NPORT-EX 2 fp0081926-1_nportex.htm GUGGENHEIM RBP LARGE-CAP DEFENSIVE FUND NQ

Directional Allocation Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) December 31, 2022
   

  

   Shares   Value 
MONEY MARKET FUND - 1.8%          
Dreyfus Treasury Obligations
Cash Management Fund — Institutional Shares, 4.17%1
   4,379,076   $4,379,076 
Total Money Market Fund          
(Cost $4,379,076)        4,379,076 

 

   Face
Amount
    
U.S. TREASURY BILLS†† - 98.4%        
U.S. Treasury Bills          
3.71% due 01/26/232  $120,000,000    119,702,494 
3.70% due 01/26/232   115,000,000    114,714,892 
Total U.S. Treasury Bills          
(Cost $234,380,660)        234,417,386 
Total Investments - 100.2%          
(Cost $238,759,736)       $238,796,462 
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - (0.2)%        (405,410) 
Total Net Assets - 100.0%       $238,391,052 

 

Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 3.
††Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 3.
1Rate indicated is the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2022.
2Rate indicated is the effective yield at the time of purchase.

  

 

See Sector Classification in Other Information section.

  

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund's investments at December 31, 2022 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):

  

Investments in Securities (Assets)  Level 1 Quoted Prices   Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  

Level 3

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

   Total 
Money Market Fund  $4,379,076   $   $   $4,379,076 
U.S. Treasury Bills       234,417,386        234,417,386 
Total Assets  $4,379,076   $234,417,386   $   $238,796,462

 

 

RBP® Dividend Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) December 31, 2022
   

 

 

   Shares   Value 
COMMON STOCKS - 97.0%
Financial - 22.7%
Visa, Inc. — Class A   1,634   $339,480 
Mastercard, Inc. — Class A   917    318,869 
Morgan Stanley   2,685    228,279 
Chubb Ltd.   1,021    225,232 
Prologis, Inc. REIT   1,983    223,543 
American Express Co.   1,448    213,942 
Truist Financial Corp.   4,869    209,513 
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   1,992    204,359 
American International Group, Inc.   3,203    202,558 
Apollo Global Management, Inc.   3,032    193,411 
MetLife, Inc.   2,546    184,254 
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. REIT   3,340    182,498 
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT   1,152    180,852 
Equitable Holdings, Inc.   6,111    175,386 
Life Storage, Inc. REIT   1,692    166,662 
First Republic Bank   1,253    152,728 
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. REIT   6,996    147,476 
American Tower Corp. — Class A REIT   595    126,057 
Rithm Capital Corp. REIT   11,326    92,533 
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. — Class A REIT   4,056    85,865 
New York Community Bancorp, Inc.   7,401    63,649 
American Homes 4 Rent — Class A REIT   1,870    56,362 
AGNC Investment Corp. REIT   4,128    42,725 
Comerica, Inc.   409    27,342 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.   126    16,896 
Sun Communities, Inc. REIT   71    10,153 
Total Financial        4,070,624 
Technology - 20.1%          
Microsoft Corp.   4,447    1,066,480 
Apple, Inc.   6,418    833,891 
Broadcom, Inc.   533    298,016 
Accenture plc — Class A   934    249,229 
QUALCOMM, Inc.   2,047    225,047 
Applied Materials, Inc.   2,079    202,453 
KLA Corp.   508    191,531 
Electronic Arts, Inc.   1,536    187,668 
Intuit, Inc.   436    169,700 
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   428    151,345 
NVIDIA Corp.   203    29,667 
Total Technology        3,605,027 
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 17.8%          
Procter & Gamble Co.   2,324    352,225 
Eli Lilly & Co.   871    318,647 
Merck & Company, Inc.   2,849    316,097 
Pfizer, Inc.   6,134    314,306 
Danaher Corp.   945    250,822 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   3,308    238,011 
Gilead Sciences, Inc.   2,639    226,558 
Amgen, Inc.   797    209,324 
Bunge Ltd.   1,947    194,252 
Sysco Corp.   2,413    184,474 
Constellation Brands, Inc. — Class A   630    146,003 
PepsiCo, Inc.   711    128,449 
Humana, Inc.   188    96,292 
McKesson Corp.   229    85,902 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   138    73,165 
Johnson & Johnson   299    52,818 
Mondelez International, Inc. — Class A   158    10,531 
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical        3,197,876 
Consumer, Cyclical - 12.6%          
Home Depot, Inc.   1,048    331,021 
Walmart, Inc.   1,889    267,841 
NIKE, Inc. — Class B   2,255    263,857 
Starbucks Corp.   2,312    229,350 
TJX Companies, Inc.   2,785    221,686 
Dollar General Corp.   845    208,081 
Target Corp.   1,218    181,531 
Lowe's Companies, Inc.   756    150,626 
WW Grainger, Inc.   238    132,388 
Costco Wholesale Corp.   263    120,060 
Watsco, Inc.   458    114,225 
Cummins, Inc.   179    43,370 
Total Consumer, Cyclical        2,264,036 
Energy - 7.1%          
Exxon Mobil Corp.   3,719    410,206 
EOG Resources, Inc.   1,748    226,401 
Phillips 66   2,042    212,531 
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   873    199,385 
Valero Energy Corp.   1,422    180,395 
ConocoPhillips   411    48,498 
Total Energy        1,277,416 
Utilities - 5.3%          
NextEra Energy, Inc.   2,981    249,212 
Evergy, Inc.   2,951    185,706 
Vistra Corp.   7,053    163,630 
DTE Energy Co.   1,223    143,739 
UGI Corp.   3,708    137,455 
FirstEnergy Corp.   1,310    54,941 
AES Corp.   852    24,504 
Total Utilities        959,187 
Communications - 5.2%          
AT&T, Inc.   12,835    236,292 
Comcast Corp. — Class A   6,601    230,837 
eBay, Inc.   4,294    178,072 
Fox Corp. — Class A   4,989    151,516 
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.   4,010    133,573 
Fox Corp. — Class B   228    6,487 
Total Communications        936,777 
Industrial - 4.8%          
Caterpillar, Inc.   1,038    248,663 
Deere & Co.   544    233,245 
Eaton Corporation plc   1,285    201,681 
Republic Services, Inc. — Class A   478    61,657 
Agilent Technologies, Inc.   399    59,710 
Emerson Electric Co.   542    52,065 
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   36    7,931 
Total Industrial        864,952 

 

 

RBP® Dividend Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) December 31, 2022
   

 

   Shares   Value 
COMMON STOCKS - 97.0% (continued)        
Basic Materials - 1.4%        
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   4,550   $172,900 
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.   240    73,982 
Total Basic Materials        246,882 
Total Common Stocks          
(Cost $18,007,174)        17,422,777 
           
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS - 2.0%          
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF   1,099    166,883 
iShares Select Dividend ETF*   1,382    166,669 
Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF   250   27,053 
Total Exchange-Traded Funds          
(Cost $357,364)        360,605 
Total Investments - 99.0%          
(Cost $18,364,538)       $17,783,382 
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - 1.0%        181,543 
Total Net Assets - 100.0%       $17,964,925 

  

*Non-income producing security.
Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 3.

 

 

plc — Public Limited Company

REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust

 

See Sector Classification in Other Information section.

  

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund's investments at December 31, 2022 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):

 

 

Investments in Securities (Assets)  Level 1 Quoted Prices  

Level 2

Significant

Observable

Inputs

  

Level 3

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

   Total 
Common Stocks  $17,422,777   $   $   $17,422,777 
Exchange-Traded Funds   360,605            360,605 
Total Assets  $17,783,382   $   $   $17,783,382 

 

 

RBP® Large-Cap Defensive Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) December 31, 2022
   

 

 

   Shares   Value 
COMMON STOCKS - 94.9%
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 27.7%
Procter & Gamble Co.   1,222   $185,206 
Eli Lilly & Co.   469    171,579 
Merck & Company, Inc.   1,540    170,863 
Abbott Laboratories   1,372    150,632 
Pfizer, Inc.   2,679    137,272 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   1,840    132,388 
Mondelez International, Inc. — Class A   1,927    128,434 
AbbVie, Inc.   780    126,056 
McKesson Corp.   326    122,289 
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*   169    121,932 
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*   406    117,244 
AmerisourceBergen Corp. — Class A   700    115,997 
Hershey Co.   496    114,859 
Constellation Brands, Inc. — Class A   479    111,008 
US Foods Holding Corp.*   3,193    108,626 
Waters Corp.*   165    56,526 
Monster Beverage Corp.*   51    5,178 
PepsiCo, Inc.   28    5,059 
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical        2,081,148 
Technology - 17.2%          
Apple, Inc.   3,844    499,451 
Microsoft Corp.   2,011    482,278 
Electronic Arts, Inc.   868    106,052 
QUALCOMM, Inc.   941    103,453 
Accenture plc — Class A   221    58,972 
Adobe, Inc.*   116    39,038 
Total Technology        1,289,244 
Financial - 16.3%          
Visa, Inc. — Class A   859    178,466 
Mastercard, Inc. — Class A   492    171,083 
Chubb Ltd.   593    130,816 
Progressive Corp.   974    126,337 
Travelers Companies, Inc.   642    120,369 
Prologis, Inc. REIT   1,036    116,788 
Equitable Holdings, Inc.   3,783    108,572 
Everest Re Group Ltd.   317    105,013 
Public Storage REIT   352    98,627 
Bank of America Corp.   1,486    49,216 
AGNC Investment Corp. REIT   1,153    11,934 
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. — Class B*   17    5,251 
Total Financial        1,222,472 
Communications - 13.6%          
Alphabet, Inc. — Class C*   3,520    312,330 
AT&T, Inc.   7,254    133,546 
Walt Disney Co.*   1,371    119,112 
Arista Networks, Inc.*   913    110,793 
eBay, Inc.   2,639    109,439 
FactSet Research Systems, Inc.   253    101,506 
Liberty Media Corporation-Liberty Formula One — Class C*   1,382    82,616 
Amazon.com, Inc.*   604    50,736 
Total Communications        1,020,078 
Consumer, Cyclical - 8.1%          
Home Depot, Inc.   556    175,618 
Walmart, Inc.   1,052    149,163 
Tesla, Inc.*   1,008    124,165 
Lululemon Athletica, Inc.*   351    112,454 
Costco Wholesale Corp.   96    43,824 
Total Consumer, Cyclical        605,224 
Utilities - 7.8%          
NextEra Energy, Inc.   1,680    140,448 
Duke Energy Corp.   1,161    119,571 
American Electric Power Company, Inc.   1,245    118,213 
Evergy, Inc.   1,842    115,917 
Vistra Corp.   3,878    89,970 
Total Utilities        584,119 
Industrial - 4.2%          
Northrop Grumman Corp.   238    129,855 
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   552    121,606 
Snap-on, Inc.   272    62,149 
Total Industrial        313,610 
Total Common Stocks          
(Cost $7,349,473)        7,115,895 
           
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS - 4.4%          
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust   430    164,445 
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF   467    164,076 
Total Exchange-Traded Funds          
(Cost $330,962)        328,521 
Total Investments - 99.3%          
(Cost $7,680,435)       $7,444,416 
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - 0.7%        49,155 
Total Net Assets - 100.0%       $7,493,571 

  

 

*Non-income producing security.
Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 3.

 

 

plc — Public Limited Company

REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust

 

See Sector Classification in Other Information section.

 

 

 

RBP® Large-Cap Defensive Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) December 31, 2022
   

  

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund's investments at December 31, 2022 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):

 

Investments in Securities (Assets)  Level 1 Quoted Prices  

Level 2

Significant

Observable

Inputs

  

Level 3

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

   Total 
Common Stocks  $7,115,895   $   $   $7,115,895 
Exchange-Traded Funds   328,521            328,521 
Total Assets  $7,444,416   $   $   $7,444,416 

 

 

RBP® Large-Cap Market Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) December 31, 2022
   

 

 

   Shares   Value 
COMMON STOCKS - 95.6%
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 22.2%
Procter & Gamble Co.   1,435   $217,489 
Eli Lilly & Co.   543    198,651 
Danaher Corp.   591    156,863 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   2,064    148,505 
Gilead Sciences, Inc.   1,606    137,875 
McKesson Corp.   338    126,790 
Pfizer, Inc.   2,404    123,181 
AmerisourceBergen Corp. — Class A   701    116,163 
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc*   728    115,978 
Constellation Brands, Inc. — Class A   495    114,716 
Corteva, Inc.   1,928    113,328 
Sysco Corp.   1,343    102,672 
AbbVie, Inc.   634    102,461 
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.*   465    95,274 
Equifax, Inc.   418    81,243 
PayPal Holdings, Inc.*   1,006    71,647 
Mondelez International, Inc. — Class A   1,054    70,249 
PepsiCo, Inc.   369    66,664 
Amgen, Inc.   199    52,265 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   87    46,126 
Merck & Company, Inc.   409    45,378 
Dexcom, Inc.*   384    43,484 
US Foods Holding Corp.*   1,027    34,939 
Johnson & Johnson   192    33,917 
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.*   117    21,491 
Centene Corp.*   63    5,166 
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical        2,442,515 
Technology - 20.7%          
Microsoft Corp.   2,707    649,193 
Apple, Inc.   4,030    523,618 
Broadcom, Inc.   321    179,481 
Adobe, Inc.*   423    142,352 
QUALCOMM, Inc.   1,246    136,985 
Applied Materials, Inc.   1,266    123,283 
Salesforce, Inc.*   894    118,535 
Electronic Arts, Inc.   903    110,329 
ServiceNow, Inc.*   279    108,327 
NXP Semiconductor N.V.   677    106,986 
Accenture plc — Class A   215    57,370 
NVIDIA Corp.   124    18,122 
Total Technology        2,274,581 
Financial - 15.9%          
Visa, Inc. — Class A   1,014    210,669 
Mastercard, Inc. — Class A   421    146,394 
Chubb Ltd.   622    137,213 
Prologis, Inc. REIT   1,207    136,065 
Truist Financial Corp.   2,964    127,541 
American International Group, Inc.   1,950    123,318 
Travelers Companies, Inc.   652    122,243 
American Tower Corp. — Class A REIT   562    119,065 
Globe Life, Inc.   952    114,763 
Equitable Holdings, Inc.   3,711    106,506 
W R Berkley Corp.   1,324    96,083 
First Republic Bank   755    92,027 
Apollo Global Management, Inc.   1,326    84,586 
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. — Class B*   202    62,398 
Citigroup, Inc.   528    23,881 
MetLife, Inc.   289    20,915 
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT   103    16,170 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.   77    10,326 
Total Financial        1,750,163 
Consumer, Cyclical - 10.9%          
Home Depot, Inc.   648    204,677 
Tesla, Inc.*   1,429    176,024 
Walmart, Inc.   1,171    166,036 
NIKE, Inc. — Class B   1,368    160,070 
Starbucks Corp.   1,408    139,674 
TJX Companies, Inc.   1,734    138,026 
Target Corp.   774    115,357 
Southwest Airlines Co.   3,016    101,549 
Total Consumer, Cyclical        1,201,413 
Communications - 8.2%          
Alphabet, Inc. — Class C*   4,378    388,460 
Walt Disney Co.*   1,542    133,969 
T-Mobile US, Inc.*   943    132,020 
Amazon.com, Inc.*   1,491    125,244 
Comcast Corp. — Class A   2,313    80,886 
FactSet Research Systems, Inc.   62    24,875 
eBay, Inc.   456    18,910 
Total Communications        904,364 
Industrial - 7.0%          
Caterpillar, Inc.   639    153,079 
Northrop Grumman Corp.   248    135,311 
Eaton Corporation plc   802    125,874 
Keysight Technologies, Inc.*   651    111,366 
Axon Enterprise, Inc.*   660    109,514 
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   335    73,800 
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.   643    36,722 
Deere & Co.   59    25,297 
Total Industrial        770,963 
Energy - 5.9%          
Exxon Mobil Corp.   2,294    253,028 
Cheniere Energy, Inc.   766    114,870 
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   480    109,627 
EOG Resources, Inc.   688    89,110 
ConocoPhillips   631    74,458 
Total Energy        641,093 
Utilities - 3.8%          
NextEra Energy, Inc.   1,851    154,744 
Vistra Corp.   4,104    95,213 
Evergy, Inc.   1,463    92,066 
Constellation Energy Corp.   895    77,158 
Total Utilities        419,181 
Basic Materials - 1.0%          
FMC Corp.   881    109,949 
Total Common Stocks          
(Cost $10,590,633)        10,514,222 
           
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS - 3.5%          
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust   511    195,422 

 

 

RBP® Large-Cap Market Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) December 31, 2022
   

 

   Shares   Value 
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS - 3.5% (continued)        
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF   555   $194,993 
Total Exchange-Traded Funds          
(Cost $392,475)        390,415 
Total Investments – 99.1%          
(Cost $10,983,108)       $10,904,637 
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - 0.9%        98,101 
Total Net Assets - 100.0%       $11,002,738 

 

*Non-income producing security.
Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 3.

 

 

plc — Public Limited Company

REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust

 

See Sector Classification in Other Information section.

  

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund's investments at December 31, 2022 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):

 

Investments in Securities (Assets)  Level 1 Quoted Prices  

Level 2

Significant

Observable

Inputs

  

Level 3

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

   Total 
Common Stocks  $10,514,222   $   $   $10,514,222 
Exchange-Traded Funds   390,415            390,415 
Total Assets  $10,904,637   $   $   $10,904,637 

 

 

RBP® Large-Cap Value Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) December 31, 2022
   

  

 

   Shares   Value 
COMMON STOCKS - 96.6%
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 21.7%
Procter & Gamble Co.   760   $115,186 
Merck & Company, Inc.   914    101,408 
Abbott Laboratories   737    80,915 
Philip Morris International, Inc.   726    73,479 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   992    71,374 
Amgen, Inc.   266    69,862 
Gilead Sciences, Inc.   749    64,302 
Mondelez International, Inc. — Class A   923    61,518 
Johnson & Johnson   308    54,408 
AbbVie, Inc.   314    50,746 
Constellation Brands, Inc. — Class A   213    49,363 
Sysco Corp.   608    46,482 
PepsiCo, Inc.   213    38,480 
AmerisourceBergen Corp. — Class A   161    26,679 
Pfizer, Inc.   348    17,832 
Coca-Cola Co.   164    10,432 
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.   138    4,921 
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical        937,387 
Financial - 21.5%          
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. — Class B*   248    76,607 
Prologis, Inc. REIT   561    63,241 
Chubb Ltd.   283    62,430 
Progressive Corp.   454    58,888 
Truist Financial Corp.   1,290    55,509 
American International Group, Inc.   836    52,869 
MetLife, Inc.   699    50,587 
Travelers Companies, Inc.   268    50,247 
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   154    47,951 
Globe Life, Inc.   382    46,050 
Crown Castle, Inc. REIT   336    45,575 
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT   286    44,899 
Everest Re Group Ltd.   129    42,734 
Equitable Holdings, Inc.   1,431    41,070 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.   296    39,693 
First Republic Bank   310    37,786 
American Express Co.   226    33,392 
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.   345    26,161 
Apollo Global Management, Inc.   244    15,565 
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. REIT   240    15,504 
Bank of America Corp.   422    13,977 
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   60    6,155 
Public Storage REIT   10    2,802 
American Financial Group, Inc.   12    1,647 
Total Financial        931,339 
Industrial - 12.5%          
Caterpillar, Inc.   297    71,149 
Eaton Corporation plc   352    55,246 
Northrop Grumman Corp.   99    54,015 
TE Connectivity Ltd.   415    47,642 
Parker-Hannifin Corp.   161    46,851 
Keysight Technologies, Inc.*   272    46,531 
CSX Corp.   1,225    37,951 
Masco Corp.   794    37,056 
Allegion plc   323    33,999 
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.   568    32,439 
Snap-on, Inc.   129    29,475 
Amphenol Corp. — Class A   354    26,953 
Republic Services, Inc. — Class A   158    20,381 
Agilent Technologies, Inc.   15    2,245 
Total Industrial        541,933 
Consumer, Cyclical - 12.4%          
Home Depot, Inc.   351    110,867 
Walmart, Inc.   599    84,932 
Cummins, Inc.   207    50,154 
NIKE, Inc. — Class B   414    48,442 
Dollar Tree, Inc.*   308    43,563 
TJX Companies, Inc.   525    41,790 
Southwest Airlines Co.   1,240    41,751 
Target Corp.   264    39,347 
General Motors Co.   961    32,328 
Advance Auto Parts, Inc.   198    29,112 
Starbucks Corp.   124    12,301 
Delta Air Lines, Inc.*   60    1,972 
Total Consumer, Cyclical        536,559 
Energy - 7.3%          
Chevron Corp.   630    113,079 
Exxon Mobil Corp.   872    96,181 
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   248    56,641 
Marathon Petroleum Corp.   242    28,166 
Valero Energy Corp.   172    21,820 
Total Energy        315,887 
Technology - 6.3%          
QUALCOMM, Inc.   595    65,414 
Analog Devices, Inc.   361    59,215 
Applied Materials, Inc.   593    57,746 
Microchip Technology, Inc.   675    47,419 
Electronic Arts, Inc.   192    23,458 
NXP Semiconductor N.V.   89    14,065 
Marvell Technology, Inc.   174    6,445 
Total Technology        273,762 
Utilities - 6.1%          
NextEra Energy, Inc.   662    55,343 
FirstEnergy Corp.   1,136    47,644 
Evergy, Inc.   727    45,750 
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   1,524    45,705 
Vistra Corp.   1,667    38,675 
Duke Energy Corp.   166    17,096 
UGI Corp.   229    8,489 
AES Corp.   191    5,493 
Total Utilities        264,195 
Communications - 5.2%          
Walt Disney Co.*   844    73,327 
AT&T, Inc.   3,744    68,927 
Comcast Corp. — Class A   1,364    47,699 
eBay, Inc.   729    30,232 
Omnicom Group, Inc.   50    4,078 
Total Communications        224,263 
Basic Materials - 3.6%          
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   1,340    50,920 
FMC Corp.   376    46,925 

 

 

RBP® Large-Cap Value Fund  
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) December 31, 2022
   

 

   Shares   Value 
COMMON STOCKS - 96.6% (continued)
Basic Materials - 3.6% (continued)
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.   650   $44,610 
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.   36    11,097 
Total Basic Materials        153,552 
Total Common Stocks          
(Cost $3,978,391)        4,178,877 
           
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS - 2.4%          
iShares S&P 500 Value ETF   734    106,481 
Total Exchange-Traded Funds          
(Cost $105,681)        106,481 
Total Investments - 99.0%          
(Cost $4,084,072)       $4,285,358 
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - 1.0%        42,136 
Total Net Assets - 100.0%       $4,327,494 

  

*Non-income producing security.
Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 3.

  

 

plc — Public Limited Company

REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust

 

See Sector Classification in Other Information section.

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund's investments at December 31, 2022 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):

 

Investments in Securities (Assets)  Level 1 Quoted Prices  

Level 2

Significant

Observable

Inputs

  

Level 3

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

   Total 
Common Stocks  $4,178,877   $   $   $4,178,877 
Exchange-Traded Funds   106,481            106,481 
Total Assets  $4,285,358   $   $   $4,285,358 

 

 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)  
   

  

Note 1 – Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

 

Organization

Transparent Value Trust (the "Trust"), a Delaware statutory trust, is registered with the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act”), as an open-ended investment company of the series type. Each series, in effect, is representing a separate fund (each, a "Fund"). The Trust may issue an unlimited number of authorized shares. The Trust accounts for the assets of each Fund separately.

 

This report covers the following funds (collectively, the “Funds”): 

 

 

Fund Name Investment Company Type
Directional Allocation Fund Diversified
RBP® Dividend Fund Diversified
RBP® Large-Cap Defensive Fund Diversified
RBP® Large-Cap Market Fund Diversified
RBP® Large-Cap Value Fund Diversified

 

For information on the Funds' policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Funds' most recent semi-annual or annual shareholder report.

 

 Significant Accounting Policies

The Funds operate as investment companies and, accordingly, follow the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investment Companies. 

 

The following significant accounting policies are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and are consistently followed by the Trust. This requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities, contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. All time references are based on Eastern Time.

 

(a) Valuation of Investments 

The Board of Trustees of the Funds (the “Board”) adopted policies and procedures for the valuation of the Funds’ investments (the “Valuation Procedures”). The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act (“Rule 2a-5”) which establishes requirements for determining fair value in good faith and became effective September 8, 2022. Rule 2a-5 also defines “readily available market quotations” for purposes of the 1940 Act and establishes requirements for determining whether a fund must fair value a security in good faith.

 

Pursuant to Rule 2a-5, the Board has designated Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC (“GPIM” or the “Adviser”) as the valuation designee to perform fair valuation determinations for the Funds with respect to all Fund investments and/or other assets. As the Funds’ valuation designee pursuant to Rule 2a-5, the Adviser has adopted separate procedures (the “Valuation Designee Procedures”) reasonably designed to prevent violations of the requirements of Rule 2a-5 and Rule 31a-4. The Adviser, in its role as valuation designee, utilizes the assistance of a valuation committee, consisting of representatives from Guggenheim’s investment management, fund administration, legal and compliance departments (the “Valuation Committee”), in determining the fair value of the Funds’ securities and/or other assets.

 

Valuations of the Funds’ securities and other assets are supplied primarily by pricing services appointed pursuant to the processes set forth in the Valuation Procedures. The Adviser, with the assistance of the Valuation Committee convenes monthly, or more frequently as needed, to review the valuation of all assets which have been fair valued for reasonableness. The Adviser, consistent with the monitoring and review responsibilities set forth in the Valuation Designee Procedures, regularly reviews the appropriateness of the inputs, methods, models and assumptions employed by the pricing services.

 

If the pricing service cannot or does not provide a valuation for a particular investment or such valuation is deemed unreliable, such investment is fair valued by the Adviser.

 

Equity securities listed or traded on a recognized U.S. securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (“NASDAQ”) National Market System shall generally be valued on the basis of the last sale price on the primary U.S. exchange or market on which the security is listed or traded; provided, however, that securities listed on NASDAQ will be valued at the NASDAQ official closing price, which may not necessarily represent the last sale price.

 

 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)  
   

 

Open-end investment companies are valued at their net asset value (“NAV”) as of the close of business, on the valuation date. Exchange-traded funds and closed-end investment companies are generally valued at the last quoted sale price.

 

Investments for which market quotations are not readily available are fair-valued as determined in good faith by the Adviser. Valuations in accordance with these methods are intended to reflect each security’s (or asset’s or liability’s) “fair value". Each such determination is based on a consideration of all relevant factors, which are likely to vary from one pricing context to another. Examples of such factors may include, but are not limited to market prices; sale prices; broker quotes; and models which derive prices based on inputs such as prices of securities with comparable maturities and characteristics, or based on inputs such as anticipated cash flows or collateral, spread over U.S. Treasury securities, and other information analysis.

 

Note 2 – Federal Income Tax Information

The Funds intend to comply with the provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and will distribute substantially all taxable net investment income and capital gains sufficient to relieve the Funds from all, or substantially all, federal income, excise and state income taxes. Therefore, no provision for federal or state income tax or federal excise tax is required.

 

Tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Funds' tax returns are evaluated to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the Funds' tax positions taken, or to be taken, on U.S. federal income tax returns for all open tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Funds' financial statements. The Funds' U.S. federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") for a period of three years after they are filed.

 

At December 31, 2022, the cost of investments for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments for which there was an excess of value over tax cost, and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments for which there was an excess of tax cost over value, were as follows:

 

 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)  
   

  

Fund  Tax Cost   Tax Unrealized Appreciation   Tax Unrealized Depreciation   Net Tax Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 
Directional Allocation Fund  $238,759,736   $36,726   $-   $36,726 
RBP® Dividend Fund   18,436,882    949,839    (1,603,339)   (653,500)
RBP® Large-Cap Defensive Fund   7,722,114    449,246    (726,944)   (277,698)
RBP® Large-Cap Market Fund   10,995,511    841,612    (932,486)   (90,874)
RBP® Large-Cap Value Fund   4,089,450    370,737    (174,829)   195,908 

 

Note 3 – Fair Value Measurement  

In accordance with U.S. GAAP, fair value is defined as the price that the Funds would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy based on the types of inputs used to value assets and liabilities and requires corresponding disclosure. U.S. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy based on the types of inputs used to value assets and liabilities and requires corresponding disclosure. The hierarchy and the corresponding inputs are summarized below:

 

Level 1 — unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

Level 2 — significant other observable inputs (for example quoted prices for securities that are similar based on characteristics such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

 

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs based on the best information available under the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available, which may include assumptions.

 

Rule 2a-5 sets forth a definition of “readily available market quotations,” which is consistent with the definition of a Level 1 input under U.S. GAAP. Rule 2a-5 provides that “a market quotation is readily available only when that quotation is a quoted price (unadjusted) in active markets for identical investments that the fund can access at the measurement date, provided that a quotation will not be readily available if it is not reliable.”

 

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available must be valued at fair value as determined in good faith. Accordingly, any security priced using inputs other than Level 1 inputs will be subject to fair value requirements. The types of inputs available depend on a variety of factors, such as the type of security and the characteristics of the markets in which it trades, if any. Fair valuation determinations that rely on fewer or no observable inputs require greater judgment. Accordingly, fair value determinations for Level 3 securities require the greatest amount of judgment.

 

The inputs or methodologies selected and applied for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The suitability, appropriateness and accuracy of the techniques, methodologies and sources employed to determine fair valuation are periodically reviewed and subject to change.

 

 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)  
   

 

Note 4 – Market Risks

The value of, or income generated by, the investments held by the Funds are subject to the possibility of rapid and unpredictable fluctuation, and loss that may result from various factors. These factors include, among others, developments affecting individual companies, or from broader influences, including real or perceived changes in prevailing interest rates (which have since risen and may continue to rise), changes in inflation rates or expectations about inflation rates (which are currently elevated relative to normal conditions), adverse investor confidence or sentiment, changing economic, political (including geopolitical), social or financial market conditions, increased instability or general uncertainty, environmental disasters, governmental actions, public health emergencies (such as the spread of infectious diseases, pandemics and epidemics), debt crises, actual or threatened wars or other armed conflicts (such as the current Russia-Ukraine conflict and its risk of expansion or collateral economic and other effects) or ratings downgrades, and other similar events, each of which may be temporary or last for extended period. Moreover, changing economic, political, geopolitical, social, financial market or other conditions in one country or geographic region could adversely affect the value, yield and return of the investments held by the Funds in a different country or geographic region, economy, and market because of the increasingly interconnected global economies and financial markets. The duration and extent of the foregoing types of factors or conditions are highly uncertain and difficult to predict and have in the past, and may in the future, cause volatility and distress in economies and financial markets or other adverse circumstances, which may negatively affect the value of the Funds’ investments and performance of the Funds.

 

 

OTHER INFORMATION (Unaudited)  

 

Sector Classification

 

Information in the Schedule of Investments is categorized by sectors using sector-level Classifications defined by the Bloomberg Industry Classification System, a widely recognized industry classification system provider. Each Fund’s registration statement has investment policies relating to concentration in specific sectors/industries. For purposes of these investment policies, the Funds usually classify sectors/industries based on industry-level Classifications used by widely recognized industry classification system providers such as Bloomberg Industry Classification System, Global Industry Classification Standards and Barclays Global Classification Scheme.