|
|
Shares
|
Value ($)
|
|
|||
Equity Securities 90.3%
|
|
||
Brazil 5.1%
|
|
||
Banco Bradesco SA (ADR)
|
|
666,211
|
1,858,727
|
Itaú Unibanco Holding SA (ADR) (Preferred)
|
|
464,387
|
2,312,647
|
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (ADR)
|
|
110,826
|
1,285,582
|
Vale SA (ADR)
|
|
209,961
|
3,922,072
|
(Cost $7,040,875)
|
|
|
9,379,028
|
Chile 1.6%
|
|
||
Antofagasta PLC (Cost $2,035,798)
|
|
136,477
|
2,929,490
|
China 38.4%
|
|
||
Air China Ltd. "H"*
|
|
2,354,000
|
2,100,064
|
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.*
|
|
192,000
|
2,639,666
|
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (ADR)*
|
|
77,962
|
8,591,413
|
ANTA Sports Products Ltd.
|
|
127,400
|
1,926,917
|
BYD Co., Ltd. "H"
|
|
62,500
|
1,968,590
|
China Eastern Airlines Corp. Ltd. "H"* (a)
|
|
2,102,000
|
843,612
|
China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. "H"
|
|
604,500
|
3,930,217
|
China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp. Ltd. "A"
|
|
59,600
|
1,879,988
|
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.
|
|
744,000
|
849,993
|
H World Group Ltd. (ADR)
|
|
20,049
|
951,927
|
JD.com, Inc. (ADR)
|
|
64,004
|
3,810,158
|
JD.com, Inc. "A"
|
|
88,071
|
2,605,257
|
KE Holdings, Inc. (ADR)*
|
|
134,632
|
2,469,151
|
Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd. "A"
|
|
14,300
|
3,918,524
|
Longfor Group Holdings Ltd. 144A
|
|
606,000
|
2,005,324
|
Meituan "B" 144A*
|
|
73,980
|
1,652,873
|
Pinduoduo, Inc. (ADR)*
|
|
20,135
|
1,972,827
|
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd. "H"
|
|
579,500
|
4,481,434
|
Tencent Holdings Ltd.
|
|
262,800
|
12,798,925
|
Tongcheng Travel Holdings Ltd.*
|
|
1,111,600
|
2,520,094
|
Trip.com Group Ltd. (ADR)*
|
|
78,437
|
2,883,344
|
Yum China Holdings, Inc. (b)
|
|
66,702
|
4,109,510
|
(Cost $57,968,860)
|
|
|
70,909,808
|
Hong Kong 3.2%
|
|
||
AIA Group Ltd.
|
|
199,800
|
2,257,501
|
China Mengniu Dairy Co., Ltd.*
|
|
512,000
|
2,469,633
|
Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.
|
|
185,000
|
1,284,161
|
(Cost $5,487,452)
|
|
|
6,011,295
|
India 11.4%
|
|
||
Axis Bank Ltd.
|
|
277,906
|
2,976,359
|
Bharti Airtel Ltd.
|
|
314,892
|
2,979,383
|
HDFC Bank Ltd. (ADR)
|
|
46,031
|
3,100,648
|
ICICI Bank Ltd.
|
|
411,616
|
4,237,966
|
ICICI Bank Ltd. (ADR)
|
|
57,788
|
1,203,724
|
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
|
|
141,384
|
3,679,481
|
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.
|
|
10,439
|
1,140,780
|
Reliance Industries Ltd.
|
|
57,392
|
1,661,967
|
(Cost $16,149,871)
|
|
|
20,980,308
|
Indonesia 2.1%
|
|
||
PT Bank Central Asia Tbk
|
|
4,889,400
|
2,771,627
|
PT Elang Mahkota Teknologi Tbk
|
|
14,584,700
|
1,057,756
|
(Cost $4,853,549)
|
|
|
3,829,383
|
Korea 10.3%
|
|
||
Hyundai Motor Co.
|
|
6,972
|
953,093
|
KB Financial Group, Inc.
|
|
32,240
|
1,468,477
|
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
|
|
240,955
|
12,010,985
|
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
|
|
3,990
|
2,240,418
|
SK Hynix, Inc.
|
|
33,112
|
2,400,021
|
(Cost $14,314,143)
|
|
|
19,072,994
|
Macau 0.8%
|
|
||
Sands China Ltd.* (Cost $1,059,997)
|
|
393,600
|
1,479,387
|
Mexico 1.6%
|
|
||
Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV (ADR) (Cost $2,548,823)
|
|
34,817
|
3,056,932
|
South Africa 5.2%
|
|
||
Anglo American Platinum Ltd.
|
|
25,478
|
1,897,152
|
Clicks Group Ltd.
|
|
78,036
|
1,194,831
|
FirstRand Ltd.
|
|
672,038
|
2,496,358
|
Naspers Ltd. "N"
|
|
20,802
|
4,021,823
|
(Cost $11,815,326)
|
|
|
9,610,164
|
Taiwan 7.9%
|
|
||
Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd.
|
|
827,320
|
1,668,792
|
MediaTek, Inc.
|
|
39,000
|
940,620
|
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
|
|
678,803
|
11,919,741
|
(Cost $7,574,604)
|
|
|
14,529,153
|
United Kingdom 1.4%
|
|
||
Rio Tinto PLC (Cost $2,035,635)
|
|
32,682
|
2,549,511
|
United States 1.3%
|
|
||
BeiGene Ltd. (ADR)* (Cost $1,921,765)
|
|
9,286
|
2,377,216
|
Total Equity Securities (Cost $134,806,698)
|
|
|
166,714,669
|
|
|||
Securities Lending Collateral 0.2%
|
|
||
DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio "DWS Government Cash Institutional
Shares", 4.12% (c) (d) (Cost $377,216)
|
|
377,216
|
377,216
|
|
|||
Cash Equivalents 4.6%
|
|
||
DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund, 4.26% (c) (Cost $8,484,598)
|
|
8,484,598
|
8,484,598
|
|
|||
|
|
% of
Net Assets
|
Value ($)
|
Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $143,668,512)
|
|
95.1
|
175,576,483
|
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net
|
|
4.9
|
8,990,833
|
Net Assets
|
|
100.0
|
184,567,316
|
Value ($) at
10/31/2022
|
Purchases
Cost ($)
|
Sales
Proceeds ($)
|
Net Realized
Gain/
(Loss) ($)
|
Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
|
Income ($)
|
Capital Gain
Distributions ($)
|
Number
of Shares
at
1/31/2023
|
Value ($) at
1/31/2023
|
Securities Lending Collateral 0.2%
|
||||||||
DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio "DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares", 4.12% (c) (d)
|
||||||||
3,430,908
|
—
|
3,053,692 (e)
|
—
|
—
|
11,552
|
—
|
377,216
|
377,216
|
Cash Equivalents 4.6%
|
||||||||
DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund, 4.26% (c)
|
||||||||
7,794,443
|
43,476,850
|
42,786,695
|
—
|
—
|
64,337
|
—
|
8,484,598
|
8,484,598
|
11,225,351
|
43,476,850
|
45,840,387
|
—
|
—
|
75,889
|
—
|
8,861,814
|
8,861,814
|
*
|
Non-income producing security.
|
(a)
|
All or a portion of these securities were on loan. In addition, "Other Assets and Liabilities, Net" may include pending sales
that
are also on loan. The value of securities loaned at January 31, 2023 amounted to $674,826, which is 0.4% of net assets.
|
(b)
|
Listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
|
(c)
|
Affiliated fund managed by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at
period end.
|
(d)
|
Represents cash collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned by the Fund is net of borrower rebates.
In
addition, the Fund held non-cash U.S. Treasury securities collateral having a value of $344,274.
|
(e)
|
Represents the net increase (purchase cost) or decrease (sales proceeds) in the amount invested in cash collateral for the
period
ended January 31, 2023.
|
144A: Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions
exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
|
ADR: American Depositary Receipt
|
Sector Diversification
|
Market Value ($)
|
As a % of Investment Portfolio excluding
Securities Lending Collateral
and Cash Equivalents
|
Consumer Discretionary
|
46,391,808
|
28%
|
Financials
|
34,764,477
|
21%
|
Information Technology
|
29,511,785
|
18%
|
Communication Services
|
16,836,064
|
10%
|
Materials
|
11,298,225
|
7%
|
Consumer Staples
|
10,639,920
|
6%
|
Industrials
|
6,623,157
|
4%
|
Real Estate
|
4,474,475
|
2%
|
Health Care
|
3,227,209
|
2%
|
Energy
|
2,947,549
|
2%
|
Total
|
166,714,669
|
100%
|
Assets
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
Equity Securities
|
|
|
|
|
Brazil
|
$9,379,028
|
$—
|
$—
|
$9,379,028
|
Chile
|
—
|
2,929,490
|
—
|
2,929,490
|
China
|
24,788,330
|
46,121,478
|
—
|
70,909,808
|
Hong Kong
|
—
|
6,011,295
|
—
|
6,011,295
|
India
|
4,304,372
|
16,675,936
|
—
|
20,980,308
|
Indonesia
|
—
|
3,829,383
|
—
|
3,829,383
|
Korea
|
—
|
19,072,994
|
—
|
19,072,994
|
Macau
|
—
|
1,479,387
|
—
|
1,479,387
|
Mexico
|
3,056,932
|
—
|
—
|
3,056,932
|
South Africa
|
—
|
9,610,164
|
—
|
9,610,164
|
Taiwan
|
—
|
14,529,153
|
—
|
14,529,153
|
United Kingdom
|
—
|
2,549,511
|
—
|
2,549,511
|
United States
|
2,377,216
|
—
|
—
|
2,377,216
|
Short-Term Investments (a)
|
8,861,814
|
—
|
—
|
8,861,814
|
Total
|
$52,767,692
|
$122,808,791
|
$—
|
$175,576,483
|
(a)
|
See Investment Portfolio for additional detailed categorizations.
|