ||||||||||
Before Waiver | After Waiver | ||||||||||
Investor Class | 0.90% to 1.15% | 1.15% | 0.61% | ||||||||
I Class | 0.70% to 0.95% | 0.95% | 0.41% | ||||||||
A Class | 0.90% to 1.15% | 1.15% | 0.61% | ||||||||
C Class | 0.90% to 1.15% | 1.15% | 0.61% | ||||||||
R Class | 0.90% to 1.15% | 1.15% | 0.61% | ||||||||
R5 Class | 0.70% to 0.95% | 0.95% | 0.41% | ||||||||
R6 Class | 0.55% to 0.80% | 0.80% | 0.26% |
Distribution and Service Fees — The Board of Directors has adopted a separate Master Distribution and Individual Shareholder Services Plan for each of the A Class, C Class and R Class (collectively the plans), pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act. The plans provide that the A Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 0.25%. The plans provide that the C Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 1.00%, of which 0.25% is paid for individual shareholder services and 0.75% is paid for distribution services. The plans provide that the R Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 0.50%. The fees are computed and accrued daily based on each class’s daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The fees are used to pay financial intermediaries for distribution and individual shareholder services. Fees incurred under the plans during the period ended July 31, 2023 are detailed in the Statement of Operations.
Directors' Fees and Expenses — The Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the investment advisor’s management and operations of the fund. The directors receive detailed information about the fund and its investment advisor regularly throughout the year, and meet at least quarterly with management of the investment advisor to review reports about fund operations. The fund's officers do not receive compensation from the fund.
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Interfund Transactions — The fund may enter into security transactions with other American Century Investments funds and other client accounts of the investment advisor, in accordance with the 1940 Act rules and procedures adopted by the Board of Directors. The rules and procedures require, among other things, that these transactions be effected at the independent current market price of the security. During the period, the interfund purchases and sales were $221,293 and $24,466, respectively. The effect of interfund transactions on the Statement of Operations was $(1,907) in net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions.
4. Investment Transactions
Purchases of investment securities, excluding short-term investments, for the period ended July 31, 2023 totaled $167,453,096, of which $24,025,561 represented U.S. Treasury and Government Agency obligations.
Sales of investment securities, excluding short-term investments, for the period ended July 31, 2023 totaled $201,484,080, of which $14,368,672 represented U.S. Treasury and Government Agency obligations.
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5. Capital Share Transactions
Transactions in shares of the fund were as follows:
Year ended July 31, 2023 | Year ended July 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | |||||||||||
Investor Class/Shares Authorized | 550,000,000 | 550,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 2,428,535 | $ | 16,937,715 | 2,192,573 | $ | 17,989,875 | ||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 1,868,069 | 12,235,850 | 4,266,590 | 35,199,368 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (5,310,361) | (36,939,188) | (6,356,508) | (52,076,844) | ||||||||||
(1,013,757) | (7,765,623) | 102,655 | 1,112,399 | |||||||||||
I Class/Shares Authorized | 150,000,000 | 150,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 890,062 | 6,151,499 | 4,912,186 | 37,692,709 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 482,518 | 3,126,719 | 718,353 | 5,868,942 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (2,115,212) | (14,623,733) | (3,234,459) | (26,172,277) | ||||||||||
(742,632) | (5,345,515) | 2,396,080 | 17,389,374 | |||||||||||
A Class/Shares Authorized | 325,000,000 | 325,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 1,648,361 | 11,605,277 | 1,788,632 | 14,489,820 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 995,087 | 6,607,375 | 2,310,732 | 19,317,722 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (2,844,897) | (20,088,593) | (3,581,923) | (29,008,106) | ||||||||||
(201,449) | (1,875,941) | 517,441 | 4,799,436 | |||||||||||
C Class/Shares Authorized | 90,000,000 | 90,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 287,801 | 1,947,506 | 392,416 | 3,097,455 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 103,458 | 662,133 | 292,260 | 2,358,539 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (710,965) | (4,829,256) | (938,543) | (7,504,053) | ||||||||||
(319,706) | (2,219,617) | (253,867) | (2,048,059) | |||||||||||
R Class/Shares Authorized | 50,000,000 | 50,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 256,468 | 1,793,006 | 227,076 | 1,836,368 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 91,189 | 605,479 | 244,500 | 2,044,022 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (567,761) | (3,940,466) | (379,061) | (3,116,489) | ||||||||||
(220,104) | (1,541,981) | 92,515 | 763,901 | |||||||||||
R5 Class/Shares Authorized | 50,000,000 | 50,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 725 | 4,984 | 236 | 1,832 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 136 | 882 | 238 | 1,947 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | — | — | (3) | (23) | ||||||||||
861 | 5,866 | 471 | 3,756 | |||||||||||
R6 Class/Shares Authorized | 455,000,000 | 455,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 4,725,934 | 32,382,323 | 3,896,466 | 31,939,930 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 1,353,526 | 8,730,240 | 2,878,445 | 23,401,758 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (3,675,171) | (25,173,893) | (13,818,845) | (118,789,934) | ||||||||||
2,404,289 | 15,938,670 | (7,043,934) | (63,448,246) | |||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) | (92,498) | $ | (2,804,141) | (4,188,639) | $ | (41,427,439) |
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6. Fair Value Measurements
The fund's investments valuation process is based on several considerations and may use multiple inputs to determine the fair value of the investments held by the fund. In conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the inputs used to determine a valuation are classified into three broad levels.
•Level 1 valuation inputs consist of unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical investments.
•Level 2 valuation inputs consist of direct or indirect observable market data (including quoted prices for comparable investments, evaluations of subsequent market events, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). These inputs also consist of quoted prices for identical investments initially expressed in local currencies that are adjusted through translation into U.S. dollars.
•Level 3 valuation inputs consist of unobservable data (including a fund’s own assumptions).
The level classification is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair valuation measurement. The valuation inputs are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in these securities or other financial instruments.
The following is a summary of the level classifications as of period end. The Schedule of Investments provides additional information on the fund's portfolio holdings.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||
Assets | |||||||||||
Investment Securities | |||||||||||
Affiliated Funds | $ | 357,542,853 | — | — | |||||||
Common Stocks | 151,309,021 | $ | 52,901,028 | — | |||||||
U.S. Treasury Securities | — | 40,854,841 | — | ||||||||
Sovereign Governments and Agencies | — | 9,513,142 | — | ||||||||
Corporate Bonds | — | 9,289,595 | — | ||||||||
Collateralized Loan Obligations | — | 3,370,574 | — | ||||||||
Municipal Securities | — | 3,201,179 | — | ||||||||
Preferred Stocks | — | 1,553,403 | — | ||||||||
Asset-Backed Securities | — | 1,275,614 | — | ||||||||
Exchange-Traded Funds | 1,135,171 | — | — | ||||||||
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | — | 413,036 | — | ||||||||
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities | — | 316,438 | — | ||||||||
Short-Term Investments | 9,358,677 | 26,116,989 | — | ||||||||
$ | 519,345,722 | $ | 148,805,839 | — | |||||||
Other Financial Instruments | |||||||||||
Futures Contracts | — | $ | 2,999 | — | |||||||
Swap Agreements | — | 358,242 | — | ||||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | — | 37,035 | — | ||||||||
— | $ | 398,276 | — | ||||||||
Liabilities | |||||||||||
Other Financial Instruments | |||||||||||
Futures Contracts | $ | 399,231 | $ | 14,053 | — | ||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | — | 192,417 | — | ||||||||
$ | 399,231 | $ | 206,470 | — |
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7. Derivative Instruments
Credit Risk — The fund is subject to credit risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The value of a bond generally declines as the credit quality of its issuer declines. Credit default swap agreements enable a fund to buy/sell protection against a credit event of a specific issuer or index. A fund may attempt to enhance returns by selling protection or attempt to mitigate credit risk by buying protection. The buyer/seller of credit protection against a security or basket of securities may pay/receive an up-front or periodic payment to compensate for/against potential default events. Changes in value, including the periodic amounts of interest to be paid or received on swap agreements, are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements. Upon entering into a centrally cleared swap, a fund is required to deposit cash or securities (initial margin) with a financial intermediary in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the notional amount. A fund may incur charges or earn income on cash deposit balances, which are reflected in interest expenses or interest income, respectively. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received daily, in cash, by a fund. The variation margin is equal to the daily change in the value and is a component of unrealized gains and losses. Realized gain or loss is recorded upon receipt or payment of a periodic settlement or termination of swap agreements. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of swap agreements are a component of net realized gain (loss) on swap agreement transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements, respectively. The risks of entering into swap agreements include the possible lack of liquidity, failure of the counterparty to meet its obligations, and that there may be unfavorable changes in the underlying investments or instruments. The fund's average notional amount held during the period was $7,202,667.
Foreign Currency Risk — The fund is subject to foreign currency exchange rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The value of foreign investments held by a fund may be significantly affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The dollar value of a foreign security generally decreases when the value of the dollar rises against the foreign currency in which the security is denominated and tends to increase when the value of the dollar declines against such foreign currency. A fund may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to reduce a fund's exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations or to gain exposure to the fluctuations in the value of foreign currencies. A fund will segregate cash, cash equivalents or other appropriate liquid securities on its records in amounts sufficient to meet requirements. The net U.S. dollar value of foreign currency underlying all contractual commitments held by a fund and the resulting unrealized appreciation or depreciation are determined daily. Realized gain or loss is recorded upon settlement of the contract. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of forward foreign currency exchange contracts are a component of net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts, respectively. A fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the foreign currency exchange rate underlying the forward contract. Additionally, losses, up to the fair value, may arise if the counterparties do not perform under the contract terms. The fund's average U.S. dollar exposure to foreign currency risk derivative instruments held during the period was $23,902,849.
Interest Rate Risk — The fund is subject to interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The value of bonds generally declines as interest rates rise. A fund may enter into futures contracts based on a bond index or a specific underlying security. A fund may purchase futures contracts to gain exposure to increases in market value or sell futures contracts to protect against a decline in market value. Upon entering into a futures contract, a fund will segregate cash, cash equivalents or other appropriate liquid securities on its records in amounts sufficient to meet requirements. A fund may incur charges or earn income on cash deposit balances, which are reflected in interest expenses or interest income, respectively. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received daily, in cash, by a fund. The variation margin is equal to the daily change in the contract value and is recorded as unrealized gains and losses. A fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the futures contract is closed or expires. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of futures contracts are a component of net realized gain (loss) on futures contract transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, respectively. One of the risks of entering into futures contracts is the possibility that the change in value of the contract may not correlate with the changes in value of the underlying securities. The fund's average notional exposure to interest rate risk derivative instruments held during the period was $27,535,999 futures contracts purchased and $3,974,813 futures contracts sold.
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Value of Derivative Instruments as of July 31, 2023
Asset Derivatives | Liability Derivatives | |||||||||||||
Type of Risk Exposure | Location on Statement of Assets and Liabilities | Value | Location on Statement of Assets and Liabilities | Value | ||||||||||
Credit Risk | Receivable for variation margin on swap agreements* | $ | 1,633 | Payable for variation margin on swap agreements* | — | |||||||||
Foreign Currency Risk | Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 37,035 | Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | $ | 192,417 | |||||||||
Interest Rate Risk | Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts* | 17,602 | Payable for variation margin on futures contracts* | 730 | ||||||||||
$ | 56,270 | $ | 193,147 |
*Included in the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts or centrally cleared swap agreements, as applicable, as reported in the Schedule of Investments.
Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations for the Year Ended July 31, 2023
Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |||||||||||||
Type of Risk Exposure | Location on Statement of Operations | Value | Location on Statement of Operations | Value | ||||||||||
Credit Risk | Net realized gain (loss) on swap agreement transactions | $ | 289,598 | Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements | $ | 305,118 | ||||||||
Foreign Currency Risk | Net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions | 1,012,377 | Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | (774,221) | ||||||||||
Interest Rate Risk | Net realized gain (loss) on futures contract transactions | (1,590,329) | Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts | (723,541) | ||||||||||
$ | (288,354) | $ | (1,192,644) |
8. Risk Factors
The value of the fund’s shares will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, based on the performance of the securities owned by the fund and other factors generally affecting the securities market. Market risks, including political, regulatory, economic and social developments, can affect the value of the fund’s investments. Natural disasters, public health emergencies, war, terrorism and other unforeseeable events may lead to increased market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally.
There are certain risks involved in investing in foreign securities. These risks include those resulting from political events (such as civil unrest, national elections and imposition of exchange controls), social and economic events (such as labor strikes and rising inflation), and natural disasters. Securities of foreign issuers may be less liquid and more volatile. Investing in emerging markets or a significant portion of assets in one country or region may accentuate these risks.
The fund may invest in instruments that have variable or floating coupon rates based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). LIBOR is a benchmark interest rate intended to be representative of the rate at which certain major international banks lend to one another over short-terms. Financial institutions have started the process of phasing out LIBOR and the transition process to a replacement rate may lead to increased volatility or illiquidity in markets for instruments that rely on LIBOR. This could result in a change to the value of such instruments or a change in the cost of temporary borrowing for the fund.
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9. Federal Tax Information
The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended July 31, 2023 and July 31, 2022 were as follows:
2023 | 2022 | |||||||
Distributions Paid From | ||||||||
Ordinary income | $ | 10,161,407 | $ | 30,094,483 | ||||
Long-term capital gains | $ | 22,172,554 | $ | 59,511,555 |
The book-basis character of distributions made during the year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. These differences reflect the differing character of certain income items and net realized gains and losses for financial statement and tax purposes, and may result in reclassification among certain capital accounts on the financial statements.
As of period end, the federal tax cost of investments and the components of distributable earnings on a tax-basis were as follows:
Federal tax cost of investments | $ | 564,718,505 | |||
Gross tax appreciation of investments | $ | 124,269,245 | |||
Gross tax depreciation of investments | (20,836,189) | ||||
Net tax appreciation (depreciation) of investments | 103,433,056 | ||||
Net tax appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | 386,842 | ||||
Net tax appreciation (depreciation) | $ | 103,819,898 | |||
Other book-to-tax adjustments | $ | (4,964) | |||
Undistributed ordinary income | $ | 5,718,909 | |||
Accumulated long-term gains | $ | 3,487,020 |
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales. Other book-to-tax adjustments are attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on straddle positions.
10. Investments in Affiliated Funds
The fund does not invest in an affiliated fund for the purpose of exercising management or control; however, investments by the fund within its investment strategy may represent a significant portion of an affiliated fund's net assets.
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11. Affiliated Fund Transactions
A summary of transactions for each affiliated fund for the period ended July 31, 2023 follows (amounts in thousands):
Affiliated Fund(1) | Beginning Value | Purchase Cost | Sales Cost | Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Ending Value | Ending Shares | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Distributions Received(2) | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century Diversified Corporate Bond ETF | $ | 13,697 | — | — | $ | (534) | $ | 13,163 | 288 | — | $ | 502 | ||||||||||||||
American Century Emerging Markets Bond ETF | 5,183 | — | — | (125) | 5,058 | 133 | — | 289 | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century Focused Dynamic Growth ETF(3) | 31,492 | $ | 4,168 | $ | 2,724 | 5,435 | 38,371 | 558 | $ | (409) | — | |||||||||||||||
American Century Focused Large Cap Value ETF | 42,099 | 1,704 | 4,040 | 284 | 40,047 | 663 | 925 | 1,923 | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century Multisector Income ETF | 23,858 | — | — | (1,124) | 22,734 | 532 | — | 1,094 | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century Quality Diversified International ETF | 28,343 | 2,571 | 1,620 | 3,654 | 32,948 | 722 | (255) | 1,034 | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century Short Duration Strategic Income ETF | — | 3,580 | — | 9 | 3,589 | 71 | — | 116 | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF(5) | 32,960 | 3,094 | 3,152 | 4,491 | 37,393 | 528 | (336) | 160 | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century U.S. Quality Value ETF(6) | 43,021 | 765 | 4,474 | 1,876 | 41,188 | 813 | (203) | 1,001 | ||||||||||||||||||
Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF(4) | 38,565 | 2,334 | 17,956 | 5,754 | 28,697 | 501 | (2,435) | 953 | ||||||||||||||||||
Avantis International Equity ETF | 28,132 | 772 | 1,227 | 3,372 | 31,049 | 521 | (145) | 814 | ||||||||||||||||||
Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF | 8,393 | 259 | 555 | 696 | 8,793 | 144 | 21 | 271 | ||||||||||||||||||
Avantis U.S. Equity ETF | 44,231 | 554 | 3,467 | 3,032 | 44,350 | 565 | 1,227 | 664 | ||||||||||||||||||
Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF(4) | 16,012 | 81 | 4,699 | (1,231) | 10,163 | 121 | 2,251 | 200 | ||||||||||||||||||
$ | 355,986 | $ | 19,882 | $ | 43,914 | $ | 25,589 | $ | 357,543 | 6,160 | $ | 641 | $ | 9,021 |
(1)Investments are funds within the American Century Investments family of funds and are considered affiliated funds. Additional information and attributes of each affiliated fund are available at americancentury.com or avantisinvestors.com.
(2)Distributions received includes distributions from net investment income and from capital gains, if any.
(3)Non-income producing.
(4)Security, or a portion thereof, is on loan.
(5)Effective May 31, 2023, the name of American Century STOXX® U.S. Quality Growth ETF was changed to American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF.
(6)Effective May 31, 2023, the name of American Century STOXX® U.S. Quality Value ETF was changed to American Century U.S. Quality Value ETF.
Financial Highlights |
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Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations*: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investor Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $7.20 | 0.13 | 0.42 | 0.55 | (0.11) | (0.25) | (0.36) | $7.39 | 8.35% | 0.63% | 1.17% | 1.85% | 1.31% | 28% | $249,998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.09 | 0.13 | (0.93) | (0.80) | (0.14) | (0.95) | (1.09) | $7.20 | (10.38)% | 0.63% | 1.17% | 1.61% | 1.07% | 36% | $250,891 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $7.45 | 0.08 | 2.09 | 2.17 | (0.06) | (0.47) | (0.53) | $9.09 | 30.04% | 0.67% | 1.16% | 0.95% | 0.46% | 44% | $316,039 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $7.91 | 0.08 | 0.58 | 0.66 | (0.13) | (0.99) | (1.12) | $7.45 | 8.82% | 0.84% | 1.16% | 1.06% | 0.74% | 109% | $262,987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.57 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.21 | (0.10) | (0.77) | (0.87) | $7.91 | 3.96% | 1.11% | 1.16% | 1.27% | 1.22% | 78% | $300,544 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $7.13 | 0.14 | 0.42 | 0.56 | (0.13) | (0.25) | (0.38) | $7.31 | 8.51% | 0.43% | 0.97% | 2.05% | 1.51% | 28% | $57,065 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.02 | 0.15 | (0.93) | (0.78) | (0.16) | (0.95) | (1.11) | $7.13 | (10.28)% | 0.43% | 0.97% | 1.81% | 1.27% | 36% | $60,934 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $7.40 | 0.10 | 2.07 | 2.17 | (0.08) | (0.47) | (0.55) | $9.02 | 30.42% | 0.47% | 0.96% | 1.15% | 0.66% | 44% | $55,466 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $7.86 | 0.09 | 0.59 | 0.68 | (0.15) | (0.99) | (1.14) | $7.40 | 8.97% | 0.64% | 0.96% | 1.26% | 0.94% | 109% | $46,105 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.52 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.22 | (0.11) | (0.77) | (0.88) | $7.86 | 4.22% | 0.91% | 0.96% | 1.47% | 1.42% | 78% | $52,389 |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended July 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Income From Investment Operations*: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $7.28 | 0.11 | 0.44 | 0.55 | (0.10) | (0.25) | (0.35) | $7.48 | 8.12% | 0.88% | 1.42% | 1.60% | 1.06% | 28% | $146,576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.18 | 0.11 | (0.94) | (0.83) | (0.12) | (0.95) | (1.07) | $7.28 | (10.64)% | 0.88% | 1.42% | 1.36% | 0.82% | 36% | $144,188 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $7.52 | 0.06 | 2.11 | 2.17 | (0.04) | (0.47) | (0.51) | $9.18 | 29.69% | 0.92% | 1.41% | 0.70% | 0.21% | 44% | $177,147 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $7.97 | 0.06 | 0.59 | 0.65 | (0.11) | (0.99) | (1.10) | $7.52 | 8.58% | 1.09% | 1.41% | 0.81% | 0.49% | 109% | $147,856 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.63 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.19 | (0.08) | (0.77) | (0.85) | $7.97 | 3.66% | 1.36% | 1.41% | 1.02% | 0.97% | 78% | $168,774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
C Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $7.00 | 0.06 | 0.41 | 0.47 | (0.04) | (0.25) | (0.29) | $7.18 | 7.29% | 1.63% | 2.17% | 0.85% | 0.31% | 28% | $14,782 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $8.86 | 0.05 | (0.91) | (0.86) | (0.05) | (0.95) | (1.00) | $7.00 | (11.30)% | 1.63% | 2.17% | 0.61% | 0.07% | 36% | $16,652 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $7.29 | (0.01) | 2.05 | 2.04 | — | (0.47) | (0.47) | $8.86 | 28.76% | 1.67% | 2.16% | (0.05)% | (0.54)% | 44% | $23,338 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $7.75 | —(3) | 0.58 | 0.58 | (0.05) | (0.99) | (1.04) | $7.29 | 7.80% | 1.84% | 2.16% | 0.06% | (0.26)% | 109% | $29,423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.41 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.13 | (0.02) | (0.77) | (0.79) | $7.75 | 2.91% | 2.11% | 2.16% | 0.27% | 0.22% | 78% | $36,620 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $7.27 | 0.09 | 0.43 | 0.52 | (0.08) | (0.25) | (0.33) | $7.46 | 7.71% | 1.13% | 1.67% | 1.35% | 0.81% | 28% | $14,296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.17 | 0.09 | (0.95) | (0.86) | (0.09) | (0.95) | (1.04) | $7.27 | (10.88)% | 1.13% | 1.67% | 1.11% | 0.57% | 36% | $15,518 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $7.51 | 0.04 | 2.11 | 2.15 | (0.02) | (0.47) | (0.49) | $9.17 | 29.58% | 1.17% | 1.66% | 0.45% | (0.04)% | 44% | $18,729 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $7.96 | 0.04 | 0.59 | 0.63 | (0.09) | (0.99) | (1.08) | $7.51 | 8.16% | 1.34% | 1.66% | 0.56% | 0.24% | 109% | $16,353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.61 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.18 | (0.06) | (0.77) | (0.83) | $7.96 | 3.51% | 1.61% | 1.66% | 0.77% | 0.72% | 78% | $17,858 |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended July 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations*: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R5 Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $7.13 | 0.15 | 0.42 | 0.57 | (0.13) | (0.25) | (0.38) | $7.32 | 8.66% | 0.43% | 0.97% | 2.05% | 1.51% | 28% | $22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.02 | 0.15 | (0.93) | (0.78) | (0.16) | (0.95) | (1.11) | $7.13 | (10.28)% | 0.43% | 0.97% | 1.81% | 1.27% | 36% | $16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $7.40 | 0.10 | 2.07 | 2.17 | (0.08) | (0.47) | (0.55) | $9.02 | 30.24% | 0.47% | 0.96% | 1.15% | 0.66% | 44% | $15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $7.86 | 0.09 | 0.59 | 0.68 | (0.15) | (0.99) | (1.14) | $7.40 | 9.11% | 0.64% | 0.96% | 1.26% | 0.94% | 109% | $10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.53 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.21 | (0.11) | (0.77) | (0.88) | $7.86 | 4.08% | 0.91% | 0.96% | 1.47% | 1.42% | 78% | $8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R6 Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $7.11 | 0.15 | 0.42 | 0.57 | (0.14) | (0.25) | (0.39) | $7.29 | 8.71% | 0.28% | 0.82% | 2.20% | 1.66% | 28% | $183,818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $8.99 | 0.16 | (0.92) | (0.76) | (0.17) | (0.95) | (1.12) | $7.11 | (10.05)% | 0.28% | 0.82% | 1.96% | 1.42% | 36% | $162,186 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $7.38 | 0.11 | 2.06 | 2.17 | (0.09) | (0.47) | (0.56) | $8.99 | 30.57% | 0.32% | 0.81% | 1.30% | 0.81% | 44% | $268,579 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $7.84 | 0.10 | 0.59 | 0.69 | (0.16) | (0.99) | (1.15) | $7.38 | 9.18% | 0.49% | 0.81% | 1.41% | 1.09% | 109% | $213,077 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.51 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.23 | (0.13) | (0.77) | (0.90) | $7.84 | 4.27% | 0.76% | 0.81% | 1.62% | 1.57% | 78% | $200,468 |
Notes to Financial Highlights |
(1)Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
(2)Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day and do not reflect applicable sales charges, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
(3)Per-share amount was less than $0.005.
*The amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period may not correlate with the Statement(s) of Operations or precisely reflect the class expense differentials due to the timing of transactions in shares of a fund in relation to income earned and/or fluctuations in the fair value of a fund's investments.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of American Century Strategic Asset Allocations, Inc.:
Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Strategic Allocation: Aggressive Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the American Century Strategic Asset Allocations, Inc., as of July 31, 2023, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Strategic Allocation: Aggressive Fund of the American Century Strategic Asset Allocations, Inc. as of July 31, 2023, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of July 31, 2023, by correspondence with the custodian, the transfer agent, and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
September 18, 2023
We have served as the auditor of one or more American Century investment companies since 1997.
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Management |
The Board of Directors
The individuals listed below serve as directors of the funds. Each director will continue to serve in this capacity until death, retirement, resignation or removal from office. The board has adopted a mandatory retirement age for directors who are not “interested persons,” as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act (independent directors). Independent directors shall retire on December 31 of the year in which they reach their 75th birthday.
Jonathan S. Thomas is an “interested person” because he currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC), the parent company of American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM or the advisor). The other directors (more than three-fourths of the total number) are independent. They are not employees, directors or officers of, and have no financial interest in, ACC or any of its wholly owned, direct or indirect, subsidiaries, including ACIM, American Century Investment Services, Inc. (ACIS) and American Century Services, LLC (ACS), and they do not have any other affiliations, positions or relationships that would cause them to be considered “interested persons” under the Investment Company Act. The directors serve in this capacity for seven (in the case of Jonathan S. Thomas, 16; and Stephen E. Yates, 8) registered investment companies in the American Century Investments family of funds.
The following table presents additional information about the directors. The mailing address for each director is 4500 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.
Name (Year of Birth) | Position(s) Held with Funds | Length of Time Served | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | Number of American Century Portfolios Overseen by Director | Other Directorships Held During Past 5 Years | ||||||||||||
Independent Directors | |||||||||||||||||
Brian Bulatao (1964) | Director | Since 2022 | Chief Administrative Officer, Activision Blizzard, Inc. (2021 to present); Under Secretary of State for Management, U.S. Department of State (2018 to 2021); Chief Operating Officer, Central Intelligence Agency (2017 to 2018) | 65 | None | ||||||||||||
Thomas W. Bunn (1953) | Director | Since 2017 | Retired | 65 | None | ||||||||||||
Chris H. Cheesman (1962) | Director | Since 2019 | Retired. Senior Vice President & Chief Audit Executive, AllianceBernstein (1999 to 2018) | 65 | Alleghany Corporation (2021 to 2022) | ||||||||||||
Barry Fink (1955) | Director | Since 2012 (independent since 2016) | Retired | 65 | None | ||||||||||||
Rajesh K. Gupta (1960) | Director | Since 2019 | Partner Emeritus, SeaCrest Investment Management and SeaCrest Wealth Management (2019 to present); Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, SeaCrest Investment Management (2006 to 2019); Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, SeaCrest Wealth Management (2008 to 2019) | 65 | None |
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Name (Year of Birth) | Position(s) Held with Funds | Length of Time Served | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | Number of American Century Portfolios Overseen by Director | Other Directorships Held During Past 5 Years | ||||||||||||
Independent Directors | |||||||||||||||||
Lynn Jenkins (1963) | Director | Since 2019 | Consultant, LJ Strategies (2019 to present); United States Representative, U.S. House of Representatives (2009 to 2018) | 65 | MGP Ingredients, Inc. (2019 to 2021) | ||||||||||||
Jan M. Lewis (1957) | Director and Board Chair | Since 2011 (Board Chair since 2022) | Retired | 65 | None | ||||||||||||
Gary C. Meltzer (1963) | Director | Since 2022 | Advisor, Pontoro (2021 to present); Executive Advisor, Consultant and Investor, Harris Ariel Advisory LLC (2020 to present); Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (1985 to 2020) | 65 | ExcelFin Acquisition Corp., Apollo Realty Income Solutions, Inc. | ||||||||||||
Stephen E. Yates (1948) | Director | Since 2012 | Retired | 116 | None | ||||||||||||
Interested Director | |||||||||||||||||
Jonathan S. Thomas (1963) | Director | Since 2007 | President and Chief Executive Officer, ACC (2007 to present). Also serves as Chief Executive Officer, ACS; Director, ACC and other ACC subsidiaries | 148 | None |
The Statement of Additional Information has additional information about the fund's directors and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021.
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Officers
The following table presents certain information about the executive officers of the funds. Each officer serves as an officer for each of the 16 investment companies in the American Century family of funds. No officer is compensated for his or her service as an officer of the funds. The listed officers are interested persons of the funds and are appointed or re-appointed on an annual basis. The mailing address for each officer listed below is 4500 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.
Name (Year of Birth) | Offices with the Funds | Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years | ||||||
Patrick Bannigan (1965) | President since 2019 | Executive Vice President and Director, ACC (2012 to present); Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer, ACC (2015 to present). Also serves as President, ACS; Vice President, ACIM; Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and/or Director, ACIM, ACS and other ACC subsidiaries | ||||||
R. Wes Campbell (1974) | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since 2018 | Vice President, ACS, (2020 to present); Investment Operations and Investment Accounting, ACS (2000 to present) | ||||||
Amy D. Shelton (1964) | Chief Compliance Officer and Vice President since 2014 | Chief Compliance Officer, American Century funds, (2014 to present); Chief Compliance Officer, ACIM (2014 to present); Chief Compliance Officer, ACIS (2009 to present). Also serves as Vice President, ACIS | ||||||
John Pak (1968) | General Counsel and Senior Vice President since 2021 | General Counsel and Senior Vice President, ACC (2021 to present); Also serves as General Counsel and Senior Vice President, ACIM, ACS and ACIS. Chief Legal Officer of Investment and Wealth Management, The Bank of New York Mellon (2014 to 2021) | ||||||
David H. Reinmiller (1963) | Vice President since 2000 | Attorney, ACC (1994 to present). Also serves as Vice President, ACIM and ACS | ||||||
Ward D. Stauffer (1960) | Secretary since 2005 | Attorney, ACC (2003 to present) |
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Approval of Management Agreement |
At a meeting held on June 28, 2023, the Fund’s Board of Directors (the "Board") unanimously approved the renewal of the management agreement pursuant to which American Century Investment Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”) acts as the investment advisor for the Fund. Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”), contracts for investment advisory services are required to be reviewed, evaluated, and approved by a majority of a fund’s Directors, including a majority of the independent Directors.
Prior to its consideration of the renewal of the management agreement, the Directors requested and reviewed data and information compiled by the Advisor and certain independent data providers concerning the Fund. This review was in addition to the oversight and evaluation undertaken by the Board and its committees on a continual basis and the information received was supplemental to the information that the Board and its committees receive and consider over time.
In connection with its consideration of the renewal of the management agreement, the Board’s review and evaluation of the services provided by the Advisor and its affiliates included, but was not limited to
•the nature, extent, and quality of investment management, shareholder services, distribution services, and other services provided to the Fund;
•the wide range of programs and services the Advisor and other service providers provide to the Fund and its shareholders on a routine and non-routine basis;
•the Fund’s investment performance compared to appropriate benchmarks and/or peer groups of other mutual funds with similar investment objectives and strategies;
•the cost of owning the Fund compared to the cost of owning similarly-managed funds;
•the Advisor’s compliance policies, procedures, and regulatory experience and those of certain other service providers;
•the Advisor’s strategic plans, generally, and with respect to areas of heightened regulatory interest in the mutual fund industry and certain recent geopolitical and other issues;
•the Advisor’s business continuity plans, vendor management practices, and information security practices;
•the cost of services provided to the Fund, the profitability of the Fund to the Advisor, and the Advisor’s financial results of operation;
•possible economies of scale associated with the Advisor’s management of the Fund;
•any collateral benefits derived by the Advisor from the management of the Fund;
•fees and expenses associated with any investment by the Fund in other funds;
•payments to intermediaries by the Fund and the Advisor and services provided by intermediaries in connection therewith; and
•services provided and charges to the Advisor's other investment management clients.
The Board held two meetings to consider the renewal. The independent Directors also met in private session multiple times to review and discuss the information provided in response to their request. The independent Directors held active discussions with the Advisor regarding the renewal of the management agreement, requesting supplemental information, and reviewing information provided by the Advisor in response thereto. The independent Directors had the benefit of the advice of their independent counsel throughout the process.
Factors Considered
The Directors considered all of the information provided by the Advisor, the independent data providers, and independent counsel in connection with the approval. They determined that the information was sufficient for them to evaluate the management agreement for the Fund. In connection with their review, the Directors did not identify any single factor as being all-important or controlling, and each Director may have attributed different levels of importance to different factors.
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In deciding to renew the management agreement, the Board based its decision on a number of factors, including without limitation the following:
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services — Generally. Under the management agreement, the Advisor is responsible for providing or arranging for all services necessary for the operation of the Fund. The Board noted that the Advisor provides or arranges at its own expense a wide variety of services which include, without limitation, the following:
•constructing and designing the Fund
•portfolio research and security selection
•initial capitalization/funding
•securities trading
•Fund administration
•custody of Fund assets
•daily valuation of the Fund’s portfolio
•liquidity monitoring and management
•risk management, including information security
•shareholder servicing and transfer agency, including shareholder confirmations, recordkeeping, and communications
•legal services (except the independent Directors’ counsel)
•regulatory and portfolio compliance
•financial reporting
•marketing and distribution (except amounts paid by the Fund under Rule 12b-1 plans)
The Board noted that many of these services have expanded over time in terms of both quantity and complexity in response to shareholder demands, competition in the industry, changing distribution channels, and the changing regulatory environment.
Investment Management Services. The nature of the investment management services provided to the Fund is quite complex and allows Fund shareholders access to professional money management, instant diversification of their investments, the opportunity to easily diversify among asset classes by investing in or exchanging among various American Century Investments funds, and liquidity. In evaluating investment performance, the Board expects the Advisor to manage the Fund in accordance with its investment objectives and principal investment strategies. Further, the Directors recognize that the Advisor has an obligation to monitor trading activities, and in particular to seek the best execution of fund trades, and to evaluate the use of and payment for research. In providing these services, the Advisor utilizes teams of investment professionals who require extensive information technology, research, training, compliance, and other systems to conduct their business. The Board, directly and through its Fund Performance Review Committee, provides oversight of the investment performance process. It regularly reviews investment performance information for the Fund, together with comparative information for appropriate benchmarks and/or peer groups of similarly-managed funds, over different time horizons. The Directors also review investment performance information during the management agreement renewal process. If performance concerns are identified, the Board discusses with the Advisor the reasons for such results and any actions being taken to improve performance and may conduct special reviews until performance improves. The Fund’s performance was above its benchmark for the one-, three-, five-, and ten-year periods reviewed by the Board. In relation to industry peers, the Fund was above the median of its peer performance universe as identified by a third-party service provider for the one-, three-, five-, and ten-year periods. The Board found the investment management services provided by the Advisor to the Fund to be satisfactory and consistent with the management agreement.
Shareholder and Other Services. Under the management agreement, the Advisor provides the Fund with a comprehensive package of transfer agency, shareholder, and other services. The Board, directly and through its various committees, regularly reviews reports and evaluations of such services at its regular meetings. These reports include, but are not limited to, information regarding the operational efficiency and accuracy of the shareholder and transfer agency services provided, staffing levels, shareholder satisfaction, technology support (including information security), new products and services offered to Fund shareholders, securities trading activities,
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portfolio valuation services, auditing services, and legal and operational compliance activities. The Board found the services provided by the Advisor to the Fund under the management agreement to be competitive and of high quality.
Costs of Services and Profitability. The Advisor provides detailed information concerning its cost of providing various services to the Fund, its profitability in managing the Fund (pre- and post-distribution), and its financial results of operation. The Directors have reviewed with the Advisor the methodology used to prepare this financial information. This information is considered in evaluating the Advisor’s financial condition, its ability to continue to provide services under the management agreement, and the reasonableness of the terms of the current management agreement. The Board concluded that the Advisor’s profits were reasonable in light of the services provided to the Fund.
Ethics. The Board generally considers the Advisor’s commitment to providing quality services to shareholders and to conducting its business ethically. They noted that the Advisor’s practices generally meet or exceed industry best practices.
Economies of Scale. The Board also reviewed information provided by the Advisor regarding the possible existence of economies of scale in connection with the management of the Fund. The Board concluded that economies of scale are difficult to measure and predict with precision, especially on a fund-by-fund basis. The Board concluded that the Advisor is sharing economies of scale, to the extent they exist, through its fee structure, and through reinvestment in its business, infrastructure, investment capabilities and initiatives to provide shareholders enhanced and expanded content and services.
Comparison to Other Funds’ Fees. The management agreement provides that the Fund pays the Advisor a single, all-inclusive (or unified) management fee for providing all services necessary for the management and operation of the Fund, other than brokerage and other transaction fees and expenses relating to acquisition and disposition of portfolio securities, acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest, extraordinary expenses, fund litigation expenses, fees and expenses of the Fund’s independent Directors (including their independent legal counsel), and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Investment Company Act Rule 12b-1. Under the unified fee structure, the Advisor is responsible for providing all investment advisory, custody, audit, administrative, compliance, recordkeeping, marketing and shareholder services, or arranging and supervising third parties to provide such services. By contrast, most other funds are charged a variety of fees, including an investment advisory fee, a transfer agency fee, an administrative fee, distribution charges, and other expenses. Other than their investment advisory fees and any applicable Rule 12b-1 distribution fees, all other components of the total fees charged by these other funds may be increased without shareholder approval. The Board believes the unified fee structure is a benefit to Fund shareholders because it clearly discloses to shareholders the cost of owning Fund shares, and, since the unified fee cannot be increased without a vote of Fund shareholders, it shifts to the Advisor the risk of increased costs of operating the Fund and provides a direct incentive to minimize administrative inefficiencies. Part of the Board’s analysis of fee levels involves reviewing certain evaluative data compiled by an independent provider comparing the Fund’s unified fee to the total expense ratios of its peers. The unified fee charged to shareholders of the Fund was below the median of the total expense ratios of the Fund’s peer expense universe. In addition, the Board reviewed the Fund’s position relative to the narrower set of its expense group peers. The Board and the Advisor agreed to continue the temporary reduction of the Fund's annual unified management fee such that the Investor Class management fee not exceed 0.79% for at least one year beginning August 1, 2023. The Board concluded that the management fee paid by the Fund to the Advisor under the management agreement is reasonable in light of the services provided to the Fund.
Comparison to Fees and Services Provided to Other Clients of the Advisor. The Board also requested and received information from the Advisor concerning the nature of the services, fees, costs, and profitability of its advisory services to advisory clients other than the Fund. They observed that these varying types of client accounts require different services and involve different
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regulatory and entrepreneurial risks than the management of the Fund. The Board analyzed this information and concluded that the fees charged and services provided to the Fund were reasonable by comparison.
Payments to Intermediaries. The Directors also requested and received a description of payments made to intermediaries by the Fund and the Advisor and services provided in response thereto. These payments include various payments made by the Fund or the Advisor to different types of intermediaries and recordkeepers for distribution and service activities provided for the Fund. The Directors reviewed such information and received representations from the Advisor that all such payments by the Fund were made pursuant to the Fund's Rule 12b-1 Plan and that all such payments by the Advisor were made from the Advisor’s resources and reasonable profits.
Collateral or “Fall-Out” Benefits Derived by the Advisor. The Board considered the possible existence of collateral benefits the Advisor may receive as a result of its relationship with the Fund. They concluded that the Advisor’s primary business is managing funds and it generally does not use fund or shareholder information to generate profits in other lines of business, and therefore does not derive any significant collateral benefits from them. To the extent there are potential collateral benefits, the Board has been advised and has taken this into consideration in its review of the management contract with the Fund. The Board noted that additional assets from other clients may offer the Advisor some benefit from increased leverage with prospective clients, service providers, and counterparties. Additionally, the Advisor may receive proprietary research from broker-dealers that execute fund portfolio transactions, which the Board concluded is likely to benefit other clients of the Advisor, as well as Fund shareholders. The Board also determined that the Advisor is able to provide investment management services to certain clients other than the Fund, at least in part, due to its existing infrastructure built to serve the fund complex. The Board concluded that appropriate allocation methodologies had been employed to assign resources and the cost of those resources to these other clients.
Existing Relationship. The Board also considered whether there was any reason for not continuing the existing arrangement with the Advisor. In this regard, the Board was mindful of the potential disruptions of the Fund’s operations and various risks, uncertainties, and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision not to continue such relationship. In particular, the Board recognized that most shareholders have invested in the Fund on the strength of the Advisor’s industry standing and reputation and in the expectation that the Advisor will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Fund.
Conclusion of the Directors. As a result of this process, the Board, including all of the independent Directors, taking into account all of the factors discussed above and the information provided by the Advisor and others in connection with its review and received over time, determined that the terms of the management agreement are fair and reasonable and that the management fee charged to the Fund is reasonable in light of the services provided and that the management agreement between the Fund and the Advisor should be renewed for an additional one-year period.
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Liquidity Risk Management Program |
The Fund has adopted a liquidity risk management program (the “program”). The Fund’s Board of Directors (the "Board") has designated American Century Investment Management, Inc. (“ACIM”) as the administrator of the program. Personnel of ACIM or its affiliates, including members of ACIM’s Investment Oversight Committee who are members of ACIM’s Investment Management and Global Analytics departments, conduct the day-to-day operation of the program pursuant to the program.
Under the program, ACIM manages the Fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the Fund could not meet shareholder redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining shareholders’ interests in the Fund. This risk is managed by monitoring the degree of liquidity of the Fund’s investments, limiting the amount of the Fund’s illiquid investments, and utilizing various risk management tools and facilities available to the Fund for meeting shareholder redemptions, among other means. ACIM’s process of determining the degree of liquidity of certain investments held by the Fund is supported by a third-party liquidity assessment vendor.
The Board reviewed a report prepared by ACIM regarding the operation and effectiveness of the program for the period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. No significant liquidity events impacting the Fund were noted in the report. In addition, ACIM provided its assessment that the program had been effective in managing the Fund’s liquidity risk.
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Proxy Voting Results |
A special meeting of shareholders was held on October 13, 2022, to vote on the following proposal. The proposal received the required votes and was adopted. A summary of voting results is listed below.
To elect five directors to the Board of Directors of American Century Strategic Asset
Allocations, Inc.:
Affirmative | Withhold | ||||||||||
Brian Bulatao | $ | 723,251,913 | $ | 19,961,799 | |||||||
Chris H. Cheesman | $ | 727,642,487 | $ | 15,571,225 | |||||||
Rajesh K. Gupta | $ | 725,037,253 | $ | 18,176,459 | |||||||
Lynn M. Jenkins | $ | 723,023,283 | $ | 20,190,429 | |||||||
Gary C. Meltzer | $ | 728,965,558 | $ | 14,248,154 |
The other directors whose term of office continued after the meeting include Jonathan S. Thomas, Thomas W. Bunn, Barry Fink, Jan M. Lewis, and Stephen E. Yates.
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Additional Information |
Retirement Account Information
As required by law, distributions you receive from certain retirement accounts are subject to federal income tax withholding at the IRS default rate of 10%.* Tax will be withheld on the total amount withdrawn even though you may be receiving amounts that are not subject to withholding, such as nondeductible contributions. In such case, excess amounts of withholding could occur. You may adjust your withholding election so that a greater or lesser amount will be withheld.
You may elect a different withholding rate, or request zero withholding, by submitting an acceptable IRS Form W-4R election with your distribution request. You may notify us of your W-4R election by telephone, on our distribution forms, on IRS Form W-4R, or through other acceptable electronic means. If your withholding election is for an automatic withdrawal plan, you have the right to revoke your election at any time and any election you make will remain in effect until revoked by filing a new election.
Remember, even if you elect not to have income tax withheld, you are liable for paying income tax on the taxable portion of your withdrawal. If you elect not to have income tax withheld or you don’t have enough income tax withheld, you may be responsible for payment of estimated tax. You may incur penalties under the estimated tax rules if your withholding and estimated tax payments are not sufficient. You can reduce or defer the income tax on a distribution by directly or indirectly rolling such distribution over to another IRA or eligible plan. You should consult your tax advisor for additional information.
State tax will be withheld according to state regulations if, at the time of your distribution, your tax residency is within one of the mandatory withholding states.
*Some 403(b), 457 and qualified retirement plan distributions may be subject to 20% mandatory withholding, as they are subject to special tax and withholding rules. Your plan administrator or plan sponsor is required to provide you with a special tax notice explaining those rules at the time you request a distribution. If applicable, federal and/or state taxes may be withheld from your distribution amount.
Proxy Voting Policies
A description of the policies that the fund's investment advisor uses in exercising the voting rights associated with the securities purchased and/or held by the fund is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. It is also available on American Century Investments’ website at americancentury.com/proxy and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the investment advisor voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on americancentury.com/proxy. It is also available at sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on
Form N-PORT. These portfolio holdings are available on the fund's website at
americancentury.com and, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. The fund’s Form N-PORT
reports are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.
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Other Tax Information
The following information is provided pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
The fund hereby designates up to the maximum amount allowable as qualified dividend income for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023.
For corporate taxpayers, the fund hereby designates $4,630,290, or up to the maximum amount allowable, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023 as
qualified for the corporate dividends received deduction.
The fund hereby designates $22,172,554, or up to the maximum amount allowable, as long-term capital gain distributions (20% rate gain distributions) for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023.
For the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023, the fund intends to pass through to shareholders foreign source income of $1,334,193 and foreign taxes paid of $139,529, or up to the maximum amount allowable, as a foreign tax credit. Foreign source income and foreign tax expense per outstanding share on July 31, 2023 are $0.0147 and $0.0015, respectively.
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Annual Report | |||||
July 31, 2023 | |||||
Strategic Allocation: Conservative Fund | |||||
Investor Class (TWSCX) | |||||
I Class (ACCIX) | |||||
A Class (ACCAX) | |||||
C Class (AACCX) | |||||
R Class (AACRX) | |||||
R5 Class (AACGX) | |||||
R6 Class (AACDX) |
Table of Contents |
President’s Letter | |||||
Performance | |||||
Portfolio Commentary | |||||
Fund Characteristics | |||||
Shareholder Fee Example | |||||
Schedule of Investments | |||||
Statement of Assets and Liabilities | |||||
Statement of Operations | |||||
Statement of Changes in Net Assets | |||||
Notes to Financial Statements | |||||
Financial Highlights | |||||
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | |||||
Management | |||||
Approval of Management Agreement | |||||
Liquidity Risk Management Program | |||||
Proxy Voting Results | |||||
Additional Information | |||||
Any opinions expressed in this report reflect those of the author as of the date of the report, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of American Century Investments® or any other person in the American Century Investments organization. Any such opinions are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and American Century Investments disclaims any responsibility to update such opinions. These opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice and, because investment decisions made by American Century Investments funds are based on numerous factors, may not be relied upon as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any American Century Investments fund. Security examples are used for representational purposes only and are not intended as recommendations to purchase or sell securities. Performance information for comparative indices and securities is provided to American Century Investments by third party vendors. To the best of American Century Investments’ knowledge, such information is accurate at the time of printing.
President’s Letter |
Jonathan Thomas
Dear Investor:
Thank you for reviewing this annual report for the period ended July 31, 2023. Annual reports help convey important information about fund returns, including market factors that affected performance. For additional investment insights, please visit americancentury.com.
Stocks Rallied Despite Ongoing Challenges
After delivering modest gains early in the fiscal year, global stocks—most notably U.S. stocks—rallied through the first seven months of 2023. This bounce back, which occurred despite ongoing volatility and rising interest rates, led to strong 12-month performance for most broad stock indices. Investor expectations for the Federal Reserve (Fed) to conclude its rate-hike campaign largely fueled the optimism.
Inflation’s steady slowdown, mounting recession worries and a series of U.S. regional bank failures prompted investors to regularly recalibrate their monetary policy outlooks. However, with inflation still higher than central bank targets, the Fed and its developed markets peers continued to raise rates through period-end.
In June, the Fed bucked the trend of developed markets central banks and paused after 10 consecutive rate hikes. But the break was short-lived. The central bank resumed its tightening campaign in July, raising rates another quarter point to a range of 5.25% to 5.5%, a 22-year high. Citing still-higher-than-target inflation and still-strong economic data, policymakers left their tightening options open. Inflation remained even higher in the eurozone and the U.K., prompting central bankers there to steadily raise interest rates.
Despite the inflation and rate backdrops, better-than-expected corporate earnings helped the S&P 500 Index return 21% for the seven months ended July 31, 2023. For the 12-month period, the S&P 500 Index returned 13%. Global and style-focused stock index returns were even stronger. Meanwhile, amid high inflation and central bank tightening, government bond yields surged, and global and U.S. bond returns declined for the period.
Remaining Diligent in Uncertain Times
We expect market volatility to linger as investors navigate a complex environment of persistent inflation, tighter financial conditions, banking industry turbulence and recession risk. In addition, increasingly tense geopolitical considerations complicate the market backdrop.
We appreciate your confidence in us during these extraordinary times. American Century Investments has a long history of helping clients weather unpredictable and volatile markets, and we’re confident we will continue to meet today’s challenges.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Thomas
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Century Investments
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Performance |
Total Returns as of July 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Average Annual Returns | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ticker Symbol | 1 year | 5 years | 10 years | Since Inception | Inception Date | ||||||||||||||||||
Investor Class | TWSCX | 3.04% | 4.69% | 4.93% | — | 2/15/96 | |||||||||||||||||
S&P 500 Index | — | 13.02% | 12.19% | 12.65% | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | — | -3.37% | 0.75% | 1.49% | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Month Treasury Bill Index | — | 4.09% | 1.59% | 1.00% | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
I Class | ACCIX | 3.24% | 4.86% | 5.12% | — | 8/1/00 | |||||||||||||||||
A Class | ACCAX | 10/2/96 | |||||||||||||||||||||
No sales charge | 2.77% | 4.39% | 4.65% | — | |||||||||||||||||||
With sales charge | -3.13% | 3.16% | 4.04% | — | |||||||||||||||||||
C Class | AACCX | 2.05% | 3.61% | 3.87% | — | 9/30/04 | |||||||||||||||||
R Class | AACRX | 2.72% | 4.15% | 4.40% | — | 3/31/05 | |||||||||||||||||
R5 Class | AACGX | 3.23% | 4.89% | — | 5.30% | 4/10/17 | |||||||||||||||||
R6 Class | AACDX | 3.40% | 5.02% | 5.29% | — | 7/26/13 |
Average annual returns since inception are presented when ten years of performance history is not available.
Fund returns would have been lower if a portion of the fees had not been waived.
C Class shares will automatically convert to A Class shares after being held for approximately eight years. C Class average annual returns do not reflect this conversion.
Sales charges include initial sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), as applicable. A Class shares have a 5.75% maximum initial sales charge and may be subject to a maximum CDSC of 1.00%. C Class shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase are subject to a maximum CDSC of 1.00%. The SEC requires that mutual funds provide performance information net of maximum sales charges in all cases where charges could be applied.
Data presented reflect past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and redemption value may be more or less than original cost. Data assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, and none of the charts reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-345-2021 or visit americancentury.com. For additional information about the fund, please consult the prospectus.
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Growth of $10,000 Over 10 Years | ||
$10,000 investment made July 31, 2013 | ||
Performance for other share classes will vary due to differences in fee structure. |
Value on July 31, 2023 | |||||
Investor Class — $16,179 | |||||
S&P 500 Index — $32,936 | |||||
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index — $11,601 | |||||
Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Month Treasury Bill Index — $11,048 | |||||
Ending value of Investor Class would have been lower if a portion of the fees had not been waived.
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||
Investor Class | I Class | A Class | C Class | R Class | R5 Class | R6 Class | ||||||||||||||
1.12% | 0.92% | 1.37% | 2.12% | 1.62% | 0.92% | 0.77% |
The total annual fund operating expenses shown is as stated in the fund’s prospectus current as of the date of this report. The prospectus may vary from the expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report because it is based on a different time period, includes acquired fund fees and expenses, and, if applicable, does not include fee waivers or expense reimbursements.
Data presented reflect past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and redemption value may be more or less than original cost. Data assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, and none of the charts reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-345-2021 or visit americancentury.com. For additional information about the fund, please consult the prospectus.
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Portfolio Commentary |
Portfolio Managers: Richard Weiss, Scott Wilson, Radu Gabudean, Vidya Rajappa and Brian Garbe
Performance Summary
Strategic Allocation: Conservative returned 3.04%* for the fiscal period ended July 31, 2023. Because of the fund’s strategic exposure to a variety of asset classes, a review of the financial markets helps provide context around performance for the reporting period.
Market Overview
Global stocks produced strong gains over the past 12 months amid considerable volatility. After falling sharply in the second half of 2022 due to rising inflation, the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) interest rate increases and the ongoing war in Ukraine, stocks staged a strong rebound from October 2022 through period-end. They benefited as inflation eased, concerns about a possible recession faded and corporate earnings mostly beat consensus expectations. Non-U.S. developed markets equities outperformed U.S. stocks, which in turn did better than emerging markets equities.
Bonds produced negative returns, having declined substantially early in the 12-month period before rebounding early in 2023. Nevertheless, stronger-than-expected economic data and the debt ceiling crisis weighed on U.S. government bonds in particular. Corporate bonds held up better, while more economically sensitive high-yield bonds produced positive absolute returns. Non-U.S. bonds outperformed those of the U.S. after hedging out currency effects.
Tactical Positioning
Strategic Allocation: Conservative’s neutral asset mix throughout the period was 45% stocks, 49% bonds and 6% cash-equivalent investments. However, the portfolio’s actual asset weightings varied based on short-term tactical adjustments and fluctuating securities prices.
The value of a diversified approach is clear during periods of intense volatility. As rising interest rates, inflation and recession fears weighed on financial markets for much of 2022, the portfolio’s strategic diversification helped manage volatility. In an effort to add value and improve the fund’s ability to achieve its objective, we made modest adjustments to the asset allocation. Our tactical decisions contributed to performance on the margin, while security selection detracted.
Our decision to favor cash over stocks and long-term bonds had a mixed effect. Continued Fed rate hikes meant cash performed well, while global bonds produced negative absolute returns. It was also beneficial to hold a modest cash overweight relative to stocks amid sharp volatility early in the period. Nevertheless, stocks ultimately produced strong positive returns, so it detracted from performance on the margin to be underweight stocks for the full reporting period.
The portfolio was also underweight real estate investment trusts on a tactical basis because rising mortgage rates, indications of a slowing economy and widening credit spreads undermined their attractiveness. Stock selection and asset allocation decisions in global real estate benefited performance.
*All fund returns referenced in this commentary are for Investor Class shares. Fund returns would have been lower if a portion of the fees had not been waived. Performance for other share classes will vary due to differences in fee structure; when Investor Class performance exceeds that of the fund’s benchmark, other share classes may not. See page 3 for returns for all share classes.
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Fund Characteristics |
JULY 31, 2023 | |||||
Types of Investments in Portfolio | % of net assets | ||||
Affiliated Funds | 36.8% | ||||
U.S. Treasury Securities | 18.9% | ||||
Common Stocks | 18.4% | ||||
Sovereign Governments and Agencies | 5.7% | ||||
Corporate Bonds | 3.9% | ||||
Collateralized Loan Obligations | 2.2% | ||||
Municipal Securities | 0.8% | ||||
Preferred Stocks | 0.5% | ||||
Asset-Backed Securities | 0.5% | ||||
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | 0.3% | ||||
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities | 0.2% | ||||
Exchange-Traded Funds | 0.1% | ||||
Short-Term Investments | 11.6% | ||||
Other Assets and Liabilities | 0.1% |
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Shareholder Fee Example |
Fund shareholders may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and redemption/exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from February 1, 2023 to July 31, 2023.
Actual Expenses
The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each class. You may use the information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. First, identify the share class you own. Then simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
If you hold Investor Class shares of any American Century Investments mutual fund, or I Class shares of the American Century Diversified Bond Fund, in an American Century Investments account (i.e., not through a financial intermediary or employer-sponsored retirement plan account), American Century Investments may charge you a $25 annual account maintenance fee if the value of those shares is less than $10,000. We will redeem shares automatically in one of your accounts to pay the $25 fee. In determining your total eligible investment amount, we will include your investments in all personal accounts (including American Century Investments brokerage accounts) registered under your Social Security number. Personal accounts include individual accounts, joint accounts, UGMA/UTMA accounts, personal trusts, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts and IRAs (including traditional, Roth, Rollover, SEP-, SARSEP- and SIMPLE-IRAs), and certain other retirement accounts. If you have only business, business retirement, employer-sponsored or American Century Investments brokerage accounts, you are currently not subject to this fee. If you are subject to the account maintenance fee, your account value could be reduced by the fee amount.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio of each class of your fund and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return of a fund’s share class. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption/exchange fees. Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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Beginning Account Value 2/1/23 | Ending Account Value 7/31/23 | Expenses Paid During Period(1) 2/1/23 - 7/31/23 | Annualized Expense Ratio(1) | |||||||||||
Actual | ||||||||||||||
Investor Class | $1,000 | $1,021.30 | $3.61 | 0.72% | ||||||||||
I Class | $1,000 | $1,022.30 | $2.61 | 0.52% | ||||||||||
A Class | $1,000 | $1,020.10 | $4.86 | 0.97% | ||||||||||
C Class | $1,000 | $1,016.80 | $8.60 | 1.72% | ||||||||||
R Class | $1,000 | $1,020.90 | $6.11 | 1.22% | ||||||||||
R5 Class | $1,000 | $1,022.30 | $2.61 | 0.52% | ||||||||||
R6 Class | $1,000 | $1,023.10 | $1.86 | 0.37% | ||||||||||
Hypothetical | ||||||||||||||
Investor Class | $1,000 | $1,021.22 | $3.61 | 0.72% | ||||||||||
I Class | $1,000 | $1,022.22 | $2.61 | 0.52% | ||||||||||
A Class | $1,000 | $1,019.98 | $4.86 | 0.97% | ||||||||||
C Class | $1,000 | $1,016.27 | $8.60 | 1.72% | ||||||||||
R Class | $1,000 | $1,018.75 | $6.11 | 1.22% | ||||||||||
R5 Class | $1,000 | $1,022.22 | $2.61 | 0.52% | ||||||||||
R6 Class | $1,000 | $1,022.96 | $1.86 | 0.37% |
(1)Expenses are equal to the class's annualized expense ratio listed in the table above, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181, the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365, to reflect the one-half year period. Annualized expense ratio reflects actual expenses, including any applicable fee waivers or expense reimbursements and excluding any acquired fund fees and expenses.
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Schedule of Investments |
JULY 31, 2023
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
AFFILIATED FUNDS(1) — 36.8% | |||||||||||
American Century Diversified Corporate Bond ETF | 389,060 | $ | 17,764,207 | ||||||||
American Century Emerging Markets Bond ETF | 155,611 | 5,913,358 | |||||||||
American Century Focused Dynamic Growth ETF(2) | 61,523 | 4,229,706 | |||||||||
American Century Focused Large Cap Value ETF | 103,123 | 6,233,352 | |||||||||
American Century Multisector Income ETF | 351,777 | 15,038,467 | |||||||||
American Century Quality Diversified International ETF | 209,807 | 9,578,760 | |||||||||
American Century Short Duration Strategic Income ETF | 31,790 | 1,607,989 | |||||||||
American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF | 200,809 | 14,211,253 | |||||||||
American Century U.S. Quality Value ETF | 369,298 | 18,705,793 | |||||||||
Avantis International Equity ETF | 174,696 | 10,413,629 | |||||||||
Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF | 30,618 | 1,864,942 | |||||||||
Avantis U.S. Equity ETF | 186,660 | 14,650,943 | |||||||||
Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF | 32,739 | 2,757,606 | |||||||||
TOTAL AFFILIATED FUNDS (Cost $105,663,512) | 122,970,005 | ||||||||||
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES — 18.9% | |||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 4.50%, 5/15/38 | $ | 1,000,000 | 1,059,629 | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 2.25%, 5/15/41 | 1,250,000 | 943,701 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 2.00%, 11/15/41 | 1,350,000 | 969,442 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 2.375%, 2/15/42 | 7,000,000 | 5,342,285 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.00%, 5/15/42 | 430,000 | 362,519 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 2.50%, 2/15/45 | 1,700,000 | 1,286,521 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.00%, 5/15/45 | 600,000 | 495,199 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.00%, 11/15/45 | 850,000 | 699,656 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 1.875%, 2/15/51 | 1,000,000 | 642,461 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 2.375%, 1/15/25 | 2,500,817 | 2,472,495 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 2.375%, 1/15/27 | 452,424 | 455,318 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 0.75%, 2/15/42 | 672,965 | 563,576 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 0.625%, 2/15/43 | 661,400 | 532,512 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 0.75%, 2/15/45 | 3,551,653 | 2,876,452 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 0.875%, 2/15/47 | 629,945 | 517,412 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 0.125%, 2/15/51 | 817,698 | 530,268 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes, 0.125%, 7/15/24 | 11,207,263 | 10,884,981 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes, 0.125%, 10/15/24 | 2,548,567 | 2,459,510 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes, 0.125%, 4/15/25 | 4,768,511 | 4,544,678 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes, 0.375%, 1/15/27 | 251,804 | 236,833 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes, 0.125%, 4/15/27 | 3,522,248 | 3,273,070 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes, 0.50%, 1/15/28 | 4,315,325 | 4,054,383 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes, 0.875%, 1/15/29 | 3,011,125 | 2,866,171 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes, 0.125%, 1/15/30 | 7,092,420 | 6,388,634 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes, 0.125%, 1/15/32 | 3,274,933 | 2,881,274 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.25%, 8/15/27 | 300,000 | 277,342 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.50%, 4/30/30 | 1,100,000 | 1,062,059 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.625%, 5/15/30 | 1,250,000 | 997,705 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.875%, 2/15/32(3) | 4,200,000 | 3,567,703 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.375%, 5/15/33 | 20,000 | 19,080 | |||||||||
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES (Cost $71,619,382) | 63,262,869 |
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Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 18.4% | |||||||||||
Aerospace and Defense — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Airbus SE | 761 | $ | 112,095 | ||||||||
CAE, Inc.(2) | 4,764 | 108,853 | |||||||||
Curtiss-Wright Corp. | 1,219 | 233,268 | |||||||||
General Dynamics Corp. | 381 | 85,184 | |||||||||
HEICO Corp. | 926 | 162,958 | |||||||||
Hensoldt AG | 420 | 14,280 | |||||||||
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | 957 | 219,794 | |||||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 340 | 151,766 | |||||||||
Melrose Industries PLC | 20,208 | 137,527 | |||||||||
Mercury Systems, Inc.(2) | 460 | 17,471 | |||||||||
QinetiQ Group PLC | 1,922 | 7,958 | |||||||||
1,251,154 | |||||||||||
Air Freight and Logistics — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Cargojet, Inc.(4) | 282 | 20,729 | |||||||||
Cia de Distribucion Integral Logista Holdings SA | 798 | 22,204 | |||||||||
GXO Logistics, Inc.(2) | 261 | 17,505 | |||||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 681 | 127,436 | |||||||||
187,874 | |||||||||||
Automobile Components — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Aptiv PLC(2) | 3,711 | 406,317 | |||||||||
BorgWarner, Inc. | 3,411 | 158,612 | |||||||||
Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA | 3,806 | 124,635 | |||||||||
Continental AG | 1,708 | 136,366 | |||||||||
Forvia(2) | 842 | 21,159 | |||||||||
Fox Factory Holding Corp.(2) | 236 | 26,408 | |||||||||
Gentherm, Inc.(2) | 235 | 14,046 | |||||||||
Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. | 703 | 128,450 | |||||||||
Linamar Corp. | 2,391 | 138,747 | |||||||||
Mobileye Global, Inc., Class A(2) | 2,627 | 100,299 | |||||||||
Nifco, Inc. | 700 | 20,864 | |||||||||
Toyo Tire Corp. | 1,200 | 16,248 | |||||||||
1,292,151 | |||||||||||
Automobiles — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG | 1,333 | 162,559 | |||||||||
Ferrari NV | 545 | 174,720 | |||||||||
Mercedes-Benz Group AG | 3,139 | 250,690 | |||||||||
Tesla, Inc.(2) | 699 | 186,933 | |||||||||
Volvo Car AB, Class B(2) | 15,717 | 77,689 | |||||||||
852,591 | |||||||||||
Banks — 0.7% | |||||||||||
AIB Group PLC | 4,155 | 19,544 | |||||||||
Banco Bradesco SA | 59,674 | 187,398 | |||||||||
Banco do Brasil SA | 9,300 | 94,854 | |||||||||
Bank Central Asia Tbk PT | 289,600 | 175,391 | |||||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 4,263 | 136,416 | |||||||||
Barclays PLC | 74,194 | 147,224 | |||||||||
BNP Paribas SA | 1,754 | 115,672 | |||||||||
BPER Banca | 6,580 | 22,769 | |||||||||
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. | 6,604 | 43,784 |
10
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. | 243 | $ | 12,923 | ||||||||
First Hawaiian, Inc. | 7,677 | 158,837 | |||||||||
Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. | 800 | 19,277 | |||||||||
HDFC Bank Ltd., ADR | 2,102 | 143,525 | |||||||||
HSBC Holdings PLC | 22,800 | 190,805 | |||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1,437 | 226,988 | |||||||||
Jyske Bank A/S(2) | 255 | 19,289 | |||||||||
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. | 1,551 | 98,209 | |||||||||
Regions Financial Corp. | 4,790 | 97,572 | |||||||||
Standard Chartered PLC (London) | 6,541 | 62,830 | |||||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 5,582 | 185,434 | |||||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 2,967 | 117,731 | |||||||||
UniCredit SpA | 1,056 | 26,738 | |||||||||
Westamerica Bancorporation | 1,256 | 61,783 | |||||||||
2,364,993 | |||||||||||
Beverages — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Celsius Holdings, Inc.(2) | 2,012 | 291,136 | |||||||||
Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc.(2) | 1,532 | 19,273 | |||||||||
MGP Ingredients, Inc. | 288 | 32,835 | |||||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 1,204 | 225,702 | |||||||||
568,946 | |||||||||||
Biotechnology — 0.4% | |||||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 1,145 | 171,269 | |||||||||
ADMA Biologics, Inc.(2) | 1,723 | 7,151 | |||||||||
Alkermes PLC(2) | 607 | 17,773 | |||||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 392 | 91,787 | |||||||||
Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 8,415 | 114,612 | |||||||||
Arcus Biosciences, Inc.(2) | 209 | 4,159 | |||||||||
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.(2)(4) | 564 | 6,153 | |||||||||
Biohaven Ltd.(2) | 479 | 9,523 | |||||||||
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(2) | 1,086 | 95,492 | |||||||||
Blueprint Medicines Corp.(2) | 232 | 15,312 | |||||||||
Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.(2) | 233 | 8,157 | |||||||||
Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 179 | 6,329 | |||||||||
Centessa Pharmaceuticals PLC, ADR(2)(4) | 719 | 5,680 | |||||||||
Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.(2)(4) | 304 | 9,299 | |||||||||
CSL Ltd. | 630 | 113,473 | |||||||||
Cytokinetics, Inc.(2) | 4,077 | 135,968 | |||||||||
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 562 | 24,144 | |||||||||
ImmunoGen, Inc.(2) | 694 | 12,367 | |||||||||
Insmed, Inc.(2) | 640 | 14,138 | |||||||||
Karuna Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 39 | 7,791 | |||||||||
Keros Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 212 | 8,879 | |||||||||
Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.(2)(4) | 221 | 4,836 | |||||||||
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(2) | 49 | 10,060 | |||||||||
Mineralys Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 457 | 6,457 | |||||||||
Natera, Inc.(2) | 506 | 22,881 | |||||||||
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(2) | 1,909 | 194,508 | |||||||||
Relay Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 324 | 4,082 | |||||||||
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 1,135 | 123,023 | |||||||||
Vaxcyte, Inc.(2) | 352 | 16,917 |
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Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(2) | 159 | $ | 56,022 | ||||||||
Viking Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 2,908 | 42,166 | |||||||||
Vitrolife AB | 613 | 9,096 | |||||||||
1,369,504 | |||||||||||
Broadline Retail — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.(2) | 10,700 | 136,739 | |||||||||
Amazon.com, Inc.(2) | 2,723 | 364,011 | |||||||||
B&M European Value Retail SA | 2,629 | 18,673 | |||||||||
Etsy, Inc.(2) | 309 | 31,410 | |||||||||
JD.com, Inc., Class A | 3,873 | 80,185 | |||||||||
Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(2) | 351 | 25,581 | |||||||||
Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd. | 300 | 3,895 | |||||||||
Savers Value Village, Inc.(2) | 175 | 4,230 | |||||||||
664,724 | |||||||||||
Building Products — 0.3% | |||||||||||
AZEK Co., Inc.(2) | 1,155 | 36,036 | |||||||||
Cie de Saint-Gobain | 4,734 | 320,167 | |||||||||
Hayward Holdings, Inc.(2) | 2,342 | 31,289 | |||||||||
JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.(2) | 1,857 | 33,073 | |||||||||
Johnson Controls International PLC | 2,348 | 163,303 | |||||||||
Masco Corp. | 1,220 | 74,030 | |||||||||
Trane Technologies PLC | 967 | 192,859 | |||||||||
Trex Co., Inc.(2) | 223 | 15,418 | |||||||||
866,175 | |||||||||||
Capital Markets — 0.8% | |||||||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 261 | 90,945 | |||||||||
Ares Management Corp., Class A | 2,144 | 212,728 | |||||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 7,275 | 329,994 | |||||||||
BlackRock, Inc. | 149 | 110,089 | |||||||||
Charles Schwab Corp. | 1,411 | 93,267 | |||||||||
Evercore, Inc., Class A | 87 | 11,750 | |||||||||
Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A | 290 | 25,645 | |||||||||
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 632 | 72,554 | |||||||||
Intermediate Capital Group PLC | 811 | 14,637 | |||||||||
Julius Baer Group Ltd. | 1,290 | 91,367 | |||||||||
London Stock Exchange Group PLC | 1,831 | 198,837 | |||||||||
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. | 996 | 228,442 | |||||||||
M&A Capital Partners Co. Ltd.(2) | 500 | 10,255 | |||||||||
Man Group PLC | 7,061 | 21,646 | |||||||||
Morgan Stanley | 2,509 | 229,724 | |||||||||
MSCI, Inc. | 513 | 281,165 | |||||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 4,697 | 376,324 | |||||||||
S&P Global, Inc. | 212 | 83,636 | |||||||||
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 1,845 | 227,415 | |||||||||
2,710,420 | |||||||||||
Chemicals — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Air Liquide SA | 882 | 158,578 | |||||||||
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 269 | 82,134 | |||||||||
Akzo Nobel NV | 2,456 | 210,106 | |||||||||
Avient Corp. | 3,573 | 144,814 | |||||||||
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(2) | 848 | 27,136 |
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Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
DSM-Firmenich AG | 1,487 | $ | 163,910 | ||||||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 351 | 64,282 | |||||||||
Element Solutions, Inc. | 7,958 | 166,800 | |||||||||
Kansai Paint Co. Ltd. | 1,300 | 21,309 | |||||||||
Linde PLC | 508 | 198,460 | |||||||||
Perimeter Solutions SA(2) | 2,237 | 12,438 | |||||||||
Sika AG | 363 | 112,979 | |||||||||
Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co. Ltd. | 200 | 12,632 | |||||||||
1,375,578 | |||||||||||
Commercial Services and Supplies — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Clean Harbors, Inc.(2) | 168 | 27,932 | |||||||||
Driven Brands Holdings, Inc.(2) | 1,340 | 34,666 | |||||||||
Elis SA | 1,548 | 31,982 | |||||||||
GFL Environmental, Inc. | 3,629 | 123,894 | |||||||||
Healthcare Services Group, Inc. | 1,948 | 24,564 | |||||||||
Rentokil Initial PLC | 16,018 | 130,613 | |||||||||
Republic Services, Inc. | 2,032 | 307,055 | |||||||||
SPIE SA | 928 | 27,857 | |||||||||
708,563 | |||||||||||
Communications Equipment — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Arista Networks, Inc.(2) | 644 | 99,878 | |||||||||
Ciena Corp.(2) | 372 | 15,698 | |||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 3,312 | 172,357 | |||||||||
F5, Inc.(2) | 1,139 | 180,235 | |||||||||
Juniper Networks, Inc. | 4,018 | 111,701 | |||||||||
579,869 | |||||||||||
Construction and Engineering — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Balfour Beatty PLC | 4,961 | 22,279 | |||||||||
Construction Partners, Inc., Class A(2) | 725 | 21,315 | |||||||||
Eiffage SA | 1,311 | 136,393 | |||||||||
Sacyr SA | 6,430 | 21,982 | |||||||||
SNC-Lavalin Group, Inc.(4) | 338 | 9,820 | |||||||||
Vinci SA | 1,504 | 176,641 | |||||||||
388,430 | |||||||||||
Construction Materials† | |||||||||||
Eagle Materials, Inc. | 122 | 22,493 | |||||||||
Summit Materials, Inc., Class A(2) | 469 | 16,969 | |||||||||
Taiheiyo Cement Corp. | 700 | 14,619 | |||||||||
54,081 | |||||||||||
Consumer Finance† | |||||||||||
American Express Co. | 473 | 79,880 | |||||||||
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 0.4% | |||||||||||
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(2) | 205 | 13,593 | |||||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 171 | 95,875 | |||||||||
CP ALL PCL | 52,500 | 97,118 | |||||||||
Dollar Tree, Inc.(2) | 1,766 | 272,547 | |||||||||
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(2) | 646 | 21,609 | |||||||||
Kobe Bussan Co. Ltd. | 400 | 10,650 | |||||||||
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV | 8,487 | 292,535 | |||||||||
Kroger Co. | 1,889 | 91,881 | |||||||||
MatsukiyoCocokara & Co. | 400 | 23,409 |
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Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Redcare Pharmacy NV(2) | 124 | $ | 14,377 | ||||||||
Sysco Corp. | 1,873 | 142,929 | |||||||||
Target Corp. | 752 | 102,625 | |||||||||
1,179,148 | |||||||||||
Containers and Packaging — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Amcor PLC | 19,160 | 196,581 | |||||||||
AptarGroup, Inc. | 145 | 17,612 | |||||||||
Avery Dennison Corp. | 897 | 165,057 | |||||||||
Ball Corp. | 1,256 | 73,714 | |||||||||
DS Smith PLC | 14,285 | 56,795 | |||||||||
O-I Glass, Inc.(2) | 759 | 17,427 | |||||||||
Packaging Corp. of America | 1,845 | 282,931 | |||||||||
Smurfit Kappa Group PLC | 4,947 | 195,758 | |||||||||
Sonoco Products Co. | 1,194 | 70,016 | |||||||||
Verallia SA | 955 | 42,331 | |||||||||
1,118,222 | |||||||||||
Distributors† | |||||||||||
D'ieteren Group | 51 | 8,907 | |||||||||
LKQ Corp. | 1,643 | 90,020 | |||||||||
98,927 | |||||||||||
Diversified Consumer Services† | |||||||||||
European Wax Center, Inc., Class A(2) | 1,099 | 21,288 | |||||||||
Diversified REITs — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. | 2,592 | 63,634 | |||||||||
Land Securities Group PLC | 12,080 | 100,322 | |||||||||
Stockland | 12,401 | 35,244 | |||||||||
WP Carey, Inc. | 1,289 | 87,046 | |||||||||
286,246 | |||||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | |||||||||||
BCE, Inc. | 2,162 | 93,389 | |||||||||
Cellnex Telecom SA | 3,254 | 132,891 | |||||||||
IHS Holding Ltd.(2)(4) | 2,182 | 17,674 | |||||||||
Internet Initiative Japan, Inc. | 1,200 | 22,343 | |||||||||
Usen-Next Holdings Co. Ltd.(4) | 700 | 16,191 | |||||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 4,432 | 151,043 | |||||||||
433,531 | |||||||||||
Electric Utilities — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 2,471 | 231,335 | |||||||||
Edison International | 4,977 | 358,145 | |||||||||
Evergy, Inc. | 2,383 | 142,909 | |||||||||
Eversource Energy | 1,598 | 115,583 | |||||||||
Iberdrola SA | 10,823 | 135,088 | |||||||||
IDACORP, Inc. | 192 | 19,741 | |||||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc. | 3,393 | 248,707 | |||||||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 1,516 | 125,555 | |||||||||
1,377,063 | |||||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 0.4% | |||||||||||
AMETEK, Inc. | 1,438 | 228,067 | |||||||||
Eaton Corp. PLC | 670 | 137,564 | |||||||||
Emerson Electric Co. | 3,310 | 302,368 | |||||||||
Generac Holdings, Inc.(2) | 140 | 21,518 |
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Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Legrand SA | 107 | $ | 10,727 | ||||||||
nVent Electric PLC | 2,415 | 127,705 | |||||||||
Plug Power, Inc.(2)(4) | 1,781 | 23,367 | |||||||||
Regal Rexnord Corp. | 1,333 | 208,188 | |||||||||
Schneider Electric SE | 1,015 | 181,048 | |||||||||
Sensata Technologies Holding PLC | 495 | 20,914 | |||||||||
Signify NV | 3,541 | 111,334 | |||||||||
Vertiv Holdings Co., Class A | 3,307 | 86,015 | |||||||||
1,458,815 | |||||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components — 0.3% | |||||||||||
CDW Corp. | 671 | 125,524 | |||||||||
Cognex Corp. | 2,888 | 157,742 | |||||||||
Corning, Inc. | 1,869 | 63,434 | |||||||||
Fabrinet(2) | 90 | 11,128 | |||||||||
Jenoptik AG | 490 | 15,849 | |||||||||
Keyence Corp. | 100 | 44,874 | |||||||||
Keysight Technologies, Inc.(2) | 1,859 | 299,448 | |||||||||
Littelfuse, Inc. | 96 | 29,242 | |||||||||
Mirion Technologies, Inc., Class A(2) | 1,326 | 10,011 | |||||||||
National Instruments Corp. | 488 | 28,792 | |||||||||
Spectris PLC | 283 | 12,771 | |||||||||
Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd.(4) | 200 | 5,964 | |||||||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 1,080 | 154,969 | |||||||||
959,748 | |||||||||||
Energy Equipment and Services — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Aker Solutions ASA | 3,623 | 16,105 | |||||||||
Baker Hughes Co. | 4,507 | 161,305 | |||||||||
Expro Group Holdings NV(2) | 1,596 | 35,415 | |||||||||
Schlumberger NV | 3,623 | 211,366 | |||||||||
Seadrill Ltd.(2) | 1,249 | 61,089 | |||||||||
TechnipFMC PLC(2) | 902 | 16,543 | |||||||||
Transocean Ltd.(2) | 2,540 | 22,352 | |||||||||
Weatherford International PLC(2) | 683 | 56,757 | |||||||||
580,932 | |||||||||||
Entertainment — 0.2% | |||||||||||
CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA | 262 | 17,880 | |||||||||
Electronic Arts, Inc. | 996 | 135,805 | |||||||||
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C(2) | 448 | 32,525 | |||||||||
Spotify Technology SA(2) | 1,442 | 215,449 | |||||||||
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(2) | 924 | 141,317 | |||||||||
Walt Disney Co.(2) | 728 | 64,712 | |||||||||
607,688 | |||||||||||
Financial Services — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Adyen NV(2) | 149 | 276,546 | |||||||||
AvidXchange Holdings, Inc.(2) | 1,108 | 13,750 | |||||||||
Edenred | 1,468 | 95,347 | |||||||||
Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(2) | 130 | 11,423 | |||||||||
GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. | 200 | 15,258 | |||||||||
Mastercard, Inc., Class A | 428 | 168,752 | |||||||||
Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A(2) | 281 | 19,386 | |||||||||
Visa, Inc., Class A | 1,067 | 253,658 | |||||||||
854,120 |
15
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Food Products — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. | 10,247 | $ | 336,204 | ||||||||
Hershey Co. | 1,576 | 364,545 | |||||||||
J.M. Smucker Co. | 750 | 112,987 | |||||||||
Kerry Group PLC, A Shares | 1,076 | 106,902 | |||||||||
Kotobuki Spirits Co. Ltd. | 300 | 22,834 | |||||||||
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 1,612 | 119,498 | |||||||||
Nomad Foods Ltd.(2) | 1,044 | 18,562 | |||||||||
Sovos Brands, Inc.(2) | 707 | 12,585 | |||||||||
SunOpta, Inc.(2) | 2,406 | 15,952 | |||||||||
Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd. | 500 | 20,681 | |||||||||
Yamazaki Baking Co. Ltd. | 1,000 | 14,391 | |||||||||
1,145,141 | |||||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 672 | 81,789 | |||||||||
Brookfield Infrastructure Corp., Class A | 484 | 22,613 | |||||||||
Nippon Gas Co. Ltd.(4) | 600 | 8,829 | |||||||||
Spire, Inc. | 4,095 | 260,319 | |||||||||
373,550 | |||||||||||
Ground Transportation — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. | 2,258 | 185,791 | |||||||||
Heartland Express, Inc. | 6,620 | 108,237 | |||||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 1,031 | 240,831 | |||||||||
Saia, Inc.(2) | 31 | 13,117 | |||||||||
Uber Technologies, Inc.(2) | 823 | 40,706 | |||||||||
Union Pacific Corp. | 190 | 44,084 | |||||||||
XPO, Inc.(2) | 439 | 30,396 | |||||||||
663,162 | |||||||||||
Health Care Equipment and Supplies — 0.6% | |||||||||||
Alphatec Holdings, Inc.(2) | 1,456 | 25,728 | |||||||||
Becton Dickinson & Co. | 205 | 57,117 | |||||||||
ConvaTec Group PLC | 3,300 | 8,841 | |||||||||
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. | 2,398 | 99,565 | |||||||||
DexCom, Inc.(2) | 2,487 | 309,781 | |||||||||
Embecta Corp. | 3,866 | 82,501 | |||||||||
Envista Holdings Corp.(2) | 3,535 | 121,639 | |||||||||
EssilorLuxottica SA | 542 | 109,037 | |||||||||
Establishment Labs Holdings, Inc.(2)(4) | 275 | 19,803 | |||||||||
GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc. | 1,220 | 95,160 | |||||||||
Glaukos Corp.(2) | 1,457 | 112,393 | |||||||||
Hologic, Inc.(2) | 611 | 48,526 | |||||||||
ICU Medical, Inc.(2) | 111 | 19,778 | |||||||||
Inari Medical, Inc.(2) | 390 | 22,257 | |||||||||
Inmode Ltd.(2) | 485 | 20,811 | |||||||||
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(2) | 183 | 59,365 | |||||||||
Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(2) | 1,433 | 123,940 | |||||||||
Nakanishi, Inc. | 400 | 9,217 | |||||||||
PROCEPT BioRobotics Corp.(2) | 562 | 19,355 | |||||||||
ResMed, Inc. | 113 | 25,126 | |||||||||
Silk Road Medical, Inc.(2) | 516 | 11,785 | |||||||||
Smith & Nephew PLC, ADR(4) | 2,549 | 77,439 |
16
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Terumo Corp. | 3,900 | $ | 127,721 | ||||||||
TransMedics Group, Inc.(2) | 134 | 12,486 | |||||||||
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | 2,441 | 337,224 | |||||||||
1,956,595 | |||||||||||
Health Care Providers and Services — 0.7% | |||||||||||
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(2) | 329 | 26,001 | |||||||||
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | 658 | 122,980 | |||||||||
Amvis Holdings, Inc. | 1,000 | 20,301 | |||||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 1,508 | 137,937 | |||||||||
Centene Corp.(2) | 1,679 | 114,323 | |||||||||
Chartwell Retirement Residences | 4,087 | 31,025 | |||||||||
Cigna Group | 688 | 203,029 | |||||||||
CVS Health Corp. | 1,601 | 119,578 | |||||||||
Ensign Group, Inc. | 271 | 26,252 | |||||||||
HealthEquity, Inc.(2) | 467 | 31,728 | |||||||||
Henry Schein, Inc.(2) | 3,766 | 296,723 | |||||||||
Humana, Inc. | 135 | 61,672 | |||||||||
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | 866 | 185,263 | |||||||||
Option Care Health, Inc.(2) | 801 | 27,058 | |||||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 1,853 | 250,544 | |||||||||
R1 RCM, Inc.(2) | 5,753 | 99,412 | |||||||||
Surgery Partners, Inc.(2) | 486 | 18,774 | |||||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 554 | 280,529 | |||||||||
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B | 1,517 | 210,802 | |||||||||
2,263,931 | |||||||||||
Health Care REITs — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 9,226 | 201,404 | |||||||||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | 1,208 | 38,535 | |||||||||
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | 3,748 | 48,686 | |||||||||
Ventas, Inc. | 1,928 | 93,547 | |||||||||
Welltower, Inc. | 763 | 62,680 | |||||||||
444,852 | |||||||||||
Health Care Technology† | |||||||||||
Evolent Health, Inc., Class A(2) | 757 | 23,005 | |||||||||
Schrodinger, Inc.(2) | 236 | 12,345 | |||||||||
35,350 | |||||||||||
Hotel & Resort REITs† | |||||||||||
Invincible Investment Corp. | 169 | 70,014 | |||||||||
Japan Hotel REIT Investment Corp. | 77 | 38,235 | |||||||||
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 1,623 | 22,121 | |||||||||
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. | 388 | 36,973 | |||||||||
167,343 | |||||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Airbnb, Inc., Class A(2) | 2,454 | 373,474 | |||||||||
Basic-Fit NV(2)(4) | 271 | 9,147 | |||||||||
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(2) | 66 | 129,511 | |||||||||
Churchill Downs, Inc. | 139 | 16,103 | |||||||||
Food & Life Cos. Ltd. | 700 | 13,774 | |||||||||
Greggs PLC | 290 | 10,284 | |||||||||
H World Group Ltd., ADR(2) | 2,622 | 125,961 | |||||||||
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. | 2,491 | 387,326 |
17
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A | 259 | $ | 32,725 | ||||||||
Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A(2) | 508 | 34,310 | |||||||||
Starbucks Corp. | 723 | 73,435 | |||||||||
Trainline PLC(2) | 2,574 | 8,698 | |||||||||
Wingstop, Inc. | 108 | 18,207 | |||||||||
1,232,955 | |||||||||||
Household Durables — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Barratt Developments PLC | 21,971 | 128,610 | |||||||||
Bellway PLC | 342 | 9,725 | |||||||||
SEB SA | 118 | 13,210 | |||||||||
Taylor Wimpey PLC | 95,773 | 140,581 | |||||||||
TopBuild Corp.(2) | 67 | 18,353 | |||||||||
310,479 | |||||||||||
Household Products — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 728 | 55,517 | |||||||||
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Preference Shares | 1,838 | 141,832 | |||||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 1,702 | 219,728 | |||||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. | 883 | 138,013 | |||||||||
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | 1,763 | 132,070 | |||||||||
687,160 | |||||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates† | |||||||||||
Honeywell International, Inc. | 582 | 112,984 | |||||||||
Industrial REITs — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Americold Realty Trust, Inc. | 1,157 | 37,510 | |||||||||
EastGroup Properties, Inc. | 206 | 36,499 | |||||||||
GLP J-Reit | 29 | 28,570 | |||||||||
Goodman Group | 8,705 | 120,365 | |||||||||
Mapletree Logistics Trust | 37,200 | 47,292 | |||||||||
Prologis, Inc. | 4,507 | 562,248 | |||||||||
Segro PLC | 5,402 | 52,937 | |||||||||
Terreno Realty Corp. | 320 | 18,989 | |||||||||
Tritax Big Box REIT PLC | 10,521 | 18,656 | |||||||||
923,066 | |||||||||||
Insurance — 0.6% | |||||||||||
Aflac, Inc. | 2,435 | 176,148 | |||||||||
AIA Group Ltd. | 16,000 | 160,076 | |||||||||
Allstate Corp. | 3,185 | 358,886 | |||||||||
ASR Nederland NV | 305 | 13,826 | |||||||||
Goosehead Insurance, Inc., Class A(2) | 262 | 17,520 | |||||||||
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. | 1,131 | 128,346 | |||||||||
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. | 91 | 33,909 | |||||||||
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 603 | 113,617 | |||||||||
Palomar Holdings, Inc.(2) | 251 | 15,201 | |||||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 910 | 87,806 | |||||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | 1,521 | 213,472 | |||||||||
RLI Corp. | 182 | 24,281 | |||||||||
Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc., Class A(2) | 3,495 | 151,473 | |||||||||
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.(2) | 544 | 12,887 | |||||||||
Steadfast Group Ltd. | 3,941 | 15,462 | |||||||||
Storebrand ASA | 1,547 | 13,522 | |||||||||
Travelers Cos., Inc. | 648 | 111,851 |
18
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Willis Towers Watson PLC | 1,094 | $ | 231,195 | ||||||||
1,879,478 | |||||||||||
Interactive Media and Services — 0.5% | |||||||||||
Alphabet, Inc., Class A(2) | 4,791 | 635,862 | |||||||||
Autohome, Inc., ADR | 2,491 | 79,637 | |||||||||
Baidu, Inc., Class A(2) | 6,150 | 120,237 | |||||||||
carsales.com Ltd. | 1,109 | 18,538 | |||||||||
Eventbrite, Inc., Class A(2) | 2,624 | 30,202 | |||||||||
Match Group, Inc.(2) | 2,825 | 131,391 | |||||||||
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(2) | 847 | 269,854 | |||||||||
Tencent Holdings Ltd. | 7,300 | 335,516 | |||||||||
1,621,237 | |||||||||||
IT Services — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Accenture PLC, Class A | 493 | 155,960 | |||||||||
Alten SA(4) | 149 | 21,461 | |||||||||
Amdocs Ltd. | 2,025 | 189,621 | |||||||||
Cloudflare, Inc., Class A(2) | 2,378 | 163,535 | |||||||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 842 | 121,400 | |||||||||
NEXTDC Ltd.(2) | 20,334 | 174,517 | |||||||||
Perficient, Inc.(2) | 147 | 9,377 | |||||||||
835,871 | |||||||||||
Leisure Products† | |||||||||||
Brunswick Corp. | 279 | 24,080 | |||||||||
Games Workshop Group PLC | 106 | 15,848 | |||||||||
Sankyo Co. Ltd. | 400 | 16,920 | |||||||||
Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc. | 800 | 17,492 | |||||||||
Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.(2) | 1,105 | 22,067 | |||||||||
96,407 | |||||||||||
Life Sciences Tools and Services — 0.5% | |||||||||||
Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 2,783 | 338,886 | |||||||||
Avantor, Inc.(2) | 3,319 | 68,272 | |||||||||
Bio-Techne Corp. | 2,352 | 196,157 | |||||||||
Danaher Corp. | 482 | 122,939 | |||||||||
Gerresheimer AG | 242 | 28,663 | |||||||||
ICON PLC(2) | 541 | 136,013 | |||||||||
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(2) | 1,343 | 300,510 | |||||||||
Lonza Group AG | 324 | 188,255 | |||||||||
MaxCyte, Inc.(2) | 1,804 | 8,064 | |||||||||
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(2) | 237 | 298,020 | |||||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 247 | 135,519 | |||||||||
1,821,298 | |||||||||||
Machinery — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Astec Industries, Inc. | 434 | 21,440 | |||||||||
ATS Corp.(2)(4) | 242 | 10,974 | |||||||||
Cummins, Inc. | 837 | 218,290 | |||||||||
Deere & Co. | 185 | 79,476 | |||||||||
Graco, Inc. | 1,355 | 107,492 | |||||||||
Hoshizaki Corp. | 500 | 19,175 | |||||||||
IMI PLC | 5,320 | 111,227 | |||||||||
Interpump Group SpA | 239 | 13,004 | |||||||||
Interroll Holding AG | 3 | 9,596 |
19
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
KION Group AG | 229 | $ | 9,596 | ||||||||
Kornit Digital Ltd.(2) | 441 | 13,975 | |||||||||
Metso Oyj | 1,216 | 13,819 | |||||||||
Organo Corp.(4) | 500 | 14,492 | |||||||||
Oshkosh Corp. | 3,148 | 289,836 | |||||||||
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 569 | 233,296 | |||||||||
Trelleborg AB, B Shares | 538 | 14,323 | |||||||||
Valmet Oyj(4) | 357 | 9,470 | |||||||||
Weir Group PLC | 730 | 17,193 | |||||||||
Xylem, Inc. | 604 | 68,101 | |||||||||
1,274,775 | |||||||||||
Media — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Fox Corp., Class B | 6,003 | 188,554 | |||||||||
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. | 4,101 | 140,377 | |||||||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 961 | 81,320 | |||||||||
Trade Desk, Inc., Class A(2) | 3,040 | 277,431 | |||||||||
WPP PLC | 15,038 | 164,196 | |||||||||
851,878 | |||||||||||
Metals and Mining — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Alamos Gold, Inc., Class A | 1,577 | 19,482 | |||||||||
Allkem Ltd.(2) | 1,734 | 17,360 | |||||||||
AMG Critical Materials NV(4) | 557 | 22,773 | |||||||||
Capstone Copper Corp.(2) | 9,276 | 48,467 | |||||||||
ERO Copper Corp.(2) | 3,666 | 88,130 | |||||||||
MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC(2)(5) | 949 | — | |||||||||
196,212 | |||||||||||
Multi-Utilities — 0.1% | |||||||||||
NorthWestern Corp. | 4,275 | 241,409 | |||||||||
Office REITs† | |||||||||||
Boston Properties, Inc. | 765 | 50,972 | |||||||||
SL Green Realty Corp.(4) | 776 | 29,263 | |||||||||
80,235 | |||||||||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 0.5% | |||||||||||
Antero Resources Corp.(2) | 1,213 | 32,448 | |||||||||
ConocoPhillips | 1,882 | 221,549 | |||||||||
Devon Energy Corp. | 2,295 | 123,930 | |||||||||
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 863 | 127,137 | |||||||||
Enterprise Products Partners LP | 9,677 | 256,537 | |||||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. | 1,533 | 203,169 | |||||||||
EQT Corp. | 2,641 | 111,397 | |||||||||
Euronav NV | 164 | 2,694 | |||||||||
Excelerate Energy, Inc., Class A | 2,173 | 46,111 | |||||||||
Golar LNG Ltd. | 155 | 3,739 | |||||||||
Hess Corp. | 2,818 | 427,575 | |||||||||
1,556,286 | |||||||||||
Paper and Forest Products† | |||||||||||
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | 245 | 18,652 | |||||||||
Mondi PLC | 6,987 | 122,556 | |||||||||
Stella-Jones, Inc. | 579 | 29,401 | |||||||||
170,609 | |||||||||||
Passenger Airlines — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Southwest Airlines Co. | 7,060 | 241,170 |
20
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Personal Care Products† | |||||||||||
Beauty Health Co.(2) | 1,723 | $ | 14,284 | ||||||||
Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | 1,300 | 27,709 | |||||||||
41,993 | |||||||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 0.6% | |||||||||||
Arvinas, Inc.(2) | 258 | 6,378 | |||||||||
AstraZeneca PLC | 1,641 | 235,773 | |||||||||
AstraZeneca PLC, ADR | 2,468 | 176,956 | |||||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 2,411 | 149,940 | |||||||||
Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 606 | 4,418 | |||||||||
Eli Lilly & Co. | 145 | 65,910 | |||||||||
GSK PLC | 13,900 | 247,436 | |||||||||
Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.(2) | 160 | 5,659 | |||||||||
Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC | 3,372 | 90,554 | |||||||||
Indivior PLC(2) | 739 | 16,644 | |||||||||
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.(2) | 399 | 24,674 | |||||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 1,208 | 128,833 | |||||||||
Novo Nordisk A/S, B Shares | 2,186 | 352,497 | |||||||||
Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(2) | 52 | 8,610 | |||||||||
Roche Holding AG | 415 | 128,671 | |||||||||
Sanofi | 901 | 96,123 | |||||||||
Sanofi, ADR | 2,383 | 127,181 | |||||||||
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | 1,700 | 51,977 | |||||||||
UCB SA | 1,152 | 102,006 | |||||||||
Ventyx Biosciences, Inc.(2) | 282 | 10,448 | |||||||||
Verona Pharma PLC, ADR(2) | 273 | 6,031 | |||||||||
Zoetis, Inc. | 630 | 118,497 | |||||||||
2,155,216 | |||||||||||
Professional Services — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Adecco Group AG | 5,403 | 220,196 | |||||||||
BayCurrent Consulting, Inc. | 3,700 | 119,490 | |||||||||
CACI International, Inc., Class A(2) | 81 | 28,386 | |||||||||
First Advantage Corp.(2) | 713 | 10,695 | |||||||||
Jacobs Solutions, Inc. | 1,673 | 209,811 | |||||||||
Korn Ferry | 313 | 16,489 | |||||||||
Paycom Software, Inc. | 386 | 142,341 | |||||||||
Paycor HCM, Inc.(2) | 654 | 17,566 | |||||||||
TechnoPro Holdings, Inc. | 300 | 7,767 | |||||||||
UT Group Co. Ltd.(2) | 600 | 12,128 | |||||||||
Verisk Analytics, Inc. | 618 | 141,485 | |||||||||
926,354 | |||||||||||
Real Estate Management and Development — 0.1% | |||||||||||
FirstService Corp. | 146 | 22,868 | |||||||||
FirstService Corp. (Toronto) | 171 | 26,781 | |||||||||
Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd. | 2,400 | 49,308 | |||||||||
PSP Swiss Property AG | 157 | 18,501 | |||||||||
Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corp. | 12,300 | 73,123 | |||||||||
190,581 | |||||||||||
Residential REITs — 0.2% | |||||||||||
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A | 2,277 | 85,342 | |||||||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 902 | 170,162 |
21
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust | 410 | $ | 20,369 | ||||||||
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT | 1,594 | 62,145 | |||||||||
Comforia Residential REIT, Inc.(4) | 9 | 21,546 | |||||||||
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 1,031 | 251,100 | |||||||||
Invitation Homes, Inc. | 2,429 | 86,229 | |||||||||
Sun Communities, Inc. | 203 | 26,451 | |||||||||
UDR, Inc. | 1,094 | 44,723 | |||||||||
768,067 | |||||||||||
Retail REITs — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Agree Realty Corp. | 498 | 32,260 | |||||||||
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | 1,769 | 40,227 | |||||||||
Kite Realty Group Trust | 4,627 | 105,866 | |||||||||
Link REIT | 4,320 | 24,283 | |||||||||
NETSTREIT Corp. | 1,152 | 20,609 | |||||||||
Realty Income Corp. | 4,300 | 262,171 | |||||||||
Regency Centers Corp. | 3,099 | 203,078 | |||||||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 938 | 116,875 | |||||||||
Urban Edge Properties | 3,070 | 52,221 | |||||||||
Vicinity Ltd. | 14,845 | 19,738 | |||||||||
877,328 | |||||||||||
Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment — 0.8% | |||||||||||
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(2) | 1,052 | 120,349 | |||||||||
AIXTRON SE | 328 | 13,013 | |||||||||
Analog Devices, Inc. | 753 | 150,246 | |||||||||
Applied Materials, Inc. | 1,272 | 192,822 | |||||||||
ASML Holding NV | 139 | 99,561 | |||||||||
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd.(2) | 1,166 | 19,787 | |||||||||
Enphase Energy, Inc.(2) | 1,017 | 154,411 | |||||||||
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc.(2) | 510 | 32,482 | |||||||||
Infineon Technologies AG | 4,120 | 181,014 | |||||||||
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(2) | 267 | 24,281 | |||||||||
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.(2) | 355 | 24,821 | |||||||||
Marvell Technology, Inc. | 1,998 | 130,130 | |||||||||
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 324 | 181,275 | |||||||||
Nova Ltd.(2)(4) | 152 | 18,839 | |||||||||
NVIDIA Corp. | 1,082 | 505,608 | |||||||||
Onto Innovation, Inc.(2) | 271 | 33,691 | |||||||||
Power Integrations, Inc. | 414 | 40,216 | |||||||||
Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(2) | 129 | 19,239 | |||||||||
Socionext, Inc. | 200 | 23,665 | |||||||||
SUMCO Corp. | 14,400 | 209,836 | |||||||||
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 14,000 | 252,806 | |||||||||
Teradyne, Inc. | 2,759 | 311,601 | |||||||||
2,739,693 | |||||||||||
Software — 1.0% | |||||||||||
Adobe, Inc.(2) | 94 | 51,340 | |||||||||
Blackbaud, Inc.(2) | 251 | 18,938 | |||||||||
Box, Inc., Class A(2) | 850 | 26,562 | |||||||||
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(2) | 1,270 | 297,193 | |||||||||
CyberArk Software Ltd.(2) | 72 | 11,953 | |||||||||
Datadog, Inc., Class A(2) | 1,897 | 221,418 |
22
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Descartes Systems Group, Inc.(2) | 125 | $ | 9,750 | ||||||||
DocuSign, Inc.(2) | 2,527 | 136,003 | |||||||||
DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.(2) | 354 | 14,903 | |||||||||
Five9, Inc.(2) | 168 | 14,742 | |||||||||
Guidewire Software, Inc.(2) | 253 | 21,459 | |||||||||
HubSpot, Inc.(2) | 538 | 312,336 | |||||||||
JFrog Ltd.(2) | 415 | 12,769 | |||||||||
Kinaxis, Inc.(2) | 129 | 17,516 | |||||||||
Manhattan Associates, Inc.(2) | 1,298 | 247,425 | |||||||||
Microsoft Corp. | 3,441 | 1,155,901 | |||||||||
m-up Holdings, Inc. | 700 | 5,532 | |||||||||
nCino, Inc.(2) | 584 | 18,892 | |||||||||
New Relic, Inc.(2) | 165 | 13,857 | |||||||||
Palantir Technologies, Inc., Class A(2) | 8,619 | 171,001 | |||||||||
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(2) | 804 | 200,968 | |||||||||
QT Group Oyj(2) | 161 | 13,354 | |||||||||
Salesforce, Inc.(2) | 684 | 153,907 | |||||||||
SAP SE | 603 | 82,256 | |||||||||
ServiceNow, Inc.(2) | 66 | 38,478 | |||||||||
SPS Commerce, Inc.(2) | 224 | 40,407 | |||||||||
TeamViewer SE(2) | 559 | 9,502 | |||||||||
Tenable Holdings, Inc.(2) | 981 | 47,735 | |||||||||
Workday, Inc., Class A(2) | 206 | 48,849 | |||||||||
3,414,946 | |||||||||||
Specialized REITs — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Big Yellow Group PLC | 2,398 | 33,002 | |||||||||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 1,269 | 158,143 | |||||||||
Equinix, Inc. | 418 | 338,546 | |||||||||
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 580 | 80,951 | |||||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 1,658 | 101,801 | |||||||||
Keppel DC REIT | 29,300 | 48,288 | |||||||||
Public Storage | 855 | 240,896 | |||||||||
VICI Properties, Inc. | 5,275 | 166,057 | |||||||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. | 796 | 27,112 | |||||||||
1,194,796 | |||||||||||
Specialty Retail — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Burlington Stores, Inc.(2) | 898 | 159,503 | |||||||||
CarMax, Inc.(2) | 437 | 36,101 | |||||||||
Chewy, Inc., Class A(2)(4) | 1,848 | 62,647 | |||||||||
Dufry AG(2) | 304 | 15,707 | |||||||||
Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. | 100 | 25,051 | |||||||||
Five Below, Inc.(2) | 384 | 80,002 | |||||||||
Home Depot, Inc. | 756 | 252,383 | |||||||||
Kingfisher PLC | 46,406 | 146,335 | |||||||||
Murphy USA, Inc. | 54 | 16,580 | |||||||||
Nextage Co. Ltd.(4) | 400 | 10,506 | |||||||||
Pets at Home Group PLC | 2,019 | 10,146 | |||||||||
TJX Cos., Inc. | 1,675 | 144,938 | |||||||||
Tractor Supply Co. | 242 | 54,206 | |||||||||
1,014,105 | |||||||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage and Peripherals — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Apple, Inc. | 3,926 | 771,262 |
23
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
HP, Inc. | 4,823 | $ | 158,339 | ||||||||
Pure Storage, Inc., Class A(2) | 417 | 15,425 | |||||||||
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | 2,374 | 129,983 | |||||||||
1,075,009 | |||||||||||
Textiles, Apparel and Luxury Goods — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Asics Corp. | 900 | 28,391 | |||||||||
Crocs, Inc.(2) | 180 | 19,503 | |||||||||
Deckers Outdoor Corp.(2) | 131 | 71,223 | |||||||||
HUGO BOSS AG | 267 | 21,560 | |||||||||
Li Ning Co. Ltd. | 20,000 | 121,928 | |||||||||
lululemon athletica, Inc.(2) | 203 | 76,842 | |||||||||
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE | 219 | 203,400 | |||||||||
On Holding AG, Class A(2) | 4,121 | 148,356 | |||||||||
Tod's SpA(2) | 414 | 18,801 | |||||||||
710,004 | |||||||||||
Trading Companies and Distributors — 0.2% | |||||||||||
AddTech AB, B Shares(4) | 481 | 8,961 | |||||||||
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.(2) | 1,171 | 100,320 | |||||||||
Beijer Ref AB | 1,187 | 16,141 | |||||||||
Bunzl PLC | 2,295 | 85,071 | |||||||||
Diploma PLC | 485 | 20,172 | |||||||||
Finning International, Inc. | 568 | 19,564 | |||||||||
H&E Equipment Services, Inc. | 442 | 21,472 | |||||||||
MonotaRO Co. Ltd. | 5,700 | 69,568 | |||||||||
MRC Global, Inc.(2) | 1,572 | 17,748 | |||||||||
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A | 2,256 | 227,676 | |||||||||
NOW, Inc.(2) | 2,121 | 24,158 | |||||||||
Rexel SA | 6,167 | 148,762 | |||||||||
759,613 | |||||||||||
Transportation Infrastructure† | |||||||||||
Japan Airport Terminal Co. Ltd. | 500 | 23,300 | |||||||||
Water Utilities† | |||||||||||
SJW Group | 412 | 29,029 | |||||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services† | |||||||||||
TIM SA | 43,900 | 132,663 | |||||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $46,303,329) | 61,526,791 | ||||||||||
SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND AGENCIES — 5.7% | |||||||||||
Australia — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Australia Government Bond, 3.00%, 3/21/47 | AUD | 505,000 | 269,884 | ||||||||
New South Wales Treasury Corp., 3.00%, 3/20/28 | AUD | 285,000 | 182,284 | ||||||||
452,168 | |||||||||||
Austria — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Republic of Austria Government Bond, 0.75%, 10/20/26(6) | EUR | 140,000 | 143,546 | ||||||||
Republic of Austria Government Bond, 4.15%, 3/15/37(6) | EUR | 101,000 | 122,293 | ||||||||
265,839 | |||||||||||
Belgium† | |||||||||||
Kingdom of Belgium Government Bond, 4.25%, 3/28/41(6) | EUR | 47,000 | 57,469 | ||||||||
Canada — 2.0% | |||||||||||
Canadian Government Bond, 0.25%, 4/1/24 | CAD | 4,000,000 | 2,939,734 | ||||||||
Canadian Government Bond, 0.25%, 3/1/26 | CAD | 1,150,000 | 784,248 | ||||||||
Canadian Government Bond, 3.50%, 3/1/28 | CAD | 2,428,000 | 1,810,859 |
24
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Province of British Columbia Canada, 2.85%, 6/18/25 | CAD | 684,000 | $ | 499,769 | |||||||
Province of Quebec Canada, 3.00%, 9/1/23 | CAD | 460,000 | 348,231 | ||||||||
Province of Quebec Canada, 5.75%, 12/1/36 | CAD | 325,000 | 282,160 | ||||||||
Province of Quebec Canada, 5.00%, 12/1/41 | CAD | 33,000 | 27,062 | ||||||||
Province of Quebec Canada, 3.50%, 12/1/48 | CAD | 102,000 | 67,937 | ||||||||
6,760,000 | |||||||||||
China — 0.5% | |||||||||||
China Government Bond, 3.39%, 3/16/50 | CNY | 10,340,000 | 1,541,071 | ||||||||
Denmark† | |||||||||||
Denmark Government Bond, 0.50%, 11/15/27 | DKK | 517,000 | 69,458 | ||||||||
Denmark Government Bond, 4.50%, 11/15/39 | DKK | 260,000 | 46,694 | ||||||||
116,152 | |||||||||||
Finland — 0.5% | |||||||||||
Finland Government Bond, 4.00%, 7/4/25(6) | EUR | 173,000 | 192,966 | ||||||||
Finland Government Bond, 0.125%, 4/15/36(6) | EUR | 1,750,000 | 1,318,564 | ||||||||
1,511,530 | |||||||||||
France — 0.6% | |||||||||||
French Republic Government Bond OAT, 2.50%, 5/25/30 | EUR | 1,170,000 | 1,260,022 | ||||||||
French Republic Government Bond OAT, 0.00%, 11/25/31(7) | EUR | 850,000 | 736,454 | ||||||||
1,996,476 | |||||||||||
Germany† | |||||||||||
Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe, 0.00%, 8/15/52(7) | EUR | 60,000 | 32,267 | ||||||||
Ireland — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Ireland Government Bond, 3.40%, 3/18/24 | EUR | 196,000 | 215,650 | ||||||||
Italy — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro, 1.50%, 6/1/25 | EUR | 263,000 | 278,571 | ||||||||
Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro, 2.00%, 12/1/25 | EUR | 971,000 | 1,031,473 | ||||||||
1,310,044 | |||||||||||
Japan — 0.5% | |||||||||||
Japan Government Thirty Year Bond, 1.40%, 12/20/45 | JPY | 11,400,000 | 81,913 | ||||||||
Japan Government Thirty Year Bond, 1.40%, 3/20/53 | JPY | 242,800,000 | 1,688,200 | ||||||||
1,770,113 | |||||||||||
Malaysia — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Malaysia Government Bond, 3.96%, 9/15/25 | MYR | 785,000 | 176,058 | ||||||||
Mexico — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Mexico Government International Bond, 4.15%, 3/28/27 | $ | 400,000 | 391,664 | ||||||||
Netherlands — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Netherlands Government Bond, 0.50%, 7/15/26(6) | EUR | 401,000 | 411,076 | ||||||||
Netherlands Government Bond, 2.75%, 1/15/47(6) | EUR | 63,000 | 68,564 | ||||||||
479,640 | |||||||||||
Norway† | |||||||||||
Norway Government Bond, 1.75%, 2/17/27(6) | NOK | 1,510,000 | 137,721 | ||||||||
Poland — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Republic of Poland Government Bond, 4.00%, 10/25/23 | PLN | 650,000 | 161,438 | ||||||||
Spain — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Spain Government Bond, 4.40%, 10/31/23(6) | EUR | 5,000 | 5,506 | ||||||||
Spain Government Bond, 1.60%, 4/30/25(6) | EUR | 164,000 | 174,899 | ||||||||
Spain Government Bond, 5.15%, 10/31/28(6) | EUR | 16,000 | 19,218 | ||||||||
Spain Government Bond, 5.15%, 10/31/44(6) | EUR | 30,000 | 39,043 | ||||||||
238,666 |
25
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Switzerland — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Swiss Confederation Government Bond, 1.25%, 5/28/26 | CHF | 253,000 | $ | 291,481 | |||||||
Swiss Confederation Government Bond, 2.50%, 3/8/36 | CHF | 89,000 | 120,825 | ||||||||
412,306 | |||||||||||
Thailand — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Thailand Government Bond, 3.85%, 12/12/25 | THB | 9,350,000 | 283,228 | ||||||||
United Kingdom — 0.2% | |||||||||||
United Kingdom Gilt, 0.125%, 1/30/26 | GBP | 600,000 | 688,116 | ||||||||
TOTAL SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND AGENCIES (Cost $21,338,502) | 18,997,616 | ||||||||||
CORPORATE BONDS — 3.9% | |||||||||||
Automobiles† | |||||||||||
BMW Finance NV, 0.875%, 4/3/25 | EUR | 50,000 | 52,574 | ||||||||
Banks — 1.2% | |||||||||||
Avi Funding Co. Ltd., 3.80%, 9/16/25(6) | $ | 102,000 | 98,688 | ||||||||
Banco Santander SA, 2.50%, 3/18/25 | EUR | 200,000 | 213,475 | ||||||||
Bank of America Corp., 2.30%, 7/25/25 | GBP | 100,000 | 119,512 | ||||||||
Bank of America Corp., VRN, 2.88%, 10/22/30 | $ | 182,000 | 157,676 | ||||||||
CaixaBank SA, VRN, 2.25%, 4/17/30 | EUR | 100,000 | 103,179 | ||||||||
Citigroup, Inc., VRN, 3.07%, 2/24/28 | $ | 31,000 | 28,600 | ||||||||
Citigroup, Inc., VRN, 3.52%, 10/27/28 | 24,000 | 22,289 | |||||||||
Citigroup, Inc., VRN, 3.98%, 3/20/30 | 37,000 | 34,332 | |||||||||
Commerzbank AG, 4.00%, 3/23/26 | EUR | 220,000 | 237,613 | ||||||||
Credit Agricole SA, 7.375%, 12/18/23 | GBP | 100,000 | 128,561 | ||||||||
European Financial Stability Facility, 2.125%, 2/19/24 | EUR | 351,000 | 382,958 | ||||||||
European Financial Stability Facility, 0.40%, 5/31/26 | EUR | 400,000 | 406,925 | ||||||||
European Financial Stability Facility, 2.35%, 7/29/44 | EUR | 62,000 | 58,484 | ||||||||
European Union, 0.00%, 7/4/31(7) | EUR | 400,000 | 347,418 | ||||||||
HSBC Bank PLC, VRN, 5.375%, 11/4/30 | GBP | 90,000 | 110,797 | ||||||||
ING Groep NV, 2.125%, 1/10/26 | EUR | 300,000 | 317,867 | ||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co., VRN, 1.58%, 4/22/27 | $ | 3,000 | 2,702 | ||||||||
Lloyds Bank PLC, 7.625%, 4/22/25 | GBP | 80,000 | 104,615 | ||||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank, VRN, 5.875%, 5/1/24 | $ | 1,000,000 | 997,187 | ||||||||
Wells Fargo & Co., VRN, 5.39%, 4/24/34 | 75,000 | 74,444 | |||||||||
3,947,322 | |||||||||||
Beverages — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 4.90%, 2/1/46 | 180,000 | 170,766 | |||||||||
Biotechnology — 0.1% | |||||||||||
AbbVie, Inc., 4.40%, 11/6/42 | 385,000 | 342,177 | |||||||||
Chemicals† | |||||||||||
MEGlobal BV, 4.25%, 11/3/26(6) | 34,000 | 32,656 | |||||||||
Commercial Services and Supplies† | |||||||||||
Waste Connections, Inc., 2.95%, 1/15/52 | 112,000 | 75,591 | |||||||||
Containers and Packaging† | |||||||||||
Sealed Air Corp., 5.125%, 12/1/24(6) | 25,000 | 24,663 | |||||||||
Diversified Consumer Services† | |||||||||||
Duke University, 3.30%, 10/1/46 | 60,000 | 46,341 | |||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.2% | |||||||||||
AT&T, Inc., 2.60%, 12/17/29 | EUR | 100,000 | 100,628 | ||||||||
AT&T, Inc., 4.90%, 8/15/37 | $ | 85,000 | 78,134 | ||||||||
Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, 1.25%, 10/6/23 | GBP | 50,000 | 63,682 |
26
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, 0.875%, 1/30/24 | EUR | 40,000 | $ | 43,363 | |||||||
Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/28 | $ | 118,000 | 125,192 | ||||||||
Turk Telekomunikasyon AS, 4.875%, 6/19/24(6) | 80,000 | 77,664 | |||||||||
488,663 | |||||||||||
Electric Utilities — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC, 3.20%, 8/15/49 | 190,000 | 134,823 | |||||||||
Duke Energy Florida LLC, 3.85%, 11/15/42 | 80,000 | 64,745 | |||||||||
Duke Energy Progress LLC, 4.15%, 12/1/44 | 9,000 | 7,533 | |||||||||
MidAmerican Energy Co., 4.40%, 10/15/44 | 40,000 | 34,912 | |||||||||
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., 5.25%, 2/28/53 | 57,000 | 54,598 | |||||||||
Northern States Power Co., 3.20%, 4/1/52 | 120,000 | 84,739 | |||||||||
Northern States Power Co., 5.10%, 5/15/53 | 80,000 | 78,366 | |||||||||
Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara, 3.00%, 6/30/30 | 375,000 | 320,450 | |||||||||
780,166 | |||||||||||
Financial Services — 1.3% | |||||||||||
Fiore Capital LLC, VRDN, 5.40%, 8/7/23 (LOC: Wells Fargo Bank N.A.) | 1,345,000 | 1,345,000 | |||||||||
Gulf Gate Apartments LLC, VRN, 5.42%, (Acquired 9/29/03 - 11/10/03, Cost $3,000,000), 9/1/28(8) | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | |||||||||
4,345,000 | |||||||||||
Ground Transportation† | |||||||||||
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, 4.45%, 3/15/43 | 16,000 | 14,433 | |||||||||
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, 4.15%, 4/1/45 | 100,000 | 86,853 | |||||||||
101,286 | |||||||||||
Health Care Providers and Services — 0.2% | |||||||||||
CVS Health Corp., 4.78%, 3/25/38 | 310,000 | 286,268 | |||||||||
DaVita, Inc., 4.625%, 6/1/30(6) | 370,000 | 316,054 | |||||||||
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, 3.00%, 6/1/51 | 130,000 | 90,195 | |||||||||
692,517 | |||||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure† | |||||||||||
MGM Resorts International, 4.625%, 9/1/26 | 8,000 | 7,596 | |||||||||
Household Durables† | |||||||||||
Meritage Homes Corp., 5.125%, 6/6/27 | 40,000 | 38,751 | |||||||||
Insurance — 0.1% | |||||||||||
AXA SA, VRN, 3.375%, 7/6/47 | EUR | 200,000 | 208,765 | ||||||||
Interactive Media and Services† | |||||||||||
Tencent Holdings Ltd., 3.80%, 2/11/25(6) | $ | 61,000 | 59,541 | ||||||||
Media† | |||||||||||
WPP Finance 2013, 3.00%, 11/20/23 | EUR | 100,000 | 109,506 | ||||||||
Metals and Mining† | |||||||||||
Minera Mexico SA de CV, 4.50%, 1/26/50(6) | $ | 158,000 | 125,723 | ||||||||
Multi-Utilities† | |||||||||||
Dominion Energy, Inc., 4.90%, 8/1/41 | 70,000 | 63,229 | |||||||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Antero Resources Corp., 7.625%, 2/1/29(6) | 75,000 | 76,887 | |||||||||
BP Capital Markets America, Inc., 3.06%, 6/17/41 | 130,000 | 97,884 | |||||||||
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP / Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp., 5.75%, 4/1/25 | 25,000 | 24,648 | |||||||||
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 4.85%, 3/15/44 | 145,000 | 132,543 | |||||||||
Galaxy Pipeline Assets Bidco Ltd., 2.94%, 9/30/40(6) | 356,194 | 288,357 | |||||||||
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 6.50%, 9/1/39 | 90,000 | 92,019 |
27
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
MEG Energy Corp., 5.875%, 2/1/29(6) | $ | 100,000 | $ | 95,956 | |||||||
Southwestern Energy Co., 5.70%, 1/23/25 | 5,000 | 4,973 | |||||||||
813,267 | |||||||||||
Passenger Airlines — 0.1% | |||||||||||
American Airlines, Inc. / AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., 5.50%, 4/20/26(6) | 207,801 | 204,889 | |||||||||
Pharmaceuticals† | |||||||||||
Viatris, Inc., 4.00%, 6/22/50 | 164,000 | 110,943 | |||||||||
Software† | |||||||||||
Oracle Corp., 3.60%, 4/1/40 | 150,000 | 115,665 | |||||||||
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.1% | |||||||||||
DP World Crescent Ltd., 4.85%, 9/26/28 | 175,000 | 173,251 | |||||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services† | |||||||||||
C&W Senior Financing DAC, 6.875%, 9/15/27(6) | 97,000 | 88,159 | |||||||||
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS (Cost $14,483,500) | 13,219,007 | ||||||||||
COLLATERALIZED LOAN OBLIGATIONS — 2.2% | |||||||||||
ARES XLVII CLO Ltd., Series 2018-47A, Class C, VRN, 7.32%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.01%), 4/15/30(6) | 250,000 | 244,429 | |||||||||
Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO Ltd., Series 2012-4A, Class CR3, VRN, 8.21%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.86%), 4/22/32(6) | 750,000 | 742,052 | |||||||||
Cerberus Loan Funding XXVIII LP, Series 2020-1A, Class A, VRN, 7.42%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.11%), 10/15/31(6) | 280,888 | 280,628 | |||||||||
Cerberus Loan Funding XXXI LP, Series 2021-1A, Class A, VRN, 7.07%, (3-month SOFR plus 1.76%), 4/15/32(6) | 319,333 | 317,042 | |||||||||
CIFC Funding Ltd., Series 2017-5A, Class B, VRN, 7.42%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.11%), 11/16/30(6) | 400,000 | 392,333 | |||||||||
Cook Park CLO Ltd., Series 2018-1A, Class C, VRN, 7.32%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.01%), 4/17/30(6) | 750,000 | 725,194 | |||||||||
Dewolf Park CLO Ltd., Series 2017-1A, Class CR, VRN, 7.42%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.11%), 10/15/30(6) | 250,000 | 244,166 | |||||||||
Eaton Vance CLO Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class CR, VRN, 7.49%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.16%), 1/20/30(6) | 250,000 | 243,605 | |||||||||
Goldentree Loan Opportunities X Ltd., Series 2015-10A, Class AR, VRN, 6.71%, (3-month SOFR plus 1.38%), 7/20/31(6) | 250,000 | 249,416 | |||||||||
KKR CLO Ltd., Series 2018, Class CR, VRN, 7.67%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.36%), 7/18/30(6) | 250,000 | 246,305 | |||||||||
KKR CLO Ltd., Series 2022A, Class B, VRN, 7.19%, (3-month SOFR plus 1.86%), 7/20/31(6) | 450,000 | 445,275 | |||||||||
Magnetite VIII Ltd., Series 2014-8A, Class BR2, VRN, 7.07%, (3-month SOFR plus 1.76%), 4/15/31(6) | 400,000 | 395,726 | |||||||||
Magnetite XXV Ltd., Series 2020-25A, Class C, VRN, 7.71%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.36%), 1/25/32(6) | 350,000 | 344,083 | |||||||||
Marathon CLO Ltd., Series 2021-17A, Class B1, VRN, 8.27%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.94%), 1/20/35(6) | 325,000 | 321,449 | |||||||||
MF1 Ltd., Series 2021-FL7, Class AS, VRN, 6.79%, (1-month SOFR plus 1.56%), 10/16/36(6) | 518,000 | 501,261 | |||||||||
Ready Capital Mortgage Financing LLC, Series 2021-FL6, Class B, VRN, 7.01%, (1-month SOFR plus 1.71%), 7/25/36(6) | 300,000 | 287,095 | |||||||||
Rockford Tower CLO Ltd., Series 2020-1A, Class C, VRN, 7.94%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.61%), 1/20/32(6) | 275,000 | 272,080 | |||||||||
Sound Point CLO IX Ltd., Series 2015-2A, Class CRRR, VRN, 8.09%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.76%), 7/20/32(6) | 550,000 | 535,713 | |||||||||
Symphony CLO XXII Ltd., Series 2020-22A, Class B, VRN, 7.27%, (3-month SOFR plus 1.96%), 4/18/33(6) | 500,000 | 493,400 | |||||||||
TOTAL COLLATERALIZED LOAN OBLIGATIONS (Cost $7,400,096) | 7,281,252 |
28
Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
MUNICIPAL SECURITIES — 0.8% | |||||||||||
Bay Area Toll Authority Rev., 6.92%, 4/1/40 | $ | 105,000 | $ | 121,541 | |||||||
Harris County Industrial Development Corp. Rev., (Exxon Mobil Corp.) VRDN, 4.58%, 8/1/23 | 750,000 | 750,000 | |||||||||
New Jersey Turnpike Authority Rev., 7.41%, 1/1/40 | 100,000 | 123,561 | |||||||||
New Jersey Turnpike Authority Rev., 7.10%, 1/1/41 | 9,000 | 10,839 | |||||||||
New York City GO, 6.27%, 12/1/37 | 40,000 | 44,395 | |||||||||
North Dakota Housing Finance Agency Rev., VRDN, 5.36%, 8/7/23 (SBBPA: Royal Bank of Canada) | 750,000 | 750,000 | |||||||||
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Rev., 4.93%, 10/1/51 | 50,000 | 49,659 | |||||||||
Regents of the University of California Medical Center Pooled Rev., 3.26%, 5/15/60 | 125,000 | 86,176 | |||||||||
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey Rev., 5.67%, 5/1/40 | 150,000 | 157,061 | |||||||||
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Rev., 6.16%, 5/15/36 | 180,000 | 195,331 | |||||||||
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Water Rev., 6.00%, 11/1/40 | 75,000 | 79,354 | |||||||||
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Rev., 5.88%, 4/1/32 | 100,000 | 103,217 | |||||||||
State of California GO, 4.60%, 4/1/38 | 40,000 | 37,855 | |||||||||
State of California GO, 7.55%, 4/1/39 | 30,000 | 37,382 | |||||||||
State of California GO, 7.30%, 10/1/39 | 30,000 | 35,861 | |||||||||
State of California GO, 7.60%, 11/1/40 | 65,000 | 81,625 | |||||||||
State of Washington GO, 5.14%, 8/1/40 | 5,000 | 5,004 | |||||||||
Texas Natural Gas Securitization Finance Corp. Rev., 5.17%, 4/1/41 | 30,000 | 30,435 | |||||||||
TOTAL MUNICIPAL SECURITIES (Cost $2,673,093) | 2,699,296 | ||||||||||
PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.5% | |||||||||||
Automobiles — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Volkswagen International Finance NV, 3.875% | 300,000 | 281,779 | |||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services† | |||||||||||
Telefonica Europe BV, 5.875% | 100,000 | 110,645 | |||||||||
Electric Utilities† | |||||||||||
Electricite de France SA, 3.375% | 200,000 | 174,196 | |||||||||
Insurance — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Allianz SE, 2.625% | 200,000 | 157,831 | |||||||||
Allianz SE, 3.20%(6) | 200,000 | 153,745 | |||||||||
Allianz SE, 3.375% | 200,000 | 215,361 | |||||||||
Credit Agricole Assurances SA, 4.25% | 100,000 | 107,426 | |||||||||
Intesa Sanpaolo Vita SpA, 4.75% | 200,000 | 216,107 | |||||||||
850,470 | |||||||||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Eni SpA, 3.375% | 300,000 | 282,449 | |||||||||
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost $2,248,300) | 1,699,539 | ||||||||||
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 0.5% | |||||||||||
Blackbird Capital Aircraft, Series 2021-1A, Class A, SEQ, 2.44%, 7/15/46(6) | $ | 257,917 | 222,926 | ||||||||
BRE Grand Islander Timeshare Issuer LLC, Series 2017-1A, Class A, SEQ, 2.94%, 5/25/29(6) | 40,096 | 39,115 | |||||||||
FirstKey Homes Trust, Series 2020-SFR1, Class C, 1.94%, 8/17/37(6) | 400,000 | 364,264 | |||||||||
Lunar Aircraft Ltd., Series 2020-1A, Class A, SEQ, 3.38%, 2/15/45(6) | 434,836 | 377,723 |
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Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
MAPS Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A, SEQ, 2.52%, 6/15/46(6) | $ | 672,742 | $ | 583,173 | |||||||
VSE VOI Mortgage LLC, Series 2018-A, Class B, 3.72%, 2/20/36(6) | 98,543 | 94,862 | |||||||||
TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $1,913,626) | 1,682,063 | ||||||||||
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Private Sponsor Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.3% | |||||||||||
COLT Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2021-3, Class M1, VRN, 2.30%, 9/27/66(6) | 700,000 | 396,998 | |||||||||
JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-5, Class A1, VRN, 2.76%, 10/25/29(6) | 41,082 | 38,861 | |||||||||
Radnor RE Ltd., Series 2021-1, Class M1B, VRN, 6.77%, (30-day average SOFR plus 1.70%), 12/27/33(6) | 343,475 | 343,151 | |||||||||
Sofi Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-1A, Class 1A4, SEQ, VRN, 3.00%, 11/25/46(6) | 11,661 | 10,359 | |||||||||
789,369 | |||||||||||
U.S. Government Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations† | |||||||||||
FNMA, Series 2014-C02, Class 2M2, VRN, 7.78%, (30-day average SOFR plus 2.71%), 5/25/24 | 105,792 | 106,605 | |||||||||
TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (Cost $1,201,269) | 895,974 | ||||||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Adjustable-Rate U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities† | |||||||||||
FHLMC, VRN, 4.76%, (12-month LIBOR plus 1.87%), 7/1/36 | 3,128 | 3,162 | |||||||||
FHLMC, VRN, 4.20%, (1-year H15T1Y plus 2.14%), 10/1/36 | 10,182 | 10,378 | |||||||||
FHLMC, VRN, 4.59%, (1-year H15T1Y plus 2.26%), 4/1/37 | 29,607 | 30,000 | |||||||||
FHLMC, VRN, 4.69%, (12-month LIBOR plus 1.89%), 7/1/41 | 9,149 | 9,035 | |||||||||
FNMA, VRN, 6.94%, (6-month LIBOR plus 1.57%), 6/1/35 | 12,074 | 12,264 | |||||||||
FNMA, VRN, 6.94%, (6-month LIBOR plus 1.57%), 6/1/35 | 10,080 | 10,233 | |||||||||
FNMA, VRN, 6.07%, (6-month LIBOR plus 1.54%), 9/1/35 | 2,001 | 2,030 | |||||||||
FNMA, VRN, 4.28%, (1-year H15T1Y plus 2.15%), 3/1/38 | 27,021 | 27,532 | |||||||||
104,634 | |||||||||||
Fixed-Rate U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities — 0.2% | |||||||||||
FHLMC, 6.00%, 2/1/38 | 49,234 | 51,060 | |||||||||
GNMA, 7.00%, 1/15/24 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||
GNMA, 8.00%, 7/15/24 | 629 | 629 | |||||||||
GNMA, 8.00%, 9/15/24 | 243 | 243 | |||||||||
GNMA, 9.00%, 4/20/25 | 98 | 98 | |||||||||
GNMA, 7.50%, 10/15/25 | 1,127 | 1,125 | |||||||||
GNMA, 7.50%, 2/15/26 | 2,714 | 2,721 | |||||||||
GNMA, 8.25%, 7/15/26 | 6,428 | 6,418 | |||||||||
GNMA, 7.00%, 12/15/27 | 7,208 | 7,150 | |||||||||
GNMA, 6.50%, 2/15/28 | 1,090 | 1,110 | |||||||||
GNMA, 6.50%, 3/15/28 | 4,685 | 4,772 | |||||||||
GNMA, 6.50%, 4/15/28 | 240 | 245 | |||||||||
GNMA, 6.00%, 10/15/28 | 4,073 | 4,103 | |||||||||
GNMA, 7.00%, 5/15/31 | 2,171 | 2,233 | |||||||||
GNMA, 5.50%, 11/15/32 | 11,709 | 11,821 | |||||||||
GNMA, 6.50%, 10/15/38 | 201,881 | 213,405 | |||||||||
GNMA, 4.50%, 6/15/41 | 68,860 | 67,839 | |||||||||
GNMA, 3.50%, 6/20/42 | 100,287 | 94,016 | |||||||||
468,998 | |||||||||||
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $585,944) | 573,632 |
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Shares/Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 0.1% | |||||||||||
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 140 | $ | 64,425 | ||||||||
iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF(4) | 3,182 | 364,912 | |||||||||
TOTAL EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS (Cost $399,665) | 429,337 | ||||||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 11.6% | |||||||||||
Certificates of Deposit — 2.5% | |||||||||||
Banco Santander SA, 5.45%, 9/7/23 | $ | 1,750,000 | 1,749,631 | ||||||||
Bank of Montreal, VRN, 5.93%, (SOFR plus 0.63%), 9/12/23 | 2,000,000 | 2,001,001 | |||||||||
BNP Paribas Fortis SA, 5.46%, 10/19/23 | 1,000,000 | 999,796 | |||||||||
Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank SA, 5.18%, 8/22/23(6) | 1,000,000 | 999,795 | |||||||||
Natixis SA, 5.52%, 10/25/23 | 375,000 | 374,902 | |||||||||
Nordea Bank Abp, VRN, 5.90%, (SOFR plus 0.60%), 10/11/23 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,738 | |||||||||
Wells Fargo Bank N.A., VRN, 5.85%, (SOFR plus 0.55%), 1/5/24 | 1,250,000 | 1,251,223 | |||||||||
8,377,086 | |||||||||||
Commercial Paper(9) — 3.7% | |||||||||||
Alinghi Funding Co. LLC, 11.34%, 10/12/23 (LOC: UBS AG)(6) | 750,000 | 741,730 | |||||||||
Atlantic Asset Securitization LLC, 5.60%, 9/14/23 (LOC: Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank)(6) | 750,000 | 744,900 | |||||||||
Canadian Imperial Holdings, Inc., 5.88%, 3/19/24(6) | 500,000 | 482,101 | |||||||||
Charta LLC, 5.71%, 11/3/23 (LOC: CitiBank N.A.)(6) | 500,000 | 492,787 | |||||||||
Chesham Finance Ltd. / Chesham Finance LLC, 5.55%, 8/1/23(6) | 2,400,000 | 2,399,645 | |||||||||
JP Morgan Securities LLC, 5.95%, 4/25/24(6) | 3,250,000 | 3,244,592 | |||||||||
Svenska Handelsbanken AB, VRN, 6.10%, (SOFR plus 0.79%), 11/1/23(6) | 1,000,000 | 1,001,403 | |||||||||
Toyota Credit Canada, Inc., 5.60%, 10/20/23(6) | 375,000 | 370,461 | |||||||||
UBS AG, 5.91%, 1/19/24(6) | 500,000 | 486,531 | |||||||||
UBS AG, VRN, 5.81%, (SOFR plus 0.58%), 9/22/23(6) | 1,350,000 | 1,350,000 | |||||||||
Versailles Commercial Paper LLC, 5.66%, 10/5/23 (LOC: Natixis)(6) | 1,000,000 | 989,988 | |||||||||
12,304,138 | |||||||||||
Money Market Funds — 3.5% | |||||||||||
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class | 11,526,823 | 11,526,823 | |||||||||
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio(10) | 223,539 | 223,539 | |||||||||
11,750,362 | |||||||||||
Treasury Bills(9) — 1.9% | |||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.70%, 8/24/23 | $ | 500,000 | 498,320 | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.42%, 10/31/23 | 1,500,000 | 1,480,065 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.47%, 11/21/23 | 2,500,000 | 2,458,992 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.48%, 1/4/24 | 1,500,000 | 1,465,802 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.19%, 6/13/24 | 500,000 | 477,560 | |||||||||
6,380,739 | |||||||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $38,815,873) | 38,812,325 | ||||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — 99.9% (Cost $314,646,091) | 334,049,706 | ||||||||||
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — 0.1% | 455,339 | ||||||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0% | $ | 334,505,045 |
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FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS
Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement Date | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||||||
CAD | 2,671 | USD | 2,018 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | $ | 9 | |||||||||||||
CAD | 4,326 | USD | 3,262 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 1,840,396 | CAD | 2,437,240 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/15/23 | (9,005) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 4,016,632 | CAD | 5,360,275 | UBS AG | 9/15/23 | (50,798) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 98,829 | CAD | 129,942 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 210 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 74,987 | CAD | 98,594 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 160 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 2,157 | CAD | 2,841 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 5,111 | CAD | 6,776 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (32) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 2,522 | CAD | 3,343 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 15,126 | CAD | 20,011 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (62) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 12,855 | CAD | 17,006 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (52) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 2,162 | CAD | 2,861 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 3,088 | CAD | 4,085 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 3,866 | CAD | 5,126 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (24) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 2,708 | CAD | 3,593 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (19) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 5,572 | CAD | 7,389 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (36) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 6,191 | CAD | 8,183 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (19) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 6,462 | CAD | 8,513 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 4,295 | CAD | 5,625 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 26 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 3,824 | CAD | 5,009 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 23 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 4,381 | CAD | 5,788 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 4,718 | CAD | 6,232 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 6,755 | CAD | 8,924 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 4,270 | CAD | 5,620 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 2,256 | CAD | 2,969 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 626 | CAD | 826 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 2,571 | CAD | 3,392 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 5,581 | CAD | 7,377 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 236,074 | CHF | 210,252 | Morgan Stanley | 9/15/23 | (6,139) | ||||||||||||||
CNY | 11,649,215 | USD | 1,644,556 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/15/23 | (5,260) | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 2,304 | USD | 2,538 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 2,387 | USD | 2,686 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (54) | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 3,905 | USD | 4,301 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 24,619 | USD | 27,705 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (559) | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 6,757 | USD | 7,380 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | 70 | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 4,149 | USD | 4,532 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | 43 | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 5,269 | USD | 5,878 | Morgan Stanley | 9/29/23 | (68) | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 29,858 | USD | 32,863 | Morgan Stanley | 9/29/23 | 60 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 3,280,647 | EUR | 3,036,118 | UBS AG | 9/15/23 | (64,678) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 22,984 | EUR | 20,948 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (114) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 16,709 | EUR | 15,248 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (104) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 265,615 | EUR | 242,090 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (1,317) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 21,995 | EUR | 20,047 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (109) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 44,577 | EUR | 40,667 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | (263) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 3,091 | EUR | 2,741 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | 68 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 2,917 | EUR | 2,587 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | 64 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 515,155 | EUR | 469,964 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | (3,035) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 42,660 | EUR | 38,918 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | (251) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 3,848 | EUR | 3,525 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | (38) |
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Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement Date | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||||||
USD | 3,675 | EUR | 3,268 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | $ | 71 | |||||||||||||
USD | 3,312 | EUR | 2,938 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | 73 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 7,186 | EUR | 6,512 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 22,986 | EUR | 20,948 | Morgan Stanley | 9/29/23 | (112) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 2,290 | EUR | 2,090 | Morgan Stanley | 9/29/23 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 265,635 | EUR | 242,090 | Morgan Stanley | 9/29/23 | (1,297) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 21,997 | EUR | 20,047 | Morgan Stanley | 9/29/23 | (108) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 4,273 | EUR | 3,864 | Morgan Stanley | 9/29/23 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
GBP | 2,822 | USD | 3,679 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (56) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 120,292 | GBP | 94,666 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (1,226) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 3,859 | GBP | 3,050 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (56) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 10,966 | GBP | 8,687 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (185) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 5,860 | GBP | 4,610 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (58) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 7,107 | GBP | 5,598 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (79) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 7,695 | GBP | 5,962 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | 41 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 6,649 | GBP | 5,172 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 4,409 | GBP | 3,439 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 5,229 | GBP | 4,071 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 5,751 | GBP | 4,465 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
JPY | 266,747,832 | USD | 1,948,344 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/15/23 | (60,486) | ||||||||||||||
$ | (204,813) |
FUTURES CONTRACTS PURCHASED | ||||||||||||||
Reference Entity | Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)^ | ||||||||||
Euro-Bobl 5-Year Bonds | 26 | September 2023 | $ | 3,312,949 | $ | (23,483) | ||||||||
Euro-Bund 10-Year Bonds | 13 | September 2023 | 1,901,036 | (15,172) | ||||||||||
Korean Treasury 10-Year Bonds | 7 | September 2023 | 604,472 | (5,503) | ||||||||||
U.K. Gilt 10-Year Bonds | 23 | September 2023 | 2,837,473 | 22,989 | ||||||||||
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes | 17 | September 2023 | 3,451,531 | (45,843) | ||||||||||
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes | 52 | September 2023 | 5,554,656 | (96,540) | ||||||||||
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes | 94 | September 2023 | 10,472,187 | (78,640) | ||||||||||
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Ultra Notes | 29 | September 2023 | 3,392,547 | (63,859) | ||||||||||
$ | 31,526,851 | $ | (306,051) |
^Amount represents value and unrealized appreciation (depreciation).
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CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP AGREEMENTS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Reference Entity | Type | Fixed Rate Received (Paid) Quarterly | Termination Date | Notional Amount | Premiums Paid (Received) | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value^ | ||||||||||||||||
Markit CDX North America High Yield Index Series 37 | Buy | (5.00)% | 12/20/26 | $ | 2,845,920 | $ | (90,997) | $ | (70,152) | $ | (161,149) | ||||||||||||
Markit CDX North America High Yield Index Series 38 | Buy | (5.00)% | 6/20/27 | $ | 2,198,140 | 17,311 | (127,195) | (109,884) | |||||||||||||||
$ | (73,686) | $ | (197,347) | $ | (271,033) |
^The value for credit default swap agreements serves as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood of an expected liability or profit at the period end. Increasing values in absolute terms when compared to the notional amount of the credit default swap agreement represent a deterioration of the referenced entity's credit soundness and an increased likelihood or risk of a credit event occurring as defined in the agreement.
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NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS | ||||||||
ADR | – | American Depositary Receipt | ||||||
AUD | – | Australian Dollar | ||||||
CAD | – | Canadian Dollar | ||||||
CDX | – | Credit Derivatives Indexes | ||||||
CHF | – | Swiss Franc | ||||||
CNY | – | Chinese Yuan | ||||||
DKK | – | Danish Krone | ||||||
EUR | – | Euro | ||||||
FHLMC | – | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation | ||||||
FNMA | – | Federal National Mortgage Association | ||||||
GBP | – | British Pound | ||||||
GNMA | – | Government National Mortgage Association | ||||||
GO | – | General Obligation | ||||||
H15T1Y | – | Constant Maturity U.S. Treasury Note Yield Curve Rate Index | ||||||
JPY | – | Japanese Yen | ||||||
LIBOR | – | London Interbank Offered Rate | ||||||
LOC | – | Letter of Credit | ||||||
MYR | – | Malaysian Ringgit | ||||||
NOK | – | Norwegian Krone | ||||||
PLN | – | Polish Zloty | ||||||
SBBPA | – | Standby Bond Purchase Agreement | ||||||
SEQ | – | Sequential Payer | ||||||
SOFR | – | Secured Overnight Financing Rate | ||||||
THB | – | Thai Baht | ||||||
USD | – | United States Dollar | ||||||
VRDN | – | Variable Rate Demand Note. The instrument may be payable upon demand and adjusts periodically based upon the terms set forth in the security's offering documents. The rate shown is effective at the period end and the reference rate and spread, if any, is indicated. The date of the demand feature is disclosed. | ||||||
VRN | – | Variable Rate Note. The rate adjusts periodically based upon the terms set forth in the security’s offering documents. The rate shown is effective at the period end and the reference rate and spread, if any, is indicated. The security's effective maturity date may be shorter than the final maturity date shown. |
†Category is less than 0.05% of total net assets.
(1)Investments are funds within the American Century Investments family of funds and are considered affiliated funds.
(2)Non-income producing.
(3)Security, or a portion thereof, has been pledged at the custodian bank or with a broker for collateral requirements on forward foreign currency exchange contracts, futures contracts and/or swap agreements. At the period end, the aggregate value of securities pledged was $1,227,460.
(4)Security, or a portion thereof, is on loan. At the period end, the aggregate value of securities on loan was $400,071. The amount of securities on loan indicated may not correspond with the securities on loan identified because securities with pending sales are in the process of recall from the brokers.
(5)Security may be subject to resale, redemption or transferability restrictions.
(6)Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Section 4(2) under the Securities Act of 1933 and may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional investors. The aggregate value of these securities at the period end was $27,390,464, which represented 8.2% of total net assets.
(7)Security is a zero-coupon bond. Zero-coupon securities may be issued at a substantial discount from their value at maturity.
(8)Restricted security that may not be offered for public sale without being registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or may be subject to resale, redemption or transferability restrictions. The aggregate value of these securities at the period end was $3,000,000, which represented 0.9% of total net assets.
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(9)The rate indicated is the yield to maturity at purchase for non-interest bearing securities. For interest bearing securities, the stated coupon rate is shown.
(10)Investment of cash collateral from securities on loan. At the period end, the aggregate value of the collateral held by the fund was $416,850, which includes securities collateral of $193,311.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
JULY 31, 2023 | |||||
Assets | |||||
Investment securities - unaffiliated, at value (cost of $208,759,040) — including $400,071 of securities on loan | $ | 210,856,162 | |||
Investment securities - affiliated, at value (cost of $105,663,512) | 122,970,005 | ||||
Investment made with cash collateral received for securities on loan, at value (cost of $223,539) | 223,539 | ||||
Total investment securities, at value (cost of $314,646,091) | 334,049,706 | ||||
Foreign currency holdings, at value (cost of $19,485) | 2,009 | ||||
Foreign deposits with broker for futures contracts, at value (cost $59,048) | 64,627 | ||||
Receivable for investments sold | 893,476 | ||||
Receivable for capital shares sold | 86,523 | ||||
Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts | 20,989 | ||||
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 1,006 | ||||
Interest and dividends receivable | 766,930 | ||||
Securities lending receivable | 377 | ||||
335,885,643 | |||||
Liabilities | |||||
Disbursements in excess of demand deposit cash | 70,549 | ||||
Payable for collateral received for securities on loan | 223,539 | ||||
Payable for investments purchased | 452,113 | ||||
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 232,459 | ||||
Payable for variation margin on futures contracts | 1,702 | ||||
Payable for variation margin on swap agreements | 782 | ||||
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 205,819 | ||||
Accrued management fees | 168,831 | ||||
Distribution and service fees payable | 24,804 | ||||
1,380,598 | |||||
Net Assets | $ | 334,505,045 | |||
Net Assets Consist of: | |||||
Capital (par value and paid-in surplus) | $ | 316,077,247 | |||
Distributable earnings (loss) | 18,427,798 | ||||
$ | 334,505,045 |
Net Assets | Shares Outstanding | Net Asset Value Per Share* | |||||||||
Investor Class, $0.01 Par Value | $126,026,675 | 23,964,795 | $5.26 | ||||||||
I Class, $0.01 Par Value | $24,080,044 | 4,577,436 | $5.26 | ||||||||
A Class, $0.01 Par Value | $74,615,767 | 14,205,047 | $5.25 | ||||||||
C Class, $0.01 Par Value | $6,117,798 | 1,194,363 | $5.12 | ||||||||
R Class, $0.01 Par Value | $8,681,491 | 1,658,072 | $5.24 | ||||||||
R5 Class, $0.01 Par Value | $9,009 | 1,710 | $5.27 | ||||||||
R6 Class, $0.01 Par Value | $94,974,261 | 18,048,112 | $5.26 |
*Maximum offering price per share was equal to the net asset value per share for all share classes, except A Class, for which the maximum offering price per share was $5.57 (net asset value divided by 0.9425). A contingent deferred sales charge may be imposed on redemptions of A Class and C Class.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations |
YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 2023 | |||||
Investment Income (Loss) | |||||
Income: | |||||
Interest (net of foreign taxes withheld of $271) | $ | 5,658,030 | |||
Income distributions from affiliated funds | 3,490,471 | ||||
Dividends (net of foreign taxes withheld of $47,603) | 1,285,560 | ||||
Securities lending, net | 17,913 | ||||
10,451,974 | |||||
Expenses: | |||||
Management fees | 2,989,993 | ||||
Distribution and service fees: | |||||
A Class | 186,075 | ||||
C Class | 70,667 | ||||
R Class | 44,599 | ||||
Directors' fees and expenses | 10,871 | ||||
Other expenses | 20,314 | ||||
3,322,519 | |||||
Fees waived(1) | (971,486) | ||||
2,351,033 | |||||
Net investment income (loss) | 8,100,941 | ||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | |||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |||||
Investment transactions (including $2,721,260 from affiliated funds) | 3,904,476 | ||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions | (13,251) | ||||
Futures contract transactions | (1,863,426) | ||||
Swap agreement transactions | (181,138) | ||||
Foreign currency translation transactions | 14,366 | ||||
Capital gain distributions received from affiliated funds | 154,092 | ||||
2,015,119 | |||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |||||
Investments (including $2,718,972 from affiliated funds) | 469,830 | ||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | (526,995) | ||||
Futures contracts | (533,387) | ||||
Swap agreements | (170,096) | ||||
Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | 2,111 | ||||
(758,537) | |||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 1,256,582 | ||||
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | $ | 9,357,523 |
(1)Amount consists of $366,107, $90,316, $215,245, $20,436, $25,795, $24 and $253,563 for Investor Class, I Class, A Class, C Class, R Class, R5 Class and R6 Class, respectively.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets |
YEARS ENDED JULY 31, 2023 AND JULY 31, 2022 | ||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | July 31, 2023 | July 31, 2022 | ||||||
Operations | ||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 8,100,941 | $ | 8,105,652 | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) | 2,015,119 | 13,718,971 | ||||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (758,537) | (55,785,273) | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 9,357,523 | (33,960,650) | ||||||
Distributions to Shareholders | ||||||||
From earnings: | ||||||||
Investor Class | (5,716,063) | (14,197,521) | ||||||
I Class | (1,455,675) | (3,258,758) | ||||||
A Class | (3,202,169) | (7,577,852) | ||||||
C Class | (258,850) | (969,725) | ||||||
R Class | (362,746) | (944,560) | ||||||
R5 Class | (393) | (251,970) | ||||||
R6 Class | (4,263,604) | (8,816,966) | ||||||
Decrease in net assets from distributions | (15,259,500) | (36,017,352) | ||||||
Capital Share Transactions | ||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions (Note 5) | (17,433,674) | (24,231,554) | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | (23,335,651) | (94,209,556) | ||||||
Net Assets | ||||||||
Beginning of period | 357,840,696 | 452,050,252 | ||||||
End of period | $ | 334,505,045 | $ | 357,840,696 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements |
JULY 31, 2023
1. Organization
American Century Strategic Asset Allocations, Inc. (the corporation) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company and is organized as a Maryland corporation. Strategic Allocation: Conservative Fund (the fund) is one fund in a series issued by the corporation. The fund may invest in varying combinations of other affiliated investment companies such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds advised by American Century Investments (affiliated funds). The fund will assume the risks associated with the affiliated funds. The fund is an asset allocation fund and its investment objective is to seek the highest level of total return consistent with its asset mix.
The fund offers the Investor Class, I Class, A Class, C Class, R Class, R5 Class and R6 Class. The A Class may incur an initial sales charge. The A Class and C Class may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the fund in preparation of its financial statements. The fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. This may require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Management evaluated the impact of events or transactions occurring through the date the financial statements were issued that would merit recognition or disclosure.
Investment Valuations — The fund determines the fair value of its investments and computes its net asset value (NAV) per share at the close of regular trading (usually 4 p.m. Eastern time) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on each day the NYSE is open. The value of investments of the fund is determined by American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) (the investment advisor), as the valuation designee, pursuant to its valuation policies and procedures. The Board of Directors oversees the valuation designee and reviews its valuation policies and procedures at least annually.
Equity securities that are listed or traded on a domestic securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price or at the official closing price as provided by the exchange. Equity securities traded on foreign securities exchanges are generally valued at the closing price of such securities on the exchange where primarily traded or at the close of the NYSE, if that is earlier. If no last sales price is reported, or if local convention or regulation so provides, the mean of the latest bid and asked prices may be used. Securities traded over-the-counter are valued at the mean of the latest bid and asked prices, the last sales price, or the official closing price. Equity securities initially expressed in local currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the appropriate currency exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
Fixed income securities are valued at the evaluated mean as provided by independent pricing services or at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices as provided by investment dealers. Corporate bonds, U.S. Treasury and Government Agency securities, municipal securities, and sovereign governments and agencies are valued using market models that consider trade data, quotations from dealers and active market makers, relevant yield curve and spread data, creditworthiness, trade data or market information on comparable securities, and other relevant security specific information. Mortgage-related and asset-backed securities are valued based on models that consider trade data, prepayment and default projections, benchmark yield and spread data and estimated cash flows of each tranche of the issuer. Collateralized loan obligations are valued based on discounted cash flow models that consider trade and economic data, prepayment assumptions and default projections. Commercial paper and certificates of deposit are valued using a curve-based approach that considers money market rates for specific instruments, programs, currencies and maturity points from a variety of active market makers. Fixed income securities initially expressed in local currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the appropriate currency exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
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Hybrid securities are valued at the evaluated mean as provided by independent pricing services or at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices as provided by investment dealers. Preferred stocks and convertible preferred stocks with perpetual maturities are valued using market models that consider trade data, quotations from dealers and active market makers, relevant yield curve and spread data, creditworthiness, trade data or market information on comparable securities, and other relevant security specific information. Hybrid securities initially expressed in local currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the appropriate currency exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
Open-end management investment companies are valued at the reported NAV per share. Exchange-traded futures contracts are valued at the settlement price as provided by the appropriate exchange. Swap agreements are valued at an evaluated mean as provided by independent pricing services or independent brokers. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean of the appropriate forward exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service. Investments initially expressed in local currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the appropriate currency exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
If the valuation designee determines that the market price for a portfolio security is not readily available or is believed by the valuation designee to be unreliable, such security is valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the valuation designee, in accordance with its policies and procedures. Circumstances that may cause the fund to determine that market quotations are not available or reliable include, but are not limited to: when there is a significant event subsequent to the market quotation; trading in a security has been halted during the trading day; or trading in a security is insufficient or did not take place due to a closure or holiday.
The valuation designee monitors for significant events occurring after the close of an investment’s primary exchange but before the fund’s NAV per share is determined. Significant events may include, but are not limited to: corporate announcements and transactions; regulatory news, governmental action and political unrest that could impact a specific investment or an investment sector; or armed conflicts, natural disasters and similar events that could affect investments in a specific country or region. The valuation designee also monitors for significant fluctuations between domestic and foreign markets, as evidenced by the U.S. market or such other indicators that it deems appropriate. The valuation designee may apply a model-derived factor to the closing price of equity securities traded on foreign securities exchanges. The factor is based on observable market data as provided by an independent pricing service.
Security Transactions — Security transactions are accounted for as of the trade date. Net realized gains and losses are determined on the identified cost basis, which is also used for federal income tax purposes.
Investment Income — Interest income less foreign taxes withheld, if any, is recorded on the accrual basis and includes paydown gain (loss) and accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums. Inflation adjustments related to inflation-linked debt securities are reflected as interest income. Dividend income less foreign taxes withheld, if any, is recorded as of the ex-dividend date. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or long-term capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The fund may estimate the components of distributions received that may be considered nontaxable distributions or long-term capital gain distributions for income tax purposes. Income and capital gain distributions, if any, from the affiliated funds are recorded as of the ex-dividend date. Securities lending income is net of fees and rebates earned by the lending agent for its services.
Foreign Currency Translations — All assets and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates at period end. The fund may enter into spot foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate transactions denominated in a foreign currency. Purchases and sales of investment securities, dividend and interest income, spot foreign currency exchange contracts, and expenses are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized and unrealized foreign currency exchange gains or losses related to investment securities are a component of net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, respectively.
Income Tax Status — It is the fund's policy to distribute substantially all net investment income and net realized gains to shareholders and to otherwise qualify as a regulated investment company under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, no provision has been made for income taxes. The fund files U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax returns as applicable. The fund's tax returns are subject to examination by the relevant taxing authority until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years from the date of filing but can be longer in certain jurisdictions. At this time, management believes there
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are no uncertain tax positions which, based on their technical merit, would not be sustained upon examination and for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.
Multiple Class — All shares of the fund represent an equal pro rata interest in the net assets of the class to which such shares belong, and have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except for class specific expenses and exclusive rights to vote on matters affecting only individual classes. Income, non-class specific expenses, and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses of the fund are allocated to each class of shares based on their relative net assets.
Distributions to Shareholders — Distributions from net investment income, if any, are generally declared and paid quarterly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are generally declared and paid annually.
Indemnifications — Under the corporation’s organizational documents, its officers and directors are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered by management to be remote.
Securities Lending — Securities are lent to qualified financial institutions and brokers. State Street Bank & Trust Co. serves as securities lending agent to the fund pursuant to a Securities Lending Agreement. The lending of securities exposes the fund to risks such as: the borrowers may fail to return the loaned securities, the borrowers may not be able to provide additional collateral, the fund may experience delays in recovery of the loaned securities or delays in access to collateral, or the fund may experience losses related to the investment collateral. To minimize certain risks, loan counterparties pledge collateral in the form of cash and/or securities. The lending agent has agreed to indemnify the fund in the case of default of any securities borrowed. Cash collateral received is invested in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, a money market mutual fund registered under the 1940 Act. The loans may also be secured by U.S. government securities in an amount at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned, plus accrued interest and dividends, determined on a daily basis and adjusted accordingly. By lending securities, the fund seeks to increase its net investment income through the receipt of interest and fees. Such income is reflected separately within the Statement of Operations. The value of loaned securities and related collateral outstanding at period end, if any, are shown on a gross basis within the Schedule of Investments and Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
The following table reflects a breakdown of transactions accounted for as secured borrowings, the gross obligation by the type of collateral pledged, and the remaining contractual maturity of those transactions as of July 31, 2023.
Remaining Contractual Maturity of Agreements | |||||||||||||||||
Overnight and Continuous | <30 days | Between 30 & 90 days | >90 days | Total | |||||||||||||
Securities Lending Transactions(1) | |||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 223,539 | — | — | — | $ | 223,539 | ||||||||||
Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions | $ | 223,539 |
(1)Amount represents the payable for cash collateral received for securities on loan. This will generally be in the Overnight and Continuous column as the securities are typically callable on demand.
3. Fees and Transactions with Related Parties
Certain officers and directors of the corporation are also officers and/or directors of American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC). The corporation's investment advisor, ACIM, the corporation's distributor, American Century Investment Services, Inc. (ACIS), and the corporation's transfer agent, American Century Services, LLC, are wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by ACC. ACIM serves as the investment advisor for the affiliated funds.
Management Fees — The corporation has entered into a management agreement with ACIM, under which ACIM provides the fund with investment advisory and management services in exchange for a single, unified management fee (the fee) per class. The agreement provides that ACIM will pay all expenses of managing and operating the fund, except brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of the independent directors (including legal counsel fees), extraordinary expenses, and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under
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the 1940 Act. The fee is computed and accrued daily based on each class's daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The difference in the fee among the classes is a result of their separate arrangements for non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder services. It is not the result of any difference in advisory or custodial fees or other expenses related to the management of the fund's assets, which do not vary by class. The rate of the fee is determined by applying a fee rate calculation formula. This formula takes into account the fund's assets as well as certain assets, if any, of other clients of the investment advisor outside the American Century Investments family of funds (such as subadvised funds and separate accounts), as well as exchange-traded funds managed by the investment advisor, that use very similar investment teams and strategies (strategy assets). The investment advisor will waive the portion of the fund's management fee equal to the expenses attributable to the management fees of the funds advised by American Century Investments in which the fund invests. The amount of this waiver will fluctuate depending on the fund's daily allocation to such funds. This waiver is expected to remain in effect permanently and it cannot be terminated without the approval of the Board of Directors. During the period ended July 31, 2023, the investment advisor agreed to waive an additional 0.18% of the fund's management fee. The investment advisor expects this waiver to continue until July 31, 2024 and cannot terminate it prior to such date without the approval of the Board of Directors.
The management fee schedule range and the effective annual management fee before and after waiver for each class for the period ended July 31, 2023 are as follows:
Management Fee Schedule Range | Effective Annual Management Fee | ||||||||||
Before Waiver | After Waiver | ||||||||||
Investor Class | 0.80% to 1.00% | 1.00% | 0.71% | ||||||||
I Class | 0.60% to 0.80% | 0.80% | 0.51% | ||||||||
A Class | 0.80% to 1.00% | 1.00% | 0.71% | ||||||||
C Class | 0.80% to 1.00% | 1.00% | 0.71% | ||||||||
R Class | 0.80% to 1.00% | 1.00% | 0.71% | ||||||||
R5 Class | 0.60% to 0.80% | 0.80% | 0.51% | ||||||||
R6 Class | 0.45% to 0.65% | 0.65% | 0.36% |
Distribution and Service Fees — The Board of Directors has adopted a separate Master Distribution and Individual Shareholder Services Plan for each of the A Class, C Class and R Class (collectively the plans), pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act. The plans provide that the A Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 0.25%. The plans provide that the C Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 1.00%, of which 0.25% is paid for individual shareholder services and 0.75% is paid for distribution services. The plans provide that the R Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 0.50%. The fees are computed and accrued daily based on each class’s daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The fees are used to pay financial intermediaries for distribution and individual shareholder services. Fees incurred under the plans during the period ended July 31, 2023 are detailed in the Statement of Operations.
Directors' Fees and Expenses — The Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the investment advisor’s management and operations of the fund. The directors receive detailed information about the fund and its investment advisor regularly throughout the year, and meet at least quarterly with management of the investment advisor to review reports about fund operations. The fund's officers do not receive compensation from the fund.
Interfund Transactions — The fund may enter into security transactions with other American Century Investments funds and other client accounts of the investment advisor, in accordance with the 1940 Act rules and procedures adopted by the Board of Directors. The rules and procedures require, among other things, that these transactions be effected at the independent current market price of the security. During the period, the interfund purchases and sales were $14,832 and $144,574, respectively. The effect of interfund transactions on the Statement of Operations was $(23,250) in net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions.
4. Investment Transactions
Purchases of investment securities, excluding short-term investments, for the period ended July 31, 2023 totaled $60,852,449, of which $3,865,768 represented U.S. Treasury and Government Agency obligations.
Sales of investment securities, excluding short-term investments, for the period ended July 31, 2023 totaled $89,796,061, of which $4,009,061 represented U.S. Treasury and Government Agency obligations.
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5. Capital Share Transactions
Transactions in shares of the fund were as follows:
Year ended July 31, 2023 | Year ended July 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | |||||||||||
Investor Class/Shares Authorized | 500,000,000 | 500,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 1,717,775 | $ | 8,837,762 | 2,404,449 | $ | 14,183,260 | ||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 1,113,592 | 5,555,974 | 2,330,401 | 13,840,893 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (4,484,897) | (23,139,430) | (5,283,194) | (30,544,732) | ||||||||||
(1,653,530) | (8,745,694) | (548,344) | (2,520,579) | |||||||||||
I Class/Shares Authorized | 120,000,000 | 120,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 1,555,334 | 7,987,749 | 2,928,119 | 17,067,248 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 292,194 | 1,455,549 | 550,177 | 3,258,357 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (3,914,636) | (20,018,848) | (2,784,085) | (16,413,767) | ||||||||||
(2,067,108) | (10,575,550) | 694,211 | 3,911,838 | |||||||||||
A Class/Shares Authorized | 270,000,000 | 270,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 1,760,326 | 9,042,293 | 2,160,716 | 12,758,637 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 634,282 | 3,162,664 | 1,262,338 | 7,488,099 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (3,004,919) | (15,402,772) | (3,015,610) | (17,813,834) | ||||||||||
(610,311) | (3,197,815) | 407,444 | 2,432,902 | |||||||||||
C Class/Shares Authorized | 70,000,000 | 70,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 155,969 | 776,994 | 567,403 | 3,440,127 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 53,044 | 257,746 | 166,126 | 966,170 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (665,450) | (3,325,822) | (988,863) | (5,621,233) | ||||||||||
(456,437) | (2,291,082) | (255,334) | (1,214,936) | |||||||||||
R Class/Shares Authorized | 50,000,000 | 50,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 304,838 | 1,560,941 | 371,423 | 2,161,736 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 72,879 | 361,984 | 159,376 | 943,066 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (644,993) | (3,311,002) | (453,586) | (2,676,781) | ||||||||||
(267,276) | (1,388,077) | 77,213 | 428,021 | |||||||||||
R5 Class/Shares Authorized | 150,000,000 | 150,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 139 | 729 | 103,319 | 664,629 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 79 | 393 | 40,002 | 251,969 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | — | (2) | (6,158,876) | (39,840,650) | ||||||||||
218 | 1,120 | (6,015,555) | (38,924,052) | |||||||||||
R6 Class/Shares Authorized | 235,000,000 | 235,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 3,362,374 | 17,320,754 | 3,826,951 | 22,648,859 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 853,673 | 4,263,321 | 1,487,260 | 8,816,966 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (2,485,887) | (12,820,651) | (3,454,166) | (19,810,573) | ||||||||||
1,730,160 | 8,763,424 | 1,860,045 | 11,655,252 | |||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) | (3,324,284) | $ | (17,433,674) | (3,780,320) | $ | (24,231,554) |
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6. Fair Value Measurements
The fund's investments valuation process is based on several considerations and may use multiple inputs to determine the fair value of the investments held by the fund. In conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the inputs used to determine a valuation are classified into three broad levels.
•Level 1 valuation inputs consist of unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical investments.
•Level 2 valuation inputs consist of direct or indirect observable market data (including quoted prices for comparable investments, evaluations of subsequent market events, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). These inputs also consist of quoted prices for identical investments initially expressed in local currencies that are adjusted through translation into U.S. dollars.
•Level 3 valuation inputs consist of unobservable data (including a fund’s own assumptions).
The level classification is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair valuation measurement. The valuation inputs are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in these securities or other financial instruments.
The following is a summary of the level classifications as of period end. The Schedule of Investments provides additional information on the fund's portfolio holdings.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||
Assets | |||||||||||
Investment Securities | |||||||||||
Affiliated Funds | $ | 122,970,005 | — | — | |||||||
U.S. Treasury Securities | — | $ | 63,262,869 | — | |||||||
Common Stocks | 46,589,805 | 14,936,986 | — | ||||||||
Sovereign Governments and Agencies | — | 18,997,616 | — | ||||||||
Corporate Bonds | — | 13,219,007 | — | ||||||||
Collateralized Loan Obligations | — | 7,281,252 | — | ||||||||
Municipal Securities | — | 2,699,296 | — | ||||||||
Preferred Stocks | — | 1,699,539 | — | ||||||||
Asset-Backed Securities | — | 1,682,063 | — | ||||||||
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | — | 895,974 | — | ||||||||
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities | — | 573,632 | — | ||||||||
Exchange-Traded Funds | 429,337 | — | — | ||||||||
Short-Term Investments | 11,750,362 | 27,061,963 | — | ||||||||
$ | 181,739,509 | $ | 152,310,197 | — | |||||||
Other Financial Instruments | |||||||||||
Futures Contracts | — | $ | 22,989 | — | |||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | — | 1,006 | — | ||||||||
— | $ | 23,995 | — | ||||||||
Liabilities | |||||||||||
Other Financial Instruments | |||||||||||
Futures Contracts | $ | 284,882 | $ | 44,158 | — | ||||||
Swap Agreements | — | 271,033 | — | ||||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | — | 205,819 | — | ||||||||
$ | 284,882 | $ | 521,010 | — |
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7. Derivative Instruments
Credit Risk — The fund is subject to credit risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The value of a bond generally declines as the credit quality of its issuer declines. Credit default swap agreements enable a fund to buy/sell protection against a credit event of a specific issuer or index. A fund may attempt to enhance returns by selling protection or attempt to mitigate credit risk by buying protection. The buyer/seller of credit protection against a security or basket of securities may pay/receive an up-front or periodic payment to compensate for/against potential default events. Changes in value, including the periodic amounts of interest to be paid or received on swap agreements, are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements. Upon entering into a centrally cleared swap, a fund is required to deposit cash or securities (initial margin) with a financial intermediary in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the notional amount. A fund may incur charges or earn income on cash deposit balances, which are reflected in interest expenses or interest income, respectively. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received daily, in cash, by a fund. The variation margin is equal to the daily change in the value and is a component of unrealized gains and losses. Realized gain or loss is recorded upon receipt or payment of a periodic settlement or termination of swap agreements. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of swap agreements are a component of net realized gain (loss) on swap agreement transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements, respectively. The risks of entering into swap agreements include the possible lack of liquidity, failure of the counterparty to meet its obligations, and that there may be unfavorable changes in the underlying investments or instruments. The fund's average notional amount held during the period was $5,078,373.
Foreign Currency Risk — The fund is subject to foreign currency exchange rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The value of foreign investments held by a fund may be significantly affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The dollar value of a foreign security generally decreases when the value of the dollar rises against the foreign currency in which the security is denominated and tends to increase when the value of the dollar declines against such foreign currency. A fund may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to reduce a fund's exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations or to gain exposure to the fluctuations in the value of foreign currencies. A fund will segregate cash, cash equivalents or other appropriate liquid securities on its records in amounts sufficient to meet requirements. The net U.S. dollar value of foreign currency underlying all contractual commitments held by a fund and the resulting unrealized appreciation or depreciation are determined daily. Realized gain or loss is recorded upon settlement of the contract. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of forward foreign currency exchange contracts are a component of net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts, respectively. A fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the foreign currency exchange rate underlying the forward contract. Additionally, losses, up to the fair value, may arise if the counterparties do not perform under the contract terms. The fund's average U.S. dollar exposure to foreign currency risk derivative instruments held during the period was $15,731,609.
Interest Rate Risk — The fund is subject to interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The value of bonds generally declines as interest rates rise. A fund may enter into futures contracts based on a bond index or a specific underlying security. A fund may purchase futures contracts to gain exposure to increases in market value or sell futures contracts to protect against a decline in market value. Upon entering into a futures contract, a fund will segregate cash, cash equivalents or other appropriate liquid securities on its records in amounts sufficient to meet requirements. A fund may incur charges or earn income on cash deposit balances, which are reflected in interest expenses or interest income, respectively. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received daily, in cash, by a fund. The variation margin is equal to the daily change in the contract value and is recorded as unrealized gains and losses. A fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the futures contract is closed or expires. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of futures contracts are a component of net realized gain (loss) on futures contract transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, respectively. One of the risks of entering into futures contracts is the possibility that the change in value of the contract may not correlate with the changes in value of the underlying securities. The fund's average notional exposure to interest rate risk derivative instruments held during the period was $29,060,834 futures contracts purchased and $5,611,500 futures contracts sold.
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Value of Derivative Instruments as of July 31, 2023
Asset Derivatives | Liability Derivatives | |||||||||||||
Type of Risk Exposure | Location on Statement of Assets and Liabilities | Value | Location on Statement of Assets and Liabilities | Value | ||||||||||
Credit Risk | Receivable for variation margin on swap agreements* | — | Payable for variation margin on swap agreements* | $ | 782 | |||||||||
Foreign Currency Risk | Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | $ | 1,006 | Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 205,819 | |||||||||
Interest Rate Risk | Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts* | 20,989 | Payable for variation margin on futures contracts* | 1,702 | ||||||||||
$ | 21,995 | $ | 208,303 |
*Included in the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts or centrally cleared swap agreements, as applicable, as reported in the Schedule of Investments.
Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations for the Year Ended July 31, 2023
Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |||||||||||||
Type of Risk Exposure | Location on Statement of Operations | Value | Location on Statement of Operations | Value | ||||||||||
Credit Risk | Net realized gain (loss) on swap agreement transactions | $ | (181,138) | Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements | $ | (170,096) | ||||||||
Foreign Currency Risk | Net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions | (13,251) | Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | (526,995) | ||||||||||
Interest Rate Risk | Net realized gain (loss) on futures contract transactions | (1,863,426) | Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts | (533,387) | ||||||||||
$ | (2,057,815) | $ | (1,230,478) |
8. Risk Factors
The value of the fund’s shares will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, based on the performance of the securities owned by the fund and other factors generally affecting the securities market. Market risks, including political, regulatory, economic and social developments, can affect the value of the fund’s investments. Natural disasters, public health emergencies, war, terrorism and other unforeseeable events may lead to increased market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally.
The fund may invest in instruments that have variable or floating coupon rates based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). LIBOR is a benchmark interest rate intended to be representative of the rate at which certain major international banks lend to one another over short-terms. Financial institutions have started the process of phasing out LIBOR and the transition process to a replacement rate may lead to increased volatility or illiquidity in markets for instruments that rely on LIBOR. This could result in a change to the value of such instruments or a change in the cost of temporary borrowing for the fund.
There are certain risks involved in investing in foreign securities. These risks include those resulting from political events (such as civil unrest, national elections and imposition of exchange controls), social and economic events (such as labor strikes and rising inflation), and natural disasters. Securities of foreign issuers may be less liquid and more volatile. Investing in emerging markets or a significant portion of assets in one country or region may accentuate these risks.
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9. Federal Tax Information
The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended July 31, 2023 and July 31, 2022 were as follows:
2023 | 2022 | |||||||
Distributions Paid From | ||||||||
Ordinary income | $ | 7,078,534 | $ | 17,652,606 | ||||
Long-term capital gains | $ | 8,180,966 | $ | 18,364,746 |
The book-basis character of distributions made during the year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. These differences reflect the differing character of certain income items and net realized gains and losses for financial statement and tax purposes, and may result in reclassification among certain capital accounts on the financial statements.
As of period end, the federal tax cost of investments and the components of distributable earnings on a tax-basis were as follows:
Federal tax cost of investments | $ | 315,878,587 | |||
Gross tax appreciation of investments | $ | 39,234,792 | |||
Gross tax depreciation of investments | (21,063,673) | ||||
Net tax appreciation (depreciation) of investments | 18,171,119 | ||||
Net tax appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | (183,401) | ||||
Net tax appreciation (depreciation) | $ | 17,987,718�� | |||
Other book-to-tax adjustments | $ | (6,139) | |||
Undistributed ordinary income | $ | 226,489 | |||
Accumulated long-term gains | $ | 219,730 |
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales. Other book-to-tax adjustments are attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on straddle positions.
10. Investments in Affiliated Funds
The fund does not invest in an affiliated fund for the purpose of exercising management or control; however, investments by the fund within its investment strategy may represent a significant portion of an affiliated fund's net assets.
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11. Affiliated Fund Transactions
A summary of transactions for each affiliated fund for the period ended July 31, 2023 follows (amounts in thousands):
Affiliated Fund(1) | Beginning Value | Purchase Cost | Sales Cost | Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Ending Value | Ending Shares | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Distributions Received(2) | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century Diversified Corporate Bond ETF | $ | 18,486 | — | — | $ | (722) | $ | 17,764 | 389 | — | $ | 678 | ||||||||||||||
American Century Emerging Markets Bond ETF | 6,059 | — | — | (146) | 5,913 | 156 | — | 338 | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century Focused Dynamic Growth ETF(3) | 4,528 | $ | 132 | $ | 1,311 | 881 | 4,230 | 62 | $ | (405) | — | |||||||||||||||
American Century Focused Large Cap Value ETF | 7,057 | 864 | 1,617 | (71) | 6,233 | 103 | 271 | 296 | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century Multisector Income ETF | 15,782 | — | — | (744) | 15,038 | 352 | — | 723 | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century Quality Diversified International ETF | 9,444 | 863 | 2,057 | 1,329 | 9,579 | 210 | (259) | 328 | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century Short Duration Strategic Income ETF | — | 1,604 | — | 4 | 1,608 | 32 | — | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF(4) | 12,932 | 2,219 | 1,755 | 815 | 14,211 | 201 | 656 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century U.S. Quality Value ETF(5) | 22,840 | 1,058 | 6,034 | 842 | 18,706 | 369 | (29) | 542 | ||||||||||||||||||
Avantis International Equity ETF | 10,729 | 292 | 1,948 | 1,341 | 10,414 | 175 | (158) | 295 | ||||||||||||||||||
Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF | 1,848 | 51 | 176 | 142 | 1,865 | 31 | 11 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||
Avantis U.S. Equity ETF | 16,831 | 438 | 2,998 | 380 | 14,651 | 187 | 1,014 | 223 | ||||||||||||||||||
Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF | 5,111 | 179 | 1,200 | (1,332) | 2,758 | 33 | 1,620 | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||
$ | 131,647 | $ | 7,700 | $ | 19,096 | $ | 2,719 | $ | 122,970 | 2,300 | $ | 2,721 | $ | 3,645 |
(1)Investments are funds within the American Century Investments family of funds and are considered affiliated funds. Additional information and attributes of each affiliated fund are available at americancentury.com or avantisinvestors.com.
(2)Distributions received includes distributions from net investment income and from capital gains, if any.
(3)Non-income producing.
(4)Effective May 31, 2023, the name of American Century STOXX® U.S. Quality Growth ETF was changed to American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF.
(5)Effective May 31, 2023, the name of American Century STOXX® U.S. Quality Value ETF was changed to American Century U.S. Quality Value ETF.
Financial Highlights |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended July 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations*: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investor Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $5.35 | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.15 | (0.11) | (0.13) | (0.24) | $5.26 | 3.04% | 0.72% | 1.01% | 2.39% | 2.10% | 21% | $126,027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $6.39 | 0.12 | (0.61) | (0.49) | (0.12) | (0.43) | (0.55) | $5.35 | (8.39)% | 0.72% | 1.01% | 2.00% | 1.71% | 40% | $136,990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.65 | 0.08 | 0.92 | 1.00 | (0.07) | (0.19) | (0.26) | $6.39 | 18.09% | 0.76% | 1.00% | 1.38% | 1.14% | 57% | $167,285 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $5.67 | 0.06 | 0.37 | 0.43 | (0.07) | (0.38) | (0.45) | $5.65 | 7.89% | 0.85% | 1.01% | 1.09% | 0.93% | 87% | $144,395 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $5.83 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.23 | (0.10) | (0.29) | (0.39) | $5.67 | 4.55% | 1.00% | 1.01% | 1.58% | 1.57% | 65% | $161,655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $5.35 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.16 | (0.12) | (0.13) | (0.25) | $5.26 | 3.24% | 0.52% | 0.81% | 2.59% | 2.30% | 21% | $24,080 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $6.40 | 0.13 | (0.62) | (0.49) | (0.13) | (0.43) | (0.56) | $5.35 | (8.35)% | 0.52% | 0.81% | 2.20% | 1.91% | 40% | $35,548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.65 | 0.10 | 0.93 | 1.03 | (0.09) | (0.19) | (0.28) | $6.40 | 18.51% | 0.56% | 0.80% | 1.58% | 1.34% | 57% | $38,058 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $5.67 | 0.07 | 0.37 | 0.44 | (0.08) | (0.38) | (0.46) | $5.65 | 8.11% | 0.65% | 0.81% | 1.29% | 1.13% | 87% | $27,985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $5.84 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.23 | (0.11) | (0.29) | (0.40) | $5.67 | 4.57% | 0.80% | 0.81% | 1.78% | 1.77% | 65% | $29,248 |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended July 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations*: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $5.34 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.14 | (0.10) | (0.13) | (0.23) | $5.25 | 2.77% | 0.97% | 1.26% | 2.14% | 1.85% | 21% | $74,616 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $6.39 | 0.10 | (0.62) | (0.52) | (0.10) | (0.43) | (0.53) | $5.34 | (8.78)% | 0.97% | 1.26% | 1.75% | 1.46% | 40% | $79,128 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.65 | 0.07 | 0.92 | 0.99 | (0.06) | (0.19) | (0.25) | $6.39 | 17.79% | 1.01% | 1.25% | 1.13% | 0.89% | 57% | $92,011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $5.67 | 0.05 | 0.36 | 0.41 | (0.05) | (0.38) | (0.43) | $5.65 | 7.62% | 1.10% | 1.26% | 0.84% | 0.68% | 87% | $78,047 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $5.83 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.21 | (0.08) | (0.29) | (0.37) | $5.67 | 4.29% | 1.25% | 1.26% | 1.33% | 1.32% | 65% | $86,822 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
C Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $5.21 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.10 | (0.06) | (0.13) | (0.19) | $5.12 | 2.05% | 1.72% | 2.01% | 1.39% | 1.10% | 21% | $6,118 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $6.24 | 0.06 | (0.60) | (0.54) | (0.06) | (0.43) | (0.49) | $5.21 | (9.37)% | 1.72% | 2.01% | 1.00% | 0.71% | 40% | $8,606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.53 | 0.02 | 0.90 | 0.92 | (0.02) | (0.19) | (0.21) | $6.24 | 16.90% | 1.76% | 2.00% | 0.38% | 0.14% | 57% | $11,902 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $5.57 | 0.01 | 0.35 | 0.36 | (0.02) | (0.38) | (0.40) | $5.53 | 6.78% | 1.85% | 2.01% | 0.09% | (0.07)% | 87% | $14,851 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $5.74 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.17 | (0.05) | (0.29) | (0.34) | $5.57 | 3.43% | 2.00% | 2.01% | 0.58% | 0.57% | 65% | $17,705 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $5.32 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.13 | (0.08) | (0.13) | (0.21) | $5.24 | 2.72% | 1.22% | 1.51% | 1.89% | 1.60% | 21% | $8,681 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $6.37 | 0.09 | (0.62) | (0.53) | (0.09) | (0.43) | (0.52) | $5.32 | (9.04)% | 1.22% | 1.51% | 1.50% | 1.21% | 40% | $10,251 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.63 | 0.05 | 0.93 | 0.98 | (0.05) | (0.19) | (0.24) | $6.37 | 17.59% | 1.26% | 1.50% | 0.88% | 0.64% | 57% | $11,768 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $5.65 | 0.03 | 0.37 | 0.40 | (0.04) | (0.38) | (0.42) | $5.63 | 7.37% | 1.35% | 1.51% | 0.59% | 0.43% | 87% | $10,783 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $5.82 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.19 | (0.07) | (0.29) | (0.36) | $5.65 | 3.86% | 1.50% | 1.51% | 1.08% | 1.07% | 65% | $10,314 |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended July 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations*: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R5 Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $5.36 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.16 | (0.12) | (0.13) | (0.25) | $5.27 | 3.23% | 0.52% | 0.81% | 2.59% | 2.30% | 21% | $9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $6.41 | 0.10 | (0.59) | (0.49) | (0.13) | (0.43) | (0.56) | $5.36 | (8.34)% | 0.52% | 0.81% | 2.20% | 1.91% | 40% | $8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.66 | 0.10 | 0.93 | 1.03 | (0.09) | (0.19) | (0.28) | $6.41 | 18.48% | 0.56% | 0.80% | 1.58% | 1.34% | 57% | $38,543 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $5.68 | 0.07 | 0.37 | 0.44 | (0.08) | (0.38) | (0.46) | $5.66 | 8.10% | 0.65% | 0.81% | 1.29% | 1.13% | 87% | $34,465 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $5.85 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.23 | (0.11) | (0.29) | (0.40) | $5.68 | 4.75% | 0.80% | 0.81% | 1.78% | 1.77% | 65% | $36,866 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R6 Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $5.35 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.17 | (0.13) | (0.13) | (0.26) | $5.26 | 3.40% | 0.37% | 0.66% | 2.74% | 2.45% | 21% | $94,974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $6.40 | 0.14 | (0.62) | (0.48) | (0.14) | (0.43) | (0.57) | $5.35 | (8.21)% | 0.37% | 0.66% | 2.35% | 2.06% | 40% | $87,310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.66 | 0.10 | 0.93 | 1.03 | (0.10) | (0.19) | (0.29) | $6.40 | 18.48% | 0.41% | 0.65% | 1.73% | 1.49% | 57% | $92,483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $5.68 | 0.08 | 0.37 | 0.45 | (0.09) | (0.38) | (0.47) | $5.66 | 8.28% | 0.50% | 0.66% | 1.44% | 1.28% | 87% | $74,665 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $5.84 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.25 | (0.12) | (0.29) | (0.41) | $5.68 | 4.91% | 0.65% | 0.66% | 1.93% | 1.92% | 65% | $69,846 |
Notes to Financial Highlights |
(1)Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
(2)Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day and do not reflect applicable sales charges, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
*The amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period may not correlate with the Statement(s) of Operations or precisely reflect the class expense differentials due to the timing of transactions in shares of a fund in relation to income earned and/or fluctuations in the fair value of a fund's investments.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of American Century Strategic Asset Allocations, Inc.:
Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Strategic Allocation: Conservative Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the American Century Strategic Asset Allocations, Inc., as of July 31, 2023, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Strategic Allocation: Conservative Fund of the American Century Strategic Asset Allocations, Inc. as of July 31, 2023, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of July 31, 2023, by correspondence with the custodian, the transfer agent, and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
September 18, 2023
We have served as the auditor of one or more American Century investment companies since 1997.
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Management |
The Board of Directors
The individuals listed below serve as directors of the funds. Each director will continue to serve in this capacity until death, retirement, resignation or removal from office. The board has adopted a mandatory retirement age for directors who are not “interested persons,” as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act (independent directors). Independent directors shall retire on December 31 of the year in which they reach their 75th birthday.
Jonathan S. Thomas is an “interested person” because he currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC), the parent company of American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM or the advisor). The other directors (more than three-fourths of the total number) are independent. They are not employees, directors or officers of, and have no financial interest in, ACC or any of its wholly owned, direct or indirect, subsidiaries, including ACIM, American Century Investment Services, Inc. (ACIS) and American Century Services, LLC (ACS), and they do not have any other affiliations, positions or relationships that would cause them to be considered “interested persons” under the Investment Company Act. The directors serve in this capacity for seven (in the case of Jonathan S. Thomas, 16; and Stephen E. Yates, 8) registered investment companies in the American Century Investments family of funds.
The following table presents additional information about the directors. The mailing address for each director is 4500 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.
Name (Year of Birth) | Position(s) Held with Funds | Length of Time Served | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | Number of American Century Portfolios Overseen by Director | Other Directorships Held During Past 5 Years | ||||||||||||
Independent Directors | |||||||||||||||||
Brian Bulatao (1964) | Director | Since 2022 | Chief Administrative Officer, Activision Blizzard, Inc. (2021 to present); Under Secretary of State for Management, U.S. Department of State (2018 to 2021); Chief Operating Officer, Central Intelligence Agency (2017 to 2018) | 65 | None | ||||||||||||
Thomas W. Bunn (1953) | Director | Since 2017 | Retired | 65 | None | ||||||||||||
Chris H. Cheesman (1962) | Director | Since 2019 | Retired. Senior Vice President & Chief Audit Executive, AllianceBernstein (1999 to 2018) | 65 | Alleghany Corporation (2021 to 2022) | ||||||||||||
Barry Fink (1955) | Director | Since 2012 (independent since 2016) | Retired | 65 | None | ||||||||||||
Rajesh K. Gupta (1960) | Director | Since 2019 | Partner Emeritus, SeaCrest Investment Management and SeaCrest Wealth Management (2019 to present); Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, SeaCrest Investment Management (2006 to 2019); Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, SeaCrest Wealth Management (2008 to 2019) | 65 | None |
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Name (Year of Birth) | Position(s) Held with Funds | Length of Time Served | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | Number of American Century Portfolios Overseen by Director | Other Directorships Held During Past 5 Years | ||||||||||||
Independent Directors | |||||||||||||||||
Lynn Jenkins (1963) | Director | Since 2019 | Consultant, LJ Strategies (2019 to present); United States Representative, U.S. House of Representatives (2009 to 2018) | 65 | MGP Ingredients, Inc. (2019 to 2021) | ||||||||||||
Jan M. Lewis (1957) | Director and Board Chair | Since 2011 (Board Chair since 2022) | Retired | 65 | None | ||||||||||||
Gary C. Meltzer (1963) | Director | Since 2022 | Advisor, Pontoro (2021 to present); Executive Advisor, Consultant and Investor, Harris Ariel Advisory LLC (2020 to present); Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (1985 to 2020) | 65 | ExcelFin Acquisition Corp., Apollo Realty Income Solutions, Inc. | ||||||||||||
Stephen E. Yates (1948) | Director | Since 2012 | Retired | 116 | None | ||||||||||||
Interested Director | |||||||||||||||||
Jonathan S. Thomas (1963) | Director | Since 2007 | President and Chief Executive Officer, ACC (2007 to present). Also serves as Chief Executive Officer, ACS; Director, ACC and other ACC subsidiaries | 148 | None |
The Statement of Additional Information has additional information about the fund's directors and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021.
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Officers
The following table presents certain information about the executive officers of the funds. Each officer serves as an officer for each of the 16 investment companies in the American Century family of funds. No officer is compensated for his or her service as an officer of the funds. The listed officers are interested persons of the funds and are appointed or re-appointed on an annual basis. The mailing address for each officer listed below is 4500 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.
Name (Year of Birth) | Offices with the Funds | Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years | ||||||
Patrick Bannigan (1965) | President since 2019 | Executive Vice President and Director, ACC (2012 to present); Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer, ACC (2015 to present). Also serves as President, ACS; Vice President, ACIM; Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and/or Director, ACIM, ACS and other ACC subsidiaries | ||||||
R. Wes Campbell (1974) | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since 2018 | Vice President, ACS, (2020 to present); Investment Operations and Investment Accounting, ACS (2000 to present) | ||||||
Amy D. Shelton (1964) | Chief Compliance Officer and Vice President since 2014 | Chief Compliance Officer, American Century funds, (2014 to present); Chief Compliance Officer, ACIM (2014 to present); Chief Compliance Officer, ACIS (2009 to present). Also serves as Vice President, ACIS | ||||||
John Pak (1968) | General Counsel and Senior Vice President since 2021 | General Counsel and Senior Vice President, ACC (2021 to present); Also serves as General Counsel and Senior Vice President, ACIM, ACS and ACIS. Chief Legal Officer of Investment and Wealth Management, The Bank of New York Mellon (2014 to 2021) | ||||||
David H. Reinmiller (1963) | Vice President since 2000 | Attorney, ACC (1994 to present). Also serves as Vice President, ACIM and ACS | ||||||
Ward D. Stauffer (1960) | Secretary since 2005 | Attorney, ACC (2003 to present) |
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Approval of Management Agreement |
At a meeting held on June 28, 2023, the Fund’s Board of Directors (the "Board") unanimously approved the renewal of the management agreement pursuant to which American Century Investment Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”) acts as the investment advisor for the Fund. Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”), contracts for investment advisory services are required to be reviewed, evaluated, and approved by a majority of a fund’s Directors, including a majority of the independent Directors.
Prior to its consideration of the renewal of the management agreement, the Directors requested and reviewed data and information compiled by the Advisor and certain independent data providers concerning the Fund. This review was in addition to the oversight and evaluation undertaken by the Board and its committees on a continual basis and the information received was supplemental to the information that the Board and its committees receive and consider over time.
In connection with its consideration of the renewal of the management agreement, the Board’s review and evaluation of the services provided by the Advisor and its affiliates included, but was not limited to
•the nature, extent, and quality of investment management, shareholder services, distribution services, and other services provided to the Fund;
•the wide range of programs and services the Advisor and other service providers provide to the Fund and its shareholders on a routine and non-routine basis;
•the Fund’s investment performance compared to appropriate benchmarks and/or peer groups of other mutual funds with similar investment objectives and strategies;
•the cost of owning the Fund compared to the cost of owning similarly-managed funds;
•the Advisor’s compliance policies, procedures, and regulatory experience and those of certain other service providers;
•the Advisor’s strategic plans, generally, and with respect to areas of heightened regulatory interest in the mutual fund industry and certain recent geopolitical and other issues;
•the Advisor’s business continuity plans, vendor management practices, and information security practices;
•the cost of services provided to the Fund, the profitability of the Fund to the Advisor, and the Advisor’s financial results of operation;
•possible economies of scale associated with the Advisor’s management of the Fund;
•any collateral benefits derived by the Advisor from the management of the Fund;
•fees and expenses associated with any investment by the Fund in other funds;
•payments to intermediaries by the Fund and the Advisor and services provided by intermediaries in connection therewith; and
•services provided and charges to the Advisor's other investment management clients.
The Board held two meetings to consider the renewal. The independent Directors also met in private session multiple times to review and discuss the information provided in response to their request. The independent Directors held active discussions with the Advisor regarding the renewal of the management agreement, requesting supplemental information, and reviewing information provided by the Advisor in response thereto. The independent Directors had the benefit of the advice of their independent counsel throughout the process.
Factors Considered
The Directors considered all of the information provided by the Advisor, the independent data providers, and independent counsel in connection with the approval. They determined that the information was sufficient for them to evaluate the management agreement for the Fund. In connection with their review, the Directors did not identify any single factor as being all-important or controlling, and each Director may have attributed different levels of importance to different factors.
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In deciding to renew the management agreement, the Board based its decision on a number of factors, including without limitation the following:
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services — Generally. Under the management agreement, the Advisor is responsible for providing or arranging for all services necessary for the operation of the Fund. The Board noted that the Advisor provides or arranges at its own expense a wide variety of services which include, without limitation, the following:
•constructing and designing the Fund
•portfolio research and security selection
•initial capitalization/funding
•securities trading
•Fund administration
•custody of Fund assets
•daily valuation of the Fund’s portfolio
•liquidity monitoring and management
•risk management, including information security
•shareholder servicing and transfer agency, including shareholder confirmations, recordkeeping, and communications
•legal services (except the independent Directors’ counsel)
•regulatory and portfolio compliance
•financial reporting
•marketing and distribution (except amounts paid by the Fund under Rule 12b-1 plans)
The Board noted that many of these services have expanded over time in terms of both quantity and complexity in response to shareholder demands, competition in the industry, changing distribution channels, and the changing regulatory environment.
Investment Management Services. The nature of the investment management services provided to the Fund is quite complex and allows Fund shareholders access to professional money management, instant diversification of their investments, the opportunity to easily diversify among asset classes by investing in or exchanging among various American Century Investments funds, and liquidity. In evaluating investment performance, the Board expects the Advisor to manage the Fund in accordance with its investment objectives and principal investment strategies. Further, the Directors recognize that the Advisor has an obligation to monitor trading activities, and in particular to seek the best execution of fund trades, and to evaluate the use of and payment for research. In providing these services, the Advisor utilizes teams of investment professionals who require extensive information technology, research, training, compliance, and other systems to conduct their business. The Board, directly and through its Fund Performance Review Committee, provides oversight of the investment performance process. It regularly reviews investment performance information for the Fund, together with comparative information for appropriate benchmarks and/or peer groups of similarly-managed funds, over different time horizons. The Directors also review investment performance information during the management agreement renewal process. If performance concerns are identified, the Board discusses with the Advisor the reasons for such results and any actions being taken to improve performance and may conduct special reviews until performance improves. The Fund’s performance was above its benchmark for the one-, three-, five-, and ten-year periods reviewed by the Board. In relation to industry peers, the Fund was above the median of its peer performance universe as identified by a third-party service provider for the one- and five-year periods, and below the median for the three- and ten-year periods. The Board found the investment management services provided by the Advisor to the Fund to be satisfactory and consistent with the management agreement.
Shareholder and Other Services. Under the management agreement, the Advisor provides the Fund with a comprehensive package of transfer agency, shareholder, and other services. The Board, directly and through its various committees, regularly reviews reports and evaluations of such services at its regular meetings. These reports include, but are not limited to, information regarding the operational efficiency and accuracy of the shareholder and transfer agency services provided, staffing levels, shareholder satisfaction, technology support (including information security), new products and services offered to Fund shareholders, securities trading activities,
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portfolio valuation services, auditing services, and legal and operational compliance activities. The Board found the services provided by the Advisor to the Fund under the management agreement to be competitive and of high quality.
Costs of Services and Profitability. The Advisor provides detailed information concerning its cost of providing various services to the Fund, its profitability in managing the Fund (pre- and post-distribution), and its financial results of operation. The Directors have reviewed with the Advisor the methodology used to prepare this financial information. This information is considered in evaluating the Advisor’s financial condition, its ability to continue to provide services under the management agreement, and the reasonableness of the terms of the current management agreement. The Board concluded that the Advisor’s profits were reasonable in light of the services provided to the Fund.
Ethics. The Board generally considers the Advisor’s commitment to providing quality services to shareholders and to conducting its business ethically. They noted that the Advisor’s practices generally meet or exceed industry best practices.
Economies of Scale. The Board also reviewed information provided by the Advisor regarding the possible existence of economies of scale in connection with the management of the Fund. The Board concluded that economies of scale are difficult to measure and predict with precision, especially on a fund-by-fund basis. The Board concluded that the Advisor is sharing economies of scale, to the extent they exist, through its fee structure, and through reinvestment in its business, infrastructure, investment capabilities and initiatives to provide shareholders enhanced and expanded content and services. The Board also noted that economies of scale are shared with the Fund and its shareholders through management fee breakpoints that serve to reduce the effective management fee as the assets of the Fund grow.
Comparison to Other Funds’ Fees. The management agreement provides that the Fund pays the Advisor a single, all-inclusive (or unified) management fee for providing all services necessary for the management and operation of the Fund, other than brokerage and other transaction fees and expenses relating to acquisition and disposition of portfolio securities, acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest, extraordinary expenses, fund litigation expenses, fees and expenses of the Fund’s independent Directors (including their independent legal counsel), and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Investment Company Act Rule 12b-1. Under the unified fee structure, the Advisor is responsible for providing all investment advisory, custody, audit, administrative, compliance, recordkeeping, marketing and shareholder services, or arranging and supervising third parties to provide such services. By contrast, most other funds are charged a variety of fees, including an investment advisory fee, a transfer agency fee, an administrative fee, distribution charges, and other expenses. Other than their investment advisory fees and any applicable Rule 12b-1 distribution fees, all other components of the total fees charged by these other funds may be increased without shareholder approval. The Board believes the unified fee structure is a benefit to Fund shareholders because it clearly discloses to shareholders the cost of owning Fund shares, and, since the unified fee cannot be increased without a vote of Fund shareholders, it shifts to the Advisor the risk of increased costs of operating the Fund and provides a direct incentive to minimize administrative inefficiencies. Part of the Board’s analysis of fee levels involves reviewing certain evaluative data compiled by an independent provider comparing the Fund’s unified fee to the total expense ratios of its peers. The unified fee charged to shareholders of the Fund was below the median of the total expense ratios of the Fund’s peer expense universe. In addition, the Board reviewed the Fund’s position relative to the narrower set of its expense group peers. The Board and the Advisor agreed to continue the temporary reduction of the Fund's annual unified management fee such that the Investor Class management fee not exceed 0.83% for at least one year beginning August 1, 2023. The Board concluded that the management fee paid by the Fund to the Advisor under the management agreement is reasonable in light of the services provided to the Fund.
Comparison to Fees and Services Provided to Other Clients of the Advisor. The Board also requested and received information from the Advisor concerning the nature of the services, fees,
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costs, and profitability of its advisory services to advisory clients other than the Fund. They observed that these varying types of client accounts require different services and involve different regulatory and entrepreneurial risks than the management of the Fund. The Board analyzed this information and concluded that the fees charged and services provided to the Fund were reasonable by comparison.
Payments to Intermediaries. The Directors also requested and received a description of payments made to intermediaries by the Fund and the Advisor and services provided in response thereto. These payments include various payments made by the Fund or the Advisor to different types of intermediaries and recordkeepers for distribution and service activities provided for the Fund. The Directors reviewed such information and received representations from the Advisor that all such payments by the Fund were made pursuant to the Fund's Rule 12b-1 Plan and that all such payments by the Advisor were made from the Advisor’s resources and reasonable profits.
Collateral or “Fall-Out” Benefits Derived by the Advisor. The Board considered the possible existence of collateral benefits the Advisor may receive as a result of its relationship with the Fund. They concluded that the Advisor’s primary business is managing funds and it generally does not use fund or shareholder information to generate profits in other lines of business, and therefore does not derive any significant collateral benefits from them. To the extent there are potential collateral benefits, the Board has been advised and has taken this into consideration in its review of the management contract with the Fund. The Board noted that additional assets from other clients may offer the Advisor some benefit from increased leverage with prospective clients, service providers, and counterparties. Additionally, the Advisor may receive proprietary research from broker-dealers that execute fund portfolio transactions, which the Board concluded is likely to benefit other clients of the Advisor, as well as Fund shareholders. The Board also determined that the Advisor is able to provide investment management services to certain clients other than the Fund, at least in part, due to its existing infrastructure built to serve the fund complex. The Board concluded that appropriate allocation methodologies had been employed to assign resources and the cost of those resources to these other clients and, where expressly provided, these other client assets may be included with the assets of the Fund to determine breakpoints in the management fee schedule.
Existing Relationship. The Board also considered whether there was any reason for not continuing the existing arrangement with the Advisor. In this regard, the Board was mindful of the potential disruptions of the Fund’s operations and various risks, uncertainties, and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision not to continue such relationship. In particular, the Board recognized that most shareholders have invested in the Fund on the strength of the Advisor’s industry standing and reputation and in the expectation that the Advisor will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Fund.
Conclusion of the Directors. As a result of this process, the Board, including all of the independent Directors, taking into account all of the factors discussed above and the information provided by the Advisor and others in connection with its review and received over time, determined that the terms of the management agreement are fair and reasonable and that the management fee charged to the Fund is reasonable in light of the services provided and that the management agreement between the Fund and the Advisor should be renewed for an additional one-year period.
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Liquidity Risk Management Program |
The Fund has adopted a liquidity risk management program (the “program”). The Fund’s Board of Directors (the "Board") has designated American Century Investment Management, Inc. (“ACIM”) as the administrator of the program. Personnel of ACIM or its affiliates, including members of ACIM’s Investment Oversight Committee who are members of ACIM’s Investment Management and Global Analytics departments, conduct the day-to-day operation of the program pursuant to the program.
Under the program, ACIM manages the Fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the Fund could not meet shareholder redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining shareholders’ interests in the Fund. This risk is managed by monitoring the degree of liquidity of the Fund’s investments, limiting the amount of the Fund’s illiquid investments, and utilizing various risk management tools and facilities available to the Fund for meeting shareholder redemptions, among other means. ACIM’s process of determining the degree of liquidity of certain investments held by the Fund is supported by a third-party liquidity assessment vendor.
The Board reviewed a report prepared by ACIM regarding the operation and effectiveness of the program for the period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. No significant liquidity events impacting the Fund were noted in the report. In addition, ACIM provided its assessment that the program had been effective in managing the Fund’s liquidity risk.
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Proxy Voting Results |
A special meeting of shareholders was held on October 13, 2022, to vote on the following proposal. The proposal received the required votes and was adopted. A summary of voting results is listed below.
To elect five directors to the Board of Directors of American Century Strategic Asset
Allocations, Inc.:
Affirmative | Withhold | ||||||||||
Brian Bulatao | $ | 723,251,913 | $ | 19,961,799 | |||||||
Chris H. Cheesman | $ | 727,642,487 | $ | 15,571,225 | |||||||
Rajesh K. Gupta | $ | 725,037,253 | $ | 18,176,459 | |||||||
Lynn M. Jenkins | $ | 723,023,283 | $ | 20,190,429 | |||||||
Gary C. Meltzer | $ | 728,965,558 | $ | 14,248,154 |
The other directors whose term of office continued after the meeting include Jonathan S. Thomas, Thomas W. Bunn, Barry Fink, Jan M. Lewis, and Stephen E. Yates.
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Additional Information |
Retirement Account Information
As required by law, distributions you receive from certain retirement accounts are subject to federal income tax withholding at the IRS default rate of 10%.* Tax will be withheld on the total amount withdrawn even though you may be receiving amounts that are not subject to withholding, such as nondeductible contributions. In such case, excess amounts of withholding could occur. You may adjust your withholding election so that a greater or lesser amount will be withheld.
You may elect a different withholding rate, or request zero withholding, by submitting an acceptable IRS Form W-4R election with your distribution request. You may notify us of your W-4R election by telephone, on our distribution forms, on IRS Form W-4R, or through other acceptable electronic means. If your withholding election is for an automatic withdrawal plan, you have the right to revoke your election at any time and any election you make will remain in effect until revoked by filing a new election.
Remember, even if you elect not to have income tax withheld, you are liable for paying income tax on the taxable portion of your withdrawal. If you elect not to have income tax withheld or you don’t have enough income tax withheld, you may be responsible for payment of estimated tax. You may incur penalties under the estimated tax rules if your withholding and estimated tax payments are not sufficient. You can reduce or defer the income tax on a distribution by directly or indirectly rolling such distribution over to another IRA or eligible plan. You should consult your tax advisor for additional information.
State tax will be withheld according to state regulations if, at the time of your distribution, your tax residency is within one of the mandatory withholding states.
*Some 403(b), 457 and qualified retirement plan distributions may be subject to 20% mandatory withholding, as they are subject to special tax and withholding rules. Your plan administrator or plan sponsor is required to provide you with a special tax notice explaining those rules at the time you request a distribution. If applicable, federal and/or state taxes may be withheld from your distribution amount.
Proxy Voting Policies
A description of the policies that the fund's investment advisor uses in exercising the voting rights associated with the securities purchased and/or held by the fund is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. It is also available on American Century Investments’ website at americancentury.com/proxy and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the investment advisor voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on americancentury.com/proxy. It is also available at sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on
Form N-PORT. These portfolio holdings are available on the fund's website at
americancentury.com and, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. The fund’s Form N-PORT
reports are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.
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Other Tax Information
The following information is provided pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
The fund hereby designates up to the maximum amount allowable as qualified dividend income for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023.
For corporate taxpayers, the fund hereby designates $1,618,946, or up to the maximum amount allowable, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023 as qualified for the corporate dividends received deduction.
The fund hereby designates $8,180,966, or up to the maximum amount allowable, as long-term capital gain distributions (20% rate gain distributions) for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023.
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Table of Contents |
President’s Letter | |||||
Performance | |||||
Portfolio Commentary | |||||
Fund Characteristics | |||||
Shareholder Fee Example | |||||
Schedule of Investments | |||||
Statement of Assets and Liabilities | |||||
Statement of Operations | |||||
Statement of Changes in Net Assets | |||||
Notes to Financial Statements | |||||
Financial Highlights | |||||
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | |||||
Management | |||||
Approval of Management Agreement | |||||
Liquidity Risk Management Program | |||||
Proxy Voting Results | |||||
Additional Information |
Any opinions expressed in this report reflect those of the author as of the date of the report, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of American Century Investments® or any other person in the American Century Investments organization. Any such opinions are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and American Century Investments disclaims any responsibility to update such opinions. These opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice and, because investment decisions made by American Century Investments funds are based on numerous factors, may not be relied upon as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any American Century Investments fund. Security examples are used for representational purposes only and are not intended as recommendations to purchase or sell securities. Performance information for comparative indices and securities is provided to American Century Investments by third party vendors. To the best of American Century Investments’ knowledge, such information is accurate at the time of printing.
President’s Letter |
Jonathan Thomas
Dear Investor:
Thank you for reviewing this annual report for the period ended July 31, 2023. Annual reports help convey important information about fund returns, including market factors that affected performance. For additional investment insights, please visit americancentury.com.
Stocks Rallied Despite Ongoing Challenges
After delivering modest gains early in the fiscal year, global stocks—most notably U.S. stocks—rallied through the first seven months of 2023. This bounce back, which occurred despite ongoing volatility and rising interest rates, led to strong 12-month performance for most broad stock indices. Investor expectations for the Federal Reserve (Fed) to conclude its rate-hike campaign largely fueled the optimism.
Inflation’s steady slowdown, mounting recession worries and a series of U.S. regional bank failures prompted investors to regularly recalibrate their monetary policy outlooks. However, with inflation still higher than central bank targets, the Fed and its developed markets peers continued to raise rates through period-end.
In June, the Fed bucked the trend of developed markets central banks and paused after 10 consecutive rate hikes. But the break was short-lived. The central bank resumed its tightening campaign in July, raising rates another quarter point to a range of 5.25% to 5.5%, a 22-year high. Citing still-higher-than-target inflation and still-strong economic data, policymakers left their tightening options open. Inflation remained even higher in the eurozone and the U.K., prompting central bankers there to steadily raise interest rates.
Despite the inflation and rate backdrops, better-than-expected corporate earnings helped the S&P 500 Index return 21% for the seven months ended July 31, 2023. For the 12-month period, the S&P 500 Index returned 13%. Global and style-focused stock index returns were even stronger. Meanwhile, amid high inflation and central bank tightening, government bond yields surged, and global and U.S. bond returns declined for the period.
Remaining Diligent in Uncertain Times
We expect market volatility to linger as investors navigate a complex environment of persistent inflation, tighter financial conditions, banking industry turbulence and recession risk. In addition, increasingly tense geopolitical considerations complicate the market backdrop.
We appreciate your confidence in us during these extraordinary times. American Century Investments has a long history of helping clients weather unpredictable and volatile markets, and we’re confident we will continue to meet today’s challenges.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Thomas
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Century Investments
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Performance |
Total Returns as of July 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Average Annual Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ticker Symbol | 1 year | 5 years | 10 years | Since Inception | Inception Date | |||||||||||||||
Investor Class | TWSMX | 5.89% | 6.11% | 6.51% | — | 2/15/96 | ||||||||||||||
S&P 500 Index | — | 13.02% | 12.19% | 12.65% | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | — | -3.37% | 0.75% | 1.49% | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Month Treasury Bill Index | — | 4.09% | 1.59% | 1.00% | — | — | ||||||||||||||
I Class | ASAMX | 6.28% | 6.35% | 6.72% | — | 8/1/00 | ||||||||||||||
A Class | ACOAX | 10/2/96 | ||||||||||||||||||
No sales charge | 5.82% | 5.87% | 6.25% | — | ||||||||||||||||
With sales charge | -0.26% | 4.62% | 5.62% | — | ||||||||||||||||
C Class | ASTCX | 5.12% | 5.08% | 5.45% | — | 10/2/01 | ||||||||||||||
R Class | ASMRX | 5.65% | 5.62% | 5.98% | — | 8/29/03 | ||||||||||||||
R5 Class | ASMUX | 6.27% | 6.31% | — | 7.04% | 4/10/17 | ||||||||||||||
R6 Class | ASMDX | 6.45% | 6.52% | 6.89% | — | 7/26/13 |
Average annual returns since inception are presented when ten years of performance history is not available.
Fund returns would have been lower if a portion of the fees had not been waived.
C Class shares will automatically convert to A Class shares after being held for approximately eight years. C Class average annual returns do not reflect this conversion.
Sales charges include initial sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), as applicable. A Class shares have a 5.75% maximum initial sales charge and may be subject to a maximum CDSC of 1.00%. C Class shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase are subject to a maximum CDSC of 1.00%. The SEC requires that mutual funds provide performance information net of maximum sales charges in all cases where charges could be applied.
Data presented reflect past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and redemption value may be more or less than original cost. Data assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, and none of the charts reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-345-2021 or visit americancentury.com. For additional information about the fund, please consult the prospectus.
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Growth of $10,000 Over 10 Years | ||
$10,000 investment made July 31, 2013 | ||
Performance for other share classes will vary due to differences in fee structure. |
Value on July 31, 2023 | |||||
Investor Class — $18,785 | |||||
S&P 500 Index — $32,936 | |||||
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index — $11,601 | |||||
Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Month Treasury Bill Index — $11,048 | |||||
Ending value of Investor Class would have been lower if a portion of the fees had not been waived.
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||
Investor Class | I Class | A Class | C Class | R Class | R5 Class | R6 Class | ||||||||||||||
1.26% | 1.06% | 1.51% | 2.26% | 1.76% | 1.06% | 0.91% |
The total annual fund operating expenses shown is as stated in the fund’s prospectus current as of the date of this report. The prospectus may vary from the expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report because it is based on a different time period, includes acquired fund fees and expenses, and, if applicable, does not include fee waivers or expense reimbursements.
Data presented reflect past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and redemption value may be more or less than original cost. Data assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, and none of the charts reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-345-2021 or visit americancentury.com. For additional information about the fund, please consult the prospectus.
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Portfolio Commentary |
Portfolio Managers: Richard Weiss, Scott Wilson, Radu Gabudean, Vidya Rajappa and Brian Garbe
Performance Summary
Strategic Allocation: Moderate returned 5.89%* for the fiscal period ended July 31, 2023. Because of the fund’s strategic exposure to a variety of asset classes, a review of the financial markets helps provide context around performance for the reporting period.
Market Overview
Global stocks produced strong gains over the past 12 months amid considerable volatility. After falling sharply in the second half of 2022 due to rising inflation, the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) interest rate increases and the ongoing war in Ukraine, stocks staged a strong rebound from October 2022 through period-end. They benefited as inflation eased, concerns about a possible recession faded and corporate earnings mostly beat consensus expectations. Non-U.S. developed markets equities outperformed U.S. stocks, which in turn did better than emerging markets equities.
Bonds produced negative returns, having declined substantially early in the 12-month period before rebounding early in 2023. Nevertheless, stronger-than-expected economic data and the debt ceiling crisis weighed on U.S. government bonds in particular. Corporate bonds held up better, while more economically sensitive high-yield bonds produced positive absolute returns. Non-U.S. bonds outperformed those of the U.S. after hedging out currency effects.
Tactical Positioning
Strategic Allocation: Moderate’s neutral asset mix throughout the period was 64% stocks, 32% bonds and 4% cash-equivalent investments. However, the portfolio’s actual asset weightings varied based on short-term tactical adjustments and fluctuating securities prices.
The value of a diversified approach is clear during periods of intense volatility. As rising interest rates, inflation and recession fears weighed on financial markets, the portfolio’s strategic diversification helped manage volatility. In an effort to add value and improve the fund’s ability to achieve its objective, we made modest adjustments to the asset allocation. Our tactical decisions contributed to performance on the margin, while security selection detracted fractionally.
Our decision to favor cash over stocks and long-term bonds had a mixed effect. Continued Fed rate hikes meant cash performed well, while global bonds produced negative absolute returns. It was also beneficial to hold a modest cash overweight relative to stocks amid sharp volatility early in the period. Nevertheless, stocks ultimately produced strong positive returns, so it detracted from performance on the margin to be underweight stocks for the full reporting period. Similarly, it detracted modestly from performance to be overweight emerging markets equities for a time.
The portfolio was also underweight real estate investment trusts on a tactical basis because rising mortgage rates, indications of a slowing economy and widening credit spreads undermined their attractiveness. Stock selection and asset allocation decisions in global real estate benefited performance.
*All fund returns referenced in this commentary are for Investor Class shares. Fund returns would have been lower if a portion of the fees had not been waived. Performance for other share classes will vary due to differences in fee structure; when Investor Class performance exceeds that of the fund’s benchmark, other share classes may not. See page 3 for returns for all share classes.
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Fund Characteristics |
JULY 31, 2023 | |||||
Types of Investments in Portfolio | % of net assets | ||||
Affiliated Funds | 46.9% | ||||
Common Stocks | 26.0% | ||||
U.S. Treasury Securities | 9.3% | ||||
Sovereign Governments and Agencies | 2.8% | ||||
Corporate Bonds | 2.5% | ||||
Collateralized Loan Obligations | 2.0% | ||||
Municipal Securities | 0.7% | ||||
Asset-Backed Securities | 0.4% | ||||
Preferred Stocks | 0.3% | ||||
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | 0.3% | ||||
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | 0.2% | ||||
Exchange-Traded Funds | 0.1% | ||||
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities | 0.1% | ||||
Short-Term Investments | 8.4% | ||||
Other Assets and Liabilities | —* |
*Category is less than 0.05% of total net assets.
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Shareholder Fee Example |
Fund shareholders may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and redemption/exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from February 1, 2023 to July 31, 2023.
Actual Expenses
The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each class. You may use the information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. First, identify the share class you own. Then simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
If you hold Investor Class shares of any American Century Investments mutual fund, or I Class shares of the American Century Diversified Bond Fund, in an American Century Investments account (i.e., not through a financial intermediary or employer-sponsored retirement plan account), American Century Investments may charge you a $25 annual account maintenance fee if the value of those shares is less than $10,000. We will redeem shares automatically in one of your accounts to pay the $25 fee. In determining your total eligible investment amount, we will include your investments in all personal accounts (including American Century Investments brokerage accounts) registered under your Social Security number. Personal accounts include individual accounts, joint accounts, UGMA/UTMA accounts, personal trusts, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts and IRAs (including traditional, Roth, Rollover, SEP-, SARSEP- and SIMPLE-IRAs), and certain other retirement accounts. If you have only business, business retirement, employer-sponsored or American Century Investments brokerage accounts, you are currently not subject to this fee. If you are subject to the account maintenance fee, your account value could be reduced by the fee amount.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio of each class of your fund and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return of a fund’s share class. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption/exchange fees. Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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Beginning Account Value 2/1/23 | Ending Account Value 7/31/23 | Expenses Paid During Period(1) 2/1/23 - 7/31/23 | Annualized Expense Ratio(1) | |||||||||||
Actual | ||||||||||||||
Investor Class | $1,000 | $1,035.10 | $3.48 | 0.69% | ||||||||||
I Class | $1,000 | $1,037.90 | $2.48 | 0.49% | ||||||||||
A Class | $1,000 | $1,035.80 | $4.74 | 0.94% | ||||||||||
C Class | $1,000 | $1,032.70 | $8.52 | 1.69% | ||||||||||
R Class | $1,000 | $1,035.20 | $6.00 | 1.19% | ||||||||||
R5 Class | $1,000 | $1,037.90 | $2.48 | 0.49% | ||||||||||
R6 Class | $1,000 | $1,038.70 | $1.72 | 0.34% | ||||||||||
Hypothetical | ||||||||||||||
Investor Class | $1,000 | $1,021.37 | $3.46 | 0.69% | ||||||||||
I Class | $1,000 | $1,022.37 | $2.46 | 0.49% | ||||||||||
A Class | $1,000 | $1,020.13 | $4.71 | 0.94% | ||||||||||
C Class | $1,000 | $1,016.41 | $8.45 | 1.69% | ||||||||||
R Class | $1,000 | $1,018.89 | $5.96 | 1.19% | ||||||||||
R5 Class | $1,000 | $1,022.37 | $2.46 | 0.49% | ||||||||||
R6 Class | $1,000 | $1,023.11 | $1.71 | 0.34% |
(1)Expenses are equal to the class's annualized expense ratio listed in the table above, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181, the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365, to reflect the one-half year period. Annualized expense ratio reflects actual expenses, including any applicable fee waivers or expense reimbursements and excluding any acquired fund fees and expenses.
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Schedule of Investments |
JULY 31, 2023
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
AFFILIATED FUNDS(1) — 46.9% | |||||||||||
American Century Diversified Corporate Bond ETF | 541,178 | $ | 24,709,809 | ||||||||
American Century Emerging Markets Bond ETF | 231,939 | 8,813,891 | |||||||||
American Century Focused Dynamic Growth ETF(2) | 329,316 | 22,640,475 | |||||||||
American Century Focused Large Cap Value ETF | 427,349 | 25,831,452 | |||||||||
American Century Multisector Income ETF | 833,121 | 35,615,923 | |||||||||
American Century Quality Diversified International ETF | 697,211 | 31,831,238 | |||||||||
American Century Short Duration Strategic Income ETF | 89,869 | 4,545,718 | |||||||||
American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF | 505,849 | 35,798,934 | |||||||||
American Century U.S. Quality Value ETF | 876,839 | 44,413,912 | |||||||||
Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF(3) | 396,537 | 22,721,570 | |||||||||
Avantis International Equity ETF | 531,394 | 31,676,396 | |||||||||
Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF | 133,660 | 8,141,230 | |||||||||
Avantis U.S. Equity ETF | 597,395 | 46,889,533 | |||||||||
Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF | 117,473 | 9,894,751 | |||||||||
TOTAL AFFILIATED FUNDS (Cost $295,662,562) | 353,524,832 | ||||||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 26.0% | |||||||||||
Aerospace and Defense — 0.5% | |||||||||||
Airbus SE | 2,636 | 388,283 | |||||||||
CAE, Inc.(2) | 15,793 | 360,856 | |||||||||
Curtiss-Wright Corp. | 4,268 | 816,724 | |||||||||
General Dynamics Corp. | 1,001 | 223,804 | |||||||||
HEICO Corp. | 3,326 | 585,309 | |||||||||
Hensoldt AG | 1,811 | 61,574 | |||||||||
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | 2,559 | 587,726 | |||||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 1,119 | 499,488 | |||||||||
Melrose Industries PLC | 70,300 | 478,431 | |||||||||
Mercury Systems, Inc.(2) | 1,662 | 63,123 | |||||||||
QinetiQ Group PLC | 8,291 | 34,330 | |||||||||
4,099,648 | |||||||||||
Air Freight and Logistics — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Cargojet, Inc.(3) | 1,023 | 75,198 | |||||||||
Cia de Distribucion Integral Logista Holdings SA | 3,443 | 95,802 | |||||||||
GXO Logistics, Inc.(2) | 944 | 63,314 | |||||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 2,228 | 416,925 | |||||||||
651,239 | |||||||||||
Automobile Components — 0.6% | |||||||||||
Aptiv PLC(2) | 12,542 | 1,373,224 | |||||||||
BorgWarner, Inc. | 8,958 | 416,547 | |||||||||
Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA | 9,994 | 327,274 | |||||||||
Continental AG | 5,969 | 476,563 | |||||||||
Forvia(2) | 3,634 | 91,318 | |||||||||
Fox Factory Holding Corp.(2) | 851 | 95,227 | |||||||||
Gentherm, Inc.(2) | 842 | 50,326 | |||||||||
Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. | 2,382 | 435,230 | |||||||||
Linamar Corp. | 8,354 | 484,775 |
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Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Mobileye Global, Inc., Class A(2) | 8,806 | $ | 336,213 | ||||||||
Nifco, Inc. | 3,100 | 92,398 | |||||||||
Toyo Tire Corp. | 5,200 | 70,409 | |||||||||
4,249,504 | |||||||||||
Automobiles — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG | 4,593 | 560,116 | |||||||||
Ferrari NV | 1,826 | 585,391 | |||||||||
Mercedes-Benz Group AG | 10,513 | 839,599 | |||||||||
Tesla, Inc.(2) | 2,256 | 603,322 | |||||||||
Volvo Car AB, Class B(2) | 55,075 | 272,236 | |||||||||
2,860,664 | |||||||||||
Banks — 1.0% | |||||||||||
AIB Group PLC | 17,927 | 84,323 | |||||||||
Banco Bradesco SA | 205,563 | 645,543 | |||||||||
Banco do Brasil SA | 32,200 | 328,418 | |||||||||
Bank Central Asia Tbk PT | 976,500 | 591,399 | |||||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 13,874 | 443,968 | |||||||||
Barclays PLC | 255,648 | 507,285 | |||||||||
BNP Paribas SA | 6,045 | 398,654 | |||||||||
BPER Banca | 28,387 | 98,228 | |||||||||
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. | 17,634 | 116,913 | |||||||||
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. | 876 | 46,586 | |||||||||
First Hawaiian, Inc. | 20,459 | 423,297 | |||||||||
Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. | 3,300 | 79,516 | |||||||||
HDFC Bank Ltd., ADR | 7,278 | 496,942 | |||||||||
HSBC Holdings PLC | 82,000 | 686,228 | |||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 4,786 | 755,996 | |||||||||
Jyske Bank A/S(2) | 1,091 | 82,528 | |||||||||
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. | 4,038 | 255,686 | |||||||||
Regions Financial Corp. | 15,784 | 321,520 | |||||||||
Standard Chartered PLC (London) | 22,233 | 213,560 | |||||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 14,457 | 480,261 | |||||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 7,754 | 307,679 | |||||||||
UniCredit SpA | 3,909 | 98,977 | |||||||||
Westamerica Bancorporation | 3,347 | 164,639 | |||||||||
7,628,146 | |||||||||||
Beverages — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Celsius Holdings, Inc.(2) | 6,903 | 998,864 | |||||||||
Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc.(2) | 5,550 | 69,819 | |||||||||
MGP Ingredients, Inc. | 1,050 | 119,710 | |||||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 3,912 | 733,344 | |||||||||
1,921,737 | |||||||||||
Biotechnology — 0.6% | |||||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 3,749 | 560,775 | |||||||||
ADMA Biologics, Inc.(2) | 6,218 | 25,805 | |||||||||
Alkermes PLC(2) | 2,212 | 64,767 | |||||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 1,242 | 290,814 | |||||||||
Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 27,842 | 379,208 | |||||||||
Arcus Biosciences, Inc.(2) | 746 | 14,845 | |||||||||
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.(2)(3) | 2,052 | 22,387 | |||||||||
Biohaven Ltd.(2) | 1,811 | 36,003 |
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Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(2) | 3,593 | $ | 315,933 | ||||||||
Blueprint Medicines Corp.(2) | 843 | 55,638 | |||||||||
Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.(2) | 850 | 29,759 | |||||||||
Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 656 | 23,196 | |||||||||
Centessa Pharmaceuticals PLC, ADR(2)(3) | 3,114 | 24,601 | |||||||||
Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.(2)(3) | 1,117 | 34,169 | |||||||||
CSL Ltd. | 2,179 | 392,473 | |||||||||
Cytokinetics, Inc.(2) | 14,119 | 470,869 | |||||||||
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 2,040 | 87,638 | |||||||||
ImmunoGen, Inc.(2) | 2,527 | 45,031 | |||||||||
Insmed, Inc.(2) | 2,268 | 50,100 | |||||||||
Karuna Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 143 | 28,567 | |||||||||
Keros Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 775 | 32,457 | |||||||||
Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.(2)(3) | 782 | 17,110 | |||||||||
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(2) | 177 | 36,338 | |||||||||
Mineralys Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 1,665 | 23,527 | |||||||||
Natera, Inc.(2) | 1,850 | 83,657 | |||||||||
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(2) | 6,782 | 691,018 | |||||||||
Relay Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 1,195 | 15,057 | |||||||||
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 4,160 | 450,902 | |||||||||
Vaxcyte, Inc.(2) | 1,282 | 61,613 | |||||||||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(2) | 533 | 187,797 | |||||||||
Viking Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 9,623 | 139,534 | |||||||||
Vitrolife AB | 2,683 | 39,812 | |||||||||
4,731,400 | |||||||||||
Broadline Retail — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.(2) | 36,800 | 470,281 | |||||||||
Amazon.com, Inc.(2) | 8,722 | 1,165,957 | |||||||||
B&M European Value Retail SA | 11,348 | 80,604 | |||||||||
Etsy, Inc.(2) | 1,037 | 105,411 | |||||||||
JD.com, Inc., Class A | 13,578 | 281,113 | |||||||||
Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(2) | 1,270 | 92,558 | |||||||||
Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd. | 1,400 | 18,179 | |||||||||
Savers Value Village, Inc.(2) | 638 | 15,420 | |||||||||
2,229,523 | |||||||||||
Building Products — 0.4% | |||||||||||
AZEK Co., Inc.(2) | 4,230 | 131,976 | |||||||||
Cie de Saint-Gobain | 13,924 | 941,699 | |||||||||
Hayward Holdings, Inc.(2) | 8,526 | 113,907 | |||||||||
JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.(2) | 6,759 | 120,378 | |||||||||
Johnson Controls International PLC | 7,800 | 542,490 | |||||||||
Masco Corp. | 3,964 | 240,536 | |||||||||
Trane Technologies PLC | 3,471 | 692,256 | |||||||||
Trex Co., Inc.(2) | 802 | 55,450 | |||||||||
2,838,692 | |||||||||||
Capital Markets — 1.1% | |||||||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 879 | 306,287 | |||||||||
Ares Management Corp., Class A | 7,808 | 774,710 | |||||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 18,899 | 857,259 | |||||||||
BlackRock, Inc. | 504 | 372,380 | |||||||||
Charles Schwab Corp. | 4,138 | 273,522 |
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Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Evercore, Inc., Class A | 318 | $ | 42,949 | ||||||||
Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A | 1,064 | 94,089 | |||||||||
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 2,050 | 235,340 | |||||||||
Intermediate Capital Group PLC | 3,498 | 63,132 | |||||||||
Julius Baer Group Ltd. | 4,465 | 316,245 | |||||||||
London Stock Exchange Group PLC | 6,095 | 661,885 | |||||||||
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. | 3,528 | 809,182 | |||||||||
M&A Capital Partners Co. Ltd.(2) | 2,100 | 43,070 | |||||||||
Man Group PLC | 30,465 | 93,393 | |||||||||
Morgan Stanley | 8,195 | 750,334 | |||||||||
MSCI, Inc. | 1,809 | 991,477 | |||||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 12,164 | 974,580 | |||||||||
S&P Global, Inc. | 711 | 280,497 | |||||||||
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 4,933 | 608,042 | |||||||||
8,548,373 | |||||||||||
Chemicals — 0.6% | |||||||||||
Air Liquide SA | 2,861 | 514,391 | |||||||||
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 866 | 264,416 | |||||||||
Akzo Nobel NV | 6,565 | 561,623 | |||||||||
Avient Corp. | 12,384 | 501,923 | |||||||||
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(2) | 2,269 | 72,608 | |||||||||
DSM-Firmenich AG | 5,147 | 567,349 | |||||||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 1,165 | 213,358 | |||||||||
Element Solutions, Inc. | 28,572 | 598,869 | |||||||||
Kansai Paint Co. Ltd. | 5,300 | 86,874 | |||||||||
Linde PLC | 1,636 | 639,136 | |||||||||
Perimeter Solutions SA(2) | 8,134 | 45,225 | |||||||||
Sika AG | 1,194 | 371,618 | |||||||||
Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co. Ltd. | 900 | 56,845 | |||||||||
4,494,235 | |||||||||||
Commercial Services and Supplies — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Clean Harbors, Inc.(2) | 607 | 100,920 | |||||||||
Driven Brands Holdings, Inc.(2) | 4,754 | 122,986 | |||||||||
Elis SA | 6,760 | 139,662 | |||||||||
GFL Environmental, Inc. | 12,021 | 410,397 | |||||||||
Healthcare Services Group, Inc. | 7,081 | 89,292 | |||||||||
Rentokil Initial PLC | 55,478 | 452,376 | |||||||||
Republic Services, Inc. | 6,675 | 1,008,659 | |||||||||
SPIE SA | 3,926 | 117,851 | |||||||||
2,442,143 | |||||||||||
Communications Equipment — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Arista Networks, Inc.(2) | 2,160 | 334,995 | |||||||||
Ciena Corp.(2) | 1,355 | 57,181 | |||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 10,828 | 563,489 | |||||||||
F5, Inc.(2) | 3,034 | 480,100 | |||||||||
Juniper Networks, Inc. | 10,553 | 293,373 | |||||||||
1,729,138 | |||||||||||
Construction and Engineering — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Balfour Beatty PLC | 21,402 | 96,112 | |||||||||
Construction Partners, Inc., Class A(2) | 2,663 | 78,292 | |||||||||
Eiffage SA | 4,439 | 461,823 |
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Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Sacyr SA | 27,736 | $ | 94,821 | ||||||||
SNC-Lavalin Group, Inc.(3) | 1,459 | 42,387 | |||||||||
Vinci SA | 3,991 | 468,733 | |||||||||
1,242,168 | |||||||||||
Construction Materials† | |||||||||||
Eagle Materials, Inc. | 444 | 81,860 | |||||||||
Summit Materials, Inc., Class A(2) | 1,720 | 62,230 | |||||||||
Taiheiyo Cement Corp. | 2,800 | 58,476 | |||||||||
202,566 | |||||||||||
Consumer Finance† | |||||||||||
American Express Co. | 1,410 | 238,121 | |||||||||
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 0.5% | |||||||||||
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(2) | 749 | 49,666 | |||||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 543 | 304,444 | |||||||||
CP ALL PCL | 176,100 | 325,762 | |||||||||
Dollar Tree, Inc.(2) | 4,596 | 709,301 | |||||||||
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(2) | 2,369 | 79,243 | |||||||||
Kobe Bussan Co. Ltd. | 1,900 | 50,590 | |||||||||
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV | 22,291 | 768,340 | |||||||||
Kroger Co. | 6,208 | 301,957 | |||||||||
MatsukiyoCocokara & Co. | 1,500 | 87,782 | |||||||||
Redcare Pharmacy NV(2) | 531 | 61,566 | |||||||||
Sysco Corp. | 6,191 | 472,435 | |||||||||
Target Corp. | 2,408 | 328,620 | |||||||||
3,539,706 | |||||||||||
Containers and Packaging — 0.5% | |||||||||||
Amcor PLC | 50,078 | 513,800 | |||||||||
AptarGroup, Inc. | 521 | 63,281 | |||||||||
Avery Dennison Corp. | 3,007 | 553,318 | |||||||||
Ball Corp. | 4,059 | 238,223 | |||||||||
DS Smith PLC | 48,559 | 193,063 | |||||||||
O-I Glass, Inc.(2) | 2,753 | 63,209 | |||||||||
Packaging Corp. of America | 4,932 | 756,322 | |||||||||
Smurfit Kappa Group PLC | 17,047 | 674,567 | |||||||||
Sonoco Products Co. | 3,108 | 182,253 | |||||||||
Verallia SA | 3,387 | 150,130 | |||||||||
3,388,166 | |||||||||||
Distributors† | |||||||||||
D'ieteren Group | 219 | 38,247 | |||||||||
LKQ Corp. | 5,434 | 297,729 | |||||||||
335,976 | |||||||||||
Diversified Consumer Services† | |||||||||||
European Wax Center, Inc., Class A(2) | 3,968 | 76,860 | |||||||||
Diversified REITs — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. | 5,638 | 138,413 | |||||||||
Land Securities Group PLC | 26,365 | 218,956 | |||||||||
Stockland | 26,978 | 76,672 | |||||||||
WP Carey, Inc. | 3,406 | 230,007 | |||||||||
664,048 | |||||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.2% | |||||||||||
BCE, Inc. | 5,779 | 249,628 |
13
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Cellnex Telecom SA | 9,791 | $ | 399,855 | ||||||||
IHS Holding Ltd.(2)(3) | 4,746 | 38,443 | |||||||||
Internet Initiative Japan, Inc. | 5,400 | 100,545 | |||||||||
Usen-Next Holdings Co. Ltd.(3) | 2,700 | 62,452 | |||||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 14,870 | 506,769 | |||||||||
1,357,692 | |||||||||||
Electric Utilities — 0.5% | |||||||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 6,618 | 619,577 | |||||||||
Edison International | 13,135 | 945,195 | |||||||||
Evergy, Inc. | 6,258 | 375,292 | |||||||||
Eversource Energy | 4,238 | 306,535 | |||||||||
Iberdrola SA | 36,329 | 453,442 | |||||||||
IDACORP, Inc. | 703 | 72,282 | |||||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc. | 11,117 | 814,876 | |||||||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 3,972 | 328,961 | |||||||||
3,916,160 | |||||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 0.6% | |||||||||||
AMETEK, Inc. | 5,048 | 800,613 | |||||||||
Eaton Corp. PLC | 2,197 | 451,088 | |||||||||
Emerson Electric Co. | 8,795 | 803,423 | |||||||||
Generac Holdings, Inc.(2) | 576 | 88,531 | |||||||||
Legrand SA | 287 | 28,773 | |||||||||
nVent Electric PLC | 6,456 | 341,393 | |||||||||
Plug Power, Inc.(2)(3) | 5,886 | 77,224 | |||||||||
Regal Rexnord Corp. | 4,664 | 728,424 | |||||||||
Schneider Electric SE | 3,517 | 627,335 | |||||||||
Sensata Technologies Holding PLC | 1,815 | 76,684 | |||||||||
Signify NV | 12,001 | 377,329 | |||||||||
Vertiv Holdings Co., Class A | 11,102 | 288,763 | |||||||||
4,689,580 | |||||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components — 0.5% | |||||||||||
CDW Corp. | 2,227 | 416,605 | |||||||||
Cognex Corp. | 10,366 | 566,191 | |||||||||
Corning, Inc. | 4,884 | 165,763 | |||||||||
Fabrinet(2) | 324 | 40,059 | |||||||||
Jenoptik AG | 2,114 | 68,377 | |||||||||
Keyence Corp. | 1,100 | 493,616 | |||||||||
Keysight Technologies, Inc.(2) | 6,359 | 1,024,308 | |||||||||
Littelfuse, Inc. | 348 | 106,001 | |||||||||
Mirion Technologies, Inc., Class A(2) | 4,829 | 36,459 | |||||||||
National Instruments Corp. | 1,781 | 105,079 | |||||||||
Spectris PLC | 1,221 | 55,101 | |||||||||
Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd.(3) | 700 | 20,873 | |||||||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 2,878 | 412,964 | |||||||||
3,511,396 | |||||||||||
Energy Equipment and Services — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Aker Solutions ASA | 15,631 | 69,483 | |||||||||
Baker Hughes Co. | 12,050 | 431,269 | |||||||||
Expro Group Holdings NV(2) | 5,805 | 128,813 | |||||||||
Schlumberger NV | 11,902 | 694,363 | |||||||||
Seadrill Ltd.(2) | 4,325 | 211,536 |
14
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
TechnipFMC PLC(2) | 3,889 | $ | 71,324 | ||||||||
Transocean Ltd.(2) | 9,231 | 81,233 | |||||||||
Weatherford International PLC(2) | 2,498 | 207,584 | |||||||||
1,895,605 | |||||||||||
Entertainment — 0.3% | |||||||||||
CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA | 1,137 | 77,596 | |||||||||
Electronic Arts, Inc. | 2,919 | 398,006 | |||||||||
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C(2) | 1,406 | 102,076 | |||||||||
Spotify Technology SA(2) | 4,979 | 743,912 | |||||||||
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(2) | 3,374 | 516,019 | |||||||||
Walt Disney Co.(2) | 2,294 | 203,914 | |||||||||
2,041,523 | |||||||||||
Financial Services — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Adyen NV(2) | 493 | 915,015 | |||||||||
AvidXchange Holdings, Inc.(2) | 4,037 | 50,099 | |||||||||
Edenred | 5,083 | 330,143 | |||||||||
Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(2) | 471 | 41,387 | |||||||||
GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. | 900 | 68,660 | |||||||||
Mastercard, Inc., Class A | 1,405 | 553,963 | |||||||||
Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A(2) | 1,021 | 70,439 | |||||||||
Visa, Inc., Class A | 3,549 | 843,704 | |||||||||
2,873,410 | |||||||||||
Food Products — 0.5% | |||||||||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. | 27,396 | 898,863 | |||||||||
Hershey Co. | 5,408 | 1,250,924 | |||||||||
J.M. Smucker Co. | 1,942 | 292,562 | |||||||||
Kerry Group PLC, A Shares | 3,611 | 358,756 | |||||||||
Kotobuki Spirits Co. Ltd. | 1,100 | 83,726 | |||||||||
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 5,181 | 384,068 | |||||||||
Nomad Foods Ltd.(2) | 3,432 | 61,021 | |||||||||
Sovos Brands, Inc.(2) | 2,558 | 45,532 | |||||||||
SunOpta, Inc.(2) | 8,687 | 57,595 | |||||||||
Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd. | 2,200 | 90,997 | |||||||||
Yamazaki Baking Co. Ltd. | 4,300 | 61,883 | |||||||||
3,585,927 | |||||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 1,790 | 217,861 | |||||||||
Brookfield Infrastructure Corp., Class A | 2,126 | 99,327 | |||||||||
Nippon Gas Co. Ltd.(3) | 2,700 | 39,732 | |||||||||
Spire, Inc. | 10,659 | 677,592 | |||||||||
1,034,512 | |||||||||||
Ground Transportation — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. | 7,827 | 644,014 | |||||||||
Heartland Express, Inc. | 17,252 | 282,070 | |||||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 3,591 | 838,822 | |||||||||
Saia, Inc.(2) | 112 | 47,392 | |||||||||
Uber Technologies, Inc.(2) | 2,758 | 136,411 | |||||||||
Union Pacific Corp. | 660 | 153,133 | |||||||||
XPO, Inc.(2) | 1,599 | 110,715 | |||||||||
2,212,557 |
15
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Health Care Equipment and Supplies — 0.8% | |||||||||||
Alphatec Holdings, Inc.(2) | 5,302 | $ | 93,686 | ||||||||
Becton Dickinson & Co. | 547 | 152,405 | |||||||||
ConvaTec Group PLC | 14,234 | 38,135 | |||||||||
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. | 6,242 | 259,168 | |||||||||
DexCom, Inc.(2) | 8,513 | 1,060,379 | |||||||||
Embecta Corp. | 10,061 | 214,702 | |||||||||
Envista Holdings Corp.(2) | 9,476 | 326,069 | |||||||||
EssilorLuxottica SA | 1,879 | 378,008 | |||||||||
Establishment Labs Holdings, Inc.(2) | 1,012 | 72,874 | |||||||||
GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc. | 4,088 | 318,864 | |||||||||
Glaukos Corp.(2) | 4,885 | 376,829 | |||||||||
Hologic, Inc.(2) | 1,589 | 126,198 | |||||||||
ICU Medical, Inc.(2) | 406 | 72,341 | |||||||||
Inari Medical, Inc.(2) | 1,388 | 79,213 | |||||||||
Inmode Ltd.(2) | 2,092 | 89,768 | |||||||||
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(2) | 576 | 186,855 | |||||||||
Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(2) | 4,908 | 424,493 | |||||||||
Nakanishi, Inc. | 1,700 | 39,170 | |||||||||
PROCEPT BioRobotics Corp.(2) | 2,042 | 70,327 | |||||||||
ResMed, Inc. | 389 | 86,494 | |||||||||
Silk Road Medical, Inc.(2) | 1,864 | 42,574 | |||||||||
Smith & Nephew PLC, ADR(3) | 6,814 | 207,009 | |||||||||
Terumo Corp. | 12,700 | 415,913 | |||||||||
TransMedics Group, Inc.(2) | 487 | 45,379 | |||||||||
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | 6,512 | 899,633 | |||||||||
6,076,486 | |||||||||||
Health Care Providers and Services — 0.9% | |||||||||||
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(2) | 1,191 | 94,125 | |||||||||
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | 1,758 | 328,570 | |||||||||
Amvis Holdings, Inc. | 4,300 | 87,293 | |||||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 3,984 | 364,416 | |||||||||
Centene Corp.(2) | 4,409 | 300,209 | |||||||||
Chartwell Retirement Residences | 8,890 | 67,485 | |||||||||
Cigna Group | 2,259 | 666,631 | |||||||||
CVS Health Corp. | 4,868 | 363,591 | |||||||||
Ensign Group, Inc. | 987 | 95,611 | |||||||||
HealthEquity, Inc.(2) | 1,640 | 111,422 | |||||||||
Henry Schein, Inc.(2) | 10,105 | 796,173 | |||||||||
Humana, Inc. | 448 | 204,660 | |||||||||
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | 2,254 | 482,198 | |||||||||
Option Care Health, Inc.(2) | 2,908 | 98,232 | |||||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 4,954 | 669,830 | |||||||||
R1 RCM, Inc.(2) | 20,007 | 345,721 | |||||||||
Surgery Partners, Inc.(2) | 1,769 | 68,336 | |||||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 1,798 | 910,453 | |||||||||
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B | 4,056 | 563,622 | |||||||||
6,618,578 | |||||||||||
Health Care REITs — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 24,036 | 524,706 | |||||||||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | 2,629 | 83,865 |
16
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | 8,153 | $ | 105,907 | ||||||||
Ventas, Inc. | 4,194 | 203,493 | |||||||||
Welltower, Inc. | 1,654 | 135,876 | |||||||||
1,053,847 | |||||||||||
Health Care Technology† | |||||||||||
Evolent Health, Inc., Class A(2) | 2,817 | 85,609 | |||||||||
Schrodinger, Inc.(2) | 872 | 45,614 | |||||||||
131,223 | |||||||||||
Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Invincible Investment Corp. | 486 | 201,343 | |||||||||
Japan Hotel REIT Investment Corp. | 201 | 99,808 | |||||||||
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 3,531 | 48,127 | |||||||||
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. | 1,412 | 134,549 | |||||||||
483,827 | |||||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure — 0.6% | |||||||||||
Airbnb, Inc., Class A(2) | 8,244 | 1,254,654 | |||||||||
Basic-Fit NV(2)(3) | 1,155 | 38,986 | |||||||||
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(2) | 221 | 433,664 | |||||||||
Churchill Downs, Inc. | 506 | 58,620 | |||||||||
Food & Life Cos. Ltd. | 3,000 | 59,031 | |||||||||
Greggs PLC | 1,252 | 44,401 | |||||||||
H World Group Ltd., ADR(2) | 9,076 | 436,011 | |||||||||
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. | 8,261 | 1,284,503 | |||||||||
Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A | 563 | 71,135 | |||||||||
Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A(2) | 1,843 | 124,476 | |||||||||
Starbucks Corp. | 2,414 | 245,190 | |||||||||
Trainline PLC(2) | 11,109 | 37,540 | |||||||||
Wingstop, Inc. | 395 | 66,589 | |||||||||
4,154,800 | |||||||||||
Household Durables — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Barratt Developments PLC | 76,673 | 448,814 | |||||||||
Bellway PLC | 1,474 | 41,915 | |||||||||
SEB SA | 508 | 56,869 | |||||||||
Taylor Wimpey PLC | 334,907 | 491,596 | |||||||||
TopBuild Corp.(2) | 242 | 66,291 | |||||||||
1,105,485 | |||||||||||
Household Products — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 2,417 | 184,321 | |||||||||
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Preference Shares | 4,803 | 370,630 | |||||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 4,551 | 587,534 | |||||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. | 2,937 | 459,053 | |||||||||
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | 5,988 | 448,573 | |||||||||
2,050,111 | |||||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Honeywell International, Inc. | 1,942 | 377,000 | |||||||||
Industrial REITs — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Americold Realty Trust, Inc. | 2,517 | 81,601 | |||||||||
EastGroup Properties, Inc. | 449 | 79,554 | |||||||||
GLP J-Reit | 63 | 62,065 | |||||||||
Goodman Group | 18,936 | 261,831 | |||||||||
Mapletree Logistics Trust | 80,800 | 102,720 |
17
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Prologis, Inc. | 12,004 | $ | 1,497,499 | ||||||||
Segro PLC | 11,751 | 115,155 | |||||||||
Terreno Realty Corp. | 1,165 | 69,131 | |||||||||
Tritax Big Box REIT PLC | 45,424 | 80,546 | |||||||||
2,350,102 | |||||||||||
Insurance — 0.7% | |||||||||||
Aflac, Inc. | 6,435 | 465,508 | |||||||||
AIA Group Ltd. | 52,400 | 524,248 | |||||||||
Allstate Corp. | 8,365 | 942,568 | |||||||||
ASR Nederland NV | 1,317 | 59,699 | |||||||||
Goosehead Insurance, Inc., Class A(2) | 952 | 63,660 | |||||||||
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. | 2,998 | 340,213 | |||||||||
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. | 331 | 123,341 | |||||||||
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 1,921 | 361,955 | |||||||||
Palomar Holdings, Inc.(2) | 915 | 55,412 | |||||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 3,053 | 294,584 | |||||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | 4,067 | 570,803 | |||||||||
RLI Corp. | 663 | 88,451 | |||||||||
Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc., Class A(2) | 11,714 | 507,685 | |||||||||
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.(2) | 1,980 | 46,906 | |||||||||
Steadfast Group Ltd. | 17,013 | 66,746 | |||||||||
Storebrand ASA | 6,697 | 58,539 | |||||||||
Travelers Cos., Inc. | 2,179 | 376,117 | |||||||||
Willis Towers Watson PLC | 2,926 | 618,352 | |||||||||
5,564,787 | |||||||||||
Interactive Media and Services — 0.7% | |||||||||||
Alphabet, Inc., Class A(2) | 15,681 | 2,081,182 | |||||||||
Autohome, Inc., ADR | 8,582 | 274,366 | |||||||||
Baidu, Inc., Class A(2) | 21,200 | 414,477 | |||||||||
carsales.com Ltd. | 4,828 | 80,704 | |||||||||
Eventbrite, Inc., Class A(2) | 9,558 | 110,012 | |||||||||
Match Group, Inc.(2) | 9,470 | 440,450 | |||||||||
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(2) | 2,698 | 859,583 | |||||||||
Tencent Holdings Ltd. | 24,800 | 1,139,836 | |||||||||
5,400,610 | |||||||||||
IT Services — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Accenture PLC, Class A | 1,644 | 520,079 | |||||||||
Alten SA(3) | 648 | 93,334 | |||||||||
Amdocs Ltd. | 5,433 | 508,746 | |||||||||
Cloudflare, Inc., Class A(2) | 8,614 | 592,385 | |||||||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 2,772 | 399,667 | |||||||||
NEXTDC Ltd.(2) | 75,796 | 650,520 | |||||||||
Perficient, Inc.(2) | 541 | 34,510 | |||||||||
2,799,241 | |||||||||||
Leisure Products — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Brunswick Corp. | 1,020 | 88,036 | |||||||||
Games Workshop Group PLC | 461 | 68,922 | |||||||||
Sankyo Co. Ltd. | 1,800 | 76,143 | |||||||||
Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc. | 3,400 | 74,340 | |||||||||
Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.(2) | 4,051 | 80,899 | |||||||||
388,340 |
18
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Life Sciences Tools and Services — 0.8% | |||||||||||
Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 9,487 | $ | 1,155,232 | ||||||||
Avantor, Inc.(2) | 11,416 | 234,827 | |||||||||
Bio-Techne Corp. | 8,324 | 694,222 | |||||||||
Danaher Corp. | 1,612 | 411,157 | |||||||||
Gerresheimer AG | 1,043 | 123,537 | |||||||||
ICON PLC(2) | 1,877 | 471,896 | |||||||||
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(2) | 4,520 | 1,011,395 | |||||||||
Lonza Group AG | 1,079 | 626,938 | |||||||||
MaxCyte, Inc.(2) | 7,561 | 33,798 | |||||||||
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(2) | 820 | 1,031,125 | |||||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 811 | 444,963 | |||||||||
6,239,090 | |||||||||||
Machinery — 0.5% | |||||||||||
Astec Industries, Inc. | 1,660 | 82,004 | |||||||||
ATS Corp.(2) | 876 | 39,726 | |||||||||
Cummins, Inc. | 2,534 | 660,867 | |||||||||
Deere & Co. | 614 | 263,774 | |||||||||
Graco, Inc. | 4,713 | 373,882 | |||||||||
Hoshizaki Corp. | 1,700 | 65,196 | |||||||||
IMI PLC | 16,126 | 337,153 | |||||||||
Interpump Group SpA | 1,032 | 56,150 | |||||||||
Interroll Holding AG | 13 | 41,583 | |||||||||
KION Group AG | 991 | 41,526 | |||||||||
Kornit Digital Ltd.(2) | 1,902 | 60,274 | |||||||||
Metso Oyj | 5,235 | 59,491 | |||||||||
Organo Corp.(3) | 2,300 | 66,662 | |||||||||
Oshkosh Corp. | 8,457 | 778,636 | |||||||||
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 1,948 | 798,700 | |||||||||
Trelleborg AB, B Shares | 2,322 | 61,818 | |||||||||
Valmet Oyj(3) | 1,542 | 40,903 | |||||||||
Weir Group PLC | 3,148 | 74,141 | |||||||||
Xylem, Inc. | 1,964 | 221,441 | |||||||||
4,123,927 | |||||||||||
Media — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Fox Corp., Class B | 15,503 | 486,949 | |||||||||
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. | 10,930 | 374,134 | |||||||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 2,540 | 214,935 | |||||||||
Trade Desk, Inc., Class A(2) | 10,688 | 975,387 | |||||||||
WPP PLC | 51,817 | 565,776 | |||||||||
2,617,181 | |||||||||||
Metals and Mining — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Alamos Gold, Inc., Class A | 6,867 | 84,832 | |||||||||
Allkem Ltd.(2) | 7,484 | 74,927 | |||||||||
AMG Critical Materials NV(3) | 2,433 | 99,473 | |||||||||
Capstone Copper Corp.(2) | 33,882 | 177,035 | |||||||||
ERO Copper Corp.(2) | 12,812 | 307,997 | |||||||||
MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC(2)(4) | 2,658 | — | |||||||||
744,264 | |||||||||||
Multi-Utilities — 0.1% | |||||||||||
NorthWestern Corp. | 11,431 | 645,509 |
19
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Office REITs† | |||||||||||
Boston Properties, Inc. | 1,664 | $ | 110,872 | ||||||||
SL Green Realty Corp.(3) | 1,687 | 63,617 | |||||||||
174,489 | |||||||||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 0.6% | |||||||||||
Antero Resources Corp.(2) | 4,453 | 119,118 | |||||||||
ConocoPhillips | 6,211 | 731,159 | |||||||||
Devon Energy Corp. | 6,009 | 324,486 | |||||||||
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 2,323 | 342,224 | |||||||||
Enterprise Products Partners LP | 25,416 | 673,778 | |||||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. | 4,998 | 662,385 | |||||||||
EQT Corp. | 7,061 | 297,833 | |||||||||
Euronav NV | 707 | 11,616 | |||||||||
Excelerate Energy, Inc., Class A | 7,055 | 149,707 | |||||||||
Golar LNG Ltd. | 669 | 16,136 | |||||||||
Hess Corp. | 9,645 | 1,463,436 | |||||||||
4,791,878 | |||||||||||
Paper and Forest Products — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | 893 | 67,984 | |||||||||
Mondi PLC | 24,000 | 420,974 | |||||||||
Stella-Jones, Inc. | 2,256 | 114,558 | |||||||||
603,516 | |||||||||||
Passenger Airlines — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Southwest Airlines Co. | 18,877 | 644,838 | |||||||||
Personal Care Products† | |||||||||||
Beauty Health Co.(2) | 6,347 | 52,616 | |||||||||
Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | 5,400 | 115,099 | |||||||||
167,715 | |||||||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 1.0% | |||||||||||
Arvinas, Inc.(2) | 933 | 23,064 | |||||||||
AstraZeneca PLC | 5,505 | 790,938 | |||||||||
AstraZeneca PLC, ADR | 8,503 | 609,665 | |||||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 7,978 | 496,152 | |||||||||
Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc.(2) | 2,350 | 17,132 | |||||||||
Eli Lilly & Co. | 474 | 215,457 | |||||||||
GSK PLC | 47,894 | 852,568 | |||||||||
Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.(2) | 571 | 20,196 | |||||||||
Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC | 11,779 | 316,323 | |||||||||
Indivior PLC(2) | 3,190 | 71,845 | |||||||||
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.(2) | 1,451 | 89,730 | |||||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 3,999 | 426,493 | |||||||||
Novo Nordisk A/S, B Shares | 7,266 | 1,171,658 | |||||||||
Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(2) | 190 | 31,460 | |||||||||
Roche Holding AG | 1,430 | 443,373 | |||||||||
Sanofi | 3,389 | 361,554 | |||||||||
Sanofi, ADR | 7,655 | 408,547 | |||||||||
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | 6,000 | 183,449 | |||||||||
UCB SA | 3,903 | 345,600 | |||||||||
Ventyx Biosciences, Inc.(2) | 1,022 | 37,865 | |||||||||
Verona Pharma PLC, ADR(2) | 993 | 21,935 | |||||||||
Zoetis, Inc. | 2,097 | 394,425 | |||||||||
7,329,429 |
20
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Professional Services — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Adecco Group AG | 18,618 | $ | 758,764 | ||||||||
BayCurrent Consulting, Inc. | 13,300 | 429,520 | |||||||||
CACI International, Inc., Class A(2) | 293 | 102,679 | |||||||||
First Advantage Corp.(2) | 2,597 | 38,955 | |||||||||
Jacobs Solutions, Inc. | 5,907 | 740,797 | |||||||||
Korn Ferry | 1,135 | 59,792 | |||||||||
Paycom Software, Inc. | 1,311 | 483,444 | |||||||||
Paycor HCM, Inc.(2) | 2,366 | 63,551 | |||||||||
TechnoPro Holdings, Inc. | 1,400 | 36,246 | |||||||||
UT Group Co. Ltd.(2) | 2,600 | 52,553 | |||||||||
Verisk Analytics, Inc. | 2,246 | 514,199 | |||||||||
3,280,500 | |||||||||||
Real Estate Management and Development — 0.1% | |||||||||||
FirstService Corp. | 638 | 99,930 | |||||||||
FirstService Corp. (Toronto) | 621 | 97,258 | |||||||||
Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd. | 5,200 | 106,833 | |||||||||
PSP Swiss Property AG | 676 | 79,660 | |||||||||
Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corp. | 26,900 | 159,919 | |||||||||
543,600 | |||||||||||
Residential REITs — 0.2% | |||||||||||
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A | 4,954 | 185,676 | |||||||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 1,965 | 370,697 | |||||||||
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust | 892 | 44,314 | |||||||||
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT | 3,468 | 135,206 | |||||||||
Comforia Residential REIT, Inc.(3) | 19 | 45,485 | |||||||||
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 2,592 | 631,282 | |||||||||
Invitation Homes, Inc. | 5,283 | 187,547 | |||||||||
Sun Communities, Inc. | 441 | 57,462 | |||||||||
UDR, Inc. | 2,380 | 97,295 | |||||||||
1,754,964 | |||||||||||
Retail REITs — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Agree Realty Corp. | 1,084 | 70,222 | |||||||||
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | 3,847 | 87,481 | |||||||||
Kite Realty Group Trust | 10,064 | 230,264 | |||||||||
Link REIT | 9,320 | 52,389 | |||||||||
NETSTREIT Corp. | 2,505 | 44,814 | |||||||||
Realty Income Corp. | 11,049 | 673,658 | |||||||||
Regency Centers Corp. | 8,187 | 536,494 | |||||||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 2,040 | 254,184 | |||||||||
Urban Edge Properties | 6,678 | 113,593 | |||||||||
Vicinity Ltd. | 32,291 | 42,934 | |||||||||
2,106,033 | |||||||||||
Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment — 1.2% | |||||||||||
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(2) | 3,456 | 395,366 | |||||||||
AIXTRON SE | 1,403 | 55,661 | |||||||||
Analog Devices, Inc. | 2,376 | 474,083 | |||||||||
Applied Materials, Inc. | 4,018 | 609,089 | |||||||||
ASML Holding NV | 441 | 315,875 |
21
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd.(2) | 4,242 | $ | 71,987 | ||||||||
Enphase Energy, Inc.(2) | 3,729 | 566,174 | |||||||||
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc.(2) | 1,708 | 108,783 | |||||||||
Infineon Technologies AG | 13,816 | 607,012 | |||||||||
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(2) | 965 | 87,757 | |||||||||
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.(2) | 1,286 | 89,917 | |||||||||
Marvell Technology, Inc. | 6,632 | 431,942 | |||||||||
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 1,154 | 645,651 | |||||||||
Nova Ltd.(2)(3) | 656 | 81,305 | |||||||||
NVIDIA Corp. | 3,584 | 1,674,767 | |||||||||
Onto Innovation, Inc.(2) | 992 | 123,325 | |||||||||
Power Integrations, Inc. | 1,515 | 147,167 | |||||||||
Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(2) | 474 | 70,692 | |||||||||
Socionext, Inc. | 700 | 82,828 | |||||||||
SUMCO Corp. | 49,400 | 719,853 | |||||||||
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 41,000 | 740,362 | |||||||||
Teradyne, Inc. | 9,071 | 1,024,479 | |||||||||
9,124,075 | |||||||||||
Software — 1.6% | |||||||||||
Adobe, Inc.(2) | 329 | 179,690 | |||||||||
Blackbaud, Inc.(2) | 916 | 69,112 | |||||||||
Box, Inc., Class A(2) | 3,066 | 95,812 | |||||||||
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(2) | 4,337 | 1,014,901 | |||||||||
CyberArk Software Ltd.(2) | 307 | 50,965 | |||||||||
Datadog, Inc., Class A(2) | 6,554 | 764,983 | |||||||||
Descartes Systems Group, Inc.(2) | 548 | 42,742 | |||||||||
DocuSign, Inc.(2) | 8,730 | 469,849 | |||||||||
DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.(2) | 1,291 | 54,351 | |||||||||
Five9, Inc.(2) | 604 | 53,001 | |||||||||
Guidewire Software, Inc.(2) | 920 | 78,034 | |||||||||
HubSpot, Inc.(2) | 1,884 | 1,093,756 | |||||||||
JFrog Ltd.(2) | 1,516 | 46,647 | |||||||||
Kinaxis, Inc.(2) | 642 | 87,172 | |||||||||
Manhattan Associates, Inc.(2) | 4,513 | 860,268 | |||||||||
Microsoft Corp. | 11,264 | 3,783,803 | |||||||||
m-up Holdings, Inc. | 4,600 | 36,351 | |||||||||
nCino, Inc.(2) | 2,145 | 69,391 | |||||||||
New Relic, Inc.(2) | 599 | 50,304 | |||||||||
Palantir Technologies, Inc., Class A(2) | 31,117 | 617,361 | |||||||||
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(2) | 2,682 | 670,393 | |||||||||
QT Group Oyj(2) | 694 | 57,563 | |||||||||
Salesforce, Inc.(2) | 2,260 | 508,523 | |||||||||
SAP SE | 2,089 | 284,964 | |||||||||
ServiceNow, Inc.(2) | 198 | 115,434 | |||||||||
SPS Commerce, Inc.(2) | 815 | 147,018 | |||||||||
TeamViewer SE(2) | 2,456 | 41,749 | |||||||||
Tenable Holdings, Inc.(2) | 3,568 | 173,619 | |||||||||
Workday, Inc., Class A(2) | 713 | 169,074 | |||||||||
11,686,830 | |||||||||||
Specialized REITs — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Big Yellow Group PLC | 5,216 | 71,783 |
22
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 2,759 | $ | 343,827 | ||||||||
Equinix, Inc. | 1,026 | 830,978 | |||||||||
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 1,260 | 175,858 | |||||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 3,606 | 221,408 | |||||||||
Keppel DC REIT | 63,700 | 104,981 | |||||||||
Public Storage | 2,131 | 600,409 | |||||||||
VICI Properties, Inc. | 12,822 | 403,637 | |||||||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. | 2,127 | 72,446 | |||||||||
2,825,327 | |||||||||||
Specialty Retail — 0.5% | |||||||||||
Burlington Stores, Inc.(2) | 3,252 | 577,620 | |||||||||
CarMax, Inc.(2) | 1,400 | 115,654 | |||||||||
Chewy, Inc., Class A(2)(3) | 5,807 | 196,857 | |||||||||
Dufry AG(2) | 1,308 | 67,582 | |||||||||
Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. | 1,800 | 450,923 | |||||||||
Five Below, Inc.(2) | 1,237 | 257,717 | |||||||||
Home Depot, Inc. | 2,488 | 830,594 | |||||||||
Kingfisher PLC | 159,901 | 504,227 | |||||||||
Murphy USA, Inc. | 198 | 60,792 | |||||||||
Nextage Co. Ltd.(3) | 1,900 | 49,905 | |||||||||
Pets at Home Group PLC | 8,830 | 44,372 | |||||||||
TJX Cos., Inc. | 5,539 | 479,290 | |||||||||
Tractor Supply Co. | 681 | 152,537 | |||||||||
3,788,070 | |||||||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage and Peripherals — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Apple, Inc. | 12,510 | 2,457,589 | |||||||||
HP, Inc. | 12,648 | 415,234 | |||||||||
Pure Storage, Inc., Class A(2) | 1,537 | 56,854 | |||||||||
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | 8,180 | 447,876 | |||||||||
3,377,553 | |||||||||||
Textiles, Apparel and Luxury Goods — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Asics Corp. | 4,100 | 129,335 | |||||||||
Crocs, Inc.(2) | 651 | 70,536 | |||||||||
Deckers Outdoor Corp.(2) | 432 | 234,874 | |||||||||
HUGO BOSS AG | 1,151 | 92,942 | |||||||||
Li Ning Co. Ltd. | 67,500 | 411,509 | |||||||||
lululemon athletica, Inc.(2) | 679 | 257,022 | |||||||||
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE | 744 | 691,003 | |||||||||
On Holding AG, Class A(2) | 15,042 | 541,512 | |||||||||
Tod's SpA(2) | 1,782 | 80,927 | |||||||||
2,509,660 | |||||||||||
Trading Companies and Distributors — 0.3% | |||||||||||
AddTech AB, B Shares(3) | 2,071 | 38,582 | |||||||||
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.(2) | 3,072 | 263,178 | |||||||||
Beijer Ref AB | 5,067 | 68,904 | |||||||||
Bunzl PLC | 6,063 | 224,743 | |||||||||
Diploma PLC | 2,170 | 90,255 | |||||||||
Finning International, Inc. | 2,454 | 84,526 | |||||||||
H&E Equipment Services, Inc. | 1,627 | 79,040 | |||||||||
MonotaRO Co. Ltd. | 18,300 | 223,349 | |||||||||
MRC Global, Inc.(2) | 5,768 | 65,121 |
23
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A | 5,961 | $ | 601,584 | ||||||||
NOW, Inc.(2) | 7,655 | 87,190 | |||||||||
Rexel SA | 21,250 | 512,598 | |||||||||
2,339,070 | |||||||||||
Transportation Infrastructure† | |||||||||||
Japan Airport Terminal Co. Ltd. | 2,400 | 111,841 | |||||||||
Water Utilities† | |||||||||||
SJW Group | 1,489 | 104,915 | |||||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | |||||||||||
TIM SA | 151,300 | 457,220 | |||||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $148,302,247) | 195,876,346 | ||||||||||
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES — 9.3% | |||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 2.00%, 11/15/41 | $ | 3,500,000 | 2,513,369 | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 2.375%, 2/15/42 | 11,500,000 | 8,776,611 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.125%, 8/15/44 | 200,000 | 169,254 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 2.50%, 2/15/45 | 1,060,000 | 802,184 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.00%, 5/15/45 | 560,000 | 462,186 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.00%, 11/15/45 | 100,000 | 82,312 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 2.375%, 1/15/25 | 1,210,073 | 1,196,369 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 2.375%, 1/15/27 | 377,020 | 379,432 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 2.50%, 1/15/29 | 1,607,750 | 1,663,503 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 3.375%, 4/15/32 | 171,339 | 194,248 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 2.125%, 2/15/40 | 844,254 | 893,378 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 2.125%, 2/15/41 | 1,138,783 | 1,205,925 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 0.625%, 2/15/43 | 1,283,116 | 1,033,073 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 1.375%, 2/15/44 | 3,458,091 | 3,196,413 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 0.75%, 2/15/45 | 5,889,286 | 4,769,681 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 0.875%, 2/15/47 | 692,940 | 569,153 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 0.125%, 2/15/51 | 1,168,140 | 757,526 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes, 0.125%, 4/15/27 | 4,809,430 | 4,469,192 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes, 0.50%, 1/15/28 | 2,280,958 | 2,143,031 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes, 0.875%, 1/15/29 | 2,288,455 | 2,178,290 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes, 0.125%, 1/15/32 | 4,481,776 | 3,943,049 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.25%, 5/31/25 | 9,900,000 | 9,088,857 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.50%, 4/30/27 | 6,000,000 | 5,210,391 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.75%, 7/31/27 | 3,505,000 | 3,305,585 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.25%, 8/15/27 | 400,000 | 369,789 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.625%, 7/31/29 | 3,000,000 | 2,760,996 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.50%, 4/30/30 | 2,350,000 | 2,268,943 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.625%, 5/15/30 | 1,100,000 | 877,980 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.875%, 2/15/32(5) | 5,800,000 | 4,926,828 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.375%, 5/15/33 | 28,000 | 26,712 | |||||||||
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES (Cost $79,513,454) | 70,234,260 | ||||||||||
SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND AGENCIES — 2.8% | |||||||||||
Australia — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Australia Government Bond, 3.00%, 3/21/47 | AUD | 270,000 | 144,294 | ||||||||
New South Wales Treasury Corp., 3.00%, 3/20/28 | AUD | 395,000 | 252,640 | ||||||||
396,934 |
24
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Austria — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Republic of Austria Government Bond, 0.75%, 10/20/26(6) | EUR | 185,000 | $ | 189,686 | |||||||
Republic of Austria Government Bond, 4.15%, 3/15/37(6) | EUR | 121,000 | 146,510 | ||||||||
336,196 | |||||||||||
Belgium† | |||||||||||
Kingdom of Belgium Government Bond, 4.25%, 3/28/41(6) | EUR | 74,000 | 90,483 | ||||||||
Canada — 0.7% | |||||||||||
Canadian Government Bond, 0.25%, 3/1/26 | CAD | 1,500,000 | 1,022,932 | ||||||||
Canadian Government Bond, 3.50%, 3/1/28 | CAD | 3,387,000 | 2,526,104 | ||||||||
Province of British Columbia Canada, 2.85%, 6/18/25 | CAD | 809,000 | 591,101 | ||||||||
Province of Quebec Canada, 3.00%, 9/1/23 | CAD | 465,000 | 352,016 | ||||||||
Province of Quebec Canada, 5.75%, 12/1/36 | CAD | 445,000 | 386,342 | ||||||||
Province of Quebec Canada, 5.00%, 12/1/41 | CAD | 30,000 | 24,602 | ||||||||
Province of Quebec Canada, 3.50%, 12/1/48 | CAD | 110,000 | 73,265 | ||||||||
4,976,362 | |||||||||||
China — 0.5% | |||||||||||
China Government Bond, 2.68%, 5/21/30 | CNY | 24,800,000 | 3,478,455 | ||||||||
Denmark† | |||||||||||
Denmark Government Bond, 0.50%, 11/15/27 | DKK | 600,000 | 80,608 | ||||||||
Denmark Government Bond, 4.50%, 11/15/39 | DKK | 340,000 | 61,062 | ||||||||
141,670 | |||||||||||
Finland — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Finland Government Bond, 4.00%, 7/4/25(6) | EUR | 219,000 | 244,275 | ||||||||
Finland Government Bond, 0.125%, 4/15/36(6) | EUR | 2,250,000 | 1,695,296 | ||||||||
1,939,571 | |||||||||||
France — 0.2% | |||||||||||
French Republic Government Bond OAT, 0.00%, 11/25/31(7) | EUR | 1,400,000 | 1,212,983 | ||||||||
French Republic Government Bond OAT, 1.25%, 5/25/38 | EUR | 379,000 | 317,962 | ||||||||
1,530,945 | |||||||||||
Germany† | |||||||||||
Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe, 0.00%, 8/15/52(7) | EUR | 400,000 | 215,115 | ||||||||
Ireland† | |||||||||||
Ireland Government Bond, 3.40%, 3/18/24 | EUR | 283,000 | 311,372 | ||||||||
Italy — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro, 1.50%, 6/1/25 | EUR | 180,000 | 190,657 | ||||||||
Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro, 2.00%, 12/1/25 | EUR | 1,338,000 | 1,421,329 | ||||||||
1,611,986 | |||||||||||
Japan — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Japan Government Thirty Year Bond, 1.40%, 3/20/53 | JPY | 224,000,000 | 1,557,482 | ||||||||
Malaysia† | |||||||||||
Malaysia Government Bond, 3.96%, 9/15/25 | MYR | 990,000 | 222,035 | ||||||||
Mexico — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Mexico Government International Bond, 4.15%, 3/28/27 | $ | 700,000 | 685,412 | ||||||||
Netherlands — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Netherlands Government Bond, 0.50%, 7/15/26(6) | EUR | 506,000 | 518,715 | ||||||||
Netherlands Government Bond, 2.75%, 1/15/47(6) | EUR | 82,000 | 89,242 | ||||||||
607,957 | |||||||||||
Norway† | |||||||||||
Norway Government Bond, 1.75%, 2/17/27(6) | NOK | 1,880,000 | 171,467 |
25
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Peru† | |||||||||||
Peruvian Government International Bond, 5.625%, 11/18/50 | $ | 160,000 | $ | 163,518 | |||||||
Philippines† | |||||||||||
Philippine Government International Bond, 6.375%, 10/23/34 | 100,000 | 111,374 | |||||||||
Poland† | |||||||||||
Republic of Poland Government Bond, 4.00%, 10/25/23 | PLN | 775,000 | 192,484 | ||||||||
Spain† | |||||||||||
Spain Government Bond, 4.40%, 10/31/23(6) | EUR | 100,000 | 110,124 | ||||||||
Spain Government Bond, 1.60%, 4/30/25(6) | EUR | 132,000 | 140,772 | ||||||||
Spain Government Bond, 5.15%, 10/31/28(6) | EUR | 47,000 | 56,452 | ||||||||
Spain Government Bond, 5.15%, 10/31/44(6) | EUR | 9,000 | 11,713 | ||||||||
319,061 | |||||||||||
Switzerland — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Swiss Confederation Government Bond, 1.25%, 5/28/26 | CHF | 410,000 | 472,362 | ||||||||
Swiss Confederation Government Bond, 2.50%, 3/8/36 | CHF | 71,000 | 96,388 | ||||||||
568,750 | |||||||||||
Thailand — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Thailand Government Bond, 3.85%, 12/12/25 | THB | 11,550,000 | 349,869 | ||||||||
United Kingdom — 0.1% | |||||||||||
United Kingdom Gilt, 0.125%, 1/30/26 | GBP | 800,000 | 917,488 | ||||||||
Uruguay† | |||||||||||
Uruguay Government International Bond, 4.125%, 11/20/45 | $ | 80,000 | 72,657 | ||||||||
TOTAL SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND AGENCIES (Cost $23,540,211) | 20,968,643 | ||||||||||
CORPORATE BONDS — 2.5% | |||||||||||
Aerospace and Defense† | |||||||||||
TransDigm, Inc., 6.375%, 6/15/26 | 50,000 | 49,534 | |||||||||
Automobile Components† | |||||||||||
ZF North America Capital, Inc., 4.75%, 4/29/25(6) | 105,000 | 102,191 | |||||||||
Automobiles — 0.1% | |||||||||||
BMW Finance NV, 0.875%, 4/3/25 | EUR | 50,000 | 52,575 | ||||||||
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 3.625%, 6/17/31 | $ | 670,000 | 554,436 | ||||||||
607,011 | |||||||||||
Banks — 0.9% | |||||||||||
Avi Funding Co. Ltd., 3.80%, 9/16/25(6) | 255,000 | 246,720 | |||||||||
Banco Santander SA, 2.50%, 3/18/25 | EUR | 200,000 | 213,475 | ||||||||
Bank of America Corp., VRN, 2.88%, 10/22/30 | $ | 260,000 | 225,252 | ||||||||
Barclays PLC, VRN, 1.375%, 1/24/26 | EUR | 100,000 | 105,056 | ||||||||
CaixaBank SA, VRN, 2.25%, 4/17/30 | EUR | 400,000 | 412,715 | ||||||||
Citigroup, Inc., VRN, 3.07%, 2/24/28 | $ | 51,000 | 47,051 | ||||||||
Citigroup, Inc., VRN, 3.52%, 10/27/28 | 40,000 | 37,148 | |||||||||
Citigroup, Inc., VRN, 3.98%, 3/20/30 | 61,000 | 56,601 | |||||||||
Commerzbank AG, 4.00%, 3/23/26 | EUR | 250,000 | 270,015 | ||||||||
Credit Agricole SA, 7.375%, 12/18/23 | GBP | 100,000 | 128,561 | ||||||||
European Financial Stability Facility, 2.125%, 2/19/24 | EUR | 399,000 | 435,328 | ||||||||
European Financial Stability Facility, 0.40%, 5/31/26 | EUR | 400,000 | 406,925 | ||||||||
European Financial Stability Facility, 2.35%, 7/29/44 | EUR | 60,000 | 56,597 | ||||||||
European Union, 0.00%, 7/4/31(7) | EUR | 1,650,000 | 1,433,099 | ||||||||
HSBC Bank PLC, VRN, 5.375%, 11/4/30 | GBP | 50,000 | 61,554 | ||||||||
ING Groep NV, 2.125%, 1/10/26 | EUR | 400,000 | 423,823 | ||||||||
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 6.625%, 9/13/23 | EUR | 220,000 | 242,645 | ||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co., VRN, 1.58%, 4/22/27 | $ | 6,000 | 5,405 |
26
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Lloyds Bank PLC, 7.625%, 4/22/25 | GBP | 120,000 | $ | 156,923 | |||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank, VRN, 5.875%, 5/1/24 | $ | 1,500,000 | 1,495,781 | ||||||||
Wells Fargo & Co., VRN, 5.39%, 4/24/34 | 105,000 | 104,222 | |||||||||
6,564,896 | |||||||||||
Beverages — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 4.90%, 2/1/46 | 370,000 | 351,018 | |||||||||
Biotechnology — 0.1% | |||||||||||
AbbVie, Inc., 4.40%, 11/6/42 | 605,000 | 537,706 | |||||||||
Chemicals† | |||||||||||
MEGlobal BV, 4.25%, 11/3/26(6) | 82,000 | 78,760 | |||||||||
Olin Corp., 5.125%, 9/15/27 | 60,000 | 57,412 | |||||||||
136,172 | |||||||||||
Commercial Services and Supplies† | |||||||||||
Waste Connections, Inc., 2.95%, 1/15/52 | 154,000 | 103,937 | |||||||||
Containers and Packaging† | |||||||||||
Sealed Air Corp., 5.125%, 12/1/24(6) | 80,000 | 78,921 | |||||||||
Diversified Consumer Services† | |||||||||||
Duke University, 3.30%, 10/1/46 | 220,000 | 169,917 | |||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.2% | |||||||||||
AT&T, Inc., 2.60%, 12/17/29 | EUR | 120,000 | 120,753 | ||||||||
AT&T, Inc., 4.90%, 8/15/37 | $ | 116,000 | 106,631 | ||||||||
Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, 1.25%, 10/6/23 | GBP | 150,000 | 191,045 | ||||||||
Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, 0.875%, 1/30/24 | EUR | 40,000 | 43,363 | ||||||||
Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/28 | $ | 470,000 | 498,646 | ||||||||
Turk Telekomunikasyon AS, 4.875%, 6/19/24(6) | 205,000 | 199,014 | |||||||||
1,159,452 | |||||||||||
Electric Utilities — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC, 3.20%, 8/15/49 | 270,000 | 191,591 | |||||||||
Duke Energy Florida LLC, 3.85%, 11/15/42 | 130,000 | 105,210 | |||||||||
Duke Energy Progress LLC, 4.15%, 12/1/44 | 59,000 | 49,384 | |||||||||
MidAmerican Energy Co., 4.40%, 10/15/44 | 80,000 | 69,823 | |||||||||
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., 5.25%, 2/28/53 | 71,000 | 68,008 | |||||||||
Northern States Power Co., 3.20%, 4/1/52 | 160,000 | 112,985 | |||||||||
Northern States Power Co., 5.10%, 5/15/53 | 110,000 | 107,754 | |||||||||
Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara, 3.00%, 6/30/30 | 500,000 | 427,267 | |||||||||
1,132,022 | |||||||||||
Financial Services — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Fiore Capital LLC, VRDN, 5.40%, 8/7/23 (LOC: Wells Fargo Bank N.A.) | 2,245,000 | 2,245,000 | |||||||||
Ground Transportation† | |||||||||||
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, 4.45%, 3/15/43 | 160,000 | 144,327 | |||||||||
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, 4.15%, 4/1/45 | 70,000 | 60,797 | |||||||||
205,124 | |||||||||||
Health Care Providers and Services — 0.1% | |||||||||||
CVS Health Corp., 4.78%, 3/25/38 | 475,000 | 438,636 | |||||||||
DaVita, Inc., 4.625%, 6/1/30(6) | 510,000 | 435,642 | |||||||||
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, 3.00%, 6/1/51 | 180,000 | 124,885 | |||||||||
999,163 |
27
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Caesars Entertainment, Inc., 4.625%, 10/15/29(6) | $ | 200,000 | $ | 176,245 | |||||||
Wynn Las Vegas LLC / Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., 5.25%, 5/15/27(6) | 150,000 | 142,701 | |||||||||
318,946 | |||||||||||
Household Durables — 0.1% | |||||||||||
KB Home, 4.80%, 11/15/29 | 477,000 | 440,579 | |||||||||
Meritage Homes Corp., 5.125%, 6/6/27 | 160,000 | 155,003 | |||||||||
Tempur Sealy International, Inc., 3.875%, 10/15/31(6) | 238,000 | 192,846 | |||||||||
788,428 | |||||||||||
Insurance† | |||||||||||
AXA SA, VRN, 3.375%, 7/6/47 | EUR | 200,000 | 208,765 | ||||||||
Interactive Media and Services† | |||||||||||
Tencent Holdings Ltd., 3.80%, 2/11/25(6) | $ | 153,000 | 149,341 | ||||||||
Media† | |||||||||||
Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital, 5.125%, 7/1/49 | 120,000 | 94,180 | |||||||||
WPP Finance 2013, 3.00%, 11/20/23 | EUR | 100,000 | 109,506 | ||||||||
203,686 | |||||||||||
Metals and Mining† | |||||||||||
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 5.40%, 11/14/34 | $ | 180,000 | 175,237 | ||||||||
Multi-Utilities† | |||||||||||
Dominion Energy, Inc., 4.90%, 8/1/41 | 70,000 | 63,229 | |||||||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Antero Resources Corp., 7.625%, 2/1/29(6) | 108,000 | 110,718 | |||||||||
BP Capital Markets America, Inc., 3.06%, 6/17/41 | 180,000 | 135,532 | |||||||||
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP / Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp., 5.75%, 4/1/25 | 70,000 | 69,016 | |||||||||
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 4.85%, 3/15/44 | 254,000 | 232,179 | |||||||||
Galaxy Pipeline Assets Bidco Ltd., 2.94%, 9/30/40(6) | 474,925 | 384,476 | |||||||||
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 6.50%, 9/1/39 | 125,000 | 127,803 | |||||||||
MEG Energy Corp., 5.875%, 2/1/29(6) | 130,000 | 124,742 | |||||||||
Southwestern Energy Co., 5.70%, 1/23/25 | 14,000 | 13,925 | |||||||||
1,198,391 | |||||||||||
Passenger Airlines — 0.1% | |||||||||||
American Airlines, Inc. / AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., 5.50%, 4/20/26(6) | 288,186 | 284,148 | |||||||||
Pharmaceuticals† | |||||||||||
Viatris, Inc., 4.00%, 6/22/50 | 246,000 | 166,415 | |||||||||
Software† | |||||||||||
Oracle Corp., 3.60%, 4/1/40 | 210,000 | 161,931 | |||||||||
Transportation Infrastructure† | |||||||||||
DP World Crescent Ltd., 4.85%, 9/26/28 | 250,000 | 247,502 | |||||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services† | |||||||||||
C&W Senior Financing DAC, 6.875%, 9/15/27(6) | 228,000 | 207,220 | |||||||||
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS (Cost $20,646,396) | 18,615,303 | ||||||||||
COLLATERALIZED LOAN OBLIGATIONS — 2.0% | |||||||||||
ARES XLVII CLO Ltd., Series 2018-47A, Class C, VRN, 7.32%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.01%), 4/15/30(6) | 350,000 | 342,201 |
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Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO Ltd., Series 2012-4A, Class CR3, VRN, 8.21%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.86%), 4/22/32(6) | $ | 1,450,000 | $ | 1,434,634 | |||||||
Cerberus Loan Funding XXVIII LP, Series 2020-1A, Class A, VRN, 7.42%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.11%), 10/15/31(6) | 399,156 | 398,788 | |||||||||
Cerberus Loan Funding XXXI LP, Series 2021-1A, Class A, VRN, 7.07%, (3-month SOFR plus 1.76%), 4/15/32(6) | 436,982 | 433,847 | |||||||||
CIFC Funding Ltd., Series 2017-5A, Class B, VRN, 7.42%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.11%), 11/16/30(6) | 1,100,000 | 1,078,916 | |||||||||
Cook Park CLO Ltd., Series 2018-1A, Class C, VRN, 7.32%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.01%), 4/17/30(6) | 3,000,000 | 2,900,775 | |||||||||
Dewolf Park CLO Ltd., Series 2017-1A, Class CR, VRN, 7.42%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.11%), 10/15/30(6) | 450,000 | 439,499 | |||||||||
Eaton Vance CLO Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class CR, VRN, 7.49%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.16%), 1/20/30(6) | 512,500 | 499,390 | |||||||||
Goldentree Loan Opportunities X Ltd., Series 2015-10A, Class AR, VRN, 6.71%, (3-month SOFR plus 1.38%), 7/20/31(6) | 350,000 | 349,183 | |||||||||
KKR CLO Ltd., Series 2018, Class CR, VRN, 7.67%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.36%), 7/18/30(6) | 200,000 | 197,044 | |||||||||
KKR CLO Ltd., Series 2022A, Class B, VRN, 7.19%, (3-month SOFR plus 1.86%), 7/20/31(6) | 500,000 | 494,750 | |||||||||
Magnetite VIII Ltd., Series 2014-8A, Class BR2, VRN, 7.07%, (3-month SOFR plus 1.76%), 4/15/31(6) | 600,000 | 593,589 | |||||||||
Magnetite XXV Ltd., Series 2020-25A, Class C, VRN, 7.71%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.36%), 1/25/32(6) | 450,000 | 442,392 | |||||||||
Marathon CLO Ltd., Series 2021-17A, Class B1, VRN, 8.27%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.94%), 1/20/35(6) | 425,000 | 420,356 | |||||||||
MF1 Ltd., Series 2021-FL7, Class AS, VRN, 6.79%, (1-month SOFR plus 1.56%), 10/16/36(6) | 716,000 | 692,862 | |||||||||
Ready Capital Mortgage Financing LLC, Series 2021-FL6, Class B, VRN, 7.01%, (1-month SOFR plus 1.71%), 7/25/36(6) | 1,500,000 | 1,435,475 | |||||||||
Rockford Tower CLO Ltd., Series 2020-1A, Class C, VRN, 7.94%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.61%), 1/20/32(6) | 325,000 | 321,549 | |||||||||
Sound Point CLO IX Ltd., Series 2015-2A, Class CRRR, VRN, 8.09%, (3-month SOFR plus 2.76%), 7/20/32(6) | 1,450,000 | 1,412,334 | |||||||||
Symphony CLO XXII Ltd., Series 2020-22A, Class B, VRN, 7.27%, (3-month SOFR plus 1.96%), 4/18/33(6) | 1,000,000 | 986,800 | |||||||||
TOTAL COLLATERALIZED LOAN OBLIGATIONS (Cost $15,202,277) | 14,874,384 | ||||||||||
MUNICIPAL SECURITIES — 0.7% | |||||||||||
Bay Area Toll Authority Rev., 6.92%, 4/1/40 | 130,000 | 150,479 | |||||||||
Harris County Industrial Development Corp. Rev., (Exxon Mobil Corp.) VRDN, 4.58%, 8/1/23 | 1,700,000 | 1,700,000 | |||||||||
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Rev., VRDN, 5.21%, 8/7/23 (SBBPA: Bank of America N.A.) | 2,200,000 | 2,200,000 | |||||||||
New Jersey Turnpike Authority Rev., 7.10%, 1/1/41 | 140,000 | 168,611 | |||||||||
New York City GO, 6.27%, 12/1/37 | 40,000 | 44,395 | |||||||||
Regents of the University of California Medical Center Pooled Rev., 3.26%, 5/15/60 | 175,000 | 120,646 | |||||||||
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey Rev., 5.67%, 5/1/40 | 130,000 | 136,119 | |||||||||
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Rev., 6.16%, 5/15/36 | 170,000 | 184,479 | |||||||||
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Water Rev., 6.00%, 11/1/40 | 135,000 | 142,837 |
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Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
State of California GO, 4.60%, 4/1/38 | $ | 100,000 | $ | 94,636 | |||||||
State of California GO, 7.55%, 4/1/39 | 60,000 | 74,765 | |||||||||
State of California GO, 7.30%, 10/1/39 | 90,000 | 107,583 | |||||||||
Texas Natural Gas Securitization Finance Corp. Rev., 5.17%, 4/1/41 | 45,000 | 45,653 | |||||||||
TOTAL MUNICIPAL SECURITIES (Cost $5,153,357) | 5,170,203 | ||||||||||
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 0.4% | |||||||||||
Blackbird Capital Aircraft, Series 2021-1A, Class A, SEQ, 2.44%, 7/15/46(6) | 337,277 | 291,519 | |||||||||
BRE Grand Islander Timeshare Issuer LLC, Series 2017-1A, Class A, SEQ, 2.94%, 5/25/29(6) | 70,168 | 68,451 | |||||||||
FirstKey Homes Trust, Series 2020-SFR1, Class C, 1.94%, 8/17/37(6) | 600,000 | 546,396 | |||||||||
FirstKey Homes Trust, Series 2020-SFR1, Class E, 2.79%, 8/17/37(6) | 1,100,000 | 1,010,107 | |||||||||
Lunar Aircraft Ltd., Series 2020-1A, Class A, SEQ, 3.38%, 2/15/45(6) | 583,075 | 506,492 | |||||||||
MAPS Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A, SEQ, 2.52%, 6/15/46(6) | 931,489 | 807,471 | |||||||||
VSE VOI Mortgage LLC, Series 2018-A, Class B, 3.72%, 2/20/36(6) | 155,395 | 149,590 | |||||||||
TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $3,808,981) | 3,380,026 | ||||||||||
PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.3% | |||||||||||
Automobiles† | |||||||||||
Volkswagen International Finance NV, 3.875% | 500,000 | 469,631 | |||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Telefonica Europe BV, 3.00% | 400,000 | 437,624 | |||||||||
Telefonica Europe BV, 5.875% | 100,000 | 110,645 | |||||||||
548,269 | |||||||||||
Electric Utilities† | |||||||||||
Electricite de France SA, 3.375% | 200,000 | 174,196 | |||||||||
Enel SpA, 2.25% | 200,000 | 194,310 | |||||||||
368,506 | |||||||||||
Insurance — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Allianz SE, 3.375% | 100,000 | 107,681 | |||||||||
Allianz SE, 4.75% | 200,000 | 220,081 | |||||||||
AXA SA, 6.69% | 50,000 | 64,094 | |||||||||
Credit Agricole Assurances SA, 4.25% | 200,000 | 214,851 | |||||||||
Intesa Sanpaolo Vita SpA, 4.75% | 100,000 | 108,053 | |||||||||
714,760 | |||||||||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Eni SpA, 3.375% | 500,000 | 470,748 | |||||||||
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost $3,242,013) | 2,571,914 | ||||||||||
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 0.3% | |||||||||||
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-VOLT, Class F, VRN, 7.74%, (1-month SOFR plus 2.51%), 9/15/36(6) | $ | 900,000 | 846,209 | ||||||||
BXHPP Trust, Series 2021-FILM, Class D, VRN, 6.84%, (1-month SOFR plus 1.61%), 8/15/36(6) | 1,500,000 | 1,320,651 | |||||||||
TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $2,404,021) | 2,166,860 |
30
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 0.2% | |||||||||||
Private Sponsor Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.2% | |||||||||||
ABN Amro Mortgage Corp., Series 2003-4, Class A4, 5.50%, 3/25/33 | $ | 6,150 | $ | 5,527 | |||||||
COLT Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2021-3, Class M1, VRN, 2.30%, 9/27/66(6) | 1,800,000 | 1,020,853 | |||||||||
Radnor RE Ltd., Series 2021-1, Class M1B, VRN, 6.77%, (30-day average SOFR plus 1.70%), 12/27/33(6) | 486,589 | 486,130 | |||||||||
Sofi Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-1A, Class 1A4, SEQ, VRN, 3.00%, 11/25/46(6) | 26,237 | 23,307 | |||||||||
1,535,817 | |||||||||||
U.S. Government Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations† | |||||||||||
FNMA, Series 2014-C02, Class 2M2, VRN, 7.78%, (30-day average SOFR plus 2.71%), 5/25/24 | 175,654 | 177,004 | |||||||||
TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (Cost $2,492,730) | 1,712,821 | ||||||||||
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 0.1% | |||||||||||
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 119 | 54,761 | |||||||||
iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF(3) | 8,508 | 975,698 | |||||||||
TOTAL EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS (Cost $944,682) | 1,030,459 | ||||||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 0.1% | |||||||||||
Adjustable-Rate U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities† | |||||||||||
FHLMC, VRN, 4.76%, (12-month LIBOR plus 1.87%), 7/1/36 | $ | 14,597 | 14,756 | ||||||||
FHLMC, VRN, 4.20%, (1-year H15T1Y plus 2.14%), 10/1/36 | 42,910 | 43,735 | |||||||||
FHLMC, VRN, 4.59%, (1-year H15T1Y plus 2.26%), 4/1/37 | 47,222 | 47,849 | |||||||||
FHLMC, VRN, 4.69%, (12-month LIBOR plus 1.89%), 7/1/41 | 15,635 | 15,440 | |||||||||
FNMA, VRN, 6.94%, (6-month LIBOR plus 1.57%), 6/1/35 | 23,211 | 23,575 | |||||||||
FNMA, VRN, 6.94%, (6-month LIBOR plus 1.57%), 6/1/35 | 18,328 | 18,606 | |||||||||
FNMA, VRN, 6.07%, (6-month LIBOR plus 1.54%), 9/1/35 | 5,043 | 5,114 | |||||||||
FNMA, VRN, 4.28%, (1-year H15T1Y plus 2.15%), 3/1/38 | 51,585 | 52,562 | |||||||||
221,637 | |||||||||||
Fixed-Rate U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities — 0.1% | |||||||||||
FHLMC, 6.00%, 2/1/38 | 18,919 | 19,620 | |||||||||
GNMA, 9.00%, 4/20/25 | 98 | 98 | |||||||||
GNMA, 7.50%, 10/15/25 | 615 | 614 | |||||||||
GNMA, 6.00%, 4/15/26 | 221 | 222 | |||||||||
GNMA, 7.50%, 6/15/26 | 591 | 591 | |||||||||
GNMA, 7.00%, 12/15/27 | 5,148 | 5,107 | |||||||||
GNMA, 7.50%, 12/15/27 | 612 | 611 | |||||||||
GNMA, 6.00%, 5/15/28 | 3,344 | 3,369 | |||||||||
GNMA, 6.50%, 5/15/28 | 2,980 | 3,036 | |||||||||
GNMA, 7.00%, 5/15/31 | 7,165 | 7,369 | |||||||||
GNMA, 5.50%, 11/15/32 | 17,564 | 17,732 | |||||||||
GNMA, 6.50%, 10/15/38 | 374,339 | 395,708 | |||||||||
GNMA, 4.50%, 6/15/41 | 127,723 | 125,831 | |||||||||
579,908 | |||||||||||
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $800,589) | 801,545 | ||||||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 8.4% | |||||||||||
Certificates of Deposit — 2.0% | |||||||||||
Banco Santander SA, 5.45%, 9/7/23 | 2,500,000 | 2,499,472 | |||||||||
Bank of Montreal, VRN, 5.93%, (SOFR plus 0.63%), 9/12/23 | 4,000,000 | 4,002,001 |
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Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
BNP Paribas Fortis SA, 5.46%, 10/19/23 | $ | 2,500,000 | $ | 2,499,491 | |||||||
Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank SA, 5.18%, 8/22/23(6) | 2,000,000 | 1,999,590 | |||||||||
Natixis SA, 5.52%, 10/25/23 | 750,000 | 749,805 | |||||||||
Nordea Bank Abp, VRN, 5.90%, (SOFR plus 0.60%), 10/11/23 | 1,800,000 | 1,801,329 | |||||||||
Wells Fargo Bank N.A., VRN, 5.85%, (SOFR plus 0.55%), 1/5/24 | 1,500,000 | 1,501,468 | |||||||||
15,053,156 | |||||||||||
Commercial Paper(8) — 2.8% | |||||||||||
Alinghi Funding Co. LLC, 11.34%, 10/12/23 (LOC: UBS AG)(6) | 3,500,000 | 3,461,405 | |||||||||
Atlantic Asset Securitization LLC, 5.60%, 9/14/23 (LOC: Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank)(6) | 1,250,000 | 1,241,500 | |||||||||
Canadian Imperial Holdings, Inc., 5.88%, 3/19/24(6) | 1,000,000 | 964,201 | |||||||||
Charta LLC, 5.71%, 11/3/23 (LOC: CitiBank N.A.)(6) | 1,000,000 | 985,573 | |||||||||
Chesham Finance Ltd. / Chesham Finance LLC, 5.55%, 8/1/23(6) | 2,960,000 | 2,959,563 | |||||||||
JP Morgan Securities LLC, 5.95%, 4/25/24(6) | 2,000,000 | 1,996,672 | |||||||||
Svenska Handelsbanken AB, VRN, 6.10%, (SOFR plus 0.79%), 11/1/23(6) | 1,500,000 | 1,502,105 | |||||||||
Toyota Credit Canada, Inc., 5.60%, 10/20/23(6) | 750,000 | 740,921 | |||||||||
Toyota Credit de Puerto Rico Corp., 5.66%, 10/3/23(6) | 1,000,000 | 990,514 | |||||||||
UBS AG, 5.91%, 1/19/24(6) | 1,000,000 | 973,063 | |||||||||
UBS AG, VRN, 5.81%, (SOFR plus 0.58%), 9/22/23(6) | 1,950,000 | 1,950,000 | |||||||||
Versailles Commercial Paper LLC, 5.66%, 10/5/23 (LOC: Natixis)(6) | 3,150,000 | 3,118,463 | |||||||||
20,883,980 | |||||||||||
Money Market Funds — 1.9% | |||||||||||
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class | 13,340,025 | 13,340,025 | |||||||||
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio(9) | 688,306 | 688,306 | |||||||||
14,028,331 | |||||||||||
Treasury Bills(8) — 1.7% | |||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.70%, 8/24/23 | $ | 750,000 | 747,480 | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.43%, 10/12/23 | 2,000,000 | 1,978,930 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.42%, 10/31/23 | 2,000,000 | 1,973,420 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.47%, 11/21/23 | 4,500,000 | 4,426,185 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.48%, 1/4/24 | 3,000,000 | 2,931,604 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.19%, 6/13/24 | 1,250,000 | 1,193,900 | |||||||||
13,251,519 | |||||||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $63,218,546) | 63,216,986 | ||||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — 100.0% (Cost $664,932,066) | 754,144,582 | ||||||||||
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES† | (39,969) | ||||||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0% | $ | 754,104,613 |
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FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS
Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement Date | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||||||
CAD | 9,438 | USD | 7,130 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | $ | 33 | |||||||||||||
CAD | 14,756 | USD | 11,127 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 72 | ||||||||||||||
CAD | 35,513 | USD | 26,979 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 2,567,307 | CAD | 3,399,890 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/15/23 | (12,562) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 1,784,029 | CAD | 2,380,822 | UBS AG | 9/15/23 | (22,562) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 338,195 | CAD | 444,664 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 720 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 275,987 | CAD | 362,872 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 588 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 7,476 | CAD | 9,847 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 7,644 | CAD | 10,113 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (31) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 13,387 | CAD | 17,749 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (84) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 8,555 | CAD | 11,343 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (53) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 37,070 | CAD | 49,044 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (151) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 10,656 | CAD | 14,097 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (43) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 28,021 | CAD | 37,069 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (112) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 8,039 | CAD | 10,634 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (32) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 7,728 | CAD | 10,247 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (49) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 9,363 | CAD | 12,422 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (65) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 14,665 | CAD | 19,447 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (95) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 16,584 | CAD | 21,918 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (51) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 11,787 | CAD | 15,529 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 16,874 | CAD | 22,230 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 10,753 | CAD | 14,083 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 64 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 11,552 | CAD | 15,263 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (32) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 10,343 | CAD | 13,666 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (28) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 12,022 | CAD | 15,832 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 10,936 | CAD | 14,447 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (28) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 17,656 | CAD | 23,323 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (45) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 12,471 | CAD | 16,412 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 11,354 | CAD | 14,942 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 11,484 | CAD | 15,150 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 13,528 | CAD | 17,882 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/29/23 | (44) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 431,799 | CHF | 384,568 | Morgan Stanley | 9/15/23 | (11,228) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 667,367 | CNY | 4,727,296 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/15/23 | 2,134 | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 10,721 | USD | 11,809 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 7,572 | USD | 8,521 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (172) | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 13,034 | USD | 14,358 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 61,784 | USD | 69,528 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (1,404) | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 13,852 | USD | 15,130 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | 143 | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 16,718 | USD | 18,650 | Morgan Stanley | 9/29/23 | (216) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 320,108 | EUR | 293,898 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/15/23 | (3,722) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 8,528,669 | EUR | 7,892,969 | UBS AG | 9/15/23 | (168,143) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 68,026 | EUR | 62,001 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (337) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 59,242 | EUR | 54,061 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (367) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 691,621 | EUR | 630,364 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (3,429) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 72,547 | EUR | 66,121 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (360) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 131,936 | EUR | 120,362 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | (777) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 9,805 | EUR | 8,697 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | 216 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 9,255 | EUR | 8,209 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | 203 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 1,341,386 | EUR | 1,223,713 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | (7,902) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 140,703 | EUR | 128,360 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | (829) |
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Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement Date | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||||||
USD | 12,847 | EUR | 11,768 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | $ | (128) | |||||||||||||
USD | 12,267 | EUR | 10,910 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | 238 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 11,055 | EUR | 9,806 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | 243 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 23,988 | EUR | 21,738 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 9/29/23 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 68,032 | EUR | 62,001 | Morgan Stanley | 9/29/23 | (332) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 6,779 | EUR | 6,185 | Morgan Stanley | 9/29/23 | (41) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 691,672 | EUR | 630,364 | Morgan Stanley | 9/29/23 | (3,378) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 72,552 | EUR | 66,121 | Morgan Stanley | 9/29/23 | (354) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 13,557 | EUR | 12,258 | Morgan Stanley | 9/29/23 | 42 | ||||||||||||||
GBP | 8,472 | USD | 10,927 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (52) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 558,925 | GBP | 444,525 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | 9/15/23 | (11,665) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 313,162 | GBP | 246,449 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (3,192) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 9,910 | GBP | 7,833 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (145) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 28,654 | GBP | 22,699 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (484) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 15,251 | GBP | 12,000 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (152) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 18,564 | GBP | 14,621 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (205) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 20,385 | GBP | 15,795 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | 109 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 12,402 | GBP | 9,654 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 23,023 | GBP | 17,959 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | (31) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 16,859 | GBP | 13,126 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 15,818 | GBP | 12,280 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/29/23 | 55 | ||||||||||||||
JPY | 169,844,229 | USD | 1,240,554 | Bank of America N.A. | 9/15/23 | (38,513) | ||||||||||||||
THB | 9,348,799 | USD | 271,933 | UBS AG | 9/15/23 | 2,306 | ||||||||||||||
$ | (286,392) |
FUTURES CONTRACTS PURCHASED | ||||||||||||||
Reference Entity | Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)^ | ||||||||||
Euro-Bobl 5-Year Bonds | 15 | September 2023 | $ | 1,911,317 | $ | (13,548) | ||||||||
Euro-Bund 10-Year Bonds | 18 | September 2023 | 2,632,204 | (21,007) | ||||||||||
Korean Treasury 10-Year Bonds | 10 | September 2023 | 863,531 | (7,861) | ||||||||||
U.K. Gilt 10-Year Bonds | 26 | September 2023 | 3,207,578 | 25,988 | ||||||||||
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes | 43 | September 2023 | 8,730,344 | (115,957) | ||||||||||
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes | 158 | September 2023 | 16,877,609 | (294,918) | ||||||||||
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes | 132 | September 2023 | 14,705,625 | (108,096) | ||||||||||
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Ultra Notes | 62 | September 2023 | 7,253,031 | (136,526) | ||||||||||
$ | 56,181,239 | $ | (671,925) |
^Amount represents value and unrealized appreciation (depreciation).
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CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP AGREEMENTS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Reference Entity | Type | Fixed Rate Received (Paid) Quarterly | Termination Date | Notional Amount | Premiums Paid (Received) | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value^ | ||||||||||||||||
Markit CDX North America High Yield Index Series 37 | Buy | (5.00)% | 12/20/26 | $ | 10,648,680 | $ | (340,892) | $ | (262,084) | $ | (602,976) | ||||||||||||
Markit CDX North America High Yield Index Series 38 | Buy | (5.00)% | 6/20/27 | $ | 1,170,120 | (26,410) | (32,185) | (58,595) | |||||||||||||||
$ | (367,302) | $ | (294,269) | $ | (661,571) |
^The value for credit default swap agreements serves as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood of an expected liability or profit at the period end. Increasing values in absolute terms when compared to the notional amount of the credit default swap agreement represent a deterioration of the referenced entity's credit soundness and an increased likelihood or risk of a credit event occurring as defined in the agreement.
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NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS | ||||||||
ADR | – | American Depositary Receipt | ||||||
AUD | – | Australian Dollar | ||||||
CAD | – | Canadian Dollar | ||||||
CDX | – | Credit Derivatives Indexes | ||||||
CHF | – | Swiss Franc | ||||||
CNY | – | Chinese Yuan | ||||||
DKK | – | Danish Krone | ||||||
EUR | – | Euro | ||||||
FHLMC | – | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation | ||||||
FNMA | – | Federal National Mortgage Association | ||||||
GBP | – | British Pound | ||||||
GNMA | – | Government National Mortgage Association | ||||||
GO | – | General Obligation | ||||||
H15T1Y | – | Constant Maturity U.S. Treasury Note Yield Curve Rate Index | ||||||
JPY | – | Japanese Yen | ||||||
LIBOR | – | London Interbank Offered Rate | ||||||
LOC | – | Letter of Credit | ||||||
MYR | – | Malaysian Ringgit | ||||||
NOK | – | Norwegian Krone | ||||||
PLN | – | Polish Zloty | ||||||
SBBPA | – | Standby Bond Purchase Agreement | ||||||
SEQ | – | Sequential Payer | ||||||
SOFR | – | Secured Overnight Financing Rate | ||||||
THB | – | Thai Baht | ||||||
USD | – | United States Dollar | ||||||
VRDN | – | Variable Rate Demand Note. The instrument may be payable upon demand and adjusts periodically based upon the terms set forth in the security's offering documents. The rate shown is effective at the period end and the reference rate and spread, if any, is indicated. The date of the demand feature is disclosed. | ||||||
VRN | – | Variable Rate Note. The rate adjusts periodically based upon the terms set forth in the security’s offering documents. The rate shown is effective at the period end and the reference rate and spread, if any, is indicated. The security's effective maturity date may be shorter than the final maturity date shown. |
†Category is less than 0.05% of total net assets.
(1)Investments are funds within the American Century Investments family of funds and are considered affiliated funds.
(2)Non-income producing.
(3)Security, or a portion thereof, is on loan. At the period end, the aggregate value of securities on loan was $1,561,169. The amount of securities on loan indicated may not correspond with the securities on loan identified because securities with pending sales are in the process of recall from the brokers.
(4)Security may be subject to resale, redemption or transferability restrictions.
(5)Security, or a portion thereof, has been pledged at the custodian bank or with a broker for collateral requirements on forward foreign currency exchange contracts, futures contracts and/or swap agreements. At the period end, the aggregate value of securities pledged was $1,878,141.
(6)Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Section 4(2) under the Securities Act of 1933 and may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional investors. The aggregate value of these securities at the period end was $51,213,550, which represented 6.8% of total net assets.
(7)Security is a zero-coupon bond. Zero-coupon securities may be issued at a substantial discount from their value at maturity.
(8)The rate indicated is the yield to maturity at purchase for non-interest bearing securities. For interest bearing securities, the stated coupon rate is shown.
(9)Investment of cash collateral from securities on loan. At the period end, the aggregate value of the collateral held by the fund was $1,624,620, which includes securities collateral of $936,314.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
JULY 31, 2023 | |||||
Assets | |||||
Investment securities - unaffiliated, at value (cost of $368,581,198) — including $1,503,869 of securities on loan | $ | 399,931,444 | |||
Investment securities - affiliated, at value (cost of $295,662,562) — including $57,300 of securities on loan | 353,524,832 | ||||
Investment made with cash collateral received for securities on loan, at value (cost of $688,306) | 688,306 | ||||
Total investment securities, at value (cost of $664,932,066) | 754,144,582 | ||||
Cash | 47,399 | ||||
Foreign currency holdings, at value (cost of $55,236) | 7,107 | ||||
Foreign deposits with broker for futures contracts, at value (cost $84,293) | 92,519 | ||||
Receivable for investments sold | 1,693,342 | ||||
Receivable for capital shares sold | 225,810 | ||||
Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts | 33,558 | ||||
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 7,273 | ||||
Interest and dividends receivable | 1,286,242 | ||||
Securities lending receivable | 1,730 | ||||
Other assets | 17,246 | ||||
757,556,808 | |||||
Liabilities | |||||
Payable for collateral received for securities on loan | 688,306 | ||||
Payable for investments purchased | 1,299,075 | ||||
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 686,279 | ||||
Payable for variation margin on futures contracts | 2,432 | ||||
Payable for variation margin on swap agreements | 1,314 | ||||
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 293,665 | ||||
Accrued management fees | 379,862 | ||||
Distribution and service fees payable | 79,843 | ||||
Accrued other expenses | 21,419 | ||||
3,452,195 | |||||
Net Assets | $ | 754,104,613 | |||
Net Assets Consist of: | |||||
Capital (par value and paid-in surplus) | $ | 668,476,407 | |||
Distributable earnings (loss) | 85,628,206 | ||||
$ | 754,104,613 |
Net Assets | Shares Outstanding | Net Asset Value Per Share* | |||||||||
Investor Class, $0.01 Par Value | $256,440,211 | 42,776,068 | $5.99 | ||||||||
I Class, $0.01 Par Value | $55,899,994 | 9,318,416 | $6.00 | ||||||||
A Class, $0.01 Par Value | $267,677,114 | 44,853,861 | $5.97 | ||||||||
C Class, $0.01 Par Value | $14,930,350 | 2,580,489 | $5.79 | ||||||||
R Class, $0.01 Par Value | $25,906,947 | 4,385,553 | $5.91 | ||||||||
R5 Class, $0.01 Par Value | $688,049 | 114,611 | $6.00 | ||||||||
R6 Class, $0.01 Par Value | $132,561,948 | 22,147,396 | $5.99 |
*Maximum offering price per share was equal to the net asset value per share for all share classes, except A Class, for which the maximum offering price per share was $6.33 (net asset value divided by 0.9425). A contingent deferred sales charge may be imposed on redemptions of A Class and C Class.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations |
YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 2023 | |||||
Investment Income (Loss) | |||||
Income: | |||||
Income distributions from affiliated funds | $ | 8,882,854 | |||
Interest | 7,639,151 | ||||
Dividends (net of foreign taxes withheld of $142,510) | 3,819,775 | ||||
Securities lending, net | 82,418 | ||||
20,424,198 | |||||
Expenses: | |||||
Management fees | 7,518,415 | ||||
Distribution and service fees: | |||||
A Class | 658,065 | ||||
C Class | 164,160 | ||||
R Class | 130,946 | ||||
Directors' fees and expenses | 23,568 | ||||
Other expenses | 80,842 | ||||
8,575,996 | |||||
Fees waived(1) | (3,095,076) | ||||
5,480,920 | |||||
Net investment income (loss) | 14,943,278 | ||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | |||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |||||
Investment transactions (including $2,491,573 from affiliated funds) | 5,122,004 | ||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions | 302,759 | ||||
Futures contract transactions | (3,302,368) | ||||
Swap agreement transactions | (367,358) | ||||
Foreign currency translation transactions | (13,874) | ||||
Capital gain distributions received from affiliated funds | 663,140 | ||||
2,404,303 | |||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |||||
Investments (including $19,362,123 from affiliated funds) | 26,710,349 | ||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | (967,521) | ||||
Futures contracts | (1,088,701) | ||||
Swap agreements | (433,365) | ||||
Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | (10,366) | ||||
24,210,396 | |||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 26,614,699 | ||||
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | $ | 41,557,977 |
(1)Amount consists of $1,061,346, $242,771, $1,114,289, $69,491, $110,864, $2,360 and $493,955 for Investor Class, I Class, A Class, C Class, R Class, R5 Class and R6 Class, respectively.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets |
YEARS ENDED JULY 31, 2023 AND JULY 31, 2022 | ||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | July 31, 2023 | July 31, 2022 | ||||||
Operations | ||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 14,943,278 | $ | 12,877,165 | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) | 2,404,303 | 39,079,910 | ||||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 24,210,396 | (140,883,000) | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 41,557,977 | (88,925,925) | ||||||
Distributions to Shareholders | ||||||||
From earnings: | ||||||||
Investor Class | (14,175,527) | (32,512,297) | ||||||
I Class | (3,345,838) | (7,206,641) | ||||||
A Class | (14,170,892) | (32,557,863) | ||||||
C Class | (840,397) | (2,437,089) | ||||||
R Class | (1,357,828) | (3,603,136) | ||||||
R5 Class | (33,107) | (76,603) | ||||||
R6 Class | (6,786,397) | (14,106,228) | ||||||
Decrease in net assets from distributions | (40,709,986) | (92,499,857) | ||||||
Capital Share Transactions | ||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions (Note 5) | (9,133,582) | (12,490,206) | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | (8,285,591) | (193,915,988) | ||||||
Net Assets | ||||||||
Beginning of period | 762,390,204 | 956,306,192 | ||||||
End of period | $ | 754,104,613 | $ | 762,390,204 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements |
JULY 31, 2023
1. Organization
American Century Strategic Asset Allocations, Inc. (the corporation) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company and is organized as a Maryland corporation. Strategic Allocation: Moderate Fund (the fund) is one fund in a series issued by the corporation. The fund may invest in varying combinations of other affiliated investment companies such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds advised by American Century Investments (affiliated funds). The fund will assume the risks associated with the affiliated funds. The fund is an asset allocation fund and its investment objective is to seek the highest level of total return consistent with its asset mix.
The fund offers the Investor Class, I Class, A Class, C Class, R Class, R5 Class and R6 Class. The A Class may incur an initial sales charge. The A Class and C Class may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the fund in preparation of its financial statements. The fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. This may require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Management evaluated the impact of events or transactions occurring through the date the financial statements were issued that would merit recognition or disclosure.
Investment Valuations — The fund determines the fair value of its investments and computes its net asset value (NAV) per share at the close of regular trading (usually 4 p.m. Eastern time) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on each day the NYSE is open. The value of investments of the fund is determined by American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) (the investment advisor), as the valuation designee, pursuant to its valuation policies and procedures. The Board of Directors oversees the valuation designee and reviews its valuation policies and procedures at least annually.
Equity securities that are listed or traded on a domestic securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price or at the official closing price as provided by the exchange. Equity securities traded on foreign securities exchanges are generally valued at the closing price of such securities on the exchange where primarily traded or at the close of the NYSE, if that is earlier. If no last sales price is reported, or if local convention or regulation so provides, the mean of the latest bid and asked prices may be used. Securities traded over-the-counter are valued at the mean of the latest bid and asked prices, the last sales price, or the official closing price. Equity securities initially expressed in local currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the appropriate currency exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
Fixed income securities are valued at the evaluated mean as provided by independent pricing services or at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices as provided by investment dealers. Corporate bonds, U.S. Treasury and Government Agency securities, municipal securities, and sovereign governments and agencies are valued using market models that consider trade data, quotations from dealers and active market makers, relevant yield curve and spread data, creditworthiness, trade data or market information on comparable securities, and other relevant security specific information. Mortgage-related and asset-backed securities are valued based on models that consider trade data, prepayment and default projections, benchmark yield and spread data and estimated cash flows of each tranche of the issuer. Collateralized loan obligations are valued based on discounted cash flow models that consider trade and economic data, prepayment assumptions and default projections. Commercial paper and certificates of deposit are valued using a curve-based approach that considers money market rates for specific instruments, programs, currencies and maturity points from a variety of active market makers. Fixed income securities initially expressed in local currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the appropriate currency exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
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Hybrid securities are valued at the evaluated mean as provided by independent pricing services or at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices as provided by investment dealers. Preferred stocks and convertible preferred stocks with perpetual maturities are valued using market models that consider trade data, quotations from dealers and active market makers, relevant yield curve and spread data, creditworthiness, trade data or market information on comparable securities, and other relevant security specific information. Hybrid securities initially expressed in local currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the appropriate currency exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
Open-end management investment companies are valued at the reported NAV per share. Exchange-traded futures contracts are valued at the settlement price as provided by the appropriate exchange. Swap agreements are valued at an evaluated mean as provided by independent pricing services or independent brokers. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean of the appropriate forward exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service. Investments initially expressed in local currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the appropriate currency exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
If the valuation designee determines that the market price for a portfolio security is not readily available or is believed by the valuation designee to be unreliable, such security is valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the valuation designee, in accordance with its policies and procedures. Circumstances that may cause the fund to determine that market quotations are not available or reliable include, but are not limited to: when there is a significant event subsequent to the market quotation; trading in a security has been halted during the trading day; or trading in a security is insufficient or did not take place due to a closure or holiday.
The valuation designee monitors for significant events occurring after the close of an investment’s primary exchange but before the fund’s NAV per share is determined. Significant events may include, but are not limited to: corporate announcements and transactions; regulatory news, governmental action and political unrest that could impact a specific investment or an investment sector; or armed conflicts, natural disasters and similar events that could affect investments in a specific country or region. The valuation designee also monitors for significant fluctuations between domestic and foreign markets, as evidenced by the U.S. market or such other indicators that it deems appropriate. The valuation designee may apply a model-derived factor to the closing price of equity securities traded on foreign securities exchanges. The factor is based on observable market data as provided by an independent pricing service.
Security Transactions — Security transactions are accounted for as of the trade date. Net realized gains and losses are determined on the identified cost basis, which is also used for federal income tax purposes.
Investment Income — Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes paydown gain (loss) and accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums. Inflation adjustments related to inflation-linked debt securities are reflected as interest income. Dividend income less foreign taxes withheld, if any, is recorded as of the ex-dividend date. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or long-term capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The fund may estimate the components of distributions received that may be considered nontaxable distributions or long-term capital gain distributions for income tax purposes. Income and capital gain distributions, if any, from the affiliated funds are recorded as of the ex-dividend date. Securities lending income is net of fees and rebates earned by the lending agent for its services.
Foreign Currency Translations — All assets and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates at period end. The fund may enter into spot foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate transactions denominated in a foreign currency. Purchases and sales of investment securities, dividend and interest income, spot foreign currency exchange contracts, and expenses are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized and unrealized foreign currency exchange gains or losses related to investment securities are a component of net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, respectively.
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Income Tax Status — It is the fund's policy to distribute substantially all net investment income and net realized gains to shareholders and to otherwise qualify as a regulated investment company under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, no provision has been made for income taxes. The fund files U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax returns as applicable. The fund's tax returns are subject to examination by the relevant taxing authority until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years from the date of filing but can be longer in certain jurisdictions. At this time, management believes there are no uncertain tax positions which, based on their technical merit, would not be sustained upon examination and for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.
Multiple Class — All shares of the fund represent an equal pro rata interest in the net assets of the class to which such shares belong, and have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except for class specific expenses and exclusive rights to vote on matters affecting only individual classes. Income, non-class specific expenses, and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses of the fund are allocated to each class of shares based on their relative net assets.
Distributions to Shareholders — Distributions from net investment income, if any, are generally declared and paid quarterly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are generally declared and paid annually.
Indemnifications — Under the corporation’s organizational documents, its officers and directors are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered by management to be remote.
Securities Lending — Securities are lent to qualified financial institutions and brokers. State Street Bank & Trust Co. serves as securities lending agent to the fund pursuant to a Securities Lending Agreement. The lending of securities exposes the fund to risks such as: the borrowers may fail to return the loaned securities, the borrowers may not be able to provide additional collateral, the fund may experience delays in recovery of the loaned securities or delays in access to collateral, or the fund may experience losses related to the investment collateral. To minimize certain risks, loan counterparties pledge collateral in the form of cash and/or securities. The lending agent has agreed to indemnify the fund in the case of default of any securities borrowed. Cash collateral received is invested in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, a money market mutual fund registered under the 1940 Act. The loans may also be secured by U.S. government securities in an amount at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned, plus accrued interest and dividends, determined on a daily basis and adjusted accordingly. By lending securities, the fund seeks to increase its net investment income through the receipt of interest and fees. Such income is reflected separately within the Statement of Operations. The value of loaned securities and related collateral outstanding at period end, if any, are shown on a gross basis within the Schedule of Investments and Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
The following table reflects a breakdown of transactions accounted for as secured borrowings, the gross obligation by the type of collateral pledged, and the remaining contractual maturity of those transactions as of July 31, 2023.
Remaining Contractual Maturity of Agreements | |||||||||||||||||
Overnight and Continuous | <30 days | Between 30 & 90 days | >90 days | Total | |||||||||||||
Securities Lending Transactions(1) | |||||||||||||||||
Affiliated Funds | $ | 60 | — | — | — | $ | 60 | ||||||||||
Common Stocks | 688,246 | — | — | — | 688,246 | ||||||||||||
Total Borrowings | $ | 688,306 | — | — | — | $ | 688,306 | ||||||||||
Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions | $ | 688,306 |
(1)Amount represents the payable for cash collateral received for securities on loan. This will generally be in the Overnight and Continuous column as the securities are typically callable on demand.
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3. Fees and Transactions with Related Parties
Certain officers and directors of the corporation are also officers and/or directors of American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC). The corporation's investment advisor, ACIM, the corporation's distributor, American Century Investment Services, Inc. (ACIS), and the corporation's transfer agent, American Century Services, LLC, are wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by ACC. ACIM serves as the investment advisor for the affiliated funds.
Management Fees — The corporation has entered into a management agreement with ACIM, under which ACIM provides the fund with investment advisory and management services in exchange for a single, unified management fee (the fee) per class. The agreement provides that ACIM will pay all expenses of managing and operating the fund, except brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of the independent directors (including legal counsel fees), extraordinary expenses, and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The fee is computed and accrued daily based on each class's daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The difference in the fee among the classes is a result of their separate arrangements for non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder services. It is not the result of any difference in advisory or custodial fees or other expenses related to the management of the fund's assets, which do not vary by class. The rate of the fee is determined by applying a fee rate calculation formula. This formula takes into account the fund's assets as well as certain assets, if any, of other clients of the investment advisor outside the American Century Investments family of funds (such as subadvised funds and separate accounts), as well as exchange-traded funds managed by the investment advisor, that use very similar investment teams and strategies (strategy assets). The investment advisor will waive the portion of the fund's management fee equal to the expenses attributable to the management fees of the funds advised by American Century Investments in which the fund invests. The amount of this waiver will fluctuate depending on the fund's daily allocation to such funds. This waiver is expected to remain in effect permanently and it cannot be terminated without the approval of the Board of Directors. During the period ended July 31, 2023, the investment advisor agreed to waive an additional 0.28% of the fund's management fee. The investment advisor expects this waiver to continue until July 31, 2024 and cannot terminate it prior to such date without the approval of the Board of Directors.
The management fee schedule range and the effective annual management fee before and after waiver for each class for the period ended July 31, 2023 are as follows:
Management Fee Schedule Range | Effective Annual Management Fee | ||||||||||
Before Waiver | After Waiver | ||||||||||
Investor Class | 0.90% to 1.10% | 1.10% | 0.68% | ||||||||
I Class | 0.70% to 0.90% | 0.90% | 0.48% | ||||||||
A Class | 0.90% to 1.10% | 1.10% | 0.68% | ||||||||
C Class | 0.90% to 1.10% | 1.10% | 0.68% | ||||||||
R Class | 0.90% to 1.10% | 1.10% | 0.68% | ||||||||
R5 Class | 0.70% to 0.90% | 0.90% | 0.48% | ||||||||
R6 Class | 0.55% to 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.33% |
Distribution and Service Fees — The Board of Directors has adopted a separate Master Distribution and Individual Shareholder Services Plan for each of the A Class, C Class and R Class (collectively the plans), pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act. The plans provide that the A Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 0.25%. The plans provide that the C Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 1.00%, of which 0.25% is paid for individual shareholder services and 0.75% is paid for distribution services. The plans provide that the R Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 0.50%. The fees are computed and accrued daily based on each class’s daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The fees are used to pay financial intermediaries for distribution and individual shareholder services. Fees incurred under the plans during the period ended July 31, 2023 are detailed in the Statement of Operations.
Directors' Fees and Expenses — The Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the investment advisor’s management and operations of the fund. The directors receive detailed information about the fund and its investment advisor regularly throughout the year, and meet at least quarterly with management of the investment advisor to review reports about fund operations. The fund's officers do not receive compensation from the fund.
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Interfund Transactions — The fund may enter into security transactions with other American Century Investments funds and other client accounts of the investment advisor, in accordance with the 1940 Act rules and procedures adopted by the Board of Directors. The rules and procedures require, among other things, that these transactions be effected at the independent current market price of the security. During the period, the interfund purchases and sales were $2,797,068 and $2,811,651, respectively. The effect of interfund transactions on the Statement of Operations was $(8,241) in net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions.
4. Investment Transactions
Purchases of investment securities, excluding short-term investments, for the period ended July 31, 2023 totaled $170,527,419, of which $13,782,353 represented U.S. Treasury and Government Agency obligations.
Sales of investment securities, excluding short-term investments, for the period ended July 31, 2023 totaled $209,342,050, of which $588,439 represented U.S. Treasury and Government Agency obligations.
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5. Capital Share Transactions
Transactions in shares of the fund were as follows:
Year ended July 31, 2023 | Year ended July 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | |||||||||||
Investor Class/Shares Authorized | 790,000,000 | 790,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 3,856,387 | $ | 22,397,941 | 2,683,906 | $ | 18,174,808 | ||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 2,516,767 | 13,912,787 | 4,690,626 | 31,891,405 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (7,338,775) | (42,538,192) | (8,593,033) | (57,286,790) | ||||||||||
(965,621) | (6,227,464) | (1,218,501) | (7,220,577) | |||||||||||
I Class/Shares Authorized | 380,000,000 | 380,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 1,945,793 | 11,573,001 | 1,158,216 | 7,809,710 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 603,820 | 3,338,603 | 1,057,682 | 7,193,665 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (2,677,123) | (15,393,397) | (2,449,443) | (16,374,589) | ||||||||||
(127,510) | (481,793) | (233,545) | (1,371,214) | |||||||||||
A Class/Shares Authorized | 670,000,000 | 670,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 3,895,038 | 22,398,568 | 3,830,446 | 25,314,440 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 2,506,968 | 13,802,068 | 4,678,532 | 31,751,010 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (8,478,982) | (48,851,789) | (8,108,208) | (54,347,540) | ||||||||||
(2,076,976) | (12,651,153) | 400,770 | 2,717,910 | |||||||||||
C Class/Shares Authorized | 160,000,000 | 160,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 289,288 | 1,611,880 | 329,905 | 2,146,536 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 157,565 | 840,351 | 367,278 | 2,437,089 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (1,093,994) | (6,093,459) | (1,457,043) | (9,394,111) | ||||||||||
(647,141) | (3,641,228) | (759,860) | (4,810,486) | |||||||||||
R Class/Shares Authorized | 90,000,000 | 90,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 447,519 | 2,543,474 | 559,384 | 3,679,379 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 249,074 | 1,357,800 | 535,592 | 3,603,045 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (1,397,652) | (7,879,383) | (1,257,969) | (8,044,402) | ||||||||||
(701,059) | (3,978,109) | (162,993) | (761,978) | |||||||||||
R5 Class/Shares Authorized | 50,000,000 | 50,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 32,546 | 189,579 | 70,089 | 507,713 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 5,968 | 33,107 | 10,966 | 76,603 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (2,171) | (12,503) | (1,051,591) | (7,946,038) | ||||||||||
36,343 | 210,183 | (970,536) | (7,361,722) | |||||||||||
R6 Class/Shares Authorized | 295,000,000 | 295,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 5,288,799 | 30,336,216 | 3,683,945 | 24,907,172 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 1,227,701 | 6,786,397 | 2,082,424 | 14,106,228 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (3,383,846) | (19,486,631) | (4,946,052) | (32,695,539) | ||||||||||
3,132,654 | 17,635,982 | 820,317 | 6,317,861 | |||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) | (1,349,310) | $ | (9,133,582) | (2,124,348) | $ | (12,490,206) |
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6. Fair Value Measurements
The fund's investments valuation process is based on several considerations and may use multiple inputs to determine the fair value of the investments held by the fund. In conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the inputs used to determine a valuation are classified into three broad levels.
•Level 1 valuation inputs consist of unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical investments.
•Level 2 valuation inputs consist of direct or indirect observable market data (including quoted prices for comparable investments, evaluations of subsequent market events, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). These inputs also consist of quoted prices for identical investments initially expressed in local currencies that are adjusted through translation into U.S. dollars.
•Level 3 valuation inputs consist of unobservable data (including a fund’s own assumptions).
The level classification is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair valuation measurement. The valuation inputs are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in these securities or other financial instruments.
The following is a summary of the level classifications as of period end. The Schedule of Investments provides additional information on the fund's portfolio holdings.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||
Assets | |||||||||||
Investment Securities | |||||||||||
Affiliated Funds | $ | 353,524,832 | — | — | |||||||
Common Stocks | 145,003,721 | $ | 50,872,625 | — | |||||||
U.S. Treasury Securities | — | 70,234,260 | — | ||||||||
Sovereign Governments and Agencies | — | 20,968,643 | — | ||||||||
Corporate Bonds | — | 18,615,303 | — | ||||||||
Collateralized Loan Obligations | — | 14,874,384 | — | ||||||||
Municipal Securities | — | 5,170,203 | — | ||||||||
Asset-Backed Securities | — | 3,380,026 | — | ||||||||
Preferred Stocks | — | 2,571,914 | — | ||||||||
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | — | 2,166,860 | — | ||||||||
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | — | 1,712,821 | — | ||||||||
Exchange-Traded Funds | 1,030,459 | — | — | ||||||||
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities | — | 801,545 | — | ||||||||
Short-Term Investments | 14,028,331 | 49,188,655 | — | ||||||||
$ | 513,587,343 | $ | 240,557,239 | — | |||||||
Other Financial Instruments | |||||||||||
Futures Contracts | — | $ | 25,988 | — | |||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | — | 7,273 | — | ||||||||
— | $ | 33,261 | — | ||||||||
Liabilities | |||||||||||
Other Financial Instruments | |||||||||||
Futures Contracts | $ | 655,497 | $ | 42,416 | — | ||||||
Swap Agreements | — | 661,571 | — | ||||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | — | 293,665 | — | ||||||||
$ | 655,497 | $ | 997,652 | — |
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7. Derivative Instruments
Credit Risk — The fund is subject to credit risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The value of a bond generally declines as the credit quality of its issuer declines. Credit default swap agreements enable a fund to buy/sell protection against a credit event of a specific issuer or index. A fund may attempt to enhance returns by selling protection or attempt to mitigate credit risk by buying protection. The buyer/seller of credit protection against a security or basket of securities may pay/receive an up-front or periodic payment to compensate for/against potential default events. Changes in value, including the periodic amounts of interest to be paid or received on swap agreements, are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements. Upon entering into a centrally cleared swap, a fund is required to deposit cash or securities (initial margin) with a financial intermediary in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the notional amount. A fund may incur charges or earn income on cash deposit balances, which are reflected in interest expenses or interest income, respectively. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received daily, in cash, by a fund. The variation margin is equal to the daily change in the value and is a component of unrealized gains and losses. Realized gain or loss is recorded upon receipt or payment of a periodic settlement or termination of swap agreements. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of swap agreements are a component of net realized gain (loss) on swap agreement transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements, respectively. The risks of entering into swap agreements include the possible lack of liquidity, failure of the counterparty to meet its obligations, and that there may be unfavorable changes in the underlying investments or instruments. The fund's average notional amount held during the period was $11,899,200.
Foreign Currency Risk — The fund is subject to foreign currency exchange rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The value of foreign investments held by a fund may be significantly affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The dollar value of a foreign security generally decreases when the value of the dollar rises against the foreign currency in which the security is denominated and tends to increase when the value of the dollar declines against such foreign currency. A fund may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to reduce a fund's exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations or to gain exposure to the fluctuations in the value of foreign currencies. A fund will segregate cash, cash equivalents or other appropriate liquid securities on its records in amounts sufficient to meet requirements. The net U.S. dollar value of foreign currency underlying all contractual commitments held by a fund and the resulting unrealized appreciation or depreciation are determined daily. Realized gain or loss is recorded upon settlement of the contract. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of forward foreign currency exchange contracts are a component of net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts, respectively. A fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the foreign currency exchange rate underlying the forward contract. Additionally, losses, up to the fair value, may arise if the counterparties do not perform under the contract terms. The fund's average U.S. dollar exposure to foreign currency risk derivative instruments held during the period was $22,084,840.
Interest Rate Risk — The fund is subject to interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The value of bonds generally declines as interest rates rise. A fund may enter into futures contracts based on a bond index or a specific underlying security. A fund may purchase futures contracts to gain exposure to increases in market value or sell futures contracts to protect against a decline in market value. Upon entering into a futures contract, a fund will segregate cash, cash equivalents or other appropriate liquid securities on its records in amounts sufficient to meet requirements. A fund may incur charges or earn income on cash deposit balances, which are reflected in interest expenses or interest income, respectively. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received daily, in cash, by a fund. The variation margin is equal to the daily change in the contract value and is recorded as unrealized gains and losses. A fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the futures contract is closed or expires. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of futures contracts are a component of net realized gain (loss) on futures contract transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, respectively. One of the risks of entering into futures contracts is the possibility that the change in value of the contract may not correlate with the changes in value of the underlying securities. The fund's average notional exposure to interest rate risk derivative instruments held during the period was $54,085,649 futures contracts purchased and $7,832,719 futures contracts sold.
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Value of Derivative Instruments as of July 31, 2023
Asset Derivatives | Liability Derivatives | |||||||||||||
Type of Risk Exposure | Location on Statement of Assets and Liabilities | Value | Location on Statement of Assets and Liabilities | Value | ||||||||||
Credit Risk | Receivable for variation margin on swap agreements* | — | Payable for variation margin on swap agreements* | $ | 1,314 | |||||||||
Foreign Currency Risk | Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | $ | 7,273 | Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 293,665 | |||||||||
Interest Rate Risk | Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts* | 33,558 | Payable for variation margin on futures contracts* | 2,432 | ||||||||||
$ | 40,831 | $ | 297,411 |
*Included in the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts or centrally cleared swap agreements, as applicable, as reported in the Schedule of Investments.
Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations for the Year Ended July 31, 2023
Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |||||||||||||
Type of Risk Exposure | Location on Statement of Operations | Value | Location on Statement of Operations | Value | ||||||||||
Credit Risk | Net realized gain (loss) on swap agreement transactions | $ | (367,358) | Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements | $ | (433,365) | ||||||||
Foreign Currency Risk | Net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions | 302,759 | Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | (967,521) | ||||||||||
Interest Rate Risk | Net realized gain (loss) on futures contract transactions | (3,302,368) | Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts | (1,088,701) | ||||||||||
$ | (3,366,967) | $ | (2,489,587) |
8. Risk Factors
The value of the fund’s shares will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, based on the performance of the securities owned by the fund and other factors generally affecting the securities market. Market risks, including political, regulatory, economic and social developments, can affect the value of the fund’s investments. Natural disasters, public health emergencies, war, terrorism and other unforeseeable events may lead to increased market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally.
The fund may invest in instruments that have variable or floating coupon rates based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). LIBOR is a benchmark interest rate intended to be representative of the rate at which certain major international banks lend to one another over short-terms. Financial institutions have started the process of phasing out LIBOR and the transition process to a replacement rate may lead to increased volatility or illiquidity in markets for instruments that rely on LIBOR. This could result in a change to the value of such instruments or a change in the cost of temporary borrowing for the fund.
There are certain risks involved in investing in foreign securities. These risks include those resulting from political events (such as civil unrest, national elections and imposition of exchange controls), social and economic events (such as labor strikes and rising inflation), and natural disasters. Securities of foreign issuers may be less liquid and more volatile. Investing in emerging markets or a significant portion of assets in one country or region may accentuate these risks.
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9. Federal Tax Information
The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended July 31, 2023 and July 31, 2022 were as follows:
2023 | 2022 | |||||||
Distributions Paid From | ||||||||
Ordinary income | $ | 13,175,425 | $ | 34,611,183 | ||||
Long-term capital gains | $ | 27,534,561 | $ | 57,888,674 |
The book-basis character of distributions made during the year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. These differences reflect the differing character of certain income items and net realized gains and losses for financial statement and tax purposes, and may result in reclassification among certain capital accounts on the financial statements.
As of period end, the federal tax cost of investments and the components of distributable earnings on a tax-basis were as follows:
Federal tax cost of investments | $ | 668,647,474 | |||
Gross tax appreciation of investments | $ | 120,107,375 | |||
Gross tax depreciation of investments | (34,610,267) | ||||
Net tax appreciation (depreciation) of investments | 85,497,108 | ||||
Net tax appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | (279,357) | ||||
Net tax appreciation (depreciation) | $ | 85,217,751 | |||
Other book-to-tax adjustments | $ | (29,202) | |||
Undistributed ordinary income | $ | 595,530 | |||
Accumulated short-term capital losses | $ | (155,873) |
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales. Other book-to-tax adjustments are attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on straddle positions.
Accumulated capital losses represent net capital loss carryovers that may be used to offset future realized capital gains for federal income tax purposes. The capital loss carryovers may be carried forward for an unlimited period. Future capital loss carryover utilization in any given year may be subject to Internal Revenue Code limitations.
10. Investments in Affiliated Funds
The fund does not invest in an affiliated fund for the purpose of exercising management or control; however, investments by the fund within its investment strategy may represent a significant portion of an affiliated fund's net assets. As of period end, the fund owned 26% of the total outstanding shares of American Century Emerging Markets Bond ETF.
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11. Affiliated Fund Transactions
A summary of transactions for each affiliated fund for the period ended July 31, 2023 follows (amounts in thousands):
Affiliated Fund(1) | Beginning Value | Purchase Cost | Sales Cost | Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Ending Value | Ending Shares | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Distributions Received(2) | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century Diversified Corporate Bond ETF | $ | 25,713 | — | — | $ | (1,003) | $ | 24,710 | 541 | — | $ | 943 | ||||||||||||||
American Century Emerging Markets Bond ETF | 9,032 | — | — | (218) | 8,814 | 232 | — | 504 | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century Focused Dynamic Growth ETF(3) | 21,217 | $ | 332 | $ | 2,519 | 3,610 | 22,640 | 329 | $ | (739) | — | |||||||||||||||
American Century Focused Large Cap Value ETF | 28,424 | 1,248 | 3,707 | (134) | 25,831 | 427 | 985 | 1,246 | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century Multisector Income ETF | 37,377 | — | — | (1,761) | 35,616 | 833 | — | 1,713 | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century Quality Diversified International ETF | 28,719 | 1,496 | 2,005 | 3,621 | 31,831 | 697 | (318) | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century Short Duration Strategic Income ETF | — | 4,534 | — | 12 | 4,546 | 90 | — | 147 | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF(5) | 31,760 | 4,457 | 3,018 | 2,600 | 35,799 | 506 | 1,223 | 151 | ||||||||||||||||||
American Century U.S. Quality Value ETF(6) | 41,568 | 1,520 | 525 | 1,851 | 44,414 | 877 | (31) | 1,043 | ||||||||||||||||||
Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF(4) | 31,903 | 5,514 | 20,588 | 5,893 | 22,722 | 397 | (3,376) | 812 | ||||||||||||||||||
Avantis International Equity ETF | 29,929 | 818 | 2,825 | 3,754 | 31,676 | 531 | (430) | 830 | ||||||||||||||||||
Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF | 8,199 | 215 | 883 | 610 | 8,141 | 134 | 59 | 252 | ||||||||||||||||||
Avantis U.S. Equity ETF | 49,301 | 720 | 5,639 | 2,508 | 46,890 | 597 | 2,061 | 708 | ||||||||||||||||||
Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF | 17,912 | 257 | 6,293 | (1,981) | 9,895 | 117 | 3,058 | 197 | ||||||||||||||||||
$ | 361,054 | $ | 21,111 | $ | 48,002 | $ | 19,362 | $ | 353,525 | 6,308 | $ | 2,492 | $ | 9,546 |
(1)Investments are funds within the American Century Investments family of funds and are considered affiliated funds. Additional information and attributes of each affiliated fund are available at americancentury.com or avantisinvestors.com.
(2)Distributions received includes distributions from net investment income and from capital gains, if any.
(3)Non-income producing.
(4)Security, or a portion thereof, is on loan.
(5)Effective May 31, 2023, the name of American Century STOXX® U.S. Quality Growth ETF was changed to American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF.
(6)Effective May 31, 2023, the name of American Century STOXX® U.S. Quality Value ETF was changed to American Century U.S. Quality Value ETF.
Financial Highlights |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended July 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations*: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investor Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $6.00 | 0.12 | 0.20 | 0.32 | (0.11) | (0.22) | (0.33) | $5.99 | 5.89% | 0.69% | 1.11% | 2.10% | 1.68% | 25% | $256,440 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $7.40 | 0.10 | (0.76) | (0.66) | (0.11) | (0.63) | (0.74) | $6.00 | (9.97)% | 0.70% | 1.12% | 1.55% | 1.13% | 39% | $262,310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $6.25 | 0.07 | 1.43 | 1.50 | (0.07) | (0.28) | (0.35) | $7.40 | 24.69% | 0.73% | 1.11% | 1.01% | 0.63% | 48% | $332,602 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $6.57 | 0.07 | 0.46 | 0.53 | (0.08) | (0.77) | (0.85) | $6.25 | 8.42% | 0.84% | 1.11% | 1.13% | 0.86% | 99% | $297,963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $7.02 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.22 | (0.10) | (0.57) | (0.67) | $6.57 | 4.36% | 1.06% | 1.11% | 1.42% | 1.37% | 68% | $314,567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $6.00 | 0.13 | 0.21 | 0.34 | (0.12) | (0.22) | (0.34) | $6.00 | 6.28% | 0.49% | 0.91% | 2.30% | 1.88% | 25% | $55,900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $7.40 | 0.12 | (0.77) | (0.65) | (0.12) | (0.63) | (0.75) | $6.00 | (9.80)% | 0.50% | 0.92% | 1.75% | 1.33% | 39% | $56,679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $6.25 | 0.08 | 1.44 | 1.52 | (0.09) | (0.28) | (0.37) | $7.40 | 24.93% | 0.53% | 0.91% | 1.21% | 0.83% | 48% | $71,639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $6.57 | 0.08 | 0.46 | 0.54 | (0.09) | (0.77) | (0.86) | $6.25 | 8.64% | 0.64% | 0.91% | 1.33% | 1.06% | 99% | $62,820 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $7.02 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.24 | (0.12) | (0.57) | (0.69) | $6.57 | 4.55% | 0.86% | 0.91% | 1.62% | 1.57% | 68% | $76,202 |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended July 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations*: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $5.97 | 0.11 | 0.20 | 0.31 | (0.09) | (0.22) | (0.31) | $5.97 | 5.82% | 0.94% | 1.36% | 1.85% | 1.43% | 25% | $267,677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $7.37 | 0.09 | (0.77) | (0.68) | (0.09) | (0.63) | (0.72) | $5.97 | (10.26)% | 0.95% | 1.37% | 1.30% | 0.88% | 39% | $280,223 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $6.22 | 0.05 | 1.44 | 1.49 | (0.06) | (0.28) | (0.34) | $7.37 | 24.48% | 0.98% | 1.36% | 0.76% | 0.38% | 48% | $342,835 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $6.55 | 0.05 | 0.46 | 0.51 | (0.07) | (0.77) | (0.84) | $6.22 | 8.04% | 1.09% | 1.36% | 0.88% | 0.61% | 99% | $288,517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $7.00 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.21 | (0.09) | (0.57) | (0.66) | $6.55 | 4.11% | 1.31% | 1.36% | 1.17% | 1.12% | 68% | $304,644 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
C Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $5.81 | 0.06 | 0.21 | 0.27 | (0.07) | (0.22) | (0.29) | $5.79 | 5.12% | 1.69% | 2.11% | 1.10% | 0.68% | 25% | $14,930 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $7.19 | 0.03 | (0.73) | (0.70) | (0.05) | (0.63) | (0.68) | $5.81 | (10.90)% | 1.70% | 2.12% | 0.55% | 0.13% | 39% | $18,764 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $6.10 | —(3) | 1.39 | 1.39 | (0.02) | (0.28) | (0.30) | $7.19 | 23.55% | 1.73% | 2.11% | 0.01% | (0.37)% | 48% | $28,683 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $6.45 | 0.01 | 0.45 | 0.46 | (0.04) | (0.77) | (0.81) | $6.10 | 7.18% | 1.84% | 2.11% | 0.13% | (0.14)% | 99% | $39,523 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $6.91 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.15 | (0.04) | (0.57) | (0.61) | $6.45 | 3.30% | 2.06% | 2.11% | 0.42% | 0.37% | 68% | $48,515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $5.91 | 0.09 | 0.21 | 0.30 | (0.08) | (0.22) | (0.30) | $5.91 | 5.65% | 1.19% | 1.61% | 1.60% | 1.18% | 25% | $25,907 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $7.31 | 0.07 | (0.76) | (0.69) | (0.08) | (0.63) | (0.71) | $5.91 | (10.56)% | 1.20% | 1.62% | 1.05% | 0.63% | 39% | $30,086 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $6.17 | 0.03 | 1.43 | 1.46 | (0.04) | (0.28) | (0.32) | $7.31 | 24.23% | 1.23% | 1.61% | 0.51% | 0.13% | 48% | $38,353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $6.51 | 0.04 | 0.45 | 0.49 | (0.06) | (0.77) | (0.83) | $6.17 | 7.77% | 1.34% | 1.61% | 0.63% | 0.36% | 99% | $35,807 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $6.96 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.19 | (0.07) | (0.57) | (0.64) | $6.51 | 3.88% | 1.56% | 1.61% | 0.92% | 0.87% | 68% | $39,114 |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended July 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations*: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R5 Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $6.00 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.34 | (0.12) | (0.22) | (0.34) | $6.00 | 6.27% | 0.49% | 0.91% | 2.30% | 1.88% | 25% | $688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $7.41 | 0.09 | (0.75) | (0.66) | (0.12) | (0.63) | (0.75) | $6.00 | (9.92)% | 0.50% | 0.92% | 1.75% | 1.33% | 39% | $470 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $6.25 | 0.08 | 1.45 | 1.53 | (0.09) | (0.28) | (0.37) | $7.41 | 25.10% | 0.53% | 0.91% | 1.21% | 0.83% | 48% | $7,768 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $6.58 | 0.08 | 0.45 | 0.53 | (0.09) | (0.77) | (0.86) | $6.25 | 8.46% | 0.64% | 0.91% | 1.33% | 1.06% | 99% | $6,960 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $7.03 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.24 | (0.12) | (0.57) | (0.69) | $6.58 | 4.56% | 0.86% | 0.91% | 1.62% | 1.57% | 68% | $7,200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R6 Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | $5.99 | 0.14 | 0.21 | 0.35 | (0.13) | (0.22) | (0.35) | $5.99 | 6.45% | 0.34% | 0.76% | 2.45% | 2.03% | 25% | $132,562 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $7.39 | 0.13 | (0.77) | (0.64) | (0.13) | (0.63) | (0.76) | $5.99 | (9.67)% | 0.35% | 0.77% | 1.90% | 1.48% | 39% | $113,859 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $6.24 | 0.09 | 1.44 | 1.53 | (0.10) | (0.28) | (0.38) | $7.39 | 25.17% | 0.38% | 0.76% | 1.36% | 0.98% | 48% | $134,426 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $6.56 | 0.09 | 0.46 | 0.55 | (0.10) | (0.77) | (0.87) | $6.24 | 8.82% | 0.49% | 0.76% | 1.48% | 1.21% | 99% | $121,246 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $7.01 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.25 | (0.13) | (0.57) | (0.70) | $6.56 | 4.72% | 0.71% | 0.76% | 1.77% | 1.72% | 68% | $95,697 |
Notes to Financial Highlights |
(1)Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
(2)Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day and do not reflect applicable sales charges, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
(3)Per-share amount was less than $0.005.
*The amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period may not correlate with the Statement(s) of Operations or precisely reflect the class expense differentials due to the timing of transactions in shares of a fund in relation to income earned and/or fluctuations in the fair value of a fund's investments.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of American Century Strategic Asset Allocations, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Strategic Allocation: Moderate Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the American Century Strategic Asset Allocations, Inc., as of July 31, 2023, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Strategic Allocation: Moderate Fund of the American Century Strategic Asset Allocations, Inc. as of July 31, 2023, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements and financial highlights based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of July 31, 2023, by correspondence with the custodian, the transfer agent, and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
September 18, 2023
We have served as the auditor of one or more American Century investment companies since 1997.
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Management |
The Board of Directors
The individuals listed below serve as directors of the funds. Each director will continue to serve in this capacity until death, retirement, resignation or removal from office. The board has adopted a mandatory retirement age for directors who are not “interested persons,” as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act (independent directors). Independent directors shall retire on December 31 of the year in which they reach their 75th birthday.
Jonathan S. Thomas is an “interested person” because he currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC), the parent company of American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM or the advisor). The other directors (more than three-fourths of the total number) are independent. They are not employees, directors or officers of, and have no financial interest in, ACC or any of its wholly owned, direct or indirect, subsidiaries, including ACIM, American Century Investment Services, Inc. (ACIS) and American Century Services, LLC (ACS), and they do not have any other affiliations, positions or relationships that would cause them to be considered “interested persons” under the Investment Company Act. The directors serve in this capacity for seven (in the case of Jonathan S. Thomas, 16; and Stephen E. Yates, 8) registered investment companies in the American Century Investments family of funds.
The following table presents additional information about the directors. The mailing address for each director is 4500 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.
Name (Year of Birth) | Position(s) Held with Funds | Length of Time Served | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | Number of American Century Portfolios Overseen by Director | Other Directorships Held During Past 5 Years | ||||||||||||
Independent Directors | |||||||||||||||||
Brian Bulatao (1964) | Director | Since 2022 | Chief Administrative Officer, Activision Blizzard, Inc. (2021 to present); Under Secretary of State for Management, U.S. Department of State (2018 to 2021); Chief Operating Officer, Central Intelligence Agency (2017 to 2018) | 65 | None | ||||||||||||
Thomas W. Bunn (1953) | Director | Since 2017 | Retired | 65 | None | ||||||||||||
Chris H. Cheesman (1962) | Director | Since 2019 | Retired. Senior Vice President & Chief Audit Executive, AllianceBernstein (1999 to 2018) | 65 | Alleghany Corporation (2021 to 2022) | ||||||||||||
Barry Fink (1955) | Director | Since 2012 (independent since 2016) | Retired | 65 | None | ||||||||||||
Rajesh K. Gupta (1960) | Director | Since 2019 | Partner Emeritus, SeaCrest Investment Management and SeaCrest Wealth Management (2019 to present); Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, SeaCrest Investment Management (2006 to 2019); Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, SeaCrest Wealth Management (2008 to 2019) | 65 | None |
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Name (Year of Birth) | Position(s) Held with Funds | Length of Time Served | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | Number of American Century Portfolios Overseen by Director | Other Directorships Held During Past 5 Years | ||||||||||||
Independent Directors | |||||||||||||||||
Lynn Jenkins (1963) | Director | Since 2019 | Consultant, LJ Strategies (2019 to present); United States Representative, U.S. House of Representatives (2009 to 2018) | 65 | MGP Ingredients, Inc. (2019 to 2021) | ||||||||||||
Jan M. Lewis (1957) | Director and Board Chair | Since 2011 (Board Chair since 2022) | Retired | 65 | None | ||||||||||||
Gary C. Meltzer (1963) | Director | Since 2022 | Advisor, Pontoro (2021 to present); Executive Advisor, Consultant and Investor, Harris Ariel Advisory LLC (2020 to present); Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (1985 to 2020) | 65 | ExcelFin Acquisition Corp., Apollo Realty Income Solutions, Inc. | ||||||||||||
Stephen E. Yates (1948) | Director | Since 2012 | Retired | 116 | None | ||||||||||||
Interested Director | |||||||||||||||||
Jonathan S. Thomas (1963) | Director | Since 2007 | President and Chief Executive Officer, ACC (2007 to present). Also serves as Chief Executive Officer, ACS; Director, ACC and other ACC subsidiaries | 148 | None |
The Statement of Additional Information has additional information about the fund's directors and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021.
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Officers
The following table presents certain information about the executive officers of the funds. Each officer serves as an officer for each of the 16 investment companies in the American Century family of funds. No officer is compensated for his or her service as an officer of the funds. The listed officers are interested persons of the funds and are appointed or re-appointed on an annual basis. The mailing address for each officer listed below is 4500 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.
Name (Year of Birth) | Offices with the Funds | Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years | ||||||
Patrick Bannigan (1965) | President since 2019 | Executive Vice President and Director, ACC (2012 to present); Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer, ACC (2015 to present). Also serves as President, ACS; Vice President, ACIM; Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and/or Director, ACIM, ACS and other ACC subsidiaries | ||||||
R. Wes Campbell (1974) | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since 2018 | Vice President, ACS, (2020 to present); Investment Operations and Investment Accounting, ACS (2000 to present) | ||||||
Amy D. Shelton (1964) | Chief Compliance Officer and Vice President since 2014 | Chief Compliance Officer, American Century funds, (2014 to present); Chief Compliance Officer, ACIM (2014 to present); Chief Compliance Officer, ACIS (2009 to present). Also serves as Vice President, ACIS | ||||||
John Pak (1968) | General Counsel and Senior Vice President since 2021 | General Counsel and Senior Vice President, ACC (2021 to present); Also serves as General Counsel and Senior Vice President, ACIM, ACS and ACIS. Chief Legal Officer of Investment and Wealth Management, The Bank of New York Mellon (2014 to 2021) | ||||||
David H. Reinmiller (1963) | Vice President since 2000 | Attorney, ACC (1994 to present). Also serves as Vice President, ACIM and ACS | ||||||
Ward D. Stauffer (1960) | Secretary since 2005 | Attorney, ACC (2003 to present) |
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Approval of Management Agreement |
At a meeting held on June 28, 2023, the Fund’s Board of Directors (the "Board") unanimously approved the renewal of the management agreement pursuant to which American Century Investment Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”) acts as the investment advisor for the Fund. Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”), contracts for investment advisory services are required to be reviewed, evaluated, and approved by a majority of a fund’s Directors, including a majority of the independent Directors.
Prior to its consideration of the renewal of the management agreement, the Directors requested and reviewed data and information compiled by the Advisor and certain independent data providers concerning the Fund. This review was in addition to the oversight and evaluation undertaken by the Board and its committees on a continual basis and the information received was supplemental to the information that the Board and its committees receive and consider over time.
In connection with its consideration of the renewal of the management agreement, the Board’s review and evaluation of the services provided by the Advisor and its affiliates included, but was not limited to
•the nature, extent, and quality of investment management, shareholder services, distribution services, and other services provided to the Fund;
•the wide range of programs and services the Advisor and other service providers provide to the Fund and its shareholders on a routine and non-routine basis;
•the Fund’s investment performance compared to appropriate benchmarks and/or peer groups of other mutual funds with similar investment objectives and strategies;
•the cost of owning the Fund compared to the cost of owning similarly-managed funds;
•the Advisor’s compliance policies, procedures, and regulatory experience and those of certain other service providers;
•the Advisor’s strategic plans, generally, and with respect to areas of heightened regulatory interest in the mutual fund industry and certain recent geopolitical and other issues;
•the Advisor’s business continuity plans, vendor management practices, and information security practices;
•the cost of services provided to the Fund, the profitability of the Fund to the Advisor, and the Advisor’s financial results of operation;
•possible economies of scale associated with the Advisor’s management of the Fund;
•any collateral benefits derived by the Advisor from the management of the Fund;
•fees and expenses associated with any investment by the Fund in other funds;
•payments to intermediaries by the Fund and the Advisor and services provided by intermediaries in connection therewith; and
•services provided and charges to the Advisor's other investment management clients.
The Board held two meetings to consider the renewal. The independent Directors also met in private session multiple times to review and discuss the information provided in response to their request. The independent Directors held active discussions with the Advisor regarding the renewal of the management agreement, requesting supplemental information, and reviewing information provided by the Advisor in response thereto. The independent Directors had the benefit of the advice of their independent counsel throughout the process.
Factors Considered
The Directors considered all of the information provided by the Advisor, the independent data providers, and independent counsel in connection with the approval. They determined that the information was sufficient for them to evaluate the management agreement for the Fund. In connection with their review, the Directors did not identify any single factor as being all-important or controlling, and each Director may have attributed different levels of importance to different factors.
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In deciding to renew the management agreement, the Board based its decision on a number of factors, including without limitation the following:
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services — Generally. Under the management agreement, the Advisor is responsible for providing or arranging for all services necessary for the operation of the Fund. The Board noted that the Advisor provides or arranges at its own expense a wide variety of services which include, without limitation, the following:
•constructing and designing the Fund
•portfolio research and security selection
•initial capitalization/funding
•securities trading
•Fund administration
•custody of Fund assets
•daily valuation of the Fund’s portfolio
•liquidity monitoring and management
•risk management, including information security
•shareholder servicing and transfer agency, including shareholder confirmations, recordkeeping, and communications
•legal services (except the independent Directors’ counsel)
•regulatory and portfolio compliance
•financial reporting
•marketing and distribution (except amounts paid by the Fund under Rule 12b-1 plans)
The Board noted that many of these services have expanded over time in terms of both quantity and complexity in response to shareholder demands, competition in the industry, changing distribution channels, and the changing regulatory environment.
Investment Management Services. The nature of the investment management services provided to the Fund is quite complex and allows Fund shareholders access to professional money management, instant diversification of their investments, the opportunity to easily diversify among asset classes by investing in or exchanging among various American Century Investments funds, and liquidity. In evaluating investment performance, the Board expects the Advisor to manage the Fund in accordance with its investment objectives and principal investment strategies. Further, the Directors recognize that the Advisor has an obligation to monitor trading activities, and in particular to seek the best execution of fund trades, and to evaluate the use of and payment for research. In providing these services, the Advisor utilizes teams of investment professionals who require extensive information technology, research, training, compliance, and other systems to conduct their business. The Board, directly and through its Fund Performance Review Committee, provides oversight of the investment performance process. It regularly reviews investment performance information for the Fund, together with comparative information for appropriate benchmarks and/or peer groups of similarly-managed funds, over different time horizons. The Directors also review investment performance information during the management agreement renewal process. If performance concerns are identified, the Board discusses with the Advisor the reasons for such results and any actions being taken to improve performance and may conduct special reviews until performance improves. The Fund’s performance was above its benchmark for the one-, three-, five-, and ten-year periods reviewed by the Board. In relation to industry peers, the Fund was above the median of its peer performance universe as identified by a third-party service provider for the one-, three-, five-, and ten-year periods. The Board found the investment management services provided by the Advisor to the Fund to be satisfactory and consistent with the management agreement.
Shareholder and Other Services. Under the management agreement, the Advisor provides the Fund with a comprehensive package of transfer agency, shareholder, and other services. The Board, directly and through its various committees, regularly reviews reports and evaluations of such services at its regular meetings. These reports include, but are not limited to, information regarding the operational efficiency and accuracy of the shareholder and transfer agency services provided, staffing levels, shareholder satisfaction, technology support (including information security), new products and services offered to Fund shareholders, securities trading activities,
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portfolio valuation services, auditing services, and legal and operational compliance activities. The Board found the services provided by the Advisor to the Fund under the management agreement to be competitive and of high quality.
Costs of Services and Profitability. The Advisor provides detailed information concerning its cost of providing various services to the Fund, its profitability in managing the Fund (pre- and post-distribution), and its financial results of operation. The Directors have reviewed with the Advisor the methodology used to prepare this financial information. This information is considered in evaluating the Advisor’s financial condition, its ability to continue to provide services under the management agreement, and the reasonableness of the terms of the current management agreement. The Board concluded that the Advisor’s profits were reasonable in light of the services provided to the Fund.
Ethics. The Board generally considers the Advisor’s commitment to providing quality services to shareholders and to conducting its business ethically. They noted that the Advisor’s practices generally meet or exceed industry best practices.
Economies of Scale. The Board also reviewed information provided by the Advisor regarding the possible existence of economies of scale in connection with the management of the Fund. The Board concluded that economies of scale are difficult to measure and predict with precision, especially on a fund-by-fund basis. The Board concluded that the Advisor is sharing economies of scale, to the extent they exist, through its fee structure, and through reinvestment in its business, infrastructure, investment capabilities and initiatives to provide shareholders enhanced and expanded content and services.
Comparison to Other Funds’ Fees. The management agreement provides that the Fund pays the Advisor a single, all-inclusive (or unified) management fee for providing all services necessary for the management and operation of the Fund, other than brokerage and other transaction fees and expenses relating to acquisition and disposition of portfolio securities, acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest, extraordinary expenses, fund litigation expenses, fees and expenses of the Fund’s independent Directors (including their independent legal counsel), and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Investment Company Act Rule 12b-1. Under the unified fee structure, the Advisor is responsible for providing all investment advisory, custody, audit, administrative, compliance, recordkeeping, marketing and shareholder services, or arranging and supervising third parties to provide such services. By contrast, most other funds are charged a variety of fees, including an investment advisory fee, a transfer agency fee, an administrative fee, distribution charges, and other expenses. Other than their investment advisory fees and any applicable Rule 12b-1 distribution fees, all other components of the total fees charged by these other funds may be increased without shareholder approval. The Board believes the unified fee structure is a benefit to Fund shareholders because it clearly discloses to shareholders the cost of owning Fund shares, and, since the unified fee cannot be increased without a vote of Fund shareholders, it shifts to the Advisor the risk of increased costs of operating the Fund and provides a direct incentive to minimize administrative inefficiencies. Part of the Board’s analysis of fee levels involves reviewing certain evaluative data compiled by an independent provider comparing the Fund’s unified fee to the total expense ratios of its peers. The unified fee charged to shareholders of the Fund was below the median of the total expense ratios of the Fund’s peer expense universe. In addition, the Board reviewed the Fund’s position relative to the narrower set of its expense group peers. The Board and the Advisor agreed to continue the temporary reduction of the Fund's annual unified management fee such that the Investor Class management fee not exceed 0.83% for at least one year beginning August 1, 2023. The Board concluded that the management fee paid by the Fund to the Advisor under the management agreement is reasonable in light of the services provided to the Fund.
Comparison to Fees and Services Provided to Other Clients of the Advisor. The Board also requested and received information from the Advisor concerning the nature of the services, fees, costs, and profitability of its advisory services to advisory clients other than the Fund. They observed that these varying types of client accounts require different services and involve different
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regulatory and entrepreneurial risks than the management of the Fund. The Board analyzed this information and concluded that the fees charged and services provided to the Fund were reasonable by comparison.
Payments to Intermediaries. The Directors also requested and received a description of payments made to intermediaries by the Fund and the Advisor and services provided in response thereto. These payments include various payments made by the Fund or the Advisor to different types of intermediaries and recordkeepers for distribution and service activities provided for the Fund. The Directors reviewed such information and received representations from the Advisor that all such payments by the Fund were made pursuant to the Fund's Rule 12b-1 Plan and that all such payments by the Advisor were made from the Advisor’s resources and reasonable profits.
Collateral or “Fall-Out” Benefits Derived by the Advisor. The Board considered the possible existence of collateral benefits the Advisor may receive as a result of its relationship with the Fund. They concluded that the Advisor’s primary business is managing funds and it generally does not use fund or shareholder information to generate profits in other lines of business, and therefore does not derive any significant collateral benefits from them. To the extent there are potential collateral benefits, the Board has been advised and has taken this into consideration in its review of the management contract with the Fund. The Board noted that additional assets from other clients may offer the Advisor some benefit from increased leverage with prospective clients, service providers, and counterparties. Additionally, the Advisor may receive proprietary research from broker-dealers that execute fund portfolio transactions, which the Board concluded is likely to benefit other clients of the Advisor, as well as Fund shareholders. The Board also determined that the Advisor is able to provide investment management services to certain clients other than the Fund, at least in part, due to its existing infrastructure built to serve the fund complex. The Board concluded that appropriate allocation methodologies had been employed to assign resources and the cost of those resources to these other clients.
Existing Relationship. The Board also considered whether there was any reason for not continuing the existing arrangement with the Advisor. In this regard, the Board was mindful of the potential disruptions of the Fund’s operations and various risks, uncertainties, and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision not to continue such relationship. In particular, the Board recognized that most shareholders have invested in the Fund on the strength of the Advisor’s industry standing and reputation and in the expectation that the Advisor will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Fund.
Conclusion of the Directors. As a result of this process, the Board, including all of the independent Directors, taking into account all of the factors discussed above and the information provided by the Advisor and others in connection with its review and received over time, determined that the terms of the management agreement are fair and reasonable and that the management fee charged to the Fund is reasonable in light of the services provided and that the management agreement between the Fund and the Advisor should be renewed for an additional one-year period.
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Liquidity Risk Management Program |
The Fund has adopted a liquidity risk management program (the “program”). The Fund’s Board of Directors (the "Board") has designated American Century Investment Management, Inc. (“ACIM”) as the administrator of the program. Personnel of ACIM or its affiliates, including members of ACIM’s Investment Oversight Committee who are members of ACIM’s Investment Management and Global Analytics departments, conduct the day-to-day operation of the program pursuant to the program.
Under the program, ACIM manages the Fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the Fund could not meet shareholder redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining shareholders’ interests in the Fund. This risk is managed by monitoring the degree of liquidity of the Fund’s investments, limiting the amount of the Fund’s illiquid investments, and utilizing various risk management tools and facilities available to the Fund for meeting shareholder redemptions, among other means. ACIM’s process of determining the degree of liquidity of certain investments held by the Fund is supported by a third-party liquidity assessment vendor.
The Board reviewed a report prepared by ACIM regarding the operation and effectiveness of the program for the period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. No significant liquidity events impacting the Fund were noted in the report. In addition, ACIM provided its assessment that the program had been effective in managing the Fund’s liquidity risk.
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Proxy Voting Results |
A special meeting of shareholders was held on October 13, 2022, to vote on the following proposal. The proposal received the required votes and was adopted. A summary of voting results is listed below.
To elect five directors to the Board of Directors of American Century Strategic Asset
Allocations, Inc.:
Affirmative | Withhold | ||||||||||
Brian Bulatao | $ | 723,251,913 | $ | 19,961,799 | |||||||
Chris H. Cheesman | $ | 727,642,487 | $ | 15,571,225 | |||||||
Rajesh K. Gupta | $ | 725,037,253 | $ | 18,176,459 | |||||||
Lynn M. Jenkins | $ | 723,023,283 | $ | 20,190,429 | |||||||
Gary C. Meltzer | $ | 728,965,558 | $ | 14,248,154 |
The other directors whose term of office continued after the meeting include Jonathan S. Thomas, Thomas W. Bunn, Barry Fink, Jan M. Lewis, and Stephen E. Yates.
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Additional Information |
Retirement Account Information
As required by law, distributions you receive from certain retirement accounts are subject to federal income tax withholding at the IRS default rate of 10%.* Tax will be withheld on the total amount withdrawn even though you may be receiving amounts that are not subject to withholding, such as nondeductible contributions. In such case, excess amounts of withholding could occur. You may adjust your withholding election so that a greater or lesser amount will be withheld.
You may elect a different withholding rate, or request zero withholding, by submitting an acceptable IRS Form W-4R election with your distribution request. You may notify us of your W-4R election by telephone, on our distribution forms, on IRS Form W-4R, or through other acceptable electronic means. If your withholding election is for an automatic withdrawal plan, you have the right to revoke your election at any time and any election you make will remain in effect until revoked by filing a new election.
Remember, even if you elect not to have income tax withheld, you are liable for paying income tax on the taxable portion of your withdrawal. If you elect not to have income tax withheld or you don’t have enough income tax withheld, you may be responsible for payment of estimated tax. You may incur penalties under the estimated tax rules if your withholding and estimated tax payments are not sufficient. You can reduce or defer the income tax on a distribution by directly or indirectly rolling such distribution over to another IRA or eligible plan. You should consult your tax advisor for additional information.
State tax will be withheld according to state regulations if, at the time of your distribution, your tax residency is within one of the mandatory withholding states.
*Some 403(b), 457 and qualified retirement plan distributions may be subject to 20% mandatory withholding, as they are subject to special tax and withholding rules. Your plan administrator or plan sponsor is required to provide you with a special tax notice explaining those rules at the time you request a distribution. If applicable, federal and/or state taxes may be withheld from your distribution amount.
Proxy Voting Policies
A description of the policies that the fund's investment advisor uses in exercising the voting rights associated with the securities purchased and/or held by the fund is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. It is also available on American Century Investments’ website at americancentury.com/proxy and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the investment advisor voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on americancentury.com/proxy. It is also available at sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on
Form N-PORT. These portfolio holdings are available on the fund's website at
americancentury.com and, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. The fund’s Form N-PORT
reports are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.
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Other Tax Information
The following information is provided pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
The fund hereby designates up to the maximum amount allowable as qualified dividend income for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023.
For corporate taxpayers, the fund hereby designates $4,360,253, or up to the maximum amount allowable, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023 as qualified for the corporate dividends received deduction.
The fund hereby designates $27,534,561, or up to the maximum amount allowable, as long-term capital gain distributions (20% rate gain distributions) for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023.
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(b) None.
ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.
(a) The registrant has adopted a Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, and persons performing similar functions.
(b) No response required.
(c) None.
(d) None.
(e) Not applicable.
(f) The registrant’s Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers was filed as Exhibit 12 (a)(1) to American Century Asset Allocation Portfolios, Inc.’s Annual Certified Shareholder Report on Form N-CSR, File No. 811-21591, on September 29, 2005, and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.
(a)(1) The registrant’s board has determined that the registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee.
(a)(2) Chris H. Cheesman, Lynn M. Jenkins, Barry Fink and Gary Meltzer are the registrant’s designated audit committee financial experts. They are “independent” as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR.
(a)(3) Not applicable.
(b) No response required.
(c) No response required.
(d) No response required.
ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.
(a) Audit Fees.
The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years were as follows:
FY 2022: $71,640
FY 2023: $72,960
(b) Audit-Related Fees.
The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item were as follows:
For services rendered to the registrant:
FY 2022: $0
FY 2023: $0
Fees required to be approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X (relating to certain engagements for non-audit services with the registrant’s investment adviser and its affiliates):
FY 2022: $0
FY 2023: $0
(c) Tax Fees.
The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning were as follows:
For services rendered to the registrant:
FY 2022: $0
FY 2023: $0
Fees required to be approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X (relating to certain engagements for non-audit services with the registrant’s investment adviser and its affiliates):
FY 2022: $0
FY 2023: $0
(d) All Other Fees.
The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item were as follows:
For services rendered to the registrant:
FY 2022: $0
FY 2023: $0
Fees required to be approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X (relating to certain engagements for non-audit services with the registrant’s investment adviser and its affiliates):
FY 2022: $0
FY 2023: $0
(e)(1) In accordance with paragraph (c)(7)(i)(A) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, before the accountant is engaged by the registrant to render audit or non-audit services, the engagement is approved by the registrant’s audit committee. Pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, the registrant’s audit committee also pre-approves its accountant’s engagements for non-audit services with the registrant’s investment adviser, its parent company, and any entity controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant, if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant.
(e)(2) All services described in each of paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item were pre-approved before the engagement by the registrant’s audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(A) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. Consequently, none of such services were required to be approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C).
(f) The percentage of hours expended on the principal accountant’s engagement to audit the registrant’s financial statements for the most recent fiscal year that were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant’s full-time, permanent employees was less than 50%.
(g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s accountant for services rendered to the registrant, and rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant for each of the last two fiscal years of the registrant were as follows:
FY 2022: $2,285,611
FY 2023: $243,325
(h) The registrant’s investment adviser and accountant have notified the registrant’s audit committee of all non-audit services that were rendered by the registrant’s accountant to the registrant’s investment adviser, its parent company, and any entity controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides services to the registrant, which services were not required to be pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. The notification provided to the registrant’s audit committee included sufficient details regarding such services to allow the registrant’s audit committee to consider the continuing independence of its principal accountant.
(i) Not applicable.
(j) Not applicable.
ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INVESTMENTS.
(a) The schedule of investments is included as part of the report to stockholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
(b) Not applicable.
ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.
Not applicable.
ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
During the reporting period, there were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board.
ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
(a) The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) are effective based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.
(b) There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 12. DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 13. EXHIBITS.
(a)(1) Registrant’s Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, which is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2 of Form N-CSR, was filed as Exhibit 12(a)(1) to American Century Asset Allocation Portfolios, Inc.’s Certified Shareholder Report on Form N-CSR, File No. 811-21591, on September 29, 2005.
(a)(2) Separate certifications by the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are filed and attached hereto as EX-99.CERT.
(a)(3) Not applicable.
(a)(4) Not applicable.
(b) A certification by the registrant’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, is furnished and attached hereto as EX-99.906CERT.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Registrant: | American Century Strategic Asset Allocations, Inc. | |||||||||||||
By: | /s/ Patrick Bannigan | |||||||||||||
Name: | Patrick Bannigan | |||||||||||||
Title: | President | |||||||||||||
Date: | September 28, 2023 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: | /s/ Patrick Bannigan | ||||||||||
Name: | Patrick Bannigan | ||||||||||
Title: | President | ||||||||||
(principal executive officer) | |||||||||||
Date: | September 28, 2023 |
By: | /s/ R. Wes Campbell | ||||||||||
Name: | R. Wes Campbell | ||||||||||
Title: | Treasurer and | ||||||||||
Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||||
(principal financial officer) | |||||||||||
Date: | September 28, 2023 |