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Shares
|
Value ($)
|
|
|
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|
Common Stocks 97.2%
|
|
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|
Communication Services 1.3%
|
|
||
|
Diversified Telecommunication Services 0.7%
|
|
||
|
Iridium Communications, Inc.
|
|
7,300
|
332,077
|
|
Entertainment 0.6%
|
|
||
|
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.*
|
|
2,174
|
305,208
|
|
Consumer Discretionary 10.7%
|
|
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|
Automobile Components 0.8%
|
|
||
|
Gentherm, Inc.*
|
|
7,364
|
399,571
|
|
Diversified Consumer Services 0.6%
|
|
||
|
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.*
|
|
3,398
|
276,801
|
|
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 2.1%
|
|
||
|
Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.*
|
|
12,491
|
508,383
|
|
Jack in the Box, Inc.
|
|
7,229
|
499,235
|
|
|
|
|
1,007,618
|
|
Household Durables 3.2%
|
|
||
|
Helen of Troy Ltd.*
|
|
1,963
|
228,807
|
|
iRobot Corp.*
|
|
1,573
|
59,617
|
|
LGI Homes, Inc.*
|
|
3,089
|
307,324
|
|
TopBuild Corp.*
|
|
3,773
|
949,287
|
|
|
|
|
1,545,035
|
|
Leisure Products 1.6%
|
|
||
|
YETI Holdings, Inc.*
|
|
15,522
|
748,471
|
|
Specialty Retail 2.4%
|
|
||
|
Burlington Stores, Inc.*
|
|
2,883
|
390,070
|
|
Camping World Holdings, Inc. "A"
|
|
22,907
|
467,532
|
|
Valvoline, Inc.
|
|
9,900
|
319,176
|
|
|
|
|
1,176,778
|
|
Consumer Staples 2.8%
|
|
||
|
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail 2.4%
|
|
||
|
Casey's General Stores, Inc.
|
|
4,371
|
1,186,814
|
|
Household Products 0.4%
|
|
||
|
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
|
|
2,282
|
178,795
|
|
Energy 5.4%
|
|
||
|
Energy Equipment & Services 0.4%
|
|
||
|
Liberty Energy, Inc.
|
|
9,546
|
176,792
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 5.0%
|
|
||
|
Crescent Energy Co. "A"
|
|
6,384
|
80,694
|
|
Denbury, Inc.*
|
|
7,100
|
695,871
|
|
Kosmos Energy Ltd.*
|
|
48,000
|
392,640
|
|
Matador Resources Co.
|
|
8,300
|
493,684
|
|
Ovintiv, Inc.
|
|
9,711
|
461,952
|
|
Southwestern Energy Co.*
|
|
43,176
|
278,485
|
|
|
|
|
2,403,326
|
|
Financials 8.3%
|
|
||
|
Banks 2.0%
|
|
||
|
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.
|
|
5,944
|
398,486
|
|
SouthState Corp.
|
|
3,504
|
236,030
|
|
Synovus Financial Corp.
|
|
11,493
|
319,505
|
|
|
|
|
954,021
|
|
Capital Markets 3.6%
|
|
||
|
FactSet Research Systems, Inc.
|
|
1,036
|
453,001
|
|
Lazard Ltd. "A"
|
|
12,317
|
381,950
|
|
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.
|
|
2,100
|
499,065
|
|
Moelis & Co. "A"
|
|
9,136
|
412,308
|
|
|
|
|
1,746,324
|
|
Financial Services 1.1%
|
|
||
|
WEX, Inc.*
|
|
2,797
|
526,088
|
|
Insurance 1.6%
|
|
||
|
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.
|
|
1,900
|
786,847
|
|
Health Care 18.8%
|
|
||
|
Biotechnology 4.3%
|
|
||
|
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*
|
|
3,951
|
150,296
|
|
Beam Therapeutics, Inc.*
|
|
1,593
|
38,312
|
|
Biohaven Ltd.*
|
|
1,787
|
46,480
|
|
Blueprint Medicines Corp.*
|
|
4,684
|
235,230
|
|
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*
|
|
7,600
|
88,844
|
|
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.*
|
|
3,100
|
118,420
|
|
Insmed, Inc.*
|
|
6,610
|
166,903
|
|
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Ltd. "A"*
|
|
8,769
|
152,318
|
|
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.*
|
|
7,085
|
797,062
|
|
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.*
|
|
18,778
|
167,875
|
|
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.*
|
|
3,057
|
108,982
|
|
|
|
|
2,070,722
|
|
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 3.1%
|
|
||
|
Alphatec Holdings, Inc.*
|
|
7,420
|
96,237
|
|
Axonics, Inc.*
|
|
5,613
|
315,002
|
|
Globus Medical, Inc. "A"*
|
|
2,224
|
110,422
|
|
Haemonetics Corp.*
|
|
1,353
|
121,202
|
|
Inari Medical, Inc.*
|
|
2,000
|
130,800
|
|
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.*
|
|
300
|
59,532
|
|
Masimo Corp.*
|
|
1,627
|
142,655
|
|
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.*
|
|
4,200
|
289,884
|
|
Omnicell, Inc.*
|
|
2,300
|
103,592
|
|
Shockwave Medical, Inc.*
|
|
500
|
99,550
|
|
STAAR Surgical Co.*
|
|
975
|
39,175
|
|
|
|
|
1,508,051
|
|
Health Care Providers & Services 9.4%
|
|
||
|
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.*
|
|
13,141
|
1,119,350
|
|
HealthEquity, Inc.*
|
|
4,529
|
330,843
|
|
ModivCare, Inc.*
|
|
4,799
|
151,217
|
|
Molina Healthcare, Inc.*
|
|
2,619
|
858,744
|
|
Option Care Health, Inc.*
|
|
18,864
|
610,250
|
|
Privia Health Group, Inc.*
|
|
8,600
|
197,800
|
|
RadNet, Inc.*
|
|
44,177
|
1,245,350
|
|
|
|
|
4,513,554
|
|
Life Sciences Tools & Services 0.1%
|
|
||
|
OmniAb, Inc.*
|
|
13,092
|
67,948
|
|
Pharmaceuticals 1.9%
|
|
||
|
Arvinas, Inc.*
|
|
2,000
|
39,280
|
|
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*
|
|
7,000
|
364,630
|
|
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*
|
|
2,672
|
160,106
|
|
Pacira BioSciences, Inc.*
|
|
11,807
|
362,239
|
|
|
|
|
926,255
|
|
Industrials 21.4%
|
|
||
|
Aerospace & Defense 1.4%
|
|
||
|
HEICO Corp.
|
|
4,176
|
676,220
|
|
Building Products 5.6%
|
|
||
|
Allegion PLC
|
|
7,499
|
781,396
|
|
Builders FirstSource, Inc.*
|
|
11,306
|
1,407,484
|
|
Masonite International Corp.*
|
|
5,705
|
531,820
|
|
|
|
|
2,720,700
|
|
Commercial Services & Supplies 3.6%
|
|
||
|
MSA Safety, Inc.
|
|
2,392
|
377,099
|
|
Tetra Tech, Inc.
|
|
3,819
|
580,602
|
|
The Brink's Co.
|
|
11,036
|
801,655
|
|
|
|
|
1,759,356
|
|
Construction & Engineering 0.5%
|
|
||
|
MasTec, Inc.*
|
|
3,160
|
227,425
|
|
Electrical Equipment 0.9%
|
|
||
|
Generac Holdings, Inc.*
|
|
1,478
|
161,043
|
|
Thermon Group Holdings, Inc.*
|
|
9,149
|
251,323
|
|
|
|
|
412,366
|
|
Machinery 0.8%
|
|
||
|
IDEX Corp.
|
|
1,802
|
374,852
|
|
Professional Services 4.4%
|
|
||
|
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
|
|
3,982
|
712,977
|
|
Kforce, Inc.
|
|
13,025
|
777,072
|
|
Maximus, Inc.
|
|
8,556
|
638,962
|
|
|
|
|
2,129,011
|
|
Trading Companies & Distributors 4.2%
|
|
||
|
H&E Equipment Services, Inc.
|
|
16,406
|
708,575
|
|
Rush Enterprises, Inc. "A"
|
|
24,885
|
1,016,054
|
|
Titan Machinery, Inc.*
|
|
11,743
|
312,129
|
|
|
|
|
2,036,758
|
|
Information Technology 21.3%
|
|
||
|
Communications Equipment 0.8%
|
|
||
|
Calix, Inc.*
|
|
8,844
|
405,409
|
|
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 3.4%
|
|
||
|
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.
|
|
12,629
|
1,302,302
|
|
Cognex Corp.
|
|
7,873
|
334,130
|
|
|
|
|
1,636,432
|
|
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 5.0%
|
|
||
|
Entegris, Inc.
|
|
6,121
|
574,823
|
|
FormFactor, Inc.*
|
|
7,627
|
266,487
|
|
Impinj, Inc.*
|
|
2,530
|
139,226
|
|
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
|
|
947
|
437,514
|
|
Semtech Corp.*
|
|
7,632
|
196,524
|
|
SiTime Corp.*
|
|
4,087
|
466,940
|
|
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.*
|
|
10,873
|
322,602
|
|
|
|
|
2,404,116
|
|
Software 11.8%
|
|
||
|
Aspen Technology, Inc.*
|
|
3,737
|
763,320
|
|
Dynatrace, Inc.*
|
|
7,679
|
358,840
|
|
Envestnet, Inc.*
|
|
9,852
|
433,783
|
|
Five9, Inc.*
|
|
9,547
|
613,872
|
|
Rapid7, Inc.*
|
|
6,849
|
313,547
|
|
Tenable Holdings, Inc.*
|
|
12,141
|
543,917
|
|
Tyler Technologies, Inc.*
|
|
3,276
|
1,264,995
|
|
Varonis Systems, Inc.*
|
|
35,677
|
1,089,575
|
|
Workiva, Inc.*
|
|
3,058
|
309,898
|
|
|
|
|
5,691,747
|
|
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 0.3%
|
|
||
|
Super Micro Computer, Inc.*
|
|
600
|
164,532
|
|
Materials 4.8%
|
|
||
|
Construction Materials 2.0%
|
|
||
|
Eagle Materials, Inc.
|
|
5,901
|
982,635
|
|
Containers & Packaging 0.9%
|
|
||
|
Berry Global Group, Inc.
|
|
6,828
|
422,721
|
|
Metals & Mining 1.9%
|
|
||
|
Arch Resources, Inc.
|
|
2,200
|
375,452
|
|
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.*
|
|
34,787
|
543,721
|
|
|
|
|
919,173
|
|
Real Estate 2.4%
|
|
||
|
Diversified REITs 1.0%
|
|
||
|
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.
|
|
21,678
|
468,895
|
|
Industrial REITs 0.8%
|
|
||
|
EastGroup Properties, Inc.
|
|
2,208
|
367,698
|
|
Specialized REITs 0.6%
|
|
||
|
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.
|
|
13,954
|
309,640
|
|
Total Common Stocks (Cost $30,584,125)
|
46,946,782
|
||
|
|
|||
|
Other Investments 0.0%
|
|
||
|
Health Care 0.0%
|
|
||
|
Life Sciences Tools & Services 0.0%
|
|
||
|
OmniAb, Inc. $12.50 Earnout* (a) (b)
|
|
1,013
|
0
|
|
OmniAb, Inc. $15.00 Earnout* (a) (b)
|
|
1,013
|
0
|
|
Total Other Investments (Cost $0)
|
0
|
||
|
|
|||
|
Cash Equivalents 3.1%
|
|||
|
DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund, 5.36% (c) (Cost $1,527,381)
|
|
1,527,381
|
1,527,381
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
% of
Net Assets
|
Value ($)
|
|
Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $32,111,506)
|
|
100.3
|
48,474,163
|
|
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net
|
|
(0.3
)
|
(168,787
)
|
|
Net Assets
|
|
100.0
|
48,305,376
|
|
Value ($) at
12/31/2022
|
Purchases
Cost ($)
|
Sales
Proceeds ($)
|
Net Realized
Gain/
(Loss) ($)
|
Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
|
Income ($)
|
Capital Gain
Distributions ($)
|
Number
of Shares
at
9/30/2023
|
Value ($) at
9/30/2023
|
|
Securities Lending Collateral 0.0%
|
||||||||
|
DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio "DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares", 5.25% (c) (d)
|
||||||||
|
735,203
|
—
|
735,203 (e)
|
—
|
—
|
3,193
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Cash Equivalents 3.1%
|
||||||||
|
DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund, 5.36% (c)
|
||||||||
|
1,969,280
|
3,481,726
|
3,923,625
|
—
|
—
|
44,748
|
—
|
1,527,381
|
1,527,381
|
|
2,704,483
|
3,481,726
|
4,658,828
|
—
|
—
|
47,941
|
—
|
1,527,381
|
1,527,381
|
|
*
|
Non-income producing security.
|
|
(a)
|
Earnout Shares: Will vest based upon the achievement of certain volume-weighted average trading prices (VWAP) for shares of
OmniAb Inc. Earnout Shares are not transferrable until the vesting condition for the applicable tranche of Earnout Shares
has
been achieved.
|
|
(b)
|
Investment was valued using significant unobservable inputs.
|
|
(c)
|
Affiliated fund managed by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at
period end.
|
|
(d)
|
Represents cash collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned by the Fund is net of borrower rebates.
|
|
(e)
|
Represents the net increase (purchase cost) or decrease (sales proceeds) in the amount invested in cash collateral for the
period
ended September 30, 2023.
|
|
REIT: Real Estate Investment Trust
|
|
Assets
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
|
Common Stocks (a)
|
$46,946,782
|
$—
|
$—
|
$46,946,782
|
|
Other Investments
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
0
|
|
Short-Term Investments
|
1,527,381
|
—
|
—
|
1,527,381
|
|
Total
|
$48,474,163
|
$—
|
$0
|
$48,474,163
|
|
(a)
|
See Investment Portfolio for additional detailed categorizations.
|