N-CSR

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811- 07584

Rydex Series Funds

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

702 King Farm Boulevard, Suite 200
Rockville, Maryland 20850

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Amy J. Lee

Rydex Series Funds
702 King Farm Boulevard, Suite 200
Rockville, Maryland 20850

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 1-301-296-5100

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-CSR, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-CSR unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

The registrant’s annual report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), is as follows:

12.31.2022

Guggenheim Funds Annual Report

Guggenheim Alternative Fund

Guggenheim Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund

Rydex Commodities Fund

Rydex Commodities Strategy Fund

GuggenheimInvestments.com RDXSGIALT-ANN-1222x1223

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEAR SHAREHOLDER	2
ECONOMIC AND MARKET OVERVIEW	4
ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND EXPENSES	6
ALTERNATIVE FUND
MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND	9
COMMODITIES FUND
COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND	56
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS	71
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM	93
OTHER INFORMATION	95
INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS	97
GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS PRIVACY NOTICE	105

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December 31, 2022

Dear Shareholder:

Security Investors, LLC (the “Investment Adviser”) is pleased to present the annual shareholder report for two alternative strategy funds that are part of the Rydex Series Funds (each a “Fund”). This report covers performance of the Funds for the annual period ended December 31, 2022 (the “Reporting Period”).

In December 2022, Guggenheim Partners announced the untimely and unexpected death of Scott Minerd, one of Guggenheim’s Managing Partners and its Global Chief Investment Officer. He joined Guggenheim as a Managing Partner shortly after the firm was formed. He was a frequent commentator on markets and investments, both on television and via social media. He also was one of the designers of the organization, systems and processes that make Guggenheim Investments a strong, robust and scalable leader in the asset management business.

Guggenheim has implemented its succession plan, which is designed to deal with unexpected events. There has been and will continue to be no disruption of service to our clients, no change in the daily management of client portfolios and no change in the process of selecting investment assets, all of which continue to be handled by the longstanding committees and long-tenured investment professionals who, every day, implement our investment processes.

Guggenheim Investments continues to be led by its Co-Presidents, Dina DiLorenzo and David Rone, and by Anne B. Walsh, a Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Guggenheim Partners Investment Management.

The Investment Adviser is a part of Guggenheim Investments, which represents the investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners, LLC (“Guggenheim”), a global, diversified financial services firm.

Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC is the distributor of the Funds. Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC is affiliated with Guggenheim and the Investment Adviser.

We encourage you to read the Economic and Market Overview section of the report, which follows this letter, and then the Performance Report and Fund Profile for each Fund.

We are committed to providing innovative investment solutions and appreciate the trust you place in us.

Sincerely,

Security Investors, LLC

January 31, 2023

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Read a prospectus and summary prospectus (if available) carefully before investing. It contains the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other information, which should be considered carefully before investing. Obtain a prospectus and summary prospectus (if available) at guggenheiminvestments.com or call 800.820.0888.

This material is not intended as a recommendation or as investment advice of any kind, including in connection with rollovers, transfers, and distributions. Such material is not provided in a fiduciary capacity, may not be relied upon for or in connection with the making of investment decisions, and does not constitute a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell securities. All content has been provided for informational or educational purposes only and is not intended to be and should not be construed as legal or tax advice and/or a legal opinion. Always consult a financial, tax and/or legal professional regarding your specific situation.

The Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund is subject to a number of risks and may not be suitable for all investors. ● The Fund’s use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements may expose the Fund to additional risks that it would not be subject to if it invested directly in the securities underlying those derivatives. ● The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more the leverage will magnify any gains or losses on those investments. ● The Fund’s use of short selling involves increased risks and costs. The Fund risks paying more for a security than it received from its sale. ● The Fund’s investments in high yield securities and unrated securities of similar credit quality (“junk bonds”) may be subject to greater levels of interest rate, credit and liquidity risk than funds that do not invest in such securities. ● The Fund’s fixed income investments will change in value in response to interest rate changes and other factors. ● The Fund’s exposure to the commodity and currency markets may subject the Fund to greater volatility as commodity- and currency-linked derivative investments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates or factors affecting a particular industry, commodity or currency—such as droughts, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political and regulatory developments. The Fund may also incur transaction costs with the conversion between various currencies. ● The Fund’s exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. ● These risks may cause the Fund to experience higher losses and/or volatility than a fund that does not invest in derivatives, use leverage or short sales or have exposure to high yield/fixed income securities, foreign currencies and/or securities. ● See the prospectus for more information on these and additional risks.

The Commodities Strategy Fund is subject to a number of risks and may not be suitable for all investors. ● The Fund’s exposure to the commodity markets may subject the Fund to greater volatility as commodity-linked investments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity—such as droughts, floods, weather, embargos, tariffs and international economic, political and regulatory developments. ● To the extent that the Fund’s investments are concentrated in energy-related commodities, the Fund is subject to the risk that this sector will underperform the market as a whole. ● The Fund’s use of derivatives, such as futures, options, structured notes and swap agreements, may expose the Fund to additional risks that it would not be subject to if it invested directly in the securities or investments underlying those derivatives. ● The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more the leverage will magnify any gains or losses on those investments. ● The Fund is subject to tracking error risks, which may cause the Fund’s performance not to match that of or be lower than the Fund’s underlying benchmark. ● The Fund’s investments in other investment companies subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses. ●This Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a more diversified fund. ● See the prospectus for more information on these and additional risks.

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ECONOMIC AND MARKET OVERVIEW (Unaudited) December 31, 2022

Helped by lower energy prices, real economic growth reaccelerated in the fourth quarter of 2022. Amid this continued strong growth, the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) is explicitly targeting a weaker labor market, and several leading indicators point to rising unemployment by the middle of the year. Consumption also faces headwinds from dwindling excess savings buffers and a sharply negative wealth shock as financial asset and home prices fall. Business investment also appears to be weakening due to the sharp tightening in financial conditions and more challenging outlook for economic growth. The housing sector could subtract further from gross domestic product (“GDP”) as the spike in mortgage rates has adversely impacted demand.

Because private sector balance sheets are generally healthy in the aggregate and the economy lacks major imbalances, we do not expect a particularly deep recession. But the likelihood of a limited monetary and fiscal policy response means the economic recovery could be weak, and certain highly levered companies may suffer.

Moderation in goods prices as supply chains normalize should bring inflation lower over the next several months, and shelter inflation should roll over by mid-2023. Services inflation outside of shelter is the main concern for the Fed, but a softening labor market and cooling wage growth may keep this category contained. As a result, core inflation could fall below 3 percent by the end of the year.

The Fed’s continued rate hike campaign may cause the front end of the yield curve to remain elevated in the near term. But should the economic cycle roll over later this year, Treasury yields may see a significant decline. Weakening corporate earnings growth and an emerging recession would present downside risk to equity returns later in 2023 but, given corporate fundamentals remain solid, high quality fixed income and carefully selected high yield issuers should provide attractive returns.

For the Reporting Period, the S&P 500^® Index* returned -18.11%. The MSCI Europe-Australasia-Far East (“EAFE”) Index* returned -14.45%. The return of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index* was -20.09%.

In the bond market, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index* posted a -13.01% return for the Reporting Period, while the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield Index* returned -11.19%. The return of the ICE Bank of America (“BofA”) 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index* was 1.47% for the Reporting Period.

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ECONOMIC AND MARKET OVERVIEW (Unaudited)(concluded) December 31, 2022

The opinions and forecasts expressed may not actually come to pass. This information is subject to change at any time, based on market and other conditions, and should not be construed as a recommendation of any specific security or strategy.

*Index Definitions:

The following indices are referenced throughout this report. Indices are unmanaged and not available for direct investment. Index performance does not reflect transaction costs, fees, or expenses.

Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based flagship benchmark that measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including U.S. Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities or “MBS” (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage, or “ARM”, pass-throughs), asset-backed securities (“ABS”), and commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) (agency and non-agency).

Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield Index measures the U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield, fixed-rate corporate bond market. Securities are classified as high yield if the middle rating of Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P is Ba1/BB +/BB + or below.

HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index is designed to be representative of the overall composition of the hedge fund universe. It is comprised of all eligible hedge fund strategies, including, but not limited to, convertible arbitrage, distressed securities, equity hedge, equity market neutral, event driven, macro, merger arbitrage and relative-value arbitrage. The strategies are asset weighted based on the distribution of assets in the hedge fund industry.

ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index is an unmanaged market index of U.S. Treasury securities maturing in 90 days that assumes reinvestment of all income.

MSCI EAFE Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the U.S. & Canada.

MSCI Emerging Markets Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets.

S&P 500^® Index is a broad-based index, the performance of which is based on the performance of 500 widely held common stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation.

S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (S&P GSCI^®), a benchmark for investment performance in the commodity markets, measures investable commodity price movements and inflation in the world economy. The index is calculated primarily on a world production weighted basis and is comprised of the principal physical commodities that are the subject of active, liquid futures markets.

Wilshire Focused Liquid Alternative Index measures the performance of a focused basket of mutual funds that provides risk adjusted exposure to equity hedge, global macro, relative value, and event driven alternative investment strategies.

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ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited)

All mutual funds have operating expenses, and it is important for our shareholders to understand the impact of costs on their investments. Shareholders of a fund incur two types of costs: (i) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, other distributions, and exchange fees, and (ii) ongoing costs, including management fees, administrative services, and shareholder reports, among others. These ongoing costs, or operating expenses, are deducted from a fund’s gross income and reduce the investment return of the fund.

A fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets, which is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help investors understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six-month period beginning June 30, 2022 and ending December 31, 2022.

The following tables illustrate the Funds’ costs in two ways:

Table 1. Based on actual Fund return: This section helps investors estimate the actual expenses paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from the Fund’s actual return, and the fifth column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the Fund. Investors may use the information here, together with the amount invested, to estimate the expenses paid over the period. Simply divide the Fund’s account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number provided under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period.”

Table 2. Based on hypothetical 5% return: This section is intended to help investors compare a fund’s cost with those of other mutual funds. The table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses paid during the period. The example is useful in making comparisons because the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on the 5% return. Investors can assess a fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

The calculations illustrated above assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.

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ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited)(continued)

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, and contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”) on redemptions, if any. Therefore, the second table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

More information about the Funds’ expenses, including annual expense ratios for periods up to five years (subject to the Fund’s inception date), can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to the appropriate Fund prospectus.

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ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited)(concluded)

	Expense Ratio1	Fund Return	Beginning Account Value June 30, 2022	Ending Account Value December 31, 2022	Expenses Paid During Period2
Table 1. Based on actual Fund return3
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund
A-Class	1.67%	(1.76%)	$ 1,000.00	$ 982.40	$ 8.34
C-Class	2.44%	(2.11%)	1,000.00	978.90	12.17
P-Class	1.70%	(1.73%)	1,000.00	982.70	8.50
Institutional Class	1.45%	(1.61%)	1,000.00	983.90	7.25
Commodities Strategy Fund
A-Class	1.57%	(8.06%)	1,000.00	919.40	7.60
C-Class	2.32%	(8.37%)	1,000.00	916.30	11.21
H-Class	1.57%	(8.04%)	1,000.00	919.60	7.60
Table 2. Based on hypothetical 5% return (before expenses)
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund
A-Class	1.67%	5.00%	$ 1,000.00	$ 1,016.79	$ 8.49
C-Class	2.44%	5.00%	1,000.00	1,012.91	12.38
P-Class	1.70%	5.00%	1,000.00	1,016.64	8.64
Institutional Class	1.45%	5.00%	1,000.00	1,017.90	7.38
Commodities Strategy Fund
A-Class	1.57%	5.00%	1,000.00	1,017.29	7.98
C-Class	2.32%	5.00%	1,000.00	1,013.51	11.77
H-Class	1.57%	5.00%	1,000.00	1,017.29	7.98

1	Annualized and excludes expenses of the underlying funds in which the Funds invest. This ratio represents net expenses which includes dividends on short sales and interest expenses. Excluding these expenses, the net expense ratio of the Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund would be 1.40%, 2.15%, 1.40% and 1.15% for the A-Class, C-Class, P-Class and Institutional Class, respectively.
2	Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, net of any applicable fee waivers, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
3	Actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period June 30, 2022 to December 31, 2022.

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PERFORMANCE REPORT AND FUND PROFILE (Unaudited) December 31, 2022

MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

OBJECTIVE: Seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation with less risk than traditional equity funds.

For the Reporting Period, Guggenheim Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund Institutional shares returned -3.22%, outperforming the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index, the Fund’s benchmark, which returned -4.41%.

What factors contributed or detracted from the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

In 2022, continued supply constraints and worker shortages drove inflation steadily higher. Inflation was also intensified by Russia’s war with Ukraine and China Covid-related shutdowns, which threw supply chains into more chaos. To drive inflation downward closer to its 2% target, the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) announced seven rate increases during the year by raising the target upper bound lending rate, from 0.25% to 4.50% by year end. This significant increase in lending rates did begin to dampen inflation, but also led to corresponding drops in both stocks and bonds.

The S&P 500 Index ended the year down 18.11% and, with the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index also down 13.01%, investors looking for diversification benefits from these typically uncorrelated asset classes were left highly disappointed. Whether looking at a universe of hedge funds (HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index, down 4.4%) or mutual funds (Wilshire Focused Liquid Alternative Index, down 5.6%) it was also a difficult year for alternative investments in general. Given this challenging market environment, the Fund’s return of -3.22% for the Reporting Period should be seen in a positive light in that it not only outperformed the majority of its peers, but also both equities and bonds.

By providing exposure to a collection of uncorrelated alternative strategies, the Fund generally mitigates the impact of macroeconomic and market fluctuations. Even in such a volatile year as 2022, the Fund had just a 35% correlation to equities, -18% correlation to bonds, and an annualized standard deviation of only 4.6% in 2022.

Standard deviation is a measure of risk, a statistic of the historical volatility of an investment, usually computed using the most recent 36-monthly returns and then annualized. More generally, it is a measure of the extent to which numbers are spread around their average. The higher the number, the more volatility is to be expected.

Positive contributors to the Fund included the Merger Arbitrage (+0.8%) and Global Macro (+0.6%) strategies, but the Market Neutral (-2.5%) and Long/Short Equity (-1.3%) strategies both had challenging years. Within Global Macro, the Momentum (+1.0%) strategies were by far the strongest drivers of returns while the Flow (-0.5%) strategies had a down year. The Carry and Value

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PERFORMANCE REPORT AND FUND PROFILE (Unaudited)(continued) December 31, 2022

strategies were essentially flat for the year. Within Market Neutral, both the Closed-End Fund Arbitrage (-0.4%) and Market Neutral Real Estate (-2.1%) strategies were down similar amounts, but Market Neutral Real Estate was a much larger allocation to the Fund.

How did the Fund use derivatives during the Reporting Period?

Our equity-based strategies, primarily Long/Short Equity and Market Neutral, use total return swaps to gain exposure to both long and short positions. Our Global Macro strategies use exchange traded futures contracts covering a wide variety of equity indexes, fixed income, commodities, and currencies. In aggregate, while largely hedged, the derivatives had a net long exposure. The net performance impact of these derivatives was negative this fiscal year as the overall market had a large negative return.

Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund and Guggenheim Strategy Funds were utilized within the Fund to achieve higher yields than what would otherwise be achieved through overnight repurchase agreements or short-term investments.

How was the Fund positioned at the end of the Reporting Period?

As of the end of the Reporting Period, the Fund was long 163% and short 122%. This provides the Fund with a net exposure of 41% and a gross exposure of 285%. By providing exposure to a wide variety of uncorrelated alternative strategies, we expect the Fund will generally mitigate the impact of macroeconomic and market fluctuations while seeking capital appreciation with low correlations to both equity and bond markets.

Performance displayed represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results.

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PERFORMANCE REPORT AND FUND PROFILE (Unaudited)(continued) December 31, 2022

Consolidated Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)

“Consolidated Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments, investments in Guggenheim Strategy Funds Trust mutual funds, or investments in Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund. Investments in those Funds do not provide “market exposure” to meet the Fund’s investment objective, but will significantly increase the portfolio’s exposure to certain other asset categories (and their associated risks), which may cause the Fund to deviate from its principal investment strategy, including: (i) high yield, high risk debt securities rated below the top four long-term rating categories by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (also known as “junk bonds”); (ii) securities issued by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities; (iii) CLOs and similar investments; and (iv) other short-term fixed income securities.

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PERFORMANCE REPORT AND FUND PROFILE (Unaudited)(continued) December 31, 2022

Inception Dates:
Institutional Class	May 3, 2010
A-Class	September 19, 2005
C-Class	September 19, 2005
P-Class	September 19, 2005

Ten Largest Holdings	(% of Total Net Assets)
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class	5.3%
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II	5.3%
Guggenheim Strategy Fund III	1.5%
First Horizon Corp.	1.4%
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.	1.4%
VMware, Inc. — Class A	1.4%
Activision Blizzard, Inc.	1.4%
South Jersey Industries, Inc.	1.3%
TEGNA, Inc.	1.3%
STORE Capital Corp. REIT	1.3%
Top Ten Total	21.6%
“Ten Largest Holdings” excludes any temporary cash or derivative investments.

Cumulative Fund Performance*

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Average Annual Returns*

Periods Ended December 31, 2022

	1 Year	5 Year	10 Year
A-Class Shares	(3.47%)	2.11%	2.10%
A-Class Shares with sales charge‡	(8.05%)	1.12%	1.60%
C-Class Shares	(4.16%)	1.38%	1.36%
C-Class Shares with CDSC§	(5.11%)	1.38%	1.36%
P-Class Shares	(3.44%)	2.15%	2.12%
Institutional Class Shares	(3.22%)	2.37%	2.36%
S&P 500 Index	(18.11%)	9.42%	12.56%
HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index	(4.41%)	1.41%	1.76%

*	The performance data above represents past performance that is not predictive of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns are historical and include changes in principal and reinvested dividends and capital gains and do not reflect the effect of taxes. The S&P 500 Index and HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index are unmanaged indices and, unlike the Fund, have no management fees or operating expenses to reduce their reported returns. The graphs are based on A-Class share and P-Class shares only; performance for C-Class and Institutional Class shares will vary due to differences in fee structures.
‡	Fund returns are calculated using the maximum sales charge of 4.75%.
§	Fund returns include a CDSC of 1% if redeemed within 12 months of purchase.

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS	December 31, 2022
MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

	Shares		Value
COMMON STOCKS† - 28.4%
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 7.8%
MoneyGram International, Inc.*,4		144,299	$	1,571,422
LHC Group, Inc.*,4		9,265		1,498,058
Meridian Bioscience, Inc.*		43,177		1,433,908
Signify Health, Inc. — Class A*,4		42,716		1,224,240
Vivint Smart Home, Inc.*		57,576		685,154
Horizon Therapeutics plc*		5,990		681,662
Evo Payments, Inc. — Class A*		19,215		650,236
Myovant Sciences Ltd.*		22,007		593,309
AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*		33,807		505,415
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.*		31,686		353,933
Imago Biosciences, Inc.*		9,635		346,378
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical				9,543,715
Technology - 6.6%
VMware, Inc. — Class A*,4		14,269		1,751,666
Activision Blizzard, Inc.4		22,496		1,722,069
1Life Healthcare, Inc.*		85,190		1,423,525
ForgeRock, Inc. — Class A*		56,557		1,287,803
KnowBe4, Inc. — Class A*		42,352		1,049,483
Tower Semiconductor Ltd.*,4		22,123		955,714
Total Technology				8,190,260
Financial - 4.1%
First Horizon Corp.4		72,786		1,783,257
STORE Capital Corp. REIT		49,255		1,579,115
Cowen, Inc. — Class A4		36,423		1,406,656
Umpqua Holdings Corp.		14,485		258,557
Total Financial				5,027,585
Industrial - 3.0%
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.*		17,470		1,760,976
Atlas Corp.4		68,634		1,052,846
Altra Industrial Motion Corp.4		15,492		925,647
MasTec, Inc.*		1		85
Total Industrial				3,739,554
Communications - 2.8%
TEGNA, Inc.		75,374		1,597,175
Sierra Wireless, Inc.*		34,898		1,011,693
Poshmark, Inc. — Class A*		35,978		643,287
Maxar Technologies, Inc.		4,608		238,418
Total Communications				3,490,573
Consumer, Cyclical - 2.3%
Spirit Airlines, Inc.*,4		59,579		1,160,599
IAA, Inc.*		25,847		1,033,880
iRobot Corp.*,4		12,316		592,769
Total Consumer, Cyclical				2,787,248
Utilities - 1.3%
South Jersey Industries, Inc.4		45,446		1,614,696
Diversified - 0.5%
Professional Holding Corp. — Class A*		21,815		605,148
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $34,874,325)				34,998,779

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MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

	Shares		Value
RIGHTS††† - 0.0%
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 0.0%
Lantheus Holdings, Inc.*		42,000	$	—
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*		34,843		—
Johnson & Johnson*		3,841		—
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical				—
Total Rights
(Cost $—)				—
MUTUAL FUNDS† - 12.1%
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class1		674,462		6,501,817
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II1		269,618		6,481,618
Guggenheim Strategy Fund III1		79,031		1,901,492
Total Mutual Funds
(Cost $15,386,814)				14,884,927
CLOSED-END FUNDS† - 6.6%
BlackRock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust		22,276		222,092
Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund		23,546		214,975
Nuveen New Jersey Quality Municipal Income Fund		18,604		210,225
Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II		72,607		209,108
General American Investors Company, Inc.		5,559		200,958
Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust		9,728		200,494
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund		25,611		199,766
Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc.		13,729		199,620
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust		17,560		190,175
SRH Total Return Fund, Inc.		14,426		183,210
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc.		19,323		176,033
Eaton Vance California Municipal Bond Fund		19,501		168,489
Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund		14,256		166,795
Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund		31,008		157,831
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund, Inc.		34,929		153,688
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund		13,601		151,379
Tekla Life Sciences Investors		9,173		130,348
Eaton Vance New York Municipal Bond Fund		13,027		117,373
Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust		10,755		105,399
Voya Infrastructure Industrials and Materials Fund		10,190		93,442
MFS Municipal Income Trust		17,431		90,293

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MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

	Shares		Value
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund, Inc.		8,614	$	88,466
First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund		7,773		87,679
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc.		8,395		82,271
Western Asset Inflation - Linked Securities & Income Fund		9,460		81,451
Virtus Convertible & Income Fund		23,867		81,148
MFS High Yield Municipal Trust		24,751		77,471
Gabelli Healthcare & WellnessRx Trust		7,070		72,680
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd.		8,244		65,787
abrdn Emerging Markets Equity		12,674		65,271
Invesco Senior Income Trust		16,932		64,850
Nuveen New York Quality Municipal Income Fund		5,886		62,980
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust		7,413		60,564
Nuveen New York AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund		5,803		59,539
Mexico Fund, Inc.		3,985		58,739
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund/United States		4,826		55,113
Royce Micro-Capital Trust, Inc.		5,939		51,547
Tri-Continental Corp.		1,926		49,375
Voya Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund		8,037		49,267
Franklin Limited Duration Income Trust		7,795		48,407
BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust		4,698		47,309
Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund		9,117		47,044
Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund, Inc.		6,028		45,753
Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust		4,544		45,349
Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc.		3,298		42,082
Neuberger Berman California Municipal Fund, Inc.		3,684		41,627
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc.		6,273		41,025
Bancroft Fund Ltd.		2,399		39,296
Western Asset Municipal Partners Fund, Inc.		3,243		37,749
Korea Fund, Inc.		1,748		36,411
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals		3,495		35,299
Nuveen Floating Rate Income Opportunity Fund		4,509		35,215

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MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

	Shares		Value
BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc.		3,341	$	34,780
MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust		4,271		30,410
PGIM High Yield Bond Fund, Inc.		2,336		27,728
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund, Inc.		2,540		27,483
Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund		2,605		27,066
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc.		2,413		27,050
Nuveen Quality Municipal Income Fund		2,279		26,892
Nuveen California AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund		2,185		26,876
Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund, Inc.		2,169		26,765
Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund		2,336		26,560
Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust		2,199		26,498
Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc.		3,504		26,490
Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income Fund		2,389		26,446
Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Inc.		1,387		26,381
DWS Municipal Income Trust		3,062		26,364
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc.		2,268		26,309
Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund		2,177		26,298
BlackRock Municipal 2030 Target Term Trust		1,234		26,272
BlackRock Municipal Income Fund, Inc.		2,312		26,195
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust		2,599		26,146
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc.		2,431		26,109
Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund		2,150		26,101
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II		2,512		25,949
BlackRock Enhanced Global Dividend Trust		2,713		25,936
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust		2,733		25,909
BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust		5,145		25,828
PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc.		2,381		25,810
Tekla Healthcare Opportunities Fund		1,299		25,733
Nuveen Preferred & Income Securities Fund		3,784		25,731
Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust		2,728		25,698
Flaherty & Crumrine Dynamic Preferred and Income Fund, Inc.		1,369		25,614

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MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

	Shares		Value
BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund, Inc.		2,108	$	25,591
Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund		1,693		25,564
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc.		2,307		25,538
Tekla Healthcare Investors		1,408		25,344
Principal Real Estate Income Fund		2,444		25,295
Nuveen Ohio Quality Municipal Income Fund		1,987		25,215
Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund		3,176		25,154
Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust		2,190		24,287
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund, Inc.		2,402		24,188
abrdn Japan Equity Fund, Inc.		4,570		24,130
Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund		3,144		23,926
First Trust Aberdeen Global Opportunity Income Fund		3,974		23,844
Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust		2,161		23,641
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.		4,040		23,351
Eaton Vance National Municipal Opportunities Trust		1,403		23,051
Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund		1,779		22,558
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund		10,331		22,315
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund, Inc.		5,627		22,227
BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc.		2,175		21,641
Putnam Premier Income Trust		5,844		21,214
Apollo Tactical Income Fund, Inc.		1,726		20,919
KKR Income Opportunities Fund		1,893		20,842
MFS High Income Municipal Trust		5,954		20,779
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc.		1,980		20,691
Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund		985		20,626
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc.		3,277		20,022
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc.		1,952		19,949
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc.		1,795		19,907

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MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

	Shares		Value
Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund, Inc.		2,355	$	19,900
Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Value Fund		1,456		19,816
Nuveen Global High Income Fund		1,737		19,541
Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc.		5,192		19,210
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund		1,214		19,133
MFS Multimarket Income Trust		4,158		18,753
BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund		1,676		18,453
LMP Capital and Income Fund, Inc.		1,532		18,445
Federated Hermes Premier Municipal Income Fund2		1,732		18,186
Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund		2,177		17,982
BNY Mellon Municipal Income, Inc.		2,800		17,528
Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund		1,471		17,446
Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund, Inc.		1,102		17,401
BrandywineGLOBAL Global Income Opportunities Fund, Inc.		2,134		17,392
Pioneer Municipal High Income Fund Trust		2,025		17,375
Franklin Universal Trust		2,519		16,953
Pioneer Municipal High Income Advantage Fund, Inc.		2,081		16,856
Gabelli Global Small and Mid Capital Value Trust		1,453		16,303
Miller/Howard High Dividend Fund		1,554		16,239
Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund		1,536		16,236
Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund		1,778		16,109
New America High Income Fund, Inc.		2,413		15,926
Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust		4,916		15,731
European Equity Fund, Inc.		2,079		15,592
Nuveen Georgia Quality Municipal Income Fund		1,532		15,517
Nuveen Minnesota Quality Municipal Income Fund		1,365		15,356
John Hancock Income Securities Trust		1,437		15,304
Allspring Utilities and High I		1,344		15,053
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund2		3,023		14,994
Invesco High Income Trust II		1,436		14,733
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund, Inc.2		1,566		14,720
Source Capital, Inc.		380		14,691

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MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

	Shares		Value
DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund, Inc.		1,339	$	14,608
Invesco Bond Fund		931		14,598
Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund, Inc.		1,772		14,406
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund2		1,352		14,385
Invesco Municipal Trust		1,435		14,207
BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc.		2,026		14,202
BlackRock Income Trust, Inc.		1,142		14,092
Royce Global Value Trust, Inc.		1,623		14,040
Insight Select Income Fund		921		13,916
First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund		1,215		13,912
Pioneer Floating Rate Fund, Inc.		1,582		13,874
abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend		1,453		13,745
Sprott Focus Trust, Inc.		1,722		13,725
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust		1,388		13,700
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund, Inc.		1,306		13,687
Pioneer Diversified High Income Fund, Inc.		1,357		13,679
New Germany Fund, Inc.		1,732		13,665
Eaton Vance Senior Income Trust		2,591		13,655
First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund		808		13,631
Neuberger Berman New York Municipal Fund, Inc.		1,434		13,523
Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.		919		13,454
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.		1,193		13,433
Virtus Total Return Fund, Inc.		2,046		13,401
abrdn Australia Equity Fund In		3,046		13,372
Neuberger Berman Municipal Fund, Inc.		1,276		13,296
Pioneer High Income Fund, Inc.		2,038		13,247
Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust		939		13,221
Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend & Income Fund		1,627		13,162
Virtus Diversified Income & Co.		702		13,029
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund		1,653		12,480
Nuveen Preferred and Income Fund		705		12,471
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc.		1,447		12,444

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MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

	Shares		Value
Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund		1,693	$	12,325
Eaton Vance Tax Managed Global Buy Write Opportunities Fund		1,588		12,323
Nuveen Multi-Asset Income Fund		1,072		12,317
CBRE Global Real Estate Income Fund		2,143		12,279
Highland Income Fund		1,191		12,267
BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust		969		12,142
Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund		1,617		12,127
Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund, Inc.		1,050		12,075
Clough Global Opportunities Fund		2,377		12,051
Templeton Global Income Fund		2,344		10,149
Nuveen Dow 30sm Dynamic Overwrite Fund		652		10,113
Blackrock Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc.		816		9,515
Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio		796		9,226
BlackRock Utilities Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust		426		8,848
Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund		1,571		8,625
BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust		707		8,024
Allspring Income Opportunities		1,219		7,789
BlackRock Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust		824		7,746
BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.		733		7,704
Cohen & Steers Select Preferred and Income Fund, Inc.		394		7,376
Clough Global Equity Fund		1,129		7,350
Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund, Inc.		531		6,627
Macquarie Global Infrastructure Total Return Fund, Inc.		291		6,612
MFS Intermediate Income Trust		2,256		6,227
Eaton Vance Municipal Income 2028 Term Trust		343		6,116
Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund, Inc.		524		5,643
Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund		723		5,466

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MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

	Shares		Value
MFS Charter Income Trust		822	$	5,055
Western Asset Investment Grade Defined Opportunity Trust, Inc.		297		4,835
Neuberger Berman MLP & Energy Income Fund, Inc.		685		4,562
Delaware Ivy High Income Opportunities Fund		411		4,505
Nuveen Missouri Quality Municipal Income Fund		431		4,504
Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund, Inc.		346		4,418
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund, Inc.		691		4,409
High Income Securities Fund		655		4,257
Highland Global Allocation Fund		442		4,164
Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund		356		3,692
Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund		291		3,248
PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund II		399		3,172
BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc.		311		3,010
Neuberger Berman Real Estate Securities Income Fund, Inc.		893		2,795
Western Asset Global High Income Fund, Inc.		384		2,611
Clough Global Dividend and Income Fund		406		2,598
Special Opportunities Fund, Inc.		214		2,440
Nuveen Arizona Quality Municipal Income Fund		218		2,433
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund, Inc.		176		2,038
Nuveen Multi-Market Income Fund		343		2,013
Nuveen Mortgage and Income Fund		115		1,861
John Hancock Investors Trust		148		1,856
MFS Government Markets Income Trust		532		1,761
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend & Income Fund		201		1,568
Vertical Capital Income Fund		118		1,028
Central Securities Corp.		26		865
BlackRock Virginia Municipal Bond Trust		60		680
MFS Special Value Trust		79		330
Total Closed-End Funds
(Cost $8,207,497)				8,078,597

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MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

	Face Amount		Value
U.S. TREASURY BILLS†† - 15.1%
U.S. Treasury Bills
4.00% due 01/24/233,4	$	11,700,000	$	11,673,787
3.79% due 01/17/233,5		6,894,000		6,884,137
Total U.S. Treasury Bills
(Cost $18,551,666)				18,557,924
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,6 - 31.5%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC issued 12/30/22 at 4.26% due 01/03/234		21,924,288		21,924,288
BofA Securities, Inc. issued 12/30/22 at 4.25% due 01/03/234		8,432,419		8,432,419
Barclays Capital, Inc. issued 12/30/22 at 4.21% due 01/03/234		8,406,303		8,406,303
Total Repurchase Agreements
(Cost $38,763,010)				38,763,010
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL†,7 - 0.0%
Money Market Fund
First American Government Obligations Fund - Class X, 4.10%8		25,951		25,951
Total Securities Lending Collateral
(Cost $25,951)				25,951
Total Investments - 93.7%
(Cost $115,809,263)			$	115,309,188
COMMON STOCKS SOLD SHORT† - (2.2)%
Consumer, Non-cyclical - (0.7)%
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, Inc.		15,002		(867,566	)
Financial - (0.7)%
Columbia Banking System, Inc.		8,710		(262,432	)

	Shares
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida		19,435	(606,177	)
Total Financial			(868,609	)
Technology - (0.8)%
Broadcom, Inc.		1,798	(1,005,316	)
Total Common Stocks Sold Short
(Proceeds $2,566,663)			(2,741,491	)
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS SOLD SHORT† - (6.7)%
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF		52	(4,981	)
iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF		239	(5,423	)
VanEck Gold Miners ETF		210	(6,018	)
iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF		103	(8,671	)
iShares MBS ETF		119	(11,037	)
iShares Agency Bond ETF		104	(11,069	)
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund		223	(19,506	)
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund		356	(25,098	)
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF		396	(25,657	)
iShares Latin America 40 ETF		1,476	(33,786	)
iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF		162	(34,707	)
VanEck High Yield Muni ETF		824	(41,653	)
SPDR S&P Biotech ETF*		778	(64,574	)
iShares Preferred & Income Securities ETF		2,137	(65,242	)
iShares Core High Dividend ETF		1,108	(115,498	)
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund		884	(120,091	)

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MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

	Shares		Value
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF		3,213	$	(121,773	)
iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF		1,106		(192,842	)
iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF		2,715		(229,662	)
iShares TIPS Bond ETF		2,532		(269,506	)
SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg High Yield Municipal Bond ETF		6,205		(303,859	)
SPDR Bloomberg Convertible Securities ETF		5,473		(352,133	)
Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF		8,039		(366,980	)
iShares National Muni Bond ETF		3,663		(386,520	)
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF		3,724		(392,621	)
iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF		9,631		(484,728	)
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust		1,480		(565,997	)
iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF		3,738		(566,868	)
SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg Municipal Bond ETF		14,769		(673,762	)
Invesco Senior Loan ETF		33,083		(679,194	)
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF		10,625		(697,425	)
iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF		17,563		(1,293,164	)
Total Exchange-Traded Funds Sold Short
(Proceeds $8,930,653)				(8,170,045	)
Total Securities Sold Short - (8.9)%
(Proceeds $11,497,316)			$	(10,911,536	)
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - 15.2%				18,649,236
Total Net Assets - 100.0%			$	123,046,888

Futures Contracts
Description	Number of Contracts		Expiration Date		Notional Amount		Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)**
Commodity Futures Contracts Purchased†
Gasoline RBOB Futures Contracts		31		Jan 2023	$	3,236,251	$	287,533
Sugar #11 Futures Contracts		207		Jun 2023		4,173,120		268,705
Live Cattle Futures Contracts		151		Jun 2023		9,532,630		134,640
Soybean Meal Futures Contracts		44		Mar 2023		2,074,160		82,638
Live Cattle Futures Contracts		66		Feb 2023		4,169,220		51,693
Soybean Futures Contracts		27		Mar 2023		2,057,738		38,964
Corn Futures Contracts		42		Mar 2023		1,424,850		32,488
Soybean Oil Futures Contracts		21		Mar 2023		807,912		16,065
NY Harbor ULSD Futures Contracts		24		Mar 2023		3,085,286		13,709
LME Lead Futures Contracts		6		Feb 2023		347,063		11,894
Silver Futures Contracts		1		Mar 2023		120,700		3,189

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MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

Futures Contracts (continued)

Description	Number of Contracts	Expiration Date	Notional Amount		Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)**
Commodity Futures Contracts Purchased† (continued)
Low Sulphur Gas Oil Futures Contracts	1	Feb 2023	$	92,650	$	1,798
Hard Red Winter Wheat Futures Contracts	11	Mar 2023		487,988		(591	)
Lean Hogs Futures Contracts	25	Feb 2023		879,750		(3,740	)
Cocoa Futures Contracts	15	Mar 2023		388,800		(6,564	)
LME Nickel Futures Contracts	4	Feb 2023		719,160		(15,485	)
Natural Gas Futures Contracts	7	Mar 2023		273,350		(53,638	)
Natural Gas Futures Contracts	24	Feb 2023		974,880		(88,265	)
			$	34,845,508	$	775,033
Currency Futures Contracts Purchased†
Japanese Yen Futures Contracts	42	Mar 2023	$	4,036,725	$	158,650
Canadian Dollar Futures Contracts	20	Mar 2023		1,478,200		(728	)
New Zealand Dollar Futures Contracts	81	Mar 2023		5,145,930		(20,330	)
British Pound Futures Contracts	76	Mar 2023		5,752,250		(77,147	)
			$	16,413,105	$	60,445
Interest Rate Futures Contracts Purchased†
Long Gilt Futures Contracts††	5	Mar 2023	$	602,394	$	(761	)
Euro - Bund Futures Contracts	4	Mar 2023		568,919		(2,798	)
Australian Government 10 Year Bond Futures Contracts††	46	Mar 2023		3,617,485		(4,912	)
Euro - BTP Italian Government Bond Futures Contracts††	20	Mar 2023		2,323,230		(20,465	)
			$	7,112,028	$	(28,936	)
Equity Futures Contracts Purchased†
FTSE 100 Index Futures Contracts††	87	Mar 2023	$	7,865,738	$	60,879
SPI 200 Index Futures Contracts††	4	Mar 2023		476,445		(8,495	)
Euro STOXX 50 Index Futures Contracts	40	Mar 2023		1,622,791		(12,462	)
FTSE MIB Index Futures Contracts	9	Mar 2023		1,141,266		(17,564	)
CBOE Volatility Index Futures Contracts	102	Mar 2023		2,585,700		(18,588	)
OMX Stockholm 30 Index Futures Contracts††	65	Jan 2023		1,278,043		(31,566	)
CAC 40 10 Euro Index Futures Contracts	20	Jan 2023		1,383,742		(32,800	)
Amsterdam Index Futures Contracts	10	Jan 2023		1,477,562		(60,979	)
CBOE Volatility Index Futures Contracts	279	Jun 2023		7,351,650		(101,024	)
Tokyo Stock Price Index Futures Contracts	31	Mar 2023		4,415,278		(207,469	)
			$	29,598,215	$	(430,068	)
Interest Rate Futures Contracts Sold Short†
Canadian Government 10 Year Bond Futures Contracts††	109	Mar 2023	$	9,848,694	$	190,358
U.S. Treasury 10 Year Note Futures Contracts	61	Mar 2023		6,839,625		41,198
U.S. Treasury Long Bond Futures Contracts	7	Mar 2023		872,812		5,310
U.S. Treasury Ultra Long Bond Futures Contracts	5	Mar 2023		667,813		4,459
Euro - 30 year Bond Futures Contracts	4	Mar 2023		577,744		1,480

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Futures Contracts (continued)

Description	Number of Contracts	Expiration Date	Notional Amount		Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)**
Interest Rate Futures Contracts Sold Short† (continued)
Euro - OATS Futures Contracts	5	Mar 2023	$	681,429	$	226
			$	19,488,117	$	243,031
Equity Futures Contracts Sold Short†
CBOE Volatility Index Futures Contracts	149	Feb 2023	$	3,650,500	$	31,446
S&P/TSX 60 IX Index Futures Contracts	6	Mar 2023		1,036,031		15,220
CBOE Volatility Index Futures Contracts	55	Jan 2023		1,267,750		5,640
IBEX 35 Index Futures Contracts††	24	Jan 2023		2,104,823		3,473
Nikkei 225 Index Futures Contracts	1	Mar 2023		196,405		1,045
DAX Index Futures Contracts	2	Mar 2023		744,404		1,010
Russell 2000 Index Mini Futures Contracts	21	Mar 2023		1,859,865		462
CBOE Volatility Index Futures Contracts	8	Apr 2023		206,800		(588	)
NASDAQ-100 Index Mini Futures Contracts	9	Mar 2023		1,984,140		(769	)
S&P 500 Index Mini Futures Contracts	10	Mar 2023		1,930,750		(1,220	)
			$	14,981,468	$	55,719
Commodity Futures Contracts Sold Short†
Natural Gas Futures Contracts	27	Jan 2023	$	1,196,910	$	340,861
LME Zinc Futures Contracts	6	Feb 2023		447,488		30,657
LME Primary Aluminum Futures Contracts	8	Feb 2023		471,932		20,531
Wheat Futures Contracts	36	Mar 2023		1,423,800		11,450
Cotton #2 Futures Contracts	13	Mar 2023		542,100		9,461
Sugar #11 Futures Contracts	31	Feb 2023		696,136		355
Brent Crude Futures Contracts	1	Jan 2023		85,990		(3,242	)
Coffee ‘C’ Futures Contracts	7	Mar 2023		438,638		(6,406	)
NY Harbor ULSD Futures Contracts	14	Jan 2023		1,935,226		(6,909	)
WTI Crude Futures Contracts	1	Jan 2023		80,380		(7,093	)
Copper Futures Contracts	3	Mar 2023		286,500		(11,602	)
Gold 100 oz. Futures Contracts	3	Feb 2023		548,970		(27,564	)
Cattle Feeder Futures Contracts	33	Mar 2023		3,069,412		(41,689	)
Live Cattle Futures Contracts	125	Apr 2023		8,088,750		(117,023	)
Gasoline RBOB Futures Contracts	31	Mar 2023		3,432,072		(236,636	)
			$	22,744,304	$	(44,849	)
Currency Futures Contracts Sold Short†
Euro FX Futures Contracts	2	Mar 2023	$	268,988	$	(2,025	)
Australian Dollar Futures Contracts	64	Mar 2023		4,369,280		(26,100	)
Swiss Franc Futures Contracts	153	Mar 2023		20,843,381		(133,961	)
			$	25,481,649	$	(162,086	)

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Custom Basket Swap Agreements

Counterparty

Reference Obligation

Type

Financing Rate

Payment Frequency

Maturity Date

Notional Amount

Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

OTC Custom Basket Swap Agreements††

Goldman Sachs International

GS Long/Short Equity Custom Basket

Pay

4.78% (Federal Funds Rate + 0.45%)

At Maturity

05/06/24

$

17,253,266

$

121,541

Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC

MS Long/Short Equity Custom Basket

Pay

4.73% (Federal Funds Rate + 0.40%)

At Maturity

08/31/23

17,211,244

99,765

Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC

MS Equity Market Neutral Custom Basket

Pay

4.73% (Federal Funds Rate + 0.40%)

At Maturity

08/31/23

17,639,508

(308,621

)

Goldman Sachs International

GS Equity Market Neutral Custom Basket

Pay

4.78% (Federal Funds Rate + 0.45%)

At Maturity

05/06/24

17,639,517

(328,800

)

$

69,743,535

$

(416,115

)

OTC Custom Basket Swap Agreements Sold Short††

Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC

MS Equity Market Neutral Custom Basket

Receive

4.03% (Federal Funds Rate - 0.30%)

At Maturity

08/31/23

$

16,842,761

$

2,513,675

Goldman Sachs International

GS Equity Market Neutral Custom Basket

Receive

4.11% (Federal Funds Rate - 0.22%)

At Maturity

05/06/24

16,842,771

2,492,617

Goldman Sachs International

GS Long/Short Equity Custom Basket

Receive

4.13% (Federal Funds Rate - 0.20%)

At Maturity

05/06/24

11,372,788

468,620

Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC

MS Long/Short Equity Custom Basket

Receive

4.03% (Federal Funds Rate - 0.30%)

At Maturity

08/31/23

11,463,137

460,889

$

56,521,457

$

5,935,801

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	Shares		Percentage Notional Amount			Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
MS LONG/SHORT EQUITY LONG CUSTOM BASKET
Consumer, Cyclical
Home Depot, Inc.		449		0.86	%	$	16,487
GMS, Inc.		2,952		0.88	%		14,750
Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.		1,341		0.41	%		13,430
Buckle, Inc.		2,230		0.59	%		11,690
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.		3,231		0.78	%		9,637
Patrick Industries, Inc.		607		0.21	%		9,001
Methode Electronics, Inc.		2,304		0.59	%		7,251
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.		2,236		0.39	%		3,294
Group 1 Automotive, Inc.		291		0.30	%		3,234
Starbucks Corp.		805		0.46	%		2,940
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.		1,513		0.23	%		(799	)
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.		2,482		1.03	%		(1,579	)
Watsco, Inc.		208		0.30	%		(2,200	)
Boyd Gaming Corp.		1,395		0.44	%		(2,383	)
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.		312		0.36	%		(2,515	)
Columbia Sportswear Co.		2,014		1.02	%		(3,344	)
Yum! Brands, Inc.		1,374		1.02	%		(3,444	)
Winnebago Industries, Inc.		808		0.25	%		(3,596	)
MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. — Class A		1,368		0.65	%		(3,817	)
Oxford Industries, Inc.		687		0.37	%		(4,242	)
Steven Madden Ltd.		2,223		0.41	%		(5,420	)
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.		488		0.33	%		(6,531	)
Brunswick Corp.		1,937		0.81	%		(7,184	)
Total Consumer, Cyclical							44,660
Technology
Rambus, Inc.		1,311		0.27	%		20,096
Axcelis Technologies, Inc.		559		0.26	%		8,574
CSG Systems International, Inc.		737		0.24	%		7,049
Diodes, Inc.		832		0.37	%		6,724
QUALCOMM, Inc.		451		0.29	%		2,276
NetApp, Inc.		776		0.27	%		1,880
Maximus, Inc.		1,094		0.47	%		873
Adobe, Inc.		154		0.30	%		470
Dropbox, Inc. — Class A		4,454		0.58	%		(707	)
Teradata Corp.		1,810		0.35	%		(780	)
Veeco Instruments, Inc.		2,216		0.24	%		(1,778	)
Apple, Inc.		406		0.31	%		(2,041	)
Synaptics, Inc.		585		0.32	%		(2,161	)
Cirrus Logic, Inc.		2,341		1.01	%		(3,438	)
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.		1,001		0.26	%		(3,506	)
Avid Technology, Inc.		2,039		0.32	%		(3,751	)
NetScout Systems, Inc.		1,730		0.33	%		(3,916	)
Microsoft Corp.		475		0.66	%		(4,609	)
ACI Worldwide, Inc.		1,729		0.23	%		(5,232	)
Synopsys, Inc.		428		0.79	%		(5,722	)

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	Shares		Percentage Notional Amount			Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
Applied Materials, Inc.		1,434		0.81	%	$	(12,698	)
Total Technology							(2,397	)
Industrial
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.		6,257		0.78	%		24,454
Standex International Corp.		1,676		1.00	%		17,098
Dorian LPG Ltd.		4,632		0.51	%		15,700
Louisiana-Pacific Corp.		2,462		0.85	%		12,086
Snap-on, Inc.		744		0.99	%		10,635
Albany International Corp. — Class A		1,591		0.91	%		10,593
Eagle Materials, Inc.		1,191		0.92	%		10,379
Emerson Electric Co.		1,734		0.97	%		9,360
Textron, Inc.		2,497		1.03	%		6,416
Lockheed Martin Corp.		273		0.77	%		2,579
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.		1,275		0.64	%		2,163
Donaldson Company, Inc.		3,000		1.03	%		1,743
OSI Systems, Inc.		658		0.30	%		681
Otis Worldwide Corp.		699		0.32	%		(68	)
General Dynamics Corp.		545		0.79	%		(253	)
AMETEK, Inc.		558		0.45	%		(1,757	)
3M Co.		547		0.38	%		(2,662	)
Graco, Inc.		2,612		1.02	%		(4,552	)
Mueller Industries, Inc.		1,550		0.53	%		(5,112	)
Sealed Air Corp.		1,770		0.51	%		(5,678	)
Acuity Brands, Inc.		656		0.63	%		(10,082	)
PGT Innovations, Inc.		2,835		0.30	%		(12,579	)
Sturm Ruger & Company, Inc.		2,280		0.67	%		(33,227	)
Total Industrial							47,917
Basic Materials
FMC Corp.		461		0.33	%		5,406
Westlake Corp.		440		0.26	%		5,363
NewMarket Corp.		280		0.51	%		1,065
American Vanguard Corp.		2,167		0.27	%		1,056
Olin Corp.		1,441		0.44	%		(3,176	)
Ingevity Corp.		715		0.29	%		(3,834	)
AdvanSix, Inc.		1,322		0.29	%		(5,094	)
Minerals Technologies, Inc.		2,014		0.71	%		(7,697	)
Huntsman Corp.		3,591		0.57	%		(9,284	)
Balchem Corp.		919		0.65	%		(9,707	)
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. — Class A		894		0.43	%		(9,809	)
Total Basic Materials							(35,711	)
Financial
S&T Bancorp, Inc.		5,032		1.00	%		28,705
Renasant Corp.		4,569		1.00	%		18,926
TowneBank		5,439		0.97	%		14,204
Preferred Bank/Los Angeles CA		2,443		1.06	%		13,696
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.		808		0.27	%		7,384
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.		306		0.34	%		7,334
Associated Banc-Corp.		1,727		0.23	%		5,294
NMI Holdings, Inc. — Class A		1,841		0.22	%		4,028

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	Shares		Percentage Notional Amount			Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
Evercore, Inc. — Class A		992		0.63	%	$	3,900
Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.		1,347		0.29	%		3,500
International Bancshares Corp.		1,972		0.52	%		3,456
Hilltop Holdings, Inc.		1,851		0.32	%		2,948
National Bank Holdings Corp. — Class A		4,131		1.01	%		2,011
Visa, Inc. — Class A		237		0.29	%		(1,612	)
Marcus & Millichap, Inc.		1,593		0.32	%		(4,115	)
Hope Bancorp, Inc.		13,565		1.01	%		(7,253	)
BankUnited, Inc.		2,134		0.42	%		(7,856	)
Stewart Information Services Corp.		1,618		0.40	%		(16,148	)
Central Pacific Financial Corp.		3,613		0.43	%		(16,247	)
Heritage Financial Corp.		5,748		1.02	%		(18,137	)
Office Properties Income Trust		5,934		0.46	%		(38,506	)
Total Financial							5,512
Communications
Cisco Systems, Inc.		1,984		0.55	%		10,246
T-Mobile US, Inc.		1,025		0.83	%		3,134
VeriSign, Inc.		364		0.43	%		2,971
Alphabet, Inc. — Class C		592		0.31	%		(5,489	)
Gogo, Inc.		8,671		0.74	%		(15,941	)
Meta Platforms, Inc. — Class A		973		0.68	%		(16,028	)
Verizon Communications, Inc.		4,168		0.95	%		(18,591	)
InterDigital, Inc.		1,394		0.40	%		(18,710	)
Total Communications							(58,408	)
Consumer, Non-cyclical
Perdoceo Education Corp.		11,714		0.95	%		34,775
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. — Class A		14,890		1.07	%		22,146
United Therapeutics Corp.		337		0.54	%		19,326
Coca-Cola Co.		2,818		1.04	%		13,570
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.		72		0.30	%		13,423
Hologic, Inc.		2,383		1.04	%		12,166
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.		2,212		0.92	%		11,540
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc		596		0.55	%		11,446
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.		297		0.50	%		10,797
Incyte Corp.		892		0.42	%		9,577
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.		1,200		1.09	%		8,886
Triton International Ltd.		1,610		0.64	%		8,557
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.		1,686		0.27	%		8,105
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.		2,492		0.52	%		6,933
Eli Lilly & Co.		100		0.21	%		5,383
Post Holdings, Inc.		1,360		0.71	%		4,507
Altria Group, Inc.		2,903		0.77	%		4,177
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.		765		0.40	%		2,952

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	Shares		Percentage Notional Amount			Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
Quanex Building Products Corp.		2,025		0.28	%	$	2,585
Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.		2,348		0.85	%		2,307
Globus Medical, Inc. — Class A		1,249		0.54	%		2,099
Innoviva, Inc.		5,117		0.39	%		2,092
John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.		2,188		1.03	%		1,058
Monster Beverage Corp.		1,032		0.61	%		(590	)
Hershey Co.		768		1.03	%		(1,175	)
Inter Parfums, Inc.		529		0.30	%		(1,269	)
Danaher Corp.		529		0.82	%		(1,485	)
Gilead Sciences, Inc.		1,066		0.53	%		(2,333	)
Exelixis, Inc.		2,940		0.27	%		(3,048	)
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.		399		0.95	%		(5,091	)
Varex Imaging Corp.		6,458		0.76	%		(7,826	)
EVERTEC, Inc.		3,302		0.62	%		(9,096	)
Royalty Pharma plc — Class A		3,335		0.77	%		(11,248	)
Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.		2,703		0.46	%		(25,343	)
Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.		6,607		0.28	%		(35,721	)
Tyson Foods, Inc. — Class A		2,090		0.76	%		(41,502	)
USANA Health Sciences, Inc.		2,482		0.77	%		(44,974	)
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical							27,706
Energy
Marathon Petroleum Corp.		1,567		1.06	%		22,504
Phillips 66		894		0.54	%		16,241
Exxon Mobil Corp.		1,655		1.06	%		15,926
Valero Energy Corp.		906		0.67	%		12,542
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.		1,944		0.26	%		6,922
Antero Midstream Corp.		15,965		1.00	%		6,893
REX American Resources Corp.		1,838		0.34	%		4,746
ONEOK, Inc.		633		0.24	%		3,602
SunCoke Energy, Inc.		6,583		0.33	%		2,764
Kinder Morgan, Inc.		9,147		0.96	%		1,526
Williams Companies, Inc.		3,029		0.58	%		(1,058	)
Equitrans Midstream Corp.		6,334		0.25	%		(4,482	)
DT Midstream, Inc.		3,010		0.97	%		(5,338	)
Occidental Petroleum Corp.		1,092		0.40	%		(8,964	)
CVR Energy, Inc.		2,778		0.51	%		(9,037	)
Total Energy							64,787
Utilities
FirstEnergy Corp.		4,337		1.06	%		18,262
ONE Gas, Inc.		1,315		0.58	%		3,449
UGI Corp.		4,416		0.95	%		1,888
Black Hills Corp.		2,542		1.04	%		534
National Fuel Gas Co.		761		0.28	%		230
OGE Energy Corp.		4,539		1.04	%		35
Chesapeake Utilities Corp.		932		0.64	%		(551	)
Otter Tail Corp.		1,290		0.44	%		(4,069	)

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	Shares		Percentage Notional Amount			Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
Clearway Energy, Inc. — Class C		3,120		0.58	%	$	(6,791	)
MGE Energy, Inc.		1,819		0.74	%		(7,288	)
Total Utilities							5,699
Total MS Long/Short Equity Long Custom Basket							99,765
MS LONG/SHORT EQUITY SHORT CUSTOM BASKET
Consumer, Non-cyclical
ASGN, Inc.		830		(0.58	)%	$	30,277
Viad Corp.		1,771		(0.38	)%		29,348
Healthcare Services Group, Inc.		5,398		(0.57	)%		21,353
FTI Consulting, Inc.		712		(0.99	)%		11,691
Equifax, Inc.		883		(1.50	)%		11,088
TransUnion		2,669		(1.32	)%		9,813
CoStar Group, Inc.		1,536		(1.04	)%		8,970
Driven Brands Holdings, Inc.		4,383		(1.04	)%		8,168
Rollins, Inc.		1,406		(0.45	)%		4,993
Patterson Companies, Inc.		1,749		(0.43	)%		4,646
GXO Logistics, Inc.		1,123		(0.42	)%		2,520
ABM Industries, Inc.		3,572		(1.38	)%		(1,974	)
Quanta Services, Inc.		433		(0.54	)%		(3,821	)
Cintas Corp.		391		(1.54	)%		(11,148	)
ICU Medical, Inc.		970		(1.33	)%		(20,889	)
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical							105,035
Utilities
AES Corp.		2,152		(0.54	)%		(766	)
Vistra Corp.		3,372		(0.68	)%		(1,338	)
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.		2,945		(1.57	)%		(6,084	)
Exelon Corp.		4,012		(1.51	)%		(6,708	)
Edison International		2,742		(1.52	)%		(13,407	)
Total Utilities							(28,303	)
Basic Materials
Alcoa Corp.		1,295		(0.51	)%		2,387
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.		1,731		(0.57	)%		1,648
ATI, Inc.		1,808		(0.47	)%		1,261
Total Basic Materials							5,296
Financial
Signature Bank		495		(0.50	)%		58,709
Invitation Homes, Inc.		3,107		(0.80	)%		35,284
Welltower, Inc.		1,224		(0.70	)%		31,474
Crown Castle, Inc.		569		(0.67	)%		26,625
Sun Communities, Inc.		1,255		(1.57	)%		18,491
Bank of America Corp.		5,118		(1.48	)%		16,917
Equinix, Inc.		206		(1.18	)%		16,839
KKR & Company, Inc. — Class A		2,323		(0.94	)%		16,773
Ares Management Corp. — Class A		1,892		(1.13	)%		15,082
Americold Realty Trust, Inc.		3,196		(0.79	)%		13,893
Equitable Holdings, Inc.		5,733		(1.44	)%		13,217
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.		7,598		(1.04	)%		13,180
Raymond James Financial, Inc.		1,540		(1.44	)%		13,152
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.		773		(0.68	)%		11,393
American Tower Corp. — Class A		816		(1.51	)%		10,960
Assurant, Inc.		553		(0.60	)%		9,598

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	Shares		Percentage Notional Amount			Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
Independence Realty Trust, Inc.		4,185		(0.62	)%	$	8,929
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.		1,480		(1.06	)%		7,666
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.		4,190		(0.59	)%		6,942
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust		2,806		(0.33	)%		6,105
KeyCorp		7,597		(1.15	)%		5,298
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.		1,179		(1.50	)%		4,803
Wells Fargo & Co.		1,548		(0.56	)%		4,688
Kite Realty Group Trust		6,664		(1.22	)%		4,681
Principal Financial Group, Inc.		613		(0.45	)%		3,158
UDR, Inc.		4,410		(1.49	)%		2,915
Kimco Realty Corp.		5,899		(1.09	)%		2,835
Northern Trust Corp.		1,995		(1.54	)%		2,728
Ventas, Inc.		1,597		(0.63	)%		2,596
Iron Mountain, Inc.		2,819		(1.23	)%		2,005
Citigroup, Inc.		2,710		(1.07	)%		930
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.		536		(0.59	)%		921
Willis Towers Watson plc		358		(0.76	)%		797
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.		419		(0.49	)%		382
Progressive Corp.		1,364		(1.54	)%		(1,578	)
Cincinnati Financial Corp.		510		(0.46	)%		(1,692	)
American International Group, Inc.		1,266		(0.70	)%		(2,452	)
TFS Financial Corp.		4,821		(0.61	)%		(3,344	)
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.		1,060		(0.95	)%		(4,631	)
BlackRock, Inc. — Class A		140		(0.87	)%		(5,058	)
Arthur J Gallagher & Co.		336		(0.55	)%		(5,484	)
Howard Hughes Corp.		2,765		(1.84	)%		(5,912	)
CBRE Group, Inc. — Class A		1,179		(0.79	)%		(7,774	)
First Republic Bank		1,060		(1.13	)%		(8,819	)
Allstate Corp.		1,121		(1.33	)%		(9,902	)
Invesco Ltd.		6,340		(0.99	)%		(10,041	)
Apollo Global Management, Inc.		2,750		(1.53	)%		(13,653	)
Total Financial							309,626
Consumer, Cyclical
MillerKnoll, Inc.		3,063		(0.56	)%		45,862
CarMax, Inc.		1,076		(0.57	)%		20,450
American Airlines Group, Inc.		4,513		(0.50	)%		18,630
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.		4,020		(0.36	)%		13,765
Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. — Class A		604		(0.37	)%		3,872
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.		959		(0.58	)%		3,682
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.		2,825		(0.92	)%		(1,319	)
Delta Air Lines, Inc.		4,481		(1.28	)%		(1,644	)
Copart, Inc.		2,708		(1.44	)%		(4,871	)
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. — Class A		396		(0.63	)%		(15,205	)
Total Consumer, Cyclical							83,222

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	Shares		Percentage Notional Amount			Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
Industrial
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.		811		(0.53	)%	$	28,622
Stericycle, Inc.		841		(0.37	)%		17,126
Waste Management, Inc.		1,067		(1.46	)%		14,186
TD SYNNEX Corp.		1,813		(1.50	)%		6,461
Kirby Corp.		919		(0.52	)%		3,741
Jacobs Solutions, Inc.		1,473		(1.54	)%		2,286
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.		278		(0.42	)%		(991	)
Casella Waste Systems, Inc. — Class A		1,391		(0.96	)%		(1,627	)
Norfolk Southern Corp.		252		(0.54	)%		(3,597	)
TransDigm Group, Inc.		58		(0.32	)%		(4,868	)
FedEx Corp.		340		(0.51	)%		(6,110	)
Boeing Co.		315		(0.52	)%		(8,619	)
MSA Safety, Inc.		1,021		(1.28	)%		(24,167	)
Total Industrial							22,443
Energy
NOV, Inc.		3,276		(0.60	)%		7,459
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.		1,156		(0.50	)%		(550	)
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.		5,161		(0.76	)%		(794	)
Halliburton Co.		4,768		(1.64	)%		(5,066	)
Liberty Energy, Inc. — Class A		3,946		(0.55	)%		(6,344	)
ChampionX Corp.		1,209		(0.31	)%		(8,566	)
Hess Corp.		781		(0.97	)%		(10,671	)
Valaris Ltd.		1,291		(0.76	)%		(19,565	)
EOG Resources, Inc.		1,264		(1.43	)%		(21,409	)
Schlumberger Ltd.		1,618		(0.75	)%		(23,344	)
Total Energy							(88,850	)
Communications
IAC, Inc.		1,883		(0.73	)%		20,933
Walt Disney Co.		1,468		(1.11	)%		17,114
Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.		6,066		(0.50	)%		13,542
Paramount Global — Class B		3,765		(0.55	)%		10,011
Uber Technologies, Inc.		3,635		(0.78	)%		4,422
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.		3,668		(1.07	)%		(14,565	)
Total Communications							51,457
Technology
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.		1,105		(1.00	)%	$	3,010
Science Applications International Corp.		1,343		(1.30	)%		(2,047	)
Total Technology							963
Total MS Long/Short Equity Short Custom Basket						$	460,889

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MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

	Shares		Percentage Notional Amount			Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
GS LONG/SHORT EQUITY LONG CUSTOM BASKET
Consumer, Cyclical
Patrick Industries, Inc.		1,301		0.48	%	$	19,142
Home Depot, Inc.		449		0.82	%		16,624
GMS, Inc.		2,952		0.85	%		14,472
Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.		1,341		0.41	%		13,569
Buckle, Inc.		2,230		0.59	%		11,772
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.		3,231		0.78	%		9,656
Methode Electronics, Inc.		2,304		0.59	%		7,311
Group 1 Automotive, Inc.		291		0.30	%		3,549
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.		2,236		0.39	%		3,254
Starbucks Corp.		805		0.46	%		2,951
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.		1,513		0.23	%		(707	)
Watsco, Inc.		208		0.30	%		(1,800	)
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.		2,482		1.03	%		(1,862	)
Boyd Gaming Corp.		1,395		0.44	%		(2,245	)
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.		312		0.36	%		(2,583	)
Winnebago Industries, Inc.		808		0.25	%		(3,232	)
Yum! Brands, Inc.		1,374		1.02	%		(3,418	)
Columbia Sportswear Co.		2,014		1.02	%		(3,529	)
MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. — Class A		1,368		0.65	%		(3,831	)
Oxford Industries, Inc.		687		0.37	%		(4,778	)
Steven Madden Ltd.		2,222		0.41	%		(5,589	)
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.		488		0.33	%		(6,136	)
Brunswick Corp.		1,937		0.81	%		(6,765	)
Total Consumer, Cyclical							55,825
Technology
Rambus, Inc.		1,311		0.27	%		20,081
Axcelis Technologies, Inc.		559		0.26	%		8,756
CSG Systems International, Inc.		737		0.24	%		6,973
Diodes, Inc.		832		0.37	%		6,710
QUALCOMM, Inc.		451		0.29	%		2,336
NetApp, Inc.		776		0.27	%		1,847
Maximus, Inc.		1,094		0.46	%		1,061
Adobe, Inc.		154		0.30	%		391
Teradata Corp.		1,810		0.35	%		(805	)
Dropbox, Inc. — Class A		4,454		0.58	%		(1,010	)
Veeco Instruments, Inc.		2,216		0.24	%		(1,735	)
Apple, Inc.		406		0.31	%		(2,003	)
Synaptics, Inc.		585		0.32	%		(2,031	)
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.		1,001		0.26	%		(3,501	)
NetScout Systems, Inc.		1,730		0.33	%		(3,507	)
Cirrus Logic, Inc.		2,341		1.01	%		(3,600	)
Avid Technology, Inc.		2,039		0.31	%		(4,136	)
Microsoft Corp.		475		0.66	%		(4,697	)
ACI Worldwide, Inc.		1,729		0.23	%		(5,165	)
Synopsys, Inc.		428		0.79	%		(5,815	)

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	Shares		Percentage Notional Amount			Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
Applied Materials, Inc.		1,434		0.81	%	$	(13,023	)
Total Technology							(2,873	)
Industrial
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.		6,257		0.78	%		24,388
Standex International Corp.		1,676		0.99	%		16,742
Dorian LPG Ltd.		4,632		0.51	%		15,994
Louisiana-Pacific Corp.		2,462		0.84	%		12,941
Albany International Corp. — Class A		1,591		0.91	%		10,567
Snap-on, Inc.		744		0.99	%		10,561
Eagle Materials, Inc.		1,191		0.92	%		10,509
Emerson Electric Co.		1,734		0.97	%		9,454
Textron, Inc.		2,497		1.02	%		7,831
Lockheed Martin Corp.		273		0.77	%		2,786
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.		1,275		0.63	%		2,444
Donaldson Company, Inc.		3,000		1.02	%		1,944
OSI Systems, Inc.		658		0.30	%		647
General Dynamics Corp.		545		0.78	%		41
Otis Worldwide Corp.		699		0.32	%		(91	)
AMETEK, Inc.		558		0.45	%		(1,789	)
3M Co.		547		0.38	%		(2,718	)
Graco, Inc.		2,612		1.02	%		(4,645	)
Mueller Industries, Inc.		1,550		0.53	%		(5,117	)
Sealed Air Corp.		1,770		0.51	%		(5,715	)
Acuity Brands, Inc.		656		0.63	%		(9,850	)
PGT Innovations, Inc.		2,835		0.30	%		(12,483	)
Sturm Ruger & Company, Inc.		2,280		0.67	%		(33,671	)
Total Industrial							50,770
Basic Materials
FMC Corp.		461		0.33	%		5,589
Westlake Corp.		440		0.26	%		5,222
NewMarket Corp.		280		0.50	%		1,333
American Vanguard Corp.		2,167		0.27	%		1,026
Olin Corp.		1,441		0.44	%		(3,213	)
Ingevity Corp.		715		0.29	%		(3,873	)
AdvanSix, Inc.		1,322		0.29	%		(5,107	)
Minerals Technologies, Inc.		2,014		0.71	%		(7,584	)
Huntsman Corp.		3,591		0.57	%		(9,514	)
Balchem Corp.		919		0.65	%		(9,671	)
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. — Class A		894		0.43	%		(9,807	)
Total Basic Materials							(35,599	)
Financial
S&T Bancorp, Inc.		5,032		1.00	%		28,590
Renasant Corp.		4,569		1.00	%		18,899
TowneBank		5,439		0.97	%		14,870
Preferred Bank/Los Angeles CA		2,443		1.06	%		13,510
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.		808		0.27	%		7,493
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.		306		0.34	%		7,207
Associated Banc-Corp.		1,727		0.23	%		5,389
Evercore, Inc. — Class A		992		0.63	%		4,850

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	Shares		Percentage Notional Amount			Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
NMI Holdings, Inc. — Class A		1,841		0.22	%	$	4,107
Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.		1,347		0.29	%		3,696
International Bancshares Corp.		1,972		0.52	%		3,432
Hilltop Holdings, Inc.		1,851		0.32	%		2,946
National Bank Holdings Corp. — Class A		4,131		1.01	%		2,175
Visa, Inc. — Class A		237		0.29	%		(1,690	)
Marcus & Millichap, Inc.		1,593		0.32	%		(4,187	)
Hope Bancorp, Inc.		13,565		1.01	%		(7,198	)
BankUnited, Inc.		2,134		0.42	%		(7,716	)
Stewart Information Services Corp.		1,618		0.40	%		(16,241	)
Central Pacific Financial Corp.		3,613		0.42	%		(16,297	)
Heritage Financial Corp.		5,748		1.02	%		(18,362	)
Office Properties Income Trust		5,934		0.46	%		(38,390	)
Total Financial							7,083
Communications
Cisco Systems, Inc.		1,984		0.55	%		10,409
T-Mobile US, Inc.		1,025		0.83	%		3,112
VeriSign, Inc.		364		0.43	%		3,016
Alphabet, Inc. — Class C		592		0.30	%		(5,476	)
Gogo, Inc.		8,671		0.74	%		(14,185	)
Meta Platforms, Inc. — Class A		973		0.68	%		(16,030	)
Verizon Communications, Inc.		4,168		0.95	%		(18,662	)
InterDigital, Inc.		1,394		0.40	%		(18,727	)
Total Communications							(56,543	)
Consumer, Non-cyclical
Perdoceo Education Corp.		11,714		0.94	%		34,791
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. — Class A		14,890		1.07	%		21,943
United Therapeutics Corp.		337		0.54	%		19,362
Coca-Cola Co.		2,818		1.04	%		13,850
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.		72		0.30	%		13,426
Hologic, Inc.		2,383		1.03	%		12,141
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc		596		0.55	%		11,733
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.		2,212		0.92	%		11,581
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.		297		0.50	%		10,744
Incyte Corp.		892		0.42	%		9,885
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.		1,200		1.09	%		8,766
Triton International Ltd.		1,610		0.64	%		8,574
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.		1,686		0.27	%		8,119
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.		2,492		0.52	%		5,984
Eli Lilly & Co.		100		0.21	%		5,392
Post Holdings, Inc.		1,360		0.71	%		4,797
Altria Group, Inc.		2,903		0.77	%		4,149

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MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

	Shares		Percentage Notional Amount			Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.		765		0.40	%	$	2,994
Quanex Building Products Corp.		2,025		0.28	%		2,554
Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.		2,348		0.85	%		2,299
Innoviva, Inc.		5,117		0.39	%		2,075
Globus Medical, Inc. — Class A		1,249		0.54	%		1,721
John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.		2,188		1.03	%		1,150
Monster Beverage Corp.		1,032		0.61	%		(734	)
Hershey Co.		768		1.03	%		(1,011	)
Inter Parfums, Inc.		529		0.30	%		(1,164	)
Danaher Corp.		529		0.81	%		(1,761	)
Gilead Sciences, Inc.		1,066		0.53	%		(2,491	)
Exelixis, Inc.		2,940		0.27	%		(2,872	)
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.		399		0.94	%		(5,244	)
Varex Imaging Corp.		6,458		0.76	%		(7,378	)
EVERTEC, Inc.		3,302		0.62	%		(8,898	)
Royalty Pharma plc — Class A		3,335		0.76	%		(10,774	)
Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.		2,703		0.46	%		(25,780	)
Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.		6,607		0.28	%		(35,708	)
Tyson Foods, Inc. — Class A		2,090		0.75	%		(41,359	)
USANA Health Sciences, Inc.		2,482		0.77	%		(45,028	)
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical							27,828
Energy
Marathon Petroleum Corp.		1,567		1.06	%		22,833
Phillips 66		894		0.54	%		16,352
Exxon Mobil Corp.		1,655		1.06	%		16,254
Valero Energy Corp.		906		0.67	%		12,812
Antero Midstream Corp.		15,965		1.00	%		7,202
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.		1,944		0.26	%		7,030
REX American Resources Corp.		1,838		0.34	%		5,031
ONEOK, Inc.		633		0.24	%		3,626
SunCoke Energy, Inc.		6,583		0.33	%		2,755
Kinder Morgan, Inc.		9,147		0.96	%		1,768
Williams Companies, Inc.		3,029		0.58	%		(925	)
Equitrans Midstream Corp.		6,334		0.25	%		(4,766	)
DT Midstream, Inc.		3,010		0.96	%		(5,148	)
Occidental Petroleum Corp.		1,092		0.40	%		(8,359	)
CVR Energy, Inc.		2,778		0.50	%		(8,638	)
Total Energy							67,827
Utilities
FirstEnergy Corp.		4,337		1.05	%		19,309
ONE Gas, Inc.		1,315		0.58	%		3,599
UGI Corp.		4,416		0.95	%		2,386
OGE Energy Corp.		4,539		1.04	%		409

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MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

	Shares		Percentage Notional Amount			Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
National Fuel Gas Co.		761		0.28	%	$	340
Black Hills Corp.		2,542		1.04	%		211
Chesapeake Utilities Corp.		932		0.64	%		(684	)
Otter Tail Corp.		1,290		0.44	%		(4,157	)
Clearway Energy, Inc. — Class C		3,120		0.58	%		(6,802	)
MGE Energy, Inc.		1,819		0.74	%		(7,388	)
Total Utilities							7,223
Total GS Long/Short Equity Long Custom Basket							121,541
GS LONG/SHORT EQUITY SHORT CUSTOM BASKET
Consumer, Non-cyclical
ASGN, Inc.		830		(0.59	)%		30,455
Viad Corp.		1,771		(0.38	)%		29,429
Healthcare Services Group, Inc.		5,398		(0.57	)%		21,535
FTI Consulting, Inc.		712		(0.99	)%		12,562
Equifax, Inc.		883		(1.51	)%		11,212
TransUnion		2,669		(1.33	)%		9,366
CoStar Group, Inc.		1,536		(1.04	)%		8,529
Driven Brands Holdings, Inc.		4,383		(1.05	)%		8,330
Rollins, Inc.		1,405		(0.45	)%		4,926
Patterson Companies, Inc.		1,749		(0.43	)%		4,491
GXO Logistics, Inc.		1,123		(0.42	)%		2,505
ABM Industries, Inc.		3,572		(1.40	)%		(1,989	)
Quanta Services, Inc.		433		(0.54	)%		(3,742	)
Cintas Corp.		391		(1.55	)%		(11,639	)
ICU Medical, Inc.		970		(1.34	)%		(21,033	)
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical							104,937
Utilities
AES Corp.		2,152		(0.54	)%		(654	)
Vistra Corp.		3,372		(0.69	)%		(1,627	)
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.		2,945		(1.59	)%		(5,442	)
Exelon Corp.		4,012		(1.53	)%		(6,831	)
Edison International		2,742		(1.53	)%		(14,377	)
Total Utilities							(28,931	)
Basic Materials
Alcoa Corp.		1,295		(0.52	)%		2,622
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.		1,731		(0.58	)%		1,681
ATI, Inc.		1,808		(0.47	)%		1,453
Total Basic Materials							5,756
Financial
Signature Bank		495		(0.50	)%		58,586
Invitation Homes, Inc.		3,107		(0.81	)%		35,311
Welltower, Inc.		1,224		(0.71	)%		31,499
Crown Castle, Inc.		569		(0.68	)%		26,638
Sun Communities, Inc.		1,255		(1.58	)%		18,420
Bank of America Corp.		5,118		(1.49	)%		16,866
KKR & Company, Inc. — Class A		2,323		(0.95	)%		16,781
Equinix, Inc.		206		(1.19	)%		16,633
Howard Hughes Corp.		1,584		(1.06	)%		15,701
Ares Management Corp. — Class A		1,892		(1.14	)%		15,052
Americold Realty Trust, Inc.		3,196		(0.80	)%		13,835
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.		7,598		(1.05	)%		13,162

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	Shares		Percentage Notional Amount			Value and Unrealized Appreciation
Equitable Holdings, Inc.		5,733		(1.45	)%	$	12,932
Raymond James Financial, Inc.		1,540		(1.45	)%		12,892
American Tower Corp. — Class A		816		(1.52	)%		11,335
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.		773		(0.68	)%		11,286
Assurant, Inc.		553		(0.61	)%		9,599
Independence Realty Trust, Inc.		4,185		(0.62	)%		8,855
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.		1,480		(1.06	)%		7,610
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.		4,190		(0.59	)%		7,091
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust		2,806		(0.33	)%		6,164
Kite Realty Group Trust		6,664		(1.23	)%		4,741
Wells Fargo & Co.		1,548		(0.56	)%		4,667
KeyCorp		7,597		(1.16	)%		4,582
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.		1,179		(1.51	)%		3,832
Principal Financial Group, Inc.		613		(0.45	)%		3,181
UDR, Inc.		4,410		(1.50	)%		2,833
Kimco Realty Corp.		5,899		(1.10	)%		2,437
Ventas, Inc.		1,597		(0.63	)%		2,276
Iron Mountain, Inc.		2,819		(1.24	)%		1,967
Northern Trust Corp.		1,995		(1.55	)%		1,892
Citigroup, Inc.		2,710		(1.08	)%		1,137
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.		536		(0.59	)%		993
Willis Towers Watson plc		358		(0.77	)%		964

	Shares		Percentage Notional Amount			Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.		419		(0.49	)%		324
Progressive Corp.		1,364		(1.56	)%		(1,697	)
Cincinnati Financial Corp.		510		(0.46	)%		(2,114	)
American International Group, Inc.		1,266		(0.70	)%		(2,320	)
TFS Financial Corp.		4,821		(0.61	)%		(3,329	)
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.		1,060		(0.96	)%		(4,861	)
BlackRock, Inc. — Class A		140		(0.87	)%		(5,082	)
Arthur J Gallagher & Co.		336		(0.56	)%		(5,430	)
CBRE Group, Inc. — Class A		1,179		(0.80	)%		(8,499	)
First Republic Bank		1,060		(1.14	)%		(9,189	)
Allstate Corp.		1,121		(1.34	)%		(9,887	)
Invesco Ltd.		6,340		(1.00	)%		(10,260	)
Apollo Global Management, Inc.		2,750		(1.54	)%		(13,844	)
Total Financial							325,562
Consumer, Cyclical
MillerKnoll, Inc.		3,063		(0.57	)%		45,930
CarMax, Inc.		1,076		(0.58	)%		20,345
American Airlines Group, Inc.		4,513		(0.50	)%		18,711
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.		4,020		(0.36	)%		13,662
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.		959		(0.59	)%		3,830
Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. — Class A		604		(0.37	)%		3,772
Delta Air Lines, Inc.		4,481		(1.29	)%		(1,808	)

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	Shares		Percentage Notional Amount			Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.		2,825		(0.93	)%	$	(2,018	)
Copart, Inc.		2,708		(1.45	)%		(5,755	)
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. — Class A		396		(0.64	)%		(16,887	)
Total Consumer, Cyclical							79,782
Industrial
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.		811		(0.54	)%		28,507
Stericycle, Inc.		841		(0.37	)%		17,091
Waste Management, Inc.		1,067		(1.47	)%		14,110
TD SYNNEX Corp.		1,813		(1.51	)%		6,292
Kirby Corp.		919		(0.52	)%		3,999
Jacobs Solutions, Inc.		1,473		(1.56	)%		1,801
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.		278		(0.43	)%		(1,198	)
Casella Waste Systems, Inc. — Class A		1,391		(0.97	)%		(1,600	)
Norfolk Southern Corp.		252		(0.55	)%		(3,634	)
TransDigm Group, Inc.		58		(0.32	)%		(4,761	)
FedEx Corp.		340		(0.52	)%		(6,198	)
Boeing Co.		315		(0.53	)%		(8,731	)
MSA Safety, Inc.		1,021		(1.29	)%		(23,556	)
Total Industrial							22,122
Energy
NOV, Inc.		3,276		(0.60	)%		7,514
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.		1,156		(0.50	)%		(531	)
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.		5,161		(0.76	)%		(596	)
Halliburton Co.		4,768		(1.65	)%		(5,690	)
Liberty Energy, Inc. — Class A		3,946		(0.56	)%		(6,663	)
ChampionX Corp.		1,209		(0.31	)%		(8,474	)
Hess Corp.		781		(0.97	)%		(10,691	)
Valaris Ltd.		1,291		(0.77	)%		(19,685	)
EOG Resources, Inc.		1,264		(1.44	)%		(21,901	)
Schlumberger Ltd.		1,618		(0.76	)%		(23,489	)
Total Energy							(90,206	)
Communications
IAC, Inc.		1,883		(0.74	)%		19,985
Walt Disney Co.		1,468		(1.12	)%		16,814
Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.		6,066		(0.51	)%		12,920
Paramount Global — Class B		3,765		(0.56	)%		10,180
Uber Technologies, Inc.		3,635		(0.79	)%		4,537
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.		3,668		(1.07	)%		(15,775	)
Total Communications							48,661
Technology
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.		1,105		(1.01	)%		3,277
Science Applications International Corp.		1,343		(1.31	)%		(2,340	)
Total Technology							937
Total GS Long/Short Equity Short Custom Basket						$	468,620

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	Shares		Percentage Notional Amount			Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
MS EQUITY MARKET NEUTRAL LONG CUSTOM BASKET
Financial
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.		24,371		7.20	%	$	182,755
Sun Communities, Inc.		6,469		5.24	%		69,855
Brixmor Property Group, Inc.		29,594		3.80	%		60,153
SITE Centers Corp.		57,019		4.42	%		52,569
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.		16,845		7.81	%		48,335
Agree Realty Corp.		16,195		6.51	%		42,416
Ventas, Inc.		19,421		4.96	%		31,701
CareTrust REIT, Inc.		53,864		5.67	%		24,160
InvenTrust Properties Corp.		30,957		4.15	%		4,121
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.		38,152		5.61	%		1,026
Cousins Properties, Inc.		10,812		1.55	%		(3,744	)
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.		7,123		5.88	%		(10,733	)
SBA Communications Corp.		1,427		2.27	%		(30,026	)
American Tower Corp. — Class A		1,803		2.17	%		(39,876	)
Boston Properties, Inc.		3,838		1.47	%		(50,795	)
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. — Class A		30,026		1.56	%		(71,517	)
NETSTREIT Corp.		60,346		6.27	%		(84,635	)
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.		27,914		8.65	%		(102,829	)
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.		5,819		5.33	%		(121,868	)
Equity Residential		15,391		5.15	%		(127,646	)
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.		57,970		4.33	%		(182,043	)
Total Financial							(308,621	)
Total MS Equity Market Neutral Long Custom Basket						$	(308,621	)
MS EQUITY MARKET NEUTRAL SHORT CUSTOM BASKET
Financial
Douglas Emmett, Inc.		71,528		(6.65	)%	$	483,848
Office Properties Income Trust		58,173		(4.61	)%		402,834
Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.		62,099		(5.98	)%		297,120
Essex Property Trust, Inc.		5,132		(6.46	)%		239,173
Necessity Retail REIT, Inc.		98,087		(3.45	)%		156,491
Apartment Income REIT Corp.		14,877		(3.03	)%		144,824
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.		6,082		(5.67	)%		137,956
Camden Property Trust		4,723		(3.14	)%		135,269
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.		33,126		(3.16	)%		92,063
Realty Income Corp.		28,128		(10.59	)%		55,247
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.		60,170		(5.64	)%		43,972
STAG Industrial, Inc.		47,113		(9.04	)%		22,585

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	Shares		Percentage Notional Amount			Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
Federal Realty Investment Trust		9,132		(5.48	)%	$	1,858
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.		60,318		(11.40	)%		(4,902	)
Welltower, Inc.		12,447		(4.84	)%		(55,047	)
Total Financial							2,153,291
Exchange Traded Funds
Vanguard Real Estate ETF		22,168		(10.86	)%		360,384
Total MS Equity Market Neutral Short Custom Basket						$	2,513,675
GS EQUITY MARKET NEUTRAL LONG CUSTOM BASKET
Financial
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.		24,371		7.20	%	$	182,598
Brixmor Property Group, Inc.		29,594		3.80	%		60,427
SITE Centers Corp.		57,019		4.42	%		54,428
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.		16,845		7.81	%		49,372
Sun Communities, Inc.		6,469		5.24	%		43,372
Agree Realty Corp.		16,195		6.51	%		40,904
Ventas, Inc.		19,421		4.96	%		32,043
CareTrust REIT, Inc.		53,864		5.67	%		23,849
InvenTrust Properties Corp.		30,957		4.15	%		6,424
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.		38,152		5.61	%		1,070
Cousins Properties, Inc.		10,812		1.55	%		(3,924	)
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.		7,123		5.88	%		(10,644	)
SBA Communications Corp.		1,427		2.27	%		(29,794	)
American Tower Corp. — Class A		1,803		2.17	%		(39,929	)
Boston Properties, Inc.		3,838		1.47	%		(51,236	)
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. — Class A		30,026		1.56	%		(72,015	)
NETSTREIT Corp.		60,346		6.27	%		(83,965	)
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.		27,914		8.65	%		(100,864	)
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.		5,819		5.33	%		(122,322	)
Equity Residential		15,391		5.15	%		(128,227	)
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.		57,970		4.33	%		(180,367	)
Total Financial							(328,800	)
Total GS Equity Market Neutral Long Custom Basket						$	(328,800	)
GS EQUITY MARKET NEUTRAL SHORT CUSTOM BASKET
Financial
Douglas Emmett, Inc.		71,528		(6.65	)%		485,657
Office Properties Income Trust		58,173		(4.61	)%		404,887
Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.		62,099		(5.98	)%		291,251
Essex Property Trust, Inc.		5,132		(6.46	)%		235,743
Necessity Retail REIT, Inc.		98,087		(3.45	)%		156,038
Apartment Income REIT Corp.		14,877		(3.03	)%		145,460

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	Shares		Percentage Notional Amount			Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.		6,082		(5.67	)%	$	137,867
Camden Property Trust		4,723		(3.14	)%		135,235
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.		33,126		(3.16	)%		92,487
Realty Income Corp.		28,128		(10.59	)%		54,859
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.		60,170		(5.64	)%		33,037
STAG Industrial, Inc.		47,113		(9.04	)%		20,208
Federal Realty Investment Trust		9,132		(5.48	)%		1,129
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.		60,318		(11.40	)%		(8,203	)
Welltower, Inc.		12,447		(4.84	)%		(56,391	)
Total Financial							2,129,264
Exchange Traded Funds
Vanguard Real Estate ETF		22,168		(10.86	)%		363,353
Total GS Equity Market Neutral Short Custom Basket						$	2,492,617

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*	Non-income producing security.
**	Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation). Variation margin is reported within the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
†	Value determined based on Level 1 inputs, unless otherwise noted — See Note 4.
††	Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 4.
†††	Value determined based on Level 3 inputs — See Note 4.
1	Affiliated issuer.
2	All or a portion of this security is on loan at December 31, 2022 — See Note 7.
3	Rate indicated is the effective yield at the time of purchase.
4	All or a portion of this security is pledged as short security and equity custom basket swap collateral at December 31, 2022.
5	All or a portion of this security is pledged as futures collateral at December 31, 2022.
6	Repurchase Agreements — See Note 6.
7	Securities lending collateral — See Note 7.
8	Rate indicated is the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2022.
	GS — Goldman Sachs International
	MS — Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC
	plc — Public Limited Company
	REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
	See Sector Classification in Other Information section.

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at December 31, 2022 (See Note 4 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements):

Investments in Securities (Assets)	Level 1 Quoted Prices		Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs		Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs			Total
Common Stocks	$	34,998,779	$	—	$	—		$	34,998,779
Rights		—		—		—	*		—
Mutual Funds		14,884,927		—		—			14,884,927
Closed-End Funds		8,078,597		—		—			8,078,597
U.S. Treasury Bills		—		18,557,924		—			18,557,924
Repurchase Agreements		—		38,763,010		—			38,763,010
Securities Lending Collateral		25,951		—		—			25,951
Commodity Futures Contracts**		1,356,631		—		—			1,356,631
Interest Rate Futures Contracts**		52,673		190,358		—			243,031
Currency Futures Contracts**		158,650		—		—			158,650
Equity Futures Contracts**		54,823		64,352		—			119,175
Equity Custom Basket Swap Agreements**		—		6,157,107		—			6,157,107
Total Assets	$	59,611,031	$	63,732,751	$	—		$	123,343,782

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Investments in Securities (Liabilities)	Level 1 Quoted Prices		Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs		Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs		Total
Common Stocks Sold Short	$	2,741,491	$	—	$	—	$	2,741,491
Exchange-Traded Funds Sold Short		8,170,045		—		—		8,170,045
Commodity Futures Contracts**		626,447		—		—		626,447
Equity Futures Contracts**		453,463		40,061		—		493,524
Currency Futures Contracts**		260,291		—		—		260,291
Interest Rate Futures Contracts**		2,798		26,138		—		28,936
Equity Custom Basket Swap Agreements**		—		637,421		—		637,421
Total Liabilities	$	12,254,535	$	703,620	$	—	$	12,958,155

*	Includes securities with a market value of $0.
**	This derivative is reported as unrealized appreciation/depreciation at period end.

Affiliated Transactions

Investments representing 5% or more of the outstanding voting shares of a company, or control of or by, or common control under Guggenheim Investments (“GI”), result in that company being considered an affiliated issuer, as defined in the 1940 Act.

The Fund may invest in certain of the underlying series of Guggenheim Strategy Funds Trust, including Guggenheim Strategy Fund II and Guggenheim Strategy Fund III, (collectively, the “Short Term Investment Vehicles”), each of which are open-end management investment companies managed by GI. The Short Term Investment Vehicles, which launched on March 11, 2014, are offered as short term investment options only to mutual funds, trusts, and other accounts managed by GI and/or its affiliates, and are not available to the public. The Short Term Investment Vehicles pay no investment management fees. The Short Term Investment Vehicles’ annual report on Form N-CSR dated September 30, 2022, is available publicly or upon request. This information is available from the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601445/000182126822000340/gug84768.htm. The Fund may invest in certain of the underlying series of Guggenheim Funds Trust, which are open-end management investment companies managed by GI, are available to the public and whose most recent annual report on Form N-CSR is available publicly or upon request.

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Transactions during the year ended December 31, 2022, in which the company is an affiliated issuer, were as follows:

Security Name	Value 12/31/21		Additions		Reductions		Realized Gain (Loss)		Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)			Value 12/31/22		Shares 12/31/22		Investment Income
Mutual Funds
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II	$	5,207,495	$	1,500,000	$	—	$	—	$	(225,877	)	$	6,481,618		269,618	$	183,840
Guggenheim Strategy Fund III		977,752		1,000,000		—		—		(76,260	)		1,901,492		79,031		56,160
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class		3,690,666		3,000,000		—		—		(188,849	)		6,501,817		674,462		146,926
	$	9,875,913	$	5,500,000	$	—	$	—	$	(490,986	)	$	14,884,927			$	386,926

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

December 31, 2022

Assets:
Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value - including $24,587 of securities loaned (cost $61,659,439)	$	61,661,251
Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (cost $15,386,814)		14,884,927
Repurchase agreements, at value (cost $38,763,010)		38,763,010
Cash		11,300,666
Segregated cash with broker		1,611,618
Unrealized appreciation on OTC swap agreements		6,157,107
Receivables:
Securities sold		1,074,495
Dividends		104,093
Fund shares sold		44,326
Short sale rebate income		27,204
Interest		9,146
Securities lending income		2,946
Other assets		4,215
Total assets		135,645,004
Liabilities:
Securities sold short, at value (proceeds $11,497,316)		10,911,536
Unrealized depreciation on OTC swap agreements		637,421
Payable for:
Swap settlement		393,073
Fund shares redeemed		320,323
Variation margin on futures contracts		205,596
Management fees		93,359
Return of securities lending collateral		25,951
Distribution and service fees		3,534
Trustees’ fees*		1,639
Miscellaneous		5,684
Total liabilities		12,598,116
Net assets	$	123,046,888
Net assets consist of:
Paid in capital	$	131,239,434
Total distributable earnings (loss)		(8,192,546	)
Net assets	$	123,046,888
A-Class:
Net assets	$	3,915,105
Capital shares outstanding		149,675
Net asset value per share	$	26.16
Maximum offering price per share (Net asset value divided by 95.25%)	$	27.46
C-Class:
Net assets	$	621,371
Capital shares outstanding		25,999
Net asset value per share	$	23.90
P-Class:
Net assets	$	9,105,276
Capital shares outstanding		346,816
Net asset value per share	$	26.25
Institutional Class:
Net assets	$	109,405,136
Capital shares outstanding		4,095,804
Net asset value per share	$	26.71

* Relates to Trustees not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

Year Ended December 31, 2022

Investment Income:
Dividends from securities of unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign withholding tax of $1,215)	$	1,066,171
Dividends from securities of affiliated issuers		386,926
Interest		955,106
Income from securities lending, net		17,797
Total investment income		2,426,000
Expenses:
Management fees		1,323,915
Distribution and service fees:
A-Class		10,673
C-Class		5,945
P-Class		31,370
Short sales dividend expense		360,861
Interest expense		45,023
Trustees’ fees*		12,834
Miscellaneous		1,832
Total expenses		1,792,453
Less:
Expenses waived by Adviser		(48,332	)
Net expenses		1,744,121
Net investment income		681,879
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):
Net realized gain (loss) on:
Investments in unaffiliated issuers	$	(656,969	)
Investments in unaffiliated issuers sold short		(380,717	)
Swap agreements		(4,815,089	)
Futures contracts		(1,299,595	)
Foreign currency transactions		(8,098	)
Net realized loss		(7,160,468	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
Investments in unaffiliated issuers		(1,938,918	)
Investments in affiliated issuers		(490,986	)
Investments in unaffiliated issuers sold short		2,430,887
Swap agreements		1,540,584
Futures contracts		706,267
Foreign currency translations		(1,957	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)		2,245,877
Net realized and unrealized loss		(4,914,591	)
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations	$	(4,232,712	)

* Relates to Trustees not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

	Year Ended December 31, 2022			Year Ended December 31, 2021
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:
Net investment income (loss)	$	681,879		$	(226,650	)
Net realized gain (loss) on investments		(7,160,468	)		1,909,180
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments		2,245,877			2,292,870
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations		(4,232,712	)		3,975,400
Distributions to shareholders:
A-Class		(64,618	)		(35,537	)
C-Class		(8,214	)		—
P-Class		(146,350	)		(75,821	)
Institutional Class		(2,026,121	)		(522,203	)
Total distributions to shareholders		(2,245,303	)		(633,561	)
Capital share transactions:
Proceeds from sale of shares
A-Class		542,921			1,180,993
C-Class		626,154			170,987
P-Class		9,484,918			8,838,032
Institutional Class		100,372,725			36,579,357
Distributions reinvested
A-Class		56,992			31,190
C-Class		7,668			—
P-Class		144,149			74,817
Institutional Class		2,026,121			522,203
Cost of shares redeemed
A-Class		(1,065,975	)		(899,012	)
C-Class		(463,253	)		(961,782	)
P-Class		(10,011,852	)		(6,963,597	)
Institutional Class		(42,837,229	)		(21,644,416	)
Net increase from capital share transactions		58,883,339			16,928,772
Net increase in net assets		52,405,324			20,270,611
Net assets:
Beginning of year		70,641,564			50,370,953
End of year	$	123,046,888		$	70,641,564

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS (concluded)

MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

	Year Ended December 31, 2022			Year Ended December 31, 2021
Capital share activity:
Shares sold
A-Class		19,818			43,014
C-Class		25,338			6,768
P-Class		347,219			316,524
Institutional Class		3,596,742			1,302,242
Shares issued from reinvestment of distributions
A-Class		2,178			1,139
C-Class		321			—
P-Class		5,487			2,722
Institutional Class		75,828			18,677
Shares redeemed
A-Class		(39,184	)		(32,507	)
C-Class		(18,974	)		(38,215	)
P-Class		(371,723	)		(249,021	)
Institutional Class		(1,551,157	)		(765,263	)
Net increase in shares		2,091,893			606,080

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

A-Class	Year Ended Dec. 31, 2022			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2021			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2020			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2019			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2018
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	27.52		$	25.89		$	24.36		$	23.69		$	24.91
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)a		.09			(.14	)		(.10	)		.16			.08
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		(1.01	)		1.98			1.90			1.02			(1.26	)
Total from investment operations		(.92	)		1.84			1.80			1.18			(1.18	)
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		(.44	)		(.21	)		(.27	)		(.51	)		(.04	)
Total distributions		(.44	)		(.21	)		(.27	)		(.51	)		(.04	)
Net asset value, end of period	$	26.16		$	27.52		$	25.89		$	24.36		$	23.69
Total Returnb		(3.47	%)		7.17	%		7.39	%		4.97	%		(4.78	%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	3,915		$	4,593		$	4,019		$	3,570		$	3,622
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment income (loss)		0.32	%		(0.52	%)		(0.40	%)		0.64	%		0.32	%
Total expensesc		1.80	%		2.18	%		1.93	%		1.96	%		1.75	%
Net expensesd,e		1.76	%		2.11	%		1.87	%		1.93	%		1.73	%
Portfolio turnover rate		203	%		205	%		248	%		156	%		212	%

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

C-Class	Year Ended Dec. 31, 2022			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2021			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2020			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2019			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2018
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	25.25		$	23.75		$	22.36		$	21.46		$	22.68
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)a		(.09	)		(.32	)		(.27	)		(.02	)		(.09	)
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		(.94	)		1.82			1.75			.92			(1.13	)
Total from investment operations		(1.03	)		1.50			1.48			.90			(1.22	)
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		(.32	)		—			(.09	)		—			—
Total distributions		(.32	)		—			(.09	)		—			—
Net asset value, end of period	$	23.90		$	25.25		$	23.75		$	22.36		$	21.46
Total Returnb		(4.16	%)		6.32	%		6.57	%		4.19	%		(5.38	%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	621		$	488		$	1,206		$	1,435		$	2,657
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment income (loss)		(0.35	%)		(1.26	%)		(1.18	%)		(0.08	%)		(0.42	%)
Total expensesc		2.56	%		2.93	%		2.68	%		2.70	%		2.53	%
Net expensesd,e		2.51	%		2.86	%		2.62	%		2.67	%		2.51	%
Portfolio turnover rate		203	%		205	%		248	%		156	%		212	%

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

P-Class	Year Ended Dec. 31, 2022			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2021			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2020			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2019			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2018
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	27.61		$	25.97		$	24.42		$	23.74		$	24.93
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)a		.10			(.15	)		(.10	)		.16			.08
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		(1.04	)		2.00			1.90			1.03			(1.23	)
Total from investment operations		(.94	)		1.85			1.80			1.19			(1.15	)
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		(.42	)		(.21	)		(.25	)		(.51	)		(.04	)
Total distributions		(.42	)		(.21	)		(.25	)		(.51	)		(.04	)
Net asset value, end of period	$	26.25		$	27.61		$	25.97		$	24.42		$	23.74
Total Return		(3.44	%)		7.16	%		7.40	%		5.00	%		(4.61	%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	9,105		$	10,100		$	7,676		$	7,442		$	7,892
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment income (loss)		0.38	%		(0.53	%)		(0.39	%)		0.65	%		0.34	%
Total expensesc		1.80	%		2.18	%		1.93	%		1.96	%		1.77	%
Net expensesd,e		1.76	%		2.12	%		1.87	%		1.93	%		1.75	%
Portfolio turnover rate		203	%		205	%		248	%		156	%		212	%

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (concluded)

MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

Institutional Class	Year Ended Dec. 31, 2022			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2021			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2020			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2019			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2018
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	28.09		$	26.41		$	24.83		$	24.12		$	25.42
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)a		.18			(.08	)		(.04	)		.22			.17
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		(1.06	)		2.03			1.94			1.05			(1.33	)
Total from investment operations		(.88	)		1.95			1.90			1.27			(1.16	)
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		(.50	)		(.27	)		(.32	)		(.56	)		(.14	)
Total distributions		(.50	)		(.27	)		(.32	)		(.56	)		(.14	)
Net asset value, end of period	$	26.71		$	28.09		$	26.41		$	24.83		$	24.12
Total Return		(3.22	%)		7.43	%		7.70	%		5.26	%		(4.56	%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	109,405		$	55,461		$	37,470		$	24,854		$	23,539
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment income (loss)		0.66	%		(0.27	%)		(0.15	%)		0.90	%		0.68	%
Total expensesc		1.55	%		1.92	%		1.68	%		1.72	%		1.58	%
Net expensesd,e		1.51	%		1.87	%		1.62	%		1.69	%		1.56	%
Portfolio turnover rate		203	%		205	%		248	%		156	%		212	%

a	Net investment income (loss) per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
b	Total return does not reflect the impact of any applicable sales charges.
c	Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.
d	Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after expense waivers and reimbursements, as applicable.
e	Excluding interest and dividend expense related to short sales, the net expense ratios for the years presented would be:

	12/31/22	12/31/21	12/31/20	12/31/19	12/31/18
A-Class	1.40%	1.41%	1.37%	1.41%	1.41%
C-Class	2.15%	2.16%	2.12%	2.16%	2.16%
P-Class	1.40%	1.41%	1.37%	1.41%	1.41%
Institutional Class	1.15%	1.16%	1.12%	1.16%	1.16%

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PERFORMANCE REPORT AND FUND PROFILE (Unaudited) December 31, 2022

COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND

OBJECTIVE: Seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a benchmark for commodities. The Fund’s current benchmark is the S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (“GSCI” or “Index”).

For the Reporting Period, Rydex Commodities Strategy Fund H-Class shares returned 23.53%, compared with the 25.99% return of the Index, the Fund’s benchmark.

What factors contributed or detracted from the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

Commodity prices saw an increase in volatility during 2022 due to unforeseen geopolitical events. In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the first quarter of 2022, there was a strong rally in the agriculture, energy, and industrial metals sectors. After the immediate shock due to supply and demand concerns, commodity prices stabilized, and the Index realized a positive return for the year. The energy sector continued to stay elevated throughout the year due to international sanctions on Russian oil and gas exports along with fears of a cold European winter.

Fifteen of the twenty-four components of the Index had positive returns during the period. The best performing component was Heating Oil, with a return above 110%. Gas Oil, Unleaded Gas, and Nickel also saw strong performance for the year, returning above 90%, 45% and 45%, respectively. Coffee, Aluminum, and Zinc saw the strongest declines for the year, being down more than 20%, 15% and 10%, respectively.

Three of the five Index sectors experienced positive performance during the period. Energy, agriculture, and livestock were the Index sectors with positive performance. Industrial Metals and Precious Metals were the Index sectors with negative performance.

How did the Fund use derivatives during the Reporting Period?

The Fund used futures contracts to help provide exposure to the composition of the benchmark in the most efficient manner, as well as to provide liquidity. Futures contracts are the primary way in which the Fund gains exposure to the S&P GSCI Index, and therefore most of the Fund’s performance is due to these derivatives.

The Fund may invest in certain of the underlying series of Guggenheim Funds Trust and Guggenheim Strategy Funds Trust, including Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration, Guggenheim Strategy Fund II, Guggenheim Strategy Fund III, and Guggenheim Variable Insurance Strategy Fund III, (collectively, the “Short Term Investment Vehicles”), each of which are open-end management investment companies managed by Guggenheim Investments. The Short Term Investment Vehicles, which launched on March 11, 2014, are offered as short term investment options only to mutual funds, trusts, and other accounts managed by Guggenheim Investments and/or its affiliates, and are not available to the public, with the exception of Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund, which is available to the public. Guggenheim Strategy Fund II, Guggenheim

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Strategy Fund III, and Guggenheim Variable Insurance Strategy Fund III do not charge an investment management fee. Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund charges an investment management fee, but the Fund’s adviser has agreed to waive fees to the extent necessary to offset the proportionate share of any management fee paid by the Fund with respect to its investment in such affiliated fund. For the Reporting Period, investment in the Short Term Investment Vehicles detracted from Fund performance.

Performance displayed represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results.

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PERFORMANCE REPORT AND FUND PROFILE (Unaudited)(continued) December 31, 2022

Consolidated Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)

“Consolidated Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments, investments in Guggenheim Strategy Funds Trust mutual funds, or investments in Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund. Investments in those Funds do not provide “market exposure” to meet the Fund’s investment objective, but will significantly increase the portfolio’s exposure to certain other asset categories (and their associated risks), which may cause the Fund to deviate from its principal investment strategy, including: (i) high yield, high risk debt securities rated below the top four long-term rating categories by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (also known as “junk bonds”); (ii) securities issued by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities; (iii) CLOs and similar investments; and (iv) other short-term fixed income securities.

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Inception Dates:
A-Class	May 25, 2005
C-Class	May 25, 2005
H-Class	May 25, 2005

Largest Holdings	(% of Total Net Assets)
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class	14.3%
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II	14.3%
Total	28.6%
The Fund invests principally in derivative investments such as futures contracts. “Largest Holdings” excludes any temporary cash or derivative investments.

Cumulative Fund Performance*

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PERFORMANCE REPORT AND FUND PROFILE (Unaudited)(concluded) December 31, 2022

Average Annual Returns*

Periods Ended December 31, 2022

	1 Year	5 Year	10 Year
A-Class Shares	23.52%	5.08%	(4.69%)
A-Class Shares with sales charge‡	17.64%	4.06%	(5.15%)
C-Class Shares	22.60%	4.31%	(5.39%)
C-Class Shares with CDSC§	21.66%	4.31%	(5.39%)
H-Class Shares	23.53%	5.08%	(4.69%)
S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index	25.99%	6.46%	(3.30%)

*	The performance data above represents past performance that is not predictive of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns are historical and include changes in principal and reinvested dividends and capital gains and do not reflect the effect of taxes. The S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index is an unmanaged index and, unlike the Fund, has no management fees or operating expenses to reduce its reported return. The graphs are based on A-Class shares and H-Class shares only; performance for C-Class shares will vary due to differences in fee structures.
‡	Fund returns are calculated using the maximum sales charge of 4.75%.
§	Fund returns include a CDSC of 1% if redeemed within 12 months of purchase.

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS	December 31, 2022
COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND

	Shares		Value
MUTUAL FUNDS† - 28.6%
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class1		141,704	$	1,366,026
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II1		56,518		1,358,701
Total Mutual Funds
(Cost $2,822,291)				2,724,727
	Face Amount
FEDERAL AGENCY DISCOUNT NOTES†† - 31.5%
Federal Home Loan Bank
4.00% due 01/11/232	$	1,000,000		999,129
3.84% due 01/13/232		1,000,000		998,906
4.05% due 01/27/232		1,000,000		997,252
Total Federal Agency Discount Notes
(Cost $2,994,634)				2,995,287
FEDERAL AGENCY NOTES†† - 10.5%
Federal Home Loan Bank
4.36% (SOFR + 0.06%, Rate Floor: 0.00%) due 03/14/23◊		1,000,000		1,000,077
Total Federal Agency Notes
(Cost $1,000,000)				1,000,077
U.S. TREASURY BILLS†† - 3.1%
U.S. Treasury Bills
3.80% due 01/17/232,3		300,000		299,571
Total U.S. Treasury Bills
(Cost $299,482)				299,571
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,4 - 16.0%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC issued 12/30/22 at 4.26% due 01/03/23		862,950		862,950
BofA Securities, Inc. issued 12/30/22 at 4.25% due 01/03/23		331,904		331,904
Barclays Capital, Inc. issued 12/30/22 at 4.21% due 01/03/23		330,876		330,876
Total Repurchase Agreements
(Cost $1,525,730)				1,525,730
Total Investments - 89.7%
(Cost $8,642,137)			$	8,545,392
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - 10.3%				978,612
Total Net Assets - 100.0%			$	9,524,004

Futures Contracts
Description	Number of Contracts		Expiration Date		Notional Amount		Value and Unrealized Appreciation**
Commodity Futures Contracts Purchased†
Goldman Sachs Commodity Index Futures Contracts		63		Jan 2023	$	9,641,363	$	566,100

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COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND

**	Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation). Variation margin is reported within the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
†	Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 4.
††	Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 4.
◊	Variable rate security. Rate indicated is the rate effective at December 31, 2022. In some instances, the effective rate is limited by a minimum rate floor or a maximum rate cap established by the issuer. The settlement status of a position may also impact the effective rate indicated. In some cases, a position may be unsettled at period end and may not have a stated effective rate. In instances where multiple underlying reference rates and spread amounts are shown, the effective rate is based on a weighted average.
1	Affiliated issuer.
2	Rate indicated is the effective yield at the time of purchase.
3	All or a portion of this security is pledged as futures collateral at December 31, 2022.
4	Repurchase Agreements — See Note 6.
	SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate
	See Sector Classification in Other Information section.

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at December 31, 2022 (See Note 4 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements):

Investments in Securities (Assets)	Level 1 Quoted Prices		Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs		Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs		Total
Mutual Funds	$	2,724,727	$	—	$	—	$	2,724,727
Federal Agency Discount Notes		—		2,995,287		—		2,995,287
Federal Agency Notes		—		1,000,077		—		1,000,077
U.S. Treasury Bills		—		299,571		—		299,571
Repurchase Agreements		—		1,525,730		—		1,525,730
Commodity Futures Contracts**		566,100		—		—		566,100
Total Assets	$	3,290,827	$	5,820,665	$	—	$	9,111,492

** This derivative is reported as unrealized appreciation/depreciation at period end.

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (concluded)	December 31, 2022
COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND

Affiliated Transactions

Investments representing 5% or more of the outstanding voting shares of a company, or control of or by, or common control under Guggenheim Investments (“GI”), result in that company being considered an affiliated issuer, as defined in the 1940 Act.

The Fund may invest in certain of the underlying series of Guggenheim Strategy Funds Trust, including Guggenheim Strategy Fund II and Guggenheim Strategy Fund III, (collectively, the “Short Term Investment Vehicles”), each of which are open-end management investment companies managed by GI. The Short Term Investment Vehicles, which launched on March 11, 2014, are offered as short term investment options only to mutual funds, trusts, and other accounts managed by GI and/or its affiliates, and are not available to the public. The Short Term Investment Vehicles pay no investment management fees. The Short Term Investment Vehicles’ annual report on Form N-CSR dated September 30, 2022, is available publicly or upon request. This information is available from the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601445/000182126821000490/gugg84768-ncsr.htm. The Fund may invest in certain of the underlying series of Guggenheim Funds Trust, which are open-end management investment companies managed by GI, are available to the public and whose most recent annual report on Form N-CSR is available publicly or upon request.

Transactions during the year ended December 31, 2022, in which the company is an affiliated issuer, were as follows:

Security Name	Value 12/31/21		Additions		Reductions		Realized Gain (Loss)		Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)			Value 12/31/22		Shares 12/31/22		Investment Income
Mutual Funds
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II	$	1,406,176	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	(47,475	)	$	1,358,701		56,518	$	38,636
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class		1,405,703		—		—		—		(39,677	)		1,366,026		141,704		31,019
	$	2,811,879	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	(87,152	)	$	2,724,727			$	69,655

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND

December 31, 2022

Assets:
Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (cost $4,294,116)	$	4,294,935
Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (cost $2,822,291)		2,724,727
Repurchase agreements, at value (cost $1,525,730)		1,525,730
Cash		571
Segregated cash with broker		836,004
Receivables:
Variation margin on futures contracts		133,088
Fund shares sold		52,978
Dividends		10,530
Interest		2,512
Other assets		1,585
Total assets		9,582,660
Liabilities:
Payable for:
Fund shares redeemed		18,359
Professional fees		10,554
Management fees		6,008
Registration fees		4,586
Printing fees		5,414
Distribution and service fees		2,494
Transfer agent fees		2,065
Portfolio accounting and administration fees		1,240
Trustees’ fees*		288
Miscellaneous		7,648
Total liabilities		58,656
Net assets	$	9,524,004
Net assets consist of:
Paid in capital	$	20,621,427
Total distributable earnings (loss)		(11,097,423	)
Net assets	$	9,524,004
A-Class:
Net assets	$	1,463,301
Capital shares outstanding		47,021
Net asset value per share	$	31.12
Maximum offering price per share (Net asset value divided by 95.25%)	$	32.67
C-Class:
Net assets	$	727,607
Capital shares outstanding		40,074
Net asset value per share	$	18.16
H-Class:
Net assets	$	7,333,096
Capital shares outstanding		235,301
Net asset value per share	$	31.16

* Relates to Trustees not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND

Year Ended December 31, 2022

Investment Income:
Dividends from securities of affiliated issuers	$	69,655
Interest		265,671
Total investment income		335,326
Expenses:
Management fees		274,058
Distribution and service fees:
A-Class		4,311
C-Class		6,823
H-Class		72,159
Transfer agent fees		80,587
Professional fees		38,564
Portfolio accounting and administration fees		35,763
Custodian fees		5,026
Trustees’ fees*		4,427
Line of credit fees		196
Miscellaneous		29,779
Total expenses		551,693
Less:
Expenses waived by Adviser		(42,772	)
Net expenses		508,921
Net investment loss		(173,595	)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):
Net realized gain (loss) on:
Investments in unaffiliated issuers	$	(5,345	)
Futures contracts		5,405,009
Net realized gain		5,399,664
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
Investments in unaffiliated issuers		1,260
Investments in affiliated issuers		(87,152	)
Futures contracts		(270,919	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)		(356,811	)
Net realized and unrealized gain		5,042,853
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$	4,869,258

* Relates to Trustees not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND

	Year Ended December 31, 2022			Year Ended December 31, 2021
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:
Net investment loss	$	(173,595	)	$	(232,914	)
Net realized gain on investments		5,399,664			2,360,816
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments		(356,811	)		761,861
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations		4,869,258			2,889,763
Distributions to shareholders:
A-Class		(219,005	)		(20,464	)
C-Class		(172,741	)		(8,077	)
H-Class		(1,133,847	)		(603,257	)
Total distributions to shareholders		(1,525,593	)		(631,798	)
Capital share transactions:
Proceeds from sale of shares
A-Class		3,237,040			919,688
C-Class		954,727			142,753
H-Class		195,107,548			87,058,046
Distributions reinvested
A-Class		214,121			19,901
C-Class		151,621			7,304
H-Class		1,092,822			596,439
Cost of shares redeemed
A-Class		(2,584,515	)		(521,253	)
C-Class		(423,915	)		(49,482	)
H-Class		(213,373,909	)		(69,747,995	)
Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions		(15,624,460	)		18,425,401
Net increase (decrease) in net assets		(12,280,795	)		20,683,366
Net assets:
Beginning of year		21,804,799			1,121,433
End of year	$	9,524,004		$	21,804,799

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS (concluded)

COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND

	Year Ended December 31, 2022			Year Ended December 31, 2021
Capital share activity:
Shares sold
A-Class		81,976			32,719
C-Class		38,976			8,052
H-Class		5,022,099			3,084,506
Shares issued from reinvestment of distributions
A-Class		6,986			702
C-Class		8,475			396
H-Class		35,608			21,016
Shares redeemed
A-Class		(66,418	)		(18,569	)
C-Class		(16,898	)		(2,702	)
H-Class		(5,527,844	)		(2,439,032	)
Net increase (decrease) in shares		(417,040	)		687,088

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

A-Class	Year Ended Dec. 31, 2022			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2021			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2020			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2019			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2018
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	29.59		$	21.93		$	61.06		$	53.27		$	88.34
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)a		(.02	)		(.40	)		(.28	)		.36			.39
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		6.89			8.94			(14.84	)		7.88			(11.90	)
Total from investment operations		6.87			8.54			(15.12	)		8.24			(11.51	)
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		(5.34	)		(.88	)		(24.01	)		(.45	)		(23.56	)
Total distributions		(5.34	)		(.88	)		(24.01	)		(.45	)		(23.56	)
Net asset value, end of period	$	31.12		$	29.59		$	21.93		$	61.06		$	53.27
Total Returnb		23.52	%		39.06	%		(23.58	%)		15.47	%		(15.47	%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	1,463		$	724		$	211		$	592		$	830
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment income (loss)		(0.05	%)		(1.43	%)		(0.65	%)		0.60	%		0.44	%
Total expensesc		1.74	%		1.78	%		1.79	%		1.88	%		1.81	%
Net expensesd		1.60	%		1.63	%		1.61	%		1.73	%		1.68	%
Portfolio turnover rate		—			—			5	%		—			65	%

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

C-Class	Year Ended Dec. 31, 2022			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2021			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2020			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2019			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2018
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	19.23		$	14.59		$	51.84		$	45.63		$	79.89
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)a		(.17	)		(.41	)		(.50	)		(.07	)		(.41	)
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		4.44			5.93			(12.74	)		6.73			(10.29	)
Total from investment operations		4.27			5.52			(13.24	)		6.66			(10.70	)
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		(5.34	)		(.88	)		(24.01	)		(.45	)		(23.56	)
Total distributions		(5.34	)		(.88	)		(24.01	)		(.45	)		(23.56	)
Net asset value, end of period	$	18.16		$	19.23		$	14.59		$	51.84		$	45.63
Total Returnb		22.60	%		38.08	%		(24.15	%)		14.61	%		(16.11	%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	728		$	183		$	55		$	111		$	110
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment income (loss)		(0.68	%)		(2.18	%)		(1.44	%)		(0.13	%)		(0.49	%)
Total expensesc		2.49	%		2.53	%		2.54	%		2.63	%		2.55	%
Net expensesd		2.35	%		2.38	%		2.36	%		2.48	%		2.42	%
Portfolio turnover rate		—			—			5	%		—			65	%

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (concluded)

COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

H-Class	Year Ended Dec. 31, 2022			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2021			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2020			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2019			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2018
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	29.62		$	21.96		$	61.10		$	53.31		$	88.39
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)a		(.23	)		(.41	)		(.34	)		.35			.25
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		7.11			8.95			(14.79	)		7.89			(11.77	)
Total from investment operations		6.88			8.54			(15.13	)		8.24			(11.52	)
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		(5.34	)		(.88	)		(24.01	)		(.45	)		(23.56	)
Total distributions		(5.34	)		(.88	)		(24.01	)		(.45	)		(23.56	)
Net asset value, end of period	$	31.16		$	29.62		$	21.96		$	61.10		$	53.31
Total Return		23.53	%		39.06	%		(23.58	%)		15.48	%		(15.50	%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	7,333		$	20,898		$	855		$	4,911		$	8,744
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment income (loss)		(0.58	%)		(1.44	%)		(0.77	%)		0.59	%		0.27	%
Total expensesc		1.75	%		1.77	%		1.78	%		1.89	%		1.81	%
Net expensesd		1.61	%		1.63	%		1.61	%		1.74	%		1.68	%
Portfolio turnover rate		—			—			5	%		—			65	%

a	Net investment income (loss) per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
b	Total return does not reflect the impact of any applicable sales charges.
c	Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.
d	Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after expense waivers and reimbursements, as applicable.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1 – Organization, Consolidation of Subsidiary and Significant Accounting Policies

Organization

The Rydex Series Funds (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (”1940 Act”), as an open-ended investment company of the series type. Each series, in effect, is representing a separate fund. The Trust may issue an unlimited number of authorized shares. The Trust accounts for the assets of each fund separately.

The Trust offers a combination of seven separate classes of shares: Investor Class shares, A-Class shares, C-Class shares, H-Class shares, P-Class shares, Institutional Class shares and Money Market Class shares. Sales of shares of each Class are made without a front-end sales charge at the net asset value per share (“NAV”), with the exception of A-Class shares. A-Class shares are sold at the NAV, plus the applicable front-end sales charge. The sales charge varies depending on the amount purchased, but will not exceed 4.75%. A-Class share purchases of $1 million or more are exempt from the front-end sales charge but have a 1% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) if shares are redeemed within 12 months of purchase. C-Class shares have a 1% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months of purchase. C-Class shares of each Fund automatically convert to A-Class shares of the same Fund on or about the 10th day of the month following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase of the C-Class shares. This conversion will be executed without any sales charge, fee or other charge. After the conversion is completed, the shares will be subject to all features and expenses of A-Class shares. Institutional Class shares are offered primarily for direct investment by institutions such as pension and profit sharing plans, endowments, foundations and corporations. Institutional Class shares require a minimum initial investment of $2 million and a minimum account balance of $1 million. At December 31, 2022, the Trust consisted of fifty-two funds.

This report covers the following funds (each, a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”):

Fund Name	Investment Company Type
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund		Diversified
Commodities Strategy Fund		Non-diversified

At December 31, 2022, A-Class, C-Class, H-Class, P-Class and Institutional Class shares have been issued by the Funds.

The Commodities Strategy Fund is designed and operated to accommodate frequent trading by shareholders and, unlike most mutual funds, offers unlimited exchange priviledges with no minimum holding periods or transactions fees, which may cause the Fund to experience high portfolio turnover.

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Security Investors, LLC (the “Adviser”), which operates under the name Guggenheim Investments (“GI”), provides advisory services. Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC (“GFD”) acts as principal underwriter for the Trust. GI and GFD are affiliated entities.

Consolidation of Subsidiaries

The consolidated financial statements of each of the Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund and Commodities Strategy Fund include the accounts of a wholly-owned and controlled Cayman Islands subsidiary (each, a “Subsidiary”). Significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation for the Funds.

Each Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in its Subsidiary which acts as an investment vehicle in order to effect certain investments consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and policies.

A summary of each Fund’s investment in its respective Subsidiary is as follows:

Fund	Inception Date of Subsidiary		Subsidiary Net Assets at December 31, 2022		% of Net Assets of the Fund at December 31, 2022
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund		09/18/09	$	3,077,882		2.5	%
Commodities Strategy Fund		09/08/09		2,001,625		21.0	%

Significant Accounting Policies

The Funds operate as investment companies and, accordingly, follow the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investment Companies.

The following significant accounting policies are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and are consistently followed by the Trust. This requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities, contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. All time references are based on Eastern Time.

The NAV of each Class of a Fund is calculated by dividing the market value of the Fund’s securities and other assets, less all liabilities, attributable to the Class by the number of outstanding shares of the Class.

(a) Valuation of Investments

The Board of Trustees of the Funds (the “Board”) has adopted policies and procedures for the valuation of the Funds’ investments (the “Valuation Procedures”). The SEC adopted Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act (“Rule 2a-5”) which establishes requirements for determining fair value in

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good faith and became effective September 8, 2022. Rule 2a-5 also defines “readily available market quotations” for purposes of the 1940 Act and establishes requirements for determining whether a fund must fair value a security in good faith.

Pursuant to Rule 2a-5, the Board has designated the Adviser as the valuation designee to perform fair valuation determinations for the Funds with respect to all Fund investments and other assets. As the Funds’ valuation designee pursuant to Rule 2a-5, the Adviser has adopted separate procedures (the “Valuation Designee Procedures”) reasonably designed to prevent violations of the requirements of Rule 2a-5 and Rule 31a-4. The Adviser, in its role as valuation designee, utilizes the assistance of a valuation committee consisting of representatives from Guggenheim’s investment management, fund administration, legal and compliance departments (the “Valuation Committee”), in determining the fair value of the Funds’ securities and other assets.

Valuations of the Funds’ securities and other assets are supplied primarily by pricing services appointed pursuant to the processes set forth in the Valuation Procedures. The Adviser, with the assistance of the Valuation Committee, convenes monthly, or more frequently as needed, to review the valuation of all assets which have been fair valued for reasonableness. The Adviser, consistent with the monitoring and review responsibilities set forth in the Valuation Designee Procedures, regularly reviews the appropriateness of the inputs, methods, models and assumptions employed by the pricing services. If the pricing service cannot or does not provide a valuation for a particular investment or such valuation is deemed unreliable, the investment is fair valued by the Adviser.

Equity securities listed or traded on a recognized U.S. securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (“NASDAQ”) National Market System shall generally be valued on the basis of the last sale price on the primary U.S. exchange or market on which the security is listed or traded; provided, however, that securities listed on NASDAQ will be valued at the NASDAQ official closing price, which may not necessarily represent the last sale price.

Open-end investment companies are valued at their NAV as of the close of business, on the valuation date. Exchange-traded funds and closed-end investment companies are generally valued at the last quoted sale price.

U.S. Government securities are valued by independent pricing services, the last traded fill price, or at the reported bid price at the close of business.

Repurchase agreements are generally valued at amortized cost, provided such amounts approximate market value.

Commercial paper and discount notes with a maturity of greater than 60 days at acquisition are valued at prices that reflect broker-dealer supplied valuations or are obtained from independent pricing services, which may consider the trade activity, treasury spreads, yields or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, and type, as well as prices quoted by dealers who make markets in such securities. Commercial paper and discount notes with a maturity of 60 days or

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less at acquisition are valued at amortized cost, unless the Adviser concludes that amortized cost does not represent the fair value of the applicable asset in which case it will be valued using an independent pricing service.

The value of futures contracts are valued on the basis of the last sale price at the 4:00 p.m. price on the valuation date. In the event that the exchange for a specific futures contract closes earlier than 4:00 p.m., the futures contract is valued at the official settlement price of the exchange. However, the underlying securities from which the futures contract value is derived are monitored until 4:00 p.m. to determine if fair valuation would provide a more accurate valuation.

The value of swap agreements entered into by a fund will generally be valued using an evaluated price provided by a third-party pricing vendor.

Investments for which market quotations are not readily available are fair valued as determined in good faith by the Adviser. Valuations in accordance with these methods are intended to reflect each security’s (or asset’s or liability’s) “fair value”. Each such determination is based on a consideration of all relevant factors, which are likely to vary from one pricing context to another. Examples of such factors may include, but are not limited to market prices; sale prices; broker quotes; and models which derive prices based on inputs such as prices of securities with comparable maturities and characteristics, or based on inputs such as anticipated cash flows or collateral, spread over U.S. Treasury securities, and other information analysis. In connection with futures contracts and other derivative investments, such factors may include obtaining information as to how (a) these contracts and other derivative investments trade in the futures or other derivative markets, respectively, and (b) the securities underlying these contracts and other derivative investments trade in the cash market.

(b) U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

Certain U.S. Government and Agency Obligations are traded on a discount basis; the interest rates shown on the Schedules of Investments reflect the effective rates paid at the time of purchase by the Funds. Other securities bear interest at the rates shown, payable at fixed dates through maturity.

(c) Short Sales

When a Fund engages in a short sale of a security, an amount equal to the proceeds is reflected as an asset and an equivalent liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the market value of the short sale.

Fees, if any, paid to brokers to borrow securities in connection with short sales are recorded as interest expense. In addition, the Fund must pay out the dividend rate of the equity or coupon rate of the obligation to the lender and record this as an expense. Short dividend or interest expense is a cost associated with the investment objective of short sales transactions, rather than an

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operational cost associated with the day-to-day management of any mutual fund. The Fund may also receive rebate income from the broker resulting from the investment of the proceeds from securities sold short.

(d) Futures Contracts

Upon entering into a futures contract, a Fund deposits and maintains as collateral such initial margin as required by the exchange on which the transaction is affected. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

(e) Swap Agreements

Swap agreements are marked-to-market daily and the change, if any, is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. Payments received or made as a result of an agreement or termination of an agreement are recognized as realized gains or losses.

Upon entering into certain centrally-cleared swap transactions, a Fund is required to deposit with its clearing broker an amount of cash or securities as an initial margin. Subsequent variation margin receipts or payments are received or made by the Fund depending on fluctuations in the fair value of the reference entity and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

(f) Currency Translations

The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. All assets and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are converted into U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates. Purchases and sales of investment securities, dividend and interest income, and certain expenses are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Changes in the relationship of these foreign currencies to the U.S. dollar can significantly affect the value of the investments and earnings of the Funds. Foreign investments may also subject the Funds to foreign government exchange restrictions, expropriation, taxation, or other political, social or economic developments, all of which could affect the market and/or credit risk of the investments.

The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized gain or loss and unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments.

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Reported net realized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from sales of foreign currencies and currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on investment transactions. Net unrealized appreciation and depreciation arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities at the fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

(g) Foreign Taxes

The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which the Funds invest. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by the Funds and reflected in the Funds’ Consolidated Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments are included with the net realized gain (loss) on investments. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of December 31, 2022, if any, are disclosed in the Funds’ Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

(h) Security Transactions

Security transactions are recorded on the trade date for financial reporting purposes. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are recorded using the identified cost basis. Proceeds from lawsuits related to investment holdings are recorded as a reduction to cost if the securities are still held and as realized gains if no longer held in the respective Fund. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, net of applicable taxes withheld by foreign countries, if any. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Interest income, including amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts, is accrued on a daily basis. Dividend income from Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) is recorded based on the income included in the distributions received from the REIT investments using published REIT classifications, including some management estimates when actual amounts are not available. Distributions received in excess of this estimated amount are recorded as a reduction of the cost of investments or reclassified to realized gains. The actual amounts of income, return of capital, and realized gains are only determined by each REIT after its fiscal year-end, and may differ from the estimated amounts.

(i) Distributions

Distributions of net investment income and net realized gains, if any, are declared and paid at least annually. Dividends are reinvested in additional shares, unless shareholders request payment in cash. Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

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(j) Class Allocations

Interest and dividend income, most expenses, all realized gains and losses, and all unrealized appreciation and depreciation are allocated to the classes based upon the value of the outstanding shares in each Class. Certain costs, such as distribution and service fees are charged directly to specific classes. In addition, certain expenses have been allocated to the individual Funds in the Trust based on the respective net assets of each Fund included in the Trust.

(k) Cash

The Funds may leave cash overnight in their cash account with the custodian. Periodically, a Fund may have cash due to the custodian bank as an overdraft balance. A fee is incurred on this overdraft, calculated by multiplying the overdraft by a rate based on the federal funds rate, which was 4.33% at December 31, 2022.

(l) Indemnifications

Under the Funds’ organizational documents, the Trustees and Officers are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, throughout the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties which provide general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds and/or their affiliates that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.

Note 2 – Financial Instruments and Derivatives

As part of their investment strategy, the Funds may utilize short sales and a variety of derivative instruments. These investments involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk and risks in excess of amounts recognized on the Funds’ Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Valuation and accounting treatment of these instruments can be found under Significant Accounting Policies in Note 1 of these Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Short Sales

A short sale is a transaction in which a Fund sells a security it does not own. If the security sold short decreases in price between the time the Fund sells the security and closes its short position, the Fund will realize a gain on the transaction. Conversely, if the security increases in price during the period, the Fund will realize a loss on the transaction. The risk of such price increases is the principal risk of engaging in short sales.

Derivatives

Derivatives are instruments whose values depend on, or are derived from, in whole or in part, the value of one or more other assets, such as securities, currencies, commodities or indices. Derivative instruments may be used to increase investment flexibility (including to maintain cash reserves while maintaining exposure to certain other assets), for risk management (hedging)

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purposes, to facilitate trading, to reduce transaction costs and to pursue higher investment returns. Derivative instruments may also be used to mitigate certain investment risks, such as foreign currency exchange rate risk, interest rate risk and credit risk. U.S. GAAP requires disclosures to enable investors to better understand how and why a fund uses derivative instruments, how these derivative instruments are accounted for and their effects on a fund’s financial position and results of operations.

The Funds may utilize derivatives for the following purposes:

Duration: the use of an instrument to manage the interest rate risk of a portfolio.

Hedge: an investment made in order to reduce the risk of adverse price movements in a security, by taking an offsetting position to protect against broad market moves.

Index Exposure: the use of an instrument to obtain exposure to a listed or other type of index.

Leverage: gaining total exposure to equities or other assets on the long and short sides at greater than 100% of invested capital.

Liquidity: the ability to buy or sell exposure with little price/market impact.

Speculation: the use of an instrument to express macro-economic and other investment views.

To the extent a Fund’s investment strategy consistently involves applying leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index or other asset. In addition, because an investment in derivative instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed, an opportunity for increased net income is created; but, at the same time, leverage risk will increase. The Fund’s use of leverage, through borrowings or instruments such as derivatives, may cause the Fund’s investments to be more volatile and riskier than if they had not been leveraged.

Futures Contracts

A futures contract is an agreement to purchase (long) or sell (short) an agreed amount of securities or other instruments at a set price for delivery at a future date. There are significant risks associated with a Fund’s use of futures contracts, including (i) there may be an imperfect or no correlation between the changes in market value of the underlying asset and the prices of futures contracts; (ii) there may not be a liquid secondary market for a futures contract; (iii) trading restrictions or limitations may be imposed by an exchange; and (iv) government regulations may restrict trading in futures contracts. When investing in futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to a Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default. Cash deposits are shown as segregated cash with broker on the Funds’ Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities; securities held as collateral are noted on the Consolidated Schedules of Investments.

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The following table represents the Funds’ use and volume of futures on a monthly basis:

		Average Notional Amount
Fund	Use	Long		Short
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	Duration, Hedge, Index exposure, Leverage, Liquidity, Speculation	$	78,474,987	$	78,309,381
Commodities Strategy Fund	Index exposure, Liquidity		28,730,662		—

Swap Agreements

A swap is an agreement that obligates two parties to exchange a series of cash flows at specified intervals based upon or calculated by reference to changes in specified prices or rates for a specified amount of an underlying asset. When utilizing over-the-counter (“OTC”) swaps, a fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap agreement counterparty or if the underlying asset declines in value. Certain standardized swaps are subject to mandatory central clearing and are executed on a multi-lateral or other trade facility platform, such as a registered exchange. There is limited counterparty credit risk with respect to centrally-cleared swaps as the transaction is facilitated through a central clearinghouse, much like exchange-traded futures contracts. For a fund utilizing centrally-cleared swaps, the exchange bears the risk of loss resulting from a counterparty not being able to pay. There is no guarantee that a fund or an underlying fund could eliminate its exposure under an outstanding swap agreement by entering into an offsetting swap agreement with the same or another party.

Custom basket swaps involve commitments where single or multiple cash flows are exchanged based on the price of an underlying reference asset (such as a custom basket of securities) for a fixed or variable interest rate. Custom basket swaps will usually be computed based on the current value of the reference asset as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE or other exchange, with the swap value being adjusted to include dividends accrued, financing charges and/or interest associated with the swap agreement. When utilizing custom basket swaps, a fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap agreement counterparty or if the underlying reference asset declines in value.

The following table represents the Funds’ use and volume of custom basket swaps on a monthly basis:

		Average Notional Amount
Fund	Use	Long		Short
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	Hedge, Index exposure, Leverage, Liquidity, Speculation	$	55,827,188	$	46,683,194

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Derivative Investment Holdings Categorized by Risk Exposure

The following is a summary of the location of derivative investments on the Funds’ Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2022:

Derivative Investment Type	Asset Derivatives	Liability Derivatives
Commodity/currency/equity/interest rate futures contracts	Variation margin on futures contracts	Variation margin on futures contracts
Equity swap contracts	Unrealized appreciation on OTC swap agreements	Unrealized depreciation on OTC swap agreements

The following tables set forth the fair value of the Funds’ derivative investments categorized by primary risk exposure at December 31, 2022:

Asset Derivative Investments Value
Fund	Futures Equity Risk*		Swaps Equity Risk		Futures Foreign Currency Exchange Risk*		Futures Interest Rate Risk*		Futures Commodity Risk*		Total Value at December 31, 2022
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	$	119,175	$	6,157,107	$	158,650	$	243,031	$	1,356,631	$	8,034,594
Commodities Strategy Fund		—		—		—		—		566,100		566,100

Liability Derivative Investments Value
Fund	Futures Equity Risk*		Swaps Equity Risk		Futures Foreign Currency Exchange Risk*		Futures Interest Rate Risk*		Futures Commodity Risk*		Total Value at December 31, 2022
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	$	493,524	$	637,421	$	260,291	$	28,936	$	626,447	$	2,046,619

* Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of exchange-traded, OTC and centrally-cleared derivatives contracts as reported on the Consolidated Schedules of Investments. For exchange-traded and centrally-cleared derivatives, variation margin is reported within the Funds’ Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

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The following is a summary of the location of derivative investments on the Funds’ Consolidated Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2022:

Derivative Investment Type	Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Commodity/currency/equity/interest rate futures contracts	Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts
	Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts
Equity swap contracts	Net realized gain (loss) on swap agreements
	Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements

The following is a summary of the Funds’ realized gain (loss) and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivative investments recognized on the Funds’ Consolidated Statements of Operations categorized by primary risk exposure for the year ended December 31, 2022:

Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivative Investments Recognized on the Consolidated Statements of Operations
Fund	Futures Equity Risk			Swaps Equity Risk			Futures Foreign Currency Exchange Risk			Futures Interest Rate Risk		Futures Commodity Risk			Total
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	$	(839,931	)	$	(4,815,089	)	$	(332,920	)	$	706,162	$	(832,906	)	$	(6,114,684	)
Commodities Strategy Fund		—			—			—			—		5,405,009			5,405,009

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivative Investments Recognized on the Consolidated Statements of Operations
Fund	Futures Equity Risk			Swaps Equity Risk		Futures Foreign Currency Exchange Risk		Futures Interest Rate Risk		Futures Commodity Risk			Total
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	$	(469,026	)	$	1,540,584	$	78,698	$	388,121	$	708,474		$	2,246,851
Commodities Strategy Fund		—			—		—		—		(270,919	)		(270,919	)

In conjunction with short sales and the use of derivative instruments, the Funds are required to maintain collateral in various forms. Depending on the financial instrument utilized and the broker involved, the Funds use margin deposits at the broker, cash and/or securities segregated at the custodian bank, discount notes or repurchase agreements allocated to the Funds as collateral.

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The Trust has established counterparty credit guidelines and enters into transactions only with financial institutions of investment grade or better. The Trust monitors the counterparty credit risk.

Note 3 – Offsetting

In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into transactions subject to enforceable master netting arrangements or other similar arrangements. Generally, the right to offset in those agreements allows the Funds to counteract the exposure to a specific counterparty with collateral received from or delivered to that counterparty based on the terms of the arrangements. These arrangements provide for the right to liquidate upon the occurrence of an event of default, credit event upon merger or additional termination event.

In order to better define their contractual rights and to secure rights that will help the Funds mitigate their counterparty risk, the Funds may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with their derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between a fund and a counterparty that governs OTC derivatives, including foreign exchange contracts, and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of a default (close-out netting) or similar event, including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty.

For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by the Funds and the counterparty. For financial reporting purposes, cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Funds and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, are reported separately on the Funds’ Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as segregated cash with broker/receivable for variation margin, or payable for swap settlement/variation margin. Cash and/or securities pledged or received as collateral by the Funds in connection with an OTC derivative subject to an ISDA Master Agreement generally may not be invested, sold or rehypothecated by the counterparty or the Funds, as applicable, absent an event of default under such agreement, in which case such collateral generally may be applied towards obligations due to and payable by such counterparty or the Funds, as applicable. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty must exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold (e.g., $300,000) before a transfer is required to be made. To the extent amounts due to the Funds from their counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Funds bear the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance. The Funds attempt to mitigate counterparty risk by only entering into agreements with counterparties that they believe to be of good standing and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties.

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For financial reporting purposes, the Funds do not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Funds’ Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The following tables present derivative financial instruments and secured financing transactions that are subject to enforceable netting arrangements:

								Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities
Fund	Instrument	Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets1		Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities		Net Amount of Assets Presented on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities		Financial Instruments			Cash Collateral Received		Net Amount
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	Custom basket swap agreements	$	6,157,107	$	—	$	6,157,107	$	(637,421	)	$	—	$	5,519,686

								Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities
Fund	Instrument	Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities1		Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities		Net Amount of Liabilities Presented on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities		Financial Instruments			Cash Collateral Pledged		Net Amount
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	Custom basket swap agreements	$	637,421	$	—	$	637,421	$	(637,421	)	$	—	$	—

¹ Exchange-traded or centrally-cleared derivatives are excluded from these reported amounts.

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The Funds have the right to offset deposits against any related derivative liabilities outstanding with each counterparty with the exception of exchange-traded or centrally-cleared derivatives. The following table presents deposits held by others in connection with derivative investments as of December 31, 2022.

Fund	Counterparty	Asset Type	Cash Pledged		Cash Received
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	Goldman Sachs International	Futures contracts	$	1,611,618	$	—
Commodities Strategy Fund	Goldman Sachs International	Futures contracts		836,004		—

Note 4 – Fair Value Measurement

In accordance with U.S. GAAP, fair value is defined as the price that the Funds would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy based on the types of inputs used to value assets and liabilities and requires corresponding disclosure. The hierarchy and the corresponding inputs are summarized below:

Level 1 — unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 — significant other observable inputs (for example quoted prices for securities that are similar based on characteristics such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs based on the best information available under the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available, which may include assumptions.

Rule 2a-5 sets forth a definition of “readily available market quotations,” which is consistent with the definition of a Level 1 input under U.S. GAAP. Rule 2a-5 provides that “a market quotation is readily available only when that quotation is a quoted price (unadjusted) in active markets for identical investments that the fund can access at the measurement date, provided that a quotation will not be readily available if it is not reliable.”

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available must be valued at fair value as determined in good faith. Accordingly, any security priced using inputs other than Level 1 inputs will be subject to fair value requirements. The types of inputs available depend on a variety of factors, such as the type of security and the characteristics of the markets in which it trades, if any. Fair valuation determinations that rely on fewer or no observable inputs require greater judgment. Accordingly, fair value determinations for Level 3 securities require the greatest amount of judgment.

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The inputs or methodologies selected and applied for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The suitability, appropriateness and accuracy of the techniques, methodologies and sources employed to determine fair valuation are periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Note 5 – Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Agreements

Under the terms of an investment advisory contract, the Funds pay GI investment advisory fees calculated at the annualized rates below, based on the average daily net assets of the Funds:

Fund	Management Fees (as a % of Net Assets)
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund		1.15	%
Commodities Strategy Fund		0.75	%

When the aggregate assets of each series of the Trust (excluding the Long Short Equity Fund, Managed Futures Strategy Fund and Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund) and each series of Rydex Dynamic Funds equal or exceed $10 billion, the advisory fee rate paid by each individual Fund (excluding the Long Short Equity Fund, Managed Futures Strategy Fund and Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund) will be reduced in accordance with the asset level and breakpoint schedule set forth below.

Fund Assets Under Management	Fund Asset-Based Breakpoint Reductions
$500 million - $1 billion		0.025	%
>$1 billion - $2 billion		0.050	%
>$2 billion		0.075	%

GI has contractually agreed to waive the management fee it receives from each Subsidiary in an amount equal to the management fee paid to GI by the Subsidiary. This undertaking will continue in effect for so long as the Funds invest in the Subsidiaries, and may not be terminated by GI unless GI obtains the prior approval of the Funds’ Board for such termination. Fees waived under this arrangement are not subject to reimbursement by GI. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund and Commodities Strategy Fund waived $32,217 and $39,330, respectively, related to advisory fees in each Fund’s respective Subsidiary.

As part of its agreement with the Trust, GI will pay all expenses of the Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, except interest expense, taxes (expected to be de minimis), brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with execution of portfolio transactions, short dividend expenses, subsidiary expenses and extraordinary expenses.

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GI pays operating expenses on behalf of the Trust, such as audit and accounting related services, legal services, custody, printing and mailing, among others, on a pass-through basis. Such expenses are allocated to various Funds within the complex based on relative net assets.

The Board has adopted a Distribution Plan applicable to A-Class shares, P-Class shares and H-Class shares for which GFD and other firms that provide distribution and/or shareholder services (“Service Providers”) may receive compensation. If a Service Provider provides distribution services, the Funds will pay distribution fees to GFD at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of average daily net assets, pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act. GFD, in turn, will pay the Service Provider out of its fees. GFD may, at its discretion, retain a portion of such payments to compensate itself for distribution services.

The Board has adopted a separate Distribution and Shareholder Services Plan applicable to C-Class shares that allows the Funds to pay annual distribution and service fees of 1.00% of the Funds’ C-Class shares average daily net assets. The annual 0.25% service fee compensates a shareholder’s financial adviser for providing ongoing services to the shareholder. The annual distribution fee of 0.75% reimburses GFD for paying the shareholder’s financial adviser an ongoing sales commission. GFD advances the first year’s service and distribution fees to the financial adviser. GFD retains the service and distribution fees on accounts with no authorized dealer of record.

For the year ended December 31, 2022, GFD retained sales charges of $102,568 relating to sales of A-Class shares of the Trust.

If a Fund invests in a fund that is advised by the same adviser or an affiliated adviser, the investing Fund’s adviser has agreed to waive fees at the investing fund level to the extent necessary to offset the proportionate share of any management fee paid by each Fund with respect to its investment in such affiliated fund. Fee waivers will be calculated at the investing Fund level without regard to any expense cap in effect for the investing Fund. Fees waived under this arrangement are not subject to reimbursement to GI. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund and Commodities Strategy Fund waived $16,115 and $3,442, respectively, related to investments in affiliated funds.

Certain trustees and officers of the Trust are also officers of GI and/or GFD. The Trust does not compensate its officers or trustees who are officers, directors and/or employees of GI or GFD.

MUFG Investor Services (US), LLC (“MUIS”) acts as the Funds’ administrator, transfer agent and accounting agent. As administrator, transfer agent and accounting agent, MUIS maintains the books and records of the Funds’ securities and cash. U.S. Bank, N.A. (“U.S. Bank”) acts as the Funds’ custodian. As custodian, U.S. Bank is responsible for the custody of the Funds’ assets. For providing the aforementioned services, MUIS and U.S. Bank are entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets and out of pocket expenses.

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Note 6 – Repurchase Agreements

The Funds transfer uninvested cash balances into a single joint account, the daily aggregate balance of which is invested in one or more repurchase agreements collateralized by obligations of the U.S. Treasury and U.S. government agencies. The joint account includes other Funds in the Guggenheim complex not covered in this report. The collateral is in the possession of the Funds’ custodian and is evaluated to ensure that its market value exceeds, at a minimum, 102% of the original face amount of the repurchase agreements. Each Fund holds a pro rata share of the collateral based on the dollar amount of the repurchase agreement entered into by each Fund.

At December 31, 2022, the repurchase agreements in the joint account were as follows:

Counterparty and Terms of Agreement	Face Value		Repurchase Price		Collateral	Par Value		Fair Value
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC					U.S. Treasury Notes
4.26%					0.38% - 2.13%
Due 01/03/23	$	152,635,704	$	152,689,890	Due 10/31/23 - 05/31/26	$	171,586,500	$	155,688,423
BofA Securities, Inc.					U.S. Treasury Notes
4.25%					0.88% - 1.38%
Due 01/03/23		58,706,040		58,726,832	Due 09/30/26 - 12/31/28		67,728,600		59,880,171
Barclays Capital, Inc.					U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond
4.21%					0.13%
Due 01/03/23		58,524,226		58,544,758	Due 01/15/31		67,503,920		59,694,784

In the event of counterparty default, the Funds have the right to collect the collateral to offset losses incurred. There is potential loss to the Funds in the event the Funds are delayed or prevented from exercising their rights to dispose of the collateral securities, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying securities during the period while the Funds seek to assert their rights. GI, acting under the supervision of the Board, reviews the value of the collateral and the creditworthiness of those banks and dealers with which the Funds enter into repurchase agreements to evaluate potential risks.

Note 7 – Portfolio Securities Loaned

The Funds may lend their securities to approved brokers to earn additional income. Securities lending income shown on the Funds’ Consolidated Statements of Operations is shown net of rebates paid to the borrowers and earnings on cash collateral investments shared with the lending agent. Within this arrangement, the Funds act as the lender, U.S. Bank acts as the lending agent, and other approved registered broker dealers act as the borrowers. The Funds receive cash collateral, valued at 102% of the value of the securities on loan. Under the terms of the Funds’ securities lending agreement with U.S. Bank, cash collateral and proceeds are invested in the First American Government Obligations Fund — Class X. The Funds bear the risk of loss on cash collateral investments. Collateral is maintained over the life of the loan in an amount not less

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than the value of loaned securities, as determined at the close of fund business each day; any additional collateral required due to changes in security values is delivered to the Funds the next business day. Although the collateral mitigates the risk, the Funds could experience a delay in recovering their securities and a possible loss of income or value if the borrower fails to return the securities. The Funds have the right under the securities lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand. Securities lending transactions are accounted for as secured borrowings. The remaining contractual maturity of the securities lending agreement is overnight and continuous.

At December 31, 2022, the Funds participated in securities lending transactions, which are subject to enforceable netting arrangements, as follows:

	Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities							Securities Lending Collateral
Fund	Value of Securities Loaned		Collateral Received(a)			Net Amount		Cash Collateral Invested		Cash Collateral Uninvested		Total Collateral
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	$	24,587	$	(24,587	)	$	—	$	25,951	$	—	$	25,951

^(a) Actual collateral received by the Fund is generally greater than the amount shown due to overcollateralization.

In the event of counterparty default, the Funds have the right to collect the collateral to offset losses incurred. There is potential loss to the Funds in the event the Funds are delayed or prevented from exercising their rights to dispose of the collateral securities, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying securities during the period while the Funds seek to assert their rights. GI, acting under the supervision of the Board, reviews the value of the collateral and the creditworthiness of those banks and dealers to evaluate potential risks.

Note 8 – Federal Income Tax Information

The Funds intend to comply with the provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), applicable to regulated investment companies and will distribute substantially all taxable net investment income and capital gains sufficient to relieve the Funds from all, or substantially all, federal income, excise and state income taxes. Therefore, no provision for federal or state income tax or federal excise tax is required.

Tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Funds’ tax returns are evaluated to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions taken, or to be taken, on U.S. federal income tax returns for all open tax

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years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Funds’ consolidated financial statements. The Funds’ U.S. federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for a period of three years after they are filed.

The Funds intend to invest up to 25% of their assets in the respective Subsidiary, which is expected to provide the Funds with exposure to the commodities markets within the limitations of the U.S. federal income tax requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. The Funds have received a private letter ruling from the IRS that concludes that the income the Funds receive from the Subsidiary will constitute qualifying income for purposes of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. The Subsidiary will be classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. A foreign corporation, such as the Subsidiary, will generally not be subject to U.S. federal income taxation unless it is deemed to be engaged in a U.S. trade or business. If, during a taxable year, the Subsidiary’s taxable losses (and other deductible items) exceed its income and gains, the net loss will not pass through to the Fund as a deductible amount for U.S. federal income tax purposes and cannot be carried forward to reduce future income from the Subsidiary in subsequent years.

The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended December 31, 2022 was as follows:

Fund	Ordinary Income		Long-Term Capital Gain		Total Distributions
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	$	2,245,303	$	—	$	2,245,303
Commodities Strategy Fund		1,525,593		—		1,525,593

The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended December 31, 2021 was as follows:

Fund	Ordinary Income		Long-Term Capital Gain		Total Distributions
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	$	633,561	$	—	$	633,561
Commodities Strategy Fund		631,798		—		631,798

Note: For U.S. federal income tax purposes, short-term capital gain distributions are treated as ordinary income distributions.

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The tax components of distributable earnings/(loss) as of December 31, 2022 were as follows:

Fund	Undistributed Ordinary Income		Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gain		Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)			Accumulated Capital and Other Losses			Other Temporary Differences		Total
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	$	181,650	$	—	$	(474,872	)	$	(7,809,925	)	$	—	$	(8,103,147	)
Commodities Strategy Fund		352,828		—		(11,008,321	)		(62,359	)		—		(10,717,852	)

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, capital loss carryforwards represent realized losses of the Funds that may be carried forward and applied against future capital gains. The Funds are permitted to carry forward capital losses for an unlimited period and such capital loss carryforwards retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses. As of December 31, 2022, capital loss carryforwards for the Funds were as follows:

	Unlimited
Fund	Short-Term			Long-Term			Total Capital Loss Carryforward
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	$	(7,570,568	)	$	—		$	(7,570,568	)
Commodities Strategy Fund		(46,153	)		(16,206	)		(62,359	)

Net investment income and net realized gains (losses) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes because of temporary or permanent book/tax differences. These differences are primarily due to investments in subsidiaries, the “mark-to-market” of certain derivatives, investments in securities sold short, straddle loss deferrals, foreign currency gains and losses, losses deferred due to wash sales, and distributions in connection with redemption of fund shares. To the extent these differences are permanent and would require a reclassification between Paid in Capital and Total Distributable Earnings (Loss), such reclassifications are made in the period that the differences arise. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

The following adjustments were made on the Funds’ Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2022 for permanent book/tax differences:

Fund	Paid In Capital			Total Distributable Earnings/(Loss)
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	$	(1,609,882	)	$	1,609,882
Commodities Strategy Fund		10,998,004			(10,998,004	)

At December 31, 2022, the cost of investments for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments for which there was an excess of value over tax cost and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments for which there was an excess of tax cost over value, were as follows:

Fund	Tax Cost		Tax Unrealized Appreciation		Tax Unrealized Depreciation			Net Tax Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation)
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	$	111,088,865	$	6,407,659	$	(6,879,757	)	$	(472,098	)
Commodities Strategy Fund		20,151,037		502,336		(11,510,657	)		(11,008,321	)

Note 9 – Securities Transactions

For the year ended December 31, 2022, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities, excluding government securities, short-term investments and derivatives, were as follows:

Fund	Purchases		Sales
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	$	164,962,660	$	143,852,415
Commodities Strategy Fund		—		—

The Funds are permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain affiliated funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by a Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under these procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price to save costs, where permissible. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Funds did not engage in purchases and sales of securities, pursuant to Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act.

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Note 10 – Line of Credit

The Trust, along with other affiliated trusts, secured an uncommitted $150,000,000 line of credit from U.S. Bank, N.A., which was increased to $200,000,000 on February 10, 2021. On June 6, 2022, the line of credit agreement was renewed and expires on June 5, 2023. This line of credit is reserved for emergency or temporary purposes. Borrowings, if any, under this arrangement bear interest equal to the Prime Rate, minus 2%, which shall be paid monthly, averaging 2.82% for the year ended December 31, 2022. The Funds did not have any borrowings outstanding under this agreement at December 31, 2022.

The average daily balances borrowed for the year ended December 31, 2022, were as follows:

Fund	Average Daily Balance
Commodities Strategy Fund	$	5,532

Note 11 – Market Risks

The value of, or income generated by, the investments held by the Funds are subject to the possibility of rapid and unpredictable fluctuation, and loss that may result from various factors. These factors include, among others, developments affecting individual companies, or from broader influences, including real or perceived changes in prevailing interest rates (which have since risen and may continue to rise), changes in inflation rates or expectations about inflation rates (which are currently elevated relative to normal conditions), adverse investor confidence or sentiment, changing economic, political (including geopolitical), social or financial market conditions, increased instability or general uncertainty, environmental disasters, governmental actions, public health emergencies (such as the spread of infectious diseases, pandemics and epidemics), debt crises, actual or threatened wars or other armed conflicts (such as the current Russia-Ukraine conflict and its risk of expansion or collateral economic and other effects) or ratings downgrades, and other similar events, each of which may be temporary or last for extended periods. Moreover, changing economic, political, geopolitical, social, financial market or other conditions in one country or geographic region could adversely affect the value, yield and return of the investments held by the Funds in a different country or geographic region, economy, and market because of the increasingly interconnected global economies and financial markets. The duration and extent of the foregoing types of factors or conditions are highly uncertain and difficult to predict and have in the past, and may in the future, cause volatility and distress in economies and financial markets or other adverse circumstances, which may negatively affect the value of the Funds’ investments and performance of the Funds.

Note 12 – Subsequent Events

The Funds evaluated subsequent events through the date the consolidated financial statements were available for issue and determined there were no material events that would require adjustment to or disclosure in the Funds’ consolidated financial statements.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders of Guggenheim Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund and Rydex Commodities Strategy Fund and the Board of Trustees of Rydex Series Funds

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of assets and liabilities of Guggenheim Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund and Rydex Commodities Strategy Fund (collectively referred to as the “Funds”), (two of the funds constituting Rydex Series Funds (the “Trust”)), including the consolidated schedules of investments, as of December 31, 2022, and the related consolidated statements of operations for the year then ended, the consolidated statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the consolidated financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of each of the Funds (two of the funds constituting Rydex Series Funds) at December 31, 2022, the consolidated results of their operations for the year then ended, the consolidated changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and their consolidated financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on each of the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2022, by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent, and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM (concluded)

Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We have served as the auditor of one or more Guggenheim investment companies since 1979.

Tysons, Virginia
February 24, 2023

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OTHER INFORMATION

Federal Income Tax Information

This information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code. Amounts shown may differ from those elsewhere in the report because of differences in tax and financial reporting practice.

In January 2023, shareholders will be advised on IRS Form 1099 DIV or substitute 1099 DIV as to the federal tax status of the distributions received by shareholders in the calendar year 2022.

The Funds’ investment income (dividend income plus short-term capital gains, if any) qualifies as follows:

Of the taxable ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, the following funds had the corresponding percentages qualify for the reduced tax rate pursuant to the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief and Reconciliation Act of 2003 or for the dividends received deduction for corporations. See the qualified dividend income and dividend received deduction columns, respectively, in the table below.

Fund	Qualified Dividend Income			Dividend Received Deduction
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund		0.00	%		0.00	%
Commodities Strategy Fund		0.00	%		0.00	%

Delivery of Shareholder Reports

Paper copies of the Funds’ annual and semi-annual shareholder reports are not sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from a Fund or from your financial intermediary. Instead, the reports are made available on a website, and you are notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

You may elect to receive all future shareholder reports in paper free of charge. If you hold shares of a Fund directly, you can inform the Fund that you wish to receive paper copies of reports by calling 800.820.0888. If you hold shares of a Fund through a financial intermediary, please contact the financial intermediary to make this election. Your election to receive reports in paper may apply to all Guggenheim Funds in which you are invested and may apply to all Guggenheim funds held with your financial intermediary.

Proxy Voting Information

A description of the policies and procedures that the Trust uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to securities held in the Funds’ portfolio is available, without charge and upon request, by calling 800.820.0888. This information is also available from the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov.

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OTHER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (concluded)

Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request, by calling 800.820.0888. This information is also available from the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov.

Sector Classification

Information in the Schedule of Investments is categorized by sectors using sector-level Classifications defined by the Bloomberg Industry Classification System, a widely recognized industry classification system provider. Each Fund’s registration statement has investment policies relating to concentration in specific sectors/industries. For purposes of these investment policies, the Funds usually classify sectors/industries based on industry-level Classifications used by widely recognized industry classification system providers such as Bloomberg Industry Classification System, Global Industry Classification Standards and Barclays Global Classification Scheme.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules Information

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT, and for reporting periods ended prior to March 31, 2019, filed such information on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT and N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov. Copies of the portfolio holdings are also available to shareholders, without charge and upon request, by calling 800.820.0888.

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INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Unaudited)

A Board of Trustees oversees the Trust, as well as other trusts of GI, in which its members have no stated term of service, and continue to serve after election until resignation. The Funds’ Statement of Additional Information includes further information about Fund Trustees and Officers, and can be obtained without charge by visiting guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling 800.820.0888.

Name, Address* and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served**	Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years	Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen	Other Directorships Held by Trustees***
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES
Randall C. Barnes (1951)	Trustee and Chair of the Valuation Oversight Committee	Since 2019 (Trustee) Since 2020 (Chair of the Valuation Oversight Committee)	Current: Private Investor (2001-present). Former: Senior Vice President and Treasurer, PepsiCo, Inc. (1993-1997); President, Pizza Hut International (1991-1993); Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and New Business Development, PepsiCo, Inc. (1987-1990).	155	Current: Advent Convertible and Income Fund (2005-present); Purpose Investments Funds (2013-present). Former: Fiduciary/Claymore Energy Infrastructure Fund (2004-2022); Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund (2005-2021); Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund (2013-2021).
Angela Brock-Kyle (1959)	Trustee	Since 2016	Current: Founder and Chief Executive Officer, B.O.A.R.D.S. (2013-present); Director, Mutual Fund Directors Forum (2022-present). Former: Senior Leader, TIAA (1987-2012).	154	Current: Bowhead Insurance GP, LLC (2020-present); Hunt Companies, Inc. (2019-present). Former: Fiduciary/Claymore Energy Infrastructure Fund (2019-2022); Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund (2019-2021); Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund (2019-2021); Infinity Property & Casualty Corp. (2014-2018).

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INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Unaudited)(continued)

Name, Address* and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served**	Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years	Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen	Other Directorships Held by Trustees***
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES - continued
Thomas F. Lydon, Jr. (1960)	Trustee and Chair of the Contracts Review Committee	Since 2005 (Trustee) Since 2020 (Chair of the Contracts Review Committee)	Current: President, Global Trends Investments (1996-present); Chief Executive Officer, ETF Flows, LLC (2019-present); Chief Executive Officer, Lydon Media (2016-present); Director, GDX Index Partners, LLC (2021-present); Vice Chairman, VettaFi (2022-present).	154	Current: US Global Investors, Inc. (GROW) (1995-present). Former: Fiduciary/Claymore Energy Infrastructure Fund (2019-2022); Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund (2019-2021); Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund (2019-2021); Harvest Volatility Edge Trust (3) (2017-2019).
Ronald A. Nyberg (1953)	Trustee and Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee	Since 2019	Current: Of Counsel, Momkus LLP (2016-present). Former: Partner, Nyberg & Cassioppi, LLC (2000-2016); Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, Van Kampen Investments (1982-1999).	155	Current: Advent Convertible and Income Fund (2003-present); PPM Funds (2) (2018-present); NorthShore-Edward-Elmhurst Health (2012-present). Former: Fiduciary/Claymore Energy Infrastructure Fund (2004-2022); Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund (2005-2021); Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund (2013-2021); Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund (2004-2020); Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund (2003-2020).

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INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Unaudited)(continued)

Name, Address* and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served**	Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years	Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen	Other Directorships Held by Trustees***
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES - continued
Sandra G. Sponem (1958)	Trustee and Chair of the Audit Committee	Since 2016 (Trustee) Since 2019 (Chair of the Audit Committee)	Current: Retired. Former: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, M.A. Mortenson-Companies, Inc. (2007-2017).	154	Current: SPDR Series Trust (81) (2018-present); SPDR Index Shares Funds (30) (2018-present); SSGA Active Trust (14) (2018-present). Former: Fiduciary/Claymore Energy Infrastructure Fund (2019-2022); Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund (2019-2021); Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund (2019-2021); SSGA Master Trust (1) (2018-2020).

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INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Unaudited)(continued)

Name, Address* and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served**	Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years	Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen	Other Directorships Held by Trustees***
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES - concluded
Ronald E. Toupin, Jr. (1958)	Trustee, Chair of the Board and Chair of the Executive Committee	Since 2019	Current: Portfolio Consultant (2010-present); Member, Governing Council, Independent Directors Council (2013-present); Governor, Board of Governors, Investment Company Institute (2018-present). Former: Member, Executive Committee, Independent Directors Council (2016-2018); Vice President, Manager and Portfolio Manager, Nuveen Asset Management (1998-1999); Vice President, Nuveen Investment Advisory Corp. (1992-1999); Vice President and Manager, Nuveen Unit Investment Trusts (1991-1999); and Assistant Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Nuveen Unit Investment Trusts (1988-1999), each of John Nuveen & Co., Inc. (1982-1999).	154	Former: Fiduciary/Claymore Energy Infrastructure Fund (2004-2022); Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund (2005-2021); Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund (2013-2021); Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund (2004-2020); Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund (2003-2020).

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INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Unaudited)(continued)

Name, Address* and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served**	Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years	Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen	Other Directorships Held by Trustees***
INTERESTED TRUSTEE
Amy J. Lee**** (1961)	Trustee, Vice President and Chief Legal Officer	Since 2019	Current: Interested Trustee, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2018-present); Chief Legal Officer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2014-present); Vice President, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2007-present); Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2012-present). Former: President and Chief Executive Officer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2017-2019); Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company and Security Benefit Corporation (2004-2012).	154	Former: Fiduciary/Claymore Energy Infrastructure Fund (2018-2022); Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund (2018-2021); Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund (2018-2021).

*	The business address of each Trustee is c/o Guggenheim Investments, 227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606.
**	Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
***	Each Trustee also serves on the Boards of Trustees of Guggenheim Funds Trust, Guggenheim Variable Funds Trust, Guggenheim Strategy Funds Trust, Guggenheim Taxable Municipal Bond & Investment Grade Debt Trust, Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund, Guggenheim Energy & Income Fund, Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund, Rydex Series Funds, Rydex Dynamic Funds, Rydex Variable Trust and Transparent Value Trust. Messrs. Barnes and Nyberg also serve on the Board of Trustees of Advent Convertible & Income Fund.
****	This Trustee is deemed to be an “interested person” of the Funds under the 1940 Act by reason of her position with the Adviser and/or the parent of the Adviser.

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INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Unaudited)(continued)

Name, Address* and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served**	Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
OFFICERS
Brian E. Binder (1972)	President and Chief Executive Officer	Since 2019	Current: President, Mutual Fund Boards, Guggenheim Investments (2022-present);President and Chief Executive Officer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2018-present); President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Managers, Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC (2018-present); President and Chief Executive Officer, Security Investors, LLC (2018-present); Board Member, Guggenheim Partners Investment Funds plc (2022-present); Board Member, Guggenheim Global Investments plc (2022-present); Board Member, Guggenheim Partners Fund Management (Europe) Limited (2018-present). Former: Senior Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer, Guggenheim Investments (2018-2022); Managing Director and President, Deutsche Funds, and Head of US Product, Trading and Fund Administration, Deutsche Asset Management (2013-2018); Managing Director, Chairman of North American Executive Committee and Head of Business Management and Consulting, Invesco Ltd. (2010-2012).
James M. Howley (1972)	Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer	Since 2022	Current: Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2004-present); Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, and Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2022-present). Former: Assistant Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2006-2022); Manager, Mutual Fund Administration of Van Kampen Investments, Inc. (1996-2004).
Mark E. Mathiasen (1978)	Secretary	Since 2017	Current: Secretary, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2007-present); Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2007-present).
Glenn McWhinnie (1969)	Assistant Treasurer	Since 2016	Current: Vice President, Guggenheim Investments (2009-present); Assistant Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2016-present).
Michael P. Megaris (1984)	Assistant Secretary	Since 2018	Current: Assistant Secretary, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2014-present); Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2012-present).

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INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Unaudited)(continued)

Name, Address* and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served**	Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
OFFICERS - continued
Elisabeth Miller (1968)	Chief Compliance Officer	Since 2012	Current: Chief Compliance Officer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2012-present); Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2012-present); Vice President, Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC (2014-present). Former: Chief Compliance Officer, Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC (2012-2018); Chief Compliance Officer, Guggenheim Distributors, LLC (2009-2014); Senior Manager, Security Investors, LLC (2004-2014); Senior Manager, Guggenheim Distributors, LLC (2004-2014).
Margaux Misantone (1978)	AML Officer	Since 2017	Current: Chief Compliance Officer, Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC (2018-present); AML Officer, Security Investors, LLC and certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2017-present); Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2015-present). Former: Assistant Chief Compliance Officer, Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Funds Investments Advisors, LLC (2015-2018).
Kimberly J. Scott (1974)	Assistant Treasurer	Since 2016	Current: Director, Guggenheim Investments (2012-present); Assistant Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2012-present). Former: Financial Reporting Manager, Invesco, Ltd. (2010-2011); Vice President/Assistant Treasurer, Mutual Fund Administration for Van Kampen Investments, Inc./Morgan Stanley Investment Management (2009-2010); Manager of Mutual Fund Administration, Van Kampen Investments, Inc./Morgan Stanley Investment Management (2005-2009).
Bryan Stone (1979)	Vice President	Since 2019	Current: Vice President, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2014-present); Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2013-present). Former: Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman Group LLC (2009-2013); Vice President, Morgan Stanley (2002-2009).

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INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Unaudited)(concluded)

Name, Address* and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served**	Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
OFFICERS - concluded
Jon Szafran (1989)	Assistant Treasurer	Since 2017	Current: Director, Guggenheim Investments (2017-present); Assistant Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2017-present). Former: Assistant Treasurer of Henderson Global Funds and Manager of US Fund Administration, Henderson Global Investors (North America) Inc. (“HGINA”), (2017); Senior Analyst of US Fund Administration, HGINA (2014–2017); Senior Associate of Fund Administration, Cortland Capital Market Services, LLC (2013-2014); Experienced Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (2012-2013).

*	The business address of each officer is c/o Guggenheim Investments, 227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606.
**	Each officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.

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GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS PRIVACY NOTICE (Unaudited)

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When you are no longer our client or investor, we continue to share your information as described in this notice, and you may contact us at any time to limit our sharing by sending an email to CorporateDataPrivacy@GuggenheimPartners.com.

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passwords. These safeguards vary based on the sensitivity of the information that we collect and store. However, we cannot and do not guarantee that these measures will prevent every unauthorized attempt to access, use, or disclose your information since despite our efforts, no Internet and/or other electronic transmissions can be completely secure. Our web site uses “http cookies”—tiny pieces of information that we ask your browser to store. We use cookies for session management and security features on the Guggenheim Investments web site. We do not use them to pull data from your hard drive, to learn your e-mail address, or to view data in cookies created by other web sites. We will not share the information in our cookies or give others access to it. See the legal information area on our web site for more details about web site security and privacy features.

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We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to our employees and in some cases to third parties (for example, the service providers described above) as permitted by law. We maintain strict physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard your nonpublic personal information.

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In such cases, we ensure that a legal basis for such a transfer exists and that adequate protection is provided as required by applicable law, for example, by using standard contractual clauses or by transferring your data to a jurisdiction that has obtained an adequacy finding. Individuals whose data may be transferred on the basis of standard contractual clauses may contact us as described below.

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If you have any questions or concerns about how we treat your personal data, we encourage you to consult with us first. You may also contact the relevant supervisory authority.

We reserve the right to modify this policy at any time and will inform you promptly of material changes. You may access our privacy policy from our web site at www.guggenheiminvestments.com. Should you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, contact us by email at CorporateDataPrivacy@GuggenheimPartners.com.

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12.31.2022

Guggenheim Funds Annual Report

Guggenheim Alternative Fund

Guggenheim Managed Futures Strategy Fund

GuggenheimInvestments.com RMFSF-ANN-1222x1223

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEAR SHAREHOLDER	2
ECONOMIC AND MARKET OVERVIEW	4
ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND EXPENSES	6
MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND	9
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS	28
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM	44
OTHER INFORMATION	46
INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS	48
GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS PRIVACY NOTICE	57

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December 31, 2022

Dear Shareholder:

Security Investors, LLC (the “Investment Adviser”), is pleased to present the annual shareholder report for the Managed Futures Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) that is part of the Rydex Series Funds. This report covers performance of the Fund for the annual period ended December 31, 2022 (the “Reporting Period”).

In December 2022, Guggenheim Partners announced the untimely and unexpected death of Scott Minerd, one of Guggenheim’s Managing Partners and its Global Chief Investment Officer. He joined Guggenheim as a Managing Partner shortly after the firm was formed. He was a frequent commentator on markets and investments, both on television and via social media. He also was one of the designers of the organization, systems and processes that make Guggenheim Investments a strong, robust and scalable leader in the asset management business.

Guggenheim has implemented its succession plan, which is designed to deal with unexpected events. There has been and will continue to be no disruption of service to our clients, no change in the daily management of client portfolios and no change in the process of selecting investment assets, all of which continue to be handled by the longstanding committees and long-tenured investment professionals who, every day, implement our investment processes.

Guggenheim Investments continues to be led by its Co-Presidents, Dina DiLorenzo and David Rone, and by Anne B. Walsh, a Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Guggenheim Partners Investment Management.

The Investment Adviser is a part of Guggenheim Investments, which represents the investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners, LLC (“Guggenheim”), a global, diversified financial services firm.

Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC is the distributor of the Funds. Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC is affiliated with Guggenheim and the Investment Adviser.

We encourage you to read the Economic and Market Overview section of the report, which follows this letter, and then the Performance Report and Fund Profile for the Fund.

We are committed to providing innovative investment solutions and appreciate the trust you place in us.

Sincerely,

Security Investors, LLC

January 31, 2023

Read a prospectus and summary prospectus (if available) carefully before investing. It contains the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other information, which should be considered carefully before investing. Obtain a prospectus and summary prospectus (if available) at guggenheiminvestments.com or call 800.820.0888.

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This material is not intended as a recommendation or as investment advice of any kind, including in connection with rollovers, transfers, and distributions. Such material is not provided in a fiduciary capacity, may not be relied upon for or in connection with the making of investment decisions, and does not constitute a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell securities. All content has been provided for informational or educational purposes only and is not intended to be and should not be construed as legal or tax advice and/or a legal opinion. Always consult a financial, tax and/or legal professional regarding your specific situation.

The Managed Futures Strategy Fund may not be suitable for all investors. ● The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money. ● The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. To the extent the Fund invests in derivatives to seek to hedge risk or limit leveraged exposure created by other investments, there is no guarantee that such hedging strategies will be effective at managing risk or limiting exposure to leveraged investments. ● The Fund’s use of leverage will exaggerate the effect on net asset value of any increase or decrease in the market value of the Fund’s portfolio. ●The Fund’s use of short selling involves increased risk and costs. The Fund risks paying more for a security than it received from its sale. Theoretically, securities sold short have the risk of unlimited losses. ● The Fund’s investments in fixed income securities will change in value in response to interest rate changes and other factors. In general, bond prices rise when interest rates fall and vice versa. ● The Fund‘s exposure to high yield, asset backed and mortgaged backed securities may subject the Fund to greater volatility. ● The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. ● The Fund’s exposure to the commodity markets may subject the fund to greater volatility as commodity-linked investments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity such as droughts, floods, weather, embargos, tariffs and international economic, political and regulatory developments. ● The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or indirectly through the use of other investment companies and financial instruments that are linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets. ● This Fund is considered nondiversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of fund shares than would occur in a more diversified fund. ●See the prospectus for more information on these and other risks.

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ECONOMIC AND MARKET OVERVIEW (Unaudited) December 31, 2022

Helped by lower energy prices, real economic growth reaccelerated in the fourth quarter of 2022. Amid this continued strong growth, the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) is explicitly targeting a weaker labor market, and several leading indicators point to rising unemployment by the middle of the year. Consumption also faces headwinds from dwindling excess savings buffers and a sharply negative wealth shock as financial asset and home prices fall. Business investment also appears to be weakening due to the sharp tightening in financial conditions and more challenging outlook for economic growth. The housing sector could subtract further from gross domestic product (“GDP”) as the spike in mortgage rates has adversely impacted demand.

Because private sector balance sheets are generally healthy in the aggregate and the economy lacks major imbalances, we do not expect a particularly deep recession. But the likelihood of a limited monetary and fiscal policy response means the economic recovery could be weak, and certain highly levered companies may suffer.

Moderation in goods prices as supply chains normalize should bring inflation lower over the next several months, and shelter inflation should roll over by mid-2023. Services inflation outside of shelter is the main concern for the Fed, but a softening labor market and cooling wage growth may keep this category contained. As a result, core inflation could fall below 3 percent by the end of the year.

The Fed’s continued rate hike campaign may cause the front end of the yield curve to remain elevated in the near term. But should the economic cycle roll over later this year, Treasury yields may see a significant decline. Weakening corporate earnings growth and an emerging recession would present downside risk to equity returns later in 2023 but, given corporate fundamentals remain solid, high quality fixed income and carefully selected high yield issuers should provide attractive returns.

For the Reporting Period, the S&P 500^® Index* returned -18.11%. The MSCI Europe-Australasia-Far East (“EAFE”) Index* returned -14.45%. The return of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index* was -20.09%.

In the bond market, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index* posted a -13.01% return for the Reporting Period, while the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield Index* returned -11.19%. The return of the ICE Bank of America (“BofA”) 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index* was 1.47% for the Reporting Period.

The opinions and forecasts expressed may not actually come to pass. This information is subject to change at any time, based on market and other conditions, and should not be construed as a recommendation of any specific security or strategy.

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*Index Definitions:

The following indices are referenced throughout this report. Indices are unmanaged and not available for direct investment. Index performance does not reflect transaction costs, fees, or expenses.

Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based flagship benchmark that measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including U.S. Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities or “MBS” (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage, or “ARM”, pass-throughs), asset-backed securities (“ABS”), and commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) (agency and non-agency).

Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield Index measures the U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield, fixed-rate corporate bond market. Securities are classified as high yield if the middle rating of Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P is Ba1/BB +/BB + or below.

ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index is an unmanaged market Index of U.S. Treasury securities maturing in 90 days that assumes reinvestment of all income.

MSCI EAFE Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the U.S. & Canada.

MSCI Emerging Markets Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets.

S&P 500^® is a broad-based index, the performance of which is based on the performance of 500 widely held common stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation.

SG (Societe Generale) CTA Index is designed to track the largest 20 (by AUM) Commodity Trading Advisors, or CTAs, and be representative of the managed futures space. The CTA Index is equally weighted, and reblanced and reconstituted annually.

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ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited)

All mutual funds have operating expenses, and it is important for our shareholders to understand the impact of costs on their investments. Shareholders of a fund incur two types of costs: (i) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, other distributions, and exchange fees, and (ii) ongoing costs, including management fees, administrative services, and shareholder reports, among others. These ongoing costs, or operating expenses, are deducted from a fund’s gross income and reduce the investment return of the fund.

A fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets, which is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help investors understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six-month period beginning June 30, 2022 and ending December 31, 2022.

The following tables illustrate the Fund’s costs in two ways:

Table 1. Based on actual Fund return: This section helps investors estimate the actual expenses paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from the Fund’s actual return, and the fifth column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the Fund. Investors may use the information here, together with the amount invested, to estimate the expenses paid over the period. Simply divide the Fund’s account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number provided under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period.”

Table 2. Based on hypothetical 5% return: This section is intended to help investors compare a fund’s cost with those of other mutual funds. The table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses paid during the period. The example is useful in making comparisons because the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on the 5% return. Investors can assess a Fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

The calculations illustrated above assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.

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ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited)(continued)

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, and contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”) on redemptions, if any. Therefore, the second table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

More information about the Fund’s expenses, including annual expense ratios for periods up to five years (subject to the Fund’s inception date), can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to the Fund’s prospectus.

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ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited)(concluded)

	Expense Ratio1	Fund Return	Beginning Account Value June 30, 2022	Ending Account Value December 31, 2022	Expenses Paid During Period2
Table 1. Based on actual Fund return3
A-Class	1.73%	(0.10%)	$ 1,000.00	$ 999.00	$ 8.72
C-Class	2.48%	(0.46%)	1,000.00	995.40	12.47
P-Class	1.69%	(0.16%)	1,000.00	998.40	8.51
Institutional Class	1.45%	0.04%	1,000.00	1,000.40	7.31
Table 2. Based on hypothetical 5% return (before expenses)
A-Class	1.73%	5.00%	$ 1,000.00	$ 1,016.48	$ 8.79
C-Class	2.48%	5.00%	1,000.00	1,012.70	12.58
P-Class	1.69%	5.00%	1,000.00	1,016.69	8.59
Institutional Class	1.45%	5.00%	1,000.00	1,017.90	7.38

1	Annualized and excludes expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
2	Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, net of any applicable fee waivers, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
3	Actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period June 30, 2022 to December 31, 2022.

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PERFORMANCE REPORT AND FUND PROFILE (Unaudited) December 31, 2022

MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND

OBJECTIVE: Seeks to achieve absolute returns.

For the Reporting Period, Guggenheim Managed Futures Strategy Fund Institutional shares returned 15.03%, outperforming the ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index, the Fund’s benchmark, which returned 1.47%. The Fund underperformed the SG (Societe Generale) CTA Index for the year, which returned 20.15%.

What factors contributed or detracted from the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

For the Reporting Period, markets continued to be influenced by fallout from the Covid pandemic as well as the war in Ukraine. Worker shortages and supply chain disruptions due to Covid combined with reduced oil and grain production out of Ukraine and Russia to create inflationary pressures around the world. In turn, central banks responded by increasing interest rates, causing in a drop in both stock and bond prices. These events helped produce strong trends in all sectors which were profitably captured by the Fund’s various trend-following strategies.

With price momentum being the main story for 2022, commodities delivered strong returns in the first quarter and then detracted for the next three, with a net positive contribution on the year. Currencies delivered positive returns in the first three quarters, were negative in the fourth, and were also net positive on the year. Fixed income delivered steady positive returns in all four quarters and was the best-performing sector in the Fund for 2022. Although equity indexes generally trended downward in 2022, there were enough reversals throughout the year to confuse trend-following systems, resulting in equities being a net detractor overall.

The non-trend-following alpha strategies (which include a range of sector-specific carry, flow, value, and calendar effects models, among others) contributed positive returns in the first half of the year and detracted in the second half. For the year, they provided a net positive contribution.

How did the Fund use derivatives during the Reporting Period?

The Fund’s performance is primarily derived from the trading of liquid futures. Futures are used to express investment views and hedge exposures across a wide range of global markets, including commodities, currencies, fixed income, and stock indexes. Positions held may be long or short depending on the investment view and/or nature of the hedge. The use of futures also enables the ready use of leverage, which actively facilitates portfolio diversification and risk management.

Additionally, the Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund and Guggenheim Strategy Funds were utilized within the Fund to obtain higher cash yields than what would otherwise be achieved through overnight repurchase agreements or short-term investments.

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PERFORMANCE REPORT AND FUND PROFILE (Unaudited)(continued) December 31, 2022

How was the Fund positioned at the end of the Reporting Period?

At the end of 2022, the Fund was net long equities, commodities, the U.S. dollar, and bond yields (short bond futures). The Fund’s gross leverage was approximately 380%, with 67% of its expected risk in fixed income, 25% of expected risk in commodities, 5% in foreign exchange, and 3% in equities. The Fund’s net leverage was approximately -180%.

Performance displayed represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results.

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PERFORMANCE REPORT AND FUND PROFILE (Unaudited)(continued) December 31, 2022

Consolidated Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)

“Consolidated Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments, investments in Guggenheim Strategy Funds Trust mutual funds, or investments in Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund. Investments in those Funds do not provide “market exposure” to meet the Fund’s investment objective, but will significantly increase the portfolio’s exposure to certain other asset categories (and their associated risks), which may cause the Fund to deviate from its principal investment strategy, including: (i) high yield, high risk debt securities rated below the top four long-term rating categories by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (also known as “junk bonds”); (ii) securities issued by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities; (iii) CLOs and similar investments; and (iv) other short-term fixed income securities.

Inception Dates:
A-Class	March 2, 2007
C-Class	March 2, 2007
P-Class	March 2, 2007
Institutional Class	May 3, 2010

The Fund invests principally in derivative investments such as futures contracts.

Largest Holdings	(% of Total Net Assets)
Guggenheim Strategy Fund III	14.8%
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II	10.4%
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class	6.5%
Total	31.7%
“Largest Holdings” excludes any temporary cash or derivative investments.

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PERFORMANCE REPORT AND FUND PROFILE (Unaudited)(continued) December 31, 2022

Cumulative Fund Performance*

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PERFORMANCE REPORT AND FUND PROFILE (Unaudited)(concluded) December 31, 2022

Average Annual Returns*

Periods Ended December 31, 2022

	1 Year	5 Year	10 Year
A-Class Shares	14.76%	3.48%	2.08%
A-Class Shares with sales charge‡	9.30%	2.47%	1.58%
C-Class Shares	13.96%	2.71%	1.32%
C-Class Shares with CDSC§	12.96%	2.71%	1.32%
P-Class Shares	14.75%	3.47%	2.10%
Institutional Class Shares	15.03%	3.74%	2.33%
ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index	1.47%	1.27%	0.77%

*	The performance data above represents past performance that is not predictive of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns are historical and include changes in principal and reinvested dividends and capital gains and do not reflect the effect of taxes. The ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index is an unmanaged index and, unlike the Fund, has no management fees or operating expenses to reduce its reported return. The graphs are based on A-Class shares and P-Class shares only; performance for C-Class shares and Institutional Class shares will vary due to differences in fee structure.
‡	Fund returns are calculated using the maximum sales charge of 4.75%.
§	Fund returns include a CDSC of 1% if redeemed within 12 months of purchase.

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS	December 31, 2022
MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND

	Shares		Value
MUTUAL FUNDS† - 31.7%
Guggenheim Strategy Fund III1		235,195	$	5,658,797
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II1		166,856		4,011,215
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class1		257,497		2,482,268
Total Mutual Funds
(Cost $12,548,781)				12,152,280
	Face Amount
U.S. TREASURY BILLS†† - 13.7%
U.S. Treasury Bills
3.80% due 01/17/232,3	$	5,041,000		5,033,789
3.79% due 01/17/232,3		210,000		209,699
Total U.S. Treasury Bills
(Cost $5,241,933)				5,243,488
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,4 - 50.8%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC issued 12/30/22 at 4.26% due 01/03/23		10,999,677		10,999,677
BofA Securities, Inc. issued 12/30/22 at 4.25% due 01/03/23		4,230,645		4,230,645
Barclays Capital, Inc. issued 12/30/22 at 4.21% due 01/03/23		4,217,542		4,217,542
Total Repurchase Agreements
(Cost $19,447,864)				19,447,864
Total Investments - 96.2%
(Cost $37,238,578)			$	36,843,632
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - 3.8%				1,450,664
Total Net Assets - 100.0%			$	38,294,296

Futures Contracts
Description	Number of Contracts		Expiration Date		Notional Amount		Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)**
Commodity Futures Contracts Purchased†
Corn Futures Contracts		87		Mar 2023	$	2,951,475	$	96,568
Gasoline RBOB Futures Contracts		10		Jan 2023		1,043,952		88,011
Sugar #11 Futures Contracts		49		Jun 2023		987,840		61,880
Soybean Futures Contracts		26		Mar 2023		1,981,525		40,978
Soybean Meal Futures Contracts		20		Mar 2023		942,800		37,870
Live Cattle Futures Contracts		36		Jun 2023		2,272,680		37,641
NY Harbor ULSD Futures Contracts		5		Jan 2023		691,152		32,539
Coffee ‘C’ Futures Contracts		15		Mar 2023		939,938		25,456
Gold 100 oz. Futures Contracts		10		Feb 2023		1,829,900		24,683
Live Cattle Futures Contracts		45		Feb 2023		2,842,650		23,188
Silver Futures Contracts		6		Mar 2023		724,200		21,065
Soybean Oil Futures Contracts		27		Mar 2023		1,038,744		20,655

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Futures Contracts (continued)
Description	Number of Contracts		Expiration Date		Notional Amount		Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)**
Low Sulphur Gas Oil Futures Contracts		6		Feb 2023	$	555,900	$	15,190
Sugar #11 Futures Contracts		13		Feb 2023		291,928		15,139
Platinum Futures Contracts		8		Apr 2023		433,680		14,869
SGX Iron Ore 62% Futures Contracts		33		Feb 2023		383,460		12,114
Red Spring Wheat Futures Contracts		14		Mar 2023		658,000		5,797
NY Harbor ULSD Futures Contracts		6		Mar 2023		771,322		3,427
LME Tin Futures Contracts		1		Feb 2023		124,141		2,309
Canadian Canola (WCE) Futures Contracts		18		Mar 2023		230,274		2,191
WTI Crude Futures Contracts		2		Jan 2023		160,760		2,155
Lean Hogs Futures Contracts		2		Feb 2023		70,380		641
Cattle Feeder Futures Contracts		1		Mar 2023		93,013		439
Cotton #2 Futures Contracts		10		Mar 2023		417,000		(536	)
Palladium Futures Contracts		2		Mar 2023		357,700		(1,868	)
Hard Red Winter Wheat Futures Contracts		1		Mar 2023		44,363		(1,953	)
LME Nickel Futures Contracts		4		Feb 2023		719,160		(4,859	)
Natural Gas Futures Contracts		2		Mar 2023		78,100		(15,325	)
LME Primary Aluminum Futures Contracts		10		Feb 2023		589,915		(18,907	)
Cocoa Futures Contracts		87		Mar 2023		2,255,040		(23,781	)
Natural Gas Futures Contracts		6		Feb 2023		243,720		(26,339	)
ECX Emission Futures Contracts		5		Dec 2023		449,663		(35,473	)
					$	27,174,375	$	455,764
Currency Futures Contracts Purchased†
Mexican Peso Futures Contracts		195		Mar 2023	$	4,940,325	$	91,799
Japanese Yen Futures Contracts		12		Mar 2023		1,153,350		46,638
Euro FX Futures Contracts		2		Mar 2023		268,988		2,767
Canadian Dollar Futures Contracts		19		Mar 2023		1,404,290		2,382
Australian Dollar Futures Contracts		6		Mar 2023		409,620		339
Swiss Franc Futures Contracts		9		Mar 2023		1,226,081		(428	)
New Zealand Dollar Futures Contracts		10		Mar 2023		635,300		(2,982	)
British Pound Futures Contracts		13		Mar 2023		983,938		(14,700	)
					$	11,021,892	$	125,815
Interest Rate Futures Contracts Purchased†
Euro - Bund Futures Contracts		1		Mar 2023	$	142,230	$	(699	)
Long Gilt Futures Contracts††		3		Mar 2023		361,436		(1,259	)
Australian Government 10 Year Bond Futures Contracts††		9		Mar 2023		707,769		(1,872	)
Euro - BTP Italian Government Bond Futures Contracts††		3		Mar 2023		348,485		(2,768	)
					$	1,559,920	$	(6,598	)

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MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND

Futures Contracts (continued)
Description	Number of Contracts		Expiration Date		Notional Amount		Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)**
Equity Futures Contracts Purchased†
FTSE 100 Index Futures Contracts††		21		Mar 2023	$	1,898,627	$	5,420
CBOE Volatility Index Futures Contracts		10		Mar 2023		253,500		(1,887	)
FTSE MIB Index Futures Contracts		1		Mar 2023		126,807		(2,580	)
Euro STOXX 50 Index Futures Contracts		8		Mar 2023		324,558		(2,959	)
IBEX 35 Index Futures Contracts††		13		Jan 2023		1,140,113		(3,448	)
OMX Stockholm 30 Index Futures Contracts††		7		Jan 2023		137,635		(4,012	)
CAC 40 10 Euro Index Futures Contracts		10		Jan 2023		691,871		(9,435	)
CBOE Volatility Index Futures Contracts		27		Jun 2023		711,450		(10,096	)
FTSE/JSE TOP 40 Index Futures Contracts††		30		Mar 2023		1,197,826		(23,380	)
Amsterdam Index Futures Contracts		5		Jan 2023		738,781		(35,807	)
Tokyo Stock Price Index Futures Contracts		14		Mar 2023		1,993,997		(80,324	)
					$	9,215,165	$	(168,508	)
Interest Rate Futures Contracts Sold Short†
Euro - Bund Futures Contracts		59		Mar 2023	$	8,391,560	$	334,538
Euro - Bobl Futures Contracts		40		Mar 2023		4,955,339		120,626
Australian Government 3 Year Bond Futures Contracts††		109		Mar 2023		7,912,835		118,347
U.S. Treasury 5 Year Note Futures Contracts		87		Mar 2023		9,381,047		62,955
U.S. Treasury Long Bond Futures Contracts		27		Mar 2023		3,366,563		55,878
Euro - Schatz Futures Contracts		117		Mar 2023		13,203,068		54,633
U.S. Treasury 10 Year Note Futures Contracts		49		Mar 2023		5,494,125		54,204
U.S. Treasury 2 Year Note Futures Contracts		117		Mar 2023		23,985,000		53,331
U.S. Treasury Ultra Long Bond Futures Contracts		18		Mar 2023		2,404,125		49,571
Canadian Government 10 Year Bond Futures Contracts††		27		Mar 2023		2,439,585		45,299
Australian Government 10 Year Bond Futures Contracts††		5		Mar 2023		393,205		8,566
Euro - OATS Futures Contracts		1		Mar 2023		136,286		45
					$	82,062,738	$	957,993
Commodity Futures Contracts Sold Short†
Natural Gas Futures Contracts		14		Jan 2023	$	620,620	$	122,331
ICE Endex Dutch TTF Natural Gas Futures Contracts		10		Jan 2023		523,594		79,871
LME Zinc Futures Contracts		5		Feb 2023		372,906		15,797
Hard Red Winter Wheat Futures Contracts		21		Mar 2023		931,613		15,455
Euro - Rapeseed Futures Contracts		8		Jan 2023		250,295		12,794
CME Random Length Lumber Futures Contracts		6		Mar 2023		250,602		12,033
Oat Futures Contracts		8		Mar 2023		146,100		6,842
Palladium Futures Contracts		1		Mar 2023		178,850		6,197
Wheat Futures Contracts		19		Mar 2023		751,450		5,431
Euro - Mill Wheat Futures Contracts		16		Mar 2023		264,967		4,704
Sugar #11 Futures Contracts		47		Feb 2023		1,055,432		2,304
Cotton #2 Futures Contracts		1		Mar 2023		41,700		1,017
NY Harbor ULSD Futures Contracts		2		Jan 2023		276,461		(987	)

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Futures Contracts (continued)
Description	Number of Contracts		Expiration Date		Notional Amount		Value and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)**
Lean Hogs Futures Contracts		13		Feb 2023	$	457,470	$	(1,922	)
Coffee ‘C’ Futures Contracts		1		Mar 2023		62,663		(2,403	)
Brent Crude Futures Contracts		1		Jan 2023		85,990		(3,242	)
WTI Crude Futures Contracts		1		Jan 2023		80,380		(5,423	)
Cattle Feeder Futures Contracts		12		Mar 2023		1,116,150		(6,793	)
LME Lead Futures Contracts		5		Feb 2023		289,219		(13,340	)
Copper Futures Contracts		12		Mar 2023		1,146,000		(16,452	)
Live Cattle Futures Contracts		30		Apr 2023		1,941,300		(19,790	)
Gasoline RBOB Futures Contracts		8		Mar 2023		885,696		(62,012	)
					$	11,729,458	$	152,412
Equity Futures Contracts Sold Short†
MSCI EAFE Index Futures Contracts		10		Mar 2023	$	974,550	$	18,195
NASDAQ-100 Index Mini Futures Contracts		4		Mar 2023		881,840		14,453
FTSE Taiwan Index Futures Contracts		25		Jan 2023		1,235,750		9,852
DAX Index Futures Contracts		1		Mar 2023		372,202		6,866
S&P 500 Index Mini Futures Contracts		3		Mar 2023		579,225		6,550
Nikkei 225 (OSE) Index Futures Contracts		1		Mar 2023		196,406		3,371
CBOE Volatility Index Futures Contracts		15		Feb 2023		367,500		3,026
SPI 200 Index Futures Contracts††		4		Mar 2023		476,445		2,720
IBEX 35 Index Futures Contracts††		2		Jan 2023		175,402		674
CBOE Volatility Index Futures Contracts		5		Jan 2023		115,250		513
Russell 2000 Index Mini Futures Contracts		4		Mar 2023		354,260		123
CBOE Volatility Index Futures Contracts		1		Apr 2023		25,850		(73	)
S&P MidCap 400 Index Mini Futures Contracts		1		Mar 2023		244,330		(3,892	)
					$	5,999,010	$	62,378
Currency Futures Contracts Sold Short†
British Pound Futures Contracts		37		Mar 2023	$	2,800,437	$	18,277
New Zealand Dollar Futures Contracts		5		Mar 2023		317,650		27
Canadian Dollar Futures Contracts		4		Mar 2023		295,640		(192	)
Australian Dollar Futures Contracts		13		Mar 2023		887,510		(5,269	)
Swiss Franc Futures Contracts		28		Mar 2023		3,814,475		(25,637	)
Euro FX Futures Contracts		46		Mar 2023		6,186,713		(60,836	)
Japanese Yen Futures Contracts		29		Mar 2023		2,787,263		(82,244	)
					$	17,089,688	$	(155,874	)

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**	Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation). Variation margin is reported within the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
†	Value determined based on Level 1 inputs, unless otherwise noted — See Note 4.
††	Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 4.
1	Affiliated issuer.
2	All or a portion of this security is pledged as futures collateral at December 31, 2022.
3	Rate indicated is the effective yield at the time of purchase.
4	Repurchase Agreements — See Note 6.
	CME — Chicago Mercantile Exchange
	ICE — Intercontinental Exchange
	See Sector Classification in Other Information section.

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at December 31, 2022 (See Note 4 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements):

Investments in Securities (Assets)	Level 1 Quoted Prices		Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs		Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs		Total
Mutual Funds	$	12,152,280	$	—	$	—	$	12,152,280
U.S. Treasury Bills		—		5,243,488		—		5,243,488
Repurchase Agreements		—		19,447,864		—		19,447,864
Interest Rate Futures Contracts**		785,781		172,212		—		957,993
Commodity Futures Contracts**		869,581		—		—		869,581
Currency Futures Contracts**		162,229		—		—		162,229
Equity Futures Contracts**		62,949		8,814		—		71,763
Total Assets	$	14,032,820	$	24,872,378	$	—	$	38,905,198

Investments in Securities (Liabilities)	Level 1 Quoted Prices		Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs		Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs		Total
Commodity Futures Contracts**	$	261,405	$	—	$	—	$	261,405
Currency Futures Contracts**		192,288		—		—		192,288
Equity Futures Contracts**		147,053		30,840		—		177,893
Interest Rate Futures Contracts**		699		5,899		—		6,598
Total Liabilities	$	601,445	$	36,739	$	—	$	638,184

** This derivative is reported as unrealized appreciation/depreciation at period end.

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Affiliated Transactions

Investments representing 5% or more of the outstanding voting shares of a company, or control of or by, or common control under Guggenheim Investments (“GI”), result in that company being considered an affiliated issuer, as defined in the 1940 Act.

The Fund may invest in certain of the underlying series of Guggenheim Strategy Funds Trust, including Guggenheim Strategy Fund II and Guggenheim Strategy Fund III, (collectively, the “Short Term Investment Vehicles”), each of which are open-end management investment companies managed by GI. The Short Term Investment Vehicles, which launched on March 11, 2014, are offered as short term investment options only to mutual funds, trusts, and other accounts managed by GI and/or its affiliates, and are not available to the public. The Short Term Investment Vehicles pay no investment management fees. The Short Term Investment Vehicles’ annual report on Form N-CSR dated September 30, 2022, is available publicly or upon request. This information is available from the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601445/000182126822000340/gug84768.htm. The Fund may invest in certain of the underlying series of Guggenheim Funds Trust, which are open-end management investment companies managed by GI, are available to the public and whose most recent annual report on Form N-CSR is available publicly or upon request.

Transactions during the year ended December 31, 2022, in which the company is an affiliated issuer, were as follows:

Security Name	Value 12/31/21		Additions		Reductions			Realized Gain (Loss)			Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)			Value 12/31/22		Shares 12/31/22		Investment Income
Mutual Funds
Guggenheim Strategy Fund II	$	4,951,696	$	—	$	(800,000	)	$	(3,539	)	$	(136,942	)	$	4,011,215		166,856	$	114,490
Guggenheim Strategy Fund III		5,886,936		—		—			—			(228,139	)		5,658,797		235,195		168,137
Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Fund — Institutional Class		1,753,560		800,000		—			—			(71,292	)		2,482,268		257,497		56,021
	$	12,592,192	$	800,000	$	(800,000	)	$	(3,539	)	$	(436,373	)	$	12,152,280			$	338,648

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND

December 31, 2022

Assets:
Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (cost $5,241,933)	$	5,243,488
Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (cost $12,548,781)		12,152,280
Repurchase agreements, at value (cost $19,447,864)		19,447,864
Cash		3,027
Segregated cash with broker		1,475,457
Receivables:
Dividends		48,050
Variation margin on futures contracts		25,255
Fund shares sold		11,668
Interest		4,589
Other assets		1,010
Total assets		38,412,688
Liabilities:
Payable for:
Management fees		29,218
Fund shares redeemed		18,911
Professional fees		12,115
Transfer agent fees		10,832
Printing fees		7,095
Registration fees		6,011
Portfolio accounting and administration fees		4,977
Distribution and service fees		4,904
Trustees’ fees*		546
Miscellaneous		23,783
Total liabilities		118,392
Net assets	$	38,294,296
Net assets consist of:
Paid in capital	$	80,382,355
Total distributable earnings (loss)		(42,088,059	)
Net assets	$	38,294,296
A-Class:
Net assets	$	6,477,679
Capital shares outstanding		321,250
Net asset value per share	$	20.16
Maximum offering price per share (Net asset value divided by 95.25%)	$	21.17
C-Class:
Net assets	$	2,121,303
Capital shares outstanding		120,326
Net asset value per share	$	17.63
P-Class:
Net assets	$	8,423,335
Capital shares outstanding		414,986
Net asset value per share	$	20.30
Institutional Class:
Net assets	$	21,271,979
Capital shares outstanding		1,019,906
Net asset value per share	$	20.86

* Relates to Trustees not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND

Year Ended December 31, 2022

Investment Income:
Dividends from securities of affiliated issuers	$	338,648
Interest		464,280
Total investment income		802,928
Expenses:
Management fees		429,752
Distribution and service fees:
A-Class		16,413
C-Class		13,929
P-Class		44,167
Transfer agent fees		92,883
Portfolio accounting and administration fees		51,463
Professional fees		41,196
Custodian fees		6,079
Trustees’ fees*		4,857
Miscellaneous		50,716
Total expenses		751,455
Less:
Expenses waived by Adviser		(66,706	)
Net expenses		684,749
Net investment income		118,179
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):
Net realized gain (loss) on:
Investments in unaffiliated issuers	$	(4	)
Investments in affiliated issuers		(3,539	)
Futures contracts		2,038,393
Foreign currency transactions		(482	)
Net realized gain		2,034,368
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
Investments in unaffiliated issuers		1,540
Investments in affiliated issuers		(436,373	)
Futures contracts		1,520,762
Foreign currency translations		1,121
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)		1,087,050
Net realized and unrealized gain		3,121,418
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$	3,239,597

* Relates to Trustees not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND

	Year Ended December 31, 2022			Year Ended December 31, 2021
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:
Net investment income (loss)	$	118,179		$	(212,848	)
Net realized gain on investments		2,034,368			1,612,221
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments		1,087,050			(768,377	)
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations		3,239,597			630,996
Distributions to shareholders:
A-Class		(290,823	)		—
C-Class		(105,236	)		—
P-Class		(376,691	)		—
Institutional Class		(1,029,250	)		—
Total distributions to shareholders		(1,802,000	)		—
Capital share transactions:
Proceeds from sale of shares
A-Class		1,054,342			537,216
C-Class		2,333,140			19,947
P-Class		38,401,599			7,859,685
Institutional Class		27,909,131			2,520,243
Distributions reinvested
A-Class		282,405			—
C-Class		103,217			—
P-Class		369,009			—
Institutional Class		1,026,092			—
Cost of shares redeemed
A-Class		(1,183,747	)		(1,245,643	)
C-Class		(778,290	)		(594,228	)
P-Class		(38,944,183	)		(9,126,556	)
Institutional Class		(14,913,234	)		(2,375,208	)
Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions		15,659,481			(2,404,544	)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets		17,097,078			(1,773,548	)
Net assets:
Beginning of year		21,197,218			22,970,766
End of year	$	38,294,296		$	21,197,218

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS (concluded)

MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND

	Year Ended December 31, 2022			Year Ended December 31, 2021
Capital share activity:
Shares sold
A-Class		50,726			29,197
C-Class		121,236			1,220
P-Class		1,893,070			415,340
Institutional Class		1,237,422			132,079
Shares issued from reinvestment of distributions
A-Class		14,328			—
C-Class		5,987			—
P-Class		18,599			—
Institutional Class		50,348			—
Shares redeemed
A-Class		(56,772	)		(67,428	)
C-Class		(41,924	)		(36,270	)
P-Class		(1,859,103	)		(482,276	)
Institutional Class		(697,841	)		(124,121	)
Net increase (decrease) in shares		736,076			(132,259	)

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

A-Class	Year Ended Dec. 31, 2022			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2021			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2020			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2019			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2018
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	18.41		$	17.96		$	18.96		$	17.65		$	19.19
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)a		.05			(.18	)		(.12	)		.15			.15
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		2.67			.63			.48			1.16			(1.69	)
Total from investment operations		2.72			.45			.36			1.31			(1.54	)
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		(.97	)		—			(1.36	)		—			—
Total distributions		(.97	)		—			(1.36	)		—			—
Net asset value, end of period	$	20.16		$	18.41		$	17.96		$	18.96		$	17.65
Total Returnb		14.76	%		2.51	%		2.01	%		7.42	%		(8.03	%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	6,478		$	5,760		$	6,306		$	7,033		$	6,793
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment income (loss)		0.22	%		(0.99	%)		(0.62	%)		0.82	%		0.80	%
Total expensesc		1.91	%		1.88	%		1.87	%		1.90	%		1.84	%
Net expensesd		1.75	%		1.73	%		1.75	%		1.80	%		1.79	%
Portfolio turnover rate		7	%		27	%		111	%		26	%		21	%

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

C-Class	Year Ended Dec. 31, 2022			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2021			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2020			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2019			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2018
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	16.28		$	16.00		$	17.03		$	15.97		$	17.49
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)a		(.06	)		(.29	)		(.23	)		.01			.01
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		2.33			.57			.41			1.05			(1.53	)
Total from investment operations		2.27			.28			.18			1.06			(1.52	)
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		(.92	)		—			(1.21	)		—			—
Total distributions		(.92	)		—			(1.21	)		—			—
Net asset value, end of period	$	17.63		$	16.28		$	16.00		$	17.03		$	15.97
Total Returnb		13.96	%		1.75	%		1.25	%		6.64	%		(8.69	%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	2,121		$	570		$	1,121		$	1,815		$	4,485
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment income (loss)		(0.31	%)		(1.74	%)		(1.37	%)		0.06	%		0.04	%
Total expensesc		2.65	%		2.63	%		2.62	%		2.65	%		2.59	%
Net expensesd		2.49	%		2.49	%		2.50	%		2.57	%		2.53	%
Portfolio turnover rate		7	%		27	%		111	%		26	%		21	%

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

P-Class	Year Ended Dec. 31, 2022			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2021			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2020			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2019			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2018
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	18.48		$	18.03		$	19.00		$	17.70		$	19.23
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)a		.01			(.18	)		(.12	)		.15			.15
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		2.73			.63			.49			1.15			(1.68	)
Total from investment operations		2.74			.45			.37			1.30			(1.53	)
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		(.92	)		—			(1.34	)		—			—
Total distributions		(.92	)		—			(1.34	)		—			—
Net asset value, end of period	$	20.30		$	18.48		$	18.03		$	19.00		$	17.70
Total Return		14.75	%		2.50	%		2.05	%		7.34	%		(7.96	%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	8,423		$	6,697		$	7,741		$	10,946		$	13,669
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment income (loss)		0.07	%		(0.99	%)		(0.63	%)		0.82	%		0.80	%
Total expensesc		1.91	%		1.88	%		1.88	%		1.90	%		1.84	%
Net expensesd		1.74	%		1.73	%		1.77	%		1.81	%		1.78	%
Portfolio turnover rate		7	%		27	%		111	%		26	%		21	%

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (concluded)

MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

Institutional Class	Year Ended Dec. 31, 2022			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2021			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2020			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2019			Year Ended Dec. 31, 2018
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	19.00		$	18.49		$	19.48		$	18.09		$	19.61
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)a		.14			(.14	)		(.08	)		.21			.20
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		2.74			.65			.49			1.18			(1.72	)
Total from investment operations		2.88			.51			.41			1.39			(1.52	)
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		(1.02	)		—			(1.40	)		—			—
Total distributions		(1.02	)		—			(1.40	)		—			—
Net asset value, end of period	$	20.86		$	19.00		$	18.49		$	19.48		$	18.09
Total Return		15.03	%		2.76	%		2.29	%		7.68	%		(7.75	%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	21,272		$	8,169		$	7,802		$	7,195		$	7,711
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment income (loss)		0.63	%		(0.73	%)		(0.38	%)		1.07	%		1.05	%
Total expensesc		1.64	%		1.63	%		1.61	%		1.65	%		1.59	%
Net expensesd		1.48	%		1.48	%		1.49	%		1.55	%		1.54	%
Portfolio turnover rate		7	%		27	%		111	%		26	%		21	%

a	Net investment income (loss) per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
b	Total return does not reflect the impact of any applicable sales charges.
c	Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.
d	Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after expense waivers and reimbursements, as applicable.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1 – Organization, Consolidation of Subsidiary and Significant Accounting Policies

Organization

The Rydex Series Funds (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (”1940 Act”), as an open-ended investment company of the series type. Each series, in effect, is representing a separate fund. The Trust may issue an unlimited number of authorized shares. The Trust accounts for the assets of each fund separately.

The Trust offers a combination of seven separate classes of shares: Investor Class shares, A-Class shares, C-Class shares, H-Class shares, P-Class shares, Institutional Class shares and Money Market Class shares. Sales of shares of each Class are made without a front-end sales charge at the net asset value per share (“NAV”), with the exception of A-Class shares. A-Class shares are sold at the NAV, plus the applicable front-end sales charge. The sales charge varies depending on the amount purchased, but will not exceed 4.75%. A-Class share purchases of $1 million or more are exempt from the front-end sales charge but have a 1% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) if shares are redeemed within 12 months of purchase. C-Class shares have a 1% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months of purchase. C-Class shares automatically convert to A-Class shares on or about the 10th day of the month following the 8-year anniversary of the purchase of the C-Class shares. This conversion will be executed without any sales charge, fee or other charge. After the conversion is completed, the shares will be subject to all features and expenses of A-Class shares. Institutional Class shares are offered primarily for direct investment by institutions such as pension and profit sharing plans, endowments, foundations and corporations. Institutional Class shares require a minimum initial investment of $2 million and a minimum account balance of $1 million. At December 31, 2022, the Trust consisted of fifty-two funds (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”).

This report covers the Managed Futures Strategy Fund, a diversified investment company. At December 31, 2022, only A-Class, C-Class, P-Class, and Institutional Class shares have been issued by the Fund.

Security Investors, LLC (the “Adviser”), which operates under the name Guggenheim Investments (“GI”), provides advisory services. Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC (“GFD”) acts as principal underwriter for the Trust. GI and GFD are affiliated entities.

Consolidation of Subsidiary

The consolidated financial statements of the Fund include the accounts of a wholly-owned and controlled Cayman Islands subsidiary (the “Subsidiary”). Significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation for the Fund.

The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in its Subsidiary which acts as an investment vehicle in order to effect certain investments consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and policies.

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A summary of the Fund’s investment in its Subsidiary is as follows:

Inception Date of Subsidiary		Subsidiary Net Assets at December 31, 2022		% of Net Assets of the Fund at December 31, 2022
	05/01/08	$	5,038,766		13.2	%

Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund operates as an investment company and, accordingly, follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investment Companies.

The following significant accounting policies are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and are consistently followed by the Trust. This requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities, contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. All time references are based on Eastern Time.

The NAV of each Class of the Fund is calculated by dividing the market value of the Fund’s securities and other assets, less all liabilities, attributable to the Class by the number of outstanding shares of the Class.

(a) Valuation of Investments

The Board of Trustees of the Fund (the “Board”) has adopted policies and procedures for the valuation of the Fund’s investments (the “Valuation Procedures”). The SEC adopted Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act (“Rule 2a-5”) which establishes requirements for determining fair value in good faith and became effective September 8, 2022. Rule 2a-5 also defines “readily available market quotations” for purposes of the 1940 Act and establishes requirements for determining whether a fund must fair value a security in good faith.

Pursuant to Rule 2a-5, the Board has designated the Adviser as the valuation designee to perform fair valuation determinations for the Fund with respect to all Fund investments and other assets. As the Fund’s valuation designee pursuant to Rule 2a-5, the Adviser has adopted separate procedures (the “Valuation Designee Procedures”) reasonably designed to prevent violations of the requirements of Rule 2a-5 and Rule 31a-4. The Adviser, in its role as valuation designee, utilizes the assistance of a valuation committee consisting of representatives from Guggenheim’s investment management, fund administration, legal and compliance departments (the “Valuation Committee”), in determining the fair value of the Fund’s securities and other assets.

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Valuations of the Fund’s securities and other assets are supplied primarily by pricing services appointed pursuant to the processes set forth in the Valuation Procedures. The Adviser, with the assistance of the Valuation Committee, convenes monthly, or more frequently as needed, to review the valuation of all assets which have been fair valued for reasonableness. The Adviser, consistent with the monitoring and review responsibilities set forth in the Valuation Designee Procedures, regularly reviews the appropriateness of the inputs, methods, models and assumptions employed by the pricing services.

If the pricing service cannot or does not provide a valuation for a particular investment or such valuation is deemed unreliable, the investment is fair valued by the Adviser.

Open-end investment companies are valued at their NAV as of the close of business, on the valuation date. Exchange-traded funds and closed-end investment companies are generally valued at the last quoted sale price.

U.S. Government securities are valued by independent pricing services, the last traded fill price, or at the reported bid price at the close of business.

Commercial paper and discount notes with a maturity of greater than 60 days at acquisition are valued at prices that reflect broker-dealer supplied valuations or are obtained from independent pricing services, which may consider the trade activity, treasury spreads, yields or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, and type, as well as prices quoted by dealers who make markets in such securities. Commercial paper and discount notes with a maturity of 60 days or less at acquisition are valued at amortized cost, unless the Adviser concludes that amortized cost does not represent the fair value of the applicable asset in which case it will be valued using an independent pricing service.

Repurchase agreements are generally valued at amortized cost, provided such amounts approximate market value.

The value of futures contracts are valued on the basis of the last sale price at the 4:00 p.m. price on the valuation date. In the event that the exchange for a specific futures contract closes earlier than 4:00 p.m., the futures contract is valued at the official settlement price of the exchange. However, the underlying securities from which the futures contract value is derived are monitored until 4:00 p.m. to determine if fair valuation would provide a more accurate valuation.

Investments for which market quotations are not readily available are fair valued as determined in good faith by the Adviser. Valuations in accordance with these methods are intended to reflect each security’s (or asset’s or liability’s) “fair value”. Each such determination is based on a consideration of all relevant factors, which are likely to vary from one pricing context to another. Examples of such factors may include, but are not limited to market prices; sale prices; broker quotes; and models which derive prices based on inputs such as prices of securities with comparable maturities and characteristics, or based on inputs such as anticipated cash flows or collateral, spread over U.S. Treasury securities, and other information analysis. In connection

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with futures contracts and other derivative investments, such factors may include obtaining information as to how (a) these contracts and other derivative investments trade in the futures or other derivative markets, respectively, and (b) the securities underlying these contracts and other derivative investments trade in the cash market.

(b) U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

Certain U.S. Government and Agency Obligations are traded on a discount basis; the interest rates shown on the Consolidated Schedule of Investments reflect the effective rates paid at the time of purchase by the Fund. Other securities bear interest at the rates shown, payable at fixed dates through maturity.

(c) Futures Contracts

Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits and maintains as collateral such initial margin as required by the exchange on which the transaction is affected. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

(d) Currency Translations

The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. All assets and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are converted into U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates. Purchases and sales of investment securities, dividend and interest income, and certain expenses are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Changes in the relationship of these foreign currencies to the U.S. dollar can significantly affect the value of the investments and earnings of the Fund. Foreign investments may also subject the Fund to foreign government exchange restrictions, expropriation, taxation, or other political, social or economic developments, all of which could affect the market and/or credit risk of the investments.

The Fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized gain or loss and unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments.

Reported net realized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from sales of foreign currencies and currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on investment transactions. Net unrealized appreciation and depreciation arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities at the fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

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(e) Security Transactions

Security transactions are recorded on the trade date for financial reporting purposes. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are recorded using the identified cost basis. Proceeds from lawsuits related to investment holdings are recorded as a reduction to cost if the securities are still held and as realized gains if no longer held in the Fund. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, net of applicable taxes withheld by foreign countries, if any. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Interest income, including amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts, is accrued on a daily basis.

(f) Distributions

Distributions of net investment income and net realized gains, if any, are declared and paid at least annually. Dividends are reinvested in additional shares, unless shareholders request payment in cash. Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

(g) Class Allocations

Interest and dividend income, most expenses, all realized gains and losses, and all unrealized appreciation and depreciation are allocated to the classes based upon the value of the outstanding shares in each Class. Certain costs, such as distribution and service fees are charged directly to specific classes. In addition, certain expenses have been allocated to the individual Funds in the Trust based on the respective net assets of each Fund included in the Trust.

(h) Cash

The Fund may leave cash overnight in its cash account with the custodian. Periodically, the Fund may have cash due to the custodian bank as an overdraft balance. A fee is incurred on this overdraft, calculated by multiplying the overdraft by a rate based on the federal funds rate, which was 4.33% at December 31, 2022.

(i) Indemnifications

Under the Fund’s organizational documents, its Trustees and Officers are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, throughout the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties which provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund and/or its affiliates that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.

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Note 2 – Derivatives

As part of its investment strategy, the Fund utilizes a variety of derivative instruments. These investments involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk and risks in excess of amounts recognized on the Fund’s Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Valuation and accounting treatment of these instruments can be found under Significant Accounting Policies in Note 1 of these Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Derivatives are instruments whose values depend on, or are derived from, in whole or in part, the value of one or more other assets, such as securities, currencies, commodities or indices. Derivative instruments may be used to increase investment flexibility (including to maintain cash reserves while maintaining exposure to certain other assets), for risk management (hedging) purposes, to facilitate trading, to reduce transaction costs and to pursue higher investment returns. Derivative instruments may also be used to mitigate certain investment risks, such as foreign currency exchange rate risk, interest rate risk and credit risk. U.S. GAAP requires disclosures to enable investors to better understand how and why a fund uses derivative instruments, how these derivative instruments are accounted for and their effects on a fund’s financial position and results of operations.

The Fund may utilize derivatives for the following purposes:

Hedge: an investment made in order to reduce the risk of adverse price movements in a security, by taking an offsetting position to protect against broad market moves.

Leverage: gaining total exposure to equities or other assets on the long and short sides at greater than 100% of invested capital.

Liquidity: the ability to buy or sell exposure with little price/market impact.

Speculation: the use of an instrument to express macro-economic and other investment views.

To the extent the Fund’s investment strategy consistently involves applying leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index or other asset. In addition, because an investment in derivative instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed, an opportunity for increased net income is created; but, at the same time, leverage risk will increase. The Fund’s use of leverage, through borrowings or instruments such as derivatives, may cause the Fund’s investments to be more volatile and riskier than if they had not been leveraged.

Futures Contracts

A futures contract is an agreement to purchase (long) or sell (short) an agreed amount of securities or other instruments at a set price for delivery at a future date. There are significant risks associated with the Fund’s use of futures contracts, including (i) there may be an imperfect or no correlation between the changes in market value of the underlying asset and the prices of futures contracts; (ii) there may not be a liquid secondary market for a futures contract; (iii) trading restrictions or

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limitations may be imposed by an exchange; and (iv) government regulations may restrict trading in futures contracts. When investing in futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default. Cash deposits are shown as segregated cash with broker on the Fund’s Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities; securities held as collateral are noted on the Fund’s Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

The following table represents the Fund’s use and volume of futures on a monthly basis:

	Average Notional Amount
Use	Long		Short
Hedge, Leverage, Liquidity, Speculation	$	58,565,676	$	98,626,733

Derivative Investment Holdings Categorized by Risk Exposure

The following is a summary of the location of derivative investments on the Fund’s Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2022:

Derivative Investment Type	Asset Derivatives	Liability Derivatives
Equity/interest rate/currency/commodity futures contracts	Variation margin on futures contracts	—

The following tables set forth the fair value of the Fund’s derivative investments categorized by primary risk exposure at December 31, 2022:

Asset Derivative Investments Value
	Futures Equity Risk*		Futures Foreign Currency Exchange Risk*		Futures Interest Rate Risk*		Futures Commodity Risk*		Total Value at December 31, 2022
	$	71,763	$	162,229	$	957,993	$	869,581	$	2,061,566

Liability Derivative Investments Value
	Futures Equity Risk*		Futures Foreign Currency Exchange Risk*		Futures Interest Rate Risk*		Futures Commodity Risk*		Total Value at December 31, 2022
	$	177,893	$	192,288	$	6,598	$	261,405	$	638,184

^* Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported on the Consolidated Schedule of Investments. For exchange-traded and centrally-cleared derivatives, variation margin is reported within the Fund’s Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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The following is a summary of the location of derivative investments on the Fund’s Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2022:

Derivative Investment Type	Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Equity/interest rate/currency/commodity futures contracts	Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts
	Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts

The following is a summary of the Fund’s realized gain (loss) and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivative investments recognized on the Fund’s Consolidated Statement of Operations categorized by primary risk exposure for the year ended December 31, 2022:

Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivative Investments Recognized on the Consolidated Statement of Operations
	Futures Equity Risk			Futures Foreign Currency Exchange Risk		Futures Interest Rate Risk		Futures Commodity Risk			Total
	$	(1,573,500	)	$	1,292,641	$	2,686,171	$	(366,919	)	$	2,038,393

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivative Investments Recognized on the Consolidated Statement of Operations
	Futures Equity Risk			Futures Foreign Currency Exchange Risk		Futures Interest Rate Risk		Futures Commodity Risk		Total
	$	(150,474	)	$	128,807	$	983,426	$	559,003	$	1,520,762

In conjunction with the use of derivative instruments, the Fund is required to maintain collateral in various forms. Depending on the financial instrument utilized and the broker involved, the Fund uses margin deposits at the broker, cash and/or securities segregated at the custodian bank, discount notes or repurchase agreements allocated to the Fund as collateral.

The Trust has established counterparty credit guidelines and enters into transactions only with financial institutions of investment grade or better. The Trust monitors the counterparty credit risk.

Note 3 – Offsetting

In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into transactions subject to enforceable master netting arrangements or other similar arrangements. Generally, the right to offset in those agreements allows the Fund to counteract the exposure to a specific counterparty with collateral

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received from or delivered to that counterparty based on the terms of the arrangements. These arrangements provide for the right to liquidate upon the occurrence of an event of default, credit event upon merger or additional termination event.

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with its derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between a fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives, including foreign exchange contracts, and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of a default (close-out netting) or similar event, including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty.

For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by the Fund and the counterparty. For financial reporting purposes, cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, are reported separately on the Fund’s Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as segregated cash with broker/ receivable for variation margin, or payable for swap settlement/variation margin. Cash and/ or securities pledged or received as collateral by the Fund in connection with an OTC derivative subject to an ISDA Master Agreement generally may not be invested, sold or rehypothecated by the counterparty or the Fund, as applicable, absent an event of default under such agreement, in which case such collateral generally may be applied towards obligations due to and payable by such counterparty or the Fund, as applicable. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty must exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold (e.g., $300,000) before a transfer is required to be made. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance. The Fund attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by only entering into agreements with counterparties that they believe to be of good standing and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Fund’s Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund does not have any derivative financial instruments that are subject to enforceable master netting arrangements as of December 31, 2022.

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The Fund has the right to offset deposits against any related derivative liabilities outstanding with each counterparty with the exception of exchange-traded or centrally-cleared derivatives. The following table presents deposits held by others in connection with derivative investments as of December 31, 2022.

Counterparty	Asset Type	Cash Pledged		Cash Received
Goldman Sachs International	Futures Contracts	$	1,475,457	$	—

Note 4 – Fair Value Measurement

In accordance with U.S. GAAP, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy based on the types of inputs used to value assets and liabilities and requires corresponding disclosure. The hierarchy and the corresponding inputs are summarized below:

Level 1 — unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 — significant other observable inputs (for example quoted prices for securities that are similar based on characteristics such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs based on the best information available under the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available, which may include assumptions.

Rule 2a-5 sets forth a definition of “readily available market quotations,” which is consistent with the definition of a Level 1 input under U.S. GAAP. Rule 2a-5 provides that “a market quotation is readily available only when that quotation is a quoted price (unadjusted) in active markets for identical investments that the fund can access at the measurement date, provided that a quotation will not be readily available if it is not reliable.”

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available must be valued at fair value as determined in good faith. Accordingly, any security priced using inputs other than Level 1 inputs will be subject to fair value requirements. The types of inputs available depend on a variety of factors, such as the type of security and the characteristics of the markets in which it trades, if any. Fair valuation determinations that rely on fewer or no observable inputs require greater judgment. Accordingly, fair value determinations for Level 3 securities require the greatest amount of judgment.

The inputs or methodologies selected and applied for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The suitability, appropriateness and accuracy of the techniques, methodologies and sources employed to determine fair valuation are periodically reviewed and subject to change.

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Note 5 – Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Agreements

Under the terms of an investment advisory contract, the Fund pays GI investment advisory fees calculated at an annualized rate of 0.90% of the average daily net assets of the Fund.

GI has contractually agreed to waive the management fee it receives from the Subsidiary in an amount equal to the management fee paid to GI by the Subsidiary. This undertaking will continue in effect for so long as the Fund invests in the Subsidiary, and may not be terminated by GI unless GI obtains the prior approval of the Fund’s Board for such termination. Fees waived under this arrangement are not subject to reimbursement to GI. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Fund waived $60,549 related to advisory fees in the Subsidiary.

GI pays operating expenses on behalf of the Trust, such as audit and accounting related services, legal services, custody, printing and mailing, among others, on a pass-through basis. Such expenses are allocated to various Funds within the complex based on relative net assets.

The Board has adopted a Distribution Plan applicable to A-Class and P-Class shares for which GFD and other firms that provide distribution and/or shareholder services (“Service Providers”) may receive compensation. If a Service Provider provides distribution services, the Fund will pay distribution fees to GFD at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of average daily net assets, pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act. GFD, in turn, will pay the Service Provider out of its fees. GFD may, at its discretion, retain a portion of such payments to compensate itself for distribution services.

The Board has adopted a separate Distribution and Shareholder Services Plan applicable to C-Class shares that allows the Fund to pay annual distribution and service fees of 1.00% of the Fund’s C-Class shares average daily net assets. The annual 0.25% service fee compensates a shareholder’s financial adviser for providing ongoing services to the shareholder. The annual distribution fee of 0.75% reimburses GFD for paying the shareholder’s financial adviser an ongoing sales commission. GFD advances the first year’s service and distribution fees to the financial adviser. GFD retains the service and distribution fees on accounts with no authorized dealer of record.

For the year ended December 31, 2022, GFD retained sales charges of $102,568 relating to sales of A-Class shares of the Trust.

If the Fund invests in a fund that is advised by the same adviser or an affiliated adviser, the investing Fund’s adviser has agreed to waive fees at the investing Fund level to the extent necessary to offset the proportionate share of any management fee paid by the Fund with respect to its investment in such affiliated fund. Fee waivers will be calculated at the investing Fund level without regard to any expense cap, if any, in effect for the investing Fund. Fees waived under this arrangement are not subject to reimbursement to GI. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Fund waived $6,157 related to investments in affiliated funds.

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Certain trustees and officers of the Trust are also officers of GI and/or GFD. The Trust does not compensate its officers or trustees who are officers, directors and/or employees of GI or GFD.

MUFG Investor Services (US), LLC (“MUIS”) acts as the Fund’s administrator, transfer agent and accounting agent. As administrator, transfer agent and accounting agent, MUIS maintains the books and records of the Fund’s securities and cash. U.S. Bank, N.A. (“U.S. Bank”) acts as the Fund’s custodian. As custodian, U.S. Bank is responsible for the custody of the Fund’s assets. For providing the aforementioned services, MUIS and U.S. Bank are entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets and out of pocket expenses.

Note 6 – Repurchase Agreements

The Fund transfers uninvested cash balances into a single joint account, the daily aggregate balance of which is invested in one or more repurchase agreements collateralized by obligations of the U.S. Treasury and U.S. government agencies. The joint account includes other Funds in the Guggenheim complex not covered in this report. The collateral is in the possession of the Funds’ custodian and is evaluated to ensure that its market value exceeds, at a minimum, 102% of the original face amount of the repurchase agreements. Each Fund holds a pro rata share of the collateral based on the dollar amount of the repurchase agreement entered into by each Fund.

At December 31, 2022, the repurchase agreements in the joint account were as follows:

Counterparty and Terms of Agreement	Face Value		Repurchase Price		Collateral	Par Value		Fair Value
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC					U.S. Treasury Notes
4.26%					0.38% - 2.13%
Due 01/03/23	$	152,635,704	$	152,689,890	Due 10/31/23 - 05/31/26	$	171,586,500	$	155,688,423
BofA Securities, Inc.					U.S. Treasury Notes
4.25%					0.88% - 1.38%
Due 01/03/23		58,706,040		58,726,832	Due 09/30/26 - 12/31/28		67,728,600		59,880,171
Barclays Capital, Inc.					U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond
4.21%					0.13%
Due 01/03/23		58,524,226		58,544,758	Due 01/15/31		67,503,920		59,694,784

In the event of counterparty default, the Funds have the right to collect the collateral to offset losses incurred. There is potential loss to the Funds in the event the Funds are delayed or prevented from exercising their rights to dispose of the collateral securities, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying securities during the period while the Funds seek to assert their rights. GI, acting under the supervision of the Board, reviews the value of the collateral and the creditworthiness of those banks and dealers with which the Funds enter into repurchase agreements to evaluate potential risks.

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Note 7 – Federal Income Tax Information

The Fund intends to comply with the provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), applicable to regulated investment companies and will distribute substantially all taxable net investment income and capital gains sufficient to relieve the Fund from all, or substantially all, federal income, excise and state income taxes. Therefore, no provision for federal or state income tax or federal excise tax is required.

Tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns are evaluated to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken, or to be taken, on U.S. federal income tax returns for all open tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s consolidatead financial statements. The Fund’s U.S. federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for a period of three years after they are filed.

The Fund intends to invest up to 25% of its assets in the Subsidiary which is expected to provide the Fund with exposure to the commodities markets within the limitations of the U.S. federal income tax requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. The Fund has received a private letter ruling from the IRS that concludes that the income the Fund receives from the Subsidiary will constitute qualifying income for purposes of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. The Subsidiary will be classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. A foreign corporation, such as the Subsidiary, will generally not be subject to U.S. federal income taxation unless it is deemed to be engaged in a U.S. trade or business. If, during a taxable year, the Subsidiary’s taxable losses (and other deductible items) exceed its income and gains, the net loss will not pass through to the Fund as a deductible amount for U.S. federal income tax purposes and cannot be carried forward to reduce future income from the Subsidiary in subsequent years.

The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended December 31, 2022 was as follows:

Ordinary Income		Long-Term Capital Gain		Total Distributions
$	1,802,000	$	—	$	1,802,000

Note: For U.S. federal income tax purposes, short-term capital gain distributions are treated as ordinary income distributions.

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The tax components of distributable earnings/(loss) as of December 31, 2022 were as follows:

Undistributed Ordinary Income		Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gain		Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)			Accumulated Capital and Other Losses			Total
$	824,064	$	-	$	(17,555,904	)	$	(25,646,874	)	$	(42,378,714	)

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, capital loss carryforwards represent realized losses of the Fund that may be carried forward and applied against future capital gains. The Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses for an unlimited period and such capital loss carryforwards retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses. As of December 31, 2022, capital loss carryforwards for the Fund were as follows:

Unlimited
Short-Term			Long-Term			Total Capital Loss Carryforward
$	(4,053,990	)	$	(21,592,884	)	$	(25,646,874	)

For the year ended December 31, 2022, the capital loss carryforward amount utilized was $2,446,995.

Net investment income and net realized gains (losses) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes because of temporary or permanent book/tax differences. These differences are primarily due to investments in subsidiaries, foreign currency gains and losses, losses deferred due to wash sales, and the “mark-to-market” of certain derivatives. To the extent these differences are permanent and would require a reclassification between Paid in Capital and Total Distributable Earnings (Loss), such reclassifications are made in the period that the differences arise. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share.

The following adjustments were made on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2022 for permanent book/tax differences:

Paid In Capital			Total Distributable Earnings/(Loss)
$	(382,788	)	$	382,788

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At December 31, 2022, the cost of investments for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments for which there was an excess of value over tax cost and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments for which there was an excess of tax cost over value, were as follows:

Tax Cost		Tax Unrealized Appreciation		Tax Unrealized Depreciation			Net Tax Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation)
$	57,003,767	$	2,886,790	$	(20,443,784	)	$	(17,556,994	)

Note 8 – Securities Transactions

For the year ended December 31, 2022, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities, excluding government securities, short-term investments and derivatives, were as follows:

Purchases		Sales
$	800,000	$	800,000

The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain affiliated funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under these procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price to save costs, where permissible. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Fund did not engage in purchases and sales of securities, pursuant to Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act.

Note 9 – Line of Credit

The Trust, along with other affiliated trusts, secured an uncommitted $150,000,000 line of credit from U.S. Bank, N.A., which was increased to $200,000,000 on February 10, 2021. On June 6, 2022, the line of credit agreement was renewed and expires on June 5, 2023. This line of credit is reserved for emergency or temporary purposes. Borrowings, if any, under this arrangement bear interest equal to the Prime Rate, minus 2%, which shall be paid monthly, averaging 2.82% for the year ended December 31, 2022. The Fund did not have any borrowings outstanding under this agreement at December 31, 2022.

Note 10 – Market Risks

The value of, or income generated by, the investments held by the Fund are subject to the possibility of rapid and unpredictable fluctuation, and loss that may result from various factors. These factors include, among others, developments affecting individual companies, or from

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broader influences, including real or perceived changes in prevailing interest rates (which have since risen and may continue to rise), changes in inflation rates or expectations about inflation rates (which are currently elevated relative to normal conditions), adverse investor confidence or sentiment, changing economic, political (including geopolitical), social or financial market conditions, increased instability or general uncertainty, environmental disasters, governmental actions, public health emergencies (such as the spread of infectious diseases, pandemics and epidemics), debt crises, actual or threatened wars or other armed conflicts (such as the current Russia-Ukraine conflict and its risk of expansion or collateral economic and other effects) or ratings downgrades, and other similar events, each of which may be temporary or last for extended periods. Moreover, changing economic, political, geopolitical, social, financial market or other conditions in one country or geographic region could adversely affect the value, yield and return of the investments held by the Fund in a different country or geographic region, economy, and market because of the increasingly interconnected global economies and financial markets. The duration and extent of the foregoing types of factors or conditions are highly uncertain and difficult to predict and have in the past, and may in the future, cause volatility and distress in economies and financial markets or other adverse circumstances, which may negatively affect the value of the Fund’s investments and performance of the Fund.

Note 11 – Subsequent Events

The Fund evaluated subsequent events through the date the consolidated financial statements were available for issue and determined there were no material events that would require adjustment to or disclosure in the Fund’s consolidated financial statements.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders of Guggenheim Managed Futures Strategy Fund and the Board of Trustees of Rydex Series Funds

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statement of assets and liabilities of Guggenheim Managed Futures Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) (one of the funds constituting Rydex Series Funds (the “Trust”)), including the consolidated schedule of investments, as of December 31, 2022, and the related consolidated statement of operations for the year then ended, the consolidated statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the consolidated financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Fund (one of the funds constituting Rydex Series Funds) at December 31, 2022, the consolidated results of its operations for the year then ended, the consolidated changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and its consolidated financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2022, by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent,

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and brokers. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

We have served as the auditor of one or more Guggenheim investment companies since 1979.

Tysons, Virginia
February 24, 2023

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OTHER INFORMATION (Unaudited)

Federal Income Tax Information

This information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code. Amounts shown may differ from those elsewhere in the report because of differences in tax and financial reporting practice.

In January 2023, shareholders will be advised on IRS Form 1099 DIV or substitute 1099 DIV as to the federal tax status of the distributions received by shareholders in the calendar year 2022.

The Fund’s investment income (dividend income plus short-term capital gains, if any) qualifies as follows:

Of the taxable ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, the Fund had the corresponding percentages qualify for the reduced tax rate pursuant to the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief and Reconciliation Act of 2003 or for the dividends received deduction for corporations. See the qualified dividend income and dividend received deduction columns, respectively, in the table below.

Qualified Dividend Income			Dividend Received Deduction
	0.00	%		0.00	%

Delivery of Shareholder Reports

Paper copies of the Fund’s annual and semi-annual shareholder reports are not sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the Fund or from your financial intermediary. Instead, the reports are made available on a website, and you are notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

You may elect to receive all future shareholder reports in paper free of charge. If you hold shares of the Fund directly, you can inform the Fund that you wish to receive paper copies of reports by calling 800.820.0888. If you hold shares of the Fund through a financial intermediary, please contact the financial intermediary to make this election. Your election to receive reports in paper may apply to all Guggenheim Funds in which you are invested and may apply to all Guggenheim Funds held with your financial intermediary.

Proxy Voting Information

A description of the policies and procedures that the Trust uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to securities held in the Fund’s portfolio is available, without charge and upon request, by calling 800.820.0888. This information is also available from the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov.

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OTHER INFORMATION (Unaudited)(concluded)

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request, by calling 800.820.0888. This information is also available from the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov.

Sector Classification

Information in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments is categorized by sectors using sector-level Classifications defined by the Bloomberg Industry Classification System, a widely recognized industry classification system provider. The Fund’s registration statement has investment policies relating to concentration in specific sectors/industries. For purposes of these investment policies, the Fund usually classifies sectors/industries based on industry-level Classifications used by widely recognized industry classification system providers such as Bloomberg Industry Classification System, Global Industry Classification Standards and Barclays Global Classification Scheme.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules Information

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT, and for reporting periods ended prior to March 31, 2019, filed such information on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-PORT and N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov. Copies of the portfolio holdings are also available to shareholders, without charge and upon request, by calling 800.820.0888.

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INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Unaudited)

A Board of Trustees oversees the Trust, as well as other trusts of GI, in which its members have no stated term of service, and continue to serve after election until resignation. The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information includes further information about Fund Trustees and Officers, and can be obtained without charge by visiting guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling 800.820.0888.

Name, Address* and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served**	Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years	Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen	Other Directorships Held by Trustees***
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES
Randall C. Barnes (1951)	Trustee and Chair of the Valuation Oversight Committee	Since 2019 (Trustee) Since 2020 (Chair of the Valuation Oversight Committee)	Current: Private Investor (2001-present). Former: Senior Vice President and Treasurer, PepsiCo, Inc. (1993-1997); President, Pizza Hut International (1991-1993); Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and New Business Development, PepsiCo, Inc. (1987-1990).	155	Current: Advent Convertible and Income Fund (2005-present); Purpose Investments Funds (2013-present). Former: Fiduciary/Claymore Energy Infrastructure Fund (2004-2022); Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund (2005-2021); Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund (2013-2021).
Angela Brock-Kyle (1959)	Trustee	Since 2016	Current: Founder and Chief Executive Officer, B.O.A.R.D.S. (2013-present); Director, Mutual Fund Directors Forum (2022-present). Former: Senior Leader, TIAA (1987-2012).	154	Current: Bowhead Insurance GP, LLC (2020-present); Hunt Companies, Inc. (2019-present). Former: Fiduciary/Claymore Energy Infrastructure Fund (2019-2022); Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund (2019-2021); Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund (2019-2021); Infinity Property & Casualty Corp. (2014-2018).

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Name, Address* and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served**	Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years	Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen	Other Directorships Held by Trustees***
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES - continued
Thomas F. Lydon, Jr. (1960)	Trustee and Chair of the Contracts Review Committee	Since 2005 (Trustee) Since 2020 (Chair of the Contracts Review Committee)	Current: President, Global Trends Investments (1996-present); Chief Executive Officer, ETF Flows, LLC (2019-present); Chief Executive Officer, Lydon Media (2016-present); Director, GDX Index Partners, LLC (2021-present); Vice Chairman, VettaFi (2022-present).	154	Current: US Global Investors, Inc. (GROW) (1995-present). Former: Fiduciary/Claymore Energy Infrastructure Fund (2019-2022); Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund (2019-2021); Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund (2019-2021); Harvest Volatility Edge Trust (3) (2017-2019).

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INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Unaudited)(continued)

Name, Address* and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served**	Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years	Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen	Other Directorships Held by Trustees***
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES - continued
Ronald A. Nyberg (1953)	Trustee and Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee	Since 2019	Current: Of Counsel, Momkus LLP (2016-present). Former: Partner, Nyberg & Cassioppi, LLC (2000-2016); Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, Van Kampen Investments (1982-1999).	155	Current: Advent Convertible and Income Fund (2003-present); PPM Funds (2) (2018-present); NorthShore-Edward-Elmhurst Health (2012-present). Former: Fiduciary/Claymore Energy Infrastructure Fund (2004-2022); Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund (2005-2021); Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund (2013-2021); Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund (2004-2020); Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund (2003-2020).

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Name, Address* and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served**	Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years	Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen	Other Directorships Held by Trustees***
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES - continued
Sandra G. Sponem (1958)	Trustee and Chair of the Audit Committee	Since 2016 (Trustee) Since 2019 (Chair of the Audit Committee)	Current: Retired. Former: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, M.A. Mortenson-Companies, Inc. (2007-2017).	154	Current: SPDR Series Trust (81) (2018-present); SPDR Index Shares Funds (30) (2018-present); SSGA Active Trust (14) (2018-present). Former: Fiduciary/Claymore Energy Infrastructure Fund (2019-2022); Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund (2019-2021); Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund (2019-2021); SSGA Master Trust (1) (2018-2020).

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INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Unaudited)(continued)

Name, Address* and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served**	Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years	Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen	Other Directorships Held by Trustees***
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES - concluded
Ronald E. Toupin, Jr. (1958)	Trustee, Chair of the Board and Chair of the Executive Committee	Since 2019	Current: Portfolio Consultant (2010-present); Member, Governing Council, Independent Directors Council (2013-present); Governor, Board of Governors, Investment Company Institute (2018-present). Former: Member, Executive Committee, Independent Directors Council (2016-2018); Vice President, Manager and Portfolio Manager, Nuveen Asset Management (1998-1999); Vice President, Nuveen Investment Advisory Corp. (1992-1999); Vice President and Manager, Nuveen Unit Investment Trusts (1991-1999); and Assistant Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Nuveen Unit Investment Trusts (1988-1999), each of John Nuveen & Co., Inc. (1982-1999).	154	Former: Fiduciary/Claymore Energy Infrastructure Fund (2004-2022); Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund (2005-2021); Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund (2013-2021); Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund (2004-2020); Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund (2003-2020).

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Name, Address* and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served**	Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years	Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen	Other Directorships Held by Trustees***
INTERESTED TRUSTEE
Amy J. Lee**** (1961)	Trustee, Vice President and Chief Legal Officer	Since 2019	Current: Interested Trustee, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2018-present); Chief Legal Officer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2014-present); Vice President, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2007-present); Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2012-present). Former: President and Chief Executive Officer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2017-2019); Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company and Security Benefit Corporation (2004-2012).	154	Former: Fiduciary/Claymore Energy Infrastructure Fund (2018-2022); Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund (2018-2021); Guggenheim Credit Allocation Fund (2018-2021).

*	The business address of each Trustee is c/o Guggenheim Investments, 227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606.
**	Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
***	Each Trustee also serves on the Boards of Trustees of Guggenheim Funds Trust, Guggenheim Variable Funds Trust, Guggenheim Strategy Funds Trust, Guggenheim Taxable Municipal Bond & Investment Grade Debt Trust, Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund, Guggenheim Energy & Income Fund, Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund, Rydex Series Funds, Rydex Dynamic Funds, Rydex Variable Trust and Transparent Value Trust. Messrs. Barnes and Nyberg also serve on the Board of Trustees of Advent Convertible & Income Fund.
****	This Trustee is deemed to be an “interested person” of the Funds under the 1940 Act by reason of her position with the Adviser and/or the parent of the Adviser.

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INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Unaudited)(continued)

Name, Address* and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served**	Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
OFFICERS
Brian E. Binder (1972)	President and Chief Executive Officer	Since 2019	Current: President, Mutual Fund Boards, Guggenheim Investments (2022-present); President and Chief Executive Officer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2018-present); President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Managers, Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC (2018-present); President and Chief Executive Officer, Security Investors, LLC (2018-present); Board Member, Guggenheim Partners Investment Funds plc (2022-present); Board Member, Guggenheim Global Investments plc (2022-present); Board Member, Guggenheim Partners Fund Management (Europe) Limited (2018-present). Former: Senior Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer, Guggenheim Investments (2018-2022); Managing Director and President, Deutsche Funds, and Head of US Product, Trading and Fund Administration, Deutsche Asset Management (2013-2018); Managing Director, Chairman of North American Executive Committee and Head of Business Management and Consulting, Invesco Ltd. (2010-2012).
James M. Howley (1972)	Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer	Since 2022	Current: Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2004-present); Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, and Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2022-present). Former: Assistant Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2006-2022); Manager, Mutual Fund Administration of Van Kampen Investments, Inc. (1996-2004).
Mark E. Mathiasen (1978)	Secretary	Since 2017	Current: Secretary, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2007-present); Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2007-present).
Glenn McWhinnie (1969)	Assistant Treasurer	Since 2016	Current: Vice President, Guggenheim Investments (2009-present); Assistant Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2016-present).
Michael P. Megaris (1984)	Assistant Secretary	Since 2018	Current: Assistant Secretary, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2014-present); Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2012-present).

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Name, Address* and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served**	Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
OFFICERS - continued
Elisabeth Miller (1968)	Chief Compliance Officer	Since 2012	Current: Chief Compliance Officer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2012-present); Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2012-present); Vice President, Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC (2014-present). Former: Chief Compliance Officer, Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC (2012-2018); Chief Compliance Officer, Guggenheim Distributors, LLC (2009-2014); Senior Manager, Security Investors, LLC (2004-2014); Senior Manager, Guggenheim Distributors, LLC (2004-2014).
Margaux Misantone (1978)	AML Officer	Since 2017	Current: Chief Compliance Officer, Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC (2018-present); AML Officer, Security Investors, LLC and certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2017-present); Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2015-present). Former: Assistant Chief Compliance Officer, Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Funds Investments Advisors, LLC (2015-2018).
Kimberly J. Scott (1974)	Assistant Treasurer	Since 2016	Current: Director, Guggenheim Investments (2012-present); Assistant Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2012-present). Former: Financial Reporting Manager, Invesco, Ltd. (2010-2011); Vice President/Assistant Treasurer, Mutual Fund Administration for Van Kampen Investments, Inc./Morgan Stanley Investment Management (2009-2010); Manager of Mutual Fund Administration, Van Kampen Investments, Inc./Morgan Stanley Investment Management (2005-2009).
Bryan Stone (1979)	Vice President	Since 2019	Current: Vice President, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2014-present); Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2013-present). Former: Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman Group LLC (2009-2013); Vice President, Morgan Stanley (2002-2009).

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Name, Address* and Year of Birth	Position(s) Held with Trust	Term of Office and Length of Time Served**	Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
OFFICERS - concluded
Jon Szafran (1989)	Assistant Treasurer	Since 2017	Current: Director, Guggenheim Investments (2017-present); Assistant Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2017-present). Former: Assistant Treasurer of Henderson Global Funds and Manager of US Fund Administration, Henderson Global Investors (North America) Inc. (“HGINA”), (2017); Senior Analyst of US Fund Administration, HGINA (2014–2017); Senior Associate of Fund Administration, Cortland Capital Market Services, LLC (2013-2014); Experienced Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (2012-2013).

*	The business address of each officer is c/o Guggenheim Investments, 227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606.
**	Each officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.

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GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS PRIVACY NOTICE (Unaudited)

Who We Are

This Privacy Notice describes the data protection practices of Guggenheim Investments. Guggenheim Investments as used herein refers to the affiliated investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners, LLC: Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC, Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC, Security Investors, LLC, Guggenheim Investment Advisors (Europe) Limited, Guggenheim Real Estate, LLC, GS Gamma Advisors, LLC, Guggenheim Partners India Management, LLC, Guggenheim Partners Europe Limited, as well as the funds in the Guggenheim Funds complex (the “Funds”) (“Guggenheim Investments,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

Guggenheim Partners Investment Management Holdings, LLC, located at 330 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10017, is the data controller for your information. The affiliates who are also controllers of certain of your information are: Guggenheim Investment Advisors (Europe) Limited, Guggenheim Partners Europe Limited, Guggenheim Partners, LLC, Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC, Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC and Security Investors, LLC, as well as the Funds.

Our Commitment to You

Guggenheim Investments considers your privacy our utmost concern. When you become our client or investor, you entrust us with not only your hard-earned money but also with your personal and financial information. Because we have access to your private information, we hold ourselves to the highest standards in its safekeeping and use. We strictly limit how we share your information with others, whether you are a current or former Guggenheim Investments client or investor.

The Information We Collect About You

We collect certain nonpublic personal information about you from information you provide on applications, other forms, our website, and/or from third parties including investment advisors. This information includes Social Security or other tax identification number, assets, income, tax information, retirement and estate plan information, transaction history, account balance, payment history, bank account information, marital status, family relationships, information that we collect on our website through the use of “cookies,” and other personal information that you or others provide to us. We may also collect such information through your inquiries by mail, e-mail or telephone. We may also collect customer due diligence information, as required by applicable law and regulation, through third party service providers.

How We Handle Your Personal Information

The legal basis for using your information as set out in this Privacy Notice is as follows: (a) use of your personal data is necessary to perform our obligations under any contract with you (such as a contract for us to provide financial services to you); or (b) where use of your personal data is not necessary for performance of a contract, use of your personal data is necessary for our

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legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of others (for example, to enforce the legal terms governing our services, operate and market our website and other services we offer, ensure safe environments for our personnel and others, make and receive payments, prevent fraud and to know the customer to whom we are providing the services). Some processing is done to comply with applicable law.

In addition to the specific uses described above, we also use your information in the following manner:

● We use your information in connection with servicing your accounts.

● We use information to respond to your requests or questions. For example, we might use your information to respond to your customer feedback.

● We use information to improve our products and services. We may use your information to make our website and products better. We may use your information to customize your experience with us.

● We use information for security purposes. We may use your information to protect our company and our customers.

● We use information to communicate with you. For example, we will communicate with you about your account or our relationship. We may contact you about your feedback. We might also contact you about this Privacy Notice. We may also enroll you in our email newsletter.

● We use information as otherwise permitted by law, as we may notify you.

● Aggregate/Anonymous Data. We may aggregate and/or anonymize any information collected through the website so that such information can no longer be linked to you or your device (“Aggregate/Anonymous Information”). We may use Aggregate/Anonymous Information for any purpose, including without limitation for research and marketing purposes, and may also share such data with any third parties, including advertisers, promotional partners, and sponsors.

We do not sell information about current or former clients or their accounts to third parties. Nor do we share this information, except when necessary to complete transactions at your request, to make you aware of investment products and services that we or our affiliates offer, or as permitted or required by law.

We provide information about you to companies and individuals not affiliated with Guggenheim Investments to complete certain transactions or account changes, or to perform services for us related to your account. For example, if you ask to transfer assets from another financial institution to Guggenheim Investments, we must provide certain information about you to that company to complete the transaction. We provide the third party with only the information necessary to carry out its responsibilities and only for that purpose. And we require these third

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parties to treat your private information with the same high degree of confidentiality that we do. To alert you to other Guggenheim Investments products and services, we share your information within our family of affiliated companies. You may limit our sharing with affiliated companies as set out below. We may also share information with any successor to all or part of our business, or in connection with steps leading up to a merger or acquisition. For example, if part of our business was sold we may give customer information as part of that transaction. We may also share information about you with your consent.

We will release information about you if you direct us to do so, if we are compelled by law to do so, or in other circumstances as permitted by law (for example, to protect your account from fraud).

If you close your account(s) or become an inactive client or investor, we will continue to adhere to the privacy policies and practices described in this notice.

Opt-Out Provisions and Your Data Choices

The law allows you to “opt out” of certain kinds of information sharing with third parties. We do not share personal information about you with any third parties that triggers this opt-out right. This means YOU ARE ALREADY OPTED OUT.

When you are no longer our client or investor, we continue to share your information as described in this notice, and you may contact us at any time to limit our sharing by sending an email to CorporateDataPrivacy@GuggenheimPartners.com.

European Union Data Subjects and certain others: In addition to the choices set forth above, residents of the European Union and certain other jurisdictions have certain rights to (1) request access to or rectification or deletion of information we collect about them, (2) request a restriction on the processing of their information, (3) object to the processing of their information, or (4) request the portability of certain information. To exercise these or other rights, please contact us using the contact information below. We will consider all requests and provide our response within the time period stated by applicable law. Please note, however, that certain information may be exempt from such requests in some circumstances, which may include if we need to keep processing your information for our legitimate interests or to comply with a legal obligation. We may request you provide us with information necessary to confirm your identity before responding to your request.

Residents of France and certain other jurisdictions may also provide us with instructions regarding the manner in which we may continue to store, erase and share your information after your death, and where applicable, the person you have designated to exercise these rights after your death.

How We Protect Privacy Online

We take steps to protect your privacy when you use our web site – www.guggenheiminvestments.com – by using secure forms of online communication, including encryption technology, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol, firewalls and user names and passwords. These safeguards vary based on the

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sensitivity of the information that we collect and store. However, we cannot and do not guarantee that these measures will prevent every unauthorized attempt to access, use, or disclose your information since despite our efforts, no Internet and/or other electronic transmissions can be completely secure. Our web site uses “http cookies”—tiny pieces of information that we ask your browser to store. We use cookies for session management and security features on the Guggenheim Investments web site. We do not use them to pull data from your hard drive, to learn your e-mail address, or to view data in cookies created by other web sites. We will not share the information in our cookies or give others access to it. See the legal information area on our web site for more details about web site security and privacy features.

How We Safeguard Your Personal Information and Data Retention

We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to our employees and in some cases to third parties (for example, the service providers described above) as permitted by law. We maintain strict physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard your nonpublic personal information.

We keep your information for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which it is processed. The length of time for which we retain information depends on the purposes for which we collected and use it and/or as required to comply with applicable laws. Information may persist in copies made for backup and business continuity purposes for additional time.

International Visitors

If you are not a resident of the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our databases are operated. The data protection and other laws of the United States and other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country.

In such cases, we ensure that a legal basis for such a transfer exists and that adequate protection is provided as required by applicable law, for example, by using standard contractual clauses or by transferring your data to a jurisdiction that has obtained an adequacy finding. Individuals whose data may be transferred on the basis of standard contractual clauses may contact us as described below.

We’ll Keep You Informed

If you have any questions or concerns about how we treat your personal data, we encourage you to consult with us first. You may also contact the relevant supervisory authority.

We reserve the right to modify this policy at any time and will inform you promptly of material changes. You may access our privacy policy from our web site at www.guggenheiminvestments.com. Should you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, contact us by email at CorporateDataPrivacy@GuggenheimPartners.com.

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

The registrant’s Board of Trustees has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer. No substantive amendments were approved or waivers were granted to the Code during the period covered by this report. The Code is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The registrant's Board of Trustees has determined that it has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee (the “Audit Committee”), Sandra G. Sponem. Ms. Sponem is “independent,” meaning that she is not an “interested person” of the Registrant (as that term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) and she does not accept any consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from the Registrant (except in her capacity as a Board or committee member).

(Under applicable securities laws, a person who is determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an "expert" for any purpose, including without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liabilities that are greater than the duties, obligations, and liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the Audit Committee and Board of Trustees in the absence of such designation or identification. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not affect the duties, obligations or liability of any other member of the Audit Committee or Board of Trustees.)

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

(a)         Audit Fees. The aggregate Audit Fees billed by the registrant’s principal accountant for professional services rendered for the audit of the annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were $99,823 and $96,915, respectively.

(b)         Audit Related Fees. The aggregate Audit-Related Fees billed by the registrant’s principal accountant for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were $0 and $0, respectively.

The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for assurance and related services by the Auditor to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-investment adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant (“Service Affiliates”) which required pre-approval by the Audit Committee which related to the review of the transfer agent function for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were $0 and $0, respectively.

(c)        Tax Fees: The aggregate Tax Fees billed by the registrant’s principal accountant for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning, including preparation of tax returns and distribution assistance, for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were $38,433 and $40,229, respectively. These services consisted of [(i) preparation of U.S. federal, state and excise tax returns; (ii) U.S. federal and state tax planning, advice and assistance regarding statutory, regulatory or administrative developments, (iii) tax advice regarding tax qualification matters and/or treatment of various financial instruments held or proposed to be acquired and (iv) review of U.S. federal excise distribution calculations].

(d)        All Other Fees. The aggregate All Other Fees billed by the registrant’s principal accountant for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item, for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were $0 and $0, respectively.

(e)        Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures.

(1) Audit Committee pre-approval policies and procedures:

To fulfill its responsibilities and duties the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) shall:

1. Pre-Approval Policy (Trusts). Pre-approve any engagement of the independent auditors to provide any services, other than “prohibited non-audit services,” to the Trust, including the fees and other compensation to be paid to the independent auditors (unless an exception is available under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X).

(a) The categories of services to be reviewed and considered for pre-approval include those services set forth under Section II.A.1. of the Background and Definitions for Audit Committee Charter, attached hereto as Appendix B (collectively, “Identified Services”).

(b) The Committee has pre-approved Identified Services for which the estimated fees are less than $25,000.

(c) For Identified Services with estimated fees of $25,000 or more, but less than $50,000, the Chair or any member of the Committee designated by the Chair is hereby authorized to pre-approve such Identified Services on behalf of the Committee.

(d) For Identified Services with estimated fees of $50,000 or more, such Identified Services require pre-approval by the Committee.

(e) All requests for Identified Services to be provided by the independent auditor that were pre-approved by the Committee shall be submitted to the Chief Accounting Officer (“CAO”) of the Trust by the independent auditor using the pre-approval request form attached as Appendix C hereto. The Trust’s CAO will determine whether such services are included within the list of services that have received the general pre-approval of the Committee.

(f) The independent auditors or the CAO of the Trust (or an officer of the Trust who reports to the CAO) shall report to the Committee at each of its regular scheduled meetings all audit, audit-related and permissible non-audit services initiated since the last such report (unless the services were contained in the initial audit plan, as previously presented to, and approved by, the Committee). The report shall include a general description of the services and projected fees, and the means by which such services were approved by the Committee (including the particular category of Identified Services as set forth in Appendix B under which pre-approval was obtained).

2. Pre-Approval Policy (Adviser or Any Control Affiliate). Pre-approve any engagement of the independent auditors, including the fees and other compensation to be paid to the independent auditors, to provide any non-audit services to the Adviser (or any “control affiliate” of the Adviser providing ongoing services to the Trust), if the engagement relates directly to the operations or financial reporting of the Trust (unless an exception is available under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X).

(a) The Chair or any member of the Committee designated by the Chair may grant the pre-approval for non-audit services to the Adviser (or any “control affiliate” of the Adviser providing ongoing services to the Trust) relating directly to the operations or financial reporting of the Trust for which the estimated fees are less than $25,000. All such delegated pre-approvals shall be presented to the Committee no later than the next regularly scheduled Committee meeting.

(b) For non-audit services to the Adviser (or any “control affiliate” of the Adviser providing ongoing services to the Trust) relating directly to the operations or financial reporting of the Trust for which the estimated fees are $25,000 or more, such services require pre-approval by the Committee.

a. Pre-Approval Requirements

i. Categories of Services to be Reviewed and Considered for Pre-Approval

1. Audit Services

a. Annual financial statement audits

b. Seed audits (related to new product filings, as required)

c. SEC and regulatory filings and consents

2. Audit-Related Services

a. Accounting consultations

b. Fund merger/reorganization support services

c. Other accounting related matters

d. Agreed upon procedures reports

e. Attestation reports

f. Other internal control reports

3. Tax Services

a. Recurring tax services:

i. Preparation of Federal and state income tax returns, including extensions

ii. Preparation of calculations of taxable income, including fiscal year tax designations

iii. Preparation of annual Federal excise tax returns (if applicable)

iv. Preparation of calendar year excise distribution calculations

v. Calculation of tax equalization on an as-needed basis

vi. Preparation of monthly/quarterly estimates of tax undistributed position for closed-end funds

vii. Preparation of the estimated excise distribution calculations on an as-needed basis

viii. Preparation of calendar year shareholder reporting designations on Form 1099

ix. Preparation of quarterly Federal, state and local and franchise tax estimated tax payments on an as-needed basis

x. Preparation of state apportionment calculations to properly allocate Fund taxable income among the states for state tax filing purposes

xi. Assistance with management’s identification of passive foreign investment companies (PFICs) for tax purposes

b. Permissible non-recurring tax services upon request:

i. Assistance with determining ownership changes which impact a Fund’s utilization of loss carryforwards

ii. Assistance with corporate actions and tax treatment of complex securities and structured products

iii. Assistance with IRS ruling requests and calculation of deficiency dividends

iv. Conduct training sessions for the Adviser’s internal tax resources

v. Assistance with Federal, state, local and international tax planning and advice regarding the tax consequences of proposed or actual transactions

vi. Tax services related to amendments to Federal, state and local returns and sales and use tax compliance

vii. RIC qualification reviews

viii. Tax distribution analysis and planning

ix. Tax authority examination services

x. Tax appeals support services

xi. Tax accounting methods studies

xii. Fund merger, reorganization and liquidation support services

xiii. Tax compliance, planning and advice services and related projects

xiv. Assistance with out of state residency status

xv. Provision of tax compliance services in India for Funds with direct investments in India

B. Pre-Approval Not Required

Under Section 10A(h)(i)(1)(B) of the Exchange Act and Rule 2-01 under Regulation S-X (Section (c)(7)), pre-approval of non-audit services for the Trust pursuant to Section V.B.2 is not required, if:

1. the aggregate amount of all non-audit services provided to the Trust is no more than 5% of the total fees paid by the Trust to the independent auditors during the fiscal year in which the non-audit services are provided;

2. the services were not recognized by Trust management at the time of the engagement as non-audit services; and

3. such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Audit Committee by Trust management and the Committee approves them (which may be by delegation) prior to the completion of the audit.

Under Section 10A(h)(i)(1)(B) of the Exchange Act and Rule 2-01 under Regulation S-X (Section (c)(7)), pre-approval of non-audit services for the Adviser (or any affiliate of the Adviser providing ongoing services to the Trust) pursuant to Section V.B.3 is not required, if:

1.       the aggregate amount of all non-audit services provided is no more than 5% of the total fees paid to the Trust’s independent auditors by the Trust, the Adviser and any “control affiliate” of the Adviser providing ongoing services to the Trust during the fiscal year in which the non-audit services are provided;

2.       the services were not recognized by Trust management at the time of the engagement as non-audit services; and

3.       such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Audit Committee by Trust management and the Committee approves them (which may be by delegation) prior to the completion of the audit.

(2) None of the services described in each of Items 4(b) through (d) were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X

(f)        Not applicable.

(g)        Non-Audit Fees. The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s accountant for the most recent fiscal year and the preceding fiscal year for services rendered to the registrant, the investment advisor, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the advisor that provides ongoing services to the registrant were $38,433 and $40,229, respectively. These aggregate fees were less than the aggregate fees billed for the same periods by the registrant’s principal accountant for audit services rendered to the registrant, the investment advisor, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the advisor that provides ongoing services to the registrant.

(h)        Auditor Independence. The registrant’s Audit Committee was provided with information relating to the provision of non-audit services by Ernst & Young, LLP to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved by the Audit Committee so that a determination could be made whether the provision of such services is compatible with maintaining Ernst & Young, LLP’s independence

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Investments.

Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies. 

Not applicable.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The registrant does not currently have in place procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board.

There have been no changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The registrant’s President (principal executive officer) and Treasurer (principal financial officer) have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act) as of a date within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that based on such evaluation as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Investment Company Act, that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of that date in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this Form N-CSR was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

(b) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer are aware of no change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not Applicable.

Item 13. Exhibits.

(a)(1) The registrant’s code of ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is attached.

(a)(2) Separate certifications by the President (principal executive officer) and Treasurer (principal financial officer) of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) are attached.

(b) A certification by the registrant’s President (principal executive officer) and Treasurer (principal financial officer) as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) is attached.

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)	Rydex Series Funds
By (Signature and Title)*	/s/ Brian E. Binder
	Brian E. Binder, President and Chief Executive Officer
Date	March 6, 2023

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 (Signature and Title)*	/s/ Brian E. Binder
	Brian E. Binder, President and Chief Executive Officer
Date	March 6, 2023
By (Signature and Title)*	/s/ James M. Howley
	James M. Howley, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, and Treasurer
Date	March 6, 2023

^* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.

EX-99.CODE ETH

EXHIBIT (a)(1)

APPENDIX A

CODE OF ETHICS FOR PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE AND

SENIOR FINANCIAL OFFICERS

I. Covered Officers/Purpose of the Code

This code of ethics (the “Code”) is applicable to Guggenheim Funds (each a “Company” and together the “Companies,” each set forth in Exhibit A) and applies to the Companies’ President/CEO (Principal Executive Officer), and CFO/Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) (the “Covered Officers”) for the purpose of promoting:

● honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;

● full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that a registrant files with, or submits to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and in other public communications made by the Company;

● compliance with applicable laws and governmental rules and regulations;

● the prompt internal reporting of violations of the Code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the Code; and

● accountability for adherence to the Code.

Covered Officers are expected to dedicate their best efforts to advancing the Trust’s interests and to use objective and unbiased standards when making decisions that affect the Trust, while being sensitive to situations that may give rise to actual conflicts of interest, as well as apparent conflicts of interest.

II. Covered Officers Should Handle Ethically Actual and Apparent Conflicts of Interest

Overview. A “conflict of interest” occurs when a Covered Officer’s private interest interferes with the interests of, or his or her service to, the Company. For example, a conflict of interest would arise if a Covered Officer, or a member of his or her family, receives improper personal benefits as a result of his or her position with the Company.

Certain conflicts of interest arise out of the relationships between Covered Officers and the Company and already are subject to conflict of interest provisions in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“Investment Company Act”) and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Investment Advisers Act”). For example, Covered Officers may not individually engage in certain transactions (such as the purchase or sale of securities or other property) with the Company because of their status as “affiliated persons” of the Company. The Company’s and the investment adviser’s compliance programs and procedures are designed to prevent, or identify and correct, violations of these provisions. This Code does not, and is not intended to, repeat or replace these programs and procedures, and such conflicts fall outside of the parameters of this Code.

Although typically not presenting an opportunity for improper personal benefit, conflicts arise from, or result from, the contractual relationship between the Company and the investment adviser of which the Covered Officers are also officers or employees. As a result, this Code recognizes that the Covered Officers will, in the normal course of their duties (whether formally for the Company or for the adviser, or for both), be involved in establishing policies and implementing decisions that will have different effects on the adviser and the Company. The participation of the Covered Officers in such activities is inherent in the contractual relationship between the Company and the adviser and is consistent with the performance by the Covered Officers of their duties as officers of the Company. Thus, if performed in conformity with the provisions of the Investment Company Act and the Investment Advisers Act, such activities will be deemed to have been handled ethically. In addition, it is recognized by the Funds’ Boards of Trustees (“Boards”) that the Covered Officers may also be officers or employees of one or more other investment companies covered by this code.

EXHIBIT (a)(1)

Other conflicts of interest are covered by the Code, even if such conflicts of interest are not subject to provisions in the Investment Company Act and the Investment Advisers Act. The following list provides examples of conflicts of interest under the Code, but Covered Officers should keep in mind that these examples are not exhaustive. The overarching principle is that the personal interest of a Covered Officer should not be placed improperly before the interest of the Company.

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Each Covered Officer must:

● not use his or her personal influence or personal relationships improperly to influence investment decisions or financial reporting by the Company whereby the Covered Officer would benefit personally to the detriment of the Company;

● not cause the Company to take action, or fail to take action, for the individual personal benefit of the Covered Officer rather than the benefit the Company;

● report at least annually his or her affiliations or other relationships which may give rise to conflicts of interest with the Funds (provided that annual completion of the Funds’ Trustees and Officers Questionnaire shall satisfy the requirements of this bullet point).

There are some conflict of interest situations that should always be discussed with the Secretary of the Funds (the "Secretary"), or other senior legal officer, if material. Examples of these include:¹

● service as a director on the board of any public company;

● the receipt of any non-de minimus gifts;

● the receipt of any entertainment from any company with which the Company has current or prospective business dealings unless such entertainment is business-related, reasonable in cost, appropriate as to time and place, and not so frequent as to raise any question of impropriety;

● any ownership interest in, or any consulting or employment relationship with, any of the Company’s service providers, other than its investment adviser, principal underwriter, administrator or any affiliated person thereof;

● a direct or indirect financial interest in commissions, transaction charges or spreads paid by the Company for effecting portfolio transactions or for selling or redeeming shares other than an interest arising from the Covered Officer’s employment, such as compensation or equity ownership.

III. Disclosure and Compliance

● Each Covered Officer should familiarize himself or herself with the disclosure requirements generally applicable to the Company;

● each Covered Officer should not knowingly misrepresent, or cause others to misrepresent, facts about the Company to others, whether within or outside the Company, including to the Company’s directors and auditors, and to governmental regulators and self-regulatory organizations;

● each Covered Officer should, to the extent appropriate within his or her area of responsibility, consult with other officers and employees of the Funds and the adviser with the goal of promoting full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in the reports and documents the Funds file with, or submit to, the SEC and in other public communications made by the Funds; and

¹ Any activity or relationship that would present a conflict for a Covered Officer would likely also present a conflict for the Covered Officer if a member of the Covered Officer’s family engages in such an activity or has such a relationship.

EXHIBIT (a)(1)

● it is the responsibility of each Covered Officer to promote compliance with the standards and restrictions imposed by applicable laws, rules and regulations.

IV. Reporting and Accountability

Each Covered Officer must:

● upon adoption of the Code (or thereafter as applicable, upon becoming a Covered Officer), affirm in writing to the Board that he or she has received, read, and understands the Code;

● annually thereafter affirm to the Board that he or she has complied with the requirements of the Code;

● not retaliate against any other Covered Officer or any employee of the Funds or their affiliated persons for reports of potential violations that are made in good faith; and

● notify the Secretary promptly if he or she knows of any violation of this Code. Failure to do so is itself a violation of this Code.

The Secretary, or other designated senior legal officer of the Funds’ investment adviser, is responsible for applying this Code to specific situations in which questions are presented under it and has the authority to interpret this Code in any particular situation.² However, any approvals or waivers³ sought by the President/ CEO will be considered by the Audit Committee of the Funds (the “Committee”). The Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Trust is authorized and encouraged to consult, as appropriate, with the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Independent Trustees or the Board of Trustees of the Trust and/or with counsel to the Trust, the Investment Adviser(s) or the Independent Trustees.

The Independent Trustees are responsible for granting waivers of this Code of Ethics, as appropriate. Any changes to or waivers of this Code of Ethics will be disclosed on Form N-CSR³ to the extent required by Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

The Funds will follow these procedures in investigating and enforcing this Code:

● the Secretary or other designated senior legal officer will take all appropriate action to investigate any potential violations reported to him or her;

● if, after such investigation, the Secretary believes that no violation has occurred, the Secretary is not required to take any further action;

● any matter that the Secretary believes is a violation will be reported to the Committee;

● if the Committee concurs that a violation has occurred, it will inform and make a recommendation to the Board, which will consider appropriate action, which may include review of, and appropriate modifications to, applicable policies and procedures; notification to appropriate personnel of the investment adviser or its board; or a recommendation to dismiss the Covered Officer as an officer of the Funds;

² The Secretary or other designated senior legal officer is authorized to consult, as appropriate, with counsel to the Company and counsel to the Independent Trustees, and is encouraged to do so.

³ Item 2 of Form N-CSR defines “waiver” as “the approval by the registrant of a material departure from a provision of the code of ethics” and “implicit waiver,” which must also be disclosed, as “the registrant’s failure to take action within a reasonable period of time regarding a material departure from a provision of the code of ethics that has been made known to an executive officer” of the registrant.

EXHIBIT (a)(1)

● the Board will be responsible for granting waivers, as appropriate; and

● any changes to or waivers of this Code will, to the extent required, be disclosed as provided by SEC rules.

V. Other Policies and Procedures

This Code shall be the sole code of ethics adopted by the Funds for purposes of Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and forms applicable to registered investment companies thereunder. Insofar as other policies or procedures of the Funds, the Funds’ adviser, principal underwriter, or other service providers govern or purport to govern the behavior or activities of the Covered Officers who are subject to this Code, they are superseded by this Code to the extent that they overlap or conflict with the provisions of this Code. The Funds’ and their investment adviser’s and principal underwriter’s codes of ethics under Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act are separate requirements applying to the Covered Officers and others, and are not part of this Code.

VI. Amendments

Any amendments to this Code must be approved or ratified by a majority vote of the Board, including a majority of independent directors/trustees.

VII Confidentiality

All reports and records prepared or maintained pursuant to this Code will be considered confidential and shall be maintained and protected accordingly. Except as otherwise required by law or this Code, such matters shall not be disclosed to anyone other than the Board and its counsel, the Funds’ counsel, the Adviser and its counsel and any other advisers, consultants or counsel retained by the Board of Trustees.

VIII. Internal Use

The Code is intended solely for the internal use by the Funds and does not constitute an admission, by or on behalf of any Company, as to any fact, circumstance, or legal conclusion.

EXHIBIT (a)(1)

Exhibit A - Covered Entities

Guggenheim Taxable Municipal Bond & Investment Grade Debt Trust (“GBAB”)

Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund (“GUG”)

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund (“GOF”)

Guggenheim Energy & Income Fund (“XGEIX”)

Guggenheim Funds Trust (“GFT” and its series, the “Open-End Funds”)

Guggenheim Variable Funds Trust (“GVGT” and its series, the “Variable Insurance Funds”)

Guggenheim Strategy Funds Trust (“GSFT”)

Transparent Value Trust

Rydex Series Funds

Rydex Dynamic Funds

Rydex Variable Trust

EX-99.CERT

EX.-13(a)(2)(i)

CERTIFICATION

I, Brian E. Binder, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Rydex Series Funds;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: March 6, 2023	/s/ Brian E. Binder
	Brian E. Binder,
	President and Chief Executive Officer

EX.-13(a)(2)(ii)

CERTIFICATION

I, James M. Howley, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Rydex Series Funds;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: March 6, 2023	/s/ James M. Howley
	James M. Howley,
	Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, and Treasurer

EX-99.906 CERT

EX.-13(b)

CERTIFICATION

I, Brian E. Binder, President and Chief Executive Officer, and I, James M. Howley, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer of Rydex Series Funds (the “Registrant”) each certify that:

1. The Form N-CSR of the Registrant (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

Date: March 6, 2023 

/s/ Brian E. Binder

Brian E. Binder

President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: March 6, 2023 

/s/ James M. Howley

James M. Howley

Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer