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Morgan Stanley Mortgage Securities Trust 

Portfolio of Investments ▪ July 31, 2021 (unaudited)

 

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000)
      COUPON
RATE
   MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
    Agency Fixed Rate Mortgages (26.1%)    
     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation             
$904       2.00%  11/01/50  $915,787 
     Conventional Pools:             
 1,629       2.50   04/01/50 – 06/01/50   1,677,325 
 337       3.00   04/01/50   348,302 
 154       3.50   08/01/49   160,032 
 85       4.00   07/01/49   88,374 
     Gold Pools:             
 468       3.50   01/01/44 – 05/01/49   496,193 
 432       4.00   12/01/41 – 10/01/44   473,350 
 454       4.50   03/01/41 – 01/01/49   499,778 
 80       5.00   12/01/40 – 05/01/41   89,782 
 10       5.50   07/01/37   11,417 
 12       6.00   12/01/37   13,983 
 13       6.50   06/01/29 – 09/01/33   14,766 
 34       7.50   05/01/35   40,393 
 17       8.00   08/01/32   19,791 
 28       8.50   08/01/31   33,688 
     Federal National Mortgage Association, Conventional Pools:             
 1,881       1.50   01/01/51 – 03/01/51   1,864,794 
 1,401       2.00   10/01/50 – 11/01/50   1,430,217 
 1,248       2.50   09/01/49 – 06/01/50   1,295,856 
 1,227       3.00   10/01/48 – 02/01/50   1,259,803 
 2,017       3.50   09/01/42 – 11/01/49   2,130,625 
 1,272       4.00   04/01/45 – 01/01/49   1,391,678 
 898       4.50   08/01/40 – 08/01/49   953,058 
 712       5.00   11/01/40 – 01/01/49   780,312 
 7       5.50   08/01/37   8,646 
 329       6.50   02/01/28 – 11/01/33   372,755 
 12       7.00   07/01/23 – 06/01/32   12,482 
 43       7.50   08/01/37   52,123 
 45       8.00   04/01/33   54,271 
 44       8.50   10/01/32   53,340 
 24       9.50   04/01/30   27,011 
     September TBA:             
 5,000   (a)   2.00   09/01/51   5,089,258 
 21,000   (a)   2.50   09/01/51   21,830,976 
     Government National Mortgage Association, Various Pools:             
 3,737       2.50   01/20/50 – 04/20/51   3,881,088 
 1,872       3.00   10/20/49 – 08/20/50   1,924,284 
 4,297       3.50   10/20/44 – 10/20/50   4,460,748 
 891       4.00   07/15/44 – 04/20/50   926,573 
 955       4.50   12/20/48 – 12/20/49   1,009,143 
 780       5.00   05/20/41 – 06/20/49   833,708 
 188       5.50   02/20/49 – 10/20/49   208,112 
     Total Agency Fixed Rate Mortgages (Cost $55,987,130)           56,733,822 
                   
     Asset-Backed Securities (24.5%)             
 109   ABFC 2005-WF1 Trust,              
    1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.95%   1.034(b)  07/25/34   103,988 
 405   ABFC Trust,              
    1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.78%   0.869(b)  10/25/33   391,068 
 400   American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust (c)   4.84   04/14/25   420,725 
 600   American Homes 4 Rent (c)   5.885   04/17/52   661,705 
     American Homes 4 Rent Trust             
 520   (c)   5.639   04/17/52   572,194 

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Securities Trust 

Portfolio of Investments ▪ July 31, 2021 (unaudited) continued

 

  600   (c)   6.231   10/17/36   661,013 
  618   Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc.,   0.914(b)  04/25/34   602,516 
      1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.83%             
      Amortizing Residential Collateral Trust             
  526   1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.50%   0.589(b)  12/25/30   510,691 
  172   1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.64%   0.732(b)  10/25/31   167,525 
  293   1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.76%   0.849(b)  10/25/32   281,435 
      Argent Securities, Inc. Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates             
  247   1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.88%   1.964(b)  04/25/34   248,419 
  326   5.63% - 1 Month USD LIBOR   3.40(d)  12/25/33   332,660 
  870   Avant Loans Funding Trust (c)   4.65   04/15/26   873,101 
      Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities Trust             
  145   1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.30%   1.389(b)  10/27/32   143,230 
  77   1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.95%   2.039(b)  12/25/42   77,538 
  180       2.853(b)  07/25/36   179,521 
  410   Business Loan Express Business Loan Trust,   0.484(b)  10/20/40   382,214 
      1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.40% (c)             
  535   Carnow Auto Receivables Trust (c)   3.36   06/17/24   542,313 
  1,956   Cascade Funding Mortgage Trust (c)   4.00(b)  06/25/69   1,974,129 
  148   Cendant Mortgage Corp. (c)   6.00(b)  07/25/43   153,776 
  1,000   CFMT 2020-HB4 LLC (c)   2.72(b)  12/26/30   1,002,284 
  122   CIM Small Business Loan Trust,   1.484(b)  03/20/43   121,090 
      1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.40% (c)             
  532   Citicorp Residential Mortgage Trust     5.189   03/25/37   546,687 
      Conn's Receivables Funding LLC             
  89   (c)   3.62   06/17/24   89,457 
  1,056   2020-A LLC (c)   4.20   06/16/25   1,060,673 
  704   (c)   4.27   06/16/25   709,699 
  2,000   2019-B LLC (c)   4.60   06/17/24   2,009,014 
  54   Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates,   1.019(b)  06/25/33   53,768 
      1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.93% (c)             
      Credit-Based Asset Servicing & Securitization LLC             
  115   1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.60% (c)   1.689(b)  09/25/35   116,476 
  16   1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.08%   3.164(b)  08/25/30   16,177 
  240   (c)   7.25   05/25/36   250,596 
  400   DT Auto Owner Trust (c)   4.94   02/17/26   419,998 
  776   ECAF I Ltd. (Cayman Islands) (c)   4.947   06/15/40   735,429 
  109   EMC Mortgage Loan Trust,   1.589(b)  11/25/30   108,965 
      1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.50% (c)             
  110   EquiFirst Mortgage Loan Trust,   3.089(b)  10/25/34   116,292 
      1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.00%             
EUR 410   European Residential Loan Securitisation,   1.447   07/24/54   473,098 
      2019-NPL1 DAC,             
      1 Month EURIBOR + 2.00% (Ireland)             
$ 57   FCI Funding 2019-1 LLC (c)   3.63   02/18/31   57,671 
      Finance of America HECM Buyout             
  1,000   (c)   3.09(b)  07/25/30   1,010,000 
  700   (c)   6.414(b)  02/25/31   698,693 
  1,300   (c)   9.00(b)  02/25/31   1,284,634 
  200   Financial Asset Securities Corp. AAA Trust,   0.497(b)  02/27/35   191,018 
      1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.41% (c)             
  122   FREED ABS Trust (c)   4.61   10/20/25   122,255 
  643   Fremont Home Loan Trust,   1.364(b)  02/25/33   646,914 
      1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.28%             
  295   GAIA Aviation Ltd. (Cayman Islands) (c)   3.967   12/15/44   295,384 
  450   GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust (c)   4.94   12/15/25   469,545 
EUR 541   Grand Canal Securities GCS 2 A REGS,   0.447(b)  12/24/58   640,377 
      1 Month EURIBOR + 1.00% (Ireland)             
$ 849   JOL Air Ltd. (Cayman Islands) (c)   3.967   04/15/44   854,696 
  420   Kestrel Aircraft Funding Ltd. (c)   4.25   12/15/38   420,230 
      Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust             
  740   (c)   3.75   04/25/59   746,275 

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Securities Trust 

Portfolio of Investments ▪ July 31, 2021 (unaudited) continued

 

  785     2019-GS1 (c)     4.00     01/25/59     788,081  
  306     Lehman ABS Manufactured Housing Contract Trust       6.63 (b)   04/15/40     325,294  
  764     LoanMe Trust (c)     5.00     09/15/34     786,747  
  125     MASTR Asset Securitization Trust,     1.589 (b)   05/25/33     124,354  
        1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.50%                    
  250     MASTR Asset-Backed Securities Trust,     2.564 (b)   09/25/34     250,098  
        1 Month USD LIBOR + 2.48%                    
  222     MERIT Securities Corp.       7.88     12/28/33     230,986  
  311     METAL LLC (c)     4.581     10/15/42     280,324  
  192     Mid-State Capital Corp. Trust       7.758     01/15/40     216,598  
  329     Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I, Inc. Trust,     0.769 (b)   08/25/34     311,445  
        1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.68% (e)                    
  590     Nationstar HECM Loan Trust (c)     2.82 (b)   09/25/30     593,125  
        New Century Home Equity Loan Trust                    
  136     1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.80%     0.889 (b)   11/25/33     128,422  
  145     1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.35%     1.439 (b)   03/25/33     145,685  
        New Residential Mortgage LLC                    
  2,282           5.437     06/25/25 – 07/25/25     2,330,822  
  522             (c)     4.89     05/25/23     523,019  
  312             2018-FNT2 (c)     3.79     07/25/54     311,852  
GBP 250     NewDay Funding PLC,     2.154 (b)   08/15/26     347,729  
        1 Month GBP LIBOR + 2.10%                    
        (United Kingdom) (c)                    
  300     Newday Partnership Funding PLC,     2.154 (b)   12/15/27     416,668  
        1 Month GBP LIBOR + 2.10%                    
        (United Kingdom)                    
$ 296     Newtek Small Business Loan Trust,     2.70 (b)   02/25/44     291,622  
        Daily U.S. Prime Rate - 0.55% (c)                    
  300     NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust,     1.664 (b)   12/25/34     300,425  
        1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.58%                    
        NRZ Advance Receivables Trust                    
  350     (c)     1.475     09/15/53     351,468  
  600     (c)     5.801     10/15/52     603,442  
        NRZ Excess Spread-Collateralized Notes                    
  451     (c)     2.981     03/25/26     451,922  
  2,500     (c)     3.104     07/25/26     2,499,941  
  73     (c)     3.61     05/25/23     72,935  
  570     (c)     3.844     12/25/25     577,223  
        Class A                    
  940     (c)     3.228     05/25/26     942,839  
  921     NRZ FHT Excess LLC, Class A (c)     4.212     11/25/25     931,914  
        Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc.                    
  849           7.405 (b)   06/15/31     185,121  
  80           7.72     04/15/30     83,936  
  178           7.84 (b)   11/15/29     186,940  
  1,000     PMT FMSR Issuer Trust,     2.439 (b)   04/25/23     997,778  
        1 Month USD LIBOR + 2.35% (c)                    
  1,250     PNMAC FMSR Issuer Trust,     3.089 (b)   03/25/26     1,265,801  
        1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.00% (c)                    
        PNMAC GMSR Issuer Trust                    
  700     1 Month USD LIBOR + 2.65% (c)     2.739 (b)   08/25/25     699,836  
  725     1 Month USD LIBOR + 2.85% (c)     2.939 (b)   02/25/23     729,175  
  150     Progress Residential 2019-SFR2 Trust (c)     3.794     05/17/36     152,787  
  181     Prosper Marketplace Issuance Trust (c)     5.50     10/15/24     181,567  
  948     PRPM 2020-1 LLC (c)     2.981     02/25/25     953,190  
  1,518     Raptor Aircraft Finance I LLC (c)     4.213     08/23/44     1,463,389  
  411     ReadyCap Lending Small Business Loan Trust, Daily U.S. Prime Rate - 0.50% (c)     2.75 (b)   12/27/44     393,490  
  250     Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust       5.451     05/25/35     269,076  
  732     S-Jets Ltd. (Bermuda) (c)     3.967     08/15/42     728,590  
  1,119     SFS Asset Securitization LLC (c)     4.238     06/10/25     1,121,663  
        Shenton Aircraft Investment I Ltd.                    

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Securities Trust 

Portfolio of Investments ▪ July 31, 2021 (unaudited) continued

 

  977     (c)     4.75     10/15/42     952,162  
  296     (c)     5.75     10/15/42     226,178  
  1,000     Small Business Lending Trust (c)     3.20     12/15/26     1,005,522  
        Sprite 2017-1 Ltd.                    
  379     (c)     4.25     12/15/37     378,328  
  527     (c)     6.90     12/15/37     361,159  
  132     Stanwich Mortgage Loan Co.     3.375     08/15/24     132,717  
        2019-NPL–B-1 LLC (c)                    
  255     Stanwich Mortgage Loan Trust (c)     3.475     11/16/24     256,000  
  302     START Ireland (Bermuda) (c)     4.089     03/15/44     304,464  
  451     VCAT 2021-NPL1 LLC (c)     2.289     12/26/50     453,115  
  298     WAVE Trust (c)     3.844     11/15/42     299,060  
        Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $53,565,279)                 53,463,180  
                             
        Collateralized Mortgage Obligations - Agency Collateral Series (2.3%)              
        Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,                    
        IO REMIC                    
  154           1.785 (b)   10/15/41     7,718  
  314           1.843 (b)   04/15/39     16,420  
  837           1.846 (b)   09/15/41     55,707  
  298           1.847 (b)   10/15/39     15,015  
  412           1.85 (b)   08/15/42     25,680  
  560           1.928 (b)   10/15/40     31,249  
  11,768           2.00     10/25/50     961,694  
  47           5.00     08/15/41     5,763  
  673     6.00% - 1 Month USD LIBOR     5.907 (d)   11/15/43 – 06/15/44     116,436  
        IO STRIPS                    
  1,388           1.325 (b)   10/15/37     58,263  
  75           7.00     06/15/30     12,594  
  80           7.50     12/15/29     13,091  
        REMIC                    
  198           3.50     02/15/42     208,137  
  102     12.00% - 2.67 x 1 Month USD LIBOR     11.733 (d)   12/15/43     123,369  
        Federal National Mortgage Association,                    
        IO REMIC                    
  1,495           1.519 (b)   03/25/46     87,609  
  323           1.764 (b)   03/25/44     16,968  
  436           1.784 (b)   10/25/39     25,178  
  450           3.50     03/25/43     15,599  
  210     5.65% - 1 Month USD LIBOR     5.561 (d)   11/25/41     17,394  
  654     6.05% - 1 Month USD LIBOR     5.961 (d)   06/25/42     119,276  
  161     6.55% - 1 Month USD LIBOR     6.461 (d)   08/25/41     16,138  
        IO STRIPS                    
  20           7.00     11/25/27     2,464  
  60           8.00     05/25/30 – 06/25/30     8,235  
  22           8.50     10/25/24     2,095  
        REMIC                    
  20     1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.20%     1.289 (b)   12/25/23     19,978  
  511           2.00     07/25/50     461,170  
  29           3.249 (b)   04/25/39     28,409  
        Government National Mortgage Association                    
  94           4.00     11/20/49     99,564  
        IO                    
  1,740           0.768 (b)   08/20/58     37,095  
  1,018           3.50     06/20/41 – 10/16/42     161,146  
  78           4.50     05/20/40     4,730  
  40           5.00     02/16/41     7,024  
  373     6.00% - 1 Month USD LIBOR     5.916 (d)   08/20/42     68,073  
  450     6.10% - 1 Month USD LIBOR     6.016 (d)   04/20/41 – 08/20/42     88,885  
  406     6.14% - 1 Month USD LIBOR     6.056 (d)   12/20/43     75,292  
  343     6.30% - 1 Month USD LIBOR     6.216 (d)   09/20/43     43,484  
  239     6.55% - 1 Month USD LIBOR     6.459 (d)   08/16/34     27,982  
        IO PAC                    

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Securities Trust 

Portfolio of Investments ▪ July 31, 2021 (unaudited) continued

 

  37           5.00     10/20/40     2,491  
  84     6.15% - 1 Month USD LIBOR     6.066 (d)   10/20/41     1,024  
        IO REMIC                    
  3,878           1.072 (b)   08/20/69     229,364  
  4,671           1.656 (b)   07/20/67     240,507  
  9,585           2.00     11/20/50     765,625  
  588           3.50     05/20/43     65,501  
        REMIC                    
  74     1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.45%     0.539 (b)   02/20/61     74,077  
  62     1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.70%     0.789 (b)   08/20/63     62,457  
  9     1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.77%     0.859 (b)   02/20/66     8,599  
  559           3.00     03/20/69     584,503  
        Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations - Agency Collateral Series (Cost $3,748,426)                 5,119,072  
                             
        Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (4.9%)                    
  133     Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust       3.167     09/15/48     99,850  
  188     CG-CCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust, 1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.85% (c)     1.947 (b)   11/15/31     184,576  
        Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust                    
  220           4.573 (b)   09/10/58     224,814  
        IO                    
  2,099           0.881 (b)   09/10/58     65,844  
        COMM Mortgage Trust,                    
        IO                    
  1,003           0.729 (b)   10/10/47     18,280  
  100     (c)     4.756 (b)   07/15/47     102,273  
  163     Commercial Mortgage Lease-Backed Certificates     8.061 (b)   06/20/31     165,615  
        (c)                    
  2,253     Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,     0.562 (b)   02/10/47     27,631  
        IO                    
  1,198     COOF Securitization Trust, IO (c)     2.426 (b)   10/25/40     95,508  
  1,941     COOF Securitization Trust II, IO (c)     2.67 (b)   08/25/41     137,624  
  1,000     Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates,     1.494 (b)   07/15/38     1,001,000  
        1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.40% (c)(f)                    
  1,500     CSMC 2020-TMIC, Class A,     3.25 (b)   12/15/35     1,526,739  
        1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.00% (c)                    
  6,679     GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, IO (c)     0.457 (b)   10/10/32     28,629  
        GS Mortgage Securities Trust                    
  450           3.345     07/10/48     434,035  
  370     (c)     4.741 (b)   08/10/46     365,963  
        IO                    
  1,677           0.72 (b)   09/10/47     32,301  
  1,217           0.993 (b)   04/10/47     26,679  
  1,041     JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., 1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.70% (c)     1.793 (b)   04/15/38     1,048,337  
  1,668     JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, IO       0.673 (b)   12/15/49     38,266  
  267     JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust (c)     4.656 (b)   04/15/47     269,865  
        IO                      
  2,962           0.729 (b)   01/15/47     43,008  
        KGS-Alpha SBA COOF Trust, IO                    
  711     (c)     2.65 (b)   07/25/41     86,589  
  824     (c)     2.996 (b)   04/25/40     49,245  
        Natixis Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust                    
  720     (c)     3.902     10/15/36     724,314  
  600     (c)     4.135 (b)   05/15/39     584,784  
  600     (c)     4.409 (b)   02/15/39     578,111  
CAD 9,690     Real Estate Asset Liquidity Trust, IO (Canada) (c)     1.201 (b)   02/12/55     469,882  
1,445     Sutherland Commercial Mortgage Trust (c)     2.23 (b)   12/25/41     1,467,791  

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Securities Trust 

Portfolio of Investments ▪ July 31, 2021 (unaudited) continued

 

  3,926     UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, IO       0.878 (b)   03/15/51     194,384  
  206     VCC 2020-MC1 Trust (c)     4.50 (b)   06/25/45     206,686  
  306     Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust (c)     3.153     09/15/57     302,177  
        Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $10,112,981)           10,600,800  
        Corporate Bond (0.1%)                    
        Finance (0.1%)                    
  350     DP Facilities Data Center Subordinated Pass-Through Trust (c) (Cost $247,216)     0.00 (b)   11/10/28     176,120  
 
        Mortgages - Other (40.8%)                    
  117     Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust       2.678 (b)   04/25/35     119,322  
GBP 272     Alba 2005-1 PLC,     0.684 (b)   11/25/42     367,288  
        3 Month GBP LIBOR + 0.60%                    
        (United Kingdom)                    
        Alternative Loan Trust                    
59           5.50     02/25/25 – 01/25/36     52,028  
  177           5.75     03/25/34     178,961  
  338           6.25 (b)   08/25/37     255,435  
  82     40.02% - 6 x 1 Month USD LIBOR     39.485 (d)   05/25/37     151,318  
  970     Asset Backed Trust (c)     2.24     06/25/61     971,726  
        Banc of America Funding Trust                    
  14           5.25     07/25/37     14,437  
  318           5.50     09/25/35     345,701  
  612     Bear Stearns ARM Trust     2.121 (b)   04/25/34     627,846  
  583     Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities I Trust,     23.493 ((d)   03/25/36     373,157  
        25.64% - 3.29 x 1 Month USD LIBOR                    
        Cascade Funding Mortgage Trust                    
  2,000     (c)     3.735 (b)   06/25/36     2,000,000  
  2,892     (c)     4.00 (b)   10/25/68     2,994,968  
  508     CFMT 2020-ABC1 LLC (c)     2.00 (b)   09/25/50     496,078  
        CFMT 2020-HB4 LLC                    
  1,000     (c)     4.948 (b)   12/26/30     1,003,311  
  750     (c)     6.00 (b)   12/26/30     752,866  
        CFMT 2021-HB5 LLC                    
  1,000     (c)     2.91 (b)   02/25/31     1,000,649  
  1,500     (c)     5.683 (b)   02/25/31     1,498,273  
  1,878     CHL GMSR Issuer Trust, 1 Month USD LIBOR + 2.75% (c)     2.839 (b)   05/25/23     1,883,443  
        CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust                    
  105           2.587 (b)   05/20/34     108,163  
  196           2.838 (b)   10/25/33     201,265  
  296           5.50     10/25/34     306,238  
  70           6.00     12/25/36     56,397  
        CIM Trust                    
  1,494     (c)     2.50 (b)   06/25/51     1,529,569  
  547     (c)     2.568     07/25/59     550,250  
  677     (c)     2.569     07/25/55     678,816  
  299     Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, 1 Year CMT + 2.40%     2.52 (b)   11/25/35     300,606  
  1,840     (c)     2.50 (b)   04/25/51     1,885,887  
CAD 15     Classic RMBS Trust (Canada) (c)     3.064     08/16/49     12,338  
GBP 133     Clavis Securities PLC,     0.531 (b)   12/15/40     174,804  
        3 Month GBP LIBOR + 0.45%                    
        (United Kingdom)                    
$ 369     Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., 1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.30%     3.389 (b)   02/25/32     369,558  
        Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust                    
  2,232           1.00     04/15/23 – 08/15/23     2,239,135  
  1,000           3.709     05/15/23     1,003,983  
        CSFB Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates                    
  307           2.834 (b)   05/25/34     322,133  

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Securities Trust 

Portfolio of Investments ▪ July 31, 2021 (unaudited) continued

 

  467           6.50     11/25/35     143,742  
  500     CSMC Trust       3.89     12/15/23     502,567  
EUR 611     Dssv Sarl,     3.00     10/15/24     709,891  
        3 Month EURIBOR + 3.00% (Spain)                    
  382     E-Mac de,     3.198 (b)   05/25/57     447,960  
        3 Month EURIBOR + 0.21% (Germany)                    
  500     E-MAC DE 2005-I BV,     7.578 (b)   05/25/52     548,489  
        3 Month EURIBOR + 0.50% (Germany)                    
  210     E-MAC NL 2004-I BV,     1.711 (b)   07/25/36     245,929  
        3 Month EURIBOR + 0.18% (Netherlands)                    
  168     E-MAC NL 2005-I BV,     3.951 (b)   04/25/38     183,733  
        3 Month EURIBOR + 0.23% (Netherlands)                    
  246     E-MAC Program BV,     2.751 (b)   01/25/48     252,938  
        3 Month EURIBOR + 2.00% (Netherlands)                    
  149     E-MAC Program II BV,     3.701 (b)   04/25/48     161,409  
        3 Month EURIBOR + 2.00% (Netherlands)                    
  281     EMF-NL Prime,     0.252 (b)   04/17/41     322,884  
        3 Month EURIBOR + 0.80% (Netherlands)                    
  200     EMF-NL Prime 2008-ABV,     0.302 (b)   04/17/41     180,323  
        3 Month EURIBOR + 0.85% (Netherlands)                    
  234     Eurohome Mortgages PLC,     0.00 (b)   08/02/50     249,998  
        3 Month EURIBOR + 0.21% (Germany)                    
 $ 500     Eurosail 2006-2bl PLC, 3 Month USD LIBOR + 0.24% (United Kingdom) (c)     0.359 (b)   12/15/44     489,085  
        Eurosail BV                    
EUR 1,000     3 Month EURIBOR + 1.80% (Netherlands)     1.252 (b)   10/17/40     1,192,368  
  300     3 Month EURIBOR + 2.20% (Netherlands)     1.652 (b)   10/17/40     345,417  
  500     Eurosail-NL 2007-1bv,     0.552 (b)   04/17/40     487,879  
        3 Month EURIBOR + 1.10% (Netherlands)                    
        Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation                    
 $ 1,786           3.00     09/25/45 – 05/25/47     1,796,249  
  241           3.50     05/25/45 – 05/25/47     244,774  
        Flagstar Mortgage Trust,                    
        Class A2                    
  1,461     (c)     2.50 (b)   04/25/51     1,498,278  
        Class A2                    
  1,784     (c)     2.50 (b)   06/25/51     1,834,072  
        FMC GMSR Issuer Trust                    
  1,100     (c)     3.62 (b)   07/25/26     1,099,873  
  750     (c)     4.23 (b)   09/25/24     753,094  
  1,000     (c)     4.36 (b)   07/25/26     999,992  
  1,000     (c)     4.45 (b)   01/25/26     1,014,160  
  176     Galton Funding Mortgage Trust (c)     4.00 (b)   11/25/57 - 02/25/59     179,288  
EUR 444     GC Pastor Hipotecario 5 FTA,     0.00 (b)   06/21/46     490,984  
        3 Month EURIBOR + 0.17% (Spain)                    
 $ 1,045     Grand Avenue Mortgage Loan Trust (c)     3.25     08/25/64     1,053,575  
        Great Hall Mortgages No 1 PLC                    
EUR 500     3 Month EURIBOR + 0.22%     0.00 (b)   03/18/39     567,680  
        (United Kingdom)                    
GBP 500     3 Month GBP LIBOR + 0.30%     0.38 (b)   06/18/39     663,196  
        (United Kingdom)                    
 $ 179     GSAA Trust       6.00     04/01/34     194,611  
        GSR Mortgage Loan Trust                    
  37     1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.25%     0.339 (b)   03/25/35     16,827  
  8     1 Year CMT + 1.75%     1.84 (b)   03/25/33     7,773  
  166           2.651 (b)   12/25/34     168,190  
  349           2.808 (b)   12/25/34     362,821  
  59           5.00     02/25/34     61,296  
  4           5.50     11/25/35     4,410  
  120           6.00     09/25/35     125,553  
  114     HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust       2.194 (b)   05/19/33     116,265  
  532     Headlands Residential LLC (c)     3.967     06/25/24     535,073  

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Securities Trust 

Portfolio of Investments ▪ July 31, 2021 (unaudited) continued

 

  87     Impac CMB Trust,     0.884 (b)   10/25/34     87,545  
        1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.795%                    
  500     Ims Ecuadorian Mortgage Trust (c)     3.40     08/18/43     523,437  
  147     IndyMac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust       2.495 (b)   11/25/34     151,542  
        JP Morgan Mortgage Trust                    
  1,000     (c)     2.50 (b)   12/25/51     1,023,500  
  166           2.675 (b)   12/25/34     165,805  
  116     (c)     2.892 (b)   07/27/37     120,893  
EUR 252     Landmark Mortgage Securities No. 1 PLC,     0.058 (b)   06/17/38     296,188  
        3 Month EURIBOR + 0.60%                    
        (United Kingdom)                    
  263     Lansdowne Mortgage Securities No. 1 PLC,     0.00 (b)   06/15/45     290,407  
        3 Month EURIBOR + 0.30% (Ireland)                    
  459     Lansdowne Mortgage Securities No. 2 PLC,     0.00 (b)   09/16/48     493,817  
        3 Month EURIBOR + 0.34% (Ireland)                    
        LHOME Mortgage Trust                    
$ 400     (c)     3.228     10/25/24     403,649  
  500     (c)     3.868     07/25/24     504,217  
EUR 293     Ludgate Funding PLC,     0.00 (b)   12/01/60     331,151  
        3 Month EURIBOR + 0.42%                    
        (United Kingdom)                    
GBP 157     Mansard Mortgages PLC,     0.678 (b)   10/15/48     210,508  
        3 Month GBP LIBOR + 0.60%                    
        (United Kingdom)                    
$ 388     MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust       2.551 (b)   06/25/34     391,813  
        MASTR Alternative Loan Trust                    
  144           5.00     05/25/18     146,098  
  134           6.00     05/25/33     139,285  
  156     MASTR Asset Securitization Trust       5.50     10/25/25     156,373  
  124     MASTR Reperforming Loan Trust (c)     7.50     05/25/35     119,126  
  2,941     Mello Mortgage Capital Acceptance (c)     2.50 (b)   06/25/51 – 07/01/51     3,005,852  
  420     MERIT Securities Corp.,     2.337 (b)   09/28/32     381,600  
        1 Month USD LIBOR + 2.25% (c)                    
        Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust                    
  20      6 Month USD LIBOR + 0.50%     0.705 (b)   04/25/29     19,775  
  54           2.035 (b)   08/25/33     54,340  
  146           2.514 (b)   02/25/34     150,543  
  45           3.247 (b)   01/25/37     48,635  
EUR 700     Miravet SARL (Luxembourg)       1.057     05/26/65     831,765  
$ 99     Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital I, Inc. Trust (g)     1.581 (b)   03/25/33     101,528  
  27     Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust (h)     2.406 (b)   02/25/34     27,491  
  226     Mortgage Equity Conversion Asset Trust,     0.54 (b)   02/25/42     218,067  
        1 Year CMT + 0.47% (c)                    
GBP 1,000     Mortgage Funding 2008-1 PLC,     1.184 (b)   03/13/46     1,379,516  
        3 Month GBP LIBOR + 1.10%                    
        (United Kingdom)                    
$ 129     National City Mortgage Capital Trust       6.00     03/25/38     136,113  
GBP 310     Newgate Funding PLC,     3.081 (b)   12/15/50     431,464  
        3 Month GBP LIBOR + 3.00%                    
        (United Kingdom)                    
 $ 270     NRPL Trust (c)     4.25     07/25/67     270,945  
  699     NYMT Loan Trust (c)     2.944 (b)   10/25/60     706,955  
  607     PMC PLS ESR Issuer LLC (c)     5.069     11/25/24     610,041  
        Preston Ridge Partners LLC                    
  470     (c)     2.857     09/25/25     473,528  
  1,327     (c)     3.104     11/25/25     1,338,216  
  1,960     PRMI Securitization Trust (c)     2.50 (b)   04/25/51     1,998,905  
  365     PRPM LLC (c)     3.50 (b)   10/25/24     367,425  
  311     RALI Trust     6.00     05/25/36 – 06/25/36     299,869  
  89     RBSSP Resecuritization Trust (c)     38.495 (b)   09/26/37     194,835  
  223     Reperforming Loan REMIC Trust (c)     8.50     06/25/35     242,883  
  13,160     Residential Asset Securitization Trust, IO       0.50     04/25/37     322,261  

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Securities Trust 

Portfolio of Investments ▪ July 31, 2021 (unaudited) continued

 

EUR 458     Resloc UK PLC, 3 Month EURIBOR + 0.45% (United Kingdom)     0.00 (b)   12/15/43     508,266  
        RMF Buyout Issuance Trust                    
$ 363     (c)     2.158 (b)   02/25/30     363,929  
  1,000     (c)     3.63 (b)   10/25/50     999,387  
  1,600     (c)     4.191 (b)   02/25/30     1,567,824  
  800     (c)     4.571 (b)   06/25/30     804,207  
        Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust                    
  7,376           3.00     09/25/55 – 05/25/60     7,926,191  
  936           3.25     07/25/56 – 06/25/57     1,021,223  
  600     (c)     3.75 (b)   09/25/55     620,310  
  2,550     (c)     4.00 (b)   08/25/56 – 02/25/59     2,776,670  
  407           4.50     06/25/57     454,757  
  600     (c)     4.75 (b)   07/25/58     640,336  
  210     Seasoned Loans Structured Transaction       3.00 (b)   04/25/58     210,293  
        Sequoia Mortgage Trust                    
  471     1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.64%     0.729 (b)   04/19/27     468,178  
  103     1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.78%     0.864 (b)   01/20/36     100,029  
  994     Class A1 (c)     2.50 (b)   06/25/51     1,016,247  
  298     Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust       2.592 (b)   02/25/35     298,975  
        Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Trust                    
  116     1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.46%     0.549 (b)   05/25/45     115,546  
  60           0.854 (b)   04/19/35     59,486  
  321     Structured Asset Securities Corp. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates       5.361 (b)   11/25/30     321,883  
GBP 745     Structured Asset Securities Corp. Reverse Mortgage Loan Trust,     1.939 (b)   05/25/47     669,707  
        1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.85% (c)                    
EUR 700     TDA 27 FTA,            
      3 Month EURIBOR + 0.19% (Spain)     0.00 (b)   12/28/50     722,467  
 $ 250     TVC Mortgage Trust (c)     3.474     09/25/24     251,963  
  1,671     United Wholesale Mortgage Trust (c)     2.50 (b)   06/25/51     1,710,955  
AUD 1,000     Vermilion Trust,              
        1 Month BBSW +2.40% (Australia)     2.41     07/10/50     743,092  
$ 48     Vista Point Securitization Trust (c)     1.763 (b)   03/25/65     48,906  
  93     Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Trust       2.755 (b)   09/25/33     94,831  
        Total Mortgages - Other (Cost $86,115,671)                 88,762,159  
                             
        Short-Term Investments (11.6%)                    
        U.S. Treasury Security (0.3%)                    
  763     U.S. Treasury Bill (i)(j) (Cost $762,935)     0.032     11/04/21     762,910  

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
(000)
            
          
     Investment Company (11.3%)          
 24,620   Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio - Institutional Class (k) (Cost $24,619,721)    24,619,721 
     Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $25,382,656)        25,382,631 
                
     Total Investments (Cost $235,159,359) (l)(m)(n)   110.3%   240,237,784 
     Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets   (10.3)   (22,523,180)
     Net Assets   100.0%  $217,714,604 

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Securities Trust 

Portfolio of Investments ▪ July 31, 2021 (unaudited) continued

  

BBSW Australia’s Bank Bill Swap.
CMT Constant Maturity Treasury Note Rate.
EURIBOR Euro Interbank Offered Rate.
IO Interest Only.
LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate.
PAC Planned Amortization Class.
REMIC Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit.
STRIPS Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities.
TBA To Be Announced.
(a) Security is subject to delayed delivery.
(b) Floating or variable rate securities: The rates disclosed are as of July 31, 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.
(c) 144A security — Certain conditions for public sale may exist. Unless otherwise noted, these securities are deemed to be liquid.
(d) Inverse Floating Rate Security - Interest rate fluctuates with an inverse relationship to an associated interest rate. Indicated rate is the effective rate at July 31, 2021.
(e) For the nine months ended July 31, 2021, there were no purchases or sales of Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I, Inc. Trust, Asset-Backed Security, and its affiliated broker-dealers, which may be deemed affiliates of the Adviser/Administrator and Distributor under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(f) When-issued security.
(g) For the nine months ended July 31, 2021, the proceeds from sale and paydowns of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital I, Inc. Trust, Asset-Backed Security and Mortgage - Other, and its affiliated broker-dealers, which may be deemed affiliates of the Adviser/Administrator and Distributor under the Investment Company Act of 1940, was $60,699, including net realized gains of $1,597.
(h) For the nine months ended July 31, 2021, the proceeds from paydowns of Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage - Other, and its affiliated broker-dealers, which may be deemed affiliates of the Adviser/Administrator and Distributor under the Investment Company Act of 1940, was $22,000, including net realized losses of $468.
(i) Rate shown is the yield to maturity at July 31, 2021.
(j) All or a portion of the security was pledged to cover margin requirements for futures contracts.
(k) 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 July 31, 2021, advisory fees paid were reduced by $11,961 relating to the Fund's investment in the Liquidity Funds.
(l) Securities are available for collateral in connection with securities purchased on a forward commitment basis when-issued, open foreign currency forward exchange contracts and futures contracts.
(m) The Fund is permitted to purchase and sell securities ("cross-trade") from and to other Morgan Stanley Funds as well as other funds and client accounts for which the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser serves as investment adviser, pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustees in compliance with Rule 17a-7 under the Act (the "Rule"). Each cross-trade is executed at the current market price in compliance with provisions of the Rule. For the nine months ended July 31, 2021, the Fund did not engage in any cross-trade transactions.
(n) At July 31, 2021, the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes approximates the aggregate cost for book purposes. The aggregate gross unrealized appreciation is $7,182,451 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation is $1,332,719, resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $5,849,732.

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Securities Trust 

Portfolio of Investments ▪ July 31, 2021 (unaudited) continued 

 

Foreign Currency Forward Exchange Contracts:
The Fund had the following foreign currency forward exchange contracts open at July 31, 2021:

 

COUNTERPARTY  CONTRACTS
TO DELIVER
  IN EXCHANGE
FOR
  DELIVERY
DATE
  UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
(DEPRECIATION)
 
Barclays Bank PLC  $   1,470   GBP   1,036   08/20/21  $(30)
BNP Paribas SA  EUR   16   $   19   08/20/21   —@ 
BNP Paribas SA  EUR   24   $   28   08/20/21   —@ 
BNP Paribas SA  $   1,546   AUD   2,047   08/20/21   (44)
BNP Paribas SA  $   1,546   AUD   2,113   08/20/21   5 
BNP Paribas SA  $   17,902   CAD   21,972   08/20/21   (290)
BNP Paribas SA  $   15,375   CAD   19,469   08/20/21   230 
Goldman Sachs International  CAD   561,844   $   465,441   08/20/21   15,109 
HSBC Bank PLC  EUR   250,000   $   296,693   08/20/21   34 
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA  GBP   3,629,639   $   5,140,513   08/20/21   95,117 
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA  $   20,984   CAD   25,271   08/20/21   (729)
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA  $   16,501   EUR   13,517   08/20/21   (461)
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA  $   94,906   EUR   79,420   08/20/21   (663)
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA  $   5,632   GBP   3,971   08/20/21   (112)
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA  $   1,157,451   GBP   829,458   08/20/21   (4,460)
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA  $   1,697   GBP   1,241   08/20/21   28 
Royal Bank of Canada  EUR   8,567,297   $   10,478,430   08/20/21   312,145 
UBS AG  AUD   1,002,363   $   780,134   08/20/21   44,490 
UBS AG  EUR   685,994   $   810,647   08/20/21   (3,380)
UBS AG  EUR   117,340   $   139,115   08/04/21   (82)
UBS AG  $   75,944   EUR   62,053   08/20/21   (2,310)
UBS AG  $   139,157   EUR   117,340   08/20/21   83 
                      $454,680 

 

Futures Contracts:
The Fund had the following futures contracts open at July 31, 2021:  

 

      NUMBER
OF
CONTRACTS
      EXPIRATION
DATE
      NOTIONAL
AMOUNT
(000)
       VALUE        UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
(DEPRECIATION)
 
Long:                    
U.S. Treasury 5 yr. Note   209    Sep-21   $20,900   $26,009,070   $148,622 
U.S. Treasury Long Bond   21    Sep-21    2,100    3,459,094    174,277 
Short:                         
U.S. Treasury 10 yr. Note   34    Sep-21    (3,400)   (4,571,406)   (10,469)
U.S. Treasury 2 yr. Note   54    Sep-21    (10,800)   (11,915,438)   4,197 
                       $316,627 

 

 

@   Amount is less than $0.50.  
AUD Australian Dollar  
CAD Canadian Dollar  
EUR Euro  
GBP British Pound  
USD United States Dollar  

 

 

 

  

PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION as of 07/31/21  Percentage of
Total
Investments
 
Mortgages - Other   36.9%
Agency Fixed Rate Mortgages   23.6 
Asset-Backed Securities   22.3 
Short-Term Investments   10.6 
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities   4.4 
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations - Agency Collateral Series   2.1 
Corporate Bond   0.1 
Total Investments  100.0%*

 

 

* Does not include open long/short futures contracts with a value of $45,955,008 and net unrealized appreciation of $316,627. Does not include open foreign currency forward exchange contracts with net unrealized appreciation of $454,680.

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Securities Trust 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments July 31, 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) when market quotations are not readily available, including circumstances under which the Adviser determines that the closing price, last sale price or the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices 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. Occasionally, developments affecting the closing prices of securities and other assets may occur between the times at which valuations of such securities are determined (that is, close of the foreign market on which the securities trade) and the close of business on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). If developments occur during such periods that are expected to materially affect the value of such securities, such valuations may be adjusted to reflect the estimated fair value of such securities as of the close of the NYSE, as determined in good faith by the Trustees or by the Adviser using a pricing service and/or procedures approved by the Trustees; (3) 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; (4) quotations of foreign portfolio securities, other assets and liabilities and forward contracts stated in foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollar equivalents at the prevailing market rates prior to the close of the NYSE; 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 July 31, 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 Fixed Rate Mortgages  $  —   $56,733,822   $        —   $56,733,822 
Asset-Backed Securities       53,463,180        53,463,180 
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations - Agency Collateral Series       5,119,072        5,119,072 
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities       10,600,800        10,600,800 
Corporate Bond       176,120        176,120 
Mortgages - Other       88,762,159        88,762,159 
Total Fixed Income Securities       214,855,153        214,855,153 
Short-Term Investments                    
U.S. Treasury Security       762,910        762,910 
Investment Company   24,619,721            24,619,721 
Total Short-Term Investments   24,619,721    762,910        25,382,631 
Foreign Currency Forward Exchange Contracts       467,241        467,241 
Futures Contracts   327,096            327,096 
Total Assets    24,946,817    216,085,304        241,032,121 
Liabilities:                    
Foreign Currency Forward Exchange Contracts       (12,561)       (12,561)
Futures Contract   (10,469)           (10,469)
Total Liabilities   (10,469)   (12,561)       (23,030)
Total  $24,936,348   $216,072,743   $   $241,009,091 

 

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