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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 AB 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, 2015

Date of reporting period: November 30, 2014

 

 

 


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.


AB Wealth Appreciation Strategy

Portfolio of Investments

November 30, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 100.0%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts - 100.0%*

       

AB Cap Fund - Multi-Manager Alternative Strategies Fund - Class Z (a)

     18,057,119         $ 182,918,617   

AB Pooling Portfolio - International Growth Portfolio

     21,809,926           197,816,025   

AB Pooling Portfolio - International Value Portfolio

     24,940,658           200,522,891   

AB Pooling Portfolio - Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio

     12,298,358           95,804,207   

AB Pooling Portfolio - Small-Mid Cap Growth Portfolio

     6,211,440           78,947,402   

AB Pooling Portfolio - Small-Mid Cap Value Portfolio

     5,554,054           78,867,574   

AB Pooling Portfolio - U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolio

     13,366,249           236,849,929   

AB Pooling Portfolio - U.S. Value Portfolio

     17,378,700           234,960,021   

AB Pooling Portfolio - Volatility Management Portfolio

     17,222,542           216,315,132   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 100.0%
(cost $1,240,967,313) (b)

          1,523,001,798   

Other assets less liabilities - 0.0%

          (631,555
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 1,522,370,243   
       

 

 

 

 

* To obtain a copy of the AB Pooling Portfolios’ financial statements, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AllianceBernstein at (800) 227-4618. To obtain a copy of the SEC filings for the AB Cap Fund – Multi-Manager Alternative Strategies Fund, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) As of November 30, 2014, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $285,486,330 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(3,451,845), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $282,034,485.


AB Wealth Appreciation Strategy

November 30, 2014 (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 November 30, 2014:

 

Investments in Underlying Portfolios*:

   Level 1      Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

         

Investment Companies

   $     1,523,001,798       $             – 0  –    $             – 0  –    $     1,523,001,798   

 

* There were no transfers between any levels 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).


AB Balanced Wealth Strategy

Portfolio of Investments

November 30, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 100.2%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts - 100.2%*

       

AB Cap Fund - Multi-Manager Alternative Strategies Fund Class Z (a)

     10,322,254         $ 104,564,433   

AB Pooling Portfolio - Bond Inflation Protection Portfolio

     9,543,818           96,488,003   

AB Pooling Portfolio - Global Core Bond Portfolio

     22,391,056           236,897,374   

AB Pooling Portfolio - High-Yield Portfolio

     7,916,238           83,595,469   

AB Pooling Portfolio - International Growth Portfolio

     10,513,687           95,359,144   

AB Pooling Portfolio - International Value Portfolio

     11,993,531           96,427,990   

AB Pooling Portfolio - Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio

     6,639,558           51,722,158   

AB Pooling Portfolio - Small-Mid Cap Growth Portfolio

     2,365,728           30,068,400   

AB Pooling Portfolio - Small-Mid Cap Value Portfolio

     2,114,416           30,024,715   

AB Pooling Portfolio - U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolio

     6,995,984           123,968,829   

AB Pooling Portfolio - U.S. Value Portfolio

     9,106,111           123,114,617   

AB Pooling Portfolio - Volatility Management Portfolio

     16,962,844           213,053,322   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 100.2%
(cost $1,079,365,708) (b)

          1,285,284,454   

Other assets less liabilities - (0.2)%

          (1,963,424
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 1,283,321,030   
       

 

 

 

 

* To obtain a copy of the AB Pooling Portfolios’ financial statements, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AllianceBernstein at (800) 227-4618. To obtain a copy of the SEC filings for the AB Cap Fund – Multi-Manager Alternative Strategies Fund, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) As of November 30, 2014, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $211,872,882 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(5,954,136), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $205,918,746.


AB Balanced Wealth Strategy

November 30, 2014 (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 November 30, 2014:

 

Investments in Underlying Portfolios*:

   Level 1      Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

         

Investment Companies

   $     1,285,284,454       $             – 0  –    $             – 0  –    $     1,285,284,454   

 

* There were no transfers between any levels 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).


AB Conservative Wealth Strategy

Portfolio of Investments

November 30, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 100.3%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts - 100.3%*

       

AB Cap Fund - Multi-Manager Alternative Strategies Fund Class Z (a)

     2,167,419         $ 21,955,957   

AB Pooling Portfolio - Bond Inflation Protection Portfolio

     3,408,485           34,459,783   

AB Pooling Portfolio - Global Core Bond Portfolio

     8,265,599           87,450,036   

AB Pooling Portfolio - International Growth Portfolio

     1,583,343           14,360,922   

AB Pooling Portfolio - International Value Portfolio

     1,813,494           14,580,492   

AB Pooling Portfolio - Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio

     638,400           4,973,138   

AB Pooling Portfolio - Short Duration Bond Portfolio

     10,562,733           99,817,822   

AB Pooling Portfolio - Small-Mid Cap Growth Portfolio

     220,956           2,808,349   

AB Pooling Portfolio - Small-Mid Cap Value Portfolio

     197,748           2,808,022   

AB Pooling Portfolio - U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolio

     1,086,218           19,247,790   

AB Pooling Portfolio - U.S. Value Portfolio

     1,414,232           19,120,412   

AB Pooling Portfolio - Volatility Management Portfolio

     3,322,233           41,727,244   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 100.3%
(cost $319,047,728) (b)

          363,309,967   

Other assets less liabilities - (0.3)%

          (1,004,158
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 362,305,809   
       

 

 

 

 

* To obtain a copy of the AB Pooling Portfolios’ financial statements, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AllianceBernstein at (800) 227-4618. To obtain a copy of the SEC filings for the AB Cap Fund – Multi-Manager Alternative Strategies Fund, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) As of November 30, 2014, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $45,182,712 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(920,473), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $44,262,239.


AB Conservative Wealth Strategy

November 30, 2014 (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 November 30, 2014:

 

Investments in Underlying Portfolios*:

   Level 1      Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

         

Investment Companies

   $     363,309,967       $             – 0  –    $             – 0  –    $     363,309,967   

 

* There were no transfers between any levels 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).


AB Wealth Strategies

Tax-Managed Wealth Appreciation

Portfolio of Investments

November 30, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 69.7%

       

Financials - 14.1%

       

Banks - 4.6%

       

Axis Bank Ltd.

     81,880         $ 634,429   

Bank Hapoalim BM

     99,090           494,915   

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT

     466,000           402,555   

Bank of America Corp.

     262,600           4,474,704   

Bank of Baroda

     34,230           599,435   

Bank of Montreal

     7,080           519,221   

Bank of Nova Scotia (The)

     7,900           487,057   

Bank of Queensland Ltd.

     23,417           244,936   

Citigroup, Inc.

     21,700           1,171,149   

Comerica, Inc.

     18,700           871,607   

Danske Bank A/S

     54,170           1,537,566   

Fifth Third Bancorp

     16,200           325,944   

HDFC Bank Ltd.

     64,280           986,855   

HSBC Holdings PLC

     184,460           1,835,508   

ICICI Bank Ltd.

     24,590           692,538   

ING Groep NV (a)

     77,463           1,132,464   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

     271,860           836,721   

Itausa-Investimentos Itau SA (Preference Shares)

     123,100           501,239   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     66,700           4,012,672   

Kasikornbank PCL (NVDR)

     89,100           670,339   

KeyCorp

     16,600           224,100   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     207,500           1,195,061   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     4,400           384,868   

Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.

     12,800           572,392   

Societe Generale SA

     32,919           1,633,791   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

     21,500           807,220   

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)

     18,480           931,192   

UniCredit SpA

     280,830           2,074,239   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     77,100           4,200,408   
       

 

 

 
          34,455,125   
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 1.7%

       

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (a)

     10,547           2,147,264   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

     15,300           612,459   

BlackRock, Inc.-Class A

     6,820           2,448,926   

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.

     383,000           3,083,185   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     1,200           226,092   

Morgan Stanley

     9,900           348,282   

Partners Group Holding AG

     1,000           287,027   

UBS Group AG (a)

     181,029           3,250,559   
       

 

 

 
          12,403,794   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 1.2%

       

Capital One Financial Corp.

     41,000           3,411,200   

Discover Financial Services

     35,100           2,300,805   

Muthoot Finance Ltd.

     208,465           658,770   

Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd.

     81,778           1,427,263   

SLM Corp.

     152,700           1,478,136   
       

 

 

 
          9,276,174   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.2%

       

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.-Class B (a)

     10,700           1,590,983   

Cerved Information Solutions SpA (a)

     168,282           887,628   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Friends Life Group Ltd.

     132,090           760,961   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

     9,292           2,099,899   

ORIX Corp.

     150,300           1,986,546   

Voya Financial, Inc.

     38,200           1,599,816   
       

 

 

 
          8,925,833   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 4.0%

       

Admiral Group PLC

     104,260           2,017,070   

AIA Group Ltd.

     699,400           4,032,566   

Allstate Corp. (The)

     44,900           3,059,935   

American Financial Group, Inc./OH

     23,500           1,419,165   

American International Group, Inc.

     45,400           2,487,920   

AON PLC

     19,900           1,840,551   

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

     10,500           464,415   

Assurant, Inc.

     20,200           1,365,318   

Aviva PLC

     29,537           234,917   

BB Seguridade Participacoes SA

     143,400           1,870,362   

Chubb Corp. (The)

     7,728           796,370   

Lancashire Holdings Ltd.

     6,052           51,047   

Lincoln National Corp.

     20,000           1,132,600   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen

     9,410           1,936,384   

PartnerRe Ltd.

     18,300           2,132,133   

Progressive Corp. (The)

     9,400           256,056   

Prudential PLC

     130,290           3,144,713   

Suncorp Group Ltd.

     40,343           491,707   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     8,900           929,605   

Unum Group

     4,900           162,778   

XL Group PLC

     10,100           358,752   
       

 

 

 
          30,184,364   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 1.0%

       

Ayala Land, Inc.

     1,065,700           805,194   

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.

     128,000           382,870   

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.

     18,500           2,094,357   

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     1,248,000           2,506,381   

Lend Lease Group

     78,790           1,026,441   

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

     6,000           135,178   

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

     5,000           144,649   
       

 

 

 
          7,095,070   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.4%

       

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd.

     145,170           2,700,609   

LIC Housing Finance Ltd.

     80,967           552,113   
       

 

 

 
          3,252,722   
       

 

 

 
          105,593,082   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 12.0%

       

Auto Components - 1.2%

       

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.

     23,000           822,409   

Bridgestone Corp.

     21,700           746,200   

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin-Class B

     14,908           1,370,658   

GKN PLC

     125,430           675,252   

Lear Corp.

     7,400           709,734   

Magna International, Inc. (New York)-Class A

     11,800           1,270,270   

Plastic Omnium SA

     24,070           628,761   

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     96,900           1,261,142   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a)

     2,100           217,140   

Valeo SA

     12,940           1,592,026   
       

 

 

 
          9,293,592   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 1.4%

       

Ford Motor Co.

     165,368           2,601,239   

Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd.-Class H

     193,500           977,979   

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

     60,000           1,814,280   

Hyundai Motor Co.

     3,030           486,787   

Tata Motors Ltd.

     88,020           749,436   

Tata Motors Ltd.2-Class A

     33,520           182,349   

Toyota Motor Corp.

     49,100           3,018,643   

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     3,140           723,264   
       

 

 

 
          10,553,977   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.6%

       

Estacio Participacoes SA

     177,900           1,927,746   

Kroton Educacional SA

     321,600           2,240,379   
       

 

 

 
          4,168,125   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.3%

       

Ajisen China Holdings Ltd.

     539,000           389,671   

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

     136,000           931,134   

Melco International Development Ltd.

     633,000           1,499,107   

Merlin Entertainments PLC (b)

     122,572           723,738   

Sands China Ltd.

     160,800           960,765   

Sodexo SA

     11,370           1,146,845   

Starbucks Corp.

     45,310           3,679,625   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     6,780           523,755   
       

 

 

 
          9,854,640   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.1%

       

PulteGroup, Inc.

     25,030           541,399   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.7%

       

Just Eat PLC (a)

     157,992           863,495   

Priceline Group, Inc. (The) (a)

     2,978           3,455,046   

Vipshop Holdings Ltd. (ADR) (a)

     51,200           1,170,432   
       

 

 

 
          5,488,973   
       

 

 

 

Leisure Products - 0.3%

       

Polaris Industries, Inc.

     14,393           2,255,527   
       

 

 

 

Media - 2.5%

       

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     65,174           3,717,525   

CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA

     17,690           546,834   

Liberty Global PLC-Class A (a)

     11,267           585,772   

Liberty Global PLC-Series C (a)

     59,290           2,959,757   

Naspers Ltd.-Class N

     28,410           3,676,886   

Smiles SA

     9,800           178,957   

Time Warner, Inc.

     28,801           2,451,541   

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.-Class A

     37,400           1,376,320   

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     30,518           2,823,220   
       

 

 

 
          18,316,812   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Multiline Retail - 0.4%

       

B&M European Value Retail SA (a)

     232,081           969,535   

Dillard’s, Inc.-Class A

     3,800           447,944   

Dollar General Corp. (a)

     24,600           1,641,804   

Matahari Department Store Tbk PT

     184,000           226,202   
       

 

 

 
          3,285,485   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 2.3%

       

Foot Locker, Inc.

     29,600           1,695,784   

GameStop Corp.-Class A

     39,100           1,478,371   

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     39,660           3,942,204   

Kingfisher PLC

     109,790           535,646   

L’Occitane International SA

     152,000           389,249   

Mr. Price Group Ltd.

     22,290           474,960   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     9,670           1,767,096   

Office Depot, Inc. (a)

     309,300           2,050,659   

Shimamura Co., Ltd.

     5,700           476,750   

Sports Direct International PLC (a)

     170,758           1,758,547   

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (a)

     11,863           1,500,551   

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd.

     239,500           788,084   
       

 

 

 
          16,857,901   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.2%

       

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     25,225           2,369,413   

Eclat Textile Co., Ltd.

     65,160           648,981   

Global Brands Group Holding Ltd. (a)

     1,354,000           302,043   

Hugo Boss AG

     7,824           1,028,493   

Kering

     2,170           448,152   

NIKE, Inc.-Class B

     31,959           3,173,209   

Ralph Lauren Corp.

     3,720           687,828   

Samsonite International SA

     153,000           509,243   

Titan Co., Ltd.

     23,030           137,712   
       

 

 

 
          9,305,074   
       

 

 

 
          89,921,505   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 10.6%

       

Communications Equipment - 0.6%

       

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

     119,400           1,350,414   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     34,600           956,344   

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

     9,759           1,260,765   

Harris Corp.

     12,675           908,417   
       

 

 

 
          4,475,940   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.3%

       

Amphenol Corp.-Class A

     36,805           1,973,852   

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)

     4,000           233,760   
       

 

 

 
          2,207,612   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 2.2%

       

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (ADR) (a)

     14,464           1,614,761   

Baidu, Inc. (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     12,658           3,102,602   

Facebook, Inc.-Class A (a)

     38,360           2,980,572   

Google, Inc.-Class A (a)

     5,585           3,066,612   

Google, Inc.-Class C (a)

     5,675           3,074,885   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

LinkedIn Corp.-Class A (a)

     5,210           1,178,867   

Telecity Group PLC

     121,598           1,540,066   
       

 

 

 
          16,558,365   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 1.4%

       

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

     21,800           593,178   

HCL Technologies Ltd.

     12,210           327,862   

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

     13,430           571,914   

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     25,203           6,507,162   

Xerox Corp.

     161,200           2,250,352   
       

 

 

 
          10,250,468   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.1%

       

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.

     678,000           822,345   

Altera Corp.

     39,040           1,468,685   

Applied Materials, Inc.

     59,800           1,438,190   

Intel Corp.

     83,100           3,095,475   

Linear Technology Corp.

     28,379           1,306,285   

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

     22,300           801,685   

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

     155,000           874,651   

NVIDIA Corp.

     10,700           224,379   

NXP Semiconductor NV (a)

     18,745           1,458,548   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     1,720           1,992,752   

Sumco Corp.

     61,200           783,479   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     144,000           662,601   

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

     9,000           627,227   
       

 

 

 
          15,556,302   
       

 

 

 

Software - 1.6%

       

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

     35,062           2,928,378   

Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)

     25,510           962,748   

Dassault Systemes

     3,760           245,576   

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     40,200           1,765,986   

Microsoft Corp.

     81,000           3,872,610   

NetSuite, Inc. (a)

     10,836           1,145,907   

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)

     15,912           1,017,732   
       

 

 

 
          11,938,937   
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 2.4%

       

Apple, Inc.

     93,644           11,137,081   

Asustek Computer, Inc.

     82,000           893,194   

Casetek Holdings Ltd.

     125,000           771,579   

Catcher Technology Co., Ltd.

     189,000           1,596,605   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     100,100           3,909,906   
       

 

 

 
          18,308,365   
       

 

 

 
          79,295,989   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 8.7%

       

Biotechnology - 1.8%

       

Actelion Ltd. (REG) (a)

     17,354           2,057,689   

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

     13,930           4,286,122   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     70,644           7,087,006   
       

 

 

 
          13,430,817   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.4%

       

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

     5,335           303,562   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

     5,724           2,963,715   
       

 

 

 
          3,267,277   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 1.9%

       

Aetna, Inc.

     23,900           2,085,036   

Catamaran Corp. (a)

     8,110           409,720   

Express Scripts Holding Co. (a)

     11,400           947,910   

McKesson Corp.

     7,130           1,502,719   

Premier, Inc.-Class A (a)

     18,231           620,219   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     55,569           5,480,770   

WellPoint, Inc.

     25,500           3,261,705   
       

 

 

 
          14,308,079   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.8%

       

Eurofins Scientific SE

     10,076           2,445,289   

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)

     4,169           1,222,601   

Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (a)

     32,757           1,894,010   
       

 

 

 
          5,561,900   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 3.8%

       

Allergan, Inc./United States

     26,311           5,627,660   

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     85,100           1,224,475   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     116,020           2,691,576   

Johnson & Johnson

     48,800           5,282,600   

Lupin Ltd.

     1,441           34,325   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     56,900           3,436,760   

Novo Nordisk A/S-Class B

     23,112           1,051,969   

Pfizer, Inc.

     154,200           4,803,330   

Roche Holding AG

     8,920           2,669,224   

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     113,080           1,527,784   
       

 

 

 
          28,349,703   
       

 

 

 
          64,917,776   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 8.0%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 1.4%

       

Airbus Group NV

     37,130           2,261,836   

Boeing Co. (The)

     21,596           2,901,639   

General Dynamics Corp.

     4,900           712,264   

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

     11,332           1,411,967   

MTU Aero Engines AG

     3,050           271,745   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     3,800           535,534   

Precision Castparts Corp.

     5,260           1,251,354   

Safran SA

     17,620           1,139,562   

Zodiac Aerospace

     4,340           143,878   
       

 

 

 
          10,629,779   
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.1%

       

Royal Mail PLC

     124,334           811,166   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.6%

       

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     57,500           2,683,525   

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (a)

     174,940           1,247,172   

Qantas Airways Ltd. (a)

     462,056           753,869   
       

 

 

 
          4,684,566   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.7%

       

Babcock International Group PLC

     160,784           2,848,457   

Edenred

     75,492           2,175,885   
       

 

 

 
          5,024,342   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.0%

       

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

     7,630           200,922   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.4%

       

Amara Raja Batteries Ltd.

     31,940           383,516   

AMETEK, Inc.

     48,846           2,489,192   
       

 

 

 
          2,872,708   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.2%

       

Alliance Global Group, Inc.

     365,400           201,494   

Bidvest Group Ltd. (The)

     22,860           603,642   

Danaher Corp.

     47,218           3,945,536   

General Electric Co.

     99,400           2,633,106   

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.

     29,000           363,179   

Toshiba Corp.

     247,000           1,099,022   
       

 

 

 
          8,845,979   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.4%

       

Caterpillar, Inc.

     13,000           1,307,800   

Dover Corp.

     15,700           1,208,743   

ITT Corp.

     29,300           1,213,020   

JTEKT Corp.

     73,400           1,217,927   

Pall Corp.

     25,920           2,491,171   

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

     4,200           541,926   

Wabtec Corp./DE

     28,520           2,523,735   
       

 

 

 
          10,504,322   
       

 

 

 

Marine - 0.2%

       

AP Moeller-Maersk A/S-Class B

     225           469,302   

Nippon Yusen KK

     335,000           945,693   
       

 

 

 
          1,414,995   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 1.5%

       

51job, Inc. (ADR) (a)

     8,578           315,241   

Applus Services SA (a)

     64,570           789,368   

Bureau Veritas SA

     99,149           2,363,198   

Capita PLC

     237,309           3,961,603   

Intertek Group PLC

     85,352           3,109,705   

Teleperformance

     5,120           357,477   
       

 

 

 
          10,896,592   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.2%

       

Canadian National Railway Co.

     6,320           448,950   

Central Japan Railway Co.

     6,500           944,105   

Globaltrans Investment PLC (Sponsored GDR) (b)

     53,541           374,787   
       

 

 

 
          1,767,842   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.3%

       

Brenntag AG

     10,540           580,263   

Bunzl PLC

     30,200           841,259   

Mitsubishi Corp.

     35,000           661,436   
       

 

 

 
          2,082,958   
       

 

 

 
          59,736,171   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 5.7%

       

Beverages - 0.8%

       

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

     12,200           380,268   

Molson Coors Brewing Co.-Class B

     2,200           170,170   

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

     46,677           5,234,825   
       

 

 

 
          5,785,263   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 2.1%

       

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     19,050           2,707,386   

CVS Health Corp.

     78,980           7,215,613   

Koninklijke Ahold NV

     89,600           1,581,573   

Kroger Co. (The)

     27,793           1,663,133   

Lenta Ltd. (GDR) (a)(b)

     102,922           804,850   

Magnit PJSC (Sponsored GDR) (b)

     10,364           599,557   

Olam International Ltd.

     581,105           962,456   

Tsuruha Holdings, Inc.

     5,000           281,855   
       

 

 

 
          15,816,423   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.7%

       

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     9,300           489,924   

Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The) (a)

     8,750           990,675   

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

     8,180           1,162,705   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.-Class A

     20,309           2,108,887   
       

 

 

 
          4,752,191   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.1%

       

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     10,300           931,429   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.2%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     16,590           1,229,983   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 1.8%

       

British American Tobacco PLC

     67,326           3,980,792   

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

     25,281           1,167,038   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

     118,400           3,795,387   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     54,107           4,703,522   
       

 

 

 
          13,646,739   
       

 

 

 
          42,162,028   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 4.3%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.9%

       

Aker Solutions ASA (a)(b)

     54,300           325,857   

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

     41,650           1,989,620   

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

     7,600           528,580   

Nabors Industries Ltd.

     21,200           278,144   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     6,161           413,033   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     37,082           3,187,198   
       

 

 

 
          6,722,432   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.4%

       

BG Group PLC

     114,690           1,610,796   

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

     17,460           579,608   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

     10,700           216,782   

Chevron Corp.

     20,300           2,210,061   

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.-Class H

     782,400           633,339   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     55,100           4,988,754   

Hess Corp.

     35,000           2,552,550   

JX Holdings, Inc.

     391,000           1,454,881   

LUKOIL OAO (London) (Sponsored ADR)

     9,630           440,572   

LUKOIL OAO (Sponsored ADR)

     2,230           103,802   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     7,000           630,630   

Murphy Oil Corp.

     20,900           1,011,978   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     29,400           2,345,238   

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Sponsored ADR)

     81,840           835,586   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Euronext Amsterdam)-Class A

     36,710           1,221,745   

SM Energy Co.

     1,431           62,177   

Suncor Energy, Inc. (Toronto)

     16,560           522,940   

Total SA

     31,840           1,776,743   

Valero Energy Corp.

     40,800           1,983,288   
       

 

 

 
          25,181,470   
       

 

 

 
          31,903,902   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 2.3%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.2%

       

AT&T, Inc.

     59,600           2,108,648   

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd.

     225,053           398,219   

CenturyLink, Inc.

     8,600           350,622   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     35,300           1,887,635   

Orange SA

     122,280           2,154,869   

Telecom Italia SpA (savings shares)

     1,294,801           1,147,072   

Vivendi SA (a)

     29,769           757,043   
       

 

 

 
          8,804,108   
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 1.1%

       

China Mobile Ltd.

     86,500           1,067,210   

Rogers Communications, Inc.-Class B

     9,490           379,849   

SoftBank Corp.

     41,900           2,791,367   

Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk PT

     805,500           622,365   

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (a)

     118,590           751,617   

Vodafone Group PLC

     481,027           1,760,709   

Vodafone Group PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     35,600           1,301,180   
       

 

 

 
          8,674,297   
       

 

 

 
          17,478,405   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 2.1%

       

Chemicals - 1.7%

       

Arkema SA

     12,220           831,326   

BASF SE

     4,300           389,693   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     1,000           268,150   

Chr Hansen Holding A/S

     19,060           805,786   

Denki Kagaku Kogyo KK

     139,000           474,694   

Eastman Chemical Co.

     16,500           1,368,180   

Essentra PLC

     234,577           2,761,623   

IMCD Group NV (a)

     6,685           193,971   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

JSR Corp.

     76,900           1,375,287   

Koninklijke DSM NV

     18,047           1,186,435   

LyondellBasell Industries NV-Class A

     16,400           1,293,304   

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.

     116,000           663,783   

Monsanto Co.

     9,289           1,113,844   
       

 

 

 
          12,726,076   
       

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.0%

       

Grasim Industries Ltd. (GDR) (b)

     5,041           287,992   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.3%

       

Barrick Gold Corp.

     38,040           450,426   

Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd.

     39,000           322,825   

Rio Tinto PLC

     17,710           823,208   

Tata Steel Ltd.

     69,900           531,586   
       

 

 

 
          2,128,045   
       

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.1%

       

Mondi PLC

     46,604           795,438   
       

 

 

 
          15,937,551   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 1.9%

       

Electric Utilities - 0.9%

       

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     21,600           1,243,080   

Edison International

     34,600           2,199,176   

EDP-Energias de Portugal SA

     132,230           542,427   

Electricite de France SA

     26,310           787,529   

Enel SpA

     146,770           708,010   

Westar Energy, Inc.

     22,900           895,161   
       

 

 

 
          6,375,383   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.4%

       

Atmos Energy Corp.

     21,400           1,149,180   

UGI Corp.

     46,050           1,736,545   
       

 

 

 
          2,885,725   
       

 

 

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.4%

       

APR Energy PLC

     115,952           547,491   

Calpine Corp. (a)

     75,472           1,732,837   

NRG Energy, Inc.

     30,300           947,178   
       

 

 

 
          3,227,506   
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.1%

       

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

     8,700           208,278   

DTE Energy Co.

     2,800           228,088   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     8,000           334,240   
       

 

 

 
          770,606   
       

 

 

 

Water Utilities - 0.1%

       

Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo

     72,200           538,877   
       

 

 

 
          13,798,097   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $411,419,334)

          520,744,506   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 27.3%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts - 27.3% (c)

       

AB Cap Fund-Multi-Manager
Alternative Strategies Fund Class Z (a)

     5,939,220           60,164,294   

AB Pooling Portfolio-Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio

     4,140,854           32,257,256   

AB Pooling Portfolio-Volatility Management Portfolio

     8,902,634           111,817,080   
       

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(cost $189,800,677)

          204,238,630   
       

 

 

 

WARRANTS - 0.1%

       

Industrials - 0.1%

       

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.1%

       

John Keells Holdings PLC, Deutsche Bank AG,
expiring 7/05/19 (a)

     136,040           250,272   
       

 

 

 

Financials - 0.0%

       

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.0%

       

Emaar Properties PJSC, Merrill Lynch Intl & Co.,
expiring 10/01/15 (a)

     52,195           155,605   
       

 

 

 

Total Warrants
(cost $321,454)

          405,877   
       

 

 

 

RIGHTS - 0.0%

       

Materials - 0.0%

       

Chemicals - 0.0%

       

Arkema SA, expiring 12/03/14 (a)
(cost $0)

     12,220           35,951   
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.7%

       

Investment Companies - 2.7%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc.-Government STIF
Portfolio, 0.08% (c)(d)
(cost $20,403,282)

     20,403,246           20,403,282   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 99.8%
(cost $621,944,747) (e)

          745,828,246   

Other assets less liabilities - 0.2% (f)

          1,149,833   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 746,978,079   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
November 30,
2014
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

Euro STOXX 50 Index Futures

     4         December 2014       $ 158,880       $ 161,350       $ 2,470   

FTSE 100 Index Futures

     3         December 2014         316,942         315,415         (1,527

TOPIX Index Futures

     3         December 2014         328,106         356,442         28,336   
              

 

 

 
               $ 29,279   
              

 

 

 


FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver

(000)
     In Exchange
For

(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC

     USD         1,116         SEK         8,255         2/18/15       $ (8,867

BNP Paribas SA

     GBP         1,899         USD         3,058         2/18/15         93,338   

BNP Paribas SA

     JPY         254,865         USD         2,212         2/18/15         62,874   

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         3,572         AUD         4,135         2/18/15         (72,740

Citibank

     USD         3,296         CHF         3,194         2/18/15         12,866   

Citibank

     USD         1,117         SEK         8,247         2/18/15         (10,407

Credit Suisse International

     USD         3,166         CAD         3,569         2/18/15         (50,594

Deutsche Bank AG

     GBP         4,606         USD         7,292         2/18/15         101,118   

Deutsche Bank AG

     USD         7,374         CAD         8,390         2/18/15         (50,480

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     JPY         761,805         USD         6,681         2/18/15         257,325   

HSBC Bank USA

     JPY         691,132         USD         6,032         2/18/15         204,291   

JPMorgan Chase Bank

     GBP         1,314         USD         2,080         2/18/15         28,813   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     USD         1,444         EUR         1,151         2/18/15         (11,610

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     EUR         2,092         USD         2,629         2/18/15         26,740   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         2,246         CHF         2,153         2/18/15         (15,715

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         2,615         NZD         3,422         2/18/15         49,096   

Standard Chartered Bank

     USD         2,857         SGD         3,693         2/18/15         (26,030

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     CHF         3,025         USD         3,141         2/18/15         7,890   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     EUR         3,822         USD         4,745         2/18/15         (9,661

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     GBP         1,231         USD         1,929         2/18/15         6,870   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     HKD         34,139         USD         4,403         2/18/15         1,525   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     HKD         2,257         USD         291         2/18/15         (24

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     JPY         644,177         USD         5,636         2/18/15         204,452   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     NOK         1,829         USD         269         2/18/15         9,339   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         587         AUD         688         2/18/15         (4,883

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         560         CAD         635         2/18/15         (5,654

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         1,456         CHF         1,410         2/18/15         4,476   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         1,195         GBP         763         2/18/15         (4,258

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         530         NOK         3,636         2/18/15         (12,796

UBS AG

     USD         497         CAD         570         2/18/15         60   
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 787,354   
                 

 

 

 

 

(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 November 30, 2014, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $3,116,781 or 0.4% of net assets.


(c) To obtain a copy of the fund’s financial statements, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AllianceBernstein at (800) 227-4618.
(d) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(e) As of November 30, 2014, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $140,816,644 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(16,933,145), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $123,883,499.
(f) An amount of U.S.$42,802 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at November 30, 2014.

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
NOK    -    Norwegian Krone
NZD    -    New Zealand Dollar
SEK    -    Swedish Krona
SGD    -    Singapore Dollar
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
FTSE    -    Financial Times Stock Exchange
GDR    -    Global Depositary Receipt
NVDR    -    Non Voting Depositary Receipt
PJSC    -    Public Joint Stock Company
REG    -    Registered Shares
TOPIX    -    Tokyo Price Index


AB Wealth Strategies

Tax-Managed Wealth Appreciation

November 30, 2014 (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.

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.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Strategy’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of November 30, 2014:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stock:

        

Financials

   $ 58,604,359      $ 46,988,723      $ – 0  –    $ 105,593,082   

Consumer Discretionary

     54,625,621        35,295,884        – 0  –      89,921,505   

Information Technology

     68,158,052        11,137,937        – 0  –      79,295,989   

Health Care

     51,215,445        13,702,331        – 0  –      64,917,776   

Industrials

     29,346,967        30,389,204        – 0  –      59,736,171   

Consumer Staples

     30,975,115        11,186,913        – 0  –      42,162,028   

Energy

     25,102,596        6,801,306        – 0  –      31,903,902   

Telecommunication Services

     4,140,299        13,338,106        – 0  –      17,478,405   

Materials

     4,975,867        10,961,684        – 0  –      15,937,551   

Utilities

     11,212,640        2,585,457        – 0  –      13,798,097   

Investment Companies

     204,238,630        – 0  –      – 0  –      204,238,630   

Warrants

     – 0  –      405,877        – 0  –      405,877   

Rights

     35,951        – 0  –      – 0  –      35,951   

Short-Term Investments

     20,403,282        – 0  –      – 0  –      20,403,282   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     563,034,824        182,793,422        – 0  –      745,828,246   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Futures

     – 0  –      30,806        – 0  –      30,806   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      1,071,073        – 0  –      1,071,073   

Liabilities:

        

Futures

     – 0  –      (1,527     – 0  –      (1,527

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (283,719     – 0  –      (283,719
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $     563,034,824      $     183,610,055      $             – 0  –    $     746,644,879   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, 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 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).


AB Wealth Strategies

Tax-Managed Balanced Wealth

Portfolio of Investments

November 30, 2014 (unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS - 52.6%

       

Long-Term Municipal Bonds - 51.8%

       

Alabama - 4.1%

       

Alabama Pub Sch & Clg Auth

       

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 5/01/18

   $ 2,040         $ 2,323,295   

Birmingham AL Wtrwks Brd

       

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 1/01/25

     3,980           4,618,034   
       

 

 

 
          6,941,329   
       

 

 

 

Arizona - 1.6%

       

Arizona Trnsp Brd Hwy

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 7/01/25

     2,100           2,475,123   

Industrial Development Authority of the County of Pima (The)

(Global Water Resources LLC)

       

Series 2006

       

5.45%, 12/01/17

     200           204,208   
       

 

 

 
          2,679,331   
       

 

 

 

California - 4.7%

       

California Dept Wtr Res Pwr

       

Series 2010L

       

5.00%, 5/01/20

     1,905           2,279,828   

California Econ Recovery

(California Econ Rec Spl Tax)

       

Series 2009A

       

5.00%, 7/01/19 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     2,450           2,885,022   

California GO

       

Series 2005

       

5.00%, 3/01/16

     2,225           2,354,784   

City of Los Angeles Department of Airports

(Los Angeles Intl Airport)

       

Series 2010D

       

5.00%, 5/15/23

     365           434,138   
       

 

 

 
          7,953,772   
       

 

 

 

Colorado - 2.1%

       

Denver CO City & Cnty Arpt

(Denver Intl Airport)

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 11/15/27

     1,220           1,367,596   

PV Water & Sanitation Metropolitan District

       

Series 2006

       

Zero Coupon, 12/15/17 (a)(b)

     710           248,500   

Regional Transportation District COP

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 6/01/29

     1,475           1,682,886   

Todd Creek Village Metropolitan District No 1

       

Series 2004

       

5.60%, 12/01/14 (a)

     260           130,000   
       

 

 

 
          3,428,982   
       

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Connecticut - 3.8%

       

Connecticut GO

       

Series 2014C

       

5.00%, 6/15/17

     3,275           3,632,368   

Connecticut Spl Tax Obl

(Connecticut Trnsp Prog Spl Tax)

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 1/01/27

     2,390           2,799,742   
       

 

 

 
          6,432,110   
       

 

 

 

District of Columbia - 0.8%

       

District of Columbia GO

       

AMBAC Series 2007B

       

5.25%, 6/01/18

     1,200           1,380,072   
       

 

 

 

Florida - 4.8%

       

Citizens Ppty Ins Corp. FL

       

NATL Series 2007A

       

5.00%, 3/01/15-3/01/16

     4,000           4,180,630   

Heritage Plantation CDD FL

       

Series 2006B

       

5.10%, 11/01/13 (a)(b)

     105           37,800   

Miami Dade Cnty FL Spl Tax

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 10/01/25

     560           655,480   

Overoaks Community Development District

       

Series 2004B

       

5.125%, 5/01/09 (a)(c)

     25           12,500   

Series 2010A-1

       

6.125%, 5/01/35 (a)

     15           15,192   

Series 2010A-2

       

6.125%, 5/01/35 (a)

     35           35,085   

Series 2010B

       

5.125%, 5/01/17 (a)

     50           50,183   

Parkway Center Community Development District

       

Series 2004B

       

7.00%, 5/01/23

     85           85,111   

Sarasota Cnty FL Sch Brd COP

       

Series 2010B

       

5.00%, 7/01/22

     1,165           1,355,932   

Tampa Bay Reg Wtr Supply Auth FL

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 10/01/23

     1,380           1,637,149   

Villages of Westport Community Development District

       

Series 2005A

       

5.125%, 5/01/15 (a)(b)(d)

     80           24,928   
       

 

 

 
          8,089,990   
       

 

 

 

Georgia - 1.4%

       

Atlanta GA Arpt

(Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt)

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 1/01/28

     1,980           2,323,530   
       

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Hawaii - 1.8%

       

Hawaii GO

       

Series 2013E

       

5.00%, 8/01/16

     485           522,233   

State of Hawaii

       

Series 2013E

       

5.00%, 8/01/15

     2,465           2,543,954   
       

 

 

 
          3,066,187   
       

 

 

 

Illinois - 1.0%

       

Illinois GO

       

NATL Series 2007

       

5.00%, 4/01/15

     785           796,445   

Illinois Toll Hwy Auth

       

Series 2013B

       

5.00%, 12/01/18

     305           354,608   

State of Illinois

       

Series 2013

       

5.00%, 7/01/22

     315           352,652   

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 4/01/20

     75           83,939   
       

 

 

 
          1,587,644   
       

 

 

 

Indiana - 1.4%

       

Indiana Bond Bank Gas

(JPMorgan Chase)

       

Series 2007A

       

5.25%, 10/15/19

     1,945           2,254,313   

Indiana Finance Authority

(I-69 Development Partners LLC)

       

Series 2014

       

5.25%, 9/01/29

     145           162,609   
       

 

 

 
          2,416,922   
       

 

 

 

Massachusetts - 1.0%

       

Massachusetts School Building Authority

       

AGM Series 2005A

       

5.00%, 8/15/15 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,690           1,747,071   
       

 

 

 

Michigan - 1.6%

       

Michigan Finance Auth

(Michigan Unemployment)

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 7/01/19

     955           1,115,240   

Michigan Finance Authority

(City of Detroit MI Sewage Disposal System Revenue)

       

AGM Series 2014C

       

5.00%, 7/01/28

     325           365,781   

Michigan Finance Authority

(City of Detroit MI Water Supply System Revenue)

       

AGM Series 2014D2

       

5.00%, 7/01/28

     1,000           1,125,480   
       

 

 

 
          2,606,501   
       

 

 

 

Minnesota - 0.3%

       

Minneapolis Special School District No 1 COP

       

Series 2013D

       

5.00%, 2/01/16

     460           484,541   
       

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Nebraska - 0.1%

       

Douglas County Hospital Authority No 2

(Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital)

       

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 5/15/21

     155           179,549   
       

 

 

 

New Jersey - 3.4%

       

New Jersey EDA

(NYNJ Link LLC)

       

Series 2013

       

5.25%, 1/01/25

     1,195           1,387,670   

New Jersey State Turnpike Authority

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 1/01/29

     1,870           2,175,913   

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 6/15/18

     700           782,467   

New Jersey Trnsp Trust Fd Auth

(New Jersey Trnsp Trust Fund)

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 6/15/20

     1,140           1,298,426   
       

 

 

 
          5,644,476   
       

 

 

 

New York - 4.9%

       

Metropolitan Trnsp Auth NY

       

Series 2012C

       

5.00%, 11/15/23

     460           549,392   

New York City Transitional Finance Authority

Future Tax Secured Revenue

       

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 11/01/15-11/01/26

     2,780           3,233,408   

5.00%, 11/01/15 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     95           99,157   

New York NY GO

       

Series 2012G

       

5.00%, 4/01/16

     870           923,897   

New York St Dormitory Auth

(New York Dorm Facs)

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 7/01/26

     205           242,779   

New York State Thruway Authority

(New York State Thruway Authority Gen Toll Road)

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 5/01/19

     425           490,025   

Triborough Brdg & Tunl Auth NY

       

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 11/15/26

     1,000           1,180,010   

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority

       

Series 2013B

       

5.00%, 11/15/20

     1,215           1,450,844   
       

 

 

 
          8,169,512   
       

 

 

 

North Carolina - 2.0%

       

North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency

       

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 1/01/21

     150           174,047   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

State of North Carolina

       

Series 2010B

       

5.00%, 6/01/17

     2,450           2,718,446   

State of North Carolina

(State of North Carolina Lease)

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 5/01/16

     385           409,894   
       

 

 

 
          3,302,387   
       

 

 

 

Ohio - 0.0%

       

Columbiana County Port Authority

(ELS Transportation LLC)

       

Series 2004A

       

7.00%, 8/01/21 (a)(b)

     32           12,800   
       

 

 

 

Pennsylvania - 0.0%

       

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development

(LLPCS Foundation)

       

Series 2005A

       

4.60%, 7/01/15 (a)

     55           51,350   
       

 

 

 

Texas - 6.9%

       

Grand Parkway Trnsp Corp. TX

       

Series 2014A

       

3.00%, 12/15/16

     1,710           1,795,671   

Houston TX Arpt Sys

       

Series 2009A

       

5.00%, 7/01/21-7/01/22

     2,815           3,199,621   

Houston TX GO

       

NATL Series 2007A

       

5.00%, 3/01/15

     3,300           3,338,346   

Texas A & M Univ

       

Series 2009D

       

5.00%, 5/15/18

     2,765           3,160,395   
       

 

 

 
          11,494,033   
       

 

 

 

Utah - 0.9%

       

Utah GO

       

Series 2010C

       

5.00%, 7/01/17

     1,345           1,498,357   
       

 

 

 

Virginia - 0.9%

       

Virginia Trnsp Brd

(Virginia Fed Hwy Grant)

       

Series 2013

       

5.00%, 3/15/16

     1,370           1,452,227   
       

 

 

 

Washington - 2.3%

       

Chelan Cnty WA PUD #1

       

Series 2011B

       

5.50%, 7/01/24

     1,815           2,143,333   

King Cnty WA GO

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 6/01/15

     380           389,143   

Washington Fed Hwy Grant

       

Series 2012F

       

5.00%, 9/01/16

     700           755,531   

Series 2012F-1

       

5.00%, 9/01/22

     535           639,432   
       

 

 

 
          3,927,439   
       

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Municipal Bonds
(cost $83,315,913)

          86,870,112   
       

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Short-Term Municipal Notes - 0.8%

       

Alaska - 0.8%

       

City of Valdez AK

(Exxon Mobil Corp.)

       

Series 1993A

       

0.05%, 12/01/33 (e)

     200           200,000   

0.04%, 12/01/33 (e)

     1,100           1,100,000   
       

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Municipal Notes
(cost $1,300,000)

          1,300,000   
       

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations
(cost $84,615,913)

          88,170,112   
       

 

 

 
      Shares           

COMMON STOCKS - 26.8%

       

Financials - 5.4%

       

Banks - 1.7%

       

Axis Bank Ltd.

     7,250           56,175   

Bank Hapoalim BM

     8,520           42,554   

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT

     43,000           37,146   

Bank of America Corp.

     22,500           383,400   

Bank of Baroda

     2,970           52,011   

Bank of Montreal

     620           45,468   

Bank of Nova Scotia (The)

     700           43,157   

Bank of Queensland Ltd.

     2,150           22,488   

Citigroup, Inc.

     2,500           134,925   

Comerica, Inc.

     1,700           79,237   

Danske Bank A/S

     4,590           130,283   

Fifth Third Bancorp

     1,200           24,144   

HDFC Bank Ltd.

     5,950           91,347   

HSBC Holdings PLC

     16,050           159,709   

ICICI Bank Ltd.

     2,110           59,425   

ING Groep NV (c)

     6,714           98,155   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

     23,150           71,250   

Itausa - Investimentos Itau SA (Preference Shares)

     11,000           44,790   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     4,200           252,672   

Kasikornbank PCL (NVDR)

     7,900           59,435   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     18,000           103,668   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     650           56,855   

Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.

     1,240           55,450   

Societe Generale SA

     2,605           129,288   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

     1,900           71,336   

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)

     1,680           84,654   

UniCredit SpA

     23,290           172,022   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     6,900           375,912   
       

 

 

 
          2,936,956   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Capital Markets - 0.6%

       

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (c)

     918           186,896   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

     2,100           84,063   

BlackRock, Inc.-Class A

     590           211,857   

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.

     33,000           265,653   

Partners Group Holding AG

     80           22,962   

UBS Group AG (c)

     15,943           286,273   
       

 

 

 
          1,057,704   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.4%

       

Capital One Financial Corp.

     3,500           291,200   

Discover Financial Services

     2,400           157,320   

Muthoot Finance Ltd.

     18,170           57,419   

Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd.

     7,110           124,090   

SLM Corp.

     11,800           114,224   
       

 

 

 
          744,253   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.5%

       

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.-Class B (c)

     950           141,256   

Cerved Information Solutions SpA (c)

     16,085           84,843   

Friends Life Group Ltd.

     8,870           51,099   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

     830           187,572   

ORIX Corp.

     12,800           169,180   

Voya Financial, Inc.

     3,400           142,392   
       

 

 

 
          776,342   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 1.6%

       

ACE Ltd.

     425           48,595   

Admiral Group PLC

     8,640           167,154   

AIA Group Ltd.

     57,800           333,261   

Allstate Corp. (The)

     4,000           272,600   

American Financial Group, Inc./OH

     1,800           108,702   

American International Group, Inc.

     4,050           221,940   

AON PLC

     1,650           152,608   

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

     950           42,019   

Assurant, Inc.

     1,800           121,662   

Aviva PLC

     2,452           19,501   

BB Seguridade Participacoes SA

     11,700           152,603   

Chubb Corp. (The)

     681           70,177   

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

     1,200           85,536   

Lancashire Holdings Ltd.

     1,127           9,506   

Lincoln National Corp.

     1,750           99,102   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen

     810           166,681   

PartnerRe Ltd.

     1,400           163,114   

Progressive Corp. (The)

     850           23,154   

Prudential PLC

     10,510           253,672   

Suncorp Group Ltd.

     3,580           43,634   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     1,100           114,895   

Unum Group

     550           18,271   
       

 

 

 
          2,688,387   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.4%

       

Ayala Land, Inc.

     93,900           70,946   

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.

     12,000           35,894   

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.

     1,600           181,134   

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     107,000           214,890   

Lend Lease Group

     4,720           61,490   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

     1,000           22,530   

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

     1,000           28,930   
       

 

 

 
          615,814   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.2%

       

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd.

     12,820           238,491   

LIC Housing Finance Ltd.

     7,570           51,620   
       

 

 

 
          290,111   
       

 

 

 
          9,109,567   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 4.6%

       

Auto Components - 0.4%

       

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.

     1,900           67,938   

Bridgestone Corp.

     1,900           65,336   

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin-Class B

     1,278           117,501   

GKN PLC

     10,720           57,711   

Lear Corp.

     850           81,523   

Plastic Omnium SA

     1,940           50,677   

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     8,800           114,531   

Valeo SA

     1,096           134,842   
       

 

 

 
          690,059   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 0.5%

       

Ford Motor Co.

     12,600           198,198   

Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd.-Class H

     16,000           80,866   

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

     5,200           157,238   

Hyundai Motor Co.

     330           53,016   

Tata Motors Ltd.

     7,380           62,836   

Tata Motors Ltd.-Class A

     2,910           15,830   

Toyota Motor Corp.

     4,300           264,362   

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     270           62,192   
       

 

 

 
          894,538   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.2%

       

Estacio Participacoes SA

     14,100           152,789   

Kroton Educacional SA

     26,600           185,305   
       

 

 

 
          338,094   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.5%

       

Ajisen China Holdings Ltd.

     46,000           33,256   

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

     11,000           75,312   

Melco International Development Ltd.

     54,000           127,886   

Merlin Entertainments PLC (f)

     8,967           52,946   

Sands China Ltd.

     12,800           76,479   

Sodexo SA

     910           91,788   

Starbucks Corp.

     4,060           329,713   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     540           41,715   
       

 

 

 
          829,095   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.1%

       

PulteGroup, Inc.

     5,800           125,454   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.3%

       

Just Eat PLC (c)

     12,977           70,925   

Priceline Group, Inc. (The) (c)

     268           310,931   

Vipshop Holdings Ltd. (ADR) (c)

     4,140           94,640   
       

 

 

 
          476,496   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Leisure Products - 0.1%

       

Polaris Industries, Inc.

     1,237           193,850   
       

 

 

 

Media - 0.9%

       

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     5,878           335,281   

CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA

     1,400           43,277   

Liberty Global PLC-Class A (c)

     1,079           56,098   

Liberty Global PLC-Series C (c)

     5,312           265,175   

Naspers Ltd.-Class N

     2,420           313,202   

Time Warner, Inc.

     2,476           210,757   

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.-Class A

     3,200           117,760   

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     2,632           243,486   
       

 

 

 
          1,585,036   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.2%

       

B&M European Value Retail SA (c)

     19,515           81,525   

Dillard’s, Inc.-Class A

     500           58,940   

Dollar General Corp. (c)

     2,300           153,502   

Matahari Department Store Tbk PT

     16,000           19,670   
       

 

 

 
          313,637   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 0.9%

       

Foot Locker, Inc.

     2,600           148,954   

GameStop Corp.-Class A

     3,500           132,335   

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     3,550           352,870   

Kingfisher PLC

     9,240           45,080   

L’Occitane International SA

     13,250           33,931   

Mr. Price Group Ltd.

     1,630           34,733   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (c)

     900           164,466   

Office Depot, Inc. (c)

     26,600           176,358   

Shimamura Co., Ltd.

     600           50,184   

Sports Direct International PLC (c)

     13,372           137,711   

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (c)

     1,061           134,206   

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd.

     19,200           63,179   
       

 

 

 
          1,474,007   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.5%

       

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     2,015           189,271   

Eclat Textile Co., Ltd.

     6,080           60,556   

Global Brands Group Holding Ltd. (c)

     118,000           26,323   

Hugo Boss AG

     590           77,558   

Kering

     170           35,109   

NIKE, Inc.-Class B

     2,856           283,572   

Ralph Lauren Corp.

     340           62,866   

Samsonite International SA

     13,600           45,266   

Titan Co., Ltd.

     1,370           8,192   
       

 

 

 
          788,713   
       

 

 

 
          7,708,979   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 4.2%

       

Communications Equipment - 0.2%

       

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

     10,600           119,886   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     1,000           27,640   

F5 Networks, Inc. (c)

     840           108,520   

Harris Corp.

     1,117           80,055   
       

 

 

 
          336,101   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.1%

       

Amphenol Corp.-Class A

     3,163           169,632   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 0.9%

       

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (ADR) (c)

     1,219           136,089   

Baidu, Inc. (Sponsored ADR) (c)

     1,049           257,120   

Facebook, Inc.-Class A (c)

     3,430           266,511   

Google, Inc.-Class A (c)

     482           264,657   

Google, Inc.-Class C (c)

     492           266,580   

LinkedIn Corp.-Class A (c)

     470           106,347   

Telecity Group PLC

     9,488           120,168   
       

 

 

 
          1,417,472   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.5%

       

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

     2,200           59,862   

HCL Technologies Ltd.

     1,090           29,269   

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

     780           33,216   

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     2,255           582,218   

Xerox Corp.

     12,800           178,688   
       

 

 

 
          883,253   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.9%

       

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.

     56,000           67,922   

Altera Corp.

     3,480           130,918   

Applied Materials, Inc.

     5,700           137,085   

Intel Corp.

     8,300           309,175   

Lam Research Corp.

     1,100           90,904   

Linear Technology Corp.

     2,540           116,916   

Micron Technology, Inc. (c)

     1,600           57,520   

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

     14,000           79,001   

NXP Semiconductor NV (c)

     1,698           132,121   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     150           173,787   

Sumco Corp.

     5,500           70,411   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     13,000           59,818   

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

     700           48,784   
       

 

 

 
          1,474,362   
       

 

 

 

Software - 0.6%

       

ANSYS, Inc. (c)

     3,096           258,578   

Aspen Technology, Inc. (c)

     2,280           86,047   

Dassault Systemes

     290           18,941   

Electronic Arts, Inc. (c)

     3,500           153,755   

Microsoft Corp.

     7,200           344,232   

NetSuite, Inc. (c)

     969           102,472   

ServiceNow, Inc. (c)

     1,433           91,654   
       

 

 

 
          1,055,679   
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.0%

       

Apple, Inc.

     9,097           1,081,906   

Asustek Computer, Inc.

     7,000           76,249   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Casetek Holdings Ltd.

     10,000           61,726   

Catcher Technology Co., Ltd.

     14,000           118,267   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     8,300           324,198   
       

 

 

 
          1,662,346   
       

 

 

 
          6,998,845   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 3.3%

       

Biotechnology - 0.7%

       

Actelion Ltd. (REG) (c)

     1,500           177,857   

Biogen Idec, Inc. (c)

     1,200           369,228   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (c)

     5,695           571,322   
       

 

 

 
          1,118,407   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.2%

       

Align Technology, Inc. (c)

     566           32,206   

Covidien PLC

     850           85,850   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (c)

     525           271,829   
       

 

 

 
          389,885   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.8%

       

Aetna, Inc.

     2,100           183,204   

Catamaran Corp. (c)

     670           33,849   

Express Scripts Holding Co. (c)

     1,100           91,465   

McKesson Corp.

     640           134,886   

Premier, Inc.-Class A (c)

     1,994           67,836   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     5,357           528,361   

WellPoint, Inc.

     2,000           255,820   
       

 

 

 
          1,295,421   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.3%

       

Eurofins Scientific SE

     856           207,738   

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (c)

     373           109,386   

Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (c)

     2,970           171,725   
       

 

 

 
          488,849   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 1.3%

       

Allergan, Inc./United States

     2,333           499,005   

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     7,400           106,476   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     9,770           226,657   

Johnson & Johnson

     3,200           346,400   

Lupin Ltd.

     420           10,005   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     3,300           199,320   

Novo Nordisk A/S-Class B

     1,920           87,391   

Pfizer, Inc.

     13,700           426,755   

Roche Holding AG

     750           224,430   

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     9,990           134,971   
       

 

 

 
          2,261,410   
       

 

 

 
          5,553,972   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 3.0%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 0.5%

       

Airbus Group NV

     3,300           201,025   

Boeing Co. (The)

     1,950           262,002   

General Dynamics Corp.

     425           61,778   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

     125           15,575   

MTU Aero Engines AG

     260           23,165   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     700           98,651   

Precision Castparts Corp.

     477           113,478   

Safran SA

     1,530           98,952   

Zodiac Aerospace

     335           11,106   
       

 

 

 
          885,732   
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.1%

       

Royal Mail PLC

     10,920           71,243   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.2%

       

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     5,100           238,017   

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (c)

     13,290           94,746   

Qantas Airways Ltd. (c)

     33,100           54,005   
       

 

 

 
          386,768   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.3%

       

Babcock International Group PLC

     12,970           229,777   

Edenred

     6,004           173,052   
       

 

 

 
          402,829   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.0%

       

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

     690           18,170   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.2%

       

Amara Raja Batteries Ltd.

     2,900           34,821   

AMETEK, Inc.

     4,406           224,530   
       

 

 

 
          259,351   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.4%

       

Alliance Global Group, Inc.

     37,500           20,679   

Bidvest Group Ltd. (The)

     2,030           53,604   

Danaher Corp.

     4,186           349,782   

General Electric Co.

     5,900           156,291   

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.

     3,000           37,570   

Toshiba Corp.

     23,000           102,338   
       

 

 

 
          720,264   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.5%

       

Caterpillar, Inc.

     1,200           120,720   

Dover Corp.

     1,400           107,786   

ITT Corp.

     2,400           99,360   

JTEKT Corp.

     6,400           106,195   

Pall Corp.

     2,320           222,975   

Wabtec Corp./DE

     2,550           225,650   
       

 

 

 
          882,686   
       

 

 

 

Marine - 0.1%

       

AP Moeller-Maersk A/S-Class B

     22           45,887   

Nippon Yusen KK

     31,000           87,512   
       

 

 

 
          133,399   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.5%

       

51job, Inc. (ADR) (c)

     476           17,493   

Applus Services SA (c)

     5,094           62,274   

Bureau Veritas SA

     8,232           196,209   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Capita PLC

     19,298           322,158   

Intertek Group PLC

     6,896           251,248   

Teleperformance

     310           21,644   
       

 

 

 
          871,026   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.1%

       

Canadian National Railway Co.

     510           36,229   

Central Japan Railway Co.

     600           87,148   

Globaltrans Investment PLC (Sponsored GDR) (f)

     4,740           33,180   
       

 

 

 
          156,557   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.1%

       

Brenntag AG

     820           45,144   

Bunzl PLC

     2,390           66,576   

Mitsubishi Corp.

     2,700           51,025   
       

 

 

 
          162,745   
       

 

 

 
          4,950,770   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 2.2%

       

Beverages - 0.3%

       

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

     1,100           34,287   

Molson Coors Brewing Co.-Class B

     200           15,470   

Monster Beverage Corp. (c)

     4,328           485,385   
       

 

 

 
          535,142   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.8%

       

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     1,730           245,868   

CVS Health Corp.

     6,860           626,730   

Koninklijke Ahold NV

     7,282           128,538   

Kroger Co. (The)

     2,600           155,584   

Lenta Ltd. (GDR) (c)(f)

     9,091           71,092   

Magnit PJSC (Sponsored GDR) (f)

     880           50,908   

Olam International Ltd.

     51,136           84,694   

Tsuruha Holdings, Inc.

     400           22,548   
       

 

 

 
          1,385,962   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.3%

       

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     850           44,778   

Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The) (c)

     800           90,576   

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

     710           100,919   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.-Class A

     1,745           181,201   
       

 

 

 
          417,474   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.0%

       

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     900           81,387   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.1%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     1,430           106,020   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.7%

       

British American Tobacco PLC

     5,475           323,721   

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

     2,210           102,019   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

     10,300           330,173   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     4,889           425,001   
       

 

 

 
          1,180,914   
       

 

 

 
          3,706,899   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 1.7%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.4%

       

Aker Solutions ASA (c)(f)

     5,430           32,586   

Baker Hughes, Inc.

     300           17,100   

FMC Technologies, Inc. (c)

     3,730           178,182   

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

     175           12,171   

Nabors Industries Ltd.

     3,700           48,544   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     400           26,816   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     3,286           282,432   
       

 

 

 
          597,831   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 1.3%

       

BG Group PLC

     10,090           141,712   

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

     1,450           48,135   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

     1,100           22,286   

Chevron Corp.

     1,200           130,644   

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.-Class H

     63,000           50,997   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     5,600           507,024   

Hess Corp.

     2,900           211,497   

JX Holdings, Inc.

     34,000           126,511   

LUKOIL OAO (London) (Sponsored ADR)

     850           38,887   

LUKOIL OAO (Sponsored ADR)

     160           7,448   

Marathon Oil Corp.

     475           13,737   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     950           85,585   

Murphy Oil Corp.

     1,900           91,998   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     2,500           199,425   

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Sponsored ADR)

     4,670           47,681   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Euronext Amsterdam)-Class A

     3,018           100,442   

SM Energy Co.

     400           17,380   

Suncor Energy, Inc. (Toronto)

     1,400           44,210   

Total SA

     2,770           154,572   

Valero Energy Corp.

     3,500           170,135   
       

 

 

 
          2,210,306   
       

 

 

 
          2,808,137   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 0.9%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.5%

       

AT&T, Inc.

     6,700           237,046   

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd.

     18,048           31,935   

CenturyLink, Inc.

     750           30,578   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     2,800           149,727   

Orange SA

     9,780           172,347   

Telecom Italia SpA (savings shares)

     110,360           97,769   

Vivendi SA (c)

     2,600           66,119   
       

 

 

 
          785,521   
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.4%

       

China Mobile Ltd.

     7,500           92,533   

Rogers Communications, Inc.-Class B

     780           31,220   

SoftBank Corp.

     3,600           239,831   

Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk PT

     67,000           51,767   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (c)

     9,300           58,943   

Vodafone Group PLC

     40,608           148,638   

Vodafone Group PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     3,200           116,960   
       

 

 

 
          739,892   
       

 

 

 
          1,525,413   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 0.8%

       

Chemicals - 0.7%

       

Arkema SA

     950           64,628   

BASF SE

     370           33,531   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     100           26,815   

Chr Hansen Holding A/S

     1,560           65,951   

Denki Kagaku Kogyo KK

     13,000           44,396   

Eastman Chemical Co.

     1,250           103,650   

Essentra PLC

     19,386           228,227   

IMCD Group NV (c)

     616           17,874   

JSR Corp.

     6,300           112,670   

Koninklijke DSM NV

     1,520           99,927   

LyondellBasell Industries NV-Class A

     1,700           134,062   

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.

     11,000           62,945   

Monsanto Co.

     824           98,806   
       

 

 

 
          1,093,482   
       

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.0%

       

Grasim Industries Ltd. (GDR) (f)

     371           21,195   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.1%

       

Alcoa, Inc.

     1,600           27,664   

Barrick Gold Corp.

     3,100           36,707   

Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd.

     4,000           33,110   

Rio Tinto PLC

     1,520           70,654   

Tata Steel Ltd.

     5,890           44,793   
       

 

 

 
          212,928   
       

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.0%

       

Mondi PLC

     3,610           61,616   
       

 

 

 
          1,389,221   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 0.7%

       

Electric Utilities - 0.3%

       

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     1,900           109,345   

Edison International

     2,700           171,612   

EDP-Energias de Portugal SA

     11,210           45,985   

Electricite de France SA

     2,230           66,750   

Enel SpA

     13,200           63,676   

Westar Energy, Inc.

     2,000           78,180   
       

 

 

 
          535,548   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.1%

       

Atmos Energy Corp.

     700           37,590   

UGI Corp.

     4,050           152,725   
       

 

 

 
          190,315   
       

 

 

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.2%

       

APR Energy PLC

     8,855           41,811   

Calpine Corp. (c)

     5,900           135,464   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

NRG Energy, Inc.

     2,800           87,528   
       

 

 

 
          264,803   
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.1%

       

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

     3,500           83,790   

CMS Energy Corp.

     1,700           56,270   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     700           29,246   
       

 

 

 
          169,306   
       

 

 

 

Water Utilities - 0.0%

       

Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo

     6,300           47,021   
       

 

 

 
          1,206,993   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $35,267,606)

          44,958,796   
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 19.1%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts - 19.1%

       

AB Cap Fund-Multi-Manager Alternative Strategies Fund Class Z (c)(g)

     959,128           9,715,963   

AB Pooling Portfolio-Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio (g)

     597,682           4,655,945   

AB Pooling Portfolio-Volatility Management Portfolio (g)

     1,403,732           17,630,878   
       

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(cost $29,801,392)

          32,002,786   
       

 

 

 

WARRANTS - 0.0%

       

Financials - 0.0%

       

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.0%

       

Emaar Properties PJSC, Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 9/24/15 (c)

     8,689           25,904   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 0.0%

       

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.0%

       

John Keells Holdings PLC, Deutsche Bank AG, expiring 7/05/19 (c)

     8,869           16,316   
       

 

 

 

Total Warrants
(cost $24,711)

          42,220   
       

 

 

 

RIGHTS - 0.0%

       

Materials - 0.0%

       

Chemicals - 0.0%

       

Arkema SA, expiring 12/03/14 (c)
(cost $0)

     1,050           3,089   
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.1%

       

Investment Companies - 1.1%

       

AB Fixed-Income Shares, Inc.-Government STIF Portfolio, 0.08% (g)(h)
(cost $1,780,509)

     1,780,509           1,780,509   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares      U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments - 99.6%
(cost $151,490,131) (i)

        $ 166,957,512   

Other assets less liabilities - 0.4% (j)

          719,193   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 167,676,705   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
November 30,
2014
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Long Future

              

Purchased Contracts

              

Euro STOXX 50 Index Futures

     1         December 2014       $ 38,151       $ 40,338       $ 2,187   

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts  to
Deliver

(000)
     In  Exchange
For

(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Citibank

   USD      98       SEK      725         2/18/15       $ (915

Deutsche Bank AG

   GBP      423       USD      670         2/18/15         9,286   

Deutsche Bank AG

   USD      653       CAD      743         2/18/15         (4,470

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   JPY      51,713       USD      456         2/18/15         20,258   

HSBC Bank USA

   JPY      61,164       USD      534         2/18/15         18,080   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   CHF      271       USD      282         2/18/15         808   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   EUR      198       USD      249         2/18/15         2,451   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   EUR      333       USD      413         2/18/15         (842

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   GBP      396       USD      630         2/18/15         12,156   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   HKD      3,487       USD      450         2/18/15         156   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   JPY      96,648       USD      840         2/18/15         24,881   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   NOK      198       USD      29         2/18/15         608   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      373       AUD      433         2/18/15         (6,867

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      311       CAD      350         2/18/15         (4,997

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      33       CAD      38         2/18/15         17   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      199       CHF      191         2/18/15         (1,394

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      409       CHF      396         2/18/15         1,554   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      134       EUR      107         2/18/15         (942

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      166       GBP      106         2/18/15         (592

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      63       NOK      433         2/18/15         (1,524

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      224       NZD      293         2/18/15         3,654   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      97       SEK      719         2/18/15         (841

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      244       SGD      315         2/18/15       $ (2,255
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 68,270   
                 

 

 

 


INFLATION (CPI) SWAPS

 

                         Rate Type        

Swap Counterparty

   Notional
Amount
(000)
     Termination
Date
     Payments
made by
the

Fund
    Payments
received
by the
Fund
    Market
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Bank of America, NA

   $ 900         3/04/24         2.493     CPI   $ (39,691   $ (500   $ (39,191

Bank of America, NA

     600         7/09/24         2.613     CPI     (32,925     – 0  –      (32,925

Barclays Bank PLC

     2,000         1/31/19         2.385     CPI     (107,963     – 0  –      (107,963

Barclays Bank PLC

     1,800         1/31/27         2.628     CPI     (147,403     – 0  –      (147,403

Citibank

     450         8/26/20         2.298     CPI     (12,859     – 0  –      (12,859

Citibank

     300         5/24/23         2.533     CPI     (17,210     – 0  –      (17,210

Goldman Sachs International

     6,000         1/31/15         1.990     CPI     (88,964     – 0  –      (88,964

Goldman Sachs International

     1,400         1/31/22         2.515     CPI     (88,017     – 0  –      (88,017

Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC

     250         4/16/23         2.690     CPI     (18,587     – 0  –      (18,587
            

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
             $ (553,619   $ (500   $ (553,119
            

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

# 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) Non-income producing security.
(d) Fair valued by the Adviser.
(e) Variable Rate Demand Notes are instruments whose interest rates change on a specific date (such as coupon date or interest payment date) or whose interest rates vary with changes in a designated base rate (such as the prime interest rate). This instrument is payable on demand and is secured by letters of credit or other credit support agreements from major banks.
(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 November 30, 2014, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $261,907 or 0.2% of net assets.
(g) To obtain a copy of the fund’s financial statements, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AllianceBernstein at (800) 227-4618.
(h) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(i) As of November 30, 2014, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $17,754,650 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(2,287,269), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $15,467,381.
(j) An amount of U.S. $3,733 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at November 30, 2014.


As of November 30, 2014, the Strategy held 52.8% of its total investments in municipal bonds. Of the total investments in municipal bonds, 14.7% is insured (13.5% 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
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
EDA    -    Economic Development Agency
ETM    -    Escrowed to Maturity
GDR    -    Global Depositary Receipt
GO    -    General Obligation
NATL    -    National Interstate Corporation
NVDR    -    Non Voting Depositary Receipt
PJSC    -    Public Joint Stock Company
PUD    -    Public Utility District
REG    -    Registered Shares


AB Wealth Strategies

Tax-Managed Balanced Wealth

November 30, 2014 (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 November 30, 2014:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Municipal Obligations

   $ – 0  –    $ 87,262,455      $ 907,657      $ 88,170,112   

Common Stock:

        

Financials

     5,090,170        4,019,397        – 0  –      9,109,567   

Consumer Discretionary

     4,741,923        2,967,056        – 0  –      7,708,979   

Information Technology

     6,074,502        924,343        – 0  –      6,998,845   

Health Care

     4,378,447        1,175,525        – 0  –      5,553,972   

Industrials

     2,405,141        2,545,629        – 0  –      4,950,770   

Consumer Staples

     2,765,613        941,286        – 0  –      3,706,899   

Energy

     2,226,455        581,682        – 0  –      2,808,137   

Telecommunication Services

     415,804        1,109,609        – 0  –      1,525,413   

Materials

     466,773        922,448        – 0  –      1,389,221   

Utilities

     988,771        218,222        – 0  –      1,206,993   

Investment Companies

     32,002,786        – 0  –      – 0  –      32,002,786   

Warrants

     – 0  –      42,220        – 0  –      42,220   

Rights

     3,089        – 0  –      – 0  –      3,089   

Short-Term Investments

     1,780,509        – 0  –      – 0  –      1,780,509   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     63,339,983        102,709,872        907,657        166,957,512   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Futures

     – 0  –      2,187        – 0  –      2,187   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      93,909        – 0  –      93,909   

Liabilities:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (25,639     – 0  –      (25,639

Inflation (CPI) Swaps

     – 0  –      (553,119     – 0  –      (553,119
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     63,339,983      $     102,227,210      $     907,657      $     166,474,850   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
^ There were de minimis transfers under 1% 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
    Total  

Balance as of 8/31/14

   $ 940,771      $ 940,771   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     693        693   

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     11,193        11,193   

Purchases

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Sales

     (45,000     (45,000

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 11/30/14

   $     907,657      $     907,657   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 11/30/14

   $ 11,193      $ 11,193   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

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).


AB Tax-Managed Conservative Wealth Strategy

Portfolio of Investments

November 30, 2014 (unaudited)

 

    

Principal
Amount
(000)

      

U.S. $ Value

 

MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS - 67.1%

       

Long-Term Municipal Bonds - 67.1%

       

Alaska - 1.4%

       

Anchorage AK GO

       

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 8/01/15

   $ 775         $ 799,932   
       

 

 

 

Arizona -1.4%

       

Arizona Department of Transportation State Highway Fund Revenue

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 7/01/24

     675           798,761   
       

 

 

 

Arkansas - 0.3%

       

State of Arkansas

       

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 10/01/16 (a)

     140           151,636   
       

 

 

 

California - 0.6%

       

California GO

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 9/01/20

     270           322,148   
       

 

 

 

Colorado - 3.8%

       

City & County of Denver Co. Airport System Revenue

(Denver Intl Airport)

       

Series 2011A

       

5.25%, 11/15/18

     500           579,570   

Denver CO City & Cnty Wtr Commr

       

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 12/15/15

     800           839,960   

Denver CO Urban Renewal Auth

(Stapleton)

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 12/01/16-12/01/21

     415           457,220   

Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District

       

AMBAC Series 2007J

       

5.00%, 12/01/14

     230           230,000   
       

 

 

 
          2,106,750   
       

 

 

 

Connecticut - 0.1%

       

Connecticut GO

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 3/01/30

     70           82,214   
       

 

 

 

District of Columbia - 0.5%

       

Metro Washington Arpt Auth VA

       

Series 2010B

       

5.00%, 10/01/16

     275           296,962   
       

 

 

 

Florida - 8.0%

       

Broward Cnty FL Arpt Sys

(Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Intl Arpt FL)

       

Series 2012Q

       

5.00%, 10/01/24

     205           239,479   

Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 6/01/22

     110           129,676   


    

Principal
Amount
(000)

      

U.S. $ Value

 

City of Jacksonville FL

(City of Jacksonville FL Lease)

       

Series 2010A-1

       

5.00%, 10/01/19

     1,140           1,331,497   

County of Miami-Dade FL Aviation Revenue

(Miami-Dade Intl Airport)

       

Series 2012A

       

4.00%, 10/01/15

     375           386,333   

Florida Dept Envrn Protn FL Forever

(Florida Documentary Stamp Tax)

       

Series 2008B

       

5.25%, 7/01/16-7/01/17

     910           995,904   

Florida GO

       

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 7/01/17

     550           611,209   

Florida State Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corp.

       

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 7/01/16 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     300           321,831   

Miami Beach Health Facilities Authority

(Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc.)

       

Series 2012

       

3.00%, 11/15/15

     200           204,828   

Orlando & Orange Cnty Expwy Auth FL

       

Series 2013B

       

5.00%, 7/01/22

     155           184,780   
       

 

 

 
          4,405,537   
       

 

 

 

Georgia - 3.4%

       

Fulton Cnty GA Dev Auth

(Robert W. Woodruff Arts Ctr)

       

Series 2009B

       

5.25%, 3/15/24

     305           343,616   

Georgia Mun Elec Auth

       

Series 2008A

       

5.25%, 1/01/17

     190           208,050   

Main Street Natural Gas, Inc.

(JPMorgan Chase & Co.)

       

Series 2007A

       

5.00%, 3/15/17

     385           417,667   

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia

       

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 1/01/18

     555           624,819   

State of Georgia

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 7/01/16

     265           284,414   
       

 

 

 
          1,878,566   
       

 

 

 

Illinois - 2.8%

       

Illinois Finance Auth

(Illinois Unemployment)

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 12/15/15

     300           314,922   

State of Illinois

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 8/01/15-8/01/23

     335           358,745   

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 5/01/22-5/01/28

     160           176,352   


    

Principal
Amount
(000)

      

U.S. $ Value

 

State of Illinois Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 6/15/16

     385           412,231   

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 6/15/19

     255           261,395   
       

 

 

 
          1,523,645   
       

 

 

 

Indiana - 1.0%

       

County of Jasper IN

(Northern Indiana Public Service Co.)

       

NATL Series 1988B

       

5.60%, 11/01/16

     75           81,230   

Indiana Bond Bank Gas

(JP Morgan Chase)

       

Series 2007A

       

5.25%, 10/15/20

     150           176,675   

Indiana Finance Auth

(Indiana SRF)

       

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 2/01/27

     275           321,029   
       

 

 

 
          578,934   
       

 

 

 

Kentucky - 1.0%

       

Kentucky Asset Liability Comm

(Kentucky Fed Hwy Grant)

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 9/01/25

     440           528,687   
       

 

 

 

Louisiana - 0.9%

       

City of New Orleans LA

       

NATL Series 2005

       

5.25%, 12/01/20

     450           469,337   
       

 

 

 

Massachusetts - 1.6%

       

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

       

AGM Series 2006C

       

2.538%, 11/01/19 (b)

     300           316,443   

Massachusetts Hlth & Ed Facs Auth

(Caregroup, Inc.)

       

Series 2008E-2

       

5.00%, 7/01/16

     540           577,341   
       

 

 

 
          893,784   
       

 

 

 

Michigan - 2.6%

       

City of Detroit MI Sewage Disposal System Revenue

       

AGM Series 2006D

       

0.757%, 7/01/32 (c)

     410           346,553   

Michigan Fin Auth (Michigan Unemployment)

       

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 7/01/20

     915           1,066,752   
       

 

 

 
          1,413,305   
       

 

 

 


    

Principal
Amount
(000)

      

U.S. $ Value

 

Missouri - 2.3%

       

City of St Louis MO Airport Revenue

(Lambert-St Louis Intl Airport)

       

NATL Series 2005

       

5.50%, 7/01/16

     375           403,376   

Springfield Public Utilities Board

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 12/01/14

     850           850,000   
       

 

 

 
          1,253,376   
       

 

 

 

Nevada - 2.5%

       

Nevada Hwy Motor Veh Fuel Tax

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 12/01/16

     325           353,785   

Nevada Unemployment

       

Series 2013

       

5.00%, 12/01/16

     685           747,677   

State of Nevada

       

Series 2008C

       

5.00%, 6/01/15

     260           266,243   
       

 

 

 
          1,367,705   
       

 

 

 

New Jersey - 1.1%

       

New Jersey Economic Development Authority

(New Jersey Cigarette Tax)

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 6/15/16

     330           350,661   

New Jersey EDA

(New Jersey Lease Trnsp Pj)

       

Series 2008A

       

5.00%, 5/01/17

     250           271,760   
       

 

 

 
          622,421   
       

 

 

 

New York - 8.2%

       

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

       

Series 2012F

       

5.00%, 11/15/23-11/15/26

     475           561,358   

New York NY GO

       

Series 2008C

       

5.25%, 8/01/17

     160           179,114   

New York St Dormitory Auth

(New York St Lease CUNY)

       

Series 2008B

       

5.00%, 7/01/16

     150           160,965   

New York St Dormitory Auth

(New York St Lease Svc Contract)

       

Series 2009A

       

5.00%, 7/01/18

     1,000           1,137,960   

New York St Thruway Auth

(New York St Pers Income Tax)

       

Series 2008A

       

5.00%, 3/15/18

     270           306,391   

New York St Thruway Auth

(New York St Thruway Auth Ded Tax)

       

Series 2008B

       

5.00%, 4/01/16

     280           297,385   


    

Principal
Amount
(000)

      

U.S. $ Value

 

New York State Dormitory Authority

(State of New York Pers Income Tax)

       

Series 2009A

       

5.00%, 3/15/17

     385           423,912   

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 2/15/20

     355           419,262   

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 2/15/28

     190           224,703   

New York State Thruway Authority

(New York State Thruway Authority Gen Toll Road)

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 5/01/19

     165           190,245   

New York State Urban Development Corp.

(State of New York Pers Income Tax)

       

Series 2013C

       

5.00%, 3/15/16

     480           509,001   

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

       

Series 20131

       

5.00%, 12/01/28

     120           137,879   
       

 

 

 
          4,548,175   
       

 

 

 

North Carolina - 0.5%

       

State of North Carolina

       

Series 2013E

       

5.00%, 5/01/16

     240           255,907   
       

 

 

 

Ohio - 2.8%

       

Cleveland OH Arpt Sys

       

AMBAC Series 2006A

       

5.00%, 1/01/16

     490           513,069   

County of Cuyahoga OH

(County of Cuyahoga OH Lease)

       

Series 2010F

       

5.25%, 12/01/25

     285           327,525   

Ohio GO

       

Series 2009C

       

5.00%, 8/01/16

     680           731,612   
       

 

 

 
          1,572,206   
       

 

 

 

Pennsylvania - 3.3%

       

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority

(Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Unemployment)

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 7/01/17

     220           244,543   

Pennsylvania IDA

(Pennsylvania IDA Econ Dev)

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 7/01/15

     655           672,914   

Philadelphia PA Parking Auth

(Philadelphia Airport Parking)

       

Series 2009

       

5.125%, 9/01/22

     800           906,201   
       

 

 

 
          1,823,658   
       

 

 

 


    

Principal
Amount
(000)

      

U.S. $ Value

 

Rhode Island - 1.2%

       

Rhode Island Higher Ed Svgs Tr

(Rhode Island DOT Fed Hwy Grant)

       

AGC Series 2009A

       

5.25%, 6/15/18

     600           679,140   
       

 

 

 

Texas - 9.2%

       

City of Houston TX Combined Utility System Revenue

       

Series 2014C

       

5.00%, 5/15/28

     160           191,101   

City Public Service Board of San Antonio TX

       

Series 2012B

       

2.00%, 12/01/27

     635           645,262   

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 2/01/17

     70           76,698   

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

       

Series 2009A

       

5.00%, 11/01/15

     1,010           1,053,632   

Denton Independent School District

       

Series 2012A

       

2.125%, 8/01/42

     180           182,095   

Houston Independent School District

       

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 2/15/17 (a)

     755           828,711   

SA Energy Acq Pub Fac Corp. Gas

(Goldman Sachs Group, Inc./The)

       

Series 2007

       

5.50%, 8/01/22

     460           543,347   

San Antonio TX Util Drainage Sys

       

Series 2013

       

5.00%, 2/01/27

     135           158,899   

San Antonio TX Wtr

       

NATL Series 2007

       

5.50%, 5/15/16

     680           730,606   

Spring TX ISD GO

       

Series 2011

       

5.00%, 8/15/24

     600           699,660   
       

 

 

 
          5,110,011   
       

 

 

 

Virginia - 1.8%

       

County of Fairfax VA

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 4/01/17

     580           640,465   

Virginia Trnsp Brd

(Virginia Fed Hwy Grant)

       

Series 2013

       

5.00%, 3/15/16

     310           328,606   
       

 

 

 
          969,071   
       

 

 

 

Washington - 3.3%

       

City of Seattle WA

       

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 5/01/16

     335           357,154   

Energy Northwest

(Bonneville Power Administration)

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 7/01/19

     620           723,428   


    

Principal
Amount
(000)

      

U.S. $ Value

 

State of Washington

       

Series 2011R

       

5.00%, 7/01/17

     650           721,981   
       

 

 

 
          1,802,563   
       

 

 

 

Wisconsin - 1.5%

       

State of Wisconsin

       

Series 20143

       

5.00%, 11/01/21

     190           229,341   

Series 2014B

       

5.00%, 5/01/16

     575           611,760   
       

 

 

 
          841,101   
       

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations
(cost $35,896,920)

          37,095,532   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

COMMON STOCKS - 18.1%

       

Financials - 3.7%

       

Banks - 1.2%

       

Axis Bank Ltd.

     1,670           12,940   

Bank Hapoalim BM

     2,070           10,339   

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT

     10,500           9,070   

Bank of America Corp.

     5,000           85,200   

Bank of Baroda

     660           11,558   

Bank of Montreal

     140           10,267   

Bank of Nova Scotia (The)

     160           9,864   

Bank of Queensland Ltd.

     490           5,125   

Citigroup, Inc.

     500           26,985   

Comerica, Inc.

     375           17,479   

Danske Bank A/S

     1,090           30,939   

Fifth Third Bancorp

     350           7,042   

HDFC Bank Ltd.

     1,310           20,112   

HSBC Holdings PLC

     3,500           34,827   

ICICI Bank Ltd.

     480           13,518   

ING Groep NV (d)

     1,520           22,222   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

     5,250           16,158   

Itausa-Investimentos Itau SA (Preference Shares)

     2,500           10,179   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     750           45,120   

Kasikornbank PCL (NVDR)

     1,800           13,542   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     3,900           22,461   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     100           8,747   

Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.

     260           11,627   

Societe Generale SA

     629           31,218   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

     500           18,773   

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)

     380           19,148   

UniCredit SpA

     5,610           41,436   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     1,500           81,720   
       

 

 

 
          647,616   
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 0.4%

       

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (d)

     207           42,143   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

     450           18,013   

BlackRock, Inc.-Class A

     133           47,758   


Company

  

Shares

      

U.S. $ Value

 

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.

     7,000           56,351   

Partners Group Holding AG

     20           5,741   

State Street Corp.

     100           7,673   

UBS Group AG

     3,478           62,451   
       

 

 

 
          240,130   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.3%

       

Capital One Financial Corp.

     750           62,400   

Discover Financial Services

     575           37,691   

Muthoot Finance Ltd.

     4,250           13,431   

Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd.

     1,630           28,448   

SLM Corp.

     2,600           25,168   
       

 

 

 
          167,138   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.3%

       

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.-Class B (d)

     200           29,738   

Cerved Information Solutions SpA (d)

     2,788           14,706   

Friends Life Group Ltd.

     2,210           12,732   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

     181           40,904   

ORIX Corp.

     2,900           38,330   

Voya Financial, Inc.

     850           35,598   
       

 

 

 
          172,008   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 1.1%

       

ACE Ltd.

     100           11,434   

Admiral Group PLC

     2,002           38,732   

AIA Group Ltd.

     13,200           76,108   

Allstate Corp. (The)

     850           57,927   

American Financial Group, Inc./OH

     550           33,214   

American International Group, Inc.

     875           47,950   

AON PLC

     350           32,372   

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

     200           8,846   

Assurant, Inc.

     450           30,416   

Aviva PLC

     1,250           9,942   

BB Seguridade Participacoes SA

     2,700           35,216   

Chubb Corp. (The)

     144           14,839   

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

     125           8,910   

Lancashire Holdings Ltd.

     905           7,633   

Lincoln National Corp.

     400           22,652   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen

     185           38,069   

PartnerRe Ltd.

     275           32,040   

Progressive Corp. (The)

     175           4,767   

Prudential PLC

     2,430           58,651   

Suncorp Group Ltd.

     820           9,994   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     175           18,279   

Unum Group

     125           4,153   
       

 

 

 
          602,144   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.3%

       

Ayala Land, Inc.

     21,600           16,320   

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.

     2,000           5,982   

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.

     400           45,283   

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     24,000           48,200   

Lend Lease Group

     1,120           14,591   
       

 

 

 
          130,376   
       

 

 

 


Company

  

Shares

      

U.S. $ Value

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.1%

       

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd.

     2,830           52,647   

LIC Housing Finance Ltd.

     1,660           11,319   
       

 

 

 
          63,966   
       

 

 

 
          2,023,378   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 3.1%

       

Auto Components - 0.3%

       

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.

     500           17,879   

Bridgestone Corp.

     400           13,755   

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin-Class B

     272           25,008   

GKN PLC

     2,460           13,243   

Lear Corp.

     345           33,089   

Plastic Omnium SA

     490           12,800   

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     1,900           24,728   

Valeo SA

     250           30,758   
       

 

 

 
          171,260   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 0.4%

       

Ford Motor Co.

     3,000           47,190   

Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd.-Class H

     4,000           20,217   

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

     1,200           36,285   

Hyundai Motor Co.

     60           9,639   

Tata Motors Ltd.

     1,710           14,560   

Tata Motors Ltd.2-Class A

     670           3,645   

Toyota Motor Corp.

     1,000           61,479   

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     58           13,360   
       

 

 

 
          206,375   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.1%

       

Estacio Participacoes SA

     3,300           35,759   

Kroton Educacional SA

     6,200           43,191   
       

 

 

 
          78,950   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.3%

       

Ajisen China Holdings Ltd.

     11,000           7,952   

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

     3,000           20,540   

Melco International Development Ltd.

     12,000           28,419   

Merlin Entertainments PLC (e)

     2,080           12,282   

Sands China Ltd.

     2,800           16,730   

Sodexo SA

     220           22,190   

Starbucks Corp.

     869           70,572   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     125           9,656   
       

 

 

 
          188,341   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.0%

       

PulteGroup, Inc.

     468           10,123   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.2%

       

Just Eat PLC (d)

     2,168           11,849   

Priceline Group, Inc. (The) (d)

     59           68,451   

Vipshop Holdings Ltd. (ADR) (d)

     970           22,174   
       

 

 

 
          102,474   
       

 

 

 


Company

  

Shares

      

U.S. $ Value

 

Leisure Products - 0.1%

       

Polaris Industries, Inc.

     270           42,312   
       

 

 

 

Media - 0.7%

       

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     1,283           73,182   

CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA

     300           9,274   

Liberty Global PLC-Class A (d)

     261           13,569   

Liberty Global PLC-Series C (d)

     1,279           63,847   

Naspers Ltd.-Class N

     550           71,182   

Smiles SA

     600           10,957   

Thomson Reuters Corp.

     100           3,960   

Time Warner, Inc.

     540           45,965   

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.-Class A

     700           25,760   

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     574           53,101   
       

 

 

 
          370,797   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.1%

       

B&M European Value Retail SA (d)

     4,500           18,799   

Dillard’s, Inc.-Class A

     75           8,841   

Dollar General Corp. (d)

     500           33,370   

Matahari Department Store Tbk PT

     3,500           4,303   
       

 

 

 
          65,313   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 0.6%

       

Foot Locker, Inc.

     650           37,239   

GameStop Corp.-Class A

     775           29,303   

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     775           77,035   

Kingfisher PLC

     2,150           10,489   

L’Occitane International SA

     3,500           8,963   

Mr. Price Group Ltd.

     380           8,097   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (d)

     179           32,711   

Office Depot, Inc. (d)

     6,100           40,443   

Shimamura Co., Ltd.

     100           8,364   

Sports Direct International PLC (d)

     3,129           32,224   

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (d)

     227           28,713   

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd.

     4,200           13,820   
       

 

 

 
          327,401   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.3%

       

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     469           44,054   

Eclat Textile Co., Ltd.

     1,040           10,358   

Global Brands Group Holding Ltd. (d)

     28,000           6,246   

Hugo Boss AG

     138           18,141   

Kering

     40           8,261   

NIKE, Inc.-Class B

     612           60,765   

Ralph Lauren Corp.

     73           13,498   

Samsonite International SA

     3,000           9,985   

Titan Co., Ltd.

     530           3,169   
       

 

 

 
          174,477   
       

 

 

 
          1,737,823   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 2.7%

       

Communications Equipment - 0.1%

       

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

     2,400           27,144   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     250           6,910   

F5 Networks, Inc. (d)

     183           23,642   


Company

  

Shares

      

U.S. $ Value

 

Harris Corp.

     237           16,986   
       

 

 

 
          74,682   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.1%

       

Amphenol Corp.-Class A

     692           37,112   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 0.6%

       

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (ADR) (d)

     278           31,036   

Baidu, Inc. (Sponsored ADR) (d)

     246           60,297   

Facebook, Inc.-Class A (d)

     750           58,275   

Google, Inc.-Class A (d)

     105           57,653   

Google, Inc.-Class C (d)

     106           57,434   

LinkedIn Corp.-Class A (d)

     102           23,080   

Telecity Group PLC

     2,220           28,117   
       

 

 

 
          315,892   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.3%

       

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

     475           12,925   

HCL Technologies Ltd.

     250           6,713   

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

     270           11,498   

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     492           127,029   

Xerox Corp.

     2,800           39,088   
       

 

 

 
          197,253   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.6%

       

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.

     13,000           15,768   

Altera Corp.

     759           28,554   

Applied Materials, Inc.

     1,250           30,062   

Intel Corp.

     1,800           67,050   

Lam Research Corp.

     125           10,330   

Linear Technology Corp.

     544           25,040   

Micron Technology, Inc. (d)

     550           19,773   

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

     3,000           16,929   

NXP Semiconductor NV (d)

     369           28,712   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     29           33,599   

Sumco Corp.

     1,200           15,362   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     3,000           13,804   

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

     200           13,938   
       

 

 

 
          318,921   
       

 

 

 

Software - 0.4%

       

ANSYS, Inc. (d)

     677           56,543   

Aspen Technology, Inc. (d)

     499           18,832   

Dassault Systemes

     64           4,180   

Electronic Arts, Inc. (d)

     775           34,046   

Microsoft Corp.

     1,500           71,715   

NetSuite, Inc. (d)

     209           22,102   

ServiceNow, Inc. (d)

     307           19,635   
       

 

 

 
          227,053   
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.6%

       

Apple, Inc.

     1,681           199,921   

Asustek Computer, Inc.

     2,000           21,785   

Casetek Holdings Ltd.

     2,000           12,345   

Catcher Technology Co., Ltd.

     4,000           33,791   


Company

  

Shares

      

U.S. $ Value

 

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     1,800           70,308   
       

 

 

 
          338,150   
       

 

 

 
          1,509,063   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 2.2%

       

Biotechnology - 0.5%

       

Actelion Ltd. (REG)

     350           41,500   

Biogen Idec, Inc. (d)

     262           80,614   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (d)

     1,368           137,238   
       

 

 

 
          259,352   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.1%

       

Align Technology, Inc. (d)

     130           7,397   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (d)

     114           59,026   
       

 

 

 
          66,423   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.5%

       

Aetna, Inc.

     455           39,694   

Catamaran Corp. (d)

     170           8,588   

Express Scripts Holding Co. (d)

     250           20,788   

McKesson Corp.

     134           28,242   

Premier, Inc.-Class A (d)

     548           18,643   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     1,077           106,225   

WellPoint, Inc.

     450           57,559   
       

 

 

 
          279,739   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.2%

       

Eurofins Scientific SE

     198           48,052   

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (d)

     80           23,461   

Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (d)

     647           37,409   
       

 

 

 
          108,922   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 0.9%

       

Allergan, Inc./United States

     502           107,373   

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     1,700           24,461   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     2,240           51,966   

Johnson & Johnson

     850           92,012   

Lupin Ltd.

     80           1,906   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     650           39,260   

Novo Nordisk A/S-Class B

     449           20,437   

Pfizer, Inc.

     3,000           93,450   

Roche Holding AG

     180           53,863   

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     2,250           30,399   
       

 

 

 
          515,127   
       

 

 

 
          1,229,563   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 2.1%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 0.4%

       

Airbus Group NV

     730           44,469   

Boeing Co. (The)

     423           56,834   

General Dynamics Corp.

     100           14,536   

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

     212           26,415   

MTU Aero Engines AG

     60           5,346   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     125           17,616   


Company

  

Shares

      

U.S. $ Value

 

Precision Castparts Corp.

     103           24,504   

Safran SA

     350           22,636   

Zodiac Aerospace

     65           2,155   
       

 

 

 
          214,511   
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.0%

       

Royal Mail PLC

     1,730           11,287   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.1%

       

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     1,000           46,670   

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (d)

     2,550           18,179   

Qantas Airways Ltd. (d)

     7,090           11,568   
       

 

 

 
          76,417   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.2%

       

Babcock International Group PLC

     2,997           53,095   

Edenred

     1,388           40,006   
       

 

 

 
          93,101   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.0%

       

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

     190           5,003   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.1%

       

Amara Raja Batteries Ltd.

     700           8,405   

AMETEK, Inc.

     961           48,973   
       

 

 

 
          57,378   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.3%

       

Alliance Global Group, Inc.

     7,400           4,081   

Bidvest Group Ltd. (The)

     470           12,411   

Danaher Corp.

     902           75,371   

General Electric Co.

     2,200           58,278   

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.

     1,000           12,523   

Toshiba Corp.

     5,000           22,247   
       

 

 

 
          184,911   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.3%

       

Caterpillar, Inc.

     250           25,150   

Dover Corp.

     300           23,097   

ITT Corp.

     600           24,840   

JTEKT Corp.

     1,500           24,889   

Pall Corp.

     507           48,728   

Wabtec Corp./DE

     557           49,289   
       

 

 

 
          195,993   
       

 

 

 

Marine - 0.1%

       

AP Moeller-Maersk A/S-Class B

     5           10,429   

Nippon Yusen KK

     7,000           19,761   
       

 

 

 
          30,190   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.4%

       

51job, Inc. (ADR) (d)

     90           3,308   

Applus Services SA (d)

     1,215           14,853   

Bureau Veritas SA

     1,920           45,763   

Capita PLC

     4,478           74,755   

Intertek Group PLC

     1,600           58,294   


Company

  

Shares

      

U.S. $ Value

 

Teleperformance

     80           5,586   
       

 

 

 
          202,559   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.1%

       

Canadian National Railway Co.

     130           9,235   

Central Japan Railway Co.

     100           14,524   

Globaltrans Investment PLC (Sponsored GDR) (e)

     1,110           7,770   
       

 

 

 
          31,529   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.1%

       

Brenntag AG

     195           10,735   

Bunzl PLC

     550           15,321   

Mitsubishi Corp.

     700           13,229   
       

 

 

 
          39,285   
       

 

 

 
          1,142,164   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 1.5%

       

Beverages - 0.2%

       

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

     200           6,234   

Molson Coors Brewing Co.-Class B

     50           3,867   

Monster Beverage Corp. (d)

     886           99,365   
       

 

 

 
          109,466   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.6%

       

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     378           53,721   

CVS Health Corp.

     1,521           138,959   

Koninklijke Ahold NV

     1,670           29,478   

Kroger Co. (The)

     550           32,912   

Lenta Ltd. (GDR) (d)(e)

     2,113           16,524   

Magnit PJSC (Sponsored GDR) (e)

     190           10,991   

Olam International Ltd.

     11,636           19,272   

Tsuruha Holdings, Inc.

     100           5,637   
       

 

 

 
          307,494   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.2%

       

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     175           9,219   

Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The) (d)

     174           19,700   

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

     154           21,890   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.-Class A

     382           39,667   
       

 

 

 
          90,476   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.0%

       

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     200           18,086   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.0%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     321           23,799   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.5%

       

British American Tobacco PLC

     1,265           74,796   

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

     514           23,728   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

     2,400           76,933   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     1,062           92,320   
       

 

 

 
          267,777   
       

 

 

 
          817,098   
       

 

 

 


Company

  

Shares

      

U.S. $ Value

 

Energy - 1.1%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.2%

       

Aker Solutions ASA (d)(e)

     920           5,521   

FMC Technologies, Inc. (d)

     814           38,885   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     100           6,704   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     717           61,626   
       

 

 

 
          112,736   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 0.9%

       

BG Group PLC

     2,130           29,915   

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

     350           11,619   

Chevron Corp.

     650           70,765   

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.-Class H

     14,200           11,495   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     1,100           99,594   

Hess Corp.

     650           47,404   

JX Holdings, Inc.

     7,500           27,907   

LUKOIL OAO (London) (Sponsored ADR)

     190           8,693   

LUKOIL OAO2 (Sponsored ADR)

     40           1,862   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     200           18,018   

Murphy Oil Corp.

     400           19,368   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     550           43,874   

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Sponsored ADR)

     900           9,189   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Euronext Amsterdam)-Class A

     710           23,629   

SM Energy Co.

     100           4,345   

Suncor Energy, Inc. (Toronto)

     350           11,052   

Total SA

     620           34,597   

Valero Energy Corp.

     775           37,673   
       

 

 

 
          510,999   
       

 

 

 
          623,735   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 0.6%

       

Chemicals - 0.5%

       

Arkema SA

     220           14,967   

BASF SE

     80           7,250   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     21           5,631   

Chr Hansen Holding A/S

     348           14,712   

Denki Kagaku Kogyo KK

     3,000           10,245   

Eastman Chemical Co.

     325           26,949   

Essentra PLC

     4,590           54,037   

IMCD Group NV (d)

     148           4,295   

JSR Corp.

     1,500           26,826   

Koninklijke DSM NV

     343           22,549   

LyondellBasell Industries NV-Class A

     325           25,630   

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.

     3,000           17,167   

Monsanto Co.

     177           21,224   
       

 

 

 
          251,482   
       

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.0%

       

Grasim Industries Ltd. (GDR) (e)

     98           5,599   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.1%

       

Alcoa, Inc.

     350           6,051   

Barrick Gold Corp.

     730           8,644   

Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd.

     1,000           8,278   

Rio Tinto PLC

     350           16,269   


Company

  

Shares

      

U.S. $ Value

 

Tata Steel Ltd.

     1,320           10,038   
       

 

 

 
          49,280   
       

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.0%

       

Mondi PLC

     842           14,371   
       

 

 

 
          320,732   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 0.6%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.3%

       

AT&T, Inc.

     1,100           38,918   

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd.

     4,284           7,580   

CenturyLink, Inc.

     175           7,135   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     600           32,085   

Orange SA

     2,280           40,179   

Telecom Italia SpA (savings shares)

     24,930           22,086   

Vivendi SA

     586           14,902   
       

 

 

 
          162,885   
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.3%

       

China Mobile Ltd.

     1,500           18,507   

Rogers Communications, Inc.-Class B

     190           7,605   

SoftBank Corp.

     800           53,296   

Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk PT

     15,500           11,976   

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (d)

     2,250           14,260   

Vodafone Group PLC

     9,270           33,931   

Vodafone Group PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     475           17,361   
       

 

 

 
          156,936   
       

 

 

 
          319,821   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 0.5%

       

Electric Utilities - 0.2%

       

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     425           24,459   

Edison International

     600           38,136   

EDP-Energias de Portugal SA

     2,550           10,460   

Electricite de France SA

     510           15,266   

Enel SpA

     3,030           14,617   

Westar Energy, Inc.

     450           17,590   
       

 

 

 
          120,528   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.1%

       

Atmos Energy Corp.

     285           15,305   

UGI Corp.

     975           36,767   
       

 

 

 
          52,072   
       

 

 

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.1%

       

APR Energy PLC

     2,197           10,374   

Calpine Corp. (d)

     1,412           32,419   

NRG Energy, Inc.

     600           18,756   
       

 

 

 
          61,549   
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.1%

       

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

     650           15,561   

DTE Energy Co.

     50           4,073   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     150           6,267   
       

 

 

 
          25,901   
       

 

 

 


Company

  

Shares

      

U.S. $ Value

 

Water Utilities - 0.0%

       

Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo

     1,400           10,449   
       

 

 

 
          270,499   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $7,667,418)

          9,993,876   
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 14.0%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts - 14.0%

       

AB Cap Fund-Multi-Manager Alternative Strategies Fund Class Z (d)(f)

     220,110           2,229,710   

AB Pooling Portfolio-Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio (f)

     66,653           519,224   

AB Pooling Portfolio-Volatility Management Portfolio (f)

     396,256           4,976,972   
       

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(cost $6,893,660)

          7,725,906   
       

 

 

 

WARRANTS - 0.0%

       

Industrials - 0.0%

       

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.0%

       

John Keells Holdings PLC, Deutsche Bank AG, expiring 7/05/19 (d)

     2,440           4,489   
       

 

 

 

Financials - 0.0%

       

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.0%

       

Housing Development Finance Corp., Merrill Lynch International, expiring 8/19/15 (d)

     140           2,611   
       

 

 

 

Total Warrants
(cost $5,608)

          7,100   
       

 

 

 

RIGHTS - 0.0%

       

Materials - 0.0%

       

Chemicals - 0.0%

       

Arkema SA, expiring 12/03/14 (d)
(cost $0)

     220           647   
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.3%

       

Investment Companies - 2.3%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc.-Government STIF
Portfolio, 0.08% (f)(g)
(cost $1,289,825)

     1,289,825           1,289,825   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 101.5%
(cost $51,753,431) (h)

        $ 56,112,886   

Other assets less liabilities - (1.5)%

          (847,690
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 55,265,196   
       

 

 

 


FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver

(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Citibank, NA

   USD      22       SEK      165         2/18/15       $ (208

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   CHF      59       USD      61         2/18/15         176   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   EUR      34       USD      43         2/18/15         421   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   EUR      102       USD      127         2/18/15         (66

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   GBP      176       USD      280         2/18/15         4,786   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   HKD      766       USD      99         2/18/15         34   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   HKD      56       USD      7         2/18/15         (1

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   JPY      47,675       USD      417         2/18/15         14,839   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      83       AUD      96         2/18/15         (1,528

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      215       CAD      244         2/18/15         (2,010

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      4       CAD      5         2/18/15         2   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      43       CHF      41         2/18/15         (299

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      94       CHF      91         2/18/15         357   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      11       EUR      9         2/18/15         16   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      43       EUR      34         2/18/15         (299

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      22       GBP      14         2/18/15         (157

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      16       NOK      108         2/18/15         (380

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      52       NZD      68         2/18/15         848   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      22       SEK      163         2/18/15         (191

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      57       SGD      74         2/18/15         (525
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 15,815   
                 

 

 

 

INFLATION (CPI) SWAPS

 

                   Rate Type        

Swap Counterparty

   Notional
Amount
(000)
     Termination
Date
     Payments
made by the
Fund
    Payments
received
by the
Fund
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Bank of America, NA

   $ 250         7/09/24         2.613     CPI   $ (13,719

Barclays Bank PLC

     3,000         8/11/15         2.030     CPI     (169,872

Barclays Bank PLC

     500         7/19/17         2.038     CPI     (7,588

Barclays Bank PLC

     300         10/05/22         2.765     CPI     (24,440


INFLATION (CPI) SWAPS

 

                   Rate Type        

Swap Counterparty

   Notional
Amount
(000)
     Termination
Date
     Payments
made  by
the

Fund
    Payments
received
by the
Fund
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Citibank, NA

   $ 250         8/26/20         2.298     CPI   $ (7,144

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

     200         3/04/24         2.493        CPI     (8,820

Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC

     1,500         10/31/18         1.960     CPI     (81,882

Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC

     150         4/16/23         2.690     CPI     (11,152
            

 

 

 
             $ (324,617
            

 

 

 

 

# Variable interest rate based on the rate of inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

 

(a) When-Issued or delayed delivery security.
(b) Variable rate coupon, rate shown as of November 30, 2014.
(c) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at November 30, 2014.
(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 November 30, 2014, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $58,687 or 0.1% of net assets.
(f) To obtain a copy of the fund’s financial statements, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AllianceBernstein at (800) 227-4618.
(g) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(h) As of November 30, 2014, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $4,751,655 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(392,200), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $4,359,455.

As of November 30, 2014, the Strategy held 66.1% of its total investments in municipal bonds. Of the total investments in municipal bonds, 10.2% is insured (0.0% 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
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
CPI    -    Consumer Price Index
DOT    -    Department of Transportation
EDA    -    Economic Development Agency
ETM    -    Escrowed to Maturity
GDR    -    Global Depositary Receipt
GO    -    General Obligation
IDA    -    Industrial Development Authority/Agency
ISD    -    Independent School District
NATL    -    National Interstate Corporation
NVDR    -    Non Voting Depositary Receipt
PJSC    -    Public Joint Stock Company
REG    -    Registered Shares
SRF    -    State Revolving Fund


AB Tax-Managed Conservative Wealth Strategy

November 30, 2014 (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 generally 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 November 30, 2014:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Municipal Obligations

   $ – 0  –    $ 37,095,532      $         – 0  –    $ 37,095,532   

Common Stock:

        

Financials

     1,115,367        908,011        – 0  –      2,023,378   

Consumer Discretionary

     1,061,834        675,989        – 0  –      1,737,823   

Information Technology

     1,292,732        216,331        – 0  –      1,509,063   

Health Care

     956,979        272,584        – 0  –      1,229,563   

Industrials

     566,200        575,964        – 0  –      1,142,164   

Consumer Staples

     600,292        216,806        – 0  –      817,098   

Energy

     494,330        129,405        – 0  –      623,735   

Materials

     104,023        216,709        – 0  –      320,732   

Telecommunication Services

     71,019        248,802        – 0  –      319,821   

Utilities

     219,782        50,717        – 0  –      270,499   

Investment Companies

     7,725,906        – 0  –      – 0  –      7,725,906   

Warrants

     – 0  –      7,100        – 0  –      7,100   

Rights

     647        – 0  –      – 0  –      647   

Short-Term Investments

     1,289,825        – 0  –      – 0  –      1,289,825   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     15,498,936        40,613,950     – 0  –      56,112,886   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      21,479        – 0  –      21,479   

Liabilities:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (5,664     – 0  –      (5,664

Inflation (CPI) Swaps

     – 0  –      (324,617     – 0  –      (324,617
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     15,498,936      $     40,305,148      $           – 0  –    $     55,804,084   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, 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 no transfers between any levels 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).


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 significant changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

 

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

The following exhibits are attached to this Form N-Q:

 

EXHIBIT NO.

 

DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

11 (a) (1)   Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
11 (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 AB Portfolios

 

By:   /s/    Robert M. Keith
  Robert M. Keith
  President
Date:   January 22, 2015

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:   January 22, 2015
By:   /s/    Joseph J. Mantineo
  Joseph J. Mantineo
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Date:   January 22, 2015