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LETTERS TO SHAREHOLDERS
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EXPENSE EXAMPLE
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10
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INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
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12
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – USA Mutuals Vice Fund
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18
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – USA Mutuals Navigator Fund
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21
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SCHEDULE OF FUTURES CONTRACTS – USA Mutuals Navigator Fund
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22
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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
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24
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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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26
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
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28
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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31
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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39
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
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57
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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58
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•
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The European Union expectations have fallen some over the past year. Analysts expect to see another year of real GDP growth at
1.4% with inflation at 1.6% as the Central Bank’s ultra-easy policy remains in place. Unemployment continues to trend downwards in the region and is expected to be 6.8% in 2019.
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•
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The Bank of Japan stated that they would maintain low levels for short- and long-term interest rates for an extended time. The
Bank believes the Japanese economy will continue to expand at a moderate rate. Inflation is expected to be 0.8%, yet the bank continues to target a stable 2% inflation rate. Economic expansion in Japan is expected to continue at a
slower pace of 0.7% throughout 2019.
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•
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China’s economic growth rate continues to trend towards more sustainable long-term levels with projections for this year at 6.3%,
2.1% inflation and 4% unemployment.
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•
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In the U.S., 2019 projections for real GDP are now at 2.4%. Inflation continues to tick upwards but does not appear to be a
concern yet as it moves towards target levels. Inflation is expected to be 1.9% in 2019. The labor market continues to tighten, and unemployment is now projected to be 3.7% for 2019. The end of tightening with these economic numbers
would seem to indicate that the Fed has navigated the end of extraordinary measures and interest rate normalization correctly.
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Year to Date
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(as of 3/31/2019)
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1 Year
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5 Year
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10 Year
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Since Inception
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UNAVX
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12.16%
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8.54%
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7.59%
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10.73%
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11.80%
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S&P 500 Index
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13.65%
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9.50%
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10.91%
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15.92%
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7.71%
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EXPENSE EXAMPLE (Unaudited)
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EXPENSE EXAMPLE (Unaudited) (Continued)
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Beginning
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Ending
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Expenses Paid
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Account Value
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Account Value
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During Period
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Annualized
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October 1,
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March 31,
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October 1, 2018 -
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Expense
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2018
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2019
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March 31, 2019*
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Ratio
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Based on Actual
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Fund Returns
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||||
USA Mutuals Vice Fund
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Institutional Class
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$1,000.00
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$ 980.50
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$ 6.12
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1.24%
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Investor Class
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1,000.00
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979.20
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7.35
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1.49
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Class A
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1,000.00
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979.10
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7.35
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1.49
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Class C
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1,000.00
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975.60
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11.03
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2.24
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USA Mutuals Navigator Fund
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Institutional Class
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$1,000.00
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$ 981.40
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$ 9.83
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1.99%
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Beginning
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Ending
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Expenses Paid
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Account Value
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Account Value
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During Period
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Annualized
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October 1,
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March 31,
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October 1, 2018 –
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Expense
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2018
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2019
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March 31, 2019*
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Ratio
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Based on Hypothetical
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5% Yearly Returns
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USA Mutuals Vice Fund
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Institutional Class
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$1,000.00
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$1,018.75
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$ 6.24
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1.24%
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Investor Class
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1,000.00
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1,017.50
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7.49
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1.49
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Class A
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1,000.00
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1,017.50
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7.49
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1.49
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Class C
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1,000.00
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1,013.76
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11.25
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2.24
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USA Mutuals Navigator Fund
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Institutional Class
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$1,000.00
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$1,015.01
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$10.00
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1.99%
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*
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Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio by class multiplied by the average account value over the period,
multiplied by 182/365 to reflect the one half year period.
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INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS (Unaudited)
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INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS (Unaudited) (Continued)
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INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS (Unaudited) (Continued)
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Average Annual
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Inception
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Six
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One
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Three
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Five
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Ten
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Since
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Date
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Months
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Year
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Years
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Years
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Years
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Inception
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USA Mutuals Vice Fund
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Institutional Class
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(without sales charge)
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4/1/14
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-1.95
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%
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-8.49
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%
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6.43
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%
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—
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—
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5.12
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%
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Investor Class
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(without sales charge)
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8/30/02
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-2.08
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%
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-8.87
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%
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6.10
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%
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5.08
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%
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13.18
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%
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9.24
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%
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Class A
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(with sales charge)*
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12/8/11
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-7.71
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%
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-14.25
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%
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3.98
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%
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3.81
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%
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—
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9.91
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%
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Class A
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(without sales charge)*
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12/8/11
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-2.09
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%
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-9.03
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%
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6.05
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%
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5.05
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%
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—
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10.80
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%
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Class C
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(with sales charge)*
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12/8/11
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-3.41
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%
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-10.41
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%
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5.32
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%
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4.31
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%
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—
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10.01
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%
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Class C
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(without sales charge)*
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12/8/11
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-2.44
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%
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-9.51
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%
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5.32
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%
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4.31
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%
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—
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10.01
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%
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S&P 500 Index
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-1.72
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%
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9.50
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%
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13.51
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%
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10.91
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%
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15.92
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%
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10.76
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%(1)
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9.26
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%(2)
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||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14.41
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%(3)
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(1)
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Return as of 4/1/2014 (Institutional Class inception).
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(2)
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Return as of 8/30/2002 (Investor Class inception).
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(3)
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Return as of 12/8/2011 (Class A and Class C inception).
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*
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Returns with sales charges reflect the deduction of the current maximum initial sales charge of 5.75% for Class A and the
applicable contingent deferred sales charge for Class A and Class C. Returns without sales charges do not reflect the current maximum sales charges. Had the sales charges been included, the returns would be reduced.
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Average Annual
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Inception
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Six
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One
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Three
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Five
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Ten
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Since
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Date
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Months
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Year
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Years
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Years
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Years
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Inception
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USA Mutuals
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Navigator Fund
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Institutional Class
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10/13/17
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-1.86
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%
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8.54
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%
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—
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—
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—
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7.94
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%
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||||||||||||||||
S&P 500 Index
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-1.72
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%
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9.50
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%
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—
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—
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—
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9.54
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%
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INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS (Unaudited) (Continued)
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INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS (Unaudited) (Continued)
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*
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Assumes the deduction of the current maximum initial sales charge of 5.75% for Class A and the applicable contingent deferred
sales charge for Class A and Class C.
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INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS (Unaudited) (Continued)
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
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COMMON STOCKS 99.2%
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Shares
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Value
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Administrative & Support Services 0.6%
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Mastercard Inc. - Class A
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4,000
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$
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941,800
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|||||
941,800
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||||||||
Aerospace & Defense 25.8%*
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The Boeing Co.
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19,000
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7,246,980
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General Dynamics Corp.
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30,000
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5,078,400
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Honeywell International Inc.
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22,200
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3,528,024
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L3 Technologies, Inc.(i)
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19,500
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4,024,215
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||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp.
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20,000
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6,003,200
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||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp.
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17,700
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4,771,920
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Raytheon Co.
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40,800
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7,428,864
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United Technologies Corp.
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27,000
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3,480,030
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||||||
41,561,633
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Alcoholic Beverages 24.3%
|
||||||||
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV(b)
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35,000
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2,935,185
|
||||||
Brown-Forman Corp. - Class B(i)
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152,000
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8,022,560
|
||||||
Carlsberg A/S - Class B(b)
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15,000
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1,873,366
|
||||||
Constellation Brands, Inc. - Class A
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45,400
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7,959,982
|
||||||
Davide Campari-Milano S.p.A(b)
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160,000
|
1,570,457
|
||||||
Diageo PLC - ADR(b)
|
44,750
|
7,321,548
|
||||||
Heineken N.V.(b)
|
45,000
|
4,749,063
|
||||||
Pernod Ricard S.A.(b)
|
26,500
|
4,756,243
|
||||||
39,188,404
|
||||||||
Casinos, Gambling & Lotteries 31.3%*
|
||||||||
Boyd Gaming Corp.(i)
|
72,000
|
1,969,920
|
||||||
Churchill Downs Inc.
|
69,000
|
6,227,940
|
||||||
Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.(b)
|
1,180,000
|
8,034,574
|
||||||
Las Vegas Sands Corp.
|
139,000
|
8,473,440
|
||||||
Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. - ADR(b)
|
108,900
|
2,460,051
|
||||||
MGM Resorts International(i)
|
260,000
|
6,671,600
|
||||||
Sands China Ltd.(b)
|
900,000
|
4,522,959
|
||||||
Wynn Macau, Ltd.(b)
|
1,574,600
|
3,710,864
|
||||||
Wynn Resorts, Ltd.(i)
|
70,000
|
8,352,400
|
||||||
50,423,748
|
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
|
COMMON STOCKS 99.2% (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
||||||
Pharmaceuticals 3.1%
|
||||||||
Aurora Cannabis, Inc.(a)(b)(i)
|
142,500
|
$
|
1,289,202
|
|||||
Canopy Growth Corp.(a)(b)(i)
|
34,500
|
1,492,715
|
||||||
Cronos Group, Inc.(a)(b)(i)
|
70,000
|
1,285,966
|
||||||
HEXO Corp.(a)(b)(i)
|
150,000
|
991,132
|
||||||
5,059,015
|
||||||||
Restaurants and Other Eating Places 0.5%
|
||||||||
Starbucks Corp.(i)
|
10,000
|
743,400
|
||||||
743,400
|
||||||||
Tobacco Manufacturing 13.6%
|
||||||||
Altria Group, Inc.(i)
|
127,000
|
7,293,610
|
||||||
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC(b)
|
1,879
|
64,230
|
||||||
Japan Tobacco Inc.(b)
|
172,000
|
4,260,038
|
||||||
KT&G Corp.(b)
|
44,750
|
4,080,367
|
||||||
Philip Morris International Inc.
|
71,000
|
6,275,690
|
||||||
21,973,935
|
||||||||
Total Common Stocks (Cost $111,297,911)
|
159,891,935
|
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PREFERRED STOCKS 0.1%
|
||||||||
Aerospace & Defense 0.0%
|
||||||||
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC - C Share(a)(b)
|
2,300,000
|
2,996
|
||||||
Alcoholic Beverages 0.1%
|
||||||||
Zodiac Spirits, LLC - Class A(a)(d)(e)(f)(g)
|
5,000
|
125,000
|
||||||
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $5,002,963)
|
127,996
|
|||||||
Principal
|
||||||||
CORPORATE BOND 0.0%
|
Amount
|
|||||||
Tobacco Manufacturing 0.0%
|
||||||||
Bio Soil Enhancers, Inc.
|
||||||||
Maturity Date 11/24/2020, Coupon Rate 12.00%(d)(e)(g)(h)
|
$
|
1,500,000
|
—
|
|||||
Total Corporate Bond (Cost $1,500,000)
|
—
|
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
|
WARRANTS 0.0%
|
Shares
|
Value
|
||||||
Tobacco Manufacturing 0.0%
|
||||||||
Bio Soil Enhancers, Inc.(a)(d)(e)(g)
|
150,000
|
$
|
750
|
|||||
Total Warrants (Cost $0)
|
750
|
|||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT 0.5%
|
||||||||
Investment Company 0.5%
|
||||||||
First American Treasury Obligations Fund - Class X, 2.33%(c)
|
890,047
|
890,047
|
||||||
Total Short-Term Investment (Cost $890,047)
|
890,047
|
|||||||
INVESTMENTS PURCHASED WITH CASH
|
||||||||
PROCEEDS FROM SECURITIES LENDING - 12.2%
|
||||||||
Mount Vernon Liquid Assets Portfolio, LLC, 2.63%(c)(j)
|
19,675,669
|
19,675,669
|
||||||
Total Investments Purchased with Cash
|
||||||||
Proceeds from Securities Lending (Cost $19,675,669)
|
19,675,669
|
|||||||
Total Investments (Cost $138,366,590) 112.0%
|
180,586,397
|
|||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets (12.0)%
|
(19,368,316
|
)
|
||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.0%
|
$
|
161,218,081
|
*
|
To the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy, its performance will be especially sensitive to
developments that significantly affect those sectors.
|
(a)
|
Non Income Producing.
|
(b)
|
Foreign Issued Security.
|
(c)
|
This security has a fluctuating yield. The yield is the 7-day yield as of March 31, 2019.
|
(d)
|
Illiquid restricted security; fair value is determined by the Valuation Committee as delegated by the USA Mutuals Board of
Trustees. At March 31, 2019, the value of these securities total $125,750 which represents 0.08% of total net assets.
|
(e)
|
Private Placement.
|
(f)
|
Affiliated Issuer. See Note 3.
|
(g)
|
Level 3 security whose value was determined using significant unobservable inputs. See Note 2.
|
(h)
|
Security in default.
|
(i)
|
This security or portion of this security is out on loan at March 31, 2019. Total value of securities on loan is $19,211,611.
|
(j)
|
This security was purchased with cash proceeds from securities lending.
|
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
|
Principal | |||||||||||||||
Maturity
|
Amount/
|
||||||||||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 94.7%
|
Date
|
Yield
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills 79.5%
|
|||||||||||||||
United States Treasury Bill
|
4/4/19
|
2.383
|
%
|
$
|
4,000,000
|
$
|
3,999,215
|
||||||||
United States Treasury Bill
|
4/11/19
|
2.398
|
%
|
2,000,000
|
1,998,684
|
||||||||||
United States Treasury Bill(a)
|
4/25/19
|
2.363
|
%
|
1,000,000
|
998,444
|
||||||||||
United States Treasury Bill(a)
|
5/16/19
|
2.389
|
%
|
4,500,000
|
4,486,738
|
||||||||||
United States Treasury Bill(a)
|
5/30/19
|
2.380
|
%
|
2,000,000
|
1,992,305
|
||||||||||
United States Treasury Bill(a)
|
6/6/19
|
2.388
|
%
|
17,000,000
|
16,926,603
|
||||||||||
United States Treasury Bill(a)
|
7/25/19
|
2.396
|
%
|
2,000,000
|
1,984,929
|
||||||||||
United States Treasury Bill(a)
|
8/8/19
|
2.404
|
%
|
600,000
|
594,915
|
||||||||||
United States Treasury Bill(a)
|
8/22/19
|
2.411
|
%
|
1,500,000
|
1,485,871
|
||||||||||
United States Treasury Bill
|
8/29/19
|
2.392
|
%
|
5,000,000
|
4,950,990
|
||||||||||
United States Treasury Bill
|
9/12/19
|
2.404
|
%
|
5,000,000
|
4,946,187
|
||||||||||
United States Treasury Bill
|
9/19/19
|
2.407
|
%
|
5,000,000
|
4,943,831
|
||||||||||
Total U.S. Treasury Bills (Cost $49,298,203)
|
49,308,712 | ||||||||||||||
Investment Company 15.2%
|
|||||||||||||||
First American Government
|
|||||||||||||||
Obligations Fund - Class X, 2.33%(b)
|
9,413,601
|
9,413,601
|
|||||||||||||
Total Investment Company (Cost $9,413,601)
|
9,413,601 | ||||||||||||||
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $58,711,804)
|
58,722,313 | ||||||||||||||
Total Investments (Cost $58,711,804) 94.7%
|
|
58,722,313 | |||||||||||||
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities 5.3%
|
3,303,655
|
||||||||||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.0%
|
$
|
62,025,968
|
|||||||||||||
(a)
|
Includes assets to satisfy the margin requirements for derivative contracts. Total value of collateral is $24,177,500.
|
(b)
|
This security has a fluctuating yield. The yield listed is the 7-day yield as of March 31, 2019.
|
SCHEDULE OF FUTURES CONTRACTS
|
Value | |||||||||||||||||||
Notional | Number of | Settlement |
Unrealized
|
Unrealized | |||||||||||||||
Description
|
Amount
|
Contracts
|
Month- Year
|
Appreciation
|
(Depreciation)
|
||||||||||||||
Long Contracts:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
S&P 500 E-MINI
|
$
|
51,364,180
|
362
|
Jun-19
|
$
|
833,351
|
$
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Total Long Contracts
|
$
|
833,351
|
$
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||
Net Unrealized Appreciation
|
$
|
833,351
|
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
USA Mutuals
|
USA Mutuals
|
|||||||
Vice Fund
|
Navigator Fund
|
|||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||
Investments, at cost
|
||||||||
Unaffiliated issuers
|
$
|
133,366,590
|
$
|
58,711,804
|
||||
Affiliated issuers (Note 3)
|
5,000,000
|
—
|
||||||
Investments, at value
|
||||||||
Unaffiliated issuers (Including $19,211,611 and $0 of
|
||||||||
securities on loan, respectively)
|
$
|
180,461,397
|
$
|
58,722,313
|
||||
Affiliated issuers (Note 3)
|
125,000
|
—
|
||||||
Cash
|
1,008
|
—
|
||||||
Due from brokers
|
1,974
|
—
|
||||||
Dividend and interest receivable
|
510,664
|
15,714
|
||||||
Dividend tax reclaim receivable
|
107,650
|
—
|
||||||
Receivable for capital shares sold
|
97,020
|
208,618
|
||||||
Receivable from securities lending agent
|
21,081
|
—
|
||||||
Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts
|
—
|
304,080
|
||||||
Deposits with brokers for futures
|
—
|
2,864,126
|
||||||
Other assets
|
24,982
|
20,214
|
||||||
TOTAL ASSETS
|
181,350,776
|
62,135,065
|
||||||
LIABILITIES
|
||||||||
Payable upon return of securities loaned
|
19,675,669
|
—
|
||||||
Payable for distribution fees
|
40,304
|
—
|
||||||
Payable to Trustees
|
9,444
|
7,896
|
||||||
Payable to Advisor
|
117,958
|
70,898
|
||||||
Payable for capital shares redeemed
|
186,386
|
7,971
|
||||||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
|
102,934
|
22,332
|
||||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES
|
20,132,695
|
109,097
|
||||||
NET ASSETS
|
$
|
161,218,081
|
$
|
62,025,968
|
||||
Net assets consist of:
|
||||||||
Paid-in capital
|
$
|
122,461,842
|
$
|
60,420,234
|
||||
Total distributable earnings
|
38,756,239
|
1,605,734
|
||||||
NET ASSETS
|
$
|
161,218,081
|
$
|
62,025,968
|
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
USA Mutuals
|
USA Mutuals
|
|||||||
Vice Fund
|
Navigator Fund
|
|||||||
Institutional Class:
|
||||||||
Net assets
|
$
|
10,445,290
|
$
|
62,025,968
|
||||
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited
|
||||||||
number of shares authorized, $0.001 par value)
|
352,889
|
2,814,302
|
||||||
Net asset value, redemption price
|
||||||||
and offering price per share
|
$
|
29.60
|
$
|
22.04
|
||||
Investor Class:
|
||||||||
Net assets
|
$
|
126,599,039
|
||||||
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited
|
||||||||
number of shares authorized, $0.001 par value)
|
4,338,489
|
|||||||
Net asset value, redemption price
|
||||||||
and offering price per share
|
$
|
29.18
|
||||||
Class A:
|
||||||||
Net assets
|
$
|
11,531,051
|
||||||
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited
|
||||||||
number of shares authorized, $0.001 par value)
|
397,487
|
|||||||
Net asset value, redemption price
|
||||||||
and minimum offering price per share (may be subject
|
||||||||
to contingent deferred sales charge)(1)
|
$
|
29.01
|
||||||
Maximum offering price per share (net asset value
|
||||||||
per share divided by 0.9425)(2)
|
$
|
30.78
|
||||||
Class C:
|
||||||||
Net assets
|
$
|
12,642,701
|
||||||
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited
|
||||||||
number of shares authorized, $0.001 par value)
|
445,010
|
|||||||
Net asset value, redemption price
|
||||||||
and offering price per share (may be subject
|
||||||||
to contingent deferred sales charge)(3)
|
$
|
28.41
|
(1)
|
A contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% may be imposed on share purchases of $1 million or more that are redeemed
within 18 months of purchase.
|
(2)
|
Reflects a maximum sales charge of 5.75%.
|
(3)
|
A CDSC of 1.00% may be charged on shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase.
|
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
USA Mutuals
|
USA Mutuals
|
|||||||
Vice Fund
|
Navigator Fund
|
|||||||
INVESTMENT INCOME
|
||||||||
Dividend income (Net of foreign withholding
|
||||||||
tax of $113,910 and $0, respectively)
|
$
|
4,883,045
|
$
|
—
|
||||
Interest income
|
—
|
798,018
|
||||||
Securities lending income (net)
|
26,665
|
—
|
||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT INCOME
|
4,909,710
|
798,018
|
||||||
EXPENSES
|
||||||||
Advisory fees (Note 3)
|
1,817,449
|
675,148
|
||||||
Distribution fees - Investor Class (Note 3)
|
379,799
|
—
|
||||||
Distribution fees - Class A (Note 3)
|
33,641
|
—
|
||||||
Distribution fees - Class C (Note 3)
|
141,719
|
—
|
||||||
Administration, fund accounting and custody fees
|
220,230
|
44,505
|
||||||
Transfer agent fees and expenses
|
160,019
|
50,451
|
||||||
Legal fees
|
67,639
|
30,422
|
||||||
Federal and state registration fees
|
66,870
|
19,396
|
||||||
Trustees’ fees and related expenses
|
28,911
|
22,612
|
||||||
Audit fees
|
25,995
|
16,913
|
||||||
Chief compliance officer fees and expenses
|
24,400
|
22,211
|
||||||
Reports to shareholders
|
17,010
|
6,611
|
||||||
Offering expenses
|
—
|
25,404
|
||||||
Other expenses
|
21,182
|
8,394
|
||||||
TOTAL EXPENSES BEFORE
|
||||||||
INTEREST EXPENSE
|
3,004,864
|
922,067
|
||||||
Interest expense (Note 6)
|
58
|
—
|
||||||
TOTAL EXPENSES
|
3,004,922
|
922,067
|
||||||
Less waivers and reimbursements by Advisor (Note 3)
|
(77,456
|
)
|
(154,328
|
)
|
||||
NET EXPENSES
|
2,927,466
|
767,739
|
||||||
NET INVESTMENT INCOME
|
1,982,244
|
30,279
|
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
USA Mutuals
|
USA Mutuals
|
|||||||
Vice Fund
|
Navigator Fund
|
|||||||
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
|
||||||||
ON INVESTMENTS, FUTURES CONTRACTS,
|
||||||||
OPTION CONTRACTS, AND
|
||||||||
FOREIGN CURRENCY
|
||||||||
TRANSLATION
|
||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) from:
|
||||||||
Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers
|
$
|
2,727,075
|
$
|
(2,561
|
)
|
|||
Futures contracts
|
—
|
(595,207
|
)
|
|||||
Written options (Note 2)
|
6,859
|
—
|
||||||
Foreign currency translation
|
(19,869
|
)
|
—
|
|||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:
|
||||||||
Investments
|
(26,602,930
|
)
|
16,401
|
|||||
Futures contracts
|
—
|
2,162,739
|
||||||
Foreign currency translation
|
453
|
—
|
||||||
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
|
||||||||
ON INVESTMENTS, FUTURES CONTRACTS,
|
||||||||
OPTION CONTRACTS, AND
|
||||||||
FOREIGN CURRENCY
|
||||||||
TRANSLATION
|
(23,888,412
|
)
|
1,581,372
|
|||||
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN
|
||||||||
NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS
|
$
|
(21,906,168
|
)
|
$
|
1,611,651
|
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
|
USA Mutuals Vice Fund
|
Year Ended
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||
March 31, 2019
|
March 31, 2018
|
|||||||
FROM OPERATIONS
|
||||||||
Net investment income
|
$
|
1,982,244
|
$
|
1,938,744
|
||||
Net realized gain (loss) on:
|
||||||||
Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers
|
2,727,075
|
1,647,437
|
||||||
Purchased options
|
—
|
(2,991
|
)
|
|||||
Written options
|
6,859
|
767,574
|
||||||
Foreign currency translation
|
(19,869
|
)
|
(21,781
|
)
|
||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:
|
||||||||
Investments
|
(26,602,930
|
)
|
32,191,931
|
|||||
Written options
|
—
|
528,754
|
||||||
Foreign currency translation
|
453
|
(1,126
|
)
|
|||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations
|
(21,906,168
|
)
|
37,048,542
|
|||||
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS
|
||||||||
Net distributions to shareholders:
|
||||||||
Institutional Class
|
(117,658
|
)
|
(349,691
|
)
|
||||
Investor Class
|
(1,367,713
|
)
|
(6,090,771
|
)
|
||||
Class A
|
(121,194
|
)
|
(518,571
|
)
|
||||
Class C
|
(66,773
|
)
|
(454,958
|
)
|
||||
Net decrease in net assets from distributions paid
|
(1,673,338
|
)
|
(7,413,991
|
)*
|
||||
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (Note 4)
|
||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares
|
20,701,601
|
29,007,985
|
||||||
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment
|
||||||||
of distributions to shareholders
|
1,573,094
|
7,039,816
|
||||||
Payments for shares redeemed
|
(72,058,163
|
)
|
(61,447,813
|
)
|
||||
Net decrease in net assets from capital share transactions
|
(49,783,468
|
)
|
(25,400,012
|
)
|
||||
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
|
(73,362,974
|
)
|
4,234,539
|
|||||
NET ASSETS
|
||||||||
Beginning of year
|
234,581,055
|
230,346,516
|
||||||
End of year
|
$
|
161,218,081
|
$
|
234,581,055
|
**
|
*
|
Includes net investment income distributions of $118,353, $1,908,997, $165,333 and $78,477, and net realized gain distributions
of $231,338, $4,181,774, $353,238 and $376,481 for the Institutional Class, Investor Class, Class A and Class C, respectively.
|
|
**
|
Includes accumulated net investment income of $543,338.
|
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
|
USA Mutuals Navigator Fund
|
October 13, 2017(1)
|
||||||||
Year Ended
|
through
|
|||||||
March 31, 2019
|
March 31, 2018
|
|||||||
FROM OPERATIONS
|
||||||||
Net investment income (loss)
|
$
|
30,279
|
$
|
(77,143
|
)
|
|||
Net realized gain (loss) on:
|
||||||||
Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers
|
(2,561
|
)
|
—
|
|||||
Futures contracts
|
(595,207
|
)
|
1,941,712
|
|||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:
|
||||||||
Investments
|
16,401
|
(5,892
|
)
|
|||||
Futures contracts
|
2,162,739
|
(1,329,388
|
)
|
|||||
Net increase in net assets from operations
|
1,611,651
|
529,289
|
||||||
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS
|
||||||||
Net distributions to shareholders:
|
||||||||
Institutional Class
|
(408,558
|
)
|
(126,648
|
)*
|
||||
Net decrease in net assets from distributions paid
|
(408,558
|
)
|
(126,648
|
)
|
||||
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (Note 4)
|
||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares
|
52,599,788
|
5,789,285
|
||||||
Proceeds from shares issued from transfer in-kind
|
—
|
19,863,326
|
||||||
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment
|
||||||||
of distributions to shareholders
|
391,084
|
126,648
|
||||||
Payments for shares redeemed
|
(15,293,064
|
)
|
(3,056,833
|
)
|
||||
Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions
|
37,697,808
|
22,722,426
|
||||||
TOTAL INCREASE IN NET ASSETS
|
38,900,901
|
23,125,067
|
||||||
NET ASSETS
|
||||||||
Beginning of year
|
23,125,067
|
—
|
||||||
End of year
|
$
|
62,025,968
|
$
|
23,125,067
|
**
|
(1)
|
Commencement of operations.
|
|
*
|
Represents net realized gain distributions of $126,648.
|
|
**
|
Includes accumulated net investment income of $0.
|
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
Financial Highlights – Institutional Class
|
USA Mutuals Vice Fund
|
Year Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2019
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015(1)
|
||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year
|
$
|
32.68
|
$
|
28.74
|
$
|
30.94
|
$
|
29.30
|
$
|
29.77
|
||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income(2)
|
0.41
|
0.38
|
0.52
|
0.47
|
0.50
|
|||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized
|
||||||||||||||||||||
gain (loss) on investments
|
(3.20
|
)
|
4.64
|
2.92
|
1.57
|
(0.76
|
)(5)
|
|||||||||||||
Total from investment operations
|
(2.79
|
)
|
5.02
|
3.44
|
2.04
|
(0.26
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Less distributions paid:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income
|
(0.21
|
)
|
(0.37
|
)
|
(0.55
|
)
|
(0.40
|
)
|
(0.21
|
)
|
||||||||||
From net realized gain on investments
|
(0.08
|
)
|
(0.71
|
)
|
(5.09
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||
Total distributions
|
(0.29
|
)
|
(1.08
|
)
|
(5.64
|
)
|
(0.40
|
)
|
(0.21
|
)
|
||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year
|
$
|
29.60
|
$
|
32.68
|
$
|
28.74
|
$
|
30.94
|
$
|
29.30
|
||||||||||
Total Return
|
(8.49
|
)%
|
17.52
|
%
|
12.47
|
%
|
7.07
|
%
|
(0.89
|
)%
|
||||||||||
Supplemental Data and Ratios:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (000’s)
|
$
|
10,445
|
$
|
12,152
|
$
|
3,161
|
$
|
123
|
$
|
41
|
||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Before waiver and
|
||||||||||||||||||||
expense reimbursement
|
1.30
|
%
|
1.28
|
%
|
1.27
|
%
|
1.23
|
%
|
1.19
|
%
|
||||||||||
After waiver and
|
||||||||||||||||||||
expense reimbursement(3)
|
1.24
|
%
|
1.24
|
%
|
1.24
|
%
|
1.23
|
%
|
1.19
|
%
|
||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income
|
||||||||||||||||||||
to average net assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Before waiver
|
||||||||||||||||||||
and expense reimbursement
|
1.31
|
%
|
1.17
|
%
|
1.74
|
%
|
1.58
|
%
|
1.68
|
%
|
||||||||||
After waiver and
|
||||||||||||||||||||
expense reimbursement(3)
|
1.37
|
%
|
1.21
|
%
|
1.77
|
%
|
1.58
|
%
|
1.68
|
%
|
||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate(4)
|
14.69
|
%
|
19.53
|
%
|
56.05
|
%
|
58.27
|
%
|
77.77
|
%
|
(1)
|
The USA Mutuals Vice Fund Institutional Class shares commenced operations on April 1, 2014.
|
(2)
|
Calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
|
(3)
|
Pursuant to an expense waiver and reimbursement agreement between the Advisor and the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, the Advisor
has contractually agreed effective through July 31, 2019, to waive its management fee and/or reimburse the Fund to ensure that the total annual operating expenses for the Fund, as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets
(excluding front-end or contingent deferred sales loads, shareholder servicing plan fees, taxes, interest and dividends on short positions, brokerage, acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses and class specific expenses
like distribution (12b-1) fees) do not exceed 1.24%.
|
(4)
|
Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.
|
(5)
|
Due to the timing of capital share transactions, the per share amount of the net realized and unrealized loss on investments
varies from the amounts shown in the Statement of Operations.
|
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
Financial Highlights – Investor Class
|
USA Mutuals Vice Fund
|
Year Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2019
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year
|
$
|
32.31
|
$
|
28.45
|
$
|
30.64
|
$
|
29.05
|
$
|
29.40
|
||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income(1)
|
0.32
|
0.27
|
0.33
|
0.33
|
0.37
|
|||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized
|
||||||||||||||||||||
gain (loss) on investments
|
(3.20
|
)
|
4.61
|
3.00
|
1.61
|
(0.33
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Total from investment operations
|
(2.88
|
)
|
4.88
|
3.33
|
1.94
|
0.04
|
||||||||||||||
Less distributions paid:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income
|
(0.17
|
)
|
(0.31
|
)
|
(0.43
|
)
|
(0.35
|
)
|
(0.40
|
)
|
||||||||||
From net realized gain on investments
|
(0.08
|
)
|
(0.71
|
)
|
(5.09
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||
Total distributions
|
(0.25
|
)
|
(1.02
|
)
|
(5.52
|
)
|
(0.35
|
)
|
(0.40
|
)
|
||||||||||
Paid-in capital from
|
||||||||||||||||||||
redemption fees (Note 2)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
0.00
|
(2)
|
0.01
|
||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year
|
$
|
29.18
|
$
|
32.31
|
$
|
28.45
|
$
|
30.64
|
$
|
29.05
|
||||||||||
Total Return
|
(8.87
|
)%
|
17.24
|
%
|
12.15
|
%
|
6.79
|
%
|
0.13
|
%
|
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
Financial Highlights – Investor Class (Continued)
|
USA Mutuals Vice Fund
|
Year Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2019
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Data and Ratios:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (000’s)
|
$
|
126,599
|
$
|
189,274
|
$
|
194,217
|
$
|
187,344
|
$
|
217,848
|
||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Before waiver and
|
||||||||||||||||||||
expense reimbursement
|
1.53
|
%
|
1.53
|
%
|
1.49
|
%
|
1.48
|
%
|
1.44
|
%
|
||||||||||
After waiver and
|
||||||||||||||||||||
expense reimbursement(3)
|
1.49
|
%
|
1.49
|
%
|
1.49
|
%
|
1.48
|
%
|
1.44
|
%
|
||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income
|
||||||||||||||||||||
to average net assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Before waiver
|
||||||||||||||||||||
and expense reimbursement
|
1.03
|
%
|
0.83
|
%
|
1.08
|
%
|
1.13
|
%
|
1.27
|
%
|
||||||||||
After waiver
|
||||||||||||||||||||
and expense reimbursement(3)
|
1.07
|
%
|
0.87
|
%
|
1.08
|
%
|
1.13
|
%
|
1.27
|
%
|
||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate(4)
|
14.69
|
%
|
19.53
|
%
|
56.05
|
%
|
58.27
|
%
|
77.77
|
%
|
(1)
|
Calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
|
(2)
|
Less than one cent per share.
|
(3)
|
Pursuant to an expense waiver and reimbursement agreement between the Advisor and the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, the Advisor
has contractually agreed effective through July 31, 2019, to waive its management fee and/or reimburse the Fund to ensure that the total annual operating expenses for the Fund, as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets
(excluding front-end or contingent deferred sales loads, shareholder servicing plan fees, taxes, interest and dividends on short positions, brokerage, acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses and class specific expenses
like distribution (12b-1) fees) do not exceed 1.24%. The Advisor had contractually agreed, effective July 29, 2013 through July 31, 2016 to limit the Fund’s total annual fund operating expenses (exclusive of taxes, interest and
dividends on short sales, brokerage, dividends on short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses) to 1.49% of average net assets of the Fund for Investor Class shares.
|
(4)
|
Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.
|
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
Financial Highlights – Class A
|
USA Mutuals Vice Fund
|
Year Ended March
31, |
||||||||||||||||||||
2019
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year
|
$
|
32.18
|
$
|
28.33
|
$
|
30.52
|
$
|
28.94
|
$
|
29.30
|
||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income(1)
|
0.32
|
0.27
|
0.32
|
0.32
|
0.38
|
|||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized
|
||||||||||||||||||||
gain (loss) on investments
|
(3.24
|
)
|
4.60
|
3.00
|
1.62
|
(0.34
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Total from investment operations
|
(2.92
|
)
|
4.87
|
3.32
|
1.94
|
0.04
|
||||||||||||||
Less distributions paid:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income
|
(0.17
|
)
|
(0.31
|
)
|
(0.42
|
)
|
(0.36
|
)
|
(0.40
|
)
|
||||||||||
From net realized gain on investments
|
(0.08
|
)
|
(0.71
|
)
|
(5.09
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||
Total distributions
|
(0.25
|
)
|
(1.02
|
)
|
(5.51
|
)
|
(0.36
|
)
|
(0.40
|
)
|
||||||||||
Paid-in capital from
|
||||||||||||||||||||
redemption fees (Note 2)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
0.00
|
(2)
|
0.00
|
(2)
|
|||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year
|
$
|
29.01
|
$
|
32.18
|
$
|
28.33
|
$
|
30.52
|
$
|
28.94
|
||||||||||
Total Return(3)
|
(9.03
|
)%
|
17.27
|
%
|
12.17
|
%
|
6.79
|
%
|
0.11
|
%
|
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
Financial Highlights – Class A (Continued)
|
USA Mutuals Vice Fund
|
Year Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Data and Ratios:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (000’s)
|
$
|
11,531
|
$
|
16,664
|
$
|
16,254
|
$
|
18,219
|
$
|
22,985
|
||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Before waiver
|
||||||||||||||||||||
and expense reimbursement
|
1.53
|
%
|
1.53
|
%
|
1.49
|
%
|
1.48
|
%
|
1.44
|
%
|
||||||||||
After waiver
|
||||||||||||||||||||
and expense reimbursement(4)
|
1.49
|
%
|
1.49
|
%
|
1.49
|
%
|
1.48
|
%
|
1.44
|
%
|
||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income
|
||||||||||||||||||||
to average net assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Before waiver
|
||||||||||||||||||||
and expense reimbursement
|
1.04
|
%
|
0.84
|
%
|
1.07
|
%
|
1.11
|
%
|
1.30
|
%
|
||||||||||
After waiver
|
||||||||||||||||||||
and expense reimbursement(4)
|
1.08
|
%
|
0.88
|
%
|
1.07
|
%
|
1.11
|
%
|
1.30
|
%
|
||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate(5)
|
14.69
|
%
|
19.53
|
%
|
56.05
|
%
|
58.27
|
%
|
77.77
|
%
|
(1)
|
Calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
|
(2)
|
Less than one cent per share.
|
(3)
|
Based on net asset value, which does not reflect the sales charge.
|
(4)
|
Pursuant to an expense waiver and reimbursement agreement between the Advisor and the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, the Advisor
has contractually agreed effective through July 31, 2019, to waive its management fee and/or reimburse the Fund to ensure that the total annual operating expenses for the Fund, as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets
(excluding front-end or contingent deferred sales loads, shareholder servicing plan fees, taxes, interest and dividends on short positions, brokerage, acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses and class specific expenses
like distribution (12b-1) fees) do not exceed 1.24%. The Advisor had contractually agreed, effective July 29, 2013 through July 31, 2016 to limit the Fund’s total annual fund operating expenses (exclusive of taxes, interest and
dividends on short sales, brokerage, dividends on short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses) to 1.49% of average net assets of the Fund for Class A shares.
|
(5)
|
Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.
|
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
Financial Highlights – Class C
|
USA Mutuals Vice Fund
|
Year Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2019
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year
|
$
|
31.56
|
$
|
27.86
|
$
|
30.00
|
$
|
28.54
|
$
|
28.97
|
||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income(1)
|
0.10
|
0.03
|
0.10
|
0.11
|
0.16
|
|||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized
|
||||||||||||||||||||
gain (loss) on investments
|
(3.12
|
)
|
4.52
|
2.94
|
1.58
|
(0.33
|
)(2)
|
|||||||||||||
Total from investment operations
|
(3.02
|
)
|
4.55
|
3.04
|
1.69
|
(0.17
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Less distributions paid:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income
|
(0.05
|
)
|
(0.14
|
)
|
(0.09
|
)
|
(0.23
|
)
|
(0.26
|
)
|
||||||||||
From net realized gain on investments
|
(0.08
|
)
|
(0.71
|
)
|
(5.09
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||
Total distributions
|
(0.13
|
)
|
(0.85
|
)
|
(5.18
|
)
|
(0.23
|
)
|
(0.26
|
)
|
||||||||||
Paid-in capital from
|
||||||||||||||||||||
redemption fees (Note 2)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
0.00
|
(3)
|
0.00
|
(3)
|
|||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year
|
$
|
28.41
|
$
|
31.56
|
$
|
27.86
|
$
|
30.00
|
$
|
28.54
|
||||||||||
Total Return(4)
|
(9.51
|
)%
|
16.38
|
%
|
11.32
|
%
|
6.00
|
%
|
(0.61
|
)%
|
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
Financial Highlights – Class C (Continued)
|
USA Mutuals Vice Fund
|
Year Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2019
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Data and Ratios:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (000’s)
|
$
|
12,643
|
$
|
16,492
|
$
|
16,715
|
$
|
17,378
|
$
|
20,092
|
||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Before waiver
|
||||||||||||||||||||
and expense reimbursement
|
2.28
|
%
|
2.28
|
%
|
2.24
|
%
|
2.23
|
%
|
2.19
|
%
|
||||||||||
After waiver
|
||||||||||||||||||||
and expense reimbursement(5)
|
2.24
|
%
|
2.24
|
%
|
2.24
|
%
|
2.23
|
%
|
2.19
|
%
|
||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income
|
||||||||||||||||||||
to average net assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Before waiver
|
||||||||||||||||||||
and expense reimbursement
|
0.30
|
%
|
0.08
|
%
|
0.32
|
%
|
0.38
|
%
|
0.57
|
%
|
||||||||||
After waiver and
|
||||||||||||||||||||
expense reimbursement(5)
|
0.34
|
%
|
0.12
|
%
|
0.32
|
%
|
0.38
|
%
|
0.57
|
%
|
||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate(6)
|
14.69
|
%
|
19.53
|
%
|
56.05
|
%
|
58.27
|
%
|
77.77
|
%
|
(1)
|
Calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
|
(2)
|
Due to the timing of capital share transactions, the per share amount of the net realized and unrealized loss on investments
varies from the amounts shown in the Statement of Operations.
|
(3)
|
Less than one cent per share.
|
(4)
|
Based on net asset value, which does not reflect the sales charge.
|
(5)
|
Pursuant to an expense waiver and reimbursement agreement between the Advisor and the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, the Advisor
has contractually agreed effective through July 31, 2019, to waive its management fee and/or reimburse the Fund to ensure that the total annual operating expenses for the Fund, as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets
(excluding front-end or contingent deferred sales loads, shareholder servicing plan fees, taxes, interest and dividends on short positions, brokerage, acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses and class specific expenses
like distribution (12b-1) fees) do not exceed 1.24%. The Advisor had contractually agreed, effective July 29, 2013 through July 31, 2016, to limit the Fund’s total annual fund operating expenses (exclusive of taxes, interest and
dividends on short sales, brokerage, dividends on short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses) to 2.24% of average net assets of the Fund for Class C shares.
|
(6)
|
Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.
|
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
Financial Highlights – Institutional Class
|
USA Mutuals Navigator Fund
|
Year Ended
|
Period Ended
|
|||||||
March 31, 2019
|
March 31, 2018(1)
|
|||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
|
$
|
20.48
|
$
|
20.00
|
||||
Income (loss) from investment operations:
|
||||||||
Net investment income (loss)(2)
|
0.02
|
(0.07
|
)
|
|||||
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments
|
1.71
|
0.68
|
||||||
Total from investment operations
|
1.73
|
0.61
|
||||||
Less distributions paid:
|
||||||||
From net realized gain on investments
|
(0.17
|
)
|
(0.13
|
)
|
||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period
|
$
|
22.04
|
$
|
20.48
|
||||
Total Return
|
8.54
|
%
|
3.02
|
%(4)
|
||||
Supplemental Data and Ratios:
|
||||||||
Net assets at end of period (000’s)
|
$
|
62,026
|
$
|
23,125
|
||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
|
||||||||
Before waiver and expense reimbursement
|
2.39
|
%
|
3.16
|
%(5)
|
||||
After waiver and expense reimbursement(3)
|
1.99
|
%
|
1.99
|
%(5)
|
||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets:
|
||||||||
Before waiver and expense reimbursement
|
(0.32
|
)%
|
(1.95
|
)%(5)
|
||||
After waiver and expense reimbursement(3)
|
0.08
|
%
|
(0.78
|
)%(5)
|
||||
Portfolio turnover rate
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%(4)
|
(1)
|
The USA Mutuals Navigator Fund Institutional Class shares commenced operations on October 13, 2017.
|
(2)
|
Calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
|
(3)
|
Pursuant to an expense waiver and reimbursement agreement between the Advisor and the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, the Advisor
has contractually agreed effective through July 31, 2019, to waive its management fee and/or reimburse the Fund to ensure the total annual operating expenses for the Fund, as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets
(excluding front-end or contingent deferred sales loads, shareholder servicing plan fees, taxes, interest and dividends on short positions, brokerage, acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses and class specific expenses
like distribution (12b-1) fees) do not exceed 1.99%.
|
(4)
|
Not annualized.
|
(5)
|
Annualized.
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
(1)
|
Organization
|
Commencement of Operations
|
||||
Institutional Class
|
Investor Class
|
Class A
|
Class C
|
|
Vice Fund
|
April 1,
|
August 30,
|
December 8,
|
December 8,
|
2014
|
2002
|
2011
|
2011
|
|
Navigator Fund
|
October 13,
|
|||
2017
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
(2)
|
Significant Accounting Policies
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
Level 1 –
|
Valuations based on quoted prices for investments in active markets that the Funds have the ability to access at the measurement
date. Valuation adjustments are not applied to Level 1 investments.
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
Level 2 –
|
Valuations based on other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates,
prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.).
|
Level 3 –
|
Valuations based on significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions and judgment in determining the fair
value of investments).
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
Common Stocks
|
$
|
159,891,935
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
159,891,935
|
||||||||
Preferred Stocks
|
—
|
2,996
|
125,000
|
127,996
|
||||||||||||
Corporate Bond
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||
Warrants
|
—
|
—
|
750
|
750
|
||||||||||||
Short-Term Investment
|
890,047
|
—
|
—
|
890,047
|
||||||||||||
Investments Purchased with
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash Proceeds from
|
||||||||||||||||
Securities Lending
|
—
|
19,675,669
|
—
|
19,675,669
|
||||||||||||
Total*
|
$
|
160,781,982
|
$
|
19,678,665
|
$
|
125,750
|
$
|
180,586,397
|
*
|
Additional information regarding the industry classification of these investments is disclosed in the Portfolio of Investments.
|
Investments in Securities
|
||||
Year Ended
|
||||
Fair Value Measurement Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
|
March 31, 2019
|
|||
Fair Value as of March 31, 2018
|
$
|
3,875,750
|
||
Realized gain (loss)
|
(295,000
|
)
|
||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
1,250,000
|
|||
Sales
|
(4,705,000
|
)
|
||
Fair Value as of March 31, 2019
|
$
|
125,750
|
||
Total change in net unrealized (depreciation) relating to Level 3
|
||||
investments still held at March 31, 2019
|
$
|
(250,000
|
)
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
Fair Value as of |
Valuation
|
Unobservable
|
||||
Investments
|
March 31, 2019
|
Technique
|
Inputs
|
|||
Zodiac Spirits, LLC –
|
Discounted
|
Projected
|
||||
Class A – Preferred
|
$
|
125,000
|
Cash Flow
|
Case Sales
|
||
Bio Soil Enhancers, Inc. –
|
Cash Flow
|
Projected
|
||||
Corporate Bond
|
$
|
—
|
|
Revenue
|
||
Bio Soil Enhancers, Inc. –
|
Projected | |||||
Warrants
|
Black
|
Revenue
|
||||
$
|
750
|
Scholes
|
Multiple
|
Navigator Fund
|
||||||||||||||||
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
Short-Term Investments
|
||||||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
49,308,712
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
49,308,712
|
||||||||
Investment Company
|
9,413,601
|
—
|
—
|
9,413,601
|
||||||||||||
Total Short-Term Investments
|
$
|
9,413,601
|
$
|
49,308,712
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
58,722,313
|
||||||||
Futures Contracts
|
||||||||||||||||
Long Futures Contracts
|
$
|
833,351
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
833,351
|
||||||||
Total Futures Contracts
|
$
|
833,351
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
833,351
|
(b)
|
Federal Income Taxes
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
Vice Fund
|
Navigator Fund
|
|||||||
Cost basis of investments for
|
||||||||
federal income tax purposes
|
$
|
142,573,882
|
$
|
58,711,804
|
||||
Gross tax unrealized appreciation
|
53,353,536
|
10,517
|
||||||
Gross tax unrealized depreciation
|
(15,341,030
|
)
|
(8
|
)
|
||||
Net tax unrealized appreciation
|
38,012,506
|
10,509
|
||||||
Undistributed ordinary income
|
98,712
|
654,728
|
||||||
Undistributed long-term gains
|
889,509
|
940,497
|
||||||
Other accumulated loss
|
(244,488
|
)
|
—
|
|||||
Total distributable earnings
|
$
|
38,756,239
|
$
|
1,605,734
|
(c)
|
Distributions to Shareholders
|
Year Ended
|
Year or Period Ended
|
|||||||||||||||
March 31, 2019
|
March 31, 2018
|
|||||||||||||||
Ordinary
|
Long-Term
|
Ordinary
|
Long-Term
|
|||||||||||||
Income
|
Capital Gains
|
Income
|
Capital Gains
|
|||||||||||||
Vice Fund
|
$
|
1,168,014
|
$
|
505,324
|
$
|
4,386,109
|
$
|
3,027,882
|
||||||||
Navigator Fund
|
$
|
144,105
|
$
|
264,453
|
$
|
23,685
|
(1)
|
$
|
102,963
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
For the period from October 13, 2017 through March 31, 2018.
|
(d)
|
Use of Estimates
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
(e)
|
Share Valuation
|
(f)
|
Short Positions
|
(g)
|
Options
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
(h)
|
Derivative Instruments
|
Assets:
|
Gross
|
Net
|
||||
Amounts
|
Amounts
|
Gross Amounts not
|
||||
Offset
|
Presented
|
offset in the Statement
|
||||
in the
|
in the
|
of Assets and Liabilities
|
||||
Gross
|
Statement
|
Statement
|
||||
Amounts of
|
of
|
of
|
Collateral
|
|||
Recognized
|
Assets and
|
Assets and
|
Financial
|
Pledged
|
Net
|
|
Description
|
Assets
|
Liabilities
|
Liabilities
|
Instruments
|
(Received)
|
Amount
|
Futures contracts(a)
|
$304,080
|
$ —
|
$304,080
|
$ —
|
$ —
|
$304,080
|
(a)
|
Reflects the current day variation margin for futures contracts. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reported on the
Navigator Fund’s Schedule of Futures Contracts. Collateral presented may not represent the full balance of amounts pledged or received. See the Portfolio of Investments and the Statement of Assets and Liabilities for additional
information on collateral as of March 31, 2019.
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
Derivatives not accounted
|
Fair Value
|
|||||||
for as hedging instruments
|
Assets
|
Liabilities
|
||||||
Navigator Fund
|
||||||||
Futures Contracts(a)
|
||||||||
Long Contracts
|
||||||||
Stock Indices
|
$
|
833,351
|
$
|
—
|
||||
Total Long Contracts
|
833,351
|
—
|
||||||
Total Futures Contracts
|
$
|
833,351
|
$
|
—
|
(a)
|
Reflects the cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in the Navigator Fund’s Schedule
of Open Futures Contracts. Only the current day variation margin for futures contracts is separately reported within the Navigator Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
|
Gain (Loss) from Trading
|
||||||||
Net Change
|
||||||||
Net Realized
|
in Unrealized
|
|||||||
Vice Fund
|
||||||||
Written Option Contracts
|
$
|
6,859
|
$
|
—
|
||||
Navigator Fund
|
||||||||
Futures Contracts
|
||||||||
Stock Indices
|
$
|
(595,207
|
)
|
$
|
2,162,739
|
|||
Total Futures Contracts
|
$
|
(595,207
|
)
|
$
|
2,162,739
|
Average Notional Amount | ||||||||
Long Contracts
|
Short Contracts
|
|||||||
Vice Fund
|
||||||||
Option Contracts
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
630,075
|
||||
Long Contracts
|
Short Contracts
|
|||||||
Navigator Fund
|
||||||||
Futures Contracts
|
$
|
38,903,420
|
$
|
—
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
(i)
|
Other
|
(j)
|
Foreign Currency Translation
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
(k)
|
Reclassifications of Capital Accounts
|
Total Distributable Earnings
|
Paid-in Capital
|
|
Vice Fund
|
$22,166
|
$(22,166)
|
Navigator Fund
|
$ —
|
$ —
|
(l)
|
Subsequent Events
|
(m)
|
Offering Costs
|
(n)
|
Securities Lending
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
Value of
|
Value of
|
|
Fund
|
Loaned Securities
|
Cash Collateral
|
Vice Fund
|
$19,211,611
|
$19,675,669
|
Fund
|
Net Income Earned
|
Vice Fund
|
$26,665
|
(3)
|
Transactions with Affiliates
|
Annual Advisory Fee
|
||
as a Percentage of the
|
Management Fees for
|
|
Average Daily Net
|
the Year Ended
|
|
Assets of the Fund
|
March 31, 2019
|
|
Vice Fund
|
0.95%
|
$1,817,449
|
Navigator Fund
|
1.75%
|
675,148
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
Recoupment
|
Remaining
|
||||||||||||
Expenses
|
to Advisor
|
Available
|
|||||||||||
Waived and
|
Year Ended
|
Subject to
|
|||||||||||
Period
|
Reimbursed
|
March 31, 2019
|
Recoupment
|
Expiration
|
|||||||||
Fiscal Year Ended
|
|||||||||||||
March 31, 2019
|
$
|
77,456
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
77,456
|
3/31/22
|
||||||
Fiscal Year Ended
|
|||||||||||||
March 31, 2018
|
85,716
|
—
|
85,716
|
3/31/21
|
|||||||||
Fiscal Year Ended
|
|||||||||||||
March 31, 2017
|
11,092
|
—
|
11,092
|
3/31/20
|
|||||||||
Total
|
$
|
174,264
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
174,264
|
|||||||
Navigator Fund
|
|||||||||||||
Recoupment
|
Remaining
|
||||||||||||
Expenses
|
to Advisor
|
Available
|
|||||||||||
Waived and
|
Year Ended
|
Subject to
|
|||||||||||
Period
|
Reimbursed
|
March 31, 2019
|
Recoupment
|
Expiration
|
|||||||||
Fiscal Year Ended
|
|||||||||||||
March 31, 2019
|
$
|
154,328
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
154,328
|
3/31/22
|
||||||
Period Ended
|
|||||||||||||
March 31, 2018*
|
114,631
|
—
|
114,631
|
3/31/21
|
|||||||||
Total
|
$
|
268,959
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
268,959
|
*
|
Period from October 13, 2017 (commencement of operations) through March 31, 2018.
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
Distribution Plan Accruals
|
||||
Investor Class | Class A | Class C | ||
$379,799 | $33,641 | $141,719 |
Zodiac Spirits, LLC-
|
||||
Vice Fund
|
Class A
|
|||
March 31, 2018
|
||||
Balance
|
||||
Shares
|
5,000
|
|||
Cost
|
$
|
5,000,000
|
||
Value
|
$
|
375,000
|
||
Gross Additions
|
||||
Shares
|
—
|
|||
Cost
|
$
|
—
|
||
Gross Deductions
|
||||
Shares
|
—
|
|||
Cost
|
$
|
—
|
||
Proceeds
|
$
|
—
|
||
March 31, 2019
|
||||
Balance
|
||||
Shares
|
5,000
|
|||
Cost
|
$
|
5,000,000
|
||
Value
|
$
|
125,000
|
||
Net realized gain (loss)
|
$
|
—
|
||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
$
|
(250,000
|
)
|
|
Dividend income
|
$
|
—
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
(4)
|
Capital Share Transactions
|
Year Ended
|
Year Ended
|
||||||||||||||||
March 31, 2019
|
March 31, 2018
|
||||||||||||||||
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
||||||||||||||
Beginning shares
|
371,809
|
109,968
|
|||||||||||||||
Shares sold
|
$
|
8,960,321
|
301,245
|
$
|
9,014,439
|
295,581
|
|||||||||||
Shares issued to holders
|
|||||||||||||||||
in reinvestment
|
|||||||||||||||||
of distributions
|
92,359
|
3,188
|
313,838
|
9,799
|
|||||||||||||
Shares redeemed
|
(9,146,106
|
)
|
(323,353
|
)
|
(1,359,188
|
)
|
(43,539
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net increase (decrease)
|
$
|
(93,426
|
)
|
(18,920
|
)
|
$
|
7,969,089
|
261,841
|
|||||||||
Ending shares
|
352,889
|
371,809
|
Year Ended
|
Year Ended
|
||||||||||||||||
March 31, 2019
|
March 31, 2018
|
||||||||||||||||
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
||||||||||||||
Beginning shares
|
5,857,375
|
6,826,117
|
|||||||||||||||
Shares sold
|
$
|
8,173,968
|
273,804
|
$
|
16,823,917
|
538,659
|
|||||||||||
Shares issued to holders
|
|||||||||||||||||
in reinvestment
|
|||||||||||||||||
of distributions
|
1,312,546
|
45,567
|
5,843,890
|
184,521
|
|||||||||||||
Shares redeemed
|
(53,524,770
|
)
|
(1,838,257
|
)
|
(52,075,066
|
)
|
(1,691,922
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net decrease
|
$
|
(44,038,256
|
)
|
(1,518,886
|
)
|
$
|
(29,407,259
|
)
|
(968,742
|
)
|
|||||||
Ending shares
|
4,338,489
|
5,857,375
|
Year Ended
|
Year Ended
|
||||||||||||||||
March 31, 2019
|
March 31, 2018
|
||||||||||||||||
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
||||||||||||||
Beginning shares
|
517,895
|
573,643
|
|||||||||||||||
Shares sold
|
$
|
1,808,533
|
62,308
|
$
|
2,314,946
|
73,854
|
|||||||||||
Shares issued to holders
|
|||||||||||||||||
in reinvestment
|
|||||||||||||||||
of distributions
|
105,986
|
3,715
|
460,002
|
14,592
|
|||||||||||||
Shares redeemed
|
(5,415,026
|
)
|
(186,431
|
)
|
(4,424,739
|
)
|
(144,194
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net decrease
|
$
|
(3,500,507
|
)
|
(120,408
|
)
|
$
|
(1,649,791
|
)
|
(55,748
|
)
|
|||||||
Ending shares
|
397,487
|
517,895
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
Year Ended
|
Year Ended
|
||||||||||||||||
March 31, 2019
|
March 31, 2018
|
||||||||||||||||
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
||||||||||||||
Beginning shares
|
522,625
|
599,957
|
|||||||||||||||
Shares sold
|
$
|
1,758,779
|
60,216
|
$
|
854,683
|
28,166
|
|||||||||||
Shares issued to holders
|
|||||||||||||||||
in reinvestment
|
|||||||||||||||||
of distributions
|
62,203
|
2,354
|
422,086
|
13,589
|
|||||||||||||
Shares redeemed
|
(3,972,261
|
)
|
(140,185
|
)
|
(3,588,820
|
)
|
(119,087
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net decrease
|
$
|
(2,151,279
|
)
|
(77,615
|
)
|
$
|
(2,312,051
|
)
|
(77,332
|
)
|
|||||||
Ending shares
|
445,010
|
522,625
|
|||||||||||||||
Total decrease for the Fund
|
$
|
(49,783,468
|
)
|
$
|
(25,400,012
|
)
|
Year Ended | Period Ended |
||||||||||||||||
March 31, 2019
|
March 31, 2018(1) | ||||||||||||||||
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
||||||||||||||
Beginning shares
|
1,129,099
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||
Shares sold
|
$
|
52,599,788
|
2,438,134
|
$
|
5,789,285
|
272,195
|
|||||||||||
Shares issued from
|
|||||||||||||||||
transfer in-kind
|
—
|
—
|
19,863,326
|
993,166
|
|||||||||||||
Shares issued to holders
|
|||||||||||||||||
in reinvestment
|
|||||||||||||||||
of distributions
|
391,084
|
20,025
|
126,648
|
6,063
|
|||||||||||||
Shares redeemed
|
(15,293,064
|
)
|
(772,956
|
)
|
(3,056,833
|
)
|
(142,325
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net increase
|
$
|
37,697,808
|
1,685,203
|
$
|
22,722,426
|
1,129,099
|
|||||||||||
Ending shares
|
2,814,302
|
1,129,099
|
(1)
|
Commencement of operations was October 13, 2017.
|
(5)
|
Investment Transactions
|
Vice Fund
|
Navigator Fund
|
|||||||
Purchases
|
$
|
27,855,234
|
$
|
—
|
||||
Sales
|
74,670,723
|
—
|
Vice Fund
|
Navigator Fund
|
|||||||
Purchases
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
86,942,708
|
||||
Sales
|
—
|
57,306,316
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
(6)
|
Credit Facility
|
(7)
|
Beneficial Ownership
|
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
|
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (Unaudited)
|
Term of | Principal | Number of | Other | ||
Position(s) | Office and | Occupation | Portfolios | Directorships | |
Name, Address
|
Held with
|
Length of
|
During Past
|
Overseen
|
Held by
|
and Year of Birth
|
the Trust
|
Time Served
|
Five Years
|
by Trustee
|
Trustee*
|
Michael D. Akers, Ph.D.
|
Independent
|
Indefinite term;
|
Professor,
|
2
|
Independent
|
615 E.Michigan Street
|
Trustee
|
Since 2001
|
Department
|
Trustee, Trust
|
|
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
of Accounting,
|
for Professional
|
|||
Year of Birth: 1955
|
Marquette
|
Managers
|
|||
University
|
(an open-end
|
||||
(2004 - present);
|
investment
|
||||
Chair, Department
|
company with
|
||||
of Accounting,
|
twenty-eight
|
||||
Marquette
|
portfolios)
|
||||
University
|
|||||
(2004 - 2017)
|
|||||
Gary A. Drska
|
Independent
|
Indefinite term;
|
Pilot, Frontier/
|
2
|
Independent
|
615 E. Michigan Street
|
Trustee
|
Since 2001
|
Midwest Airlines
|
Trustee, Trust
|
|
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
(Airline Company)
|
for Professional
|
|||
Year of Birth: 1956
|
(1986 - present)
|
Managers
|
|||
(an open-end
|
|||||
investment
|
|||||
company with
|
|||||
twenty-eight
|
|||||
portfolios)
|
|||||
Interested Trustee and Officers
|
|||||
Term of | Principal | Number of | Other | ||
Position(s) | Office and | Occupation | Portfolios | Directorships | |
Name, Address
|
Held with
|
Length of
|
During Past
|
Overseen
|
Held by
|
and Year of Birth
|
the Trust
|
Time Served
|
Five Years
|
by Trustee
|
Trustee
|
Rick A. Sapio*
|
Trustee and
|
Indefinite term;
|
President,
|
2
|
N/A
|
Plaza of the Americas
|
Chairperson
|
Since 2018
|
Mutual Capital
|
||
700 North Pearl Street
|
Alliance, Inc.
|
||||
Suite 900
|
(1994 - present)
|
||||
Dallas, TX 75201
|
|||||
Year of Birth: 1964
|
*
|
Mr. Sapio is an “interested person” of the Trust as defined by the 1940 Act by virtue of the fact that he is the majority owner
of Mutual Capital Alliance, Inc., which owns the Advisor.
|
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
Term of | Principal | ||
Position(s) | Office and | Occupation | |
Name, Address
|
Held with
|
Length of
|
During Past
|
and Year of Birth
|
the Trust
|
Time Served
|
Five Years
|
Michael N. Loukas
|
President
|
Indefinite term;
|
President, USA Mutuals Advisors, Inc. (July 2016 -
|
Plaza of the Americas
|
Since 2016
|
present); Managing Principal, WaveFront Capital
|
|
700 N. Pearl Street,
|
Management, L.P. (2013 - July 2016)
|
||
Suite 900
|
|||
Dallas, TX 75201
|
|||
Year of Birth: 1972
|
|||
Jordan Waldrep
|
Treasurer
|
Indefinite term;
|
Treasurer, USA Mutuals Advisors, Inc.
|
Plaza of the Americas
|
Since 2017
|
(September 2017 - present); Portfolio Manager,
|
|
700 North Pearl Street
|
USA Mutuals Advisors, Inc. (August 2017 - present);
|
||
Suite 900
|
Portfolio Manager for Blackfin Capital (March 2014 -
|
||
Dallas, TX 75201
|
August 2017)
|
||
Year of Birth: 1975
|
|||
Jordan L. Fletcher
|
Secretary
|
Indefinite term;
|
Chief Operating Officer, USA Mutuals Advisors, Inc.
|
735 N. Water Street,
|
Since 2019
|
(September 2017 - present); Relationship Manager,
|
|
Suite 541
|
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (August 2015 -
|
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Milwaukee, WI 53202
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September 2017); Mutual Fund Services Manager,
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Year of Birth: 1986
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U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (February 2014 -
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August 2015)
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Guy Talarico
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Chief
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Indefinite term;
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Founder and Chief Executive Officer,
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150 Broadway
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Compliance
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Since 2019
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Alaric Compliance Services, LLC (2005 - present)
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Suite 302
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Officer
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New York, NY 10038
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Year of Birth: 1955
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information we receive about you on applications or other forms;
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information you give us orally; and
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information about your transactions with us or others.
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Investment Advisor
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USA Mutuals Advisors, Inc.
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Plaza of the Americas
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700 North Pearl Street, Suite 900
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Dallas, Texas 75201
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Legal Counsel
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Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
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833 East Michigan Street, Suite 1800
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-5615
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Independent Registered Public
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Cohen & Company, Ltd.
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Accounting Firm
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342 North Water Street, Suite 830
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
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Transfer Agent, Fund Accountant
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U.S. Bank Global Fund Services
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and Fund Administrator
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615 East Michigan Street
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
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Custodian
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U.S. Bank, N.A.
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Custody Operations
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1555 North RiverCenter Drive, Suite 302
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212
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Distributor
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Compass Distributors, LLC
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3 Canal Plaza, Suite 100
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Portland, Maine 04101
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FYE 3/31/2019
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FYE 3/31/2018
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Audit Fees
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$34,000
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$53,000
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Audit-Related Fees
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$0
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$0
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Tax Fees
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$6,000
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$9,000
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All Other Fees
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$0
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$0
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FYE 3/31/2019
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FYE 3/31/2018
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Audit-Related Fees
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0%
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0%
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Tax Fees
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0%
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0%
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All Other Fees
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0%
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0%
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Non-Audit Related Fees
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FYE 3/31/2019
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FYE 3/31/2018
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Registrant
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$6,000
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$9,000
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Registrant’s Investment Adviser
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$0
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$0
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(a)
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Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
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(b)
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Not Applicable.
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(a)
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The Registrant’s President and Treasurer have reviewed the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d‑15(b) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. Based on their review, such officers have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately recorded, processed,
summarized and reported and made known to them by others within the Registrant and by the Registrant’s service provider.
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(b)
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There were no changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act)
that occurred during the first fiscal quarter of 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.
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(a)
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(1) Any code of ethics or
amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy Item 2 requirements through filing an exhibit. Previously filed with the Form N-CSR filed
June 9, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference.
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(2)
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A separate certification for each
principal executive officer and principal financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
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(3)
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Any written solicitation to
purchase securities under Rule 23c‑1 under the Act sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons. Not applicable to open-end investment companies.
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(4)
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Change in the registrant’s
independent public accountant. There was no change in the registrant’s independent public accountant for the period covered by this report.
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(b)
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Certifications pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes‑Oxley Act of 2002. Furnished herewith.
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1.
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I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of USA Mutuals;
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2.
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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3.
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report;
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4.
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The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:
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(a)
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;
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(b)
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Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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(c)
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about
the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
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(d)
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second
fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
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5.
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The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the
registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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(a)
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
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(b)
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s
internal control over financial reporting.
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Date: 5/28/2019
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/s/ Michael Loukas
Michael Loukas President |
1.
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I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of USA Mutuals;
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2.
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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3.
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report;
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4.
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The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:
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(a)
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;
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(b)
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Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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(c)
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about
the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
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(d)
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second
fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
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5.
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The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the
registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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(a)
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
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(b)
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s
internal control over financial reporting.
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Date: 5/28/2019
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/s/ Jordan Waldrep
Jordan Waldrep Treasurer |
/s/ Michael Loukas
Michael Loukas
President
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/s/ Jordan Waldrep
Jordan Waldrep
Treasurer
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Dated: 5/28/2019
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