|
|
|
Shares
|
Value ($)
|
|
|
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|
Common Stocks 96.8%
|
|
|
|
|
Communication Services 0.9%
|
|
||
|
Diversified Telecommunication Services
|
|
||
|
Iridium Communications, Inc.*
|
|
48,100
|
2,472,340
|
|
Consumer Discretionary 11.6%
|
|
||
|
Auto Components 1.7%
|
|
||
|
Fox Factory Holding Corp.*
|
|
50,481
|
4,605,382
|
|
Diversified Consumer Services 1.1%
|
|
||
|
Stride, Inc.*
|
|
95,212
|
2,978,231
|
|
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 1.7%
|
|
||
|
Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.*
|
|
61,520
|
2,370,981
|
|
Jack in the Box, Inc.
|
|
35,391
|
2,414,728
|
|
|
|
|
4,785,709
|
|
Household Durables 3.1%
|
|
||
|
Helen of Troy Ltd.*
|
|
21,416
|
2,375,248
|
|
iRobot Corp.* (a)
|
|
20,907
|
1,006,254
|
|
LGI Homes, Inc.*
|
|
18,838
|
1,744,399
|
|
TopBuild Corp.*
|
|
20,827
|
3,259,217
|
|
|
|
|
8,385,118
|
|
Leisure Products 1.3%
|
|
||
|
YETI Holdings, Inc.*
|
|
85,422
|
3,528,783
|
|
Specialty Retail 2.7%
|
|
||
|
Burlington Stores, Inc.*
|
|
6,261
|
1,269,480
|
|
Camping World Holdings, Inc. “A” (a)
|
|
132,768
|
2,963,382
|
|
National Vision Holdings, Inc.*
|
|
52,444
|
2,032,729
|
|
The Children's Place, Inc.*
|
|
27,073
|
985,999
|
|
|
|
|
7,251,590
|
|
Consumer Staples 3.5%
|
|
||
|
Food & Staples Retailing 2.2%
|
|
||
|
Casey's General Stores, Inc.
|
|
26,694
|
5,988,799
|
|
Household Products 1.3%
|
|
||
|
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
|
|
32,867
|
2,649,409
|
|
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
|
|
12,226
|
744,808
|
|
|
|
|
3,394,217
|
|
Energy 6.3%
|
|
||
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
|
|
||
|
Arch Resources, Inc.
|
|
13,900
|
1,984,781
|
|
Crescent Energy Co. “A”
|
|
98,107
|
1,176,303
|
|
Denbury, Inc.*
|
|
43,900
|
3,820,178
|
|
Kosmos Energy Ltd.*
|
|
309,000
|
1,965,240
|
|
Matador Resources Co.
|
|
55,500
|
3,176,820
|
|
Ovintiv, Inc.
|
|
52,500
|
2,662,275
|
|
Southwestern Energy Co.*
|
|
414,978
|
2,427,621
|
|
|
|
|
17,213,218
|
|
Financials 6.1%
|
|
||
|
Banks 2.2%
|
|
||
|
Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.
|
|
69,636
|
2,103,007
|
|
South State Corp.
|
|
25,330
|
1,934,199
|
|
Synovus Financial Corp.
|
|
50,875
|
1,910,356
|
|
|
|
|
5,947,562
|
|
Capital Markets 2.6%
|
|
||
|
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.
|
|
15,215
|
2,410,513
|
|
Moelis & Co. “A”
|
|
83,995
|
3,222,888
|
|
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
|
|
13,365
|
1,428,050
|
|
|
|
|
7,061,451
|
|
Insurance 1.3%
|
|
||
|
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.
|
|
13,000
|
3,399,760
|
|
Health Care 23.3%
|
|
||
|
Biotechnology 6.0%
|
|
||
|
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*
|
|
28,576
|
1,477,665
|
|
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*
|
|
43,058
|
1,746,432
|
|
Beam Therapeutics, Inc.*
|
|
14,653
|
573,079
|
|
Biohaven Ltd.*
|
|
9,843
|
136,621
|
|
Blueprint Medicines Corp.*
|
|
28,334
|
1,241,313
|
|
Fate Therapeutics, Inc.*
|
|
15,149
|
152,853
|
|
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.*
|
|
51,300
|
2,918,970
|
|
Insmed, Inc.*
|
|
50,440
|
1,007,791
|
|
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Ltd. “A”*
|
|
52,406
|
785,042
|
|
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.*
|
|
23,378
|
2,792,268
|
|
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.*
|
|
111,387
|
2,342,469
|
|
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.*
|
|
24,052
|
1,114,329
|
|
|
|
|
16,288,832
|
|
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 4.7%
|
|
||
|
Axonics, Inc.*
|
|
34,301
|
2,144,841
|
|
Globus Medical, Inc. “A”*
|
|
32,138
|
2,386,889
|
|
Haemonetics Corp.*
|
|
13,754
|
1,081,752
|
|
Masimo Corp.*
|
|
8,964
|
1,326,224
|
|
Nevro Corp.*
|
|
17,397
|
688,921
|
|
Omnicell, Inc.*
|
|
17,300
|
872,266
|
|
Outset Medical, Inc.*
|
|
52,219
|
1,348,295
|
|
Shockwave Medical, Inc.*
|
|
2,500
|
514,025
|
|
STAAR Surgical Co.*
|
|
22,951
|
1,114,042
|
|
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.*
|
|
29,907
|
1,344,320
|
|
|
|
|
12,821,575
|
|
Health Care Providers & Services 9.1%
|
|
||
|
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.*
|
|
73,870
|
7,595,313
|
|
HealthEquity, Inc.*
|
|
35,737
|
2,202,829
|
|
ModivCare, Inc.*
|
|
22,822
|
2,047,818
|
|
Molina Healthcare, Inc.*
|
|
13,660
|
4,510,805
|
|
Option Care Health, Inc.*
|
|
129,197
|
3,887,538
|
|
Privia Health Group, Inc.*
|
|
53,100
|
1,205,901
|
|
RadNet, Inc.*
|
|
165,276
|
3,112,147
|
|
|
|
|
24,562,351
|
|
Life Sciences Tools & Services 0.5%
|
|
||
|
BioLife Solutions, Inc.*
|
|
45,922
|
835,780
|
|
OmniAb, Inc.*
|
|
93,870
|
337,932
|
|
|
|
|
1,173,712
|
|
Pharmaceuticals 3.0%
|
|
||
|
Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.*
|
|
70,276
|
1,106,847
|
|
Arvinas, Inc.*
|
|
16,500
|
564,465
|
|
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*
|
|
42,700
|
2,259,684
|
|
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*
|
|
19,157
|
1,279,688
|
|
Pacira BioSciences, Inc.*
|
|
76,241
|
2,943,665
|
|
|
|
|
8,154,349
|
|
Industrials 18.7%
|
|
||
|
Aerospace & Defense 2.4%
|
|
||
|
Ducommun, Inc.*
|
|
129,533
|
6,471,469
|
|
Building Products 4.9%
|
|
||
|
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
|
|
15,245
|
1,249,633
|
|
Builders FirstSource, Inc.*
|
|
98,548
|
6,393,794
|
|
Masonite International Corp.*
|
|
70,179
|
5,657,129
|
|
|
|
|
13,300,556
|
|
Commercial Services & Supplies 3.7%
|
|
||
|
MSA Safety, Inc.
|
|
17,173
|
2,476,175
|
|
Tetra Tech, Inc.
|
|
27,139
|
3,940,311
|
|
The Brink's Co.
|
|
66,738
|
3,584,498
|
|
|
|
|
10,000,984
|
|
Construction & Engineering 1.0%
|
|
||
|
MasTec, Inc.*
|
|
31,069
|
2,651,118
|
|
Electrical Equipment 0.8%
|
|
||
|
Allied Motion Technologies, Inc.
|
|
32,014
|
1,114,407
|
|
Thermon Group Holdings, Inc.*
|
|
51,271
|
1,029,522
|
|
|
|
|
2,143,929
|
|
Professional Services 1.8%
|
|
||
|
Kforce, Inc.
|
|
89,649
|
4,915,455
|
|
Trading Companies & Distributors 4.1%
|
|
||
|
H&E Equipment Services, Inc.
|
|
82,334
|
3,737,963
|
|
Rush Enterprises, Inc. “A”
|
|
92,226
|
4,821,575
|
|
Titan Machinery, Inc.*
|
|
64,268
|
2,553,368
|
|
|
|
|
11,112,906
|
|
Information Technology 20.8%
|
|
||
|
Communications Equipment 1.9%
|
|
||
|
Calix, Inc.*
|
|
56,297
|
3,852,404
|
|
Lumentum Holdings, Inc.*
|
|
26,476
|
1,381,253
|
|
|
|
|
5,233,657
|
|
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 1.3%
|
|
||
|
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.
|
|
42,567
|
3,651,397
|
|
IT Services 2.6%
|
|
||
|
Maximus, Inc.
|
|
74,339
|
5,451,279
|
|
WEX, Inc.*
|
|
9,244
|
1,512,781
|
|
|
|
|
6,964,060
|
|
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 3.9%
|
|
||
|
Entegris, Inc.
|
|
5,432
|
356,285
|
|
FormFactor, Inc.*
|
|
49,487
|
1,100,096
|
|
Power Integrations, Inc.
|
|
36,913
|
2,647,400
|
|
Semtech Corp.*
|
|
54,007
|
1,549,461
|
|
SiTime Corp.*
|
|
26,313
|
2,673,927
|
|
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.*
|
|
67,108
|
2,224,630
|
|
|
|
|
10,551,799
|
|
Software 11.1%
|
|
||
|
Agilysys, Inc.*
|
|
112,185
|
8,878,321
|
|
Aspen Technology, Inc.*
|
|
8,375
|
1,720,225
|
|
CoreCard Corp.* (a)
|
|
21,055
|
609,964
|
|
Envestnet, Inc.*
|
|
57,666
|
3,557,992
|
|
Five9, Inc.*
|
|
14,531
|
986,074
|
|
Rapid7, Inc.*
|
|
35,548
|
1,207,921
|
|
SPS Commerce, Inc.*
|
|
24,940
|
3,203,044
|
|
Tenable Holdings, Inc.*
|
|
74,926
|
2,858,427
|
|
Tyler Technologies, Inc.*
|
|
3,652
|
1,177,441
|
|
Varonis Systems, Inc.*
|
|
166,598
|
3,988,356
|
|
Workiva, Inc.*
|
|
21,160
|
1,776,805
|
|
|
|
|
29,964,570
|
|
Materials 2.4%
|
|
||
|
Construction Materials 1.3%
|
|
||
|
Eagle Materials, Inc.
|
|
27,252
|
3,620,428
|
|
Metals & Mining 1.1%
|
|
||
|
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.*
|
|
187,380
|
3,018,692
|
|
Real Estate 3.2%
|
|
||
|
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) 3.0%
|
|
||
|
Americold Realty Trust, Inc.
|
|
26,179
|
741,127
|
|
EastGroup Properties, Inc.
|
|
15,720
|
2,327,503
|
|
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.
|
|
126,641
|
2,972,264
|
|
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.
|
|
77,435
|
2,007,890
|
|
|
|
|
8,048,784
|
|
Real Estate Management & Development 0.2%
|
|
||
|
Newmark Group, Inc. “A”
|
|
91,111
|
726,155
|
|
Total Common Stocks (Cost $215,557,488)
|
|
|
262,388,938
|
|
|
|||
|
Other Investments 0.0%
|
|
||
|
OmniAb, Inc. $12.50 Earnout* (b) (c)
|
|
7,265
|
0
|
|
OmniAb, Inc. $15.00 Earnout* (b) (c)
|
|
7,265
|
0
|
|
Total Other Investments (Cost $0)
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|||
|
Securities Lending Collateral 1.7%
|
|
||
|
DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio "DWS Government Cash Institutional
Shares", 4.07% (d) (e)
(Cost $4,641,774)
|
|
4,641,774
|
4,641,774
|
|
|
|||
|
Cash Equivalents 3.3%
|
|
||
|
DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund,
4.2% (d) (Cost $8,897,856)
|
|
8,897,856
|
8,897,856
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
% of
Net Assets
|
Value ($)
|
|
Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $229,097,118)
|
|
101.8
|
275,928,568
|
|
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net
|
|
(1.8)
|
(5,011,085)
|
|
Net Assets
|
|
100.0
|
270,917,483
|
|
Value ($) at
9/30/2022
|
Purchases
Cost ($)
|
Sales
Proceeds ($)
|
Net Realized
Gain/
(Loss) ($)
|
Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
|
Income ($)
|
Capital Gain
Distributions ($)
|
Number
of Shares
at
12/31/2022
|
Value ($) at
12/31/2022
|
|
Securities Lending Collateral 1.7%
|
||||||||
|
DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio "DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares", 4.07% (d) (e)
|
||||||||
|
5,115,675
|
—
|
473,901 (f)
|
—
|
—
|
32,743
|
—
|
4,641,774
|
4,641,774
|
|
Cash Equivalents 3.3%
|
||||||||
|
DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund, 4.2% (d)
|
||||||||
|
11,049,497
|
7,095,386
|
9,247,027
|
—
|
—
|
96,294
|
—
|
8,897,856
|
8,897,856
|
|
16,165,172
|
7,095,386
|
9,720,928
|
—
|
—
|
129,037
|
—
|
13,539,630
|
13,539,630
|
|
*
|
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 December 31, 2022 amounted to $4,576,395, which is 1.7% of net assets.
|
|
(b)
|
Earnout Shares: Will vest based upon the achievement of certain volume-weighted average trading prices (VWAP) for shares of
OmniAb Inc. Earnout Shares are not transferrable until the vesting condition for the applicable tranche of Earnout Shares
has
been achieved.
|
|
(c)
|
Investment was valued using significant unobservable inputs.
|
|
(d)
|
Affiliated fund managed by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at
period end.
|
|
(e)
|
Represents cash collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned by the Fund is net of borrower rebates.
|
|
(f)
|
Represents the net increase (purchase cost) or decrease (sales proceeds) in the amount invested in cash collateral for the
period
ended December 31, 2022.
|
|
Assets
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
|
Common Stocks (a)
|
$262,388,938
|
$—
|
$—
|
$262,388,938
|
|
Other Investments
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
0
|
|
Short-Term Investments (a)
|
13,539,630
|
—
|
—
|
13,539,630
|
|
Total
|
$275,928,568
|
$—
|
$0
|
$275,928,568
|
|
(a)
|
See Investment Portfolio for additional detailed categorizations.
|