N-Q 1 nqfirstq2018.htm FIRST QUARTER REPORT To our shareholders:

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM N-Q


QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGSOF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY


Investment Company Act File Number 811-4643


VOLUMETRIC FUND, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

87 Violet Drive
Pearl River, New York 10965
(Address of principal executive offices)--(Zip code)


Irene Zawitkowski
Chief Executive Officer


VOLUMETRIC FUND, INC.
87 Violet Drive
Pearl River, New York 10965

(Name and address of agent for service)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (845) 623-7637


Date of fiscal year end: December 31, 2018

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2018


Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5, to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to Rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection and policymaking roles.

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-Q, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-Q unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.

ITEM 1.  SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS



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March 31, 2018



Volumetric Fund, Inc.

   A No-Load Mutual Fund


First Quarter

Report 2018











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To our Shareholders:


Volumetric Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) per share has declined 1.62% in the first quarter of 2018. Our NAV has declined $0.34, from $21.02 at December 31, 2017 to $20.68, as of March 31, 2018. Our cash & cash equivalents position, at the end of the first quarter, was 17.6% and securities were 82.4%.


The Volumetric Index, which measures the value of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Volumetric Fund since its inception on January 1, 1979, climbed to $336,435. This is just below its all-time record high of $363,279, established on January 26, 2018. This is equivalent to a 9.37% compounded growth rate since the Fund’s inception 39 1/4 years ago.



PORTFOLIO REVIEW (Unaudited)


At the end of the first quarter we had 66 securities in our portfolio. Our average security was up 31.1%. Our portfolio contains 54 gainers and 12 losers. As of March 31, our best percentage gainer was Brink’s Co. with a 219.0% gain. Our worst performer was Dow DuPont Inc., with a 15.3% loss.   


During the first quarter, we purchased 11 stocks and sold 17 stocks, as indicated below:


Purchases: Advance Auto Parts Inc., Amgen Inc., D.R. Horton Inc., Dow DuPont Inc., Electronic Arts Inc., Eog Resources Inc., Kansas City Southern, Packaging Corp of America, Parker Hannifin Corp., United Technologies Corp., Western Digital Corp Inc.,  


Sales: Advance Auto Parts Inc., Andeavor, Apple Inc., Cadence Design Systems Inc., Church & Dwight Co Inc., Coca-Cola Co., ConocoPhillips, Delta Air Lines Inc., DXC Technology Co., JetBlue Airways Corp., Johnson & Johnson, Leggett & Platt Inc., Murphy Oil Corp., Snap-On Inc., Toll Brothers Inc., Tractor Supply Co., and Tyson Foods Inc. - Class A.    


Our most profitable sale was DXC Technology Co., a spin off from Hewlett Packard Enterprises, with a 282% capital gain. Cadence Design Systems came in second, with a 160% capital gain.



TOP STOCK GAINERS (Unaudited)


As of March 31, 2018, our ten greatest unrealized stock percentage gainers are listed below. See “Statement of Net Assets” on page 3 for details.



Stock Name

Unrealized Gain (%)

% of Fund's Net Assets

Brink's Co

219.0%

2.7%

HP Inc.

204.8%

0.9%

Cintas Corp

139.7%

1.9%

Autodesk Inc.

109.4%

1.8%

Microchip Technology Inc.

101.0%

1.7%

FMC Corp

84.6%

1.6%

Atmos Energy Corp

65.7%

0.6%

Waste Connections Inc.

63.9%

2.0%

Microsoft Corp

58.9%

1.4%

Netapp Inc.

53.7%

1.5%





ANNUAL MEETING


The Volumetric Fund Annual Meeting of shareholders will be held at 8 p.m., Thursday, June 7, 2018, at the Holiday Inn, 329 Route 303, Orangeburg, New York. Invitations and proxy statements will be sent out to shareholders in April. Shareholders of record at the close of business on April 20, 2018, are entitled to receive proxy material and an invitation to attend the meeting.




At the meeting, as described in the Proxy Statement, you will be asked to elect nine directors and to ratify the appointment of BBD, LLP, as the independent registered public accounting firm, of the Fund, for calendar year 2018. We will also review Volumetric Fund’s year to date performance.  



PRIVACY POLICY


According to federal law and regulations, financial institutions, including mutual funds, are required to disclose their privacy policy to their clients and shareholders annually. To meet this requirement, the Fund’s Privacy Policy is described in the following paragraphs.

Volumetric Fund and its affiliate Volumetric Advisers, Inc. work hard to maintain the highest standard of confidentiality and to respect the privacy of its shareholders and clients. The non-public personal information collected about you comes primarily from the account applications or other forms you submit to Volumetric Fund, Inc.


We do not market or disclose information about you to anyone, except as permitted by law.  For example, this may include disclosing information according to your express consent to fulfill your instructions, such as in a mortgage application, or to comply with applicable laws and regulations.


We limit information about you to those of our employees who are involved in servicing your account.  We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that are designed to comply with federal standards to guard the information. If our relationship ends, we will continue to treat the information as described in this Privacy Policy notice.


This notice complies with Federal law and SEC regulations regarding privacy.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact us at Volumetric Fund, Inc.



UPDATE AND OTHER NEWS


On April 18, 2018, Volumetric Fund’s NAV stood at $21.25, up 1.09% since the beginning of the year, short of our January 26, 2018 all-time high of $22.33, as adjusted for dividends and capital gain distributions.  


As of this writing, our Volume Indicator has held steady at an overall stock market indicator of “neutral”. This indicator measures money flows into and out of the stock market. (A value of +3 is the most bullish, and a value of -3 is the most bearish).  Our current “neutral” stock market indicator would dictate a cautiously optimistic investing environment, and consequently our cash position is at 13.7%, as of April 18th.


Thank you for your continued trust and confidence. If you are interested in obtaining our prospectus and general information about the Fund, please visit our website, www.volumetric.com. Also, do not hesitate to call us if you have any questions.  


We hope to see many of you at our annual meeting on June 7, 2018. Please do not hesitate to call us, if you have any questions.




April 18, 2018


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Gabriel Gibs

 Irene Zawitkowski         Jeffrey Gibs

Chair

 

 CEO                              President


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[nqfirstq2018011.gif]        Volumetric Fund, Inc.


87 Violet Drive

Pearl River, New York 10965

845-623-7637

800-541-FUND

www.volumetric.com

info@volumetric.com


Ticker: VOLMX


Investment Adviser and  

Transfer Agent


Volumetric Advisers, Inc.

Pearl River, New York 10965


Custodian


U.S. Bank N.A.

Milwaukee, WI  53212


Independent Registered Public

Accounting Firm


BBD, LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19103


Board of Directors


Gabriel J. Gibs, Chair

Josef Haupl

Alexandre M. Olbrecht, Dr.

Cornelius O’Sullivan

Stephen J. Samitt

Allan A. Samuels

David L. Seidenberg

Raymond W. Sheridan

Irene J. Zawitkowski


Officers


Gabriel J. Gibs

    Chair, Portfolio Co-Manager

Irene J. Zawitkowski

    CEO, Senior Portfolio Manager

Jeffrey M. Gibs

    President, Portfolio Co-Manager, CCO






















Valuation of Securities: Investments in securities traded on a national securities exchange (or reported on the NASDAQ national market) are valued at the closing price on the day of valuation. If a market quote is not available, the Fund will value the security at fair market value as determined in good faith by Volumetric Advisers, Inc., as directed by the Board of Directors.  


GAAP establishes a single authoritative definition of fair value, sets out a framework for measuring fair value and requires certain disclosures about fair value measurements. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:


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Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

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

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Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining fair value of investments)


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


As of March 31, 2018, all of the securities held by the Fund were valued using Level 1 inputs. See the Fund’s Statement of Net Assets for a listing of securities valued using Level 1 inputs by security type and industry type, as required by GAAP. There were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3 for quarter ending March 31, 2018. Transfers are recognized at the end of the reporting periods.



ITEM 2.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

 

(a)

The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a- 3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

 

(b)

There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 


ITEM 3.

EXHIBITS.


Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act,

 

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SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


Volumetric Fund, Inc.


By

 

/s/    Irene Zawitkowski  

                                        April 18, 2018    

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       Irene Zawitkowski, CEO                                         Date

 

Date:

 

April 18, 2018

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


By

 

/s/    Irene Zawitkowski  

                                        April 18, 2018    

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       Irene Zawitkowski, CEO                                         Date


By

 

/s/    Jeffrey Gibs

      

                                  April 18, 2018    

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       Jeffrey Gibs, President                                           Date