UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: 811-05088
THE ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN PORTFOLIOS
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Joseph J. Mantineo
AllianceBernstein L.P.
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10105
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 221-5672
Date of fiscal year end: August 31, 2013
Date of reporting period: May 31, 2013
ITEM 1. | SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS. |
AllianceBernstein Wealth Appreciation Strategy
Portfolio of Investments
May 31, 2013 (unaudited)
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
MUTUAL FUNDS - 100.1% |
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The AllianceBernstein Pooling Portfolios - Equity - 100.1% |
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International Growth Portfolio |
24,709,266 | $ | 209,287,487 | |||||
International Value Portfolio |
27,888,888 | 208,887,774 | ||||||
Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio |
13,457,147 | 113,309,179 | ||||||
Small-Mid Cap Growth Portfolio |
6,334,031 | 78,668,663 | ||||||
Small-Mid Cap Value Portfolio |
6,048,124 | 78,746,574 | ||||||
U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolio |
17,207,920 | 239,706,324 | ||||||
U.S. Value Portfolio |
22,031,846 | 239,045,523 | ||||||
Volatility Management Portfolio |
25,481,955 | 291,003,921 | ||||||
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Total Investments - 100.1% |
1,458,655,445 | |||||||
Other assets less liabilities - (0.1)% |
(1,719,090 | ) | ||||||
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Net Assets - 100.0% |
$ | 1,456,936,355 | ||||||
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(a) | As of May 31, 2013, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $197,192,446 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(49,287,678), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $147,904,768. |
AllianceBernstein Wealth Appreciation Strategy
May 31, 2013 (unaudited)
In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Strategy would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Strategy. Unobservable inputs reflect the Strategy’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.
• | Level 1—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 Strategy’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.
The following table summarizes the valuation of the Strategy’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of May 31, 2013:
Investments in Securities*: |
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Assets: |
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Mutual Funds |
$ | 1,458,655,445 | $ | – 0 | – | $ | – 0 | – | $ | 1,458,655,445 |
* | There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period. |
The Strategy recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.
The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Strategy. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.
The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.
In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).
AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy
Portfolio of Investments
May 31, 2013 (unaudited)
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
MUTUAL FUNDS - 100.2% |
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The AllianceBernstein Pooling Portfolios - Equity - 65.4% |
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International Growth Portfolio |
13,000,544 | $ | 110,114,607 | |||||
International Value Portfolio |
14,668,965 | 109,870,548 | ||||||
Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio |
8,038,163 | 67,681,334 | ||||||
Small-Mid Cap Growth Portfolio |
2,625,984 | 32,614,719 | ||||||
Small-Mid Cap Value Portfolio |
2,508,910 | 32,666,010 | ||||||
U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolio |
9,743,454 | 135,726,311 | ||||||
U.S. Value Portfolio |
12,474,863 | 135,352,262 | ||||||
Volatility Management Portfolio |
24,122,693 | 275,481,157 | ||||||
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899,506,948 | ||||||||
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The AllianceBernstein Pooling Portfolios - Fixed Income - 34.8% |
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Bond Inflation Protection Portfolio |
10,222,345 | 107,845,736 | ||||||
Global Core Bond Portfolio |
25,999,528 | 272,475,055 | ||||||
High-Yield Portfolio |
9,180,014 | 98,317,955 | ||||||
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478,638,746 | ||||||||
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Total Investments - 100.2% |
1,378,145,694 | |||||||
Other assets less liabilities - (0.2)% |
(2,659,837 | ) | ||||||
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Net Assets - 100.0% |
$ | 1,375,485,857 | ||||||
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(a) | As of May 31, 2013, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $162,388,521 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(10,951,668), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $151,436,853. |
AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy
May 31, 2013 (unaudited)
In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Strategy would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Strategy. Unobservable inputs reflect the Strategy’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.
• | Level 1—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 Strategy’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.
The following table summarizes the valuation of the Strategy’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of May 31, 2013:
Investments in Securities*: |
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Assets: |
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Mutual Funds |
$ | 1,378,145,694 | $ | – 0 | – | $ | – 0 | – | $ | 1,378,145,694 |
* | There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period. |
The Strategy recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.
The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Strategy. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.
The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.
In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).
AllianceBernstein Conservative Wealth Strategy
Portfolio of Investments
May 31, 2013 (unaudited)
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
MUTUAL FUNDS - 100.4% |
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The AllianceBernstein Pooling Portfolios - Fixed Income - 65.6% |
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Bond Inflation Protection Portfolio |
4,036,021 | $ | 42,580,026 | |||||
Global Core Bond Portfolio |
11,284,265 | 118,259,093 | ||||||
Short Duration Bond Portfolio |
12,507,658 | 118,322,443 | ||||||
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279,161,562 | ||||||||
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The AllianceBernstein Pooling Portfolios - Equity - 34.8% |
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International Growth Portfolio |
2,109,922 | 17,871,041 | ||||||
International Value Portfolio |
2,380,709 | 17,831,509 | ||||||
Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio |
749,257 | 6,308,745 | ||||||
Small-Mid Cap Growth Portfolio |
264,187 | 3,281,200 | ||||||
Small-Mid Cap Value Portfolio |
253,965 | 3,306,629 | ||||||
U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolio |
1,688,818 | 23,525,235 | ||||||
U.S. Value Portfolio |
2,162,174 | 23,459,591 | ||||||
Volatility Management Portfolio |
4,617,850 | 52,735,847 | ||||||
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148,319,797 | ||||||||
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Total Investments - 100.4% |
427,481,359 | |||||||
Other assets less liabilities - (0.4)% |
(1,499,920 | ) | ||||||
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Net Assets - 100.0% |
$ | 425,981,439 | ||||||
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(a) | As of May 31, 2013, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $42,337,562 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(1,864,869), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $40,472,693. |
AllianceBernstein Conservative Wealth Strategy
May 31, 2013 (unaudited)
In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Strategy would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Strategy. Unobservable inputs reflect the Strategy’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.
• | Level 1—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 Strategy’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.
The following table summarizes the valuation of the Strategy’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of May 31, 2013:
Investments in Securities*: |
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Assets: |
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Mutual Funds |
$ | 427,481,359 | $ | – 0 | – | $ | – 0 | – | $ | 427,481,359 |
* | There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period. |
The Strategy recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.
The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Strategy. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.
The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.
In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).
AllianceBernstein Wealth Strategies
Tax-Managed Wealth Appreciation
Portfolio of Investments
May 31, 2013 (unaudited)
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS - 78.5% |
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Financials - 16.9% |
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Capital Markets - 2.4% |
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Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (a) |
16,750 | $ | 2,747,000 | |||||
BlackRock, Inc.-Class A |
5,790 | 1,616,568 | ||||||
Credit Suisse Group AG (a) |
24,787 | 732,612 | ||||||
Deutsche Bank AG (REG) |
19,093 | 887,096 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) |
3,600 | 583,488 | ||||||
Macquarie Group Ltd. |
36,780 | 1,499,761 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley |
84,000 | 2,175,600 | ||||||
State Street Corp. |
28,300 | 1,872,894 | ||||||
UBS AG (a) |
200,689 | 3,521,288 | ||||||
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15,636,307 | ||||||||
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Commercial Banks - 4.3% |
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Banco do Brasil SA |
104,300 | 1,225,226 | ||||||
Bank Hapoalim BM (a) |
48,908 | 226,306 | ||||||
Bank of Montreal |
13,930 | 824,581 | ||||||
Bank of Nova Scotia |
7,030 | 400,339 | ||||||
Barclays PLC |
151,840 | 727,333 | ||||||
China Construction Bank Corp.-Class H |
1,027,000 | 829,313 | ||||||
CIT Group, Inc. (a) |
57,100 | 2,631,168 | ||||||
HSBC Holdings PLC |
241,374 | 2,648,120 | ||||||
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.-Class H |
818,000 | 574,413 | ||||||
KB Financial Group, Inc. |
40,250 | 1,306,470 | ||||||
KeyCorp |
21,900 | 236,082 | ||||||
Lloyds Banking Group PLC (a) |
452,930 | 420,972 | ||||||
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. |
253,100 | 1,468,869 | ||||||
National Australia Bank Ltd. |
40,660 | 1,118,588 | ||||||
National Bank of Canada |
7,550 | 555,572 | ||||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) |
7,100 | 508,644 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. |
29,000 | 264,770 | ||||||
Sberbank of Russia (Sponsored ADR) |
190,859 | 2,336,114 | ||||||
Societe Generale SA |
36,764 | 1,466,226 | ||||||
State Bank of India |
8,820 | 318,622 | ||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. |
19,700 | 777,751 | ||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) |
10,710 | 867,647 | ||||||
US Bancorp/MN |
35,000 | 1,227,100 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. |
110,200 | 4,468,610 | ||||||
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27,428,836 | ||||||||
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Consumer Finance - 1.2% |
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Capital One Financial Corp. |
52,700 | 3,211,011 | ||||||
Discover Financial Services |
46,100 | 2,185,601 | ||||||
Muthoot Finance Ltd. |
192,853 | 471,731 | ||||||
Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd. |
125,698 | 1,799,074 | ||||||
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7,667,417 | ||||||||
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Diversified Financial Services - 3.3% |
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Bank of America Corp. |
289,400 | 3,953,204 | ||||||
BM&FBovespa SA |
70,600 | 457,855 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. |
84,600 | 4,398,354 | ||||||
IG Group Holdings PLC |
155,184 | 1,356,660 | ||||||
ING Groep NV (a) |
174,693 | 1,628,959 | ||||||
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (a) |
31,392 | 5,374,624 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
57,600 | 3,144,384 |
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
ORIX Corp. |
56,500 | 749,301 | ||||||
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21,063,341 | ||||||||
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Insurance - 3.9% |
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Admiral Group PLC |
112,050 | 2,259,300 | ||||||
Aegon NV |
116,369 | 793,962 | ||||||
AIA Group Ltd. |
630,800 | 2,788,764 | ||||||
Allianz SE |
3,860 | 596,241 | ||||||
American International Group, Inc. (a) |
47,300 | 2,102,958 | ||||||
Aviva PLC |
96,480 | 484,844 | ||||||
BB Seguridade Participacoes SA (a) |
182,200 | 1,534,638 | ||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (a) |
10,700 | 1,220,549 | ||||||
Chubb Corp. (The) |
22,900 | 1,994,590 | ||||||
Everest Re Group Ltd. |
10,400 | 1,347,944 | ||||||
Genworth Financial, Inc.-Class A (a) |
45,600 | 492,936 | ||||||
Lancashire Holdings Ltd. |
137,536 | 1,659,575 | ||||||
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG |
2,840 | 529,730 | ||||||
PartnerRe Ltd. |
18,300 | 1,658,895 | ||||||
Prudential PLC |
148,300 | 2,494,568 | ||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.-Class A |
15,800 | 1,041,062 | ||||||
Suncorp Group Ltd. |
54,772 | 648,516 | ||||||
Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) |
8,900 | 745,108 | ||||||
XL Group PLC |
10,100 | 317,443 | ||||||
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24,711,623 | ||||||||
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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.2% |
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GLP J-Reit |
361 | 331,983 | ||||||
Mexico Real Estate Management SA de CV (a) |
227,630 | 564,165 | ||||||
Stockland |
175,021 | 606,966 | ||||||
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1,503,114 | ||||||||
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Real Estate Management & Development - 1.2% |
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China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. |
128,000 | 378,613 | ||||||
Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd. |
11,100 | 1,033,081 | ||||||
Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd. |
1,770,000 | 706,019 | ||||||
Global Logistic Properties Ltd. |
901,000 | 1,992,670 | ||||||
Hang Lung Properties Ltd. |
723,000 | 2,527,274 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. |
37,000 | 911,568 | ||||||
New World Development Co., Ltd. |
244,252 | 387,122 | ||||||
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7,936,347 | ||||||||
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Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.4% |
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Housing Development Finance Corp. |
170,620 | 2,713,548 | ||||||
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108,660,533 | ||||||||
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Consumer Discretionary - 12.6% |
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Auto Components - 1.1% |
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Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin-Class B |
14,970 | 1,306,436 | ||||||
GKN PLC |
158,150 | 709,263 | ||||||
Lear Corp. |
15,800 | 947,684 | ||||||
Magna International, Inc. (New York)-Class A |
11,800 | 786,116 | ||||||
Magna International, Inc. (Toronto)-Class A |
7,350 | 490,166 | ||||||
Nokian Renkaat OYJ |
10,500 | 437,706 | ||||||
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a) |
19,600 | 1,241,660 | ||||||
Valeo SA |
13,880 | 924,906 | ||||||
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6,843,937 | ||||||||
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Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Automobiles - 2.0% |
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Ford Motor Co. |
155,800 | 2,442,944 | ||||||
Harley-Davidson, Inc. |
26,021 | 1,419,185 | ||||||
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
28,800 | 1,069,193 | ||||||
Kia Motors Corp. |
20,540 | 1,065,900 | ||||||
Mazda Motor Corp. (a) |
186,000 | 715,516 | ||||||
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. |
89,800 | 969,744 | ||||||
Renault SA |
6,210 | 479,290 | ||||||
Toyota Motor Corp. |
57,800 | 3,373,168 | ||||||
Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares) |
7,040 | 1,528,957 | ||||||
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13,063,897 | ||||||||
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Distributors - 0.3% |
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Li & Fung Ltd. |
1,512,000 | 2,102,256 | ||||||
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Diversified Consumer Services - 0.4% |
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Anhanguera Educacional Participacoes SA |
81,700 | 500,087 | ||||||
Estacio Participacoes SA |
200,100 | 1,551,807 | ||||||
Kroton Educacional SA |
16,500 | 236,738 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,288,632 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.5% |
||||||||
Ajisen China Holdings Ltd. |
680,000 | 510,849 | ||||||
Autogrill SpA (a) |
21,530 | 281,867 | ||||||
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.-Class A (a) |
2,700 | 974,700 | ||||||
Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. (a) |
158,000 | 820,192 | ||||||
Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (ADR) (a) |
30,340 | 721,485 | ||||||
Melco International Development Ltd. |
238,000 | 518,795 | ||||||
Sands China Ltd. |
194,800 | 1,029,020 | ||||||
Sodexo |
21,190 | 1,808,388 | ||||||
Starbucks Corp. |
42,910 | 2,706,334 | ||||||
|
|
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9,371,630 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Household Durables - 0.4% |
||||||||
PulteGroup, Inc. (a) |
85,100 | 1,837,309 | ||||||
Sony Corp. |
25,900 | 512,113 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,349,422 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Internet & Catalog Retail - 1.4% |
||||||||
Amazon.com, Inc. (a) |
15,440 | 4,153,823 | ||||||
priceline.com, Inc. (a) |
5,690 | 4,574,362 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
8,728,185 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Leisure Equipment & Products - 0.0% |
||||||||
Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc. |
13,900 | 225,308 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Media - 2.8% |
||||||||
Comcast Corp.-Class A |
138,880 | 5,576,032 | ||||||
Gannett Co., Inc. |
22,700 | 488,050 | ||||||
Naspers Ltd. |
17,660 | 1,300,128 | ||||||
News Corp.-Class A |
52,400 | 1,682,564 | ||||||
Regal Entertainment Group-Class A |
22,000 | 389,400 | ||||||
Time Warner Cable, Inc.-Class A |
11,800 | 1,127,018 |
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Viacom, Inc.-Class B |
25,700 | 1,693,373 | ||||||
Virgin Media, Inc. |
31,400 | 1,559,324 | ||||||
Walt Disney Co. (The) |
71,175 | 4,489,719 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
18,305,608 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Multiline Retail - 0.3% |
||||||||
Macy’s, Inc. |
36,000 | 1,740,240 | ||||||
Myer Holdings Ltd |
138,990 | 323,462 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,063,702 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Specialty Retail - 1.8% |
||||||||
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.-Class A |
7,300 | 365,584 | ||||||
Belle International Holdings Ltd. |
676,000 | 1,037,548 | ||||||
GameStop Corp.-Class A |
52,600 | 1,744,216 | ||||||
Home Depot, Inc. (The) |
6,800 | 534,888 | ||||||
Kingfisher PLC |
81,400 | 424,080 | ||||||
L’Occitane International SA |
168,750 | 443,053 | ||||||
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. |
34,500 | 1,452,795 | ||||||
Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd. |
3,250 | 255,742 | ||||||
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a) |
12,470 | 1,358,108 | ||||||
Shimamura Co., Ltd. |
3,700 | 425,059 | ||||||
TJX Cos., Inc. |
46,100 | 2,333,121 | ||||||
Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. |
26,860 | 1,013,174 | ||||||
Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd. |
181,000 | 226,111 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
11,613,479 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.6% |
||||||||
Cie Financiere Richemont SA |
20,850 | 1,843,581 | ||||||
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA |
1,300 | 229,636 | ||||||
Samsonite International SA |
158,400 | 410,133 | ||||||
VF Corp. |
9,230 | 1,697,028 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
4,180,378 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
81,136,434 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Information Technology - 10.9% |
||||||||
Communications Equipment - 0.8% |
||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. |
32,700 | 787,416 | ||||||
F5 Networks, Inc. (a) |
14,300 | 1,189,903 | ||||||
Harris Corp. |
17,300 | 867,249 | ||||||
Motorola Solutions, Inc. |
6,900 | 399,924 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. |
27,365 | 1,737,130 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
4,981,622 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Computers & Peripherals - 1.9% |
||||||||
Apple, Inc. |
15,920 | 7,158,905 | ||||||
Dell, Inc. |
31,500 | 420,525 | ||||||
EMC Corp./MA (a) |
34,192 | 846,594 | ||||||
Fujitsu Ltd. |
212,000 | 877,612 | ||||||
Hewlett-Packard Co. |
136,100 | 3,323,562 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
12,627,198 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.5% |
||||||||
Amphenol Corp.-Class A |
16,270 | 1,267,433 | ||||||
LG Display Co., Ltd. (a) |
68,350 | 1,881,828 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
3,149,261 | ||||||||
|
|
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Internet Software & Services - 2.8% |
||||||||
Baidu, Inc. (Sponsored ADR) (a) |
20,248 | 1,956,767 | ||||||
eBay, Inc. (a) |
81,834 | 4,427,219 | ||||||
Facebook, Inc. (a) |
82,400 | 2,006,440 | ||||||
Google, Inc.-Class A (a) |
7,045 | 6,132,038 | ||||||
LinkedIn Corp. (a) |
7,850 | 1,315,111 | ||||||
Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (a) |
12,790 | 480,009 | ||||||
Telecity Group PLC |
64,484 | 943,715 | ||||||
Tencent Holdings Ltd. |
14,100 | 554,267 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
17,815,566 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
IT Services - 1.3% |
||||||||
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.-Class A (a) |
87,830 | 5,678,210 | ||||||
Visa, Inc.-Class A |
14,480 | 2,579,467 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
8,257,677 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.1% |
||||||||
Applied Materials, Inc. |
136,800 | 2,079,360 | ||||||
Micron Technology, Inc. (a) |
53,700 | 627,216 | ||||||
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
1,570 | 2,115,355 | ||||||
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Preference Shares) |
5,078 | 4,402,954 | ||||||
SK Hynix, Inc. (a) |
50,180 | 1,407,648 | ||||||
Sumco Corp. |
59,100 | 708,806 | ||||||
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
194,000 | 705,408 | ||||||
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Sponsored ADR) |
65,060 | 1,214,020 | ||||||
Tokyo Electron Ltd. |
10,000 | 491,880 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
13,752,647 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Software - 1.5% |
||||||||
ANSYS, Inc. (a) |
32,372 | 2,411,714 | ||||||
CA, Inc. |
8,500 | 232,135 | ||||||
Citrix Systems, Inc. (a) |
52,310 | 3,366,149 | ||||||
Dassault Systemes SA |
2,190 | 274,502 | ||||||
Electronic Arts, Inc. (a) |
35,400 | 813,846 | ||||||
Nintendo Co., Ltd. |
3,200 | 316,020 | ||||||
Red Hat, Inc. (a) |
17,540 | 845,954 | ||||||
SAP AG |
13,115 | 981,499 | ||||||
SolarWinds, Inc. (a) |
11,376 | 479,498 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
9,721,317 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
70,305,288 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Health Care - 9.4% |
||||||||
Biotechnology - 2.6% |
||||||||
Actelion Ltd. (a) |
24,624 | 1,470,842 | ||||||
Biogen Idec, Inc. (a) |
32,092 | 7,621,529 | ||||||
Celgene Corp. (a) |
33,490 | 4,141,039 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a) |
31,890 | 1,737,367 | ||||||
Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (a) |
20,470 | 901,499 |
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) |
15,500 | 1,244,805 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
17,117,081 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.1% |
||||||||
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a) |
12,855 | 1,059,766 | ||||||
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a) |
7,930 | 3,945,413 | ||||||
Medtronic, Inc. |
37,000 | 1,887,370 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
6,892,549 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Health Care Providers & Services - 1.5% |
||||||||
Aetna, Inc. |
26,300 | 1,587,994 | ||||||
Health Net, Inc./CA (a) |
23,700 | 755,319 | ||||||
McKesson Corp. |
10,080 | 1,147,709 | ||||||
Odontoprev SA |
39,300 | 184,225 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. |
57,564 | 3,605,233 | ||||||
WellPoint, Inc. |
35,500 | 2,732,435 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
10,012,915 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.4% |
||||||||
Eurofins Scientific (a) |
2,949 | 574,005 | ||||||
Illumina, Inc. (a) |
17,490 | 1,229,897 | ||||||
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a) |
2,763 | 603,052 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,406,954 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Pharmaceuticals - 3.8% |
||||||||
Allergan, Inc./United States |
41,593 | 4,138,087 | ||||||
GlaxoSmithKline PLC |
96,590 | 2,499,090 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson |
53,800 | 4,528,884 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. |
60,200 | 2,811,340 | ||||||
Novartis AG |
13,460 | 964,167 | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. |
188,400 | 5,130,132 | ||||||
Roche Holding AG |
8,630 | 2,139,691 | ||||||
Roche Holding AG (Sponsored ADR) |
24,000 | 1,496,160 | ||||||
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. |
35,700 | 655,537 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
24,363,088 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
60,792,587 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Industrials - 8.9% |
||||||||
Aerospace & Defense - 2.2% |
||||||||
Boeing Co. (The) |
53,090 | 5,256,972 | ||||||
European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. NV |
23,970 | 1,380,206 | ||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp. |
5,900 | 486,101 | ||||||
Precision Castparts Corp. |
23,860 | 5,104,131 | ||||||
Saab AB |
6,081 | 125,401 | ||||||
Safran SA |
14,870 | 790,406 | ||||||
Zodiac Aerospace |
6,020 | 793,001 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
13,936,218 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Airlines - 0.5% |
||||||||
Delta Air Lines, Inc. (a) |
86,200 | 1,552,462 | ||||||
Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. |
15,300 | 784,241 | ||||||
Qantas Airways Ltd. (a) |
464,480 | 702,605 | ||||||
Turk Hava Yollari |
88,160 | 408,557 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
3,447,865 | ||||||||
|
|
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Building Products - 0.1% |
||||||||
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. |
61,000 | 434,156 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.3% |
||||||||
Aggreko PLC |
13,850 | 372,528 | ||||||
Edenred |
23,308 | 741,107 | ||||||
Stericycle, Inc. (a) |
10,050 | 1,103,088 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,216,723 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Construction & Engineering - 0.2% |
||||||||
Larsen & Toubro Ltd. |
41,439 | 1,027,607 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Electrical Equipment - 0.6% |
||||||||
AMETEK, Inc. |
26,741 | 1,153,874 | ||||||
Roper Industries, Inc. |
9,830 | 1,221,083 | ||||||
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. |
117,400 | 1,404,352 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
3,779,309 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Industrial Conglomerates - 1.4% |
||||||||
Danaher Corp. |
59,308 | 3,666,421 | ||||||
General Electric Co. |
191,500 | 4,465,780 | ||||||
Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. |
6,000 | 393,751 | ||||||
Siemens AG |
3,350 | 353,131 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
8,879,083 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Machinery - 1.5% |
||||||||
Cummins, Inc. |
11,900 | 1,423,597 | ||||||
FANUC Corp. |
8,800 | 1,295,930 | ||||||
Flowserve Corp. |
15,451 | 2,597,777 | ||||||
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. |
23,500 | 1,648,055 | ||||||
Komatsu Ltd. |
64,000 | 1,602,668 | ||||||
Parker Hannifin Corp. |
4,200 | 418,992 | ||||||
Timken Co. |
17,700 | 1,004,652 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
9,991,671 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Professional Services - 1.7% |
||||||||
Bureau Veritas SA |
22,913 | 2,648,236 | ||||||
Capita PLC |
221,889 | 3,232,641 | ||||||
Intertek Group PLC |
70,432 | 3,424,064 | ||||||
Qualicorp SA (a) |
25,300 | 223,847 | ||||||
SGS SA |
582 | 1,304,164 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
10,832,952 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Road & Rail - 0.2% |
||||||||
Canadian National Railway Co. |
4,150 | 421,145 | ||||||
Globaltrans Investment PLC (Sponsored GDR) (b) |
41,825 | 635,740 | ||||||
Tokyu Corp. |
60,000 | 373,503 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,430,388 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.2% |
||||||||
Mitsubishi Corp. |
37,500 | 648,087 | ||||||
WW Grainger, Inc. |
3,530 | 908,763 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,556,850 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
57,532,822 | ||||||||
|
|
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Energy - 7.3% |
||||||||
Energy Equipment & Services - 2.3% |
||||||||
Aker Solutions ASA |
50,590 | 745,485 | ||||||
AMEC PLC |
49,500 | 765,005 | ||||||
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. |
18,000 | 1,238,580 | ||||||
Halliburton Co. |
30,600 | 1,280,610 | ||||||
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. |
23,900 | 1,475,586 | ||||||
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. |
18,220 | 1,280,866 | ||||||
Oceaneering International, Inc. |
33,209 | 2,406,988 | ||||||
Schlumberger Ltd. |
49,422 | 3,609,289 | ||||||
Seadrill Ltd. |
20,160 | 815,364 | ||||||
Technip SA |
9,231 | 1,026,151 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
14,643,924 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 5.0% |
||||||||
BP PLC |
268,440 | 1,918,595 | ||||||
BP PLC (Sponsored ADR) |
19,200 | 823,872 | ||||||
Cameco Corp. |
27,560 | 599,182 | ||||||
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. |
15,700 | 467,933 | ||||||
Chevron Corp. |
32,600 | 4,001,650 | ||||||
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.-Class H |
548,000 | 560,268 | ||||||
ENI SpA |
58,670 | 1,334,244 | ||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. |
8,502 | 1,097,608 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. |
98,800 | 8,938,436 | ||||||
Gazprom OAO (Sponsored ADR) |
125,650 | 951,171 | ||||||
HollyFrontier Corp. |
3,700 | 183,150 | ||||||
JX Holdings, Inc. |
44,900 | 218,135 | ||||||
LUKOIL OAO (London) (Sponsored ADR) |
7,900 | 462,545 | ||||||
Marathon Oil Corp. |
14,100 | 484,899 | ||||||
Marathon Petroleum Corp. |
24,100 | 1,988,250 | ||||||
Noble Energy, Inc. |
30,870 | 1,779,656 | ||||||
NovaTek OAO (Sponsored GDR) (b) |
11,650 | 1,301,263 | ||||||
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Sponsored ADR) |
56,710 | 1,057,074 | ||||||
Phillips 66 |
11,300 | 752,241 | ||||||
Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Euronext Amsterdam)-Class A |
37,390 | 1,248,536 | ||||||
Suncor Energy, Inc. (Toronto) |
19,050 | 577,885 | ||||||
Valero Energy Corp. |
41,000 | 1,665,830 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
32,412,423 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
47,056,347 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Consumer Staples - 6.3% |
||||||||
Beverages - 0.2% |
||||||||
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV |
8,400 | 773,516 | ||||||
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. |
30,000 | 719,316 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,492,832 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Food & Staples Retailing - 1.6% |
||||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. |
16,810 | 1,843,553 | ||||||
Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA |
67,132 | 1,432,287 | ||||||
Koninklijke Ahold NV |
68,020 | 1,102,873 | ||||||
Kroger Co. (The) |
66,700 | 2,245,789 | ||||||
Olam International Ltd. |
1,773,105 | 2,448,868 | ||||||
Tesco PLC |
63,630 | 352,344 | ||||||
Tsuruha Holdings, Inc. |
3,100 | 249,587 | ||||||
WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC |
170,530 | 708,369 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
10,383,670 | ||||||||
|
|
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Food Products - 0.8% |
||||||||
Danone SA |
5,060 | 373,607 | ||||||
Hershey Co. (The) |
27,550 | 2,454,980 | ||||||
Tyson Foods, Inc.-Class A |
51,100 | 1,277,500 | ||||||
Unilever PLC |
23,754 | 997,794 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
5,103,881 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Household Products - 0.6% |
||||||||
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA |
21,370 | 1,738,203 | ||||||
LG Household & Health Care Ltd. |
900 | 494,724 | ||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) |
22,300 | 1,711,748 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
3,944,675 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Personal Products - 0.4% |
||||||||
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A |
37,230 | 2,523,450 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Tobacco - 2.7% |
||||||||
Altria Group, Inc. |
39,900 | 1,440,390 | ||||||
British American Tobacco PLC |
89,296 | 4,906,697 | ||||||
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC |
31,201 | 1,119,640 | ||||||
Japan Tobacco, Inc. |
132,100 | 4,495,759 | ||||||
KT&G Corp. |
5,320 | 374,853 | ||||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. |
54,337 | 4,939,777 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
17,277,116 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
40,725,624 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Materials - 3.5% |
||||||||
Chemicals - 1.8% |
||||||||
Arkema SA |
7,410 | 762,267 | ||||||
Axiall Corp. |
18,300 | 789,645 | ||||||
BASF SE |
2,700 | 261,671 | ||||||
Filtrona PLC |
124,937 | 1,316,588 | ||||||
Huntsman Corp. |
65,100 | 1,266,195 | ||||||
Koninklijke DSM NV |
12,027 | 789,098 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries NV |
35,300 | 2,352,745 | ||||||
Monsanto Co. |
34,759 | 3,498,146 | ||||||
Teijin Ltd. |
120,000 | 271,405 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
11,307,760 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Construction Materials - 0.3% |
||||||||
Boral Ltd. |
75,020 | 324,091 | ||||||
Grasim Industries Ltd. (GDR) (b) |
5,324 | 269,075 | ||||||
Holcim Ltd. (a) |
3,329 | 258,197 | ||||||
Semen Indonesia Persero Tbk PT |
433,500 | 794,706 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,646,069 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Containers & Packaging - 0.2% |
||||||||
Rock Tenn Co. |
13,300 | 1,313,774 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Metals & Mining - 1.2% |
||||||||
Anglo American PLC |
23,850 | 546,458 | ||||||
BHP Billiton PLC |
56,960 | 1,637,892 | ||||||
Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd. |
49,000 | 406,335 | ||||||
Goldcorp, Inc. |
27,630 | 820,039 | ||||||
KGHM Polska Miedz SA |
13,830 | 617,867 | ||||||
Kinross Gold Corp. |
67,920 | 445,484 | ||||||
MMC Norilsk Nickel OJSC (ADR) |
82,740 | 1,198,075 | ||||||
Rio Tinto PLC |
25,220 | 1,077,165 |
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Vale SA (Sponsored ADR) (Local Preference Shares) |
93,090 | 1,254,853 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
8,004,168 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
22,271,771 | ||||||||
|
|
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Utilities - 1.4% |
||||||||
Electric Utilities - 0.6% |
||||||||
Edison International |
10,200 | 468,588 | ||||||
EDP-Energias de Portugal SA |
210,920 | 680,190 | ||||||
Electricite de France SA |
33,490 | 759,958 | ||||||
NV Energy, Inc. |
76,600 | 1,795,504 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
3,704,240 | ||||||||
|
|
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Gas Utilities - 0.2% |
||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. |
26,400 | 1,114,608 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.2% |
||||||||
APR Energy PLC |
99,435 | 1,253,976 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Multi-Utilities - 0.4% |
||||||||
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. |
8,700 | 201,666 | ||||||
Centrica PLC |
133,420 | 767,258 | ||||||
DTE Energy Co. |
3,500 | 233,135 | ||||||
National Grid PLC |
62,270 | 740,416 | ||||||
NiSource, Inc. |
24,400 | 701,012 | ||||||
|
|
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2,643,487 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
8,716,311 | ||||||||
|
|
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Telecommunication Services - 1.3% |
||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.7% |
||||||||
AT&T, Inc. |
39,500 | 1,382,105 | ||||||
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. |
33,200 | 1,637,423 | ||||||
TDC A/S |
90,494 | 707,574 | ||||||
Vivendi SA |
31,118 | 609,053 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
4,336,155 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.6% |
||||||||
China Mobile Ltd. |
64,500 | 679,974 | ||||||
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (a) |
68,870 | 423,810 | ||||||
Vodafone Group PLC |
471,200 | 1,365,589 | ||||||
Vodafone Group PLC (Sponsored ADR) |
52,500 | 1,519,875 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
3,989,248 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
8,325,403 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Common Stocks |
505,523,120 | |||||||
|
|
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INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 19.9% |
||||||||
Funds and Investment Trusts - 19.9% |
||||||||
AllianceBernstein Pooling Portfolios-Volatility Management Portfolio* |
11,204,517 | 127,955,581 | ||||||
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Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
WARRANTS - 0.1% |
||||||||
Industrials - 0.1% |
||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates - 0.1% |
||||||||
John Keells Holdings PLC, Deutsche Bank AG London, expiring 7/05/19 (a) |
144,570 | 325,644 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Consumer Staples - 0.0% |
||||||||
Food & Staples Retailing - 0.0% |
||||||||
Olam International Ltd., expiring 1/29/18 (a) |
267,154 | 97,511 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Warrants |
423,155 | |||||||
|
|
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Principal Amount (000) |
||||||||
CORPORATES - NON-INVESTMENT GRADES - 0.0% |
||||||||
Industrial - 0.0% |
||||||||
Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.0% |
||||||||
Olam International Ltd. |
U.S.$ | 291 | 287,170 | |||||
|
|
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Shares | ||||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.6% |
||||||||
Investment Companies - 1.6% |
||||||||
AllianceBernstein Fixed-Income Shares, Inc. - |
10,258,523 | 10,258,523 | ||||||
|
|
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Total Investments - 100.1% |
644,447,549 | |||||||
Other assets less liabilities - (0.1)% (e) |
(934,948 | ) | ||||||
|
|
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Net Assets - 100.0% |
$ | 643,512,601 | ||||||
|
|
FUTURES CONTRACTS
Type |
Number of Contracts |
Expiration Month |
Original Value |
Value at May 31, 2013 |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) |
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Purchased Contracts |
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Euro STOXX 50 Index Futures |
15 | June 2013 | $ | 515,750 | $ | 540,826 | $ | 25,076 |
FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS
Counterparty |
Contracts to Deliver (000) |
In Exchange For (000) |
Settlement Date |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) |
||||||||||||||||||||
Barclays Bank PLC Wholselale |
USD | 766 | JPY | 78,908 | 8/16/13 | $ | 19,739 | |||||||||||||||||
BNP Paribas SA |
AUD | 6,816 | USD | 6,594 | 8/16/13 | 104,453 | ||||||||||||||||||
BNP Paribas SA |
KRW | 4,329,633 | USD | 3,910 | 8/16/13 | 97,050 |
Counterparty |
Contracts
to Deliver (000) |
In Exchange For (000) |
Settlement Date |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) |
||||||||||||||||||||
BNP Paribas SA |
USD | 2,282 | SEK | 14,928 | 8/16/13 | $ | (31,975 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce |
CAD | 2,722 | USD | 2,636 | 8/16/13 | 15,374 | ||||||||||||||||||
Citibank, NA |
EUR | 666 | USD | 873 | 8/16/13 | 6,849 | ||||||||||||||||||
Credit Suisse International |
JPY | 344,364 | USD | 3,479 | 8/16/13 | 49,360 | ||||||||||||||||||
Credit Suisse International |
USD | 6,428 | GBP | 4,232 | 8/16/13 | (1,100 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Deutsche Bank AG London |
USD | 5,016 | SEK | 32,846 | 8/16/13 | (65,197 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets LP |
GBP | 2,643 | USD | 4,097 | 8/16/13 | 82,779 | ||||||||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets LP |
USD | 1,269 | NZD | 1,491 | 8/16/13 | (89,774 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
HSBC BankUSA |
HKD | 37,026 | USD | 4,773 | 8/16/13 | 1,835 | ||||||||||||||||||
HSBC BankUSA |
JPY | 655,142 | USD | 6,605 | 8/16/13 | 81,130 | ||||||||||||||||||
HSBC BankUSA |
USD | 2,172 | GBP | 1,396 | 8/16/13 | (52,043 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA |
GBP | 8,636 | USD | 13,350 | 8/16/13 | 235,124 | ||||||||||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA |
USD | 7,479 | CAD | 7,535 | 8/16/13 | (223,950 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Royal Bank of Canada |
CAD | 1,115 | USD | 1,096 | 8/16/13 | 22,625 | ||||||||||||||||||
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC |
CHF | 580 | USD | 597 | 8/16/13 | (10,288 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC |
JPY | 853,348 | USD | 8,669 | 8/16/13 | 171,555 | ||||||||||||||||||
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC |
USD | 1,268 | AUD | 1,233 | 8/16/13 | (94,301 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC |
USD | 421 | NZD | 525 | 8/16/13 | (6,137 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Societe Generale |
JPY | 134,757 | USD | 1,366 | 8/16/13 | 23,780 | ||||||||||||||||||
Societe Generale |
USD | 6,210 | AUD | 6,149 | 8/16/13 | (355,570 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Standard Chartered Bank |
USD | 2,002 | SGD | 2,469 | 8/16/13 | (48,761 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
EUR | 469 | USD | 614 | 8/16/13 | 4,336 | ||||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 617 | CHF | 580 | 8/16/13 | (10,442 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 1,046 | EUR | 798 | 8/16/13 | (8,447 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 620 | NOK | 3,636 | 8/16/13 | (2,493 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 312 | SEK | 2,093 | 8/16/13 | 3,582 | ||||||||||||||||||
UBS AG |
USD | 1,087 | AUD | 1,046 | 8/16/13 | (91,369 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Westpac Banking Corp. |
USD | 888 | NZD | 1,051 | 8/16/13 | (57,054 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
|
|
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$ | (229,330 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
* | To obtain a copy of the fund’s financial statements, please go to the Securities Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AllianceBernstein at (800) 227-4618. |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At May 31, 2013, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $2,493,248 or 0.4% of net assets. |
(c) | Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end. |
(d) | As of May 31, 2013, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $122,518,904 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(11,730,240), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $110,788,664. |
(e) | An amount of U.S. $41,063 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at May 31, 2013. |
Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.
Currency Abbreviations:
AUD | - | Australian Dollar | ||
CAD | - | Canadian Dollar | ||
CHF | - | Swiss Franc | ||
EUR | - | Euro | ||
GBP | - | Great British Pound | ||
HKD | - | Hong Kong Dollar | ||
JPY | - | Japanese Yen | ||
KRW | - | South Korean Won | ||
NOK | - | Norwegian Krone | ||
NZD | - | New Zealand Dollar | ||
SEK | - | Swedish Krona | ||
SGD | - | Singapore Dollar | ||
USD | - | United States Dollar |
Glossary:
ADR | - | American Depositary Receipt | ||
GDR | - | Global Depositary Receipt | ||
OJSC | - | Open Joint Stock Company | ||
REG | - | Registered Shares |
AllianceBernstein Wealth Strategies
Tax-Managed Wealth Appreciation
May 31, 2013 (unaudited)
In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Strategy would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Strategy. Unobservable inputs reflect the Strategy’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.
• | Level 1—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 Strategy’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3.
Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.
Options and warrants are valued using market-based inputs to models, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency, where such inputs and models are available. Alternatively the values may be obtained through unobservable management determined inputs and/or management’s proprietary models. Where models are used, the selection of a particular model to value an option or a warrant depends upon the contractual terms of, and specific risks inherent in, the option or warrant as well as the availability of pricing information in the market. Valuation models require a variety of inputs, including contractual terms, market prices, measures of volatility and correlations of such inputs. Exchange traded options will be classified as Level 2. For options or warrants that do not trade on exchange but trade in liquid markets, inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment. Options and warrants are classified within Level 2 on the fair value hierarchy when all of the significant inputs can be corroborated to market evidence. Otherwise such instruments are classified as Level 3.
Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.
The following table summarizes the valuation of the Strategy’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of May 31, 2013:
Investments in Securities: |
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Assets: |
||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks: |
||||||||||||||||
Financials |
$ | 57,950,610 | $ | 50,709,923 | $ | – 0 | – | $ | 108,660,533 | |||||||
Consumer Discretionary |
54,624,248 | 26,512,186 | – 0 | – | 81,136,434 | |||||||||||
Information Technology |
54,643,794 | 15,661,494 | – 0 | – | 70,305,288 | |||||||||||
Health Care |
51,648,632 | 9,143,955 | – 0 | – | 60,792,587 | |||||||||||
Industrials |
33,292,480 | 24,240,342 | – 0 | – | 57,532,822 | |||||||||||
Energy |
37,909,823 | 9,146,524 | – 0 | – | 47,056,347 | |||||||||||
Consumer Staples |
20,244,327 | 20,481,297 | – 0 | – | 40,725,624 | |||||||||||
Materials |
13,208,031 | 9,063,740 | – 0 | – | 22,271,771 | |||||||||||
Utilities |
5,768,489 | 2,947,822 | – 0 | – | 8,716,311 | |||||||||||
Telecommunication Services |
2,901,980 | 5,423,423 | – 0 | – | 8,325,403 |
Investment Companies |
127,955,581 | – 0 | – | – 0 | – | 127,955,581 | ||||||||||
Warrants |
97,511 | – 0 | – | 325,644 | 423,155 | |||||||||||
Corporates - Non-Investment Grades |
– 0 | – | – 0 | – | 287,170 | 287,170 | ||||||||||
Short-Term Investments |
10,258,523 | – 0 | – | – 0 | – | 10,258,523 | ||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Total Investments in Securities |
470,504,029 | 173,330,706 | + | 612,814 | 644,447,549 | |||||||||||
Other Financial Instruments* : |
||||||||||||||||
Assets: |
||||||||||||||||
Futures Contracts |
– 0 | – | 25,076 | – 0 | – | 25,076 | ||||||||||
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts |
– 0 | – | 919,570 | – 0 | – | 919,570 | ||||||||||
Liabilities: |
||||||||||||||||
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts |
– 0 | – | (1,148,900 | ) | – 0 | – | (1,148,900 | ) | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Total++ |
$ | 470,504,029 | $ | 173,126,452 | $ | 612,814 | $ | 644,243,295 | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* | Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument. |
+ | A significant portion of the Strategy’s foreign equity investments are categorized as Level 2 investments since they are valued using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available. |
++ | There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period. |
The Strategy recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.
Following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.
Warrants | Corporates - Non- Investment Grades |
Total | ||||||||||
Balance as of 8/31/12 |
$ | 132,476 | $ | – 0 | – | $ | 132,476 | |||||
Accrued discounts/(premiums) |
– 0 | – | 1,343 | 1,343 | ||||||||
Realized gain (loss) |
(679 | ) | 6,846 | 6,167 | ||||||||
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
93,218 | 9,495 | 102,713 | |||||||||
Purchases |
140,182 | 490,361 | 630,543 | |||||||||
Sales |
(39,553 | ) | (220,875 | ) | (260,428 | ) | ||||||
Transfers into Level 3 |
– 0 | – | – 0 | – | – 0 | – | ||||||
Transfers out of Level 3 |
– 0 | – | – 0 | – | – 0 | – | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Balance as of 5/31/13 |
$ | 325,644 | $ | 287,170 | $ | 612,814 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 5/31/13 |
$ | 93,218 | $ | 9,495 | $ | 102,713 | ||||||
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|
|
|
|
|
The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Strategy. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.
The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.
In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).
AllianceBernstein Wealth Strategies
Tax-Managed Balanced Wealth
Portfolio of Investments
May 31, 2013 (unaudited)
Principal Amount (000) |
U.S. $ Value | |||||||
MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS - 52.6% |
||||||||
Long-Term Municipal Bonds - 52.6% |
||||||||
Alabama - 5.4% |
||||||||
Alabama Pub Sch & Clg Auth NPFGC-RE |
$ | 1,700 | $ | 1,739,678 | ||||
Series 2010A 5.00%, 5/01/18 |
2,040 | 2,413,545 | ||||||
Birmingham AL Wtrwks Brd |
||||||||
Series 2010A 5.00%, 1/01/25 |
3,980 | 4,541,578 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
8,694,801 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Arizona - 1.8% |
||||||||
Arizona Trnsp Brd Hwy |
2,100 | 2,474,850 | ||||||
Pima Cnty AZ IDA (Horizon Learning Ctr) |
15 | 15,035 | ||||||
Pima Cnty AZ IDA (Global Water Resources) |
305 | 319,725 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,809,610 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
California - 5.1% |
||||||||
California Dept Wtr Res Pwr |
1,905 | 2,329,606 | ||||||
California Econ Recovery (California Econ Rec Spl Tax) |
2,450 | 2,900,579 | ||||||
California GO |
2,225 | 2,480,207 | ||||||
Los Angeles CA Dept Arpts (Los Angeles Intl Airport) |
365 | 432,029 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
8,142,421 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Colorado - 1.1% |
||||||||
Denver Co. City & Cnty Arpt (Denver Intl Airport) |
1,220 | 1,371,292 | ||||||
PV Wtr & San Met Dist CO |
710 | 248,500 | ||||||
Todd Creek Farms Met Dist #1 CO |
260 | 130,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,749,792 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Connecticut - 1.9% |
||||||||
Connecticut Hlth & Ed Fac Auth (Yale University) |
||||||||
0.03%, 7/01/36 (c) |
3,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||
|
|
Principal Amount (000) |
U.S. $ Value | |||||||
District of Columbia - 0.9% |
||||||||
District of Columbia GO AMBAC |
1,200 | 1,429,524 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Florida - 6.1% |
||||||||
Citizens Ppty Ins Corp. FL NPFGC |
4,000 | 4,402,090 | ||||||
Heritage Plantation CDD FL |
105 | 31,500 | ||||||
Lake Ashton II CDD FL |
100 | 78,000 | ||||||
Miami Dade Cnty FL Spl Tax |
560 | 633,914 | ||||||
Midtown Miami CDD FL |
220 | 221,723 | ||||||
Overoaks CDD FL |
15 | 15,681 | ||||||
Series 2010A-2 6.125%, 5/01/35 (a) |
35 | 35,000 | ||||||
Series 2010B 5.125%, 5/01/17 (a) |
70 | 70,000 | ||||||
Series 4B 5.125%, 5/01/09 (a)(d)(e) |
25 | 0 | ||||||
Palm Beach Cnty FL Sch Brd COP NPFGC-RE |
1,030 | 1,037,571 | ||||||
Parkway Center CDD FL |
105 | 100,317 | ||||||
Sarasota Cnty FL Sch Brd COP |
1,165 | 1,363,399 | ||||||
Tampa Bay Reg Wtr Supply Auth FL |
1,380 | 1,645,719 | ||||||
Villages of Westport CDD FL |
80 | 40,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
9,674,914 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Guam - 0.1% |
||||||||
Guam Wtrworks Auth |
225 | 225,432 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Illinois - 4.0% |
||||||||
Chicago IL Wtr |
950 | 1,085,423 |
Principal Amount (000) |
U.S. $ Value | |||||||
Illinois Finance Auth (Northwestern Univ) |
3,605 | 3,646,529 | ||||||
Illinois GO NPFGC-RE |
1,545 | 1,660,087 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
6,392,039 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Indiana - 1.4% |
||||||||
Indiana Bond Bank Gas (JPMorgan Chase) |
1,945 | 2,253,983 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Louisiana - 0.6% |
||||||||
Morehouse Parish LA PCR (International Paper Co.) |
1,000 | 1,020,110 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Michigan - 0.7% |
||||||||
Michigan Finance Auth (Michigan Unemployment) |
955 | 1,161,280 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Mississippi - 1.2% |
||||||||
Mississippi Business Fin Corp. (Chevron USA, Inc.) |
2,000 | 2,000,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
New Jersey - 1.4% |
||||||||
New Jersey Trnsp Trust Fd Auth (New Jersey Trnsp Trust Fund) |
1,840 | 2,179,875 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
New York - 3.0% |
||||||||
Metropolitan Trnsp Auth NY |
460 | 543,467 | ||||||
New York NY GO |
870 | 973,835 | ||||||
New York NY Trnsl Fin Auth |
2,875 | 3,358,953 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
4,876,255 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
North Carolina - 0.9% |
||||||||
North Carolina Eastern Mun Pwr Agy |
150 | 180,537 | ||||||
Series A 5.00%, 1/01/15 |
785 | 841,276 | ||||||
North Carolina Ltd. Oblig |
||||||||
5.00%, 5/01/16 |
385 | 432,055 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,453,868 | ||||||||
|
|
Principal Amount (000) |
U.S. $ Value | |||||||
Ohio - 0.8% |
||||||||
Cleveland OH Mun SD GO AGM |
1,000 | 1,049,250 | ||||||
Columbiana Cnty Port Auth OH (Liberty Waste Trnsp LLC) |
230 | 160,066 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,209,316 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Pennsylvania - 0.1% |
||||||||
Allegheny Cnty PA Redev Auth (Pittsburgh Mills Spl Tax) |
100 | 101,277 | ||||||
Philadelphia PA IDA (Leadership Learning Partners) Series 05A |
110 | 98,148 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
199,425 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Puerto Rico - 2.7% |
||||||||
Puerto Rico Elec Pwr Auth |
1,125 | 1,213,031 | ||||||
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Fin Corp. |
2,750 | 3,076,288 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
4,289,319 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
South Carolina - 1.6% |
||||||||
South Carolina Pub Svc Auth AGM |
2,450 | 2,516,787 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Texas - 7.7% |
||||||||
Austin TX Utils Sys AGM |
2,165 | 2,211,049 | ||||||
Houston TX Arpt Sys |
2,815 | 3,247,562 | ||||||
Houston TX GO NPFGC |
3,300 | 3,560,964 | ||||||
Texas A & M Univ |
2,765 | 3,285,484 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
12,305,059 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Washington - 4.1% |
||||||||
Central Puget Sound WA RTA |
||||||||
5.00%, 2/01/27 |
2,125 | 2,483,849 |
Principal Amount (000) |
U.S. $ Value | |||||||
Chelan Cnty WA PUD #1 |
1,815 | 2,140,974 | ||||||
King Cnty WA GO |
380 | 414,910 | ||||||
Washington Fed Hwy Grant |
535 | 647,655 | ||||||
Series F 5.00%, 9/01/16 |
700 | 795,256 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
6,482,644 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Municipal Obligations |
84,066,454 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Shares | ||||||||
COMMON STOCKS - 32.1% |
||||||||
Financials - 7.0% |
||||||||
Capital Markets - 0.9% |
||||||||
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (e) |
1,720 | 282,080 | ||||||
BlackRock, Inc.-Class A |
595 | 166,124 | ||||||
Credit Suisse Group AG (e) |
2,694 | 79,625 | ||||||
Deutsche Bank AG (REG) |
1,951 | 90,647 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) |
900 | 145,872 | ||||||
Macquarie Group Ltd. |
3,860 | 157,397 | ||||||
State Street Corp. |
2,150 | 142,287 | ||||||
UBS AG (e) |
20,553 | 360,623 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,424,655 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Commercial Banks – 1.8% |
||||||||
Banco do Brasil SA |
10,100 | 118,646 | ||||||
Bank Hapoalim BM (e) |
7,450 | 34,472 | ||||||
Bank of Montreal |
1,540 | 91,160 | ||||||
Bank of Nova Scotia |
770 | 43,849 | ||||||
Barclays PLC |
14,550 | 69,696 | ||||||
BB&T Corp. |
1,500 | 49,380 | ||||||
China Construction Bank Corp.-Class H |
110,000 | 88,826 | ||||||
CIT Group, Inc. (e) |
5,600 | 258,048 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bancorp |
2,100 | 38,220 | ||||||
HSBC Holdings PLC |
24,700 | 270,984 | ||||||
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.-Class H |
87,000 | 61,093 | ||||||
KB Financial Group, Inc. |
3,958 | 128,472 | ||||||
KeyCorp |
2,600 | 28,028 | ||||||
Lloyds Banking Group PLC (e) |
49,170 | 45,701 | ||||||
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. |
27,400 | 159,016 | ||||||
National Australia Bank Ltd. |
4,680 | 128,751 | ||||||
National Bank of Canada |
800 | 58,869 | ||||||
Sberbank of Russia (Sponsored ADR) |
19,985 | 244,617 | ||||||
Societe Generale SA |
3,690 | 147,165 | ||||||
State Bank of India |
1,780 | 64,302 | ||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. |
2,000 | 78,960 | ||||||
SunTrust Banks, Inc. |
1,000 | 32,090 | ||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) |
1,160 | 93,975 |
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
US Bancorp/MN |
2,700 | 94,662 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. |
11,300 | 458,215 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,887,197 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Consumer Finance - 0.4% |
||||||||
Capital One Financial Corp. |
2,700 | 164,511 | ||||||
Discover Financial Services |
4,200 | 199,122 | ||||||
Muthoot Finance Ltd. |
20,050 | 49,044 | ||||||
Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd. |
12,750 | 182,486 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
595,163 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Diversified Financial Services - 1.4% |
||||||||
Bank of America Corp. |
31,300 | 427,558 | ||||||
BM&FBovespa SA |
7,800 | 50,585 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. |
8,550 | 444,514 | ||||||
IG Group Holdings PLC |
15,692 | 137,184 | ||||||
ING Groep NV(e) |
17,934 | 167,229 | ||||||
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (e) |
3,150 | 539,311 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
6,900 | 376,671 | ||||||
ORIX Corp. |
6,400 | 84,877 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,227,929 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Insurance - 1.7% |
||||||||
Admiral Group PLC |
11,420 | 230,265 | ||||||
Aegon NV |
11,931 | 81,403 | ||||||
AIA Group Ltd. |
64,600 | 285,596 | ||||||
Allianz SE |
420 | 64,876 | ||||||
American International Group, Inc. (e) |
4,800 | 213,408 | ||||||
Aviva PLC |
9,820 | 49,349 | ||||||
BB Seguridade Participacoes SA (e) |
18,500 | 155,822 | ||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (e) |
1,050 | 119,773 | ||||||
Chubb Corp. (The) |
1,000 | 87,100 | ||||||
Everest Re Group Ltd. |
1,100 | 142,571 | ||||||
Fidelity National Financial, Inc.-Class A |
5,000 | 131,550 | ||||||
Genworth Financial, Inc.-Class A (e) |
4,900 | 52,969 | ||||||
Lancashire Holdings Ltd. |
13,991 | 168,822 | ||||||
MetLife, Inc. |
1,200 | 53,052 | ||||||
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG |
300 | 55,957 | ||||||
PartnerRe Ltd. |
1,900 | 172,235 | ||||||
Prudential PLC |
14,960 | 251,644 | ||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.-Class A |
1,600 | 105,424 | ||||||
Suncorp Group Ltd. |
6,070 | 71,871 | ||||||
Torchmark Corp. |
1,900 | 122,569 | ||||||
Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) |
1,100 | 92,092 | ||||||
XL Group PLC |
3,100 | 97,433 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,805,781 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.1% |
||||||||
GLP J-Reit |
46 | 42,302 | ||||||
Mexico Real Estate Management SA de CV (e) |
20,180 | 50,015 | ||||||
Stockland |
20,780 | 72,064 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
164,381 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Real Estate Management & Development - 0.5% |
||||||||
China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. |
14,000 | 41,411 | ||||||
Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd. |
1,100 | 102,377 |
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd. |
180,000 | 71,799 | ||||||
Global Logistic Properties Ltd. |
91,000 | 201,257 | ||||||
Hang Lung Properties Ltd. |
74,000 | 258,670 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. |
4,000 | 98,548 | ||||||
New World Development Co., Ltd. |
25,523 | 40,452 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
814,514 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.2% |
||||||||
Housing Development Finance Corp. |
17,380 | 276,412 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
11,196,032 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Consumer Discretionary - 5.1% |
||||||||
Auto Components - 0.4% |
||||||||
Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin-Class B |
1,470 | 128,287 | ||||||
GKN PLC |
16,350 | 73,326 | ||||||
Lear Corp. |
1,650 | 98,967 | ||||||
Magna International, Inc. (Toronto)-Class A |
630 | 42,014 | ||||||
Nokian Renkaat OYJ |
1,050 | 43,771 | ||||||
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (e) |
2,050 | 129,867 | ||||||
Valeo SA |
1,420 | 94,623 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
610,855 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Automobiles - 0.8% |
||||||||
Ford Motor Co. |
15,500 | 243,040 | ||||||
Harley-Davidson, Inc. |
2,722 | 148,458 | ||||||
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
2,600 | 96,524 | ||||||
Kia Motors Corp. |
2,040 | 105,864 | ||||||
Mazda Motor Corp. (e) |
18,000 | 69,244 | ||||||
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. |
9,200 | 99,350 | ||||||
Renault SA |
540 | 41,677 | ||||||
Toyota Motor Corp. |
5,800 | 338,484 | ||||||
Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares) |
680 | 147,683 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,290,324 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Distributors - 0.1% |
||||||||
Li & Fung Ltd. |
152,000 | 211,338 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Diversified Consumer Services - 0.1% |
||||||||
Anhanguera Educacional Participacoes SA |
9,000 | 55,089 | ||||||
Estacio Participacoes SA |
20,100 | 155,879 | ||||||
Kroton Educacional SA |
1,700 | 24,391 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
235,359 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.6% |
||||||||
Ajisen China Holdings Ltd. |
67,000 | 50,334 | ||||||
Autogrill SpA |
2,580 | 33,777 | ||||||
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.-Class A (e) |
278 | 100,358 | ||||||
Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. (e) |
17,000 | 88,248 | ||||||
Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (ADR) (e) |
3,040 | 72,291 | ||||||
Melco International Development Ltd. |
26,000 | 56,675 | ||||||
MGM Resorts International (e) |
2,100 | 31,857 | ||||||
Sands China Ltd. |
19,600 | 103,536 | ||||||
Sodexo |
1,930 | 164,709 | ||||||
Starbucks Corp. |
4,470 | 281,923 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
983,708 | ||||||||
|
|
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Household Durables - 0.2% |
||||||||
PulteGroup, Inc. (e) |
10,100 | 218,059 | ||||||
Sony Corp. |
2,800 | 55,364 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
273,423 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.6% |
||||||||
Amazon.com, Inc. (e) |
1,585 | 426,413 | ||||||
priceline.com, Inc. (e) |
572 | 459,848 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
886,261 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Media - 1.2% |
||||||||
Comcast Corp.-Class A |
15,700 | 630,355 | ||||||
Gannett Co., Inc. |
2,400 | 51,600 | ||||||
Naspers Ltd. |
1,790 | 131,780 | ||||||
News Corp.-Class A |
4,900 | 157,339 | ||||||
Time Warner Cable, Inc.-Class A |
1,250 | 119,387 | ||||||
Time Warner, Inc. |
1,800 | 105,066 | ||||||
Viacom, Inc.-Class B |
2,300 | 151,547 | ||||||
Virgin Media, Inc. |
3,200 | 158,912 | ||||||
Walt Disney Co. (The) |
7,010 | 442,191 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,948,177 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Multiline Retail - 0.1% |
||||||||
Macy’s, Inc. |
3,800 | 183,692 | ||||||
Myer Holdings Ltd |
13,440 | 31,278 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
214,970 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Specialty Retail - 0.7% |
||||||||
Belle International Holdings Ltd. |
68,000 | 104,369 | ||||||
GameStop Corp.-Class A |
4,300 | 142,588 | ||||||
Home Depot, Inc. (The) |
550 | 43,263 | ||||||
Kingfisher PLC |
7,170 | 37,354 | ||||||
L’Occitane International SA |
16,250 | 42,664 | ||||||
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. |
3,700 | 155,807 | ||||||
Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd. |
350 | 27,541 | ||||||
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (e) |
1,350 | 147,029 | ||||||
Shimamura Co., Ltd. |
300 | 34,464 | ||||||
Staples, Inc. |
1,300 | 19,500 | ||||||
TJX Cos., Inc. |
4,100 | 207,501 | ||||||
Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. |
2,610 | 98,451 | ||||||
Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd. |
20,000 | 24,985 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,085,516 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.3% |
||||||||
Cie Financiere Richemont SA |
2,070 | 183,031 | ||||||
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA |
150 | 26,497 | ||||||
Samsonite International SA |
12,100 | 31,330 | ||||||
VF Corp. |
940 | 172,828 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
413,686 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
8,153,617 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Information Technology - 4.5% |
||||||||
Communications Equipment - 0.3% |
||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. |
2,900 | 69,832 | ||||||
F5 Networks, Inc. (e) |
1,470 | 122,319 |
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Harris Corp. |
2,000 | 100,260 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. |
2,815 | 178,696 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
471,107 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Computers & Peripherals - 0.8% |
||||||||
Apple, Inc. |
1,618 | 727,582 | ||||||
Dell, Inc. |
2,300 | 30,705 | ||||||
EMC Corp./MA (e) |
2,485 | 61,529 | ||||||
Fujitsu Ltd. |
20,000 | 82,794 | ||||||
Hewlett-Packard Co. |
13,100 | 319,902 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,222,512 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.2% |
||||||||
Amphenol Corp.-Class A |
1,670 | 130,093 | ||||||
LG Display Co., Ltd. (e) |
7,050 | 194,102 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
324,195 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Internet Software & Services - 1.1% |
||||||||
Baidu, Inc. (Sponsored ADR) (e) |
2,031 | 196,276 | ||||||
eBay, Inc. (e) |
8,389 | 453,845 | ||||||
Facebook, Inc. (e) |
8,510 | 207,218 | ||||||
Google, Inc.-Class A (e) |
732 | 637,140 | ||||||
LinkedIn Corp. (e) |
790 | 132,349 | ||||||
Telecity Group PLC |
6,530 | 95,566 | ||||||
Tencent Holdings Ltd. |
1,500 | 58,964 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,781,358 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
IT Services - 0.5% |
||||||||
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.-Class A (e) |
8,800 | 568,920 | ||||||
Visa, Inc.-Class A |
1,485 | 264,538 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
833,458 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.9% |
||||||||
Applied Materials, Inc. |
12,900 | 196,080 | ||||||
Micron Technology, Inc. (e) |
5,500 | 64,240 | ||||||
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
160 | 215,578 | ||||||
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Preference Shares) |
520 | 450,873 | ||||||
SK Hynix, Inc. (e) |
4,730 | 132,686 | ||||||
Sumco Corp. |
5,400 | 64,764 | ||||||
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (e) |
21,000 | 76,358 | ||||||
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Sponsored ADR) |
6,500 | 121,290 | ||||||
Tokyo Electron Ltd. |
1,100 | 54,107 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,375,976 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Software - 0.7% |
||||||||
ANSYS, Inc. (e) |
3,576 | 266,412 | ||||||
Citrix Systems, Inc. (e) |
5,235 | 336,872 | ||||||
Dassault Systemes SA |
240 | 30,082 | ||||||
Electronic Arts, Inc. (e) |
2,900 | 66,671 | ||||||
Nintendo Co., Ltd. |
400 | 39,503 | ||||||
Red Hat, Inc. (e) |
1,810 | 87,296 | ||||||
SAP AG |
1,308 | 97,888 |
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
SolarWinds, Inc. (e) |
1,256 | 52,941 | ||||||
Symantec Corp. (e) |
6,000 | 134,340 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,112,005 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
7,120,611 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Health Care - 3.8% |
||||||||
Biotechnology - 1.1% |
||||||||
Actelion Ltd. (e) |
2,560 | 152,914 | ||||||
Biogen Idec, Inc. (e) |
3,294 | 782,292 | ||||||
Celgene Corp. (e) |
3,580 | 442,667 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (e) |
3,250 | 177,060 | ||||||
Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (e) |
2,050 | 90,282 | ||||||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (e) |
1,570 | 126,087 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,771,302 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.4% |
||||||||
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (e) |
1,305 | 107,584 | ||||||
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (e) |
819 | 407,477 | ||||||
Medtronic, Inc. |
3,780 | 192,818 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
707,879 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Health Care Providers & Services - 0.7% |
||||||||
Aetna, Inc. |
2,700 | 163,026 | ||||||
Health Net, Inc./CA (e) |
2,700 | 86,049 | ||||||
McKesson Corp. |
1,000 | 113,860 | ||||||
Odontoprev SA |
4,700 | 22,032 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. |
5,927 | 371,208 | ||||||
WellPoint, Inc. |
3,600 | 277,092 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,033,267 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.2% |
||||||||
Eurofins Scientific (e) |
321 | 62,481 | ||||||
Illumina, Inc. (e) |
2,150 | 151,188 | ||||||
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (e) |
282 | 61,549 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
275,218 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Pharmaceuticals - 1.4% |
||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. |
300 | 12,807 | ||||||
Allergan, Inc./United States |
4,164 | 414,276 | ||||||
GlaxoSmithKline PLC |
10,770 | 278,654 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson |
3,300 | 277,794 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. |
6,800 | 317,560 | ||||||
Novartis AG |
1,270 | 90,973 | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. |
19,000 | 517,370 | ||||||
Roche Holding AG |
840 | 208,266 | ||||||
Roche Holding AG (Sponsored ADR) |
1,800 | 112,212 | ||||||
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. |
3,730 | 68,492 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,298,404 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
6,086,070 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Industrials - 3.6% |
||||||||
Aerospace & Defense - 0.9% |
||||||||
Boeing Co. (The) |
5,440 | 538,669 |
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. NV |
2,370 | 136,466 | ||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp. |
700 | 57,673 | ||||||
Precision Castparts Corp. |
2,388 | 510,841 | ||||||
Safran SA |
1,460 | 77,605 | ||||||
Zodiac Aerospace |
580 | 76,402 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,397,656 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Airlines - 0.2% |
||||||||
Delta Air Lines, Inc. (e) |
7,300 | 131,473 | ||||||
Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. |
1,400 | 71,761 | ||||||
Qantas Airways Ltd. (e) |
50,420 | 76,269 | ||||||
Turk Hava Yollari |
7,270 | 33,691 | ||||||
|
|
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313,194 | ||||||||
|
|
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Building Products - 0.0% |
||||||||
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. |
7,000 | 49,821 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.1% |
||||||||
Aggreko PLC |
1,510 | 40,615 | ||||||
Edenred |
2,288 | 72,750 | ||||||
Stericycle, Inc. (e) |
1,045 | 114,699 | ||||||
|
|
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228,064 | ||||||||
|
|
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Construction & Engineering - 0.1% |
||||||||
Larsen & Toubro Ltd. |
4,290 | 106,384 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Electrical Equipment - 0.3% |
||||||||
AMETEK, Inc. |
2,721 | 117,411 | ||||||
Roper Industries, Inc. |
949 | 117,885 | ||||||
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. |
12,900 | 154,311 | ||||||
|
|
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389,607 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Industrial Conglomerates - 0.5% |
||||||||
Danaher Corp. |
6,136 | 379,327 | ||||||
General Electric Co. |
18,400 | 429,088 | ||||||
Siemens AG |
370 | 39,003 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
847,418 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Machinery - 0.6% |
||||||||
Cummins, Inc. |
1,050 | 125,612 | ||||||
FANUC Corp. |
900 | 132,538 | ||||||
Flowserve Corp. |
1,641 | 275,901 | ||||||
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. |
2,100 | 147,273 | ||||||
Komatsu Ltd. |
6,500 | 162,771 | ||||||
Parker Hannifin Corp. |
225 | 22,446 | ||||||
Timken Co. |
2,000 | 113,520 | ||||||
|
|
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980,061 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Professional Services - 0.7% |
||||||||
Bureau Veritas SA |
1,963 | 226,879 | ||||||
Capita PLC |
22,388 | 326,165 | ||||||
Intertek Group PLC |
7,121 | 346,189 | ||||||
Qualicorp SA (e) |
2,700 | 23,889 | ||||||
SGS SA |
58 | 129,968 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,053,090 | ||||||||
|
|
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Road & Rail - 0.1% |
||||||||
Canadian National Railway Co. |
460 | 46,681 | ||||||
Globaltrans Investment PLC (Sponsored GDR) (f) |
5,790 | 88,008 | ||||||
Tokyu Corp. |
5,000 | 31,125 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
165,814 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.1% |
||||||||
Mitsubishi Corp. |
4,200 | 72,586 | ||||||
WW Grainger, Inc. |
355 | 91,391 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
163,977 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
5,695,086 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Energy - 3.0% |
||||||||
Energy Equipment & Services - 1.0% |
||||||||
Aker Solutions ASA |
4,860 | 71,616 | ||||||
AMEC PLC |
4,941 | 76,361 | ||||||
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. |
2,000 | 137,620 | ||||||
Halliburton Co. |
2,350 | 98,348 | ||||||
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (e) |
1,700 | 40,562 | ||||||
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. |
2,100 | 129,654 | ||||||
Nabors Industries Ltd. |
5,300 | 84,853 | ||||||
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. |
1,820 | 127,946 | ||||||
Oceaneering International, Inc. |
3,486 | 252,665 | ||||||
Schlumberger Ltd. |
4,967 | 362,740 | ||||||
Seadrill Ltd. |
1,940 | 78,463 | ||||||
Technip SA |
906 | 100,714 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,561,542 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.0% |
||||||||
BP PLC |
27,720 | 198,120 | ||||||
BP PLC (Sponsored ADR) |
2,050 | 87,965 | ||||||
Cameco Corp. |
3,040 | 66,093 | ||||||
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. |
1,620 | 48,284 | ||||||
Chevron Corp. |
3,500 | 429,625 | ||||||
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.-Class H |
60,000 | 61,343 | ||||||
ENI SpA |
3,920 | 89,147 | ||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. |
884 | 114,124 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. |
9,500 | 859,465 | ||||||
Gazprom OAO (Sponsored ADR) |
13,780 | 104,315 | ||||||
HollyFrontier Corp. |
400 | 19,800 | ||||||
LUKOIL OAO (London) (Sponsored ADR) |
810 | 47,426 | ||||||
Marathon Petroleum Corp. |
2,400 | 198,000 | ||||||
Noble Energy, Inc. |
3,180 | 183,327 | ||||||
NovaTek OAO (Sponsored GDR) (f) |
1,170 | 130,629 | ||||||
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Sponsored ADR) |
5,650 | 105,316 | ||||||
Phillips 66 |
800 | 53,256 | ||||||
Royal Dutch Shell PLC (ADR) |
1,850 | 122,784 | ||||||
Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Euronext Amsterdam)-Class A |
3,708 | 123,818 | ||||||
Suncor Energy, Inc. (Toronto) |
1,720 | 52,177 | ||||||
Valero Energy Corp. |
4,300 | 174,709 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
3,269,723 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
4,831,265 | ||||||||
|
|
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Consumer Staples - 2.6% |
||||||||
Beverages - 0.1% |
||||||||
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV |
840 | 77,352 | ||||||
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. |
3,000 | 71,931 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
149,283 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Food & Staples Retailing - 0.7% |
||||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. |
1,720 | 188,632 | ||||||
Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA |
6,794 | 144,953 | ||||||
Koninklijke Ahold NV |
8,110 | 131,495 | ||||||
Kroger Co. (The) |
6,850 | 230,640 | ||||||
Olam International Ltd. |
206,136 | 284,698 | ||||||
Tesco PLC |
7,020 | 38,872 | ||||||
Tsuruha Holdings, Inc. |
300 | 24,154 | ||||||
WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC |
18,810 | 78,135 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,121,579 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Food Products - 0.3% |
||||||||
Danone SA |
550 | 40,609 | ||||||
Hershey Co. (The) |
2,850 | 253,964 | ||||||
Tyson Foods, Inc.-Class A |
6,800 | 170,000 | ||||||
Unilever PLC |
2,379 | 99,931 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
564,504 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Household Products - 0.2% |
||||||||
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA |
2,140 | 174,064 | ||||||
LG Household & Health Care Ltd. |
90 | 49,473 | ||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) |
1,970 | 151,217 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
374,754 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Personal Products - 0.2% |
||||||||
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A |
4,180 | 283,321 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Tobacco - 1.1% |
||||||||
Altria Group, Inc. |
3,500 | 126,350 | ||||||
British American Tobacco PLC |
9,035 | 496,461 | ||||||
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC |
3,410 | 122,367 | ||||||
Japan Tobacco, Inc. |
13,400 | 456,042 | ||||||
KT&G Corp. |
580 | 40,868 | ||||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. |
5,299 | 481,732 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,723,820 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
4,217,261 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Materials - 1.4% |
||||||||
Chemicals - 0.7% |
||||||||
Arkema SA |
870 | 89,497 | ||||||
Axiall Corp. |
1,700 | 73,355 | ||||||
BASF SE |
420 | 40,705 | ||||||
Filtrona PLC |
12,296 | 129,576 | ||||||
Huntsman Corp. |
6,900 | 134,205 | ||||||
Koninklijke DSM NV |
1,170 | 76,764 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries NV |
2,900 | 193,285 | ||||||
Monsanto Co. |
3,584 | 360,694 | ||||||
Teijin Ltd. |
16,000 | 36,187 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,134,268 | ||||||||
|
|
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Construction Materials - 0.1% |
||||||||
Boral Ltd. |
8,270 | 35,727 | ||||||
Grasim Industries Ltd. (GDR) (f) |
621 | 31,385 | ||||||
Holcim Ltd. (e) |
360 | 27,922 | ||||||
Semen Indonesia Persero Tbk PT |
44,000 | 80,662 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
175,696 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Containers & Packaging - 0.1% |
||||||||
Rock Tenn Co. |
1,300 | 128,414 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Metals & Mining - 0.5% |
||||||||
Anglo American PLC |
2,520 | 57,739 | ||||||
BHP Billiton PLC |
5,730 | 164,767 | ||||||
Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd. |
5,000 | 41,463 | ||||||
Goldcorp, Inc. |
2,570 | 76,276 | ||||||
KGHM Polska Miedz SA |
1,260 | 56,291 | ||||||
Kinross Gold Corp. |
7,840 | 51,422 | ||||||
MMC Norilsk Nickel OJSC (ADR) |
8,680 | 125,686 | ||||||
Rio Tinto PLC |
2,760 | 117,882 | ||||||
Vale SA (Sponsored ADR) (Local Preference Shares) |
8,950 | 120,646 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
812,172 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,250,550 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Utilities - 0.6% |
||||||||
Electric Utilities - 0.3% |
||||||||
American Electric Power Co., Inc. |
1,330 | 60,940 | ||||||
Edison International |
3,000 | 137,820 | ||||||
EDP-Energias de Portugal SA |
23,080 | 74,430 | ||||||
Electricite de France SA |
3,430 | 77,834 | ||||||
NV Energy, Inc. |
8,700 | 203,928 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
554,952 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Gas Utilities - 0.1% |
||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. |
2,650 | 111,883 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.1% |
||||||||
APR Energy PLC |
9,867 | 124,433 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Multi-Utilities - 0.1% |
||||||||
Centrica PLC |
12,920 | 74,299 | ||||||
DTE Energy Co. |
425 | 28,309 | ||||||
National Grid PLC |
5,880 | 69,916 | ||||||
NiSource, Inc. |
1,700 | 48,841 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
221,365 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,012,633 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Telecommunication Services - 0.5% |
||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.3% |
||||||||
AT&T, Inc. |
4,200 | 146,958 | ||||||
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. |
3,600 | 177,552 | ||||||
TDC A/S |
8,750 | 68,416 | ||||||
Vivendi SA |
3,745 | 73,299 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
466,225 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.2% |
||||||||
China Mobile Ltd. |
6,500 | 68,524 |
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (e) |
6,030 | 37,107 | ||||||
Vodafone Group PLC |
48,907 | 141,738 | ||||||
Vodafone Group PLC (Sponsored ADR) |
2,200 | 63,690 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
311,059 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
777,284 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Common Stocks |
51,340,409 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 14.3% |
||||||||
Funds and Investment Trusts - 14.3% |
||||||||
AllianceBernstein Pooling Portfolios-Volatility Management Portfolio* |
1,995,014 | 22,783,060 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
WARRANTS - 0.0% |
||||||||
Industrials - 0.0% |
||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates - 0.0% |
||||||||
John Keells Holdings PLC, Deutsche Bank AG London, expiring 7/05/19 (e) |
16,109 | 36,286 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Consumer Staples - 0.0% |
||||||||
Food & Staples Retailing - 0.0% |
||||||||
Olam International Ltd., expiring 12/03/17 (e) |
30,477 | 11,124 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Warrants |
47,410 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Principal Amount (000) |
||||||||
CORPORATES - NON-INVESTMENT GRADES - 0.0% |
||||||||
Industrial - 0.0% |
||||||||
Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.0% |
||||||||
Olam International Ltd. |
||||||||
6.75%, 1/29/18 (f) |
$ | 32 | 31,474 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
Shares | ||||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.3% |
||||||||
Investment Companies - 0.3% |
||||||||
AllianceBernstein Fixed-Income Shares, Inc.-Government STIF Portfolio, 0.09% (g) |
456,337 | 456,337 | ||||||
|
|
U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Total Investments - 99.3% |
||||||
(cost $142,362,537) (h) |
$ | 158,725,144 | ||||
Other assets less liabilities - 0.7% (i) |
1,045,699 | |||||
|
|
|||||
Net Assets - 100.0% |
$ | 159,770,843 | ||||
|
|
FUTURES CONTRACTS
Type |
Number of Contracts |
Expiration Month |
Original Value |
Value at May 31, 2013 |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) |
|||||||||||||||
Purchased Contracts |
||||||||||||||||||||
Euro STOXX 50 Index Futures |
2 | June 2013 | $ | 68,708 | $ | 72,110 | $ | 3,402 |
FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS
Counterparty |
Contracts
to Deliver (000) |
In Exchange For (000) |
Settlement Date |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) |
||||||||||||||||||||
BNP Paribas SA |
AUD | 441 | USD | 427 | 8/16/13 | $ | 6,758 | |||||||||||||||||
BNP Paribas SA |
KRW | 505,998 | USD | 457 | 8/16/13 | 11,342 | ||||||||||||||||||
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce |
CAD | 361 | USD | 350 | 8/16/13 | 2,039 | ||||||||||||||||||
Credit Suisse International |
JPY | 39,908 | USD | 403 | 8/16/13 | 5,720 | ||||||||||||||||||
Credit Suisse International |
USD | 497 | GBP | 327 | 8/16/13 | (85 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Deutsche Bank AG London |
USD | 510 | SEK | 3,340 | 8/16/13 | (6,630 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets LP |
GBP | 311 | USD | 482 | 8/16/13 | 9,741 | ||||||||||||||||||
HSBC BankUSA |
HKD | 4,151 | USD | 535 | 8/16/13 | 206 | ||||||||||||||||||
HSBC BankUSA |
JPY | 73,952 | USD | 746 | 8/16/13 | 9,158 | ||||||||||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA |
GBP | 974 | USD | 1,506 | 8/16/13 | 26,518 | ||||||||||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA |
USD | 829 | CAD | 835 | 8/16/13 | (24,817 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC |
JPY | 52,352 | USD | 534 | 8/16/13 | 12,770 | ||||||||||||||||||
Societe Generale |
USD | 687 | AUD | 680 | 8/16/13 | (39,321 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
AUD | 318 | USD | 307 | 8/16/13 | 4,676 | ||||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
CAD | 81 | USD | 80 | 8/16/13 | 1,698 | ||||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
CHF | 43 | USD | 44 | 8/16/13 | (843 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
EUR | 100 | USD | 131 | 8/16/13 | 1,056 | ||||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
JPY | 42,197 | USD | 426 | 8/16/13 | 5,954 | ||||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 224 | AUD | 217 | 8/16/13 | (17,138 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 83 | CHF | 78 | 8/16/13 | (1,404 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 54 | EUR | 41 | 8/16/13 | (434 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 532 | GBP | 347 | 8/16/13 | (5,458 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 186 | JPY | 19,006 | 8/16/13 | 3,738 | ||||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 74 | NOK | 433 | 8/16/13 | (297 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 254 | NZD | 299 | 8/16/13 | (17,189 | ) |
Counterparty |
Contracts
to Deliver (000) |
In Exchange For (000) |
Settlement Date |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) |
||||||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 292 | SEK | 1,909 | 8/16/13 | $ | (4,397 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 209 | SGD | 258 | 8/16/13 | (5,079 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
$ | (21,718 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
INFLATION (CPI) SWAP CONTRACTS
Rate Type | ||||||||||||||||||||
Swap Counterparty |
Notional Amount (000) |
Termination Date |
Payments made by the Fund |
Payments received by the Fund |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) |
|||||||||||||||
Barclays Bank PLC |
$ | 1,800 | 1/31/27 | 2.628 | % | CPI | # | $ | (13,500 | ) | ||||||||||
Barclays Bank PLC |
2,000 | 1/31/19 | 2.385 | % | CPI | # | (26,622 | ) | ||||||||||||
Citibank, NA |
300 | 5/24/23 | 2.533 | % | CPI | # | (1,759 | ) | ||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs International |
1,400 | 1/31/22 | 2.515 | % | CPI | # | (16,490 | ) | ||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs International |
6,000 | 1/31/15 | 1.990 | % | CPI | # | (29,905 | ) | ||||||||||||
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC |
250 | 4/16/23 | 2.690 | % | CPI | # | (5,543 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
$ | (93,819 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
|
|
* | To obtain a copy of the fund’s financial statements, please go to the Securities Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AllianceBernstein at (800) 227-4618. |
# | Variable interest rate based on the rate of inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). |
(a) | Illiquid security. |
(b) | Security is in default and is non-income producing. |
(c) | Variable rate coupon, rate shown as of May 31, 2013. |
(d) | Fair valued by the Adviser. |
(e) | Non-income producing security. |
(f) | Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At May 31, 2013, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $281,496 or 0.2% of net assets. |
(g) | Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end. |
(h) | As of May 31, 2013, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $18,096,570 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(1,733,963), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $16,362,607. |
(i) | An amount of U.S.$5,475 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at May 31, 2013. |
As of May 31, 2013, the Strategy held 53.0% of its total investments in municipal bonds. Of the total investments in municipal bonds, 23.3% is insured (25.5% of this amount represents the Strategy’s holding in pre-refunded or escrowed to maturity bonds).
Currency Abbreviations:
AUD | - | Australian Dollar | ||
CAD | - | Canadian Dollar | ||
CHF | - | Swiss Franc | ||
EUR | - | Euro |
GBP | - | Great British Pound | ||
HKD | - | Hong Kong Dollar | ||
JPY | - | Japanese Yen | ||
KRW | - | South Korean Won | ||
NOK | - | Norwegian Krone | ||
NZD | - | New Zealand Dollar | ||
SEK | - | Swedish Krona | ||
SGD | - | Singapore Dollar | ||
USD | - | United States Dollar | ||
Glossary:
| ||||
ADR | - | American Depositary Receipt | ||
AGM | - | Assured Guaranty Municipal | ||
AMBAC | - | Ambac Assurance Corporation | ||
CDD | - | Community Development District | ||
COP | - | Certificate of Participation | ||
CPI | - | Consumer Price Index | ||
ETM | - | Escrowed to Maturity | ||
GDR | - | Global Depositary Receipt | ||
GO | - | General Obligation | ||
IDA | - | Industrial Development Authority/Agency | ||
NPFGC | - | National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation | ||
NPFGC-RE | - | National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation Reinsuring Financial Guaranty Insurance Company | ||
OJSC | - | Open Joint Stock Company | ||
PCR | - | Pollution Control Revenue Bond | ||
PUD | - | Public Utility District | ||
REG | - | Registered Shares | ||
RTA | - | Regional Transportation Authority | ||
SD | - | School District |
AllianceBernstein Wealth Strategies
Tax-Managed Balanced Wealth
May 31, 2013 (unaudited)
In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Strategy would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Strategy. Unobservable inputs reflect the Strategy’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.
• | Level 1—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 Strategy’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. In addition, non-agency rated investments are classified as Level 3.
Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.
Options and warrants are valued using market-based inputs to models, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency, where such inputs and models are available. Alternatively the values may be obtained through unobservable management determined inputs and/or management’s proprietary models. Where models are used, the selection of a particular model to value an option or a warrant depends upon the contractual terms of, and specific risks inherent in, the option or warrant as well as the availability of pricing information in the market. Valuation models require a variety of inputs, including contractual terms, market prices, measures of volatility and correlations of such inputs. Exchange traded options will be classified as Level 2. For options or warrants that do not trade on exchange but trade in liquid markets, inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment. Options and warrants are classified within Level 2 on the fair value hierarchy when all of the significant inputs can be corroborated to market evidence. Otherwise such instruments are classified as Level 3.
Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.
The following table summarizes the valuation of the Strategy’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of May 31, 2013:
Investments in Securities: |
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Assets: |
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Municipal Obligations |
$ | – 0 | – | $ | 82,416,517 | $ | 1,649,937^ | $ | 84,066,454 | |||||||
Common Stocks: |
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Financials |
5,899,790 | 5,296,242 | – 0 | – | 11,196,032 | |||||||||||
Consumer Discretionary |
5,541,768 | 2,611,849 | – 0 | – | 8,153,617 | |||||||||||
Information Technology |
5,527,346 | 1,593,265 | – 0 | – | 7,120,611 | |||||||||||
Health Care |
5,180,570 | 905,500 | – 0 | – | 6,086,070 | |||||||||||
Industrials |
3,331,787 | 2,363,299 | – 0 | – | 5,695,086 | |||||||||||
Energy |
3,975,106 | 856,159 | – 0 | – | 4,831,265 | |||||||||||
Consumer Staples |
2,071,677 | 2,145,584 | – 0 | – | 4,217,261 | |||||||||||
Materials |
1,295,368 | 955,182 | – 0 | – | 2,250,550 | |||||||||||
Utilities |
716,154 | 296,479 | – 0 | – | 1,012,633 |
Telecommunication Services |
210,648 | 566,636 | – 0 | – | 777,284 | |||||||||||
Investment Companies |
22,783,060 | – 0 | – | – 0 | – | 22,783,060 | ||||||||||
Warrants |
11,124 | – 0 | – | 36,286 | 47,410 | |||||||||||
Corporates - Non-Investment Grades |
– 0 | – | – 0 | – | 31,474 | 31,474 | ||||||||||
Short-Term Investments |
456,337 | – 0 | – | – 0 | – | 456,337 | ||||||||||
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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Total Investments in Securities |
57,000,735 | 100,006,712+ | 1,717,697 | 158,725,144 | ||||||||||||
Other Financial Instruments* : |
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Assets: |
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Futures Contracts |
– 0 | – | 3,402 | – 0 | – | 3,402 | ||||||||||
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts |
– 0 | – | 101,929 | – 0 | – | 101,929 | ||||||||||
Liabilities: |
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Forward Currency Exchange Contracts |
– 0 | – | (123,647 | ) | – 0 | – | (123,647 | ) | ||||||||
Inflation (CPI) Swap Contracts |
– 0 | – | (93,819 | ) | – 0 | – | (93,819 | ) | ||||||||
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Total++ |
$ | 57,000,735 | $ | 99,894,577 | $ | 1,717,697 | $ | 158,613,009 | ||||||||
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^ | The strategy held securities with zero market value at period end. |
* | Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument. |
+ | A significant portion of the Strategy’s foreign equity investments are categorized as Level 2 investments since they are valued using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available. |
++ | There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period. |
The Strategy recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.
The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.
Municipal Obligations^ |
Warrants | Corporates - Non- Investment Grades |
||||||||||
Balance as of 8/31/12 |
$ | 2,235,330 | $ | 15,465 | $ | – 0 | – | |||||
Accrued discounts/(premiums) |
2,723 | – 0 | – | 152 | ||||||||
Realized gain (loss) |
(40,829 | ) | – 0 | – | 786 | |||||||
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
45,413 | 10,216 | 1,041 | |||||||||
Purchases |
– 0 | – | 10,605 | 55,942 | ||||||||
Sales |
(592,700 | ) | – 0 | – | (26,447 | ) | ||||||
Transfers in to Level 3 |
– 0 | – | – 0 | – | – 0 | – | ||||||
Transfers out of Level 3 |
– 0 | – | – 0 | – | – 0 | – | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Balance as of 5/31/13 |
$ | 1,649,937 | $ | 36,286 | $ | 31,474 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 5/31/13 |
$ | (34,467 | ) | $ | 10,216 | $ | 1,041 | |||||
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|
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|
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Total | ||||||||||||
Balance as of 8/31/12 |
$ | 2,250,795 | ||||||||||
Accrued discounts/(premiums) |
2,875 | |||||||||||
Realized gain (loss) |
(40,043 | ) | ||||||||||
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
56,670 | |||||||||||
Purchases |
66,547 | |||||||||||
Sales |
(619,147 | ) | ||||||||||
Transfers in to Level 3 |
– 0 – | |||||||||||
Transfers out of Level 3 |
– 0 – | |||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
Balance as of 5/31/13 |
$ | 1,717,697 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 5/31/13 |
$ | (23,210 | ) | |||||||||
|
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^ | The Strategy held securities with zero market value at period end. |
The following presents information about significant unobservable inputs related to the Portfolio with material categories of Level 3 investments at May 31, 2013:
Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements
Fair Value at 5/31/13 |
Valuation Technique |
Unobservable Input |
Range/ Weighted Average |
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Municipal Obligations |
$ 1,649,737 | Third Party Vendor | Evaluated Quotes |
|
$30.00 - $104.83/ $76.30 |
| ||||||
$0.00 | Qualitative Assesment |
|
$0.00 |
| ||||||||
Warrants |
$36,286 | Indicative Market Quotations |
Broker Quotes |
|
$2.25/ N/A |
| ||||||
Corporates - Non-Investment Grades |
$31,474 | Third Party Vendor | Evaluated Quotes |
|
$98.55/ N/A |
|
The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Strategy. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.
The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.
In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).
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Tax-Managed Conservative Wealth
Portfolio of Investments
May 31, 2013 (unaudited)
Principal Amount (000) |
U.S. $ Value | |||||||
MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS - 69.0% |
||||||||
Long-Term Municipal Bonds - 69.0% |
||||||||
Alabama - 0.9% |
||||||||
Alabama Pub Sch & Clg Auth |
$ | 575 | $ | 636,956 | ||||
|
|
|||||||
Alaska - 1.3% |
||||||||
Anchorage AK GO |
775 | 850,555 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Arizona - 2.1% |
||||||||
Arizona Trans Brd Fed Hwy Grant |
565 | 593,657 | ||||||
Arizona Trnsp Brd Hwy |
675 | 801,448 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,395,105 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Colorado - 3.9% |
||||||||
Denver City & County Board of Wtr Commissioners |
800 | 892,248 | ||||||
Denver CO City & Cnty Arpt (Denver Intl Airport) |
500 | 595,940 | ||||||
Series 2011B 4.00%, 11/15/14 |
500 | 524,115 | ||||||
Denver CO Urban Renewal Auth (Stapleton) |
305 | 345,604 | ||||||
Mun Subdist No CO Wtr Conserv Dist |
230 | 244,658 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,602,565 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
District of Columbia - 0.5% |
||||||||
Metro Washington Arpt Auth VA |
275 | 312,400 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Florida - 8.4% |
||||||||
Broward Cnty FL Arpt Sys (Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Intl Arpt FL) |
205 | 238,843 | ||||||
Florida Brd of Ed Lottery |
490 | 504,259 | ||||||
Florida Dept Envrn Protn FL Forever (Florida Documentary Stamp Tax) |
910 | 1,042,251 | ||||||
Florida GO |
550 | 641,889 |
Principal Amount (000) |
U.S. $ Value | |||||||
Florida Hurricane Catastr Fd Fin Corp. |
130 | 136,507 | ||||||
Series 2010A 5.00%, 7/01/16 |
365 | 412,143 | ||||||
Jacksonville FL Spl Rev Appropriation |
1,140 | 1,359,302 | ||||||
Miami Beach FL Hlth Fac Auth (Mt. Sinai Medical Center FL) |
200 | 205,036 | ||||||
Miami-Dade Cnty FL Aviation (Miami-Dade Intl Airport) |
375 | 402,551 | ||||||
Orlando & Orange Cnty Expwy Auth FL |
155 | 185,304 | ||||||
Sunshine St Govtl Fing Commn FL (Miami-Dade Cnty FL Non-Ad Valorem) |
410 | 414,416 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
5,542,501 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Georgia - 3.2% |
||||||||
Atlanta GA Arpt (Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt) |
475 | 487,364 | ||||||
Fulton Cnty GA Dev Auth (Robert W. Woodruff Arts Ctr) |
305 | 341,829 | ||||||
Georgia Mun Elec Auth |
190 | 218,266 | ||||||
Series 2012B 5.00%, 1/01/18 |
555 | 643,989 | ||||||
Main Street Nat Gas, Inc. (JP Morgan Chase) |
385 | 430,538 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,121,986 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Illinois - 3.1% |
||||||||
Chicago IL Wtr |
620 | 720,397 | ||||||
Illinois Finance Auth (Illinois Unemployment) |
255 | 276,606 | ||||||
Illinois GO |
385 | 418,618 | ||||||
AMBAC Series B 5.00%, 3/01/14 |
600 | 619,566 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,035,187 | ||||||||
|
|
Principal Amount (000) |
U.S. $ Value | |||||||
Indiana - 0.9% |
||||||||
Indiana Bond Bank Gas (JP Morgan Chase) |
150 | 175,157 | ||||||
Indiana Finance Auth (Indiana SRF) |
275 | 318,678 | ||||||
Jasper Cnty IN PCR (No. Indiana Pub Serv Co.) |
75 | 83,061 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
576,896 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Louisiana - 1.4% |
||||||||
Louisiana Gas & Fuels Tax |
135 | 157,568 | ||||||
Morehouse Parish LA PCR (International Paper Co.) |
265 | 270,329 | ||||||
New Orleans LA GO |
450 | 487,391 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
915,288 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Maryland - 0.6% |
||||||||
Baltimore MD GO |
350 | 386,221 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Massachusetts - 3.1% |
||||||||
Massachusetts GO |
300 | 314,295 | ||||||
Series 2011B 4.00%, 8/01/13 |
1,115 | 1,121,712 | ||||||
Massachusetts Hlth & Ed Facs Auth (Caregroup, Inc.) |
540 | 599,114 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,035,121 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Michigan - 3.7% |
||||||||
Detroit MI City SD GO |
145 | 149,405 | ||||||
Detroit MI Swr Disp |
410 | 354,757 | ||||||
Michigan Fin Auth (Michigan Unemployment) |
||||||||
Series 2012A 5.00%, 7/01/14 |
|
915 845 |
|
|
1,095,502 888,323 |
| ||
|
|
|||||||
2,487,987 | ||||||||
|
|
Principal Amount (000) |
U.S. $ Value | |||||||
Missouri - 3.0% |
||||||||
Bi-State Dev Agy MO (St. Louis MO City & Cnty Sales Tax) |
630 | 638,127 | ||||||
Springfield MO Pub Util |
850 | 905,224 | ||||||
St. Louis MO Arpt (Lambert- St. Louis Intl Arpt) |
375 | 423,128 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,966,479 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Nevada - 2.2% |
||||||||
Clark Cnty NV SD GO |
780 | 781,310 | ||||||
Nevada GO |
260 | 283,507 | ||||||
Nevada Hwy Motor Veh Fuel Tax |
325 | 372,476 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,437,293 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
New Jersey - 1.0% |
||||||||
New Jersey EDA (New Jersey Cigarette Tax) |
330 | 364,063 | ||||||
New Jersey EDA (New Jersey Trnst Pj Lease) |
250 | 287,067 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
651,130 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
New Mexico - 0.7% |
||||||||
New Mexico Severance Tax |
500 | 501,445 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
New York - 5.9% |
||||||||
Metropolitan Trnsp Auth NY |
625 | 677,281 | ||||||
Series 2012F 5.00%, 11/15/23 |
175 | 206,754 | ||||||
New York NY GO |
160 | 187,610 | ||||||
New York NY Trnsl Fin Auth |
780 | 866,408 | ||||||
New York St Dormitory Auth (New York St Lease CUNY) |
150 | 169,277 |
Principal Amount (000) |
U.S. $ Value | |||||||
New York St Dormitory Auth (New York St Lease Svc Contract) |
1,000 | 1,183,740 | ||||||
New York St Thruway Auth (New York St Pers Income Tax) |
270 | 318,462 | ||||||
New York St Thruway Auth (New York St Thruway Auth Ded Tax) |
280 | 314,423 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
3,923,955 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
North Carolina - 1.3% |
||||||||
North Carolina GO |
240 | 271,337 | ||||||
North Carolina Turnpike Auth |
580 | 602,701 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
874,038 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Ohio - 2.2% |
||||||||
Cleveland OH Arpt Sys |
490 | 537,937 | ||||||
Cleveland OH Mun SD GO |
585 | 613,811 | ||||||
Cuyahoga Cnty OH Econ Dev (Cuyahoga Cnty OH Lease) |
285 | 327,519 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,479,267 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Pennsylvania - 4.9% |
||||||||
Pennsylvania Econ Dev Fin Auth (Pennsylvania Unemployment) |
905 | 1,058,569 | ||||||
Pennsylvania GO |
280 | 292,152 | ||||||
Pennsylvania IDA (Pennsylvania IDA Econ Dev) |
655 | 710,570 | ||||||
Philadelphia PA Parking Auth (Philadelphia Airport Parking) |
800 | 901,520 | ||||||
Pittsburgh PA GO |
285 | 299,980 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
3,262,791 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Puerto Rico - 2.0% |
||||||||
Puerto Rico Elec Pwr Auth |
300 | 311,013 |
Principal Amount (000) |
U.S. $ Value | |||||||
Puerto Rico GO |
120 | 128,755 | ||||||
Puerto Rico Hwy & Trnsp Auth (Puerto Rico Hwy & Trnsp Spl Tax) |
280 | 211,067 | ||||||
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Fin Corp. |
605 | 676,783 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,327,618 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Rhode Island - 1.1% |
||||||||
Rhode Island Higher Ed Svgs Tr (Rhode Island DOT Fed Hwy Grant) |
600 | 707,934 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Texas - 8.3% |
||||||||
Dallas Fort Worth TX Intl Arpt |
1,010 | 1,116,484 | ||||||
Denton TX ISD GO |
180 | 184,930 | ||||||
Houston TX ISD GO |
450 | 456,426 | ||||||
SA Energy Acq Pub Fac Corp. Gas (Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.) |
460 | 547,800 | ||||||
San Antonio TX Elec & Gas |
635 | 657,073 | ||||||
San Antonio TX Wtr |
1,220 | 1,393,826 | ||||||
Spring TX ISD GO |
600 | 709,014 | ||||||
Tarrant TX Regional WTR Dist |
385 | 416,216 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
5,481,769 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Washington - 3.3% |
||||||||
Energy Northwest WA (Bonneville Power Admin) |
620 | 747,088 | ||||||
King Cnty WA GO |
550 | 600,528 | ||||||
Washington St GO |
715 | 833,511 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,181,127 | ||||||||
|
|
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Total Municipal Obligations |
45,693,614 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
COMMON STOCKS - 19.7% |
||||||||
Financials - 4.3% |
||||||||
Capital Markets - 0.6% |
||||||||
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (d) |
480 | 78,720 | ||||||
BlackRock, Inc.-Class A |
131 | 36,575 | ||||||
Credit Suisse Group AG (d) |
674 | 19,921 | ||||||
Deutsche Bank AG (REG) |
461 | 21,419 | ||||||
Macquarie Group Ltd. |
950 | 38,738 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley |
2,800 | 72,520 | ||||||
State Street Corp. |
900 | 59,562 | ||||||
UBS AG (d) |
5,243 | 91,993 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
419,448 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Commercial Banks - 1.1% |
||||||||
Banco do Brasil SA |
2,700 | 31,717 | ||||||
Bank Hapoalim BM (d) |
2,080 | 9,625 | ||||||
Bank of Montreal |
380 | 22,494 | ||||||
Bank of Nova Scotia |
190 | 10,820 | ||||||
Barclays PLC |
4,150 | 19,879 | ||||||
BB&T Corp. |
475 | 15,637 | ||||||
China Construction Bank Corp.-Class H |
27,000 | 21,803 | ||||||
CIT Group, Inc. (d) |
1,490 | 68,659 | ||||||
HSBC Holdings PLC |
6,270 | 68,788 | ||||||
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.-Class H |
21,000 | 14,747 | ||||||
KB Financial Group, Inc. |
979 | 31,777 | ||||||
KeyCorp |
650 | 7,007 | ||||||
Lloyds Banking Group PLC (d) |
11,760 | 10,930 | ||||||
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. |
6,500 | 37,723 | ||||||
National Australia Bank Ltd. |
1,080 | 29,712 | ||||||
National Bank of Canada |
210 | 15,453 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. |
900 | 8,217 | ||||||
Sberbank of Russia (Sponsored ADR) |
5,004 | 61,249 | ||||||
Societe Generale SA |
958 | 38,207 | ||||||
State Bank of India |
430 | 15,534 | ||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. |
500 | 19,740 | ||||||
SunTrust Banks, Inc. |
325 | 10,429 | ||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) |
260 | 21,063 | ||||||
US Bancorp/MN |
565 | 19,809 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. |
2,800 | 113,540 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
724,559 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Consumer Finance - 0.3% |
||||||||
Capital One Financial Corp. |
1,320 | 80,428 | ||||||
Discover Financial Services |
1,100 | 52,151 | ||||||
Muthoot Finance Ltd. |
5,480 | 13,404 | ||||||
Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd. |
3,290 | 47,089 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
193,072 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Diversified Financial Services - 0.8% |
||||||||
Bank of America Corp. |
8,200 | 112,012 | ||||||
BM&FBovespa SA |
1,900 | 12,322 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. |
2,175 | 113,078 | ||||||
IG Group Holdings PLC |
4,023 | 35,170 |
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
ING Groep NV (d) |
4,270 | 39,817 | ||||||
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (d) |
804 | 137,653 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
2,000 | 109,180 | ||||||
ORIX Corp. |
1,500 | 19,893 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
579,125 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Insurance - 1.0% |
||||||||
Admiral Group PLC |
2,977 | 60,026 | ||||||
Aegon NV |
2,893 | 19,738 | ||||||
AIA Group Ltd. |
16,400 | 72,504 | ||||||
Allianz SE |
100 | 15,447 | ||||||
American International Group, Inc. (d) |
1,000 | 44,460 | ||||||
Aviva PLC |
2,900 | 14,573 | ||||||
BB Seguridade Participacoes SA (d) |
4,800 | 40,430 | ||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (d) |
300 | 34,221 | ||||||
Chubb Corp. (The) |
600 | 52,260 | ||||||
Everest Re Group Ltd. |
250 | 32,403 | ||||||
Fidelity National Financial, Inc.-Class A |
1,100 | 28,941 | ||||||
Genworth Financial, Inc.-Class A (d) |
1,200 | 12,972 | ||||||
Lancashire Holdings Ltd. |
3,670 | 44,284 | ||||||
MetLife, Inc. |
200 | 8,842 | ||||||
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG |
65 | 12,124 | ||||||
PartnerRe Ltd. |
475 | 43,059 | ||||||
Prudential PLC |
3,850 | 64,761 | ||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.-Class A |
475 | 31,298 | ||||||
Suncorp Group Ltd. |
1,400 | 16,576 | ||||||
Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) |
275 | 23,023 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
671,942 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.1% |
||||||||
GLP J-Reit |
7 | 6,437 | ||||||
Mexico Real Estate Management SA de CV (d) |
6,150 | 15,243 | ||||||
Stockland |
4,720 | 16,369 | ||||||
|
|
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38,049 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Real Estate Management & Development - 0.3% |
||||||||
China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. |
2,000 | 5,916 | ||||||
Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd. |
300 | 27,921 | ||||||
Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd. |
49,000 | 19,545 | ||||||
Global Logistic Properties Ltd. |
25,000 | 55,291 | ||||||
Hang Lung Properties Ltd. |
19,000 | 66,415 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. |
600 | 14,782 | ||||||
New World Development Co., Ltd. |
5,280 | 8,368 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
198,238 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.1% |
||||||||
Housing Development Finance Corp. |
2,980 | 47,394 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,871,827 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Consumer Discretionary - 3.2% |
||||||||
Auto Components - 0.2% |
||||||||
Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin-Class B |
400 | 34,908 | ||||||
GKN PLC |
4,390 | 19,688 | ||||||
Lear Corp. |
425 | 25,492 | ||||||
Magna International, Inc. (Toronto)-Class A |
160 | 10,670 |
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Nokian Renkaat OYJ |
300 | 12,506 | ||||||
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (d) |
375 | 23,756 | ||||||
Valeo SA |
360 | 23,989 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
151,009 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Automobiles - 0.5% |
||||||||
Ford Motor Co. |
3,900 | 61,152 | ||||||
Harley-Davidson, Inc. |
705 | 38,451 | ||||||
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
700 | 25,987 | ||||||
Kia Motors Corp. |
560 | 29,060 | ||||||
Mazda Motor Corp. (d) |
5,000 | 19,234 | ||||||
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. |
2,400 | 25,918 | ||||||
Renault SA |
140 | 10,805 | ||||||
Toyota Motor Corp. |
1,500 | 87,539 | ||||||
Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares) |
170 | 36,921 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
335,067 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Distributors - 0.1% |
||||||||
Li & Fung Ltd. |
40,000 | 55,615 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Diversified Consumer Services - 0.1% |
||||||||
Anhanguera Educacional Participacoes SA |
2,100 | 12,854 | ||||||
Estacio Participacoes SA |
5,100 | 39,551 | ||||||
Kroton Educacional SA |
500 | 7,174 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
59,579 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.4% |
||||||||
Ajisen China Holdings Ltd. |
18,000 | 13,523 | ||||||
Autogrill SpA |
810 | 10,604 | ||||||
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.-Class A (d) |
74 | 26,714 | ||||||
Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. (d) |
4,000 | 20,764 | ||||||
Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (ADR) (d) |
840 | 19,975 | ||||||
Melco International Development Ltd. |
6,000 | 13,079 | ||||||
MGM Resorts International (d) |
800 | 12,136 | ||||||
Sands China Ltd. |
5,200 | 27,469 | ||||||
Sodexo |
500 | 42,671 | ||||||
Starbucks Corp. |
1,135 | 71,584 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
258,519 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Household Durables - 0.1% |
||||||||
PulteGroup, Inc. (d) |
2,600 | 56,134 | ||||||
Sony Corp. |
700 | 13,841 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
69,975 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.4% |
||||||||
Amazon.com, Inc. (d) |
390 | 104,922 | ||||||
priceline.com, Inc. (d) |
147 | 118,178 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
223,100 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Media - 0.7% |
||||||||
Comcast Corp.-Class A |
4,180 | 167,827 | ||||||
Gannett Co., Inc. |
600 | 12,900 | ||||||
Naspers Ltd. |
460 | 33,865 | ||||||
News Corp.-Class A |
1,525 | 48,968 | ||||||
Time Warner Cable, Inc.-Class A |
325 | 31,041 | ||||||
Viacom, Inc.-Class B |
600 | 39,534 |
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Virgin Media, Inc. |
750 | 37,245 | ||||||
Walt Disney Co. (The) |
1,783 | 112,471 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
483,851 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Multiline Retail - 0.1% |
||||||||
Macy’s, Inc. |
1,000 | 48,340 | ||||||
Myer Holdings Ltd |
3,240 | 7,540 | ||||||
Target Corp. |
225 | 15,638 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
71,518 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Specialty Retail - 0.4% |
||||||||
Belle International Holdings Ltd. |
18,000 | 27,627 | ||||||
GameStop Corp.-Class A |
1,200 | 39,792 | ||||||
Home Depot, Inc. (The) |
200 | 15,732 | ||||||
Kingfisher PLC |
2,230 | 11,618 | ||||||
L’Occitane International SA |
4,500 | 11,815 | ||||||
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. |
850 | 35,793 | ||||||
Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd. |
100 | 7,869 | ||||||
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (d) |
293 | 31,911 | ||||||
Shimamura Co., Ltd. |
100 | 11,488 | ||||||
TJX Cos., Inc. |
1,200 | 60,732 | ||||||
Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. |
620 | 23,387 | ||||||
Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd. |
4,500 | 5,621 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
283,385 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.2% |
||||||||
Cie Financiere Richemont SA |
530 | 46,863 | ||||||
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA |
30 | 5,299 | ||||||
Samsonite International SA |
3,300 | 8,545 | ||||||
VF Corp. |
252 | 46,333 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
107,040 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,098,658 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Information Technology - 2.7% |
||||||||
Communications Equipment - 0.2% |
||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. |
700 | 16,856 | ||||||
F5 Networks, Inc. (d) |
373 | 31,037 | ||||||
Harris Corp. |
475 | 23,812 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. |
731 | 46,404 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
118,109 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Computers & Peripherals - 0.5% |
||||||||
Apple, Inc. |
426 | 191,564 | ||||||
Dell, Inc. |
450 | 6,008 | ||||||
EMC Corp./MA (d) |
1,003 | 24,834 | ||||||
Fujitsu Ltd. |
5,000 | 20,698 | ||||||
Hewlett-Packard Co. |
3,510 | 85,714 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
328,818 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.1% |
||||||||
Amphenol Corp.-Class A |
435 | 33,886 | ||||||
LG Display Co., Ltd. (d) |
1,800 | 49,558 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
83,444 | ||||||||
|
|
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Internet Software & Services - 0.7% |
||||||||
Baidu, Inc. (Sponsored ADR) (d) |
530 | 51,219 | ||||||
eBay, Inc. (d) |
2,171 | 117,451 | ||||||
Facebook, Inc. (d) |
2,210 | 53,813 | ||||||
Google, Inc.-Class A (d) |
185 | 161,026 | ||||||
LinkedIn Corp. (d) |
203 | 34,009 | ||||||
Telecity Group PLC |
1,690 | 24,733 | ||||||
Tencent Holdings Ltd. |
200 | 7,862 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
450,113 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
IT Services - 0.3% |
||||||||
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.-Class A (d) |
2,265 | 146,432 | ||||||
Visa, Inc.-Class A |
338 | 60,212 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
206,644 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.5% |
||||||||
Applied Materials, Inc. |
3,350 | 50,920 | ||||||
Micron Technology, Inc. (d) |
1,400 | 16,352 | ||||||
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
40 | 53,894 | ||||||
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Preference Shares) |
132 | 114,453 | ||||||
SK Hynix, Inc. (d) |
1,250 | 35,065 | ||||||
Sumco Corp. |
1,400 | 16,791 | ||||||
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
5,000 | 18,180 | ||||||
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Sponsored ADR) |
1,680 | 31,349 | ||||||
Tokyo Electron Ltd. |
300 | 14,756 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
351,760 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Software - 0.4% |
||||||||
ANSYS, Inc. (d) |
978 | 72,861 | ||||||
CA, Inc. |
275 | 7,510 | ||||||
Citrix Systems, Inc. (d) |
1,352 | 87,001 | ||||||
Dassault Systemes SA |
60 | 7,521 | ||||||
Electronic Arts, Inc. (d) |
750 | 17,242 | ||||||
Nintendo Co., Ltd. |
100 | 9,876 | ||||||
Red Hat, Inc. (d) |
465 | 22,427 | ||||||
SAP AG |
354 | 26,493 | ||||||
SolarWinds, Inc. (d) |
253 | 10,664 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
261,595 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,800,483 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Health Care - 2.3% |
||||||||
Biotechnology - 0.7% |
||||||||
Actelion Ltd. (d) |
620 | 37,034 | ||||||
Biogen Idec, Inc. (d) |
871 | 206,854 | ||||||
Celgene Corp. (d) |
850 | 105,102 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (d) |
868 | 47,289 | ||||||
Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (d) |
528 | 23,253 | ||||||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (d) |
420 | 33,730 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
453,262 | ||||||||
|
|
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.3% |
||||||||
Abbott Laboratories |
75 | 2,750 | ||||||
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (d) |
330 | 27,205 | ||||||
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (d) |
210 | 104,482 | ||||||
Medtronic, Inc. |
1,100 | 56,111 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
190,548 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Health Care Providers & Services - 0.4% |
||||||||
Aetna, Inc. |
700 | 42,266 | ||||||
Health Net, Inc./CA (d) |
710 | 22,628 | ||||||
McKesson Corp. |
255 | 29,034 | ||||||
Odontoprev SA |
1,200 | 5,625 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. |
1,544 | 96,701 | ||||||
WellPoint, Inc. |
925 | 71,197 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
267,451 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.1% |
||||||||
Eurofins Scientific (d) |
82 | 15,961 | ||||||
Illumina, Inc. (d) |
570 | 40,082 | ||||||
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (d) |
75 | 16,370 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
72,413 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Pharmaceuticals - 0.8% |
||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. |
75 | 3,202 | ||||||
Allergan, Inc./United States |
1,073 | 106,753 | ||||||
GlaxoSmithKline PLC |
2,630 | 68,046 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson |
850 | 71,553 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. |
1,100 | 51,370 | ||||||
Novartis AG |
320 | 22,922 | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. |
4,900 | 133,427 | ||||||
Roche Holding AG |
220 | 54,546 | ||||||
Roche Holding AG (Sponsored ADR) |
650 | 40,521 | ||||||
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. |
970 | 17,812 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
570,152 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,553,826 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Industrials - 2.2% |
||||||||
Aerospace & Defense - 0.6% |
||||||||
Boeing Co. (The) |
1,383 | 136,945 | ||||||
European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. NV |
630 | 36,276 | ||||||
General Dynamics Corp. |
110 | 8,481 | ||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp. |
175 | 14,418 | ||||||
Precision Castparts Corp. |
616 | 131,775 | ||||||
Safran SA |
420 | 22,325 | ||||||
Zodiac Aerospace |
160 | 21,076 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
371,296 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Airlines - 0.1% |
||||||||
Delta Air Lines, Inc. (d) |
1,800 | 32,418 | ||||||
Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. |
400 | 20,503 | ||||||
Qantas Airways Ltd. (d) |
11,830 | 17,895 | ||||||
Turk Hava Yollari |
2,370 | 10,983 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
81,799 | ||||||||
|
|
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Building Products - 0.0% |
||||||||
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. |
2,000 | 14,235 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.1% |
||||||||
Aggreko PLC |
370 | 9,952 | ||||||
Edenred |
590 | 18,760 | ||||||
Stericycle, Inc. (d) |
265 | 29,086 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
57,798 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Construction & Engineering - 0.0% |
||||||||
Larsen & Toubro Ltd. |
840 | 20,830 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Electrical Equipment - 0.2% |
||||||||
AMETEK, Inc. |
697 | 30,076 | ||||||
Roper Industries, Inc. |
243 | 30,185 | ||||||
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. |
2,900 | 34,690 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
94,951 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Industrial Conglomerates - 0.3% |
||||||||
Danaher Corp. |
1,508 | 93,224 | ||||||
General Electric Co. |
4,500 | 104,940 | ||||||
Siemens AG |
80 | 8,433 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
206,597 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Machinery - 0.3% |
||||||||
Cummins, Inc. |
285 | 34,095 | ||||||
FANUC Corp. |
200 | 29,453 | ||||||
Flowserve Corp. |
412 | 69,269 | ||||||
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. |
475 | 33,312 | ||||||
Komatsu Ltd. |
1,700 | 42,571 | ||||||
Timken Co. |
275 | 15,609 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
224,309 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Professional Services - 0.4% |
||||||||
Bureau Veritas SA |
540 | 62,412 | ||||||
Capita PLC |
5,753 | 83,814 | ||||||
Intertek Group PLC |
1,830 | 88,966 | ||||||
Qualicorp SA (d) |
600 | 5,309 | ||||||
SGS SA |
16 | 35,853 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
276,354 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Road & Rail - 0.1% |
||||||||
Canadian National Railway Co. |
110 | 11,163 | ||||||
Globaltrans Investment PLC (Sponsored GDR) (e) |
1,570 | 23,864 | ||||||
Tokyu Corp. |
1,000 | 6,225 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
41,252 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.1% |
||||||||
Mitsubishi Corp. |
1,000 | 17,282 | ||||||
WW Grainger, Inc. |
91 | 23,427 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
40,709 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,430,130 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Energy - 1.8% |
||||||||
Energy Equipment & Services - 0.6% |
||||||||
Aker Solutions ASA |
1,400 | 20,630 |
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
AMEC PLC |
1,323 | 20,446 | ||||||
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. |
550 | 37,845 | ||||||
Halliburton Co. |
850 | 35,572 | ||||||
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (d) |
425 | 10,141 | ||||||
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. |
425 | 26,240 | ||||||
Nabors Industries Ltd. |
1,000 | 16,010 | ||||||
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. |
437 | 30,721 | ||||||
Oceaneering International, Inc. |
847 | 61,391 | ||||||
Schlumberger Ltd. |
1,315 | 96,034 | ||||||
Seadrill Ltd. |
540 | 21,840 | ||||||
Technip SA |
243 | 27,013 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
403,883 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 1.2% |
||||||||
BP PLC |
7,110 | 50,817 | ||||||
BP PLC (Sponsored ADR) |
525 | 22,528 | ||||||
Cameco Corp. |
760 | 16,523 | ||||||
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. |
420 | 12,518 | ||||||
Chevron Corp. |
935 | 114,771 | ||||||
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.-Class H |
14,000 | 14,313 | ||||||
ENI SpA |
1,020 | 23,196 | ||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. |
227 | 29,306 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. |
2,500 | 226,175 | ||||||
Gazprom OAO (Sponsored ADR) |
3,310 | 25,057 | ||||||
HollyFrontier Corp. |
100 | 4,950 | ||||||
JX Holdings, Inc. |
2,600 | 12,631 | ||||||
LUKOIL OAO (London) (Sponsored ADR) |
210 | 12,296 | ||||||
Marathon Oil Corp. |
425 | 14,616 | ||||||
Marathon Petroleum Corp. |
650 | 53,625 | ||||||
Noble Energy, Inc. |
826 | 47,619 | ||||||
NovaTek OAO (Sponsored GDR) (e) |
300 | 33,394 | ||||||
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Sponsored ADR) |
1,370 | 25,537 | ||||||
Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Euronext Amsterdam)-Class A |
920 | 30,721 | ||||||
Suncor Energy, Inc. (Toronto) |
360 | 10,921 | ||||||
Valero Energy Corp. |
950 | 38,598 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
820,112 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,223,995 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Consumer Staples - 1.7% |
||||||||
Beverages - 0.1% |
||||||||
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV |
230 | 21,180 | ||||||
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. |
700 | 16,784 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. |
175 | 6,503 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
44,467 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Food & Staples Retailing - 0.4% |
||||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. |
450 | 49,352 | ||||||
Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA |
1,679 | 35,822 | ||||||
Koninklijke Ahold NV |
1,990 | 32,266 | ||||||
Kroger Co. (The) |
1,725 | 58,081 | ||||||
Olam International Ltd. |
50,636 | 69,934 | ||||||
Tesco PLC |
1,720 | 9,524 | ||||||
Tsuruha Holdings, Inc. |
100 | 8,051 | ||||||
WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC |
4,160 | 17,280 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
280,310 | ||||||||
|
|
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Food Products - 0.2% |
||||||||
Danone SA |
130 | 9,599 | ||||||
Hershey Co. (The) |
737 | 65,674 | ||||||
Tyson Foods, Inc.-Class A |
1,800 | 45,000 | ||||||
Unilever PLC |
610 | 25,623 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
145,896 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Household Products - 0.2% |
||||||||
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA |
550 | 44,736 | ||||||
LG Household & Health Care Ltd. |
20 | 10,994 | ||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) |
550 | 42,218 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
97,948 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Personal Products - 0.1% |
||||||||
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A |
1,096 | 74,287 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Tobacco - 0.7% |
||||||||
Altria Group, Inc. |
1,050 | 37,905 | ||||||
British American Tobacco PLC |
2,330 | 128,030 | ||||||
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC |
924 | 33,157 | ||||||
Japan Tobacco, Inc. |
3,400 | 115,712 | ||||||
KT&G Corp. |
140 | 9,865 | ||||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. |
1,435 | 130,456 | ||||||
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|
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455,125 | ||||||||
|
|
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1,098,033 | ||||||||
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|
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Materials - 0.9% |
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Chemicals - 0.4% |
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Arkema SA |
190 | 19,545 | ||||||
Axiall Corp. |
450 | 19,418 | ||||||
BASF SE |
100 | 9,692 | ||||||
Filtrona PLC |
3,330 | 35,092 | ||||||
Huntsman Corp. |
1,700 | 33,065 | ||||||
Koninklijke DSM NV |
323 | 21,192 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries NV |
800 | 53,320 | ||||||
Monsanto Co. |
913 | 91,884 | ||||||
Teijin Ltd. |
3,000 | 6,785 | ||||||
|
|
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289,993 | ||||||||
|
|
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Construction Materials - 0.1% |
||||||||
Boral Ltd. |
1,980 | 8,554 | ||||||
Grasim Industries Ltd. (GDR) (e) |
127 | 6,419 | ||||||
Holcim Ltd. (d) |
90 | 6,980 | ||||||
Semen Indonesia Persero Tbk PT |
11,500 | 21,082 | ||||||
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|
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43,035 | ||||||||
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|
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Containers & Packaging - 0.1% |
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Rock Tenn Co. |
375 | 37,042 | ||||||
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|
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Metals & Mining - 0.3% |
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Anglo American PLC |
600 | 13,747 | ||||||
BHP Billiton PLC |
1,500 | 43,133 | ||||||
Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd. |
1,000 | 8,293 | ||||||
Goldcorp, Inc. |
720 | 21,369 | ||||||
KGHM Polska Miedz SA |
360 | 16,083 | ||||||
Kinross Gold Corp. |
2,290 | 15,020 | ||||||
MMC Norilsk Nickel OJSC (ADR) |
2,230 | 32,291 |
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Rio Tinto PLC |
660 | 28,189 | ||||||
Vale SA (Sponsored ADR) (Local Preference Shares) |
2,240 | 30,195 | ||||||
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|
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208,320 | ||||||||
|
|
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578,390 | ||||||||
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|
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Telecommunication Services - 0.3% |
||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.2% |
||||||||
AT&T, Inc. |
1,100 | 38,489 | ||||||
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. |
900 | 44,388 | ||||||
TDC A/S |
2,440 | 19,078 | ||||||
Vivendi SA |
896 | 17,537 | ||||||
|
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119,492 | ||||||||
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|
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Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.1% |
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China Mobile Ltd. |
1,500 | 15,813 | ||||||
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (d) |
1,830 | 11,261 | ||||||
Vodafone Group PLC |
12,715 | 36,850 | ||||||
Vodafone Group PLC (Sponsored ADR) |
1,400 | 40,530 | ||||||
|
|
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104,454 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
223,946 | ||||||||
|
|
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Utilities - 0.3% |
||||||||
Electric Utilities - 0.1% |
||||||||
Edison International |
250 | 11,485 | ||||||
EDP-Energias de Portugal SA |
5,680 | 18,318 | ||||||
Electricite de France SA |
850 | 19,288 | ||||||
NV Energy, Inc. |
2,100 | 49,224 | ||||||
|
|
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98,315 | ||||||||
|
|
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Gas Utilities - 0.0% |
||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. |
425 | 17,944 | ||||||
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|
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Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.1% |
||||||||
APR Energy PLC |
2,637 | 33,255 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Multi-Utilities - 0.1% |
||||||||
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. |
250 | 5,795 | ||||||
Centrica PLC |
3,130 | 18,000 | ||||||
DTE Energy Co. |
100 | 6,661 | ||||||
National Grid PLC |
1,600 | 19,024 | ||||||
NiSource, Inc. |
200 | 5,746 | ||||||
|
|
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55,226 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
204,740 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Common Stocks |
13,084,028 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 9.9% |
||||||||
Funds and Investment Trusts - 9.9% |
||||||||
AllianceBernstein Pooling Portfolios-Volatility Management Portfolio* |
575,457 | 6,571,721 | ||||||
|
|
|
Company |
Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
WARRANTS - 0.1% |
||||||||
Financials - 0.1% |
||||||||
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.1% |
||||||||
Housing Development Finance Corp., Merrill Lynch International, expiring 8/19/15 (d) |
1,570 | 24,735 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Industrials - 0.0% |
||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates - 0.0% |
||||||||
John Keells Holdings PLC, Deutsche Bank AG London, expiring 7/05/19 (d) |
3,890 | 8,762 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Consumer Staples - 0.0% |
||||||||
Food & Staples Retailing - 0.0% |
||||||||
Olam International Ltd., expiring 12/03/17 (d) |
7,716 | 2,817 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total Warrants |
36,314 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Principal Amount (000) |
||||||||
CORPORATES - NON-INVESTMENT GRADES - 0.0% |
||||||||
Industrial - 0.0% |
||||||||
Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.0% |
||||||||
Olam International Ltd |
||||||||
6.75%, 1/29/18 (e) (cost $6,657) |
7 | 6,884 | ||||||
|
|
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Shares | ||||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.0% |
||||||||
Investment Companies - 1.0% |
||||||||
AllianceBernstein Fixed-Income Shares, Inc. - Government STIF Portfolio, 0.09% (f) |
662,559 | 662,559 | ||||||
|
|
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Total Investments - 99.7% |
66,055,120 | |||||||
Other assets less liabilities - 0.3% |
215,280 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Net Assets - 100.0% |
$ | 66,270,400 | ||||||
|
|
FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS
Counterparty |
Contracts to Deliver (000) |
In Exchange For (000) |
Settlement Date |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) |
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BNP Paribas SA |
KRW | 98,539 | USD | 89 | 8/16/13 | $ | 2,208 | |||||||||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA |
GBP | 227 | USD | 351 | 8/16/13 | 6,180 | ||||||||||||||||||
Standard Chartered Bank |
KRW | 27,182 | USD | 24 | 8/16/13 | 277 | ||||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
AUD | 172 | USD | 166 | 8/16/13 | 2,529 | ||||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
CAD | 92 | USD | 89 | 8/16/13 | 755 | ||||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
CHF | 16 | USD | 16 | 8/16/13 | (314 | ) |
Counterparty |
Contracts to Deliver (000) |
In Exchange For (000) |
Settlement Date |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) |
||||||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. | EUR | 27 | USD | 35 | 8/16/13 | 285 | ||||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
GBP | 89 | USD | 138 | 8/16/13 | 2,696 | ||||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
HKD | 1,053 | USD | 136 | 8/16/13 | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
JPY | 52,043 | USD | 527 | 8/16/13 | 8,735 | ||||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
SGD | 22 | USD | 18 | 8/16/13 | 95 | ||||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 213 | AUD | 210 | 8/16/13 | (12,981 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 200 | CAD | 202 | 8/16/13 | (5,984 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 17 | CHF | 16 | 8/16/13 | (288 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 32 | EUR | 25 | 8/16/13 | (127 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 242 | GBP | 159 | 8/16/13 | (867 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 23 | JPY | 2,323 | 8/16/13 | 574 | ||||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 18 | NOK | 108 | 8/16/13 | (74 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 64 | NZD | 76 | 8/16/13 | (4,358 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 195 | SEK | 1,280 | 8/16/13 | (2,534 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
USD | 55 | SGD | 68 | 8/16/13 | (1,339 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
|
|
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$ | (4,484 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
INFLATION (CPI) SWAP CONTRACTS
Rate Type | ||||||||||||||||||||
Swap Counterparty |
Notional Amount (000) |
Termination Date |
Payments made by the Fund |
Payments received by the Fund |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) |
|||||||||||||||
Barclays Bank |
$ | 2,000 | 7/29/13 | 1.830 | % | CPI | # | $ | (50,290 | ) | ||||||||||
Barclays Bank |
3,000 | 8/11/15 | 2.030 | % | CPI | # | (124,523 | ) | ||||||||||||
Barclays Bank |
500 | 7/19/17 | 2.038 | % | CPI | # | 7,371 | |||||||||||||
Barclays Bank |
300 | 10/5/22 | 2.765 | % | CPI | # | (6,997 | ) | ||||||||||||
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC |
1,500 | 10/31/18 | 1.960 | % | CPI | # | (15,138 | ) | ||||||||||||
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC |
150 | 4/16/23 | 2.690 | % | CPI | # | (3,326 | ) | ||||||||||||
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|
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$ | (192,903 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
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* | To obtain a copy of the fund’s financial statements, please go to the Securities Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AllianceBernstein at (800) 227-4618. |
# | Variable interest rate based on the rate of inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). |
(a) | Variable rate coupon, rate shown as of May 31, 2013. |
(b) | Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at May 31, 2013. |
(c) | Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize OTC derivatives outstanding. The aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $255,156. |
(d) | Non-income producing security. |
(e) | Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At May 31, 2013, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $70,561 or 0.1% of net assets. |
(f) | Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end. |
(g) | As of May 31, 2013, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $5,309,452 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(390,803), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $4,918,649. |
As of May 31, 2013, the Strategy held 69.2% of its total investments in municipal bonds. Of the total investments in municipal bonds, 15.5% is insured (17.1% of this amount represents the Strategy’s holding in pre-refunded or escrowed to maturity bonds).
Currency Abbreviations:
AUD | - | Australian Dollar | ||
CAD | - | Canadian Dollar | ||
CHF | - | Swiss Franc | ||
EUR | - | Euro | ||
GBP | - | Great British Pound | ||
HKD | - | Hong Kong Dollar | ||
JPY | - | Japanese Yen | ||
KRW | - | South Korean Won | ||
NOK | - | Norwegian Krone | ||
NZD | - | New Zealand Dollar | ||
SEK | - | Swedish Krona | ||
SGD | - | Singapore Dollar | ||
USD | - | United States Dollar |
Glossary:
ADR | - | American Depositary Receipt | ||
AGC | - | Assured Guaranty Corporation | ||
AGM | - | Assured Guaranty Municipal | ||
AMBAC | - | Ambac Assurance Corporation | ||
DOT | - | Department of Transportation | ||
EDA | - | Economic Development Agency | ||
ETM | - | Escrowed to Maturity | ||
FGIC | - | Financial Guaranty Insurance Company | ||
GDR | - | Global Depositary Receipt | ||
GO | - | General Obligation | ||
IDA | - | Industrial Development Authority/Agency | ||
ISD | - | Independent School District | ||
NPFGC | - | National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation | ||
NPFGC-RE | - | National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation Reinsuring Financial Guaranty Insurance Company | ||
OJSC | - | Open Joint Stock Company | ||
PCR | - | Pollution Control Revenue Bond | ||
REG | - | Registered Shares | ||
SD | - | School District | ||
SRF | - | State Revolving Fund |
AllianceBernstein Wealth Strategies - Tax-Managed Conservative Wealth
May 31, 2013 (unaudited)
In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Strategy would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Strategy. Unobservable inputs reflect the Strategy’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.
• | Level 1—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 Strategy’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. In addition, non-agency rated investments are classified as Level 3.
Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.
Options and warrants are valued using market-based inputs to models, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency, where such inputs and models are available. Alternatively the values may be obtained through unobservable management determined inputs and/or management’s proprietary models. Where models are used, the selection of a particular model to value an option or a warrant depends upon the contractual terms of, and specific risks inherent in, the option or warrant as well as the availability of pricing information in the market. Valuation models require a variety of inputs, including contractual terms, market prices, measures of volatility and correlations of such inputs. Exchange traded options will be classified as Level 2. For options or warrants that do not trade on exchange but trade in liquid markets, inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment. Options and warrants are classified within Level 2 on the fair value hierarchy when all of the significant inputs can be corroborated to market evidence. Otherwise such instruments are classified as Level 3.
Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.
The following table summarizes the valuation of the Strategy’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of May 31, 2013:
Investments in Securities: |
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Assets: |
||||||||||||||||
Municipal Obligations |
$ | – 0 | – | $ | 45,693,614 | $ | – 0 | – | $ | 45,693,614 | ||||||
Common Stocks: |
||||||||||||||||
Financials |
1,576,198 | 1,295,629 | – 0 | – | 2,871,827 | |||||||||||
Consumer Discretionary |
1,415,671 | 682,987 | – 0 | – | 2,098,658 | |||||||||||
Information Technology |
1,400,603 | 399,880 | – 0 | – | 1,800,483 | |||||||||||
Health Care |
1,314,796 | 239,030 | – 0 | – | 1,553,826 | |||||||||||
Industrials |
827,596 | 602,534 | – 0 | – | 1,430,130 | |||||||||||
Energy |
979,092 | 244,903 | – 0 | – | 1,223,995 | |||||||||||
Consumer Staples |
555,163 | 542,870 | – 0 | – | 1,098,033 | |||||||||||
Materials |
340,023 | 238,367 | – 0 | – | 578,390 |
Telecommunication Services |
79,019 | 144,927 | – 0 | – | 223,946 | |||||||||||
Utilities |
130,110 | 74,630 | – 0 | – | 204,740 | |||||||||||
Investment Companies |
6,571,721 | – 0 | – | – 0 | – | 6,571,721 | ||||||||||
Warrants |
2,817 | – 0 | – | 33,497 | 36,314 | |||||||||||
Corporates - Non-Investment Grades |
– 0 | – | – 0 | – | 6,884 | 6,884 | ||||||||||
Short-Term Investments |
662,559 | – 0 | – | – 0 | – | 662,559 | ||||||||||
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Total Investments in Securities |
15,855,368 | 50,159,371 | + | 40,381 | 66,055,120 | |||||||||||
Other Financial Instruments* : |
||||||||||||||||
Assets: |
||||||||||||||||
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts |
– 0 | – | 24,779 | – 0 | – | 24,779 | ||||||||||
Inflation (CPI) Swap Contracts |
– 0 | – | 7,371 | – 0 | – | 7,371 | ||||||||||
Liabilities: |
||||||||||||||||
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts |
– 0 | – | (29,263 | ) | – 0 | – | (29,263 | ) | ||||||||
Inflation (CPI) Swap Contracts |
– 0 | – | (200,274 | ) | – 0 | – | (200,274 | ) | ||||||||
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Total++ |
$ | 15,855,368 | $ | 49,961,984 | $ | 40,381 | $ | 65,857,733 | ||||||||
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
+ | A significant portion of the Strategy’s foreign equity investments are categorized as Level 2 investments since they are valued using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available. |
* | Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument. |
++ | There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period. |
The Strategy recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.
The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.
Municipal Obligations | Warrants | |||||||
Balance as of 8/31/12 |
$ | 142,341 | $ | 31,669 | ||||
Accrued discounts/(premiums) |
(769 | ) | – 0 | – | ||||
Realized gain (loss) |
– 0 | – | 1,042 | |||||
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
(1,572 | ) | 6,908 | |||||
Purchases |
– 0 | – | 2,721 | |||||
Sales |
(140,000 | ) | (8,843 | ) | ||||
Transfers in to Level 3 |
– 0 | – | – 0 | – | ||||
Transfers out of Level 3 |
– 0 | – | – 0 | – | ||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Balance as of 5/31/13 |
$ | – 0 | – | $ | 33,497 | |||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 5/31/13 |
$ | – 0 | – | $ | 6,314 | |||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Corporates - Non- Investment Grades |
Total | |||||||
Balance as of 8/31/12 |
$ | – 0 | – | $ | 174,010 | |||
Accrued discounts/(premiums) |
38 | (731 | ) | |||||
Realized gain (loss) |
202 | 1,244 | ||||||
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
228 | 5,564 | ||||||
Purchases |
14,165 | 16,886 | ||||||
Sales |
(7,749 | ) | (156,592 | ) | ||||
Transfers in to Level 3 |
– 0 | – | – 0 | – | ||||
Transfers out of Level 3 |
– 0 | – | – 0 | – | ||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Balance as of 5/31/13 |
$ | 6,884 | $ | 40,381 | ||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 5/31/13 |
$ | 228 | $ | 6,542 | ||||
|
|
|
|
The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Strategy. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.
The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.
In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).
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) are effective at the reasonable assurance level based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this document.
(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 3. | EXHIBITS. |
The following exhibits are attached to this Form N-Q:
EXHIBIT NO. |
DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT | |
3 (a) (1) | Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
3 (a) (2) | Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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.
(Registrant): The AllianceBernstein Portfolios
By: | /s/ Robert M. Keith | |
Robert M. Keith | ||
President | ||
Date: | July 22, 2013 |
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/ Robert M. Keith | |
Robert M. Keith | ||
President | ||
Date: | July 22, 2013 | |
By: | /s/ Joseph J. Mantineo | |
Joseph J. Mantineo | ||
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | ||
Date: | July 22, 2013 |