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Morgan Stanley U.S. Government Securities Trust

Portfolio of Investments ▪ September 30, 2021 (unaudited)

 

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000)
      COUPON
RATE

 

 

   MATURITY
DATE
   VALUE 
    Agency Adjustable Rate Mortgages (0.5%)      
    Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,           
    Conventional Pools:          
$681   12 Month USD LIBOR + 1.817%    2.09%    06/01/43    $721,510 
 108   12 Month USD LIBOR + 1.74%   2.202     11/01/36     114,351 
 269   12 Month USD LIBOR + 1.905%    2.405     10/01/36     287,534 
     Federal National Mortgage Association,                  
     Conventional Pool:                 
 16   12 Month USD LIBOR + 1.57%    1.82     05/01/44     15,849 
     Conventional Pools:                 
 527      5.144     03/01/38     582,836 
     Total Agency Adjustable Rate Mortgages (Cost $1,716,021)               1,722,080 
                       
     Agency Bond - Finance (U.S. Government Guaranteed) (0.3%)                 
 989   Washington Aircraft 1 Co., DAC  (Cost $989,364)   2.637     09/15/26     1,036,517 
                       
     Agency Bond - Sovereign (U.S. Government Guaranteed) (0.4%)                 
 1,159   Petroleos Mexicanos (Mexico)  (Cost $1,158,750)   2.46     12/15/25     1,202,404 
                       
     Agency Fixed Rate Mortgages (37.4%)                 
     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,                  
     Conventional Pools:                 
 132      3.00     12/01/49     135,444 
 413      4.00     04/01/49     441,862 
 430      4.50     11/01/48     467,435 
     Gold Pools:                 
 2,605      3.00     03/01/47–06/01/49     2,756,895 
 5,485      3.50     08/01/42–04/01/49     5,974,029 
 1,774      4.00     12/01/41–10/01/45     1,952,708 
 457      5.00     01/01/40     523,432 
 698      5.50     11/01/39     810,825 
 138      6.50     03/01/29–09/01/32     154,405 
 152      7.50     05/01/35     178,409 
 92      8.00     08/01/32     105,716 
 108      8.50     08/01/31     128,545 
     Federal National Mortgage Association,                  
     Conventional Pools:                 
 508      2.50     02/01/50     523,714 
 5,222      3.00     06/01/40–11/01/49     5,515,795 
 11,109      3.50     12/01/42–07/01/49     11,976,472 
 12,912      4.00     11/01/41–09/01/48     14,171,075 
 5,108      4.50     01/01/25–09/01/48     5,694,247 
 1,514      5.00     05/01/35–02/01/41     1,719,681 
 1,547      5.50     03/01/35–10/01/35     1,797,218 
 24      6.50     06/01/29–02/01/33     26,536 
 1      7.00     05/01/31     896 
 245      7.50     08/01/37     293,847 
 194      8.00     04/01/33     232,037 
 195      8.50     10/01/32     235,884 
     December TBA:                 
 14,275   (a)   2.00     12/01/51     14,256,599 
 34,750   (a)   2.50     12/01/51     35,679,834 
     November TBA:                 
 775   (a)   3.00     11/01/51     809,984 
     October TBA:                 
 1,800   (a)   2.00     10/01/36     1,853,930 
     Government National Mortgage Association,                  
     December TBA:                 
 3,150   (a)   3.00     12/20/51     3,279,814 

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley U.S. Government Securities Trust

Portfolio of Investments ▪ September 30, 2021 (unaudited) continued

 

     Various Pools:               
 3,193       3.50    08/20/45–07/20/49    3,401,435 
 3,449       4.00    11/20/42–05/20/49    3,725,649 
 125       4.50    04/20/49    133,404 
 507       5.00    01/20/40–02/20/49    554,680 
 35       5.125    11/20/37    37,495 
 432       5.25    04/20/36–09/20/39    481,046 
 663       5.375    02/20/36–08/20/40    737,936 
 846       6.00    06/15/28–09/20/34    962,770 
 52       7.00    03/20/26–07/20/29    58,326 
 153       8.00    01/15/22–08/15/31    157,992 
 169       8.50    07/15/30    183,649 
 4       9.00    06/15/20–02/15/25    4,707 
     Total Agency Fixed Rate Mortgages (Cost $119,696,553)             122,136,357 
                     
     Asset-Backed Securities (5.7%)               
 912   Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust (b)   1.698    05/25/59    921,608 
 1,500   AMSR 2019-SFR1 Trust (b)   2.774    01/19/39    1,561,705 
 670   Arbor Realty Commercial Real Estate Notes 2021-FL3 Ltd.,
1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.07% (b)
   1.155(c)   08/15/34    670,838 
 1,530   ECMC Group Student Loan Trust (b)   1.39    11/25/70    1,518,942 
 1,355   Invitation Homes Trust,
1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.00% (b)
   1.084(c)   07/17/37    1,359,800 
     Navient Private Education Refinance Loan Trust               
 1,228   (b)   0.97    12/16/69    1,224,698 
 900   (b)   1.11    02/18/70    897,955 
 474   (b)   1.22    07/15/69    477,214 
 794   Class A (b)   1.06    10/15/69    796,309 
     Nelnet Student Loan Trust               
 840   (b)   1.32    04/20/62    837,833 
 1,591   Class A (b)   1.36    04/20/62    1,591,156 
 35   North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority,
3 Month USD LIBOR + 0.80%
   0.925(c)   07/25/25    34,856 
 850   PFS Financing Corp. (b)   0.775    08/15/26    847,969 
     SMB Private Education Loan Trust               
 1,214   Class A (b)   1.31    07/17/51    1,215,179 
 600   (b)   1.34    03/17/53    600,696 
     United States Small Business Administration               
 1,082       2.42    06/01/32    1,128,362 
 2,664       2.67    04/01/32    2,772,570 
     Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $18,176,301)             18,457,690 
                     
     Collateralized Mortgage Obligations - Agency Collateral Series (9.3%)            
     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation               
 5,420       2.373    05/25/22    5,471,833 
 4,700       2.682    10/25/22    4,797,893 
 3,850       3.208    02/25/26    4,165,553 
 4,000       3.32(c)   02/25/23    4,145,179 
 3,429       3.527(c)   10/25/23    3,621,642 
 3,200       3.69    01/25/29    3,670,739 
 2,760       3.90(c)   08/25/28    3,186,240 
     IO               
 32,497       0.456(c)   11/25/27    621,919 
 2,393   IO REMIC
6.00% - 1 Month USD LIBOR
   5.916(d)   11/15/43    411,097 
 1,950   Federal National Mortgage Association, IO REMIC
6.55% - 1 Month USD LIBOR
   6.464(d)   08/25/41    103,651 
 318   Government National Mortgage Association, IO     5.00    02/16/41    57,119 
     Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations - Agency Collateral Series (Cost $28,441,915)             30,252,865 

 

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley U.S. Government Securities Trust

Portfolio of Investments ▪ September 30, 2021 (unaudited) continued

 

     Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (7.6%)               
 181   Bancorp Commercial Mortgage Trust,
SOFRA + 1.164% (b)
   1.215(c)   09/15/36    180,970 
 6,958   BANK 2019-BNK21, IO   0.991(c)   10/17/52    408,452 
 725   BDS 2021-FL8,
1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.92% (b)
   1.005(c)   01/18/36    725,163 
 1,400   BF Mortgage Trust,
1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.20% (b)
   1.284(c)   12/15/35    1,402,773 
 775   BSREP Commercial Mortgage Trust,
1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.95% (b)
   1.034(c)   08/15/38    777,779 
 1,500   BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Class A,
1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.70% (b)
   0.784(c)   04/15/34    1,494,375 
 600   CAMB Commercial Mortgage Trust,
1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.07% (b)
   1.154(c)   12/15/37    601,663 
 585   CIM Retail Portfolio Trust,
1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.40% (b)
   1.484(c)   08/15/36    586,873 
     Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, IO               
 4,923      0.873(c)   11/10/48    126,492 
 13,610      1.035(c)   09/10/58    410,634 
 8,073      1.168(c)   11/10/46    141,434 
 22,472   Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, IO     0.696(c)   02/10/47    256,892 
 5,207   Commercial Mortgage Trust, IO     1.178(c)   08/10/46    82,151 
 1,300   Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates
1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.40% (b)
   1.484(c)   07/15/38    1,302,446 
 1,950   (b)   2.389    07/15/31    1,988,131 
 1,800   CSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust,
1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.967% (b)
   1.051(c)   06/15/34    1,796,286 
 1,250   DROP Mortgage Trust,
1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.15% (b)
   1.23(c)   04/15/26    1,255,870 
     GS Mortgage Securities Trust, IO               
 12,879      1.157(c)   04/10/47    262,918 
 8,839      1.19(c)   11/10/46    153,367 
 14,254      1.375(c)   10/10/48    583,489 
 1,300   Hawaii Hotel Trust,
1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.15% (b)
   1.234(c)   05/15/38    1,303,920 
 8,425   JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, IO   0.808(c)   12/15/49    185,960 
     JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, IO               
 21,928      0.89(c)   01/15/47    299,785 
 4,634      1.201(c)   11/15/45    79,360 
 1,975   SFO Commercial Mortgage Trust, Class A,
1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.15% (b)
   1.234(c)   05/15/38    1,983,488 
 1,300   SG Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust (b)   4.163    02/15/41    1,476,943 
 850   TPGI Trust, Class A,
1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.70% (b)
   0.78(c)   06/15/26    851,341 
 610   TTAN 2021-MHC, Class A,
1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.85% (b)
   0.934(c)   03/15/38    610,873 
 975   VMC Finance LLC,
1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.10% (b)
   1.184(c)   09/15/36    972,783 
 800   Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust,
1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.01% (b)
   1.094(c)   02/15/37    800,223 
     WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, IO               
 11,002      0.548(c)   08/15/46    62,346 
 7,088      1.118(c)   03/15/46    118,750 
 13,304      1.224(c)   12/15/46    255,407 
 1,100   Worldwide Plaza Trust (b)   3.526    11/10/36    1,192,735 
     Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $24,165,054)             24,732,072 

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley U.S. Government Securities Trust

Portfolio of Investments ▪ September 30, 2021 (unaudited) continued

 

     Mortgages - Other (15.9%)               
 989   BRAVO Residential Funding Trust (b)   3.50(c)   10/25/44    1,028,944 
 770   Bunker Hill Loan Depositary Trust (b)   1.724(c)   02/25/55    778,594 
 789   Cascade Funding Mortgage Trust (b)   4.00(c)   10/25/68    820,346 
     CIM Trust               
 3,299   (b)   2.50(c)   06/25/51–07/01/51    3,349,197 
 472   (b)   3.00(c)   04/25/57    478,605 
 1,600   Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust (b)   2.50(c)   09/25/51    1,620,500 
 451   COLT 2020-1R Mortgage Loan Trust (b)   1.255(c)   09/25/65    452,485 
 1,141   Ellington Financial Mortgage Trust (b)   0.797(c)   02/25/66    1,140,553 
 95   Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.20%
   1.286(c)   10/25/29    95,397 
 1,825      3.00    09/25/45–05/25/47    1,842,191 
 1,294      3.50    05/25/45–05/25/47    1,328,674 
 37      4.00    05/25/45    38,694 
     Flagstar Mortgage Trust               
 1,415   (b)   2.50(c)   09/25/51    1,433,437 
     Class A2               
 1,758   (b)   2.50(c)   06/25/51    1,787,951 
     Galton Funding Mortgage Trust               
 395   (b)   3.50(c)   06/25/59    400,690 
 388   (b)   4.00(c)   11/25/57–02/25/59    393,701 
 694   GCAT Trust (b)   1.555    04/25/65    698,059 
 1,475   Hundred Acre Wood Trust (b)   2.50(c)   10/25/51    1,504,270 
 740   JP Morgan Mortgage Trust (b)   2.50(c)   12/25/51    750,906 
 5,169   Mello Mortgage Capital Acceptance (b)   2.50(c)   06/25/51- 08/25/51    5,237,308 
 1,170   Natixis Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust     1.00    08/15/38    1,170,000 
     New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust               
 1,334   (b)   3.75(c)   11/26/35–08/25/55    1,415,849 
 2,258   (b)   4.00(c)   02/25/57–09/25/57    2,408,995 
 900   NewRez Warehouse Securitization Trust,
1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.75% (b)
   0.836(c)   05/25/55    901,857 
 283   OBX Trust (b)   3.50(c)   02/25/60    290,608 
 692   Oceanview Mortgage Loan Trust (b)   1.733(c)   05/28/50    695,869 
 1,778   PRMI Securitization Trust (b)   2.50(c)   04/25/51    1,801,614 
     Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust               
 10,920      3.00    07/25/56–05/25/60    11,528,388 
 964      4.00    08/25/58–02/25/59    1,050,271 
 1,850      4.50    06/25/57    2,050,534 
 3,508   United Wholesale Mortgage Trust (b)   2.50(c)   06/25/51- 08/25/51    3,558,475 
     Total Mortgages - Other (Cost $50,853,742)             52,052,962 
                     
     Municipal Bonds (15.4%)               
 3,615   Bay Area Toll Authority     6.263    04/01/49    5,817,421 
 3,875   City of New York, NY, Series G-1     5.968    03/01/36    5,340,138 
 3,060   City of San Francisco, CA, Public Utilities Commission Water Revenue     6.00    11/01/40    4,234,477 
 5,980   Los Angeles Unified School District     5.75    07/01/34    7,947,982 
 1,450   Metropolitan Transportation Authority     6.668    11/15/39    2,076,487 
 6,245   Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission     5.445    05/01/33    7,880,153 
 3,625   New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue, Series A     5.267    05/01/27    4,328,631 
 3,000   New York State Dormitory Authority     5.628    03/15/39    3,882,549 
 1,725   North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Series B     2.62    10/01/39    1,774,835 
 1,400   Onondaga Civic Development Corp., NY     3.068    12/01/55    1,368,987 
 2,575   State of Oregon Department of Transportation     5.834    11/15/34    3,547,204 
 1,580   State of Washington     5.481    08/01/39    2,167,354 
     Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $38,781,103)             50,366,218 
                     
     U.S. Agency Securities (6.6%)               
 4,400   Private Export Funding Corp.     4.30    12/15/21    4,438,301 
     Tennessee Valley Authority               
 6,935      5.25    09/15/39    9,853,454 

  

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley U.S. Government Securities Trust

Portfolio of Investments ▪ September 30, 2021 (unaudited) continued

 

 5,000      7.125        05/01/30    7,208,437 
     Total U.S. Agency Securities (Cost $17,787,606)               21,500,192 
                     
     Short-Term Investments (18.2%)               
     U.S. Treasury Securities (17.0%)               
 2,370   U.S. Treasury Bill (e)(f)   0.061      07/14/22    2,368,776 
     U.S. Treasury Notes               
 39,400       1.75    06/30/22    39,890,910 
 13,000       1.875    07/31/22    13,194,531 
     Total U.S. Treasury Securities (Cost $55,546,198)             55,454,217 

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
(000)
                             
      Investment Company (1.2%)                        
4,065     Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio - Institutional Class (g) (Cost $4,064,902)                     4,064,902  
      Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $59,611,100)                     59,519,119  
                               
      Total Investments (Cost $361,377,509) (h)(i)             117.3 %     382,978,476  
      Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets             (17.3 )     (56,614,680 )
      Net Assets             100.0 %   $ 326,363,796  

 

 

IO   Interest Only.
LIBOR   London Interbank Offered Rate.
REMIC   Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit.
TBA   To Be Announced.
(a)   Security is subject to delayed delivery.
(b)   144A security — Certain conditions for public sale may exist. Unless otherwise noted, these securities are deemed to be liquid.
(c)   Floating or variable rate securities: The rates disclosed are as of September 30, 2021. For securities based on a published reference rate and spread, the reference rate and spread are indicated in the description in the Portfolio of Investments. Certain variable rate securities may not be based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description in the Portfolio of Investments.
(d)   Inverse Floating Rate Security - Interest rate fluctuates with an inverse relationship to an associated interest rate. Indicated rate is the effective rate at September 30, 2021.
(e)   Rate shown is the yield to maturity at September 30, 2021.
(f)   All or a portion of the security was pledged to cover margin requirements for futures contracts.
(g)   The Fund invests in the Institutional Class of the Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio - (the "Liquidity Funds"), an open-end management investment company managed by the Adviser. Advisory fees paid by the Fund are reduced by an amount equal to its pro-rata share of the advisory and administration fees paid by the Fund due to its investment in the Liquidity Funds. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, advisory fees paid were reduced by $3,134 relating to the Fund's investment in the Liquidity Funds.
(h)   Securities are available for collateral in connection with purchase of securities on a forward commitment basis and open futures contracts.
(i)   At September 30, 2021, the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes approximates the aggregate cost for book purposes. The aggregate gross unrealized appreciation is $22,589,917 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation is $1,117,781, resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $21,472,136.

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley U.S. Government Securities Trust

Portfolio of Investments ▪ September 30, 2021 (unaudited) continued

 

Futures Contracts: 

The Fund had the following futures contracts open at September 30, 2021:  

 

   NUMBER
OF
CONTRACTS
   EXPIRATION
DATE
  NOTIONAL
AMOUNT
 (000)
   VALUE   UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
(DEPRECIATION)
 
Long:    
U.S. Treasury 5 yr. Note   178   Dec-21  $17,800   $21,848,109   $(104,640)
U.S. Treasury 2 yr. Note     72   Dec-21   14,400    15,843,938    (9,070)
U.S. Treasury Ultra Bond     62   Dec-21   6,200    11,845,875    (426,727)
Short:                       
U.S. Treasury 10 yr. Note      8   Dec-21   (800)   (1,052,875)   14,376 
U.S. Treasury Long Bond     10   Dec-21   (1,000)   (1,592,187)   34,687 
U.S. Treasury Ultra Long Bond   128   Dec-21   (12,800)   (18,592,000)   362,543 
                     $(128,831)

 

 

USD - United States Dollar

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION* as of 09/30/21

 

  Percentage of
Total
Investments
 
Agency Fixed Rate Mortgages   31.9%
Short-Term Investments   15.5 
Mortgages - Other   13.6 
Municipal Bonds   13.2 
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations - Agency Collateral Series   7.9 
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities   6.5 
U.S. Agency Securities   5.6 
Asset-Backed Securities   4.8 
Agency Adjustable Rate Mortgages   0.4 
Agency Bonds - Sovereign (U.S. Government Guaranteed)   0.3 
Agency Bonds - Finance (U.S. Government Guaranteed)   0.3 
Total Investments   100.0%

 

* Does not include open long/short futures contracts with a value of $70,774,984 and net unrealized depreciation of $128,831.

  

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley U.S. Government Securities Trust

Notes to Portfolio of Investments September 30, 2021 (unaudited)

  

In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an Accounting Standard Update, ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) - Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting (“ASU 2020-04”), which provides optional, temporary relief with respect to the financial reporting of contracts subject to certain types of modifications due to the planned discontinuation of the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") and other Interbank Offered Rate (“IBOR”) based reference rates at the end of 2021. The temporary relief provided by ASU 2020-04 is effective for certain reference rate-related contract modifications that occur during the period from March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. Management is evaluating the impact of ASU 2020-04 on the Fund's investments, derivatives, debt and other contracts that will undergo reference rate-related modifications as a result of the reference rate reform.

 

Valuation of Investments - (1) Certain portfolio securities may be valued by an outside pricing service/vendor approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees (the "Trustees"). The pricing service/vendor may employ a pricing model that takes into account, among other things, bids, yield spreads, and/or other market data and specific security characteristics. Alternatively, if a valuation is not available from an outside pricing service/vendor, and the security trades on an exchange, the security may be valued at its latest reported sale price (or at the exchange official closing price if such exchange reports an official closing price), prior to the time when assets are valued. If there are no sales on a given day and if there is no official exchange closing price for that day, the security is valued at the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices if such bid and asked prices are available in the relevant exchanges. If only bid prices are available then the latest bid price may be used. If Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (the "Adviser"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, determines that the price provided by the outside pricing service/vendor or exchange does not reflect the security's fair value or is unable to provide a price, prices from brokers or dealers may also be utilized. In these circumstances, the value of the security will be the mean of bid and asked prices obtained from brokers or dealers; (2) portfolio securities for which over-the-counter ("OTC") market quotations are readily available are valued at its latest reported sales price (or at the market official closing price if such market reports an official closing price), and if there was no trading in the security on a given day and if there is no official closing price from relevant markets for that day, the security is valued at the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices if such bid and asked prices are available on the relevant markets; (3) when market quotations are not readily available, including circumstances under which the Adviser determines that the market quotations are not reflective of a security's market value, portfolio securities are valued at their fair value as determined in good faith under procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Trustees; (4) futures are valued at the settlement price on the exchange on which they trade or, if a settlement price is unavailable, at the last sale price on the exchange; and (5) investments in mutual funds, including the Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds, are valued at the net asset value as of the close of each business day.

 

The Trustees have responsibility for determining in good faith the fair value of the investments, and the Trustees may appoint others, such as the Fund’s Adviser or a valuation committee, to assist the Trustees in determining fair value and to make the actual calculations pursuant to the fair valuation methodologies previously approved by the Trustees. Under procedures approved by the Trustees, the Fund's Adviser has formed a Valuation Committee whose members are approved by the Trustees. The Valuation Committee provides administration and oversight of the Fund’s valuation policies and procedures, which are reviewed at least annually by the Trustees. These procedures allow the Fund to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers and other market sources to determine fair value.

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Valuation Measurements

 

FASB Accounting Standards CodificationTM ("ASC") 820, "Fair Value Measurement" ("ASC 820"), defines fair value as the value that the Fund would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in a timely transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. ASC 820 establishes a three-tier hierarchy to distinguish between (1) inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in valuing an asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs); and (2) inputs that reflect the reporting entity's own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in valuing an asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs) and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments. The inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

• Level 1 – unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

• Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

• Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. Factors considered in making this determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), analysis of the issuer's financial statements or other available documents and, if necessary, available information concerning other securities in similar circumstances.

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities and the determination of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to each security.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund's investments as of September 30, 2021:

 

     
Investment Type  Level 1
Unadjusted
quoted
prices
   Level 2
Other
significant
observable
inputs
   Level 3
Significant
unobservable
inputs
   Total 
                 
Assets:
Fixed Income Securities                    
Agency Adjustable Rate Mortgages  $   $1,722,080   $        —   $1,722,080 
Agency Bond - Finance (U.S. Government Guaranteed)       1,036,517        1,036,517 
Agency Bond - Sovereign (U.S. Government Guaranteed)       1,202,404        1,202,404 
Agency Fixed Rate Mortgages       122,136,357        122,136,357 
Asset-Backed Securities       18,457,690        18,457,690 
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations - Agency Collateral Series       30,252,865        30,252,865 
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities       24,732,072        24,732,072 
Mortgages - Other       52,052,962        52,052,962 
Municipal Bonds       50,366,218        50,366,218 
U.S. Agency Securities       21,500,192        21,500,192 
Total Fixed Income Securities       323,459,357        323,459,357 
Short-Term Investments                    
U.S. Treasury Securities       55,454,217        55,454,217 
Investment Company   4,064,902            4,064,902 
Total Short-Term Investments   4,064,902    55,454,217        59,519,119 
Futures Contracts   411,606            411,606 
Total Assets   4,476,508    378,913,574        383,390,082 
Liabilities:
Futures Contracts   (540,437)           (540,437)
Total  $3,936,071   $378,913,574   $   $382,849,645 

  

Transfers between investment levels may occur as the markets fluctuate and/or the availability of data used in an investment's valuation changes.