NPORT-EX 2 IAJK.HTM FOR VALIDATION PURPOSES ONLY - [839856.IAJK]

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of September 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

ASG Tactical U.S. Market Fund

 

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Common Stocks – 38.9% of Net Assets

 
   Aerospace & Defense – 1.1%

 

  4,601     

Boeing Co. (The)

   $ 1,750,542  
  809     

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     315,559  
  1,103     

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     413,393  
  1,375     

United Technologies Corp.

     187,715  
     

 

 

 
        2,667,209  
     

 

 

 
   Air Freight & Logistics – 0.2%

 

  729     

FedEx Corp.

     106,121  
  2,364     

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

     283,254  
     

 

 

 
        389,375  
     

 

 

 
   Automobiles – 0.0%

 

  2,560     

General Motors Co.

     95,949  
     

 

 

 
   Banks – 1.6%

 

  62,599     

Bank of America Corp.

     1,826,013  
  8,377     

Citigroup, Inc.

     578,683  
  9,530     

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     1,121,586  
  6,031     

Wells Fargo & Co.

     304,203  
     

 

 

 
        3,830,485  
     

 

 

 
   Beverages – 0.6%

 

  16,590     

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

     903,160  
  4,465     

PepsiCo, Inc.

     612,151  
     

 

 

 
        1,515,311  
     

 

 

 
   Biotechnology – 0.3%

 

  3,256     

Amgen, Inc.

     630,069  
     

 

 

 
   Capital Markets – 1.2%

 

  1,620     

BlackRock, Inc.

     721,937  
  4,308     

CME Group, Inc.

     910,452  
  1,629     

Moody’s Corp.

     333,668  
  2,069     

MSCI, Inc.

     450,525  
  1,764     

S&P Global, Inc.

     432,145  
     

 

 

 
        2,848,727  
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals – 0.9%

 

  1,652     

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

     366,513  
  4,320     

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     212,544  
  2     

Dow, Inc.

     95  
  2,258     

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

     161,018  
  1,961     

Ecolab, Inc.

     388,356  
  2,638     

Linde PLC

     511,033  
  1,333     

PPG Industries, Inc.

     157,974  
  418     

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

     229,846  
     

 

 

 
        2,027,379  
     

 

 

 
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Common Stocks – continued

 
   Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.7%

 

  2,517     

Cintas Corp.

   $ 674,808  
  7,957     

Waste Management, Inc.

     915,055  
     

 

 

 
        1,589,863  
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment – 0.4%

 

  19,453     

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     961,173  
     

 

 

 
   Construction Materials – 0.1%

 

  1,041     

Vulcan Materials Co.

     157,441  
     

 

 

 
   Containers & Packaging – 0.1%

 

  3,265     

Ball Corp.

     237,725  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Financial Services – 0.9%

 

  9,913     

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

     2,062,102  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Telecommunication Services – 0.9%

 

  13,412     

AT&T, Inc.

     507,510  
  27,126     

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     1,637,325  
     

 

 

 
        2,144,835  
     

 

 

 
   Electric Utilities – 0.8%

 

  3,056     

Alliant Energy Corp.

     164,810  
  2,699     

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     252,869  
  3,845     

Duke Energy Corp.

     368,582  
  5,881     

Exelon Corp.

     284,111  
  2,354     

NextEra Energy, Inc.

     548,458  
  8,299     

PPL Corp.

     261,336  
     

 

 

 
        1,880,166  
     

 

 

 
   Electrical Equipment – 0.2%

 

  4,506     

Eaton Corp. PLC

     374,674  
     

 

 

 
   Energy Equipment & Services – 0.1%

 

  4,893     

Schlumberger Ltd.

     167,194  
     

 

 

 
   Entertainment – 1.1%

 

  1,567     

Netflix, Inc.(a)

     419,361  
  15,695     

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     2,045,372  
     

 

 

 
        2,464,733  
     

 

 

 
   Food & Staples Retailing – 1.4%

 

  5,413     

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     1,559,539  
  10,320     

Sysco Corp.

     819,408  
  7,485     

Walmart, Inc.

     888,320  
     

 

 

 
        3,267,267  
     

 

 

 
   Food Products – 0.3%

 

  1,494     

McCormick & Co., Inc.

     233,512  
  8,150     

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

     450,858  
     

 

 

 
        684,370  
     

 

 

 
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Common Stocks – continued

 
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 1.2%

 

  1,894     

Abbott Laboratories

   $ 158,471  
  2,297     

Becton Dickinson and Co.

     581,049  
  1,382     

Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)

     410,454  
  7,263     

Danaher Corp.

     1,048,995  
  3,271     

Stryker Corp.

     707,517  
     

 

 

 
        2,906,486  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Providers & Services – 0.9%

 

  2,234     

Centene Corp.(a)

     96,643  
  4,048     

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

     433,257  
  6,762     

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     1,469,518  
     

 

 

 
        1,999,418  
     

 

 

 
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.7%

 

  261     

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)

     219,363  
  2,241     

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

     278,713  
  3,316     

McDonald’s Corp.

     711,978  
  1,894     

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

     205,177  
  1,443     

Starbucks Corp.

     127,590  
     

 

 

 
        1,542,821  
     

 

 

 
   Household Durables – 0.2%

 

  1,851     

Garmin Ltd.

     156,761  
  6,190     

PulteGroup, Inc.

     226,245  
     

 

 

 
        383,006  
     

 

 

 
   Household Products – 0.8%

 

  2,242     

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

     168,688  
  2,184     

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     310,237  
  11,547     

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     1,436,216  
     

 

 

 
        1,915,141  
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Conglomerates – 0.3%

 

  43,179     

General Electric Co.

     386,020  
  2,565     

Honeywell International, Inc.

     433,998  
     

 

 

 
        820,018  
     

 

 

 
   Insurance – 1.3%

 

  4,030     

Aon PLC

     780,087  
  3,465     

Assurant, Inc.

     435,966  
  5,042     

Chubb Ltd.

     813,980  
  2,017     

Globe Life, Inc.

     193,148  
  2,487     

Lincoln National Corp.

     150,016  
  2,881     

Willis Towers Watson PLC

     555,947  
     

 

 

 
        2,929,144  
     

 

 

 
   Interactive Media & Services – 1.6%

 

  979     

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

     1,195,496  
  1,004     

Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a)

     1,223,876  
  7,731     

Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)

     1,376,737  
     

 

 

 
        3,796,109  
     

 

 

 
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Common Stocks – continued

 
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – 1.5%

 

  1,904     

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

   $ 3,305,173  
  127     

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

     249,251  
     

 

 

 
        3,554,424  
     

 

 

 
   IT Services – 1.9%

 

  3,160     

Accenture PLC, Class A

     607,826  
  2,064     

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)

     188,608  
  3,057     

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

     493,461  
  1,173     

Global Payments, Inc.

     186,507  
  2,903     

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

     788,368  
  3,853     

Paychex, Inc.

     318,913  
  4,577     

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

     474,131  
  7,471     

Visa, Inc., Class A

     1,285,087  
     

 

 

 
        4,342,901  
     

 

 

 
   Life Sciences Tools & Services – 0.8%

 

  5,015     

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     384,300  
  4,031     

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     1,174,109  
  1,865     

Waters Corp.(a)

     416,324  
     

 

 

 
        1,974,733  
     

 

 

 
   Machinery – 0.7%

 

  1,305     

Caterpillar, Inc.

     164,834  
  2,367     

Deere & Co.

     399,265  
  4,003     

Fortive Corp.

     274,446  
  2,761     

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     432,069  
  1,527     

Snap-on, Inc.

     239,037  
  231     

Wabtec Corp.

     16,600  
     

 

 

 
        1,526,251  
     

 

 

 
   Media – 0.4%

 

  17,988     

Comcast Corp., Class A

     810,899  
  3,388     

Fox Corp., Class A

     106,841  
     

 

 

 
        917,740  
     

 

 

 
   Multi-Utilities – 0.6%

 

  3,336     

CMS Energy Corp.

     213,337  
  7,422     

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

     701,157  
  2,882     

Sempra Energy

     425,412  
     

 

 

 
        1,339,906  
     

 

 

 
   Multiline Retail – 0.2%

 

  1,921     

Dollar General Corp.

     305,324  
  2,460     

Target Corp.

     262,998  
     

 

 

 
        568,322  
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 1.7%

 

  15,664     

Chevron Corp.

     1,857,750  
  8,392     

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     592,559  
  7,341     

Hess Corp.

     443,984  
  5,106     

ONEOK, Inc.

     376,261  
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Common Stocks – continued

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – continued

 

  2,959     

Phillips 66

   $ 303,002  
  3,420     

Valero Energy Corp.

     291,521  
     

 

 

 
        3,865,077  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals – 2.0%

 

  5,582     

Eli Lilly & Co.

     624,235  
  12,858     

Johnson & Johnson

     1,663,568  
  20,965     

Merck & Co., Inc.

     1,764,834  
  3,251     

Pfizer, Inc.

     116,808  
  4,958     

Zoetis, Inc.

     617,717  
     

 

 

 
        4,787,162  
     

 

 

 
   Professional Services – 0.2%

 

  849     

Equifax, Inc.

     119,429  
  1,529     

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

     241,796  
     

 

 

 
        361,225  
     

 

 

 
   REITs - Apartments – 0.2%

 

  2,278     

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     490,522  
     

 

 

 
   REITs - Diversified – 0.7%

 

  4,568     

American Tower Corp.

     1,010,122  
  1,003     

Crown Castle International Corp.

     139,427  
  4,191     

Duke Realty Corp.

     142,368  
  842     

SBA Communications Corp.

     203,049  
  5,773     

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     159,912  
     

 

 

 
        1,654,878  
     

 

 

 
   REITs - Health Care – 0.1%

 

  2,314     

Welltower, Inc.

     209,764  
     

 

 

 
   REITs - Regional Malls – 0.0%

 

  359     

Simon Property Group, Inc.

     55,878  
     

 

 

 
   REITs - Shopping Centers – 0.0%

 

  965     

Regency Centers Corp.

     67,058  
     

 

 

 
   REITs - Storage – 0.2%

 

  1,563     

Public Storage

     383,357  
     

 

 

 
   Road & Rail – 0.2%

 

  3,588     

Union Pacific Corp.

     581,184  
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 1.5%

 

  2,568     

Analog Devices, Inc.

     286,923  
  2,335     

Broadcom, Inc.

     644,623  
  19,741     

Intel Corp.

     1,017,254  
  1,827     

Lam Research Corp.

     422,238  
  2,583     

NVIDIA Corp.

     449,623  
  8,569     

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     653,643  
     

 

 

 
        3,474,304  
     

 

 

 
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Common Stocks – continued

 
   Software – 3.4%

 

  6,202     

Adobe, Inc.(a)

   $ 1,713,302  
  1,652     

ANSYS, Inc.(a)

     365,687  
  32,382     

Microsoft Corp.

     4,502,069  
  9,722     

salesforce.com, inc.(a)

     1,443,134  
     

 

 

 
        8,024,192  
     

 

 

 
   Specialty Retail – 1.0%

 

  234     

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

     253,801  
  4,422     

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     1,025,992  
  4,409     

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     484,814  
  601     

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)

     239,504  
  6,020     

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

     335,555  
     

 

 

 
        2,339,666  
     

 

 

 
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 1.3%

 

  13,769     

Apple, Inc.

     3,083,843  
     

 

 

 
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.3%

 

  5,717     

NIKE, Inc., Class B

     536,941  
  2,073     

VF Corp.

     184,476  
     

 

 

 
        721,417  
     

 

 

 
   Trading Companies & Distributors – 0.1%

 

  1,104     

United Rentals, Inc.(a)

     137,603  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $64,043,353)

     90,749,597  
     

 

 

 
 

Exchange-Traded Funds – 10.0%

 
  78,939     

SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust
(Identified Cost $22,880,889)

     23,426,727  
     

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
             
 

Short-Term Investments – 49.0%

 
   Certificates of Deposit – 36.3%

 

$ 4,000,000     

National Bank of Kuwait (NY),
2.180%, 10/03/2019

     4,000,014  
  4,000,000     

Bank of Montreal (IL),
3-month LIBOR + 0.110%, 2.399%, 10/04/2019(b)

     4,000,022  
  2,000,000     

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (NY),
1-month LIBOR + 0.320%, 2.402%, 10/04/2019(b)

     2,000,050  
  2,000,000     

State Street Bank & Trust,
1-month LIBOR + 0.100%, 2.142%, 10/07/2019(b)

     1,999,988  
  3,000,000     

National Bank of Canada (NY),
1-month LIBOR + 0.100%, 2.149%, 10/10/2019(b)

     2,999,984  
  2,000,000     

Svenska Handelsbanken (NY),
2.275%, 10/16/2019

     2,000,133  
  8,700,000     

Landesbank Hessen (NY),
2.270%, 10/23/2019

     8,701,004  
  10,000,000     

KBC Bank NV (NY),
2.050%, 10/30/2019

     10,000,077  
Principal
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   Certificates of Deposit – continued   
$ 3,000,000     

Credit Industriel et Commercial (NY),
2.160%, 11/04/2019

   $ 3,000,100  
  2,000,000     

Norinchukin Bank (NY),
2.540%, 11/15/2019(c)

     2,001,044  
  1,000,000     

Svenska Handelsbanken (NY),
1-month LIBOR + 0.080%, 2.121%, 11/18/2019(b)(c)

     999,823  
  1,000,000     

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (NY),
1-month LIBOR + 0.140%, 2.181%, 11/18/2019(b)

     1,000,033  
  1,500,000     

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. (NY),
2.080%, 11/22/2019

     1,499,802  
  6,500,000     

DG Bank (NY),
2.070%, 12/10/2019

     6,498,960  
  6,000,000     

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. (NY),
2.080%, 12/10/2019

     5,999,335  
  2,000,000     

Nordea Bank ABP (NY),
2.280%, 12/11/2019(c)

     2,000,787  
  2,000,000     

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. (NY),
2.250%, 12/13/2019(c)

     2,000,444  
  9,000,000     

Mizuho Bank Ltd. (NY),
2.160%, 12/19/2019

     9,000,509  
  5,000,000     

Bank of Nova Scotia (TX),
2.000%, 3/10/2020(c)

     4,999,058  
  2,000,000     

National Australia Bank,
1-month LIBOR + 0.150%, 2.194%, 5/20/2020(b)(c)

     1,998,523  
  1,000,000     

Royal Bank of Canada (NY),
1-month LIBOR + 0.180%, 2.219%, 6/12/2020(b)(c)

     999,307  
  3,000,000     

Royal Bank of Canada (NY),
1-month LIBOR + 0.210%, 2.259%, 7/10/2020(b)(c)

     2,998,161  
  4,000,000     

Toronto-Dominion Bank (NY),
1-month LIBOR + 0.310%, 2.356%, 10/20/2020(b)(c)

     3,998,737  
     

 

 

 
        84,695,895  
     

 

 

 
   Time Deposits – 7.3%

 

  7,000,000     

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (NY),
1.760%, 10/01/2019(d)

     7,000,000  
  10,000,000     

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,
1.800%, 10/01/2019

     10,000,000  
     

 

 

 
        17,000,000  
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Paper – 3.0%

 

  1,000,000     

Santander UK PLC,
2.123%, 11/25/2019(e)

     996,831  
  4,000,000     

Cofco Capital Corp., (Credit Support: Australian & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.),
2.204%, 10/16/2019(e)

     3,996,304  
  2,000,000     

Santander UK PLC,
2.071%, 12/04/2019(c)(e)

     1,992,623  
     

 

 

 
        6,985,758  
     

 

 

 
   Treasuries – 1.5%

 

  400,000     

U.S. Treasury Bills,
1.929%, 11/07/2019(e)(f)

     399,293  
  3,200,000     

U.S. Treasury Bills,
1.946%, 10/03/2019(e)(f)

     3,199,709  
     

 

 

 
        3,599,002  
     

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
    

Description

   Value (†)  
   Other Notes – 0.9%

 

$ 2,000,000     

Bank of America NA,
2.020%, 1/09/2020 (c)(d)

   $ 2,000,384  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $114,284,897)

     114,281,039  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Investments – 97.9%
(Identified Cost $201,209,139)

     228,457,363  
  

Other assets less liabilities – 2.1%

     4,897,932  
     

 

 

 
  

Net Assets – 100.0%

   $ 233,355,295  
     

 

 

 

 

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Fund securities and other investments are valued at market value based on market quotations obtained or determined by independent pricing services recommended by the adviser or subadvisers and approved by the Board of Trustees. Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser or subadviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, as described below. Market value is determined as follows:

 

Listed equity securities (including shares of closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds) are valued at the last sale price quoted on the exchange where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation as reported by an independent pricing service. Securities traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Global Market and NASDAQ Capital Market are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”), or if lacking an NOCP, at the most recent bid quotations on the applicable NASDAQ Market. Unlisted equity securities (except unlisted preferred equity securities) are valued at the last sale price quoted in the market where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation as reported by an independent pricing service. If there is no last sale price or closing bid quotation available, unlisted equity securities will be valued using evaluated bids furnished by an independent pricing service, if available.

 

Debt securities and unlisted preferred equity securities are valued based on evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers.

 

Broker-dealer bid prices may be used to value debt and unlisted equity securities where an independent pricing service is unable to price a security or where an independent pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security.

 

Futures contracts are valued at the most recent settlement price on the exchange on which the adviser or subadviser believes that, over time, they are traded most extensively.

 

Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser or subadviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. The Fund may also value securities and other investments at fair value in other circumstances such as when extraordinary events occur after the close of a foreign market but prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange. This may include situations relating to a single issuer (such as a declaration of bankruptcy or a delisting of the issuer’s security from the primary market on which it has traded) as well as events affecting the securities markets in general (such as market disruptions or closings and significant fluctuations in U.S. and/or foreign markets). When fair valuing its securities or other investments, the Fund may, among other things, use modeling tools or other processes that may take into account factors such as securities or other market activity and/or significant events that occur after the close of the foreign market and before the time the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated. Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of a security, and fair values used to determine the Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices, or from prices that are used by others, for the same securities. In addition, the use of fair value pricing may not always result in adjustments to the prices of securities held by the Fund.

 

The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values of securities, currencies and other assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars based upon foreign exchange rates prevailing at the end of the period.

(a)    Non-income producing security.
(b)    Variable rate security. Rate as of September 30, 2019 is disclosed.
(c)    Security (or a portion thereof) has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open derivative contracts.
(d)    Variable rate security. The interest rate adjusts periodically based on changes in current interest rates. Rate as of September 30, 2019 is disclosed.
(e)    Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.
(f)    Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged as collateral for open derivative contracts.
ETF    Exchange-Traded Fund
LIBOR    London Interbank Offered Rate
REITs    Real Estate Investment Trusts

Futures Contracts

The Fund may enter into futures contracts. Futures contracts are agreements between two parties to buy and sell a particular instrument or index for a specified price on a specified future date.

When the Fund enters into a futures contract, it is required to deposit with (or for the benefit of) its broker an amount of cash or short-term high-quality securities as “initial margin.” As the value of the contract changes, the value of the futures contract position increases or declines. Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin,” are made or received by the Fund depending on the price fluctuations in the fair value of the contract and the value of cash or securities on deposit with the broker. Realized gain or loss on a futures position is equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed, minus brokerage commissions. When the Fund enters into a futures contract certain risks may arise, such as illiquidity in the futures market, which may limit the Fund’s ability to close out a futures contract prior to settlement date, and unanticipated movements in the value of securities or interest rates.

Futures contracts are exchange-traded. Exchange-traded futures contracts are standardized and are settled through a clearing house with fulfillment supported by the credit of the exchange. Therefore, counterparty credit risks to the Fund are reduced; however, in the event that a counterparty enters into bankruptcy, the Fund’s claim against initial/variation margin on deposit with the counterparty may be subject to terms of a final settlement in bankruptcy court.

At September 30, 2019, open long futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Amount
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-mini S&P 500®

     12/20/2019        946      $ 142,082,105      $ 140,883,050      $ (1,199,055
              

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements

In accordance with accounting standards related to fair value measurements and disclosures, the Fund has categorized the inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s assets or liabilities. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

   

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

 

   

Level 2 — prices determined using other significant inputs that are observable either directly, or indirectly through corroboration with observable market data (which could include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, interest rates, credit risk, etc.); and

 

   

Level 3 — prices determined using significant unobservable inputs when quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable such as when there is little or no market activity for an asset or liability (unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities and would be based on the best information available).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2019, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

                                                                                                                           

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stocks*

   $ 90,749,597      $ —        $ —        $ 90,749,597  

Exchange-Traded Funds

     23,426,727        —          —          23,426,727  

Short-Term Investments

     —          114,281,039        —          114,281,039  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 114,176,324      $ 114,281,039      $ —        $ 228,457,363  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability Valuation Inputs

 

                                                                                                                       

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

   $ (1,199,055    $ —        $ —        $ (1,199,055
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*

Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.

For the period ended September 30, 2019, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.

Derivatives

Derivative instruments are defined as financial instruments whose value and performance are based on the value and performance of an underlying asset, reference rate or index. Derivative instruments that the Fund used during the period include futures contracts.

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation, with emphasis on the protection of capital during unfavorable market conditions. The Fund uses long futures contracts on U.S. equity indices to increase exposure to the U.S. equity market to up to 130% of the Fund’s total assets and short futures on U.S. equity indices to decrease exposure to the U.S. equity market to as low as 0% of the Fund’s total assets (to limit the effects of extreme market drawdowns). During the period ended September 30, 2019, the Fund used long contracts on U.S. equity market indices to increase exposure to the U.S. equity market and short contracts on U.S. equity market indices to decrease exposure to the U.S. equity market.

The following is a summary of derivative instruments for the Fund, as of September 30, 2019:

 

     Unrealized
depreciation on
futures contracts
 

Liabilities

  

Exchange-traded liability derivatives Equity contracts

   $ (1,199,055

The Fund’s derivatives do not qualify for hedge accounting under authoritative guidance for derivative instruments. The Fund’s investments in derivatives may represent an economic hedge; however, they are considered to be non-hedge transactions for the purpose of this disclosure.

Counterparty risk is managed based on policies and procedures established by the Fund’s adviser. Such policies and procedures may include, but are not limited to, minimum counterparty credit rating requirements, monitoring of counterparty credit default swap spreads and posting of collateral. The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on OTC derivatives is generally limited to the Fund’s aggregated unrealized gains and the amount of any collateral pledged to the counterparty, which may be offset by any collateral posted to the Fund by the counterparty. ISDA master agreements can help to manage counterparty risk by specifying collateral posting arrangements at pre-arranged exposure levels. Under these ISDA agreements, collateral is routinely transferred if the total net exposure in respect of certain transactions, net of existing collateral already in place, exceeds a specified amount (typically $250,000, depending on the counterparty). With exchange-traded derivatives, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund because the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to these instruments, stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract. Credit risk still exists in exchange-traded derivatives with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a broker’s customer accounts. While brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the broker for all its clients, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro rata basis across all of the broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund. The following table shows (i) the maximum amount of loss due to credit risk that, based on the gross fair value of the financial instrument, the Fund would incur if parties (including OTC derivative counterparties and brokers holding margin for exchange-traded derivatives) to the relevant financial instruments failed completely to perform according to the terms of the contracts and the collateral or other security, if any, for the amount due proved to be of no value to the Fund, and (ii) the amount of loss that the Fund would incur after taking into account master netting provisions pursuant to ISDA agreements, as of September 30, 2019:

 

     Maximum Amount
of Loss - Gross
     Maximum Amount
of Loss - Net
 

Exchange-traded counterparty credit risk Margin with brokers

   $ 8,630,297      $ 8,630,297  

Industry Summary at September 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Software

     3.4

Pharmaceuticals

     2.0  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     33.5  

Short-Term Investments

     49.0  

Exchange-Traded Funds

     10.0  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     97.9  

Other assets less liabilities (including futures contracts)

     2.1  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0