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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

ASG Tactical U.S. Market Fund

 

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Common Stocks – 57.8% of Net Assets

 
  

Aerospace & Defense – 1.2%

 

  1,492     

Boeing Co. (The)

   $ 222,517  
  1,629     

General Dynamics Corp.

     215,533  
  340     

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     115,243  
  1,103     

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     333,713  
  1,735     

Raytheon Co.

     227,545  
  3,894     

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

     367,321  
  4,784     

Textron, Inc.

     127,589  
     

 

 

 
        1,609,461  
     

 

 

 
  

Air Freight & Logistics – 0.2%

 

  3,274     

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

     305,857  
     

 

 

 
  

Banks – 1.4%

 

  24,223     

Bank of America Corp.

     514,254  
  13,535     

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     1,218,556  
  25,105     

KeyCorp

     260,339  
     

 

 

 
        1,993,149  
     

 

 

 
  

Beverages – 1.1%

 

  16,590     

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

     734,107  
  1,498     

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

     214,753  
  4,465     

PepsiCo, Inc.

     536,247  
     

 

 

 
        1,485,107  
     

 

 

 
  

Biotechnology – 1.2%

 

  7,117     

AbbVie, Inc.

     542,244  
  3,256     

Amgen, Inc.

     660,089  
  1,688     

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

     401,660  
     

 

 

 
        1,603,993  
     

 

 

 
  

Building Products – 0.2%

 

  2,965     

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

     128,236  
  2,132     

Trane Technologies PLC

     176,082  
     

 

 

 
        304,318  
     

 

 

 
  

Capital Markets – 2.4%

 

  1,620     

BlackRock, Inc.

     712,751  
  2,899     

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

     258,736  
  4,308     

CME Group, Inc.

     744,896  
  1,629     

Moody’s Corp.

     344,534  
  2,069     

MSCI, Inc.

     597,858  
  3,826     

Northern Trust Corp.

     288,710  
  1,764     

S&P Global, Inc.

     432,268  
     

 

 

 
        3,379,753  
     

 

 

 
  

Chemicals – 1.0%

 

  1,652     

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

     329,756  
  3,219     

Corteva, Inc.

     75,646  
  2,958     

Dow, Inc.

     86,492  


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Common Stocks – continued

 
  

Chemicals – continued

 

  1,961     

Ecolab, Inc.

   $ 305,583  
  2,638     

Linde PLC

     456,374  
  418     

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

     192,079  
     

 

 

 
        1,445,930  
     

 

 

 
  

Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.8%

 

  2,517     

Cintas Corp.

     435,995  
  7,957     

Waste Management, Inc.

     736,500  
     

 

 

 
        1,172,495  
     

 

 

 
  

Communications Equipment – 0.5%

 

  18,664     

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     733,682  
     

 

 

 
  

Construction & Engineering – 0.1%

 

  1,883     

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.

     149,265  
     

 

 

 
  

Consumer Finance – 0.3%

 

  4,948     

American Express Co.

     423,598  
     

 

 

 
  

Containers & Packaging – 0.2%

 

  3,265     

Ball Corp.

     211,115  
     

 

 

 
  

Diversified Financial Services – 0.7%

 

  5,284     

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

     966,074  
     

 

 

 
  

Diversified Telecommunication Services – 1.2%

 

  6,483     

AT&T, Inc.

     188,979  
  27,126     

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     1,457,480  
     

 

 

 
        1,646,459  
     

 

 

 
  

Electric Utilities – 1.2%

 

  3,056     

Alliant Energy Corp.

     147,574  
  2,699     

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     215,866  
  3,845     

Duke Energy Corp.

     310,984  
  2,288     

Edison International

     125,360  
  5,881     

Exelon Corp.

     216,480  
  2,354     

NextEra Energy, Inc.

     566,419  
  2,577     

Xcel Energy, Inc.

     155,393  
     

 

 

 
        1,738,076  
     

 

 

 
  

Electrical Equipment – 0.3%

 

  4,506     

Eaton Corp. PLC

     350,071  
     

 

 

 
  

Energy Equipment & Services – 0.3%

 

  16,445     

Baker Hughes Co.

     172,673  
  27,384     

Halliburton Co.

     187,580  
     

 

 

 
        360,253  
     

 

 

 
  

Entertainment – 1.4%

 

  2,941     

Netflix, Inc.(a)

     1,104,345  
  8,158     

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     788,063  
     

 

 

 
        1,892,408  
     

 

 

 


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Common Stocks – continued

 
  

Food & Staples Retailing – 1.7%

 

  5,413     

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   $ 1,543,408  
  7,485     

Walmart, Inc.

     850,446  
     

 

 

 
        2,393,854  
     

 

 

 
  

Food Products – 0.4%

 

  1,494     

McCormick & Co., Inc.

     210,968  
  8,150     

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

     408,152  
     

 

 

 
        619,120  
     

 

 

 
  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 1.9%

 

  7,765     

Abbott Laboratories

     612,736  
  2,297     

Becton Dickinson & Co.

     527,782  
  1,382     

Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)

     380,976  
  7,263     

Danaher Corp.

     1,005,272  
  625     

Stryker Corp.

     104,056  
     

 

 

 
        2,630,822  
     

 

 

 
  

Health Care Providers & Services – 1.3%

 

  1,684     

Anthem, Inc.

     382,335  
  3,136     

Centene Corp.(a)

     186,310  
  5,080     

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     1,266,851  
     

 

 

 
        1,835,496  
     

 

 

 
  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.6%

 

  261     

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)

     170,798  
  1,260     

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

     94,261  
  3,316     

McDonald’s Corp.

     548,301  
  1,333     

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

     80,233  
     

 

 

 
        893,593  
     

 

 

 
  

Household Durables – 0.2%

 

  2,657     

DR Horton, Inc.

     90,338  
  1,851     

Garmin Ltd.

     138,751  
  918     

Whirlpool Corp.

     78,764  
     

 

 

 
        307,853  
     

 

 

 
  

Household Products – 1.2%

 

  2,242     

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

     143,892  
  2,184     

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     279,268  
  11,547     

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     1,270,170  
     

 

 

 
        1,693,330  
     

 

 

 
  

Industrial Conglomerates – 0.6%

 

  2,767     

3M Co.

     377,723  
  3,278     

Honeywell International, Inc.

     438,564  
     

 

 

 
        816,287  
     

 

 

 
  

Insurance – 1.5%

 

  4,030     

Aon PLC

     665,111  
  3,465     

Assurant, Inc.

     360,672  
  3,496     

Globe Life, Inc.

     251,607  
  4,383     

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     378,954  


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Common Stocks – continued

 
  

Insurance – continued

 

  2,881     

Willis Towers Watson PLC

   $ 489,338  
     

 

 

 
        2,145,682  
     

 

 

 
  

Interactive Media & Services – 2.6%

 

  979     

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

     1,137,549  
  1,004     

Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a)

     1,167,461  
  7,731     

Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)

     1,289,531  
     

 

 

 
        3,594,541  
     

 

 

 
  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – 2.8%

 

  1,904     

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

     3,712,267  
  127     

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

     170,856  
     

 

 

 
        3,883,123  
     

 

 

 
  

IT Services – 2.2%

 

  3,160     

Accenture PLC, Class A

     515,902  
  2,449     

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)

     224,059  
  3,057     

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

     417,831  
  3,693     

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     449,216  
  3,853     

Paychex, Inc.

     242,431  
  7,471     

Visa, Inc., Class A

     1,203,727  
     

 

 

 
        3,053,166  
     

 

 

 
  

Life Sciences Tools & Services – 1.3%

 

  3,966     

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     284,045  
  4,031     

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     1,143,192  
  1,865     

Waters Corp.(a)

     339,523  
     

 

 

 
        1,766,760  
     

 

 

 
  

Machinery – 0.8%

 

  2,877     

Caterpillar, Inc.

     333,847  
  2,367     

Deere & Co.

     327,025  
  1,418     

Fortive Corp.

     78,260  
  2,761     

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     392,393  
     

 

 

 
        1,131,525  
     

 

 

 
  

Media – 1.1%

 

  1,221     

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

     532,734  
  30,504     

Comcast Corp., Class A

     1,048,728  
     

 

 

 
        1,581,462  
     

 

 

 
  

Metals & Mining – 0.1%

 

  2,873     

Newmont Corp.

     130,089  
     

 

 

 
  

Multi-Utilities – 0.8%

 

  3,336     

CMS Energy Corp.

     195,990  
  7,422     

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

     578,916  
  3,114     

Dominion Energy, Inc.

     224,800  
  1,549     

Sempra Energy

     175,021  
     

 

 

 
        1,174,727  
     

 

 

 


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Common Stocks – continued

 
  

Multiline Retail – 0.4%

 

  1,921     

Dollar General Corp.

   $ 290,090  
  2,460     

Target Corp.

     228,706  
     

 

 

 
        518,796  
     

 

 

 
  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 1.3%

 

  10,298     

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

     177,022  
  4,492     

Concho Resources, Inc.

     192,482  
  6,587     

EOG Resources, Inc.

     236,605  
  20,139     

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     764,678  
  2,932     

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

     205,680  
  15,686     

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

     221,957  
     

 

 

 
        1,798,424  
     

 

 

 
  

Pharmaceuticals – 3.3%

 

  5,582     

Eli Lilly & Co.

     774,335  
  12,858     

Johnson & Johnson

     1,686,070  
  20,965     

Merck & Co., Inc.

     1,613,047  
  4,958     

Zoetis, Inc.

     583,507  
     

 

 

 
        4,656,959  
     

 

 

 
  

Professional Services – 0.2%

 

  849     

Equifax, Inc.

     101,413  
  1,313     

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

     183,006  
     

 

 

 
        284,419  
     

 

 

 
  

REITs - Apartments – 0.2%

 

  1,799     

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     264,759  
     

 

 

 
  

REITs - Diversified – 1.2%

 

  4,568     

American Tower Corp.

     994,682  
  1,003     

Crown Castle International Corp.

     144,833  
  4,191     

Duke Realty Corp.

     135,705  
  220     

Equinix, Inc.

     137,405  
  842     

SBA Communications Corp.

     227,315  
     

 

 

 
        1,639,940  
     

 

 

 
  

REITs - Health Care – 0.0%

 

  2,406     

Ventas, Inc.

     64,481  
     

 

 

 
  

REITs - Hotels – 0.0%

 

  1,403     

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     15,489  
     

 

 

 
  

REITs - Office Property – 0.1%

 

  558     

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

     76,480  
     

 

 

 
  

REITs - Storage – 0.2%

 

  1,563     

Public Storage

     310,427  
     

 

 

 
  

Road & Rail – 0.4%

 

  3,588     

Union Pacific Corp.

     506,052  
     

 

 

 


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Common Stocks – continued

 
  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 2.6%

 

  3,613     

Analog Devices, Inc.

   $ 323,905  
  2,335     

Broadcom, Inc.

     553,629  
  19,741     

Intel Corp.

     1,068,383  
  1,827     

Lam Research Corp.

     438,480  
  2,583     

NVIDIA Corp.

     680,879  
  8,569     

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     579,693  
     

 

 

 
        3,644,969  
     

 

 

 
  

Software – 6.7%

 

  6,202     

Adobe, Inc.(a)

     1,973,725  
  1,652     

ANSYS, Inc.(a)

     384,040  
  32,382     

Microsoft Corp.

     5,106,965  
  11,152     

Oracle Corp.

     538,976  
  9,722     

salesforce.com, Inc.(a)

     1,399,774  
     

 

 

 
        9,403,480  
     

 

 

 
  

Specialty Retail – 1.3%

 

  234     

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

     197,964  
  4,422     

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     825,632  
  4,409     

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     379,394  
  601     

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)

     180,931  
  4,486     

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

     214,476  
     

 

 

 
        1,798,397  
     

 

 

 
  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 2.7%

 

  13,769     

Apple, Inc.

     3,501,319  
  6,099     

Western Digital Corp.

     253,840  
     

 

 

 
        3,755,159  
     

 

 

 
  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.4%

 

  5,717     

NIKE, Inc., Class B

     473,025  
  1,119     

VF Corp.

     60,515  
     

 

 

 
        533,540  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $60,246,388)

     80,694,265  
     

 

 

 
Principal
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Short-Term Investments – 41.7%

 
  

Certificates of Deposit – 25.1%

 

  $2,000,000     

Mizuho Bank Ltd. (NY),
1-month LIBOR + 0.200%, 0.950%, 4/20/2020(b)

     2,000,286  
  4,000,000     

Landesbank Hessen (NY),
1.640%, 5/06/2020

     4,002,387  
  1,000,000     

Svenska Handelsbanken (NY),
1-month LIBOR + 0.190%, 0.802%, 5/18/2020(b)(c)

     1,000,140  
  3,000,000     

Credit Industriel et Commercial (NY),
1.620%, 5/19/2020

     3,002,090  
  2,000,000     

National Australia Bank (NY),
1-month LIBOR + 0.150%, 0.923%, 5/20/2020(b)(c)

     1,999,933  
  4,000,000     

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (NY),
1-month LIBOR + 0.050%, 0.913%, 6/10/2020(b)

     3,998,987  


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Certificates of Deposit – continued

  
  $3,000,000     

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp. (NY),
1-month LIBOR + 0.070%, 1.086%, 6/10/2020(b)

   $ 2,999,400  
  3,000,000     

Nordea Bank ABP (NY),
3-month LIBOR + 0.060%, 0.828%, 6/11/2020(b)(c)

     2,997,433  
  1,000,000     

Royal Bank of Canada (NY),
1-month LIBOR + 0.180%, 0.991%, 6/12/2020(b)(c)

     999,678  
  5,000,000     

Norinchukin Bank (NY),
1.640%, 6/18/2020(c)

     5,004,879  
  3,000,000     

Royal Bank of Canada (NY),
1-month LIBOR + 0.210%, 1.073%, 7/10/2020(b)(c)

     2,997,743  
  4,000,000     

Toronto-Dominion Bank (NY),
1-month LIBOR + 0.310%, 1.083%, 10/20/2020(b)(c)

     3,995,355  
     

 

 

 
        34,998,311  
     

 

 

 
  

Time Deposits – 7.9%

 

  6,500,000     

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (NY),
0.030%, 4/01/2020

     6,500,000  
  4,500,000     

National Bank of Kuwait (NY),
0.070%, 4/01/2020

     4,500,000  
     

 

 

 
        11,000,000  
     

 

 

 
  

Commercial Paper – 5.4%

 

  2,500,000     

Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (NY),
0.090%, 4/03/2020(d)

     2,499,998  
  3,000,000     

Cofco Capital Corp., (Credit Support: Australian & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.),
1.801%, 4/08/2020(d)

     2,999,229  
  1,000,000     

Santander UK PLC,
1.738%, 4/21/2020(d)

     999,358  
  1,000,000     

Santander UK PLC,
1.758%, 4/16/2020(d)

     999,622  
     

 

 

 
        7,498,207  
     

 

 

 
  

Treasuries – 1.7%

 

  1,000,000     

U.S. Treasury Bills,
1.485%, 4/02/2020 (d)(e)

     1,000,000  
  1,450,000     

U.S. Treasury Bills,
1.530%, 5/07/2020 (d)(e)

     1,449,908  
     

 

 

 
        2,449,908  
     

 

 

 
  

Other Notes – 1.4%

 

  2,000,000     

Bank of America NA,
1.840%, 6/15/2020 (c)

     2,007,342  
     

 

 

 
  

Repurchase Agreement – 0.2%

 

  296,200     

Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/31/2020 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $296,200 on 4/01/2020 collateralized by $295,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.375% due 10/15/2022 valued at $305,190 including accrued interest(f)

     296,200  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $58,241,310)

     58,249,968  
     

 

 

 


           

Description

   Value (†)  
                              

Total Investments – 99.5%
(Identified Cost $118,487,698)

   $ 138,944,233  
     

Other assets less liabilities – 0.5%

     645,715  
        

 

 

 
     

Net Assets – 100.0%

   $ 139,589,948  
        

 

 

 

 

(†)

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 March 31, 2020 is disclosed.

(c)

Security (or a portion thereof) has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open derivative contracts.

(d)

Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.

(e)

Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged as collateral for open derivative contracts.

(f)

The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, under the terms of a Master Repurchase Agreement, under which the Fund acquires securities as collateral and agrees to resell the securities at an agreed upon time and at an agreed upon price. It is the Fund’s policy that the market value of the collateral for repurchase agreements be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Certain repurchase agreements are tri-party arrangements whereby the collateral is held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Fund and on behalf of the counterparty. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty, including possible delays or restrictions upon the Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities. As of March 31, 2020, the Fund had an investment in a repurchase agreement for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement.

 

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 March 31, 2020, open short futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Amount
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-mini S&P 500®

     6/19/2020        52      $ 6,479,512      $ 6,681,220      $ (201,708
              

 

 

 


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 March 31, 2020, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stocks*

   $ 80,694,265      $ —        $ —        $ 80,694,265  

Short-Term Investments

     —          58,249,968        —          58,249,968  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 80,694,265      $ 58,249,968      $ —        $ 138,944,233  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

       Level 1              Level 2            Level 3                Total          

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

   $ (201,708    $ —        $ —        $ (201,708
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*

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


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 March 31, 2020, 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 March 31, 2020:

 

Liabilities

   Unrealized
depreciation on
futures contracts
 

Exchange-traded liability derivatives

  

Equity contracts

   $ (201,708

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 clearing house, 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 March 31, 2020:

 

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

Exchange-traded counterparty credit risk

     

Margin with brokers

   $ 2,759,526      $ 2,759,526  


Industry Summary at March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Software

     6.7

Pharmaceuticals

     3.3  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     2.8  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     2.7  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     2.6  

Interactive Media & Services

     2.6  

Capital Markets

     2.4  

IT Services

     2.2  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     32.5  

Short-Term Investments

     41.7  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     99.5  

Other assets less liabilities (including futures contracts)

     0.5  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0