NPORT-EX 2 adw8_q3holdings052.htm PART F Document

American Century Investments®
Quarterly Portfolio Holdings
Avantis® Short-Term Fixed Income Fund
May 31, 2024



Avantis Short-Term Fixed Income Fund - Schedule of Investments
MAY 31, 2024 (UNAUDITED) 
Principal
Amount ($)/Shares
Value ($)
CORPORATE BONDS — 76.3%
Aerospace and Defense — 0.3%
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., 3.84%, 5/1/2536,000 35,407 
Automobiles — 1.8%  
American Honda Finance Corp., 1.00%, 9/10/2578,000 73,792 
General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 4.00%, 1/15/2520,000 19,794 
General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 5.25%, 3/1/2645,000 44,765 
Toyota Motor Corp., 1.34%, 3/25/26100,000 93,556 
  231,907 
Banks — 9.1%  
Bank of Montreal, 1.85%, 5/1/2572,000 69,657 
Bank of Nova Scotia, 5.25%, 6/12/2875,000 75,138 
Citigroup, Inc., 3.70%, 1/12/2675,000 73,021 
European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 0.50%, 5/19/2535,000 33,443 
European Investment Bank, 1.375%, 3/15/2750,000 45,644 
Inter-American Development Bank, 3.125%, 9/18/2850,000 47,044 
Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, 2.875%, 4/3/28100,000 93,932 
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., 3.29%, 7/25/2765,000 61,480 
Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG, 4.25%, 3/1/28100,000 98,488 
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., 2.20%, 11/1/2490,000 88,735 
Royal Bank of Canada, 6.00%, 11/1/2775,000 76,872 
Santander Holdings USA, Inc., 4.50%, 7/17/2566,000 64,933 
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., 3.36%, 7/12/2765,000 61,583 
Toronto-Dominion Bank, 1.20%, 6/3/26105,000 96,778 
U.S. Bancorp, 2.40%, 7/30/2435,000 34,818 
Wells Fargo & Co., 3.55%, 9/29/2536,000 35,113 
Wells Fargo & Co., 3.00%, 10/23/2625,000 23,715 
Westpac Banking Corp., 5.46%, 11/18/2785,000 86,128 
  1,166,522 
Biotechnology — 0.4%  
AbbVie, Inc., 3.80%, 3/15/2550,000 49,335 
Building Products — 0.2%  
Owens Corning, 3.40%, 8/15/2628,000 26,789 
Capital Markets — 11.2%  
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 2.875%, 9/15/2698,000 93,034 
ARES Management Corp., 6.375%, 11/10/2875,000 77,979 
Bank of New York Mellon Corp., 3.25%, 9/11/2498,000 97,381 
Bank of New York Mellon Corp., 3.85%, 4/26/29100,000 95,333 
BlackRock, Inc., 3.20%, 3/15/27100,000 95,829 
Brookfield Finance, Inc., 3.90%, 1/25/2875,000 71,671 
Charles Schwab Corp., 3.85%, 5/21/2566,000 64,989 
CME Group, Inc., 3.00%, 3/15/25110,000 108,020 
Franklin Resources, Inc., 2.85%, 3/30/25100,000 97,874 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 3.75%, 5/22/2566,000 64,873 
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., 3.75%, 12/1/2550,000 48,829 
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., 3.10%, 9/15/2750,000 46,969 
Jefferies Financial Group, Inc., 5.875%, 7/21/2875,000 75,412 
Lazard Group LLC, 4.50%, 9/19/2875,000 72,483 
Morgan Stanley, 3.875%, 1/27/2675,000 73,183 
Nasdaq, Inc., 5.35%, 6/28/2875,000 75,403 



S&P Global, Inc., 2.70%, 3/1/29100,000 90,125 
State Street Corp., 3.55%, 8/18/2586,000 84,376 
  1,433,763 
Chemicals — 1.3%  
Ecolab, Inc., 2.70%, 11/1/2695,000 90,027 
Mosaic Co., 5.375%, 11/15/2875,000 75,031 
  165,058 
Commercial Services and Supplies — 0.8%  
Cintas Corp. No. 2, 3.45%, 5/1/25100,000 98,236 
Consumer Finance — 1.1%  
American Express Co., 2.25%, 3/4/2575,000 73,192 
Capital One Financial Corp., 4.25%, 4/30/2566,000 65,168 
  138,360 
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.6%  
Dollar Tree, Inc., 4.00%, 5/15/2566,000 65,069 
Sysco Corp., 3.30%, 7/15/2645,000 43,200 
Target Corp., 1.95%, 1/15/27100,000 93,031 
  201,300 
Containers and Packaging — 0.1%  
Packaging Corp. of America, 3.65%, 9/15/2413,000 12,918 
Diversified REITs — 2.5%  
Digital Realty Trust LP, 4.45%, 7/15/2875,000 72,507 
Extra Space Storage LP, 5.70%, 4/1/2875,000 75,839 
Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP, 2.30%, 11/15/2875,000 66,029 
Mid-America Apartments LP, 3.60%, 6/1/2750,000 47,859 
Ventas Realty LP, 3.85%, 4/1/2765,000 62,345 
  324,579 
Electric Utilities — 4.3%  
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co., 2.40%, 8/15/2664,000 60,399 
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co., 4.05%, 4/15/2536,000 35,561 
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co., 3.25%, 4/15/28100,000 93,613 
Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC, 3.74%, 5/1/2661,000 58,768 
DTE Electric Co., 3.375%, 3/1/25100,000 98,301 
Duke Energy Progress LLC, 3.25%, 8/15/2524,000 23,422 
Edison International, 4.125%, 3/15/28(1)
75,000 71,457 
Emera U.S. Finance LP, 3.55%, 6/15/2662,000 59,336 
Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC, 5.75%, 3/15/2950,000 51,252 
  552,109 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components — 1.0%  
Avnet, Inc., 6.25%, 3/15/2850,000 51,206 
Flex Ltd., 3.75%, 2/1/2647,000 45,503 
Keysight Technologies, Inc., 4.55%, 10/30/2436,000 35,791 
  132,500 
Energy Equipment and Services — 0.8%  
Schlumberger Finance Canada Ltd., 1.40%, 9/17/25104,000 99,056 
Financial Services — 1.5%  
Equitable Holdings, Inc., 4.35%, 4/20/2850,000 48,026 
Global Payments, Inc., 4.95%, 8/15/2750,000 49,359 
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., 3.40%, 2/7/2850,000 47,212 
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., 1.00%, 10/18/2450,000 49,109 
  193,706 
Food Products — 1.3%  
Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp., 1.63%, 8/17/2529,000 27,678 
Hershey Co., 2.05%, 11/15/2436,000 35,447 
Hormel Foods Corp., 0.65%, 6/3/2460,000 60,000 



Tyson Foods, Inc., 4.00%, 3/1/2645,000 43,905 
  167,030 
Gas Utilities — 0.5%  
Southern California Gas Co., 3.15%, 9/15/2463,000 62,507 
Ground Transportation — 0.4%  
Ryder System, Inc., 2.50%, 9/1/2436,000 35,716 
Ryder System, Inc., 3.35%, 9/1/2518,000 17,505 
  53,221 
Health Care Equipment and Supplies — 1.5%  
DH Europe Finance II SARL, 2.20%, 11/15/24100,000 98,581 
Medtronic Global Holdings SCA, 4.25%, 3/30/28100,000 97,411 
  195,992 
Health Care Providers and Services — 2.0%  
Cardinal Health, Inc., 3.50%, 11/15/2469,000 68,245 
Humana, Inc., 3.95%, 3/15/2765,000 62,679 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 2.375%, 8/15/24100,000 99,329 
Universal Health Services, Inc., 1.65%, 9/1/2630,000 27,376 
  257,629 
Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure — 1.6%  
Booking Holdings, Inc., 3.65%, 3/15/2597,000 95,648 
Hyatt Hotels Corp., 4.85%, 3/15/2645,000 44,534 
Marriott International, Inc., 5.00%, 10/15/2760,000 59,685 
  199,867 
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.8%  
3M Co., 2.65%, 4/15/25100,000 97,514 
Insurance — 6.1%  
American International Group, Inc., 4.20%, 4/1/2875,000 72,179 
Aon Global Ltd., 3.875%, 12/15/2550,000 48,791 
Chubb INA Holdings LLC, 3.15%, 3/15/25100,000 98,234 
Lincoln National Corp., 3.80%, 3/1/2875,000 71,297 
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 3.50%, 3/10/25100,000 98,529 
MetLife, Inc., 3.00%, 3/1/2575,000 73,625 
MetLife, Inc., 3.60%, 11/13/2534,000 33,214 
Progressive Corp., 2.50%, 3/15/27100,000 93,364 
Prudential Financial, Inc., 1.50%, 3/10/2675,000 70,240 
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc., 3.95%, 9/15/2675,000 72,663 
Willis North America, Inc., 4.50%, 9/15/2850,000 48,353 
  780,489 
IT Services — 0.7%  
International Business Machines Corp., 3.50%, 5/15/29100,000 93,037 
Life Sciences Tools and Services — 0.8%  
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., 5.00%, 1/31/29100,000 100,014 
Machinery — 1.4%  
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., 3.30%, 6/9/2439,000 38,981 
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., 1.45%, 5/15/2536,000 34,726 
John Deere Capital Corp., 4.95%, 7/14/2825,000 24,971 
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., 6.00%, 3/6/2875,000 77,285 
  175,963 
Media — 0.8%  
Comcast Corp., 3.375%, 8/15/2542,000 41,069 
Discovery Communications LLC, 4.90%, 3/11/2660,000 59,231 
  100,300 
Metals and Mining — 0.2%  
ArcelorMittal SA, 4.55%, 3/11/2620,000 19,617 



Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 5.6%  
BP Capital Markets PLC, 3.28%, 9/19/27100,000 94,596 
Energy Transfer LP, 3.90%, 7/15/2670,000 67,743 
EOG Resources, Inc., 3.15%, 4/1/25100,000 98,162 
Equinor ASA, 7.25%, 9/23/27100,000 106,336 
Exxon Mobil Corp., 2.71%, 3/6/2572,000 70,567 
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.625%, 3/1/2575,000 74,866 
Shell International Finance BV, 3.25%, 5/11/2566,000 64,766 
Targa Resources Corp., 6.15%, 3/1/2975,000 77,286 
Williams Cos., Inc., 4.00%, 9/15/2566,000 64,705 
  719,027 
Passenger Airlines — 0.6%  
Southwest Airlines Co., 5.125%, 6/15/2775,000 74,546 
Personal Care Products — 0.9%  
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., 2.00%, 12/1/2436,000 35,383 
Kenvue, Inc., 5.50%, 3/22/2575,000 75,010 
  110,393 
Pharmaceuticals — 2.2%  
Astrazeneca Finance LLC, 1.75%, 5/28/28100,000 88,374 
Merck & Co., Inc., 3.40%, 3/7/2975,000 70,351 
Novartis Capital Corp., 1.75%, 2/14/2529,000 28,287 
Novartis Capital Corp., 3.00%, 11/20/2527,000 26,250 
Royalty Pharma PLC, 1.20%, 9/2/2578,000 73,870 
  287,132 
Residential REITs — 1.6%  
AvalonBay Communities, Inc., 1.90%, 12/1/28100,000 87,424 
Camden Property Trust, 4.10%, 10/15/2850,000 47,947 
UDR, Inc., 4.40%, 1/26/2975,000 71,986 
  207,357 
Retail REITs — 1.0%  
Federal Realty OP LP, 3.25%, 7/15/2765,000 61,134 
Kimco Realty OP LLC, 3.30%, 2/1/2566,000 65,018 
  126,152 
Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment — 2.9%  
Intel Corp., 4.875%, 2/10/28100,000 99,302 
KLA Corp., 4.65%, 11/1/24100,000 99,650 
Lam Research Corp., 3.80%, 3/15/2560,000 59,232 
Marvell Technology, Inc., 1.65%, 4/15/2667,000 62,520 
Xilinx, Inc., 2.95%, 6/1/2450,000 50,000 
  370,704 
Specialized REITs — 0.9%  
American Tower Corp., 3.55%, 7/15/2765,000 61,593 
Crown Castle, Inc., 5.60%, 6/1/2950,000 50,332 
  111,925 
Specialty Retail — 2.0%  
Home Depot, Inc., 2.125%, 9/15/2640,000 37,515 
Home Depot, Inc., 4.90%, 4/15/2950,000 49,917 
Ross Stores, Inc., 4.60%, 4/15/2566,000 65,450 
TJX Cos., Inc., 2.25%, 9/15/26110,000 103,457 
  256,339 
Technology Hardware, Storage and Peripherals — 0.8%  
Apple, Inc., 2.45%, 8/4/2671,000 67,312 
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., 4.90%, 10/15/2536,000 35,736 
  103,048 



Textiles, Apparel and Luxury Goods — 1.5%  
NIKE, Inc., 2.75%, 3/27/27100,000 94,363 
Ralph Lauren Corp., 3.75%, 9/15/25100,000 97,937 
  192,300 
Trading Companies and Distributors — 0.2%  
Air Lease Corp., 2.875%, 1/15/2620,000 19,124 
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $9,930,893)
 9,742,772 
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES — 20.3%  
U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.375%, 9/15/24300,000 295,815 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.75%, 12/31/24(2)
170,000 166,586 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.375%, 1/31/25175,000 170,613 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.625%, 11/30/27150,000 130,910 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.625%, 12/31/27175,000 152,274 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.25%, 3/31/28210,000 185,645 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.25%, 4/30/28250,000 220,513 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.25%, 6/30/28550,000 482,840 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.00%, 7/31/28500,000 433,281 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.375%, 12/31/28290,000 252,561 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.375%, 5/15/29110,000 99,675 
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES
(Cost $2,625,640)
 2,590,713 
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY SECURITIES — 2.2%  
FHLB, 0.375%, 9/4/2525,000 23,634 
FHLB, 1.25%, 12/21/26100,000 91,741 
FNMA, 0.375%, 8/25/2525,000 23,610 
FNMA, 1.875%, 9/24/26100,000 93,620 
Tennessee Valley Authority, 0.75%, 5/15/2548,000 46,030 
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY SECURITIES
(Cost $290,888)
 278,635 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 1.0%  
Money Market Funds — 1.0%  
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class60,914 60,914 
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio(3)
73,500 73,500 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $134,414)
 134,414 
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — 99.8%
(Cost $12,981,835)
 12,746,534 
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — 0.2% 22,491 
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0% $12,769,025 

FUTURES CONTRACTS PURCHASED
Reference EntityContractsExpiration
Date
Notional
Amount
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)^
U.S. Treasury 5-Year NotesSeptember 2024$211,594 $121 
^Amount represents value and unrealized appreciation (depreciation).

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
FHLB
Federal Home Loan Bank
FNMA
Federal National Mortgage Association
(1)Security, or a portion thereof, is on loan. At the period end, the aggregate value of securities on loan was $71,457. The amount of securities on loan indicated may not correspond with the securities on loan identified because securities with pending sales are in the process of recall from the brokers.
(2)Security, or a portion thereof, has been pledged at the custodian bank or with a broker for collateral requirements on futures contracts. At the period end, the aggregate value of securities pledged was $158,747.
(3)Investment of cash collateral from securities on loan. At the period end, the aggregate value of the collateral held by the fund was $73,500.



SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

1. Investment Valuations

The fund determines the fair value of its investments and computes its net asset value (NAV) per share at the close of regular trading (usually 4 p.m. Eastern time) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on each day the NYSE is open. The value of investments of the fund is determined by American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) (the investment advisor), as the valuation designee, pursuant to its valuation policies and procedures. The Board of Trustees oversees the valuation designee and reviews its valuation policies and procedures at least annually.

Fixed income securities are valued at the evaluated mean as provided by independent pricing services or at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices as provided by investment dealers. Corporate bonds and U.S. Treasury and Government Agency securities are valued using market models that consider trade data, quotations from dealers and active market makers, relevant yield curve and spread data, creditworthiness, trade data or market information on comparable securities, and other relevant security specific information.

Open-end management investment companies are valued at the reported NAV per share. Exchange-traded futures contracts are valued at the settlement price as provided by the appropriate exchange.

If the valuation designee determines that the market price for a portfolio security is not readily available or is believed by the valuation designee to be unreliable, such security is valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the valuation designee, in accordance with its policies and procedures. Circumstances that may cause the fund to determine that market quotations are not available or reliable include, but are not limited to: when there is a significant event subsequent to the market quotation; trading in a security has been halted during the trading day; or trading in a security is insufficient or did not take place due to a closure or holiday.

The valuation designee monitors for significant events occurring after the close of an investment’s primary exchange but before the fund’s NAV per share is determined. Significant events may include, but are not limited to: corporate announcements and transactions; regulatory news, governmental action and political unrest that could impact a specific investment or an investment sector; or armed conflicts, natural disasters and similar events that could affect investments in a specific country or region.

2. Fair Value Measurements

The fund's investments valuation process is based on several considerations and may use multiple inputs to determine the fair value of the investments held by the fund. In conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the inputs used to determine a valuation are classified into three broad levels. 

Level 1 valuation inputs consist of unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical investments.

Level 2 valuation inputs consist of direct or indirect observable market data (including quoted prices for comparable investments, evaluations of subsequent market events, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). These inputs also consist of quoted prices for identical investments initially expressed in local currencies that are adjusted through translation into U.S. dollars. 

Level 3 valuation inputs consist of unobservable data (including a fund’s own assumptions).

The level classification is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair valuation measurement. The valuation inputs are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in these securities or other financial instruments.

The following is a summary of the level classifications as of period end. The Schedule of Investments provides additional information on the fund's portfolio holdings.
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Assets
Investment Securities
Corporate Bonds
— $9,742,772 — 
U.S. Treasury Securities
— 2,590,713 — 
U.S. Government Agency Securities
— 278,635 — 
Short-Term Investments
$134,414 — — 
$134,414 $12,612,120 — 
Other Financial Instruments
   
Futures Contracts
$121 — — 
This schedule of investments provides information about the fund’s portfolio holdings as of the date on the schedule. It is unaudited, and American Century Investments assumes no obligation to update or supplement the schedule to reflect subsequent changes. More information is available in the fund’s most recent annual or semiannual shareholder report.