STATEMENT
OF INVESTMENTS
Small Cap Stock Index Portfolio
September 30, 2021 (Unaudited)
Description | Shares | Value ($) | |||||
Common Stocks - 99.0% | |||||||
Automobiles & Components - 1.5% | |||||||
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings | 78,200 | a | 688,942 | ||||
Cooper-Standard Holdings | 11,760 | a | 257,662 | ||||
Dorman Products | 19,100 | a | 1,808,197 | ||||
Gentherm | 22,102 | a | 1,788,715 | ||||
LCI Industries | 16,870 | 2,271,208 | |||||
Motorcar Parts of America | 13,644 | a | 266,058 | ||||
Patrick Industries | 15,087 | 1,256,747 | |||||
Standard Motor Products | 13,280 | 580,469 | |||||
Winnebago Industries | 22,369 | 1,620,634 | |||||
10,538,632 | |||||||
Banks - 12.5% | |||||||
Allegiance Bancshares | 12,724 | 485,421 | |||||
Ameris Bancorp | 44,687 | 2,318,362 | |||||
Axos Financial | 35,890 | a | 1,849,771 | ||||
Banc of California | 30,018 | 555,033 | |||||
BancFirst | 12,710 | 764,125 | |||||
BankUnited | 62,009 | 2,593,216 | |||||
Banner | 23,182 | 1,279,878 | |||||
Berkshire Hills Bancorp | 33,594 | 906,366 | |||||
Brookline Bancorp | 52,097 | 795,000 | |||||
Cadence Bancorp | 83,173 | 1,826,479 | |||||
Capitol Federal Financial | 86,379 | 992,495 | |||||
Central Pacific Financial | 19,206 | 493,210 | |||||
City Holding | 10,252 | 798,733 | |||||
Columbia Banking System | 51,994 | 1,975,252 | |||||
Community Bank System | 36,384 | 2,489,393 | |||||
Customers Bancorp | 19,808 | a | 852,140 | ||||
CVB Financial | 85,100 | 1,733,487 | |||||
Dime Community Bancshares | 23,112 | 754,838 | |||||
Eagle Bancorp | 21,431 | 1,232,283 | |||||
FB Financial | 23,608 | 1,012,311 | |||||
First Bancorp | 19,385 | 833,749 | |||||
First Bancorp | 138,947 | 1,827,153 | |||||
First Commonwealth Financial | 65,536 | 893,256 | |||||
First Financial Bancorp | 63,670 | 1,490,515 | |||||
First Hawaiian | 86,542 | 2,540,008 | |||||
First Midwest Bancorp | 76,019 | 1,445,121 | |||||
Flagstar Bancorp | 35,471 | 1,801,217 | |||||
Great Western Bancorp | 36,962 | 1,210,136 |
STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
Description | Shares | Value ($) | |||||
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued) | |||||||
Banks - 12.5% (continued) | |||||||
Hanmi Financial | 21,396 | 429,204 | |||||
Heritage Financial | 24,760 | 631,380 | |||||
Hilltop Holdings | 41,554 | 1,357,569 | |||||
HomeStreet | 13,744 | 565,566 | |||||
Hope Bancorp | 82,376 | 1,189,509 | |||||
Independent Bank | 22,007 | 1,675,833 | |||||
Independent Bank Group | 24,982 | 1,774,721 | |||||
Investors Bancorp | 150,394 | 2,272,453 | |||||
Lakeland Financial | 17,171 | 1,223,262 | |||||
Meta Financial Group | 21,171 | 1,111,054 | |||||
Mr. Cooper Group | 57,035 | a | 2,348,131 | ||||
National Bank Holdings, Cl. A | 20,841 | 843,644 | |||||
NBT Bancorp | 29,002 | 1,047,552 | |||||
NMI Holdings, Cl. A | 56,949 | a | 1,287,617 | ||||
Northfield Bancorp | 29,504 | 506,289 | |||||
Northwest Bancshares | 85,018 | 1,129,039 | |||||
OFG Bancorp | 34,957 | 881,616 | |||||
Old National Bancorp | 110,472 | 1,872,500 | |||||
Pacific Premier Bancorp | 63,871 | 2,646,814 | |||||
Park National | 9,853 | b | 1,201,573 | ||||
Preferred Bank | 9,016 | 601,187 | |||||
Provident Financial Services | 52,535 | 1,232,996 | |||||
Renasant | 37,825 | 1,363,591 | |||||
S&T Bancorp | 27,165 | 800,553 | |||||
Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida | 37,175 | 1,256,887 | |||||
ServisFirst Bancshares | 32,583 | 2,534,957 | |||||
Simmons First National, Cl. A | 72,257 | 2,135,917 | |||||
Southside Bancshares | 21,616 | 827,677 | |||||
The Bancorp | 38,184 | a | 971,783 | ||||
Tompkins Financial | 8,093 | 654,805 | |||||
Triumph Bancorp | 15,825 | a | 1,584,557 | ||||
TrustCo Bank | 13,028 | 416,505 | |||||
Trustmark | 40,914 | 1,318,249 | |||||
United Community Bank | 57,718 | 1,894,305 | |||||
Veritex Holdings | 33,219 | 1,307,500 | |||||
Walker & Dunlop | 19,543 | 2,218,130 | |||||
Westamerica Bancorporation | 17,798 | 1,001,315 | |||||
WSFS Financial | 31,621 | 1,622,474 | |||||
87,487,662 | |||||||
Capital Goods - 10.9% | |||||||
AAON | 27,888 | b | 1,822,202 | ||||
AAR | 22,585 | a | 732,432 | ||||
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings | 49,712 | 2,164,958 | |||||
AeroVironment | 15,655 | a | 1,351,340 |
Description | Shares | Value ($) | |||||
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued) | |||||||
Capital Goods - 10.9% (continued) | |||||||
Alamo Group | 6,554 | 914,480 | |||||
Albany International, Cl. A | 21,952 | 1,687,450 | |||||
American Woodmark | 11,194 | a | 731,752 | ||||
Apogee Enterprises | 17,498 | 660,724 | |||||
Applied Industrial Technologies | 25,942 | 2,338,152 | |||||
Arcosa | 32,245 | 1,617,732 | |||||
Astec Industries | 14,716 | 791,868 | |||||
AZZ | 17,163 | 913,072 | |||||
Barnes Group | 30,942 | 1,291,210 | |||||
Boise Cascade | 26,433 | 1,426,853 | |||||
Chart Industries | 23,855 | a | 4,558,929 | ||||
CIRCOR International | 13,172 | a | 434,808 | ||||
Comfort Systems USA | 24,195 | 1,725,587 | |||||
DXP Enterprises | 11,731 | a | 346,886 | ||||
Encore Wire | 13,533 | 1,283,334 | |||||
Enerpac Tool Group | 39,069 | 809,900 | |||||
EnPro Industries | 13,673 | 1,191,192 | |||||
ESCO Technologies | 17,331 | 1,334,487 | |||||
Federal Signal | 41,131 | 1,588,479 | |||||
Franklin Electric | 26,301 | 2,100,135 | |||||
Gibraltar Industries | 21,723 | a | 1,513,007 | ||||
GMS | 28,925 | a | 1,266,915 | ||||
Granite Construction | 30,746 | b | 1,216,004 | ||||
Griffon | 32,058 | 788,627 | |||||
Hillenbrand | 49,238 | 2,100,001 | |||||
Insteel Industries | 12,603 | 479,544 | |||||
John Bean Technologies | 21,070 | 2,961,388 | |||||
Kaman | 19,115 | 681,832 | |||||
Lindsay | 7,237 | 1,098,504 | |||||
Lydall | 12,143 | a | 753,959 | ||||
Matrix Service | 17,424 | a | 182,255 | ||||
Meritor | 45,684 | a | 973,526 | ||||
Moog, Cl. A | 19,688 | 1,500,816 | |||||
Mueller Industries | 38,065 | 1,564,471 | |||||
MYR Group | 11,436 | a | 1,137,882 | ||||
National Presto Industries | 3,452 | 283,340 | |||||
NOW | 72,638 | a | 555,681 | ||||
Park Aerospace | 13,575 | 185,706 | |||||
PGT Innovations | 40,545 | a | 774,410 | ||||
Powell Industries | 6,771 | 166,363 | |||||
Proto Labs | 18,463 | a | 1,229,636 | ||||
Quanex Building Products | 23,215 | 497,033 | |||||
Raven Industries | 24,138 | a | 1,390,590 | ||||
Resideo Technologies | 97,334 | a | 2,412,910 |
STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
Description | Shares | Value ($) | |||||
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued) | |||||||
Capital Goods - 10.9% (continued) | |||||||
SPX | 30,194 | a | 1,613,869 | ||||
SPX FLOW | 28,076 | 2,052,356 | |||||
Standex International | 8,403 | 831,141 | |||||
Tennant | 12,627 | 933,767 | |||||
The Greenbrier Companies | 21,422 | b | 920,932 | ||||
Titan International | 34,881 | a | 249,748 | ||||
Triumph Group | 43,423 | a | 808,970 | ||||
UFP Industries | 40,972 | 2,785,277 | |||||
Veritiv | 9,475 | a | 848,581 | ||||
Vicor | 14,369 | a | 1,927,745 | ||||
Wabash National | 34,374 | 520,079 | |||||
Watts Water Technologies, Cl. A | 18,277 | 3,072,181 | |||||
76,097,008 | |||||||
Commercial & Professional Services - 3.5% | |||||||
ABM Industries | 44,795 | 2,016,223 | |||||
Brady, Cl. A | 32,324 | 1,638,827 | |||||
CoreCivic | 82,370 | a | 733,093 | ||||
Deluxe | 28,477 | 1,022,040 | |||||
Exponent | 34,855 | 3,943,843 | |||||
Forrester Research | 7,255 | a | 357,381 | ||||
Harsco | 53,279 | a | 903,079 | ||||
Healthcare Services Group | 48,254 | 1,205,867 | |||||
Heidrick & Struggles International | 13,155 | 587,108 | |||||
HNI | 29,805 | 1,094,440 | |||||
Interface | 39,689 | 601,288 | |||||
Kelly Services, Cl. A | 24,191 | 456,726 | |||||
Korn Ferry | 37,193 | 2,691,285 | |||||
ManTech International, Cl. A | 18,302 | 1,389,488 | |||||
Matthews International, Cl. A | 21,849 | 757,942 | |||||
Pitney Bowes | 113,483 | 818,212 | |||||
Resources Connection | 20,354 | 321,186 | |||||
TrueBlue | 23,580 | a | 638,546 | ||||
U.S. Ecology | 21,446 | a | 693,778 | ||||
UniFirst | 10,178 | 2,164,046 | |||||
Viad | 13,912 | a | 631,744 | ||||
24,666,142 | |||||||
Consumer Durables & Apparel - 3.7% | |||||||
Cavco Industries | 5,743 | a | 1,359,598 | ||||
Century Communities | 20,145 | 1,237,910 | |||||
Ethan Allen Interiors | 14,596 | 345,925 | |||||
Fossil Group | 32,537 | a | 385,563 | ||||
G-III Apparel Group | 28,207 | a | 798,258 | ||||
Installed Building Products | 15,448 | 1,655,253 | |||||
iRobot | 18,675 | a,b | 1,465,987 |
Description | Shares | Value ($) | |||||
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued) | |||||||
Consumer Durables & Apparel - 3.7% (continued) | |||||||
Kontoor Brands | 31,503 | 1,573,575 | |||||
La-Z-Boy | 29,453 | 949,270 | |||||
LGI Homes | 14,464 | a,b | 2,052,586 | ||||
M.D.C. Holdings | 37,679 | 1,760,363 | |||||
M/I Homes | 19,670 | a | 1,136,926 | ||||
Meritage Homes | 25,415 | a | 2,465,255 | ||||
Movado Group | 10,850 | 341,667 | |||||
Oxford Industries | 10,321 | 930,645 | |||||
Steven Madden | 51,402 | 2,064,304 | |||||
Sturm Ruger & Co. | 11,805 | 870,973 | |||||
Tupperware Brands | 32,897 | a,b | 694,785 | ||||
Unifi | 8,751 | a | 191,909 | ||||
Universal Electronics | 9,457 | a | 465,757 | ||||
Vera Bradley | 15,071 | a | 141,818 | ||||
Vista Outdoor | 38,213 | a | 1,540,366 | ||||
Wolverine World Wide | 54,810 | 1,635,530 | |||||
26,064,223 | |||||||
Consumer Services - 2.1% | |||||||
Adtalem Global Education | 32,336 | a | 1,222,624 | ||||
American Public Education | 12,928 | a | 331,086 | ||||
BJ's Restaurants | 16,033 | a | 669,538 | ||||
Bloomin‘ Brands | 54,002 | a | 1,350,050 | ||||
Brinker International | 30,774 | a | 1,509,465 | ||||
Chuy's Holdings | 13,697 | a | 431,866 | ||||
Dave & Buster's Entertainment | 25,771 | a | 987,802 | ||||
Dine Brands Global | 11,162 | a | 906,466 | ||||
El Pollo Loco Holdings | 12,830 | a | 216,827 | ||||
Fiesta Restaurant Group | 11,926 | a | 130,709 | ||||
Monarch Casino & Resort | 9,064 | a | 607,197 | ||||
Perdoceo Education | 47,744 | a | 504,177 | ||||
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers | 11,434 | a | 263,668 | ||||
Regis | 16,708 | a,b | 58,144 | ||||
Ruth's Hospitality Group | 21,831 | a | 452,120 | ||||
Shake Shack, Cl. A | 26,343 | a | 2,066,872 | ||||
Strategic Education | 15,021 | 1,058,981 | |||||
The Cheesecake Factory | 32,792 | a | 1,541,224 | ||||
WW International | 32,848 | a | 599,476 | ||||
14,908,292 | |||||||
Diversified Financials - 3.2% | |||||||
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance | 89,078 | c | 1,321,027 | ||||
ARMOUR Residential REIT | 54,754 | b,c | 590,248 | ||||
B. Riley Financial | 11,083 | 654,340 | |||||
Blucora | 31,978 | a | 498,537 | ||||
Brightsphere Investment Group | 39,482 | 1,031,665 |
STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
Description | Shares | Value ($) | |||||
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued) | |||||||
Diversified Financials - 3.2% (continued) | |||||||
Capstead Mortgage | 66,208 | c | 442,932 | ||||
Donnelley Financial Solutions | 20,067 | a | 694,720 | ||||
Ellington Financial | 32,017 | c | 585,591 | ||||
Encore Capital Group | 20,737 | a,b | 1,021,712 | ||||
Enova International | 25,268 | a | 873,009 | ||||
EZCORP, Cl. A | 33,800 | a | 255,866 | ||||
Granite Point Mortgage Trust | 37,828 | c | 498,195 | ||||
Green Dot, Cl. A | 36,433 | a | 1,833,673 | ||||
Greenhill & Co. | 9,863 | 144,197 | |||||
Invesco Mortgage Capital | 189,434 | b,c | 596,717 | ||||
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust | 25,919 | c | 546,891 | ||||
New York Mortgage Trust | 255,452 | c | 1,088,226 | ||||
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust | 66,115 | b,c | 1,301,804 | ||||
Piper Sandler | 9,499 | 1,315,232 | |||||
PRA Group | 30,463 | a | 1,283,711 | ||||
Ready Capital | 37,382 | c | 539,422 | ||||
Redwood Trust | 77,236 | c | 995,572 | ||||
StoneX Group | 11,540 | a | 760,486 | ||||
Two Harbors Investment | 208,762 | b,c | 1,323,551 | ||||
Virtus Investment Partners | 4,837 | 1,501,018 | |||||
WisdomTree Investments | 76,280 | 432,508 | |||||
World Acceptance | 2,835 | a | 537,459 | ||||
22,668,309 | |||||||
Energy - 4.9% | |||||||
Archrock | 90,601 | 747,458 | |||||
Bonanza Creek Energy | 19,489 | 933,523 | |||||
Bristow Group | 15,900 | a | 506,097 | ||||
Callon Petroleum | 26,317 | a,b | 1,291,638 | ||||
CONSOL Energy | 20,671 | a | 537,859 | ||||
Core Laboratories | 31,245 | b | 867,049 | ||||
DMC Global | 12,447 | a | 459,419 | ||||
Dorian LPG | 19,228 | 238,619 | |||||
Dril-Quip | 22,576 | a | 568,464 | ||||
Green Plains | 35,843 | a,b | 1,170,274 | ||||
Helix Energy Solutions Group | 95,691 | a | 371,281 | ||||
Helmerich & Payne | 71,961 | 1,972,451 | |||||
Laredo Petroleum | 8,640 | a,b | 700,445 | ||||
Matador Resources | 73,416 | 2,792,745 | |||||
Nabors Industries | 5,104 | a | 492,434 | ||||
Oceaneering International | 64,697 | a | 861,764 | ||||
Oil States International | 43,815 | a | 279,978 | ||||
Par Pacific Holdings | 29,867 | a | 469,509 | ||||
Patterson-UTI Energy | 126,669 | 1,140,021 | |||||
PBF Energy, Cl. A | 61,505 | a | 797,720 |
Description | Shares | Value ($) | |||||
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued) | |||||||
Energy - 4.9% (continued) | |||||||
PDC Energy | 65,962 | 3,125,939 | |||||
Penn Virginia | 10,148 | a | 270,647 | ||||
ProPetro Holding | 55,154 | a | 477,082 | ||||
Range Resources | 172,509 | a | 3,903,879 | ||||
Renewable Energy Group | 34,055 | a | 1,709,561 | ||||
REX American Resources | 3,767 | a | 300,870 | ||||
RPC | 46,567 | a | 226,316 | ||||
SM Energy | 81,456 | 2,148,809 | |||||
Southwestern Energy | 452,034 | a | 2,504,268 | ||||
Talos Energy | 26,764 | a | 368,540 | ||||
U.S. Silica Holdings | 52,541 | a | 419,803 | ||||
World Fuel Services | 43,004 | 1,445,794 | |||||
34,100,256 | |||||||
Food & Staples Retailing - .7% | |||||||
PriceSmart | 16,323 | 1,265,849 | |||||
SpartanNash | 24,384 | 534,010 | |||||
The Andersons | 20,767 | 640,247 | |||||
The Chefs' Warehouse | 22,377 | a | 728,819 | ||||
United Natural Foods | 37,479 | a | 1,814,733 | ||||
4,983,658 | |||||||
Food, Beverage & Tobacco - 2.3% | |||||||
B&G Foods | 43,096 | b | 1,288,139 | ||||
Calavo Growers | 11,325 | a | 433,068 | ||||
Cal-Maine Foods | 24,776 | 895,900 | |||||
Celsius Holdings | 25,257 | a | 2,275,403 | ||||
Coca-Cola Consolidated | 3,032 | 1,195,154 | |||||
Fresh Del Monte Produce | 22,276 | 717,733 | |||||
J&J Snack Foods | 9,901 | 1,513,071 | |||||
John B. Sanfilippo & Son | 5,975 | 488,277 | |||||
MGP Ingredients | 8,591 | 559,274 | |||||
National Beverage | 15,534 | a | 815,380 | ||||
Seneca Foods, Cl. A | 4,328 | a | 208,696 | ||||
The Simply Good Foods Company | 56,229 | a | 1,939,338 | ||||
TreeHouse Foods | 37,093 | a | 1,479,269 | ||||
Universal | 16,913 | 817,405 | |||||
Vector Group | 89,448 | 1,140,462 | |||||
15,766,569 | |||||||
Health Care Equipment & Services - 8.3% | |||||||
Addus HomeCare | 10,769 | a | 858,828 | ||||
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions | 83,851 | a,b | 1,121,088 | ||||
AMN Healthcare Services | 31,369 | a | 3,599,593 | ||||
AngioDynamics | 25,484 | a | 661,055 | ||||
Apollo Medical Holdings | 24,942 | a,b | 2,270,969 | ||||
Avanos Medical | 31,746 | a | 990,475 |
STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
Description | Shares | Value ($) | |||||
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued) | |||||||
Health Care Equipment & Services - 8.3% (continued) | |||||||
BioLife Solutions | 19,249 | a | 814,618 | ||||
Cardiovascular Systems | 26,596 | a | 873,147 | ||||
Community Health Systems | 83,844 | a | 980,975 | ||||
Computer Programs & Systems | 9,732 | a | 345,097 | ||||
CONMED | 19,686 | 2,575,519 | |||||
CorVel | 6,391 | a | 1,190,132 | ||||
Covetrus | 69,485 | a,b | 1,260,458 | ||||
Cross Country Healthcare | 23,296 | a | 494,807 | ||||
CryoLife | 26,078 | a | 581,279 | ||||
Cutera | 11,281 | a,b | 525,695 | ||||
Fulgent Genetics | 12,949 | a,b | 1,164,763 | ||||
Glaukos | 30,587 | a | 1,473,376 | ||||
Hanger | 25,316 | a | 555,939 | ||||
HealthStream | 17,189 | a | 491,262 | ||||
Heska | 7,190 | a,b | 1,858,903 | ||||
Inogen | 13,725 | a | 591,410 | ||||
Integer Holdings | 22,015 | a | 1,966,820 | ||||
Invacare | 22,505 | a,b | 107,124 | ||||
Lantheus Holdings | 44,192 | a | 1,134,851 | ||||
LeMaitre Vascular | 12,873 | 683,428 | |||||
Magellan Health | 15,494 | a | 1,464,958 | ||||
MEDNAX | 58,098 | a | 1,651,726 | ||||
Meridian Bioscience | 28,726 | a | 552,688 | ||||
Merit Medical Systems | 33,489 | a | 2,404,510 | ||||
Mesa Laboratories | 3,526 | 1,066,121 | |||||
ModivCare | 8,082 | a | 1,467,853 | ||||
Natus Medical | 23,061 | a | 578,370 | ||||
NextGen Healthcare | 39,268 | a | 553,679 | ||||
Omnicell | 29,119 | a | 4,322,133 | ||||
OraSure Technologies | 49,456 | a | 559,347 | ||||
Orthofix Medical | 13,698 | a | 522,168 | ||||
Owens & Minor | 50,291 | 1,573,605 | |||||
RadNet | 28,540 | a | 836,507 | ||||
Select Medical Holdings | 71,034 | 2,569,300 | |||||
Simulations Plus | 10,733 | b | 423,954 | ||||
SurModics | 9,365 | a | 520,694 | ||||
Tabula Rasa HealthCare | 15,383 | a,b | 403,188 | ||||
Tactile Systems Technology | 13,408 | a | 595,986 | ||||
The Ensign Group | 34,673 | 2,596,661 | |||||
The Joint | 9,684 | a | 949,226 | ||||
The Pennant Group | 17,943 | a | 504,019 | ||||
Tivity Health | 29,348 | a | 676,765 | ||||
U.S. Physical Therapy | 8,397 | 928,708 | |||||
Varex Imaging | 26,702 | a | 752,996 |
Description | Shares | Value ($) | |||||
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued) | |||||||
Health Care Equipment & Services - 8.3% (continued) | |||||||
Zynex | 12,659 | a,b | 144,186 | ||||
57,790,959 | |||||||
Household & Personal Products - 1.3% | |||||||
Central Garden & Pet | 6,791 | a | 325,968 | ||||
Central Garden & Pet, Cl. A | 26,781 | a | 1,151,583 | ||||
e.l.f. Beauty | 31,336 | a | 910,311 | ||||
Edgewell Personal Care | 36,143 | 1,311,991 | |||||
Inter Parfums | 12,060 | 901,726 | |||||
Medifast | 7,898 | 1,521,471 | |||||
USANA Health Sciences | 7,964 | a | 734,281 | ||||
WD-40 | 9,148 | 2,117,579 | |||||
8,974,910 | |||||||
Insurance - 2.6% | |||||||
Ambac Financial Group | 31,169 | a | 446,340 | ||||
American Equity Investment Life Holding | 54,818 | a | 1,620,968 | ||||
AMERISAFE | 13,151 | 738,560 | |||||
Assured Guaranty | 49,220 | 2,303,988 | |||||
eHealth | 16,313 | a | 660,677 | ||||
Employers Holdings | 19,122 | 755,128 | |||||
Genworth Financial, Cl. A | 336,852 | a | 1,263,195 | ||||
HCI Group | 4,163 | 461,136 | |||||
Horace Mann Educators | 27,802 | 1,106,242 | |||||
James River Group Holdings | 24,886 | 938,949 | |||||
Palomar Holdings | 16,172 | a | 1,307,183 | ||||
ProAssurance | 36,711 | 872,988 | |||||
Safety Insurance Group | 9,619 | 762,306 | |||||
Selectquote | 79,708 | a | 1,030,624 | ||||
SiriusPoint | 58,355 | a | 540,367 | ||||
Stewart Information Services | 17,833 | 1,128,116 | |||||
Trupanion | 23,058 | a | 1,790,915 | ||||
United Fire Group | 14,462 | 334,072 | |||||
Universal Insurance Holdings | 18,885 | 246,260 | |||||
18,308,014 | |||||||
Materials - 5.1% | |||||||
AdvanSix | 18,105 | 719,674 | |||||
Allegheny Technologies | 84,669 | a | 1,408,045 | ||||
American Vanguard | 19,045 | 286,627 | |||||
Arconic | 73,112 | a | 2,305,952 | ||||
Balchem | 21,649 | a | 3,140,620 | ||||
Carpenter Technology | 31,296 | 1,024,631 | |||||
Century Aluminum | 33,851 | a | 455,296 | ||||
Clearwater Paper | 11,191 | a | 428,951 | ||||
Domtar | 33,585 | a | 1,831,726 |
STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
Description | Shares | Value ($) | |||||
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued) | |||||||
Materials - 5.1% (continued) | |||||||
Ferro | 55,717 | a | 1,133,284 | ||||
FutureFuel | 17,234 | 122,878 | |||||
GCP Applied Technologies | 35,842 | a | 785,657 | ||||
Glatfelter | 30,548 | 430,727 | |||||
H.B. Fuller | 35,069 | 2,264,055 | |||||
Hawkins | 12,892 | 449,673 | |||||
Haynes International | 8,408 | 313,198 | |||||
Innospec | 16,391 | 1,380,450 | |||||
Kaiser Aluminum | 10,359 | 1,128,717 | |||||
Koppers Holdings | 14,346 | a | 448,456 | ||||
Kraton | 22,029 | a | 1,005,404 | ||||
Livent | 109,046 | a,b | 2,520,053 | ||||
Materion | 13,899 | 954,027 | |||||
Mercer International | 26,998 | 312,907 | |||||
Myers Industries | 25,406 | 497,195 | |||||
Neenah | 11,254 | 524,549 | |||||
O-I Glass | 104,717 | a | 1,494,312 | ||||
Olympic Steel | 6,741 | 164,211 | |||||
Quaker Chemical | 9,041 | b | 2,149,227 | ||||
Rayonier Advanced Materials | 43,765 | a | 328,238 | ||||
Schweitzer-Mauduit International | 21,420 | 742,417 | |||||
Stepan | 14,216 | 1,605,555 | |||||
SunCoke Energy | 59,222 | 371,914 | |||||
TimkenSteel | 27,607 | a | 361,100 | ||||
Tredegar | 18,434 | 224,526 | |||||
Trinseo | 25,465 | b | 1,374,601 | ||||
Warrior Met Coal | 35,212 | 819,383 | |||||
35,508,236 | |||||||
Media & Entertainment - 1.1% | |||||||
AMC Networks, Cl. A | 18,938 | a | 882,321 | ||||
Cinemark Holdings | 70,752 | a,b | 1,359,146 | ||||
Gannett | 95,667 | a | 639,056 | ||||
Meredith | 26,646 | a | 1,484,182 | ||||
QuinStreet | 31,440 | a | 552,086 | ||||
Scholastic | 20,055 | 714,961 | |||||
TechTarget | 17,113 | a,b | 1,410,453 | ||||
The E.W. Scripps Company, Cl. A | 39,164 | a | 707,302 | ||||
The Marcus | 13,983 | a | 244,003 | ||||
7,993,510 | |||||||
Pharmaceuticals Biotechnology & Life Sciences - 3.8% | |||||||
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals | 24,101 | a | 458,160 | ||||
ANI Pharmaceuticals | 6,746 | a | 221,404 | ||||
Anika Therapeutics | 9,472 | a | 403,128 | ||||
Cara Therapeutics | 26,379 | a | 407,556 |
Description | Shares | Value ($) | |||||
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued) | |||||||
Pharmaceuticals Biotechnology & Life Sciences - 3.8% (continued) | |||||||
Coherus Biosciences | 43,510 | a,b | 699,206 | ||||
Collegium Pharmaceutical | 24,144 | a | 476,603 | ||||
Corcept Therapeutics | 70,138 | a | 1,380,316 | ||||
Cytokinetics | 55,687 | a,b | 1,990,253 | ||||
Eagle Pharmaceuticals | 7,886 | a | 439,881 | ||||
Enanta Pharmaceuticals | 12,307 | a | 699,161 | ||||
Endo International | 159,579 | a | 517,036 | ||||
Innoviva | 42,749 | a | 714,336 | ||||
Ligand Pharmaceuticals | 11,105 | a,b | 1,547,149 | ||||
Myriad Genetics | 52,561 | a | 1,697,195 | ||||
NeoGenomics | 82,221 | a | 3,966,341 | ||||
Organogenesis Holdings | 41,189 | a | 586,531 | ||||
Pacira Biosciences | 29,259 | a | 1,638,504 | ||||
Phibro Animal Health, Cl. A | 13,766 | 296,520 | |||||
Prestige Consumer Healthcare | 33,372 | a | 1,872,503 | ||||
REGENXBIO | 25,301 | a | 1,060,618 | ||||
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals | 107,102 | a | 233,482 | ||||
Supernus Pharmaceuticals | 35,689 | a | 951,826 | ||||
uniQure | 22,581 | a | 722,818 | ||||
Vanda Pharmaceuticals | 37,615 | a | 644,721 | ||||
Vericel | 31,045 | a | 1,514,996 | ||||
Xencor | 38,781 | a | 1,266,587 | ||||
26,406,831 | |||||||
Real Estate - 8.0% | |||||||
Acadia Realty Trust | 60,327 | c | 1,231,274 | ||||
Agree Realty | 45,686 | c | 3,025,784 | ||||
Alexander & Baldwin | 49,304 | c | 1,155,686 | ||||
American Assets Trust | 35,729 | c | 1,336,979 | ||||
Armada Hoffler Properties | 41,164 | c | 550,363 | ||||
Brandywine Realty Trust | 113,785 | c | 1,526,995 | ||||
CareTrust REIT | 64,558 | c | 1,311,819 | ||||
Centerspace | 9,456 | c | 893,592 | ||||
Chatham Lodging Trust | 31,770 | a,c | 389,183 | ||||
Community Healthcare Trust | 15,579 | c | 704,015 | ||||
DiamondRock Hospitality | 141,989 | a,c | 1,341,796 | ||||
Diversified Healthcare Trust | 164,596 | c | 557,980 | ||||
Easterly Government Properties | 56,586 | c | 1,169,067 | ||||
Essential Properties Realty Trust | 78,980 | c | 2,205,122 | ||||
Four Corners Property Trust | 50,697 | c | 1,361,721 | ||||
Franklin Street Properties | 65,837 | c | 305,484 | ||||
Getty Realty | 26,338 | c | 771,967 | ||||
Global Net Lease | 67,606 | c | 1,083,048 | ||||
Hersha Hospitality Trust | 22,801 | a,c | 212,733 |
STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
Description | Shares | Value ($) | |||||
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued) | |||||||
Real Estate - 8.0% (continued) | |||||||
Independence Realty Trust | 71,313 | b,c | 1,451,220 | ||||
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust | 43,353 | c | 1,101,600 | ||||
Innovative Industrial Properties | 16,017 | c | 3,702,650 | ||||
iStar | 47,639 | b,c | 1,194,786 | ||||
Kite Realty Group Trust | 56,993 | c | 1,160,377 | ||||
Lexington Realty Trust | 185,528 | b,c | 2,365,482 | ||||
LTC Properties | 27,095 | b,c | 858,641 | ||||
Mack-Cali Realty | 52,936 | c | 906,264 | ||||
Marcus & Millichap | 17,055 | a | 692,774 | ||||
NexPoint Residential Trust | 15,141 | c | 936,925 | ||||
Office Properties Income Trust | 32,901 | c | 833,382 | ||||
RE/MAX Holdings, Cl. A | 12,748 | 397,228 | |||||
Realogy Holdings | 77,513 | a | 1,359,578 | ||||
Retail Opportunity Investments | 81,495 | c | 1,419,643 | ||||
Retail Properties of America, Cl. A | 143,242 | c | 1,844,957 | ||||
RPT Realty | 56,058 | c | 715,300 | ||||
Safehold | 9,222 | b,c | 662,970 | ||||
Saul Centers | 9,208 | c | 405,704 | ||||
Service Properties Trust | 111,317 | c | 1,247,864 | ||||
SITE Centers | 121,055 | c | 1,869,089 | ||||
Summit Hotel Properties | 70,756 | a,c | 681,380 | ||||
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers | 70,351 | b,c | 1,146,721 | ||||
The GEO Group | 80,393 | b,c | 600,536 | ||||
The St. Joe Company | 22,250 | 936,725 | |||||
Uniti Group | 155,742 | c | 1,926,529 | ||||
Universal Health Realty Income Trust | 8,823 | c | 487,647 | ||||
Urstadt Biddle Properties, Cl. A | 20,699 | c | 391,832 | ||||
Washington Real Estate Investment Trust | 56,301 | c | 1,393,450 | ||||
Whitestone REIT | 27,818 | c | 272,060 | ||||
Xenia Hotels & Resorts | 75,952 | a,c | 1,347,388 | ||||
55,445,310 | |||||||
Retailing - 6.0% | |||||||
Abercrombie & Fitch, Cl. A | 41,393 | a | 1,557,619 | ||||
America's Car-Mart | 4,221 | a | 492,928 | ||||
Asbury Automotive Group | 12,918 | a | 2,541,487 | ||||
Barnes & Noble Education | 23,812 | a,b | 237,882 | ||||
Bed Bath & Beyond | 69,639 | a | 1,203,014 | ||||
Big Lots | 23,330 | 1,011,589 | |||||
Boot Barn Holdings | 19,888 | a | 1,767,447 | ||||
Caleres | 25,843 | 574,231 | |||||
Chico's FAS | 86,457 | a | 388,192 | ||||
Conn's | 12,547 | a | 286,448 | ||||
Designer Brands, Cl. A | 39,966 | a | 556,726 |
Description | Shares | Value ($) | |||||
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued) | |||||||
Retailing - 6.0% (continued) | |||||||
Genesco | 9,503 | a | 548,608 | ||||
Group 1 Automotive | 11,951 | b | 2,245,354 | ||||
Guess? | 25,457 | 534,852 | |||||
Haverty Furniture | 10,551 | 355,674 | |||||
Hibbett | 9,703 | 686,390 | |||||
Liquidity Services | 18,043 | a | 389,909 | ||||
Lumber Liquidators Holdings | 19,904 | a | 371,807 | ||||
Macy's | 208,889 | 4,720,891 | |||||
MarineMax | 13,992 | a | 678,892 | ||||
Monro | 22,269 | 1,280,690 | |||||
PetMed Express | 13,737 | b | 369,113 | ||||
Rent-A-Center | 40,820 | 2,294,492 | |||||
Sally Beauty Holdings | 75,122 | a | 1,265,806 | ||||
Shoe Carnival | 11,838 | 383,788 | |||||
Shutterstock | 15,863 | 1,797,595 | |||||
Signet Jewelers | 35,212 | 2,780,340 | |||||
Sleep Number | 15,725 | a | 1,469,973 | ||||
Sonic Automotive, Cl. A | 13,953 | 733,091 | |||||
Stamps.com | 12,266 | a | 4,045,204 | ||||
The Aaron's Company | 20,873 | 574,842 | |||||
The Buckle | 19,493 | 771,728 | |||||
The Cato, Cl. A | 13,756 | 227,524 | |||||
The Children's Place | 9,572 | a | 720,389 | ||||
The ODP | 31,884 | a | 1,280,461 | ||||
Zumiez | 14,403 | a | 572,663 | ||||
41,717,639 | |||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.6% | |||||||
Axcelis Technologies | 22,274 | a | 1,047,546 | ||||
CEVA | 15,773 | a | 673,034 | ||||
Cohu | 32,230 | a | 1,029,426 | ||||
Diodes | 29,782 | a | 2,697,951 | ||||
DSP Group | 14,807 | a | 324,421 | ||||
FormFactor | 51,825 | a | 1,934,627 | ||||
Ichor Holdings | 18,823 | a | 773,437 | ||||
Kulicke & Soffa Industries | 41,012 | 2,390,179 | |||||
MaxLinear | 46,525 | a | 2,291,356 | ||||
Onto Innovation | 32,916 | a | 2,378,181 | ||||
PDF Solutions | 20,821 | a | 479,716 | ||||
Photronics | 42,142 | a | 574,395 | ||||
Power Integrations | 40,376 | 3,996,820 | |||||
Rambus | 72,572 | a | 1,611,098 | ||||
SMART Global Holdings | 14,900 | a | 663,050 | ||||
Ultra Clean Holdings | 30,162 | a | 1,284,901 |
STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
Description | Shares | Value ($) | |||||
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued) | |||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.6% (continued) | |||||||
Veeco Instruments | 34,255 | a | 760,804 | ||||
24,910,942 | |||||||
Software & Services - 4.4% | |||||||
8x8 | 74,699 | a | 1,747,210 | ||||
Agilysys | 13,389 | a | 701,048 | ||||
Alarm.com Holdings | 30,370 | a | 2,374,630 | ||||
Bottomline Technologies | 25,615 | a | 1,006,157 | ||||
CSG Systems International | 21,928 | 1,056,930 | |||||
Ebix | 16,661 | b | 448,681 | ||||
EVERTEC | 39,832 | 1,821,119 | |||||
ExlService Holdings | 21,964 | a | 2,704,208 | ||||
InterDigital | 20,428 | 1,385,427 | |||||
LivePerson | 43,383 | a,b | 2,557,428 | ||||
OneSpan | 23,466 | a | 440,691 | ||||
Perficient | 22,004 | a | 2,545,863 | ||||
Progress Software | 29,093 | 1,431,085 | |||||
SPS Commerce | 23,797 | a | 3,838,694 | ||||
TTEC Holdings | 12,162 | 1,137,512 | |||||
Unisys | 45,108 | a | 1,134,015 | ||||
Vonage Holdings | 169,962 | a | 2,739,787 | ||||
Xperi Holding | 69,672 | 1,312,620 | |||||
30,383,105 | |||||||
Technology Hardware & Equipment - 5.1% | |||||||
3D Systems | 83,649 | a | 2,306,203 | ||||
ADTRAN | 32,606 | 611,689 | |||||
Advanced Energy Industries | 25,880 | 2,270,970 | |||||
Applied Optoelectronics | 14,469 | a,b | 103,887 | ||||
Arlo Technologies | 55,004 | a | 352,576 | ||||
Badger Meter | 19,466 | 1,968,791 | |||||
Benchmark Electronics | 24,389 | 651,430 | |||||
CalAmp | 24,381 | a | 242,591 | ||||
Comtech Telecommunications | 18,031 | 461,774 | |||||
CTS | 21,578 | 666,976 | |||||
Daktronics | 26,639 | a | 144,650 | ||||
Diebold Nixdorf | 50,378 | a | 509,322 | ||||
Digi International | 22,474 | a | 472,403 | ||||
ePlus | 9,196 | a | 943,602 | ||||
Extreme Networks | 87,104 | a | 857,974 | ||||
Fabrinet | 24,646 | a | 2,526,461 | ||||
FARO Technologies | 12,001 | a | 789,786 | ||||
Harmonic | 69,367 | a | 606,961 | ||||
Insight Enterprises | 23,267 | a | 2,095,891 | ||||
Itron | 30,523 | a | 2,308,454 |
Description | Shares | Value ($) | |||||
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued) | |||||||
Technology Hardware & Equipment - 5.1% (continued) | |||||||
Knowles | 61,688 | a | 1,156,033 | ||||
Methode Electronics | 24,895 | 1,046,835 | |||||
NETGEAR | 20,420 | a | 651,602 | ||||
OSI Systems | 11,268 | a | 1,068,206 | ||||
PC Connection | 7,439 | 327,539 | |||||
Plantronics | 28,313 | a | 727,927 | ||||
Plexus | 18,823 | a | 1,682,964 | ||||
Rogers | 12,509 | a | 2,332,678 | ||||
Sanmina | 43,371 | a | 1,671,518 | ||||
ScanSource | 17,188 | a | 597,971 | ||||
TTM Technologies | 72,534 | a | 911,752 | ||||
Viavi Solutions | 154,297 | a | 2,428,635 | ||||
35,496,051 | |||||||
Telecommunication Services - .6% | |||||||
ATN International | 7,474 | 350,157 | |||||
Cogent Communications Holdings | 28,312 | 2,005,622 | |||||
Consolidated Communications Holdings | 49,484 | a | 454,758 | ||||
Shenandoah Telecommunication | 33,816 | 1,067,909 | |||||
3,878,446 | |||||||
Transportation - 2.1% | |||||||
Allegiant Travel | 10,081 | a | 1,970,634 | ||||
ArcBest | 17,160 | 1,403,173 | |||||
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings | 17,951 | a | 1,466,238 | ||||
Echo Global Logistics | 17,606 | a | 839,982 | ||||
Forward Air | 18,042 | 1,497,847 | |||||
Hawaiian Holdings | 34,259 | a | 742,050 | ||||
Heartland Express | 30,673 | 491,381 | |||||
Hub Group, Cl. A | 22,678 | a | 1,559,112 | ||||
Marten Transport | 39,251 | 615,848 | |||||
Matson | 29,026 | 2,342,688 | |||||
SkyWest | 33,898 | a | 1,672,527 | ||||
14,601,480 | |||||||
Utilities - 1.7% | |||||||
American States Water | 24,658 | 2,108,752 | |||||
Avista | 46,461 | 1,817,554 | |||||
California Water Service Group | 34,744 | 2,047,464 | |||||
Chesapeake Utilities | 11,818 | 1,418,751 | |||||
Middlesex Water | 11,623 | b | 1,194,612 | ||||
Northwest Natural Holding | 19,904 | 915,385 | |||||
South Jersey Industries | 74,946 | b | 1,593,352 | ||||
Unitil | 10,383 | 444,185 | |||||
11,540,055 | |||||||
Total Common Stocks (cost $431,471,929) | 690,236,239 |
STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
Exchange-Traded Funds - .5% | |||||||
Registered Investment Companies - .5% | |||||||
iShares
Core S&P Small-Cap ETF | 31,301 | b | 3,417,756 | ||||
1-Day | |||||||
Investment Companies - .5% | |||||||
Registered Investment Companies - .5% | |||||||
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government
Plus Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares | 0.06 | 3,120,348 | d | 3,120,348 | |||
Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned - 1.1% | |||||||
Registered Investment Companies - 1.1% | |||||||
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government
Plus Money Market Fund, SL Shares | 0.02 | 7,877,394 | d | 7,877,394 | |||
Total Investments (cost $445,836,553) | 101.1% | 704,651,737 | |||||
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables | (1.1%) | (7,448,426) | |||||
Net Assets | 100.0% | 697,203,311 |
ETF—Exchange-Traded Fund
REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust
a Non-income producing security.
b Security, or portion thereof, on loan. At September 30, 2021, the value of the fund’s securities on loan was $43,718,896 and the value of the collateral was $45,361,709, consisting of cash collateral of $7,877,394 and U.S. Government & Agency securities valued at $37,484,315.
c Investment in real estate investment trust within the United States.
d Investment in affiliated issuer. The investment objective of this investment company is publicly available and can be found within the investment company’s prospectus.
STATEMENT
OF INVESTMENTS
Small Cap Stock Index Portfolio
September 30, 2021 (Unaudited)
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of September 30, 2021 in valuing the fund’s investments:
Level 1 - Unadjusted Quoted Prices | Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 -Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | |
Assets ($) | ||||
Investments in Securities: † | ||||
Equity Securities—Common Stocks | 690,236,239 | - | - | 690,236,239 |
Exchange-Traded Funds | 3,417,756 | - | - | 3,417,756 |
Investment Companies | 10,997,742 | - | - | 10,997,742 |
Other Financial Instruments: | ||||
Futures†† | 32,072 | - | - | 32,072 |
† See Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.
†† Amount shown represents unrealized appreciation at period end.
STATEMENT
OF FINANCIAL FUTURES
Small Cap Stock Index Portfolio
September 30, 2021 (Unaudited)
Description | Number
of | Expiration | Notional | Market | Unrealized Appreciation ($) | |
Futures Long | ||||||
E-mini Russell 2000 | 32 | 12/17/2021 | 3,489,208 | 3,521,280 | 32,072 | |
Gross Unrealized Appreciation | 32,072 |
See notes to financial statements.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) is the exclusive reference of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the FASB ASC Topic 946 Financial Services-Investment Companies. The fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price). GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. This hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).
Additionally, GAAP provides guidance on determining whether the volume and activity in a market has decreased significantly and whether such a decrease in activity results in transactions that are not orderly. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures around valuation inputs and techniques used during annual and interim periods.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments relating to fair value measurements. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.
Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. Valuation techniques used to value the fund’s investments are as follows:
Investments in equity securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. For open short positions, asked prices are used for valuation
purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. All of the preceding securities are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices. U.S. Treasury Bills are valued at the mean price between quoted bid prices and asked prices by an independent pricing service (the “Service”) approved by the Board Members (“Board”). These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
The Service’s procedures are reviewed by BNY Mellon under the general supervision of the Board.
Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant American Depository Receipts and futures. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to accurately reflect fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board. Certain factors may be considered when fair valuing investments such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. These securities are either categorized within Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the relevant inputs used.
For securities where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and such securities are generally categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
Financial futures, which are traded on an exchange, are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange on which such securities are primarily traded or at the last sales price on the national securities market on each business day and are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc., the fund may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the fund’s policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the
value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by BNY Mellon Investment Adviser Inc., or U.S. Government and Agency securities. The fund is entitled to receive all dividends, interest and distributions on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner, The Bank of New York Mellon is required to replace the securities for the benefit of the fund or credit the fund with the market value of the unreturned securities and is subrogated to the fund’s rights against the borrower and the collateral. Additionally, the contractual maturity of security lending transactions are on an overnight and continuous basis.
Derivatives: A derivative is a financial instrument whose performance is derived from the performance of another asset. Each type of derivative instrument that was held by the fund at September 30, 2021 is discussed below.
Futures: In the normal course of pursuing its investment objective, the fund is exposed to market risk, including interest rate risk as a result of changes in value of underlying financial instruments. The fund invests in futures in order to manage its exposure to or protect against changes in the market. A futures contract represents a commitment for the future purchase or a sale of an asset at a specified date. Upon entering into such contracts, these investments require initial margin deposits with a counterparty, which consist of cash or cash equivalents. The amount of these deposits is determined by the exchange or Board of Trade on which the contract is traded and is subject to change. Accordingly, variation margin payments are received or made to reflect daily unrealized gains or losses which are recorded in the Statement of Operations. When the contracts are closed, the fund recognizes a realized gain or loss which is reflected in the Statement of Operations. There is minimal counterparty credit risk to the fund with futures since they are exchange traded, and the exchange guarantees the futures against default.
At September 30, 2021, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $258,815,184, consisting of $282,593,884 gross unrealized appreciation and $23,778,700 gross unrealized depreciation.
At September 30, 2021, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).
Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR.