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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
BNY Mellon Global Stock Fund

February 29, 2024 (Unaudited)

        
 

Description

   

Shares

 

Value ($)

 

Common Stocks - 98.7%

     

Australia - 1.9%

     

CSL Ltd.

   

103,600

 

 19,294,041

 

Canada - 4.4%

     

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc.

   

362,100

 

22,457,324

 

Canadian National Railway Co.

   

167,300

 

21,692,356

 
    

44,149,680

 

Denmark - 3.9%

     

Novo Nordisk A/S, Cl. B

   

323,900

 

 38,729,397

 

France - 5.7%

     

Dassault Systemes SE

   

257,300

a 

12,023,240

 

L'Oreal SA

   

38,800

 

18,571,033

 

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

   

28,600

 

26,193,854

 
    

56,788,127

 

Hong Kong - 2.7%

     

AIA Group Ltd.

   

2,341,400

a 

18,947,228

 

Prudential PLC

   

759,900

a 

7,509,293

 
    

26,456,521

 

Ireland - 2.0%

     

Experian PLC

   

474,200

 

 20,306,397

 

Japan - 6.4%

     

Keyence Corp.

   

53,628

 

25,165,228

 

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.

   

473,400

 

20,219,315

 

SMC Corp.

   

29,600

 

17,854,733

 
    

63,239,276

 

Netherlands - 1.3%

     

ASML Holding NV

   

13,600

 

 12,867,247

 

Spain - 2.1%

     

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

   

470,500

a 

 20,852,318

 

Switzerland - 4.2%

     

Lonza Group AG

   

16,600

 

8,688,106

 

Nestle SA

   

156,800

 

16,294,807

 

Roche Holding AG

   

64,300

 

16,853,668

 
    

41,836,581

 

Taiwan - 3.2%

     

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., ADR

   

243,400

 

 31,318,278

 

United Kingdom - 1.9%

     

Compass Group PLC

   

705,600

 

 19,335,327

 

United States - 59.0%

     

Adobe, Inc.

   

48,100

a 

26,949,468

 

Alphabet, Inc., Cl. C

   

203,040

a 

28,380,931

 


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

        
 

Description

   

Shares

 

Value ($)

 

Common Stocks - 98.7% (continued)

     

United States - 59.0% (continued)

     

Amphenol Corp., Cl. A

   

233,300

 

25,485,692

 

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

   

88,500

 

22,225,005

 

Booking Holdings, Inc.

   

5,460

 

18,939,812

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

   

364,500

 

17,630,865

 

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Cl. A

   

257,800

 

20,371,356

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   

33,400

 

24,845,926

 

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.

   

284,100

a 

24,111,567

 

Fastenal Co.

   

272,400

 

19,887,924

 

Fortinet, Inc.

   

255,600

a 

17,664,516

 

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

   

57,500

a 

22,172,000

 

Linde PLC

   

63,300

 

28,410,306

 

Mastercard, Inc., Cl. A

   

65,800

 

31,239,208

 

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.

   

8,200

a 

10,227,204

 

Microsoft Corp.

   

96,900

 

40,081,716

 

Moody's Corp.

   

53,480

 

20,291,382

 

NIKE, Inc., Cl. B

   

177,300

 

18,426,789

 

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

   

45,790

 

20,261,159

 

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.

   

18,900

a 

20,552,238

 

Paychex, Inc.

   

148,100

 

18,160,022

 

Stryker Corp.

   

61,600

 

21,502,712

 

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

125,100

 

20,932,983

 

The TJX Companies, Inc.

   

206,400

 

20,462,496

 

The Walt Disney Company

   

98,300

 

10,968,314

 

Waters Corp.

   

63,100

a 

21,291,202

 

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

   

43,700

 

15,660,332

 
    

587,133,125

 

Total Common Stocks (cost $382,279,352)

   

982,306,315

 
  

1-Day
Yield (%)

     

Investment Companies - 1.2%

     

Registered Investment Companies - 1.2%

     

Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares
(cost $11,745,084)

 

5.41

 

11,745,084

b 

 11,745,084

 

Total Investments (cost $394,024,436)

 

99.9%

 

994,051,399

 

Cash and Receivables (Net)

 

.1%

 

1,228,067

 

Net Assets

 

100.0%

 

995,279,466

 

ADR—American Depositary Receipt

a Non-income producing security.

b Investment in affiliated issuer. The investment objective of this investment company is publicly available and can be found within the investment company’s prospectus.


The following is a summary of the inputs used as of February 29, 2024 in valuing the fund’s investments:

       
 

Level 1-Unadjusted Quoted Prices

Level 2- Other Significant Observable Inputs

 

Level 3-Significant Unobservable Inputs

Total

 

Assets ($) 

  

Investments in Securities:

  

Equity Securities - Common Stocks

662,601,083

319,705,232

†† 

-

982,306,315

 

Investment Companies

11,745,084

-

 

-

11,745,084

 

 See Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations, if any.

†† Securities classified within Level 2 at period end as the values were determined pursuant to the fund’s fair valuation procedures.


The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) is the exclusive reference of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the FASB ASC Topic 946 Financial Services-Investment Companies. The fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price). GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. This hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).

Additionally, GAAP provides guidance on determining whether the volume and activity in a market has decreased significantly and whether such a decrease in activity results in transactions that are not orderly. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures around valuation inputs and techniques used during annual and interim periods.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments relating to fair value measurements. These 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).

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

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. Valuation techniques used to value the fund’s investments are as follows:

The Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has designated the Adviser as the fund’s valuation designee to make all fair value determinations with respect to the fund’s portfolio investments, subject to the Board’s oversight and pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the Act.


Investments in equity securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. For open short positions, asked prices are used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. All of the preceding securities are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices. U.S. Treasury Bills are valued at the mean price between quoted bid prices and asked prices by an independent pricing service (the “Service”) approved by the Board Members (“Board”). These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.The Service’s procedures are reviewed by BNY Mellon under the general supervision of the Board.

Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant American Depository Receipts and futures. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to accurately reflect fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board. Certain factors may be considered when fair valuing investments such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. These securities are either categorized within Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the relevant inputs used.

For securities where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and such securities are generally categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

At February 29, 2024, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $600,026,963, consisting of $609,147,002 gross unrealized appreciation and $9,120,039 gross unrealized depreciation.


At February 29, 2024, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).

Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR.