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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

811-09911

 

 

Hussman Investment Trust

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

6021 University Boulevard, Suite 490        Ellicott City, Maryland 21043
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

David K. James

 

Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC 225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450 Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (513) 587-3400  

 

Date of fiscal year end: June 30  

 

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2022  

 

 

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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 

(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HUSSMAN INVESTMENT TRUST

 

HUSSMAN STRATEGIC GROWTH FUND

 

HUSSMAN STRATEGIC ALLOCATION FUND

 

HUSSMAN STRATEGIC TOTAL RETURN FUND

 

HUSSMAN STRATEGIC INTERNATIONAL FUND

 

ANNUAL REPORT

 

June 30, 2022

 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

   

Performance Information

 

Hussman Strategic Growth Fund

1

Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund

2

Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund

3

Hussman Strategic International Fund

4

Letter to Shareholders

5

Portfolio Information

20

Schedules of Investments

 

Hussman Strategic Growth Fund

23

Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund

36

Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund

49

Hussman Strategic International Fund

53

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

62

Statements of Operations

64

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

Hussman Strategic Growth Fund

66

Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund

67

Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund

68

Hussman Strategic International Fund

69

Financial Highlights

 

Hussman Strategic Growth Fund

70

Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund

71

Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund

72

Hussman Strategic International Fund

73

Notes to Financial Statements

74

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

99

About Your Funds’ Expenses

101

Board of Trustees and Officers

103

Other Information

105

Federal Tax Information

105

Approval of Investment Advisory Agreements

106

Discussion of Liquidity Risk Management Program

114

 

 

Hussman Strategic Growth Fund

 

Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in
Hussman Strategic Growth Fund versus the S&P 500
® Index(a) (Unaudited)

 

Average Annual Total Returns

For the Periods Ended June 30, 2022

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Since
Inception(b)

 

Hussman Strategic Growth Fund(c)(d)

4.43%

7.10%

1.89%

(3.99%)

1.08%

 

S&P 500® Index

(10.62%)

10.60%

11.31%

12.96%

6.45%

 

 

(a)

Hussman Strategic Growth Fund invests primarily in stocks listed on the New York, American, and NASDAQ exchanges and varies its investment exposure to market fluctuations depending on market conditions. The S&P 500® Index is an index of large capitalization stocks. However, the Fund may invest in securities that are not included in the S&P 500® Index and there are no restrictions as to the market capitalization of companies in which the Fund invests. “HSGFX equity investments and cash equivalents only (unhedged)” reflects the performance of the Fund’s stock investments and modest day-to-day cash balances, after fees and expenses, and does not reflect the impact of hedging transactions on the Fund’s overall investment performance. The Fund’s unhedged equity investments do not represent a separately available portfolio, and their performance is presented solely for purposes of comparison and performance attribution. Performance data presented using log scale. Each segment on the vertical axis represents an equivalent percentage change.

(b)

The Fund commenced operations on July 24, 2000.

(c)

Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

(d)

The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fees and/or absorb Fund expenses until at least November 1, 2022 to the extent necessary to limit the Fund’s annual ordinary operating expenses to an amount not exceeding 1.15% annually of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

 

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Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund

 

Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund
versus Benchmark Fixed Allocation Composite
(a) (Unaudited)

 

Average Annual Total Returns

For the Periods Ended June 30, 2022

 

1 Year

Since
Inception(b)

Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund(c)(d)

(3.19%)

6.51%

Benchmark Fixed Allocation Composite

(8.59%)

7.34%

 

(a)

Benchmark Fixed Allocation Composite represents the gross investment performance of a portfolio that is invested in securities included in three separate indices, weighted as follows: 60% S&P 500® Index, 30% Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Unhedged Index and 10% Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Bills Index. The Composite represents an investment approach that invests a fixed percentage of assets in stocks, bonds, and money market securities, with little or no variation. The Fund may invest in securities that are not included in the indices that comprise the Composite.

(b)

The Fund commenced operations on August 27, 2019.

(c)

Returns do no reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemptions of Fund shares.

(d)

The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fees and/or absorb Fund expenses until at least November 1, 2022 to the extent necessary to limit the Fund’s annual ordinary operating expenses to an amount not exceeding 1.25% annually of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Absent this arrangement, the expense ratio of the Fund (annualized) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 would have been 2.08%.

 

 

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Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund

 

Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund
versus the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
(a) (Unaudited)

 

Average Annual Total Returns

For the Periods Ended June 30, 2022

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Since
Inception(b)

 

Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund(c)(d)

(4.14%)

3.92%

4.21%

2.33%

4.53%

 

Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

(10.29%)

(0.93%)

0.88%

1.54%

3.42%

 

 

(a)

The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index covers the U.S. investment grade fixed rate bond market, with index components for U.S. government, agency and corporate securities. The Fund does not invest solely in securities included in the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and may invest in other types of bonds, as well as common stocks, exchange-traded funds and other securities.

(b)

The Fund commenced operations on September 12, 2002.

(c)

Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

(d)

The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fees and/or absorb Fund expenses until at least November 1, 2022 to the extent necessary to limit the Fund’s annual ordinary operating expenses to an amount not exceeding 0.75% annually of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Absent this arrangement, the expense ratio of the Fund (annualized) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 would have been 0.75%.

 

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Hussman Strategic International Fund

 

Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in
Hussman Strategic International Fund versus the MSCI EAFE Index
(a) (Unaudited)

 

Average Annual Total Returns

For the Periods Ended June 30, 2022

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Since
Inception(b)

 

Hussman Strategic International Fund(c)(d)

(7.72%)

(1.20%)

(1.64%)

(1.60%)

(1.27%)

 

MSCI EAFE Index

(17.77%)

1.07%

2.20%

5.40%

4.08%

 

 

(a)

The MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australasia, and Far East) Index is a free float-adjusted weighted capitalization index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the U.S. and Canada. As of December 31, 2021, the MSCI EAFE Index consisted of the following 21 developed market country indices: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The Fund is not required to invest in each of the countries represented in the MSCI EAFE Index and may invest in securities that are not included in the MSCI EAFE Index. In addition, the Fund varies its exposure to market fluctuations depending on market conditions.

(b)

The Fund commenced operations on December 31, 2009.

(c)

Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

(d)

The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fees and/or absorb Fund expenses until at least November 1, 2022 to the extent necessary to limit the Fund’s annual ordinary operating expenses to an amount not exceeding 2.00% annually of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Absent this arrangement, the expense ratio of the Fund (annualized) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 would have been 3.35%.

 

 

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The Hussman Funds

Letter to Shareholders

August 8, 2022

 

Dear Shareholder,

 

“The backward-looking returns of passive investment strategies are always the most glorious when market overvaluation is the most extreme. Yet that is also precisely the moment when likely future returns are the most dismal. Indeed, the problem with a speculative bubble is that short-term market outcomes cannot become better without long-term outcomes becoming worse, and long-term market outcomes cannot become better without short-term outcomes becoming worse. All one faces is an unfortunate situation.”

 

John P. Hussman, Ph.D., Hussman Funds 2021 Annual Report

 

The Hussman Funds performed as intended during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, each outperforming its respective benchmark with smaller interim losses.

 

My impression is that future investors will remember 2022 more enduringly than current investors may recognize. On January 3, 2022, the Standard & Poor’s 500® Index reached the most extreme level of stock market valuations in history, based on measures that we find best-correlated with actual subsequent S&P 500 total returns. In doing so, the recent extreme has already joined the ranks of 1929 and 2000, the two most memorable predecessors.

 

The January 2022 stock market peak was followed by a steep initial decline, resulting in an overall loss of -10.62% for the S&P 500 during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. During the same period, the yield-to-maturity of 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds rose from 1.47% to 3.01%, resulting in an overall loss of -11.12% in 10-year Treasury bonds. This was a poor combination for passive investment strategies.

 

Yet despite market losses in both stocks and bonds in recent quarters, we currently estimate the likelihood of negative 10-12 year total returns for a passive investment allocation invested 60% in the S&P 500, 30% in Treasury bonds, and 10% in Treasury bills. Indeed, measured both from the recent market peak, and from present levels, I expect S&P 500 total returns to be negative, on average, for well over a decade – an outcome I also projected at the 2000 market peak.

 

That said, if a steep market decline was to front-load those losses, investors could also enjoy prospects for satisfactory long-term returns even a year or two from now. It is the current valuation extreme, and the prospect of depressed 10- and even 20-year market returns – measured from this extreme – that long-term investors may want to think twice about locking in. In the interim, the most challenging financial event for investors

 

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The Hussman Funds

Letter to Shareholders (continued)

 

in the coming years will likely be the repricing of securities to valuations that imply adequate long-term returns, following more than a decade of reckless and intentional Fed-induced yield-seeking speculation encouraged by zero-interest rate policies.

 

The chart below presents several of our most reliable valuation measures, each as a multiple to its own historical norm. Because all of these measures are well-correlated with actual subsequent market returns, and with each other, the lines are nearly indistinguishable. Following a modest rebound from market losses in the first half of 2022, all of these measures remain more extreme than at any point in U.S. history prior to August 2020.

 

The arrow on the chart below indicates the level of valuations as of this writing (August 8, 2022). The shaded box identifies points when equity market valuations were at or above present levels. Notably, the recent market decline has simply retraced the frothiest portion of the recent bubble, leaving the most reliable market valuation measures above their 1929 and 2000 extremes. A color version of this chart is presented in the online version of this Annual Report (www.hussmanfunds.com).

 

 

Our most reliable valuation measures are presently close to 2.8 times the historical norms that we associate with run-of-the-mill S&P 500 total returns (historically about 10% annually, on average). Given that S&P 500 revenues, nominal GDP, and corporate gross value-added have grown at an average annual rate of about 4% over the past 10, 20, and 30 years, and dividends presently contribute less than

 

 

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The Hussman Funds

Letter to Shareholders (continued)

 

2% annually to S&P 500 total returns, any material retreat in valuations would create unpleasant arithmetic for long-term returns. A retreat in valuations to their run-of-the-mill historical norms over a 10-year period would subtract -9.8% annually from the returns that investors might otherwise enjoy from the combination of growth and dividends. A retreat in valuations to 1.5 times their norms over a 10-year period would subtract about -6.1% annually. In either case, the likely outcome would be a decade of zero or negative total returns.

 

While reliable valuation measures are extremely informative about long-term market returns, particularly over a 10-12 year horizon, one must be careful not to interpret valuations as near-term market forecasts. That is emphatically not how valuations work. The main factor that determines whether an overvalued market continues to advance, or drops like a rock instead, is whether investor psychology is inclined toward speculation or risk-aversion. When investors are inclined to speculate, they tend to be indiscriminate about it. When investors become risk-averse, they tend to be skittish and selective. For that reason, our most reliable gauge of speculation versus risk-aversion is the uniformity or divergence of market internals – across thousands of individual stocks, industries, sectors, and security types, including debt securities of varying creditworthiness.

 

As I wrote at the 2000 bubble peak, “When the market loses that uniformity, valuations often matter suddenly and with a vengeance. This is a lesson best learned before a crash rather than after one. Valuations, trend uniformity, and yield pressures are now uniformly unfavorable, and the market faces extreme risk in this environment.” That is the same environment we face at present, but as those conditions change, so will our market outlook.

 

In short, the question is not whether valuations matter, but when. The strongest market returns typically emerge when reasonable valuations are joined by uniformity in market internals, suggesting a shift to speculative investor psychology. The most profound market losses typically emerge when extreme valuations are joined by deterioration and divergence in market internals, suggesting a shift to risk-averse investor psychology. The same is true for bonds. The highest returns emerge when a high yield is being driven lower. The deepest losses emerge when a low yield is being driven higher.

 

In previous market cycles across history, there were limits to speculation – once market conditions featured a combination of extreme valuations, steeply overbought conditions, and lopsided bullish sentiment, those “overvalued, overbought, overbullish” syndromes typically signaled sharp downside risk even before the uniformity of market internals deteriorated. Amid the novelty of the Federal Reserve’s zero-interest rates

 

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The Hussman Funds

Letter to Shareholders (continued)

 

policies, those historically reliable limits became painfully irrelevant. For our part, we ultimately adapted to zero-interest rate policies by becoming content to gauge the presence or absence of speculative psychology – based on the uniformity or divergence of market internals – without assuming that either speculation or risk-aversion have reliable limits.

 

We do not need to rely on a return to historically run-of-the-mill valuations, nor would we rule out that possibility. We can rule out neither periods of fresh speculation, nor periods of market free-fall, nor “fast, furious, prone-to-failure” advances to clear oversold conditions. Our practice – our discipline – is to remain in the present moment: to align our investment outlook with observable and measurable conditions such as valuations and market internals, and to change our outlook as those conditions change. While the present combination of extreme valuations and ragged market internals creates the potential for abrupt “trap door” market losses, improvement in the uniformity of market internals could encourage us to lean more constructive even here. No specific forecasts, end-of-year price targets, or scenarios are required.

 

Given that the S&P 500 remains well-above its February 19, 2020 pre-pandemic peak, the returns of Strategic Growth Fund and Strategic Allocation Fund from February 19, 2020 through the June 30, 2022 fiscal year-end illustrate the impact of the adaptations we have introduced in recent years. In a volatile but generally advancing market, amid the most extreme valuations in history, Strategic Growth Fund gained 34.88% during this period, compared with a total return of 16.07% for the S&P 500 Index. The deepest interim loss experienced by Strategic Growth Fund during this period was -13.11%, compared with an interim loss of -33.79% for the S&P 500. Similarly, Strategic Allocation Fund gained 19.72% during this period, compared with a gain of 9.76% for a benchmark fixed-allocation portfolio invested 60% in the S&P 500, 30% in the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Unhedged Index, and 10% in the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Bills Index. The deepest interim loss experienced by Strategic Allocation Fund during this period was -4.98%, compared with -19.93% for the benchmark portfolio.

 

Fund Performance

 

Strategic Growth Fund

 

In the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, Strategic Growth Fund gained 4.43%. During the same period, the S&P 500 lost -10.62%. Notably, this period reflects conditions during which our most reliable valuation measures averaged 2-3 times their historical norms. The Fund presently maintains a strongly defensive position reflective of extreme valuations and divergence in our measures of market internals. While an

 

 

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The Hussman Funds

Letter to Shareholders (continued)

 

improvement in our measures of internals would encourage a more neutral investment outlook, we presently observe a combination of extremes that has often been resolved by sharp market declines – whether accompanied by recessions, as in 2000-2002 and 2007-2009, or independent of them, as in 1987 and 1998.

 

The hedging stance of the Fund since the beginning of 2020 has varied between a strongly defensive position (particularly before mid-March 2020, and since October 2021) and a more neutral near-term outlook (particularly in the months following the March 2020 market low). During the 2022 fiscal year, amid a combination of extreme valuations and divergent market internals, Strategic Growth Fund maintained a generally defensive market stance. The hedging strategy of the Fund contributed notably to a reduction in overall risk, as the deepest interim loss experienced by the Fund during this period was -9.90%, compared with an interim loss of -22.99% for the S&P 500 Index.

 

The stock selection approach of Strategic Growth Fund has outperformed the S&P 500 Index by an average of 3.45% (345 basis points) annually since the inception of the Fund on July 24, 2000. Yet as is often the case near bull market peaks, the broad market retreated to a greater and more persistent degree during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 than the large-capitalization stocks that dominate the S&P 500. The performance of the Fund’s stock selections, excluding the impact of hedging, lost -18.85% versus a -10.62% loss in the S&P 500 Index. As at other market extremes such as 2000, our stock selection discipline presently avoids large holdings in high-weight components of the S&P 500 that we consider to be overvalued speculative “glamour” stocks.

 

From the inception of Strategic Growth Fund on July 24, 2000 through June 30, 2022, the Fund had an average annual total return of 1.08%, compared with an average annual total return of 6.45% for the S&P 500 Index. Given that Strategic Growth Fund outperformed the S&P 500 Index, with smaller periodic losses, from its July 24, 2000 inception through May 20, 2014, the current performance gap is distinctly the result of challenges that we encountered during the speculative bubble of recent years. In recent years, we have adapted our investment discipline in a way that leaves us content to gauge the presence or absence of speculative pressures, without assuming that they have a well-defined limit. We believe that these adaptations have addressed the primary reason behind this period of underperformance.

 

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The Hussman Funds

Letter to Shareholders (continued)

 

An initial $10,000 investment in the Fund at its inception on July 24, 2000 would have grown to $12,668, compared with $39,427 for the same investment in the S&P 500 Index. The deepest peak-to-trough loss experienced by the Fund since its inception was -60.36%. The deepest loss experienced by the S&P 500 Index since the inception of the Fund was -55.25%.

 

It is notable that from the inception of the Fund on July 24, 2000 through the market low on March 9, 2009, Strategic Growth Fund gained 105.57% (an 8.71% average annual total return) compared with a -45.99% loss in the S&P 500 (a -6.89% average annual loss). The deepest loss experienced by the Fund during this period was -21.45%, compared with a -55.25% loss in the S&P 500. Indeed, the returns of Strategic Growth Fund remained ahead of the returns of the S&P 500 from the Fund’s inception on July 24, 2000 through May 20, 2014. While there is no assurance that the future performance of the Fund, relative to the S&P 500, will be similar to that of the 2000-2009 period, we do believe that we have restored the flexibility of our investment discipline that contributed to the Fund’s previous record of sound total returns and contained losses.

 

Strategic Allocation Fund

 

In the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, Strategic Allocation Fund had a total return of -3.19%, compared with a total return of -8.59% in the benchmark fixed-allocation composite index which is weighted 60% S&P 500 Index, 30% Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Unhedged Index and 10% Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Bills Index. The Fund always holds unhedged positions of at least 5% in both equity and bond market investments. The Fund presently holds an unhedged equity position representing approximately 6% of net assets, hedged equities representing approximately 76% of assets, bonds representing approximately 12% of assets, and the remaining assets in money market investments.

 

From the inception of the Strategic Allocation Fund on August 27, 2019 through June 30, 2022, the Fund had an average annual total return of 6.51%, compared with an average annual total return of 7.34% for the benchmark fixed-allocation composite index. An initial $10,000 investment in the Fund at its inception on August 27, 2019 would have grown to $11,963, compared with $12,233 for the same investment in the benchmark fixed-allocation composite index. The deepest loss experienced by the Fund since inception was -4.98%. The deepest loss experienced by the benchmark fixed-allocation composite index since the inception of the Fund was -19.93%.

 

 

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Letter to Shareholders (continued)

 

Strategic Total Return Fund

 

In the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, Strategic Total Return Fund had a total return of -4.14%. During the same period, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index had a total return of -10.29%. Strategic Total Return Fund held a moderately constructive position in long-term bonds during this period, with a duration typically ranging between 2-3 years (meaning that a 100 basis point move in interest rates would be expected to affect Fund value by about 2-3% on the basis of bond price fluctuations). The Fund currently holds 73% of net assets in Treasury securities, with 20% of assets in shares of companies in the precious metals, energy, and utilities sectors. The remaining net assets are invested in exchange-traded funds and money market investments. The Fund benefited from holdings in shares of companies engaged in the mining of precious metals, as well as utilities, largely by varying the size of its investment positions in response to periods of strength and weakness in these sectors. The deepest interim loss experienced by the Fund during this period was -7.76%, compared with an interim loss of -13.77% for the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.

 

From the inception of Strategic Total Return Fund on September 12, 2002 through June 30, 2022, the Fund had an average annual total return of 4.53%, compared with an average annual total return of 3.42% for the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. An initial $10,000 investment in the Fund on September 12, 2002 would have grown to $24,017, compared with $19,459 for the same investment in the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The deepest loss experienced by the Fund since inception was -11.52%, compared with a maximum loss of -14.31% for the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index during the same period.

 

Strategic International Fund

 

In the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, Strategic International Fund had a total return of -7.72%. During the same period, the MSCI EAFE Index lost -17.77%. The Fund is currently fully hedged against the impact of market fluctuations. The deepest interim loss in Strategic International Equity Fund during this period was -8.16%, compared with an interim loss of -22.34% for the MSCI EAFE Index.

 

Because international stock markets tend to become highly correlated during steep declines in the U.S. stock market, the downside risk that we observe in the U.S. market exists in international equity markets as well. A material improvement in U.S. conditions, particularly in our measures of market internals, would likely encourage a constructive stance in the international markets as well. Without the elevated level

 

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The Hussman Funds

Letter to Shareholders (continued)

 

of market risk that we currently observe, the Fund will have substantially greater opportunity to establish a constructive investment stance based on individual country valuations and market action, along with other local considerations.

 

From the inception of Strategic International Fund on December 31, 2009 through June 30, 2022, the Fund had an average annual total return of -1.27%, compared with an average annual total return of 4.08% for the MSCI EAFE Index. An initial $10,000 investment in the Fund on December 31, 2009 would be worth $8,525, compared with $16,485 for the same investment in the MSCI EAFE Index. The deepest loss experienced by the Fund since inception was -22.87%, compared with a maximum loss of -34.12% for the MSCI EAFE Index during the same period.

 

Portfolio Composition

 

As of June 30, 2022, Strategic Growth Fund had net assets of $506,996,948, and held 277 stocks in a wide variety of industries. The largest sector holdings as a percent of net assets were technology (20.9%), consumer discretionary (17.4%), health care (15.9%), consumer staples (10.3%), communications (9.2%), financials (7.8%), materials (5.9%), and industrials (5.3%). The smallest sector holdings were in energy (2.9%), utilities (0.7%) and real estate (0.1%). Exchange-traded funds represented 0.2% of the Fund’s net assets.

 

Strategic Growth Fund’s holdings of individual stocks and exchange-traded funds as of June 30, 2022 were valued at $489,547,464. Against these stock positions, the Fund also held 700 option combinations (long put option/short call option) on the S&P 500 Index and 1,150 option combinations on the Russell 2000 Index. The Fund also held 50 long puts on the S&P 500 Index. Each option combination behaves as a short sale on the underlying index, with a notional value of $100 times the index value. On June 30, 2022, the S&P 500 Index closed at 3,785.38, while the Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,707.99. The Fund’s total hedge therefore represented a short position of $480,322,350, thereby hedging 98.1% of the dollar value of the Fund’s long investment positions in individual issues.

 

Although the performance of Strategic Growth Fund’s diversified portfolio cannot be attributed to any narrow group of stocks, the following equity holdings achieved gains in excess of $1 million during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022: First Solar, Clearfield, H&R Block, Antero Resources, Mosaic, Stamps.com and Range Resources. The Fund realized losses in equity holdings in excess of $2 million during this same period in Turtle Beach, Meta Platforms, Warner Brothers Discover, Cambium Networks, AMC Networks, Sleep Number and Big Lots.

 

 

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The Hussman Funds

Letter to Shareholders (continued)

 

As of June 30, 2022, Strategic Allocation Fund had net assets of $21,573,031 and held 277 stocks in a wide variety of industries. The largest sector holdings as a percent of net assets were technology (17.3%), consumer discretionary (15.0%), health care (13.5%), consumer staples (8.8%), communications (7.6%), financials (6.7%), materials (5.2%) and industrials (4.5%). The smallest sector weights were energy (2.5%), utilities (0.5%) and real estate (0.1%). Exchange-traded funds represented 0.2% of the Fund’s net assets. Treasury securities with more than one year until maturity represented 10.5% of net assets. The remaining Fund assets were invested in shorter-term Treasury securities and money market funds.

 

Strategic Allocation Fund’s holdings of individual stocks and exchange-traded funds as of June 30, 2022 were valued at $17,656,368. Against these positions, the Fund also held 25 option combinations (long put option/short call option) on the S&P 500 and 40 option combinations on the Russell 2000 Index. The notional value of this hedge was $16,295,410, hedging 92.3% of the value of equity investments held by the Fund.

 

In Strategic Allocation Fund, during the period ended June 30, 2022, the Fund did not recognize any individual equity portfolio gains in excess of $100,000. The Fund realized losses in equity holdings in excess of $100,000 during this same period in Sleep Number and Big Lots.

 

As of June 30, 2022, Strategic Total Return Fund had net assets of $263,687,418. Treasury notes, Treasury bills, Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS), and investments in money market funds represented 77.0% of the Fund’s net assets. Shares of exchange-traded funds accounted for 3.2% of net assets. Precious metals shares accounted for 11.6% of net assets, and shares in utilities and energy-related companies collectively accounted for 7.9% of net assets.

 

In Strategic Total Return Fund, during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, portfolio gains in excess of $500,000 were achieved in Range Resources, Newmont and SM Energy. Portfolio losses in excess of $1.5 million during this same period were U.S. Treasury Note (1.50%, due 8/15/2026), U.S. Treasury Inflation Note (2.50%, due 1/15/2029) and U.S. Treasury Note (2.00%, due 5/31/2024).

 

As of June 30, 2022, Strategic International Fund had net assets of $14,483,673 and held 190 stocks in a wide variety of industries. The largest sector holdings as a percent of net assets were in consumer discretionary (14.6%), communications (10.9%), health care (10.7%), financials (10.6%), industrials (8.2%), technology (7.8%), consumer staples (6.7%), and materials (5.4%). The smallest sector holdings were in utilities (3.0%), real estate (2.0%), and energy (1.8%).

 

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In order to hedge the impact of general market fluctuations, as of June 30, 2022, Strategic International Fund was short 80 futures on the Mini MSCI EAFE Index and long 11 puts on the S&P 500 Index. The notional value of this hedge was $11,571,918, hedging 97.8% of the dollar value of equity investments held by the Fund. When the Fund is in a hedged investment position, the primary driver of Fund returns is the difference in performance between the stocks owned by the Fund and the indices that are used to hedge.

 

While the investment portfolio of Strategic International Fund is widely diversified and its performance is affected by numerous investment positions, the hedging strategy of the Fund was primarily responsible for the reduced sensitivity of the Fund to market fluctuations from the Fund’s inception through June 30, 2022. The Fund did not recognize any individual equity holding gains in excess of $100,000 during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Fund realized one equity holding loss in excess of $100, 000 in Halfords Group during this same period.

 

Supplementary information including quarterly returns and equity-only performance of the Funds is available on the Hussman Funds website: www.hussmanfunds.com.

 

Current Outlook

 

The recent speculative bubble has led investors to imagine that extreme valuations represent “wealth creation.” But securities are simply claims to a stream of future cash flows that will be delivered into the hands of investors over time. The “wealth” is not in the market capitalization. It is in the cash flows. One can receive a wealth transfer from other investors by selling at high valuations, but those investors must then hold the bag. For any given set of cash flows, the higher the price investors pay, the lower the subsequent returns investors will enjoy as those cash flows are delivered over time. This is not simply finance theory – it is arithmetic. When market capitalization becomes wildly elevated relative to the cash flows available to service it, the result is an extended period of poor returns.

 

My impression is that a great deal of financial market capitalization will simply evaporate in the coming years. Despite recent market losses, valuations are nowhere near run-of-the-mill historical norms. In my view, the cash flows generated by the economy are nowhere near enough to service bloated market capitalizations in a way that provides adequate long-term investment returns. When the collapse comes (and I suspect it will), investors should not blame Fed tightening for bursting the bubble. Once “bubble” is in hand, “burst” is inevitable. The blame will rest on a decade of reckless monetary policy that encouraged the bubble in the first place.

 

 

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Notably, monetary easing has historically been beneficial for the stock market only in periods when investors have been inclined to speculate, which we gauge based on the uniformity of market internals across a broad range of securities. This has been true even amid quantitative easing since 2008. When investors are inclined to speculate, they tend to view low-interest liquidity as an “inferior” asset, so increasing its supply tends to amplify yield-seeking speculation. In contrast, when investor psychology shifts to risk-aversion, which we gauge from deterioration and divergence of market internals, investors tend to view low-interest liquidity as a desirable asset rather than an inferior one, so increasing its supply does nothing to promote speculation. Recall that both the 2000-2002 and 2007-2009 collapses occurred amid persistent and aggressive monetary easing by the Federal Reserve.

 

From the perspective of our own investment discipline, the correct lesson of the recent yield-seeking bubble is that, in the face of unprecedented monetary policies, one must be content to gauge the presence or absence of speculative pressures based on valuations and market internals, without assuming that either speculation or risk-aversion have any well-defined limit. In contrast, it is dangerous and incorrect to imagine that the lesson of this bubble is to ignore valuations and market internals, and to dismiss overextended conditions even when both valuations and internals are unfavorable, as they are today.

 

With the recent advance in consumer price inflation to a year-over-year rate of 9%, the Federal Reserve has been forced to quickly tighten monetary policy. In this environment, a great deal of attention has been focused on the potential for the Fed to “pivot” to an easier stance, as investors appear to equate monetary easing with an advancing stock market. In our view, it is more important to attend to the condition of market internals directly. A shift to monetary easing, without a shift toward speculative investor psychology, would mirror the combination of conditions that has been typical of recessionary bear market declines. Accordingly, our own investment outlook will shift as measurable, observable conditions shift. No forecasts or scenarios are required.

 

In my view, the recent inflationary episode can be reasonably described as being the combination of four factors. First, the government ran enormous deficits during the pandemic, and those deficits fueled a great deal of demand for goods and services. Second, there have been significant labor and supply disruptions in recent quarters, associated first with the pandemic and more recently with the war in Ukraine. Third, total U.S. public debt has soared in recent years to over 120% of GDP, while the Federal Reserve has clearly violated its section 2A mandate to “maintain long run growth of the monetary and credit aggregates commensurate with the economy’s

 

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long run potential to increase production.” Fourth, given all of these factors, it is not surprising that the public has begun to lose confidence in the soundness of government liabilities.

 

Combine strong demand and constrained supply of goods and services with excessive supply and weakening demand for government liabilities, and the result is a situation where goods and services have increased in price, relative to government liabilities. We observe this as inflation.

 

Still, that fourth consideration – demand for dollars – is the one most sensitive to public psychology, and may be the quickest to affect the trajectory of inflation. When investors become risk-averse, they often seek liquidity as a safe haven. The increased demand for “safe” government liabilities tends to dampen inflationary pressures, because cash is seen as a desirable asset rather than an inferior and revolting one. That is why credit crises are deflationary. Meanwhile, risk-aversion does nothing good for financial speculation, particularly at near-record valuations. The upshot is that the same risk-aversion that would be “good” for inflation could be quite unfavorable for stocks and low-grade credit. We observed the same thing, of course, during the global financial crisis.

 

Suffice it to say that we do not have pointed views on inflation. Rather, inflationary pressures are likely to ease if risk-aversion becomes more pronounced. In my view, that may be a reasonable base expectation. Notably, economic weakness – even without amplified inflationary pressures – would likely be quite favorable for precious metals shares. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index (XAU) has historically performed best in periods when Treasury bond yields were below, not above, their levels of 6 months earlier, with particularly strong gains when economic activity is contracting. The correspondence between “inflation” and “rising gold stocks” is more complex than investors may recognize. As always, we will respond to observable evidence as it emerges.

 

With regard to longer-term bonds, the historical fact is that, except during relatively weak economic conditions, the total return of 10-year Treasury bonds has historically lagged the return on T-bills when the bond yield has exceeded T-bill yields by less than about 2%. An example of “relatively weak economic conditions” might include year-over-year nominal GDP growth below the 10-year bond yield, coupled with tepid or contracting economic activity. With the federal funds rate likely headed above 3% in a relatively short time, that rule-of-thumb implies that the total return of longer-term bonds may lag Treasury bills until yields are materially higher; or alternatively, until relatively weak economic conditions emerge. At this point, neither is the case. Our broader bond market gauges are also fairly restrained at present.

 

 

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As for more questionable “assets,” the loss of confidence in government liabilities has also contributed to some of the madness in cryptocurrencies in recent years. The spectacle has certainly been fascinating to watch, but from the standpoint of valuation, “limited supply” is a meaningless attribute when anyone can costlessly introduce a new competing currency, and when these “digital assets” have neither aesthetic value, industrial use, collateral backing, nor fiat status to confer value. This makes the value of cryptocurrencies almost entirely dependent on psychological factors.

 

Blockchain technology has numerous potentially useful applications that are distinct from speculating or “investing” in crypto. In my undoubtedly unpopular view, much of what’s occurring in cryptocurrencies is a form of wealth extraction, where people transfer their hard-earned savings to strangers in return for digital Pokémon that have no tether to value aside from speculative psychology. I suspect it will all ultimately prove to be like any other bubble: rewarding for the issuers – mostly the early “miners” who introduced the cryptocurrencies, and early speculators who can successfully locate a greater fool – and devastating for anyone who overstays the party.

 

Amid rich equity market valuations and inadequate long-term bond yields, it is tempting to imagine that successful investment requires one to discover some overlooked or obscure asset class that has escaped a decade of yield-seeking speculation. The underlying assumption is that investors have no choice but to embrace risk at every moment.

 

In my view, successful investment requires something entirely different. It requires the ability to “lean” – to vary one’s investment stance and market exposure in response to changes in valuations, market internals, overextended conditions, and security selection opportunities, accepting greater risk when risk-premiums are adequate or being pressed lower, and defending capital when risk-premiums are inadequate or being pressed higher. That ability to lean toward and away from risk, as market conditions change, was the “secret” that allowed us to admirably navigate decades of complete market cycles prior to the Federal Reserve’s deranged experiment with zero-interest policy. I believe that the adaptations we have adopted in recent years have restored that flexibility, without the “limits” that left us constrained for too long.

 

A decade of zero-interest rate policy encouraged investors to drive the financial markets to speculative valuations that reflect those zero rates, and that we estimate will be followed by a decade of zero investment returns for passive investors. Relentless monetary expansion led us to abandon our detrimental belief that speculation still has historically-reliable limits, and we have adapted our discipline accordingly. What we have not abandoned, however, is our belief in arithmetic – which links valuations to

 

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subsequent long-term returns. Likewise, we have not abandoned measures of market internals that for decades have helped us to gauge speculation versus risk-aversion among investors.

 

As we look ahead to the completion of this market cycle, and those that follow, what the Hussman Funds offer is not bearishness, but flexibility. Our value-conscious, historically-informed, full-cycle investment discipline reflects our conviction that the tradeoff between return and risk is not fixed, but changes as market conditions change. We expect that this discipline will provide investors a useful companion and alternative to purely passive investment approaches.

 

Meanwhile, given that all of the Hussman Funds are intended to outperform their respective benchmarks over time, with smaller interim losses than passive investment approaches, I am pleased to report that, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, our discipline has performed “as intended.”

 

I remain grateful, as always, for your trust.

 

Sincerely,

 

John P. Hussman, Ph.D.

 

Past performance is not predictive of future performance. Investment results and principal value will fluctuate so that shares of the Funds, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted.

 

Periodic updates regarding market conditions and investment strategy, as well as special reports, analysis, and performance data current to the most recent month end, are available at the Hussman Funds website: www.hussmanfunds.com.

 

An investor should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Funds carefully before investing. The Funds’ prospectuses contain this and other important information. To obtain a copy of the Hussman Funds’ prospectuses, please visit our website at www.hussmanfunds.com or call 1-800-487-7626 and a copy will be sent to you free of charge. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest. The Hussman Funds are distributed by Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC.

 

Estimates of prospective return and risk for equities, bonds, and other financial markets are forward-looking statements based on the analysis and reasonable beliefs of Hussman Strategic Advisors. They are not a guarantee of future performance, and are not indicative of the prospective returns of any of the Hussman Funds. Actual returns may differ substantially from the estimates provided. Estimates of prospective long-term

 

 

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returns for the Standard & Poor’s 500® Index reflect valuation methods focusing on the relationship between current market prices and earnings, dividends and other fundamentals, adjusted for variability over the economic cycle.

 

This Letter to Shareholders seeks to describe some of the adviser’s current opinions and views of the financial markets. Although the adviser believes it has a reasonable basis for any opinions or views expressed, actual results may differ, sometimes significantly, from those expected or expressed. The securities held by the Funds that are discussed in this Letter to Shareholders were held during the period covered by this Report. They do not comprise the entire investment portfolios of the Funds, may be sold at any time and may no longer be held by the Funds. The opinions of the Funds’ adviser with respect to those securities may change at any time.

 

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Hussman Strategic Growth Fund
Portfolio Information

June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Sector Allocation (% of Common Stocks)

 

Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund
Portfolio Information

June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

Asset Allocation (% of Net Assets)

 

 

 

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Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund
Portfolio Information (continued)

June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Sector Allocation (% of Common Stocks)

 

Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund
Portfolio Information

June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

Asset Allocation (% of Net Assets)

 

 

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Hussman Strategic International Fund
Portfolio Information

June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Sector Allocation (% of Common Stocks)

 

 

Country Allocation (% of Common Stocks)

 

 

 

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Hussman Strategic Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2022

 

COMMON STOCKS — 96.4%

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Communications — 9.2%

               

Advertising & Marketing — 0.3%

               

Omnicom Group, Inc. (a)

    25,000     $ 1,590,250  
                 

Cable & Satellite — 1.1%

               

Comcast Corporation - Class A

    60,000       2,354,400  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (a)

    500,000       3,065,000  
              5,419,400  

Entertainment Content — 1.3%

               

AMC Networks, Inc. - Class A (a)(b)

    80,000       2,329,600  

Paramount Global - Class B (a)

    90,000       2,221,200  

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (a)(b)

    137,095       1,839,815  
              6,390,615  

Internet Media & Services — 4.4%

               

Alphabet, Inc. - Class C (a)(b)

    4,250       9,296,662  

Baidu, Inc. - ADR (a)(b)

    15,000       2,230,950  

CarGurus, Inc. (a)(b)

    36,000       773,640  

Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A (a)(b)

    30,000       4,837,500  

Netflix, Inc. (a)(b)

    15,000       2,623,050  

Shutterstock, Inc. (a)

    45,000       2,578,950  
              22,340,752  

Publishing & Broadcasting — 1.4%

               

Entravision Communications Corporation - Class A (a)

    25,000       114,000  

Gray Television, Inc. (a)

    200,000       3,378,000  

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. - Class A (a)

    15,000       2,443,200  

TEGNA, Inc. (a)

    50,000       1,048,500  
              6,983,700  

Telecommunications — 0.7%

               

AT&T, Inc.

    30,000       628,800  

Lumen Technologies, Inc. (a)

    60,000       654,600  

Verizon Communications, Inc. (a)

    45,000       2,283,750  
              3,567,150  

Consumer Discretionary — 17.4%

               

Apparel & Textile Products — 0.5%

               

Carter’s, Inc. (a)

    25,000       1,762,000  

Fossil Group, Inc. (a)(b)

    28,000       144,760  

Movado Group, Inc. (a)

    25,000       773,250  
              2,680,010  

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

June 30, 2022

 

COMMON STOCKS — 96.4% (continued)

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Consumer Discretionary — 17.4% (continued)

               

Automotive — 0.4%

               

Ford Motor Company (a)

    100,000     $ 1,113,000  

Harley-Davidson, Inc. (a)

    25,000       791,500  
              1,904,500  

Consumer Services — 0.8%

               

Franchise Group, Inc.

    15,000       526,050  

Graham Holdings Company - Class B (a)

    3,000       1,700,520  

Perdoceo Education Corporation (a)(b)

    25,000       294,500  

Stride, Inc. (a)(b)

    40,000       1,631,600  
              4,152,670  

E-Commerce Discretionary — 2.3%

               

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. - Class A (a)(b)

    75,000       713,250  

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)(b)

    65,000       6,903,650  

eBay, Inc. (a)

    25,000       1,041,750  

Etsy, Inc. (a)(b)

    36,000       2,635,560  

PetMed Express, Inc. (a)

    30,000       597,000  
              11,891,210  

Home & Office Products — 0.7%

               

ACCO Brands Corporation (a)

    125,000       816,250  

Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company - Class A (a)

    50,000       620,500  

iRobot Corporation (a)(b)

    25,000       918,750  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (a)

    60,000       1,282,200  
              3,637,700  

Home Construction — 1.1%

               

Century Communities, Inc. (a)

    30,000       1,349,100  

D.R. Horton, Inc. (a)

    10,000       661,900  

Forestar Group, Inc. (a)(b)

    35,000       479,150  

Lennar Corporation - Class A (a)

    5,000       352,850  

LGI Homes, Inc. (a)(b)

    6,000       521,400  

M/I Homes, Inc. (a)(b)

    20,000       793,200  

Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (a)(b)

    30,000       700,800  

TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. (b)

    30,000       506,100  
              5,364,500  

Leisure Facilities & Services — 1.2%

               

Brinker International, Inc. (a)(b)

    60,000       1,321,800  

Starbucks Corporation (a)

    60,000       4,583,400  
              5,905,200  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

June 30, 2022

 

COMMON STOCKS — 96.4% (continued)

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Consumer Discretionary — 17.4% (continued)

Leisure Products — 0.9%

               

Mattel, Inc. (a)(b)

    15,000     $ 334,950  

Thor Industries, Inc. (a)

    21,000       1,569,330  

Winnebago Industries, Inc. (a)

    25,000       1,214,000  

YETI Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    30,000       1,298,100  
              4,416,380  

Retail - Discretionary — 9.0%

               

Abercrombie & Fitch Company - Class A (a)(b)

    30,000       507,600  

AutoNation, Inc. (a)(b)

    10,000       1,117,600  

AutoZone, Inc. (a)(b)

    500       1,074,560  

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (a)

    125,000       1,401,250  

Buckle, Inc. (The) (a)

    150,000       4,153,500  

CarMax, Inc. (a)(b)

    5,000       452,400  

Chico’s FAS, Inc. (a)(b)

    150,000       745,500  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. (a)

    55,000       4,145,350  

Duluth Holdings, Inc. - Class B (a)(b)

    150,000       1,431,000  

Express, Inc. (b)

    250,000       490,000  

Foot Locker, Inc. (a)

    36,000       909,000  

Gap, Inc. (The) (a)

    15,000       123,600  

Genesco, Inc. (a)(b)

    25,000       1,247,750  

Hibbett, Inc. (a)

    35,000       1,529,850  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

    9,000       2,468,430  

Kohl’s Corporation (a)

    75,000       2,676,750  

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (a)

    5,000       873,350  

lululemon athletica, inc. (a)(b)

    7,500       2,044,575  

Macy’s, Inc. (a)

    200,000       3,664,000  

MarineMax, Inc. (a)(b)

    50,000       1,806,000  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,500       1,579,400  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (a)

    10,000       1,046,900  

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    150,000       1,788,000  

Tractor Supply Company (a)

    6,000       1,163,100  

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)(b)

    6,000       2,312,880  

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)(b)

    75,000       1,399,500  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (a)

    20,000       2,219,000  

Zumiez, Inc. (a)(b)

    50,000       1,300,000  
              45,670,845  

Wholesale - Discretionary — 0.5%

               

Educational Development Corporation

    53,000       223,660  

 

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Hussman Strategic Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)

June 30, 2022

 

COMMON STOCKS — 96.4% (continued)

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Consumer Discretionary — 17.4% (continued)

Wholesale - Discretionary — 0.5% (continued)

               

LKQ Corporation (a)

    50,000     $ 2,454,500  
              2,678,160  

Consumer Staples — 10.3%

               

Beverages — 0.8%

               

National Beverage Corporation (a)

    30,000       1,468,200  

PepsiCo, Inc. (a)

    15,000       2,499,900  
              3,968,100  

Food — 3.9%

               

B&G Foods, Inc. (a)

    150,000       3,567,000  

BellRing Brands, Inc. (a)(b)

    25,000       622,250  

Campbell Soup Company (a)

    60,000       2,883,000  

General Mills, Inc. (a)

    30,000       2,263,500  

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)(b)

    30,000       613,500  

J.M. Smucker Company (The) (a)

    12,000       1,536,120  

Kellogg Company (a)

    60,000       4,280,400  

Kraft Heinz Company (The) (a)

    45,000       1,716,300  

Phibro Animal Health Corporation - Class A (a)

    25,000       478,250  

USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)(b)

    25,000       1,809,000  
              19,769,320  

Household Products — 0.6%

               

Clorox Company (The) (a)

    5,000       704,900  

Colgate-Palmolive Company (a)

    10,000       801,400  

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (a)

    5,000       675,750  

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. - Class A (a)

    25,000       1,082,500  
              3,264,550  

Retail - Consumer Staples — 3.3%

               

Albertsons Companies, Inc. (a)

    25,000       668,000  

Big Lots, Inc. (a)

    75,000       1,572,750  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    15,000       934,800  

Ingles Markets, Inc. - Class A (a)

    25,000       2,168,750  

Kroger Company (The) (a)

    25,000       1,183,250  

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (a)

    75,000       1,196,250  

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    9,000       528,750  

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)(b)

    175,000       4,431,000  

Target Corporation (a)

    9,000       1,271,070  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (a)

    60,000       2,274,000  

 

 

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June 30, 2022

 

COMMON STOCKS — 96.4% (continued)

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Consumer Staples — 10.3% (continued)

               

Retail - Consumer Staples — 3.3% (continued)

               

Walmart, Inc. (a)

    6,000     $ 729,480  
              16,958,100  

Wholesale - Consumer Staples — 1.7%

               

Andersons, Inc. (The) (a)

    75,000       2,474,250  

United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)(b)

    150,000       5,910,000  
              8,384,250  

Energy — 2.9%

               

Oil & Gas Producers — 2.1%

               

California Resources Corporation (a)

    60,000       2,310,000  

Callon Petroleum Company (a)(b)

    25,000       980,000  

Continental Resources, Inc. (a)

    30,000       1,960,500  

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (a)(b)

    30,000       2,068,200  

Ovintiv, Inc. (a)

    30,000       1,325,700  

Range Resources Corporation (a)(b)

    30,000       742,500  

SM Energy Company (a)

    40,000       1,367,600  
              10,754,500  

Oil & Gas Services & Equipment — 0.4%

               

Nabors Industries Ltd. (a)(b)

    15,000       2,008,500  
                 

Renewable Energy — 0.4%

               

Canadian Solar, Inc. (a)(b)

    25,000       778,500  

First Solar, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,500       102,195  

JinkoSolar Holding Company Ltd. - ADR (a)(b)

    15,000       1,037,700  
              1,918,395  

Financials — 7.8%

               

Asset Management — 0.8%

               

BrightSphere Investment Group, Inc. (a)

    50,000       900,500  

Federated Hermes, Inc. (a)

    35,000       1,112,650  

Invesco Ltd. (a)

    125,000       2,016,250  
              4,029,400  

Banking — 1.6%

               

Associated Banc-Corp (a)

    30,000       547,800  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (a)

    39,850       1,422,247  

Customers Bancorp, Inc. (a)(b)

    75,000       2,542,500  

Hope Bancorp, Inc. (a)

    50,000       692,000  

Kearny Financial Corporation (a)

    75,000       833,250  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (a)

    100,000       913,000  

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 96.4% (continued)

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Financials — 7.8% (continued)

Banking — 1.6% (continued)

Wells Fargo & Company (a)

    25,000     $ 979,250  
              7,930,047  

Institutional Financial Services — 1.4%

               

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (a)

    24,000       2,716,560  

Evercore, Inc. - Class A (a)

    25,000       2,340,250  

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (a)

    15,000       1,183,950  

StoneX Group, Inc. (a)(b)

    10,000       780,700  
              7,021,460  

Insurance — 3.3%

               

Aflac, Inc. (a)

    30,000       1,659,900  

Allstate Corporation (The) (a)

    24,000       3,041,520  

Lincoln National Corporation (a)

    30,000       1,403,100  

NMI Holdings, Inc. - Class A (a)(b)

    25,000       416,250  

Old Republic International Corporation (a)

    125,000       2,795,000  

Progressive Corporation (The) (a)

    9,000       1,046,430  

Prudential Financial, Inc. (a)

    36,000       3,444,480  

Unum Group (a)

    90,000       3,061,800  
              16,868,480  

Specialty Finance — 0.7%

               

American Express Company (a)

    20,000       2,772,400  

Navient Corporation (a)

    75,000       1,049,250  
              3,821,650  

Health Care — 15.9%

               

Biotech & Pharma — 10.2%

               

AbbVie, Inc. (a)

    30,000       4,594,800  

Alkermes plc (a)(b)

    15,000       446,850  

Amgen, Inc.

    10,000       2,433,000  

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    175,000       556,500  

Biogen, Inc. (a)(b)

    21,000       4,282,740  

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    125,000       876,250  

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    135,000       3,210,300  

CRISPR Therapeutics AG (a)(b)

    10,000       607,700  

Editas Medicine, Inc. (a)(b)

    10,000       118,300  

Exelixis, Inc. (a)(b)

    25,000       520,500  

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

    30,000       1,854,300  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    9,000       396,000  

Incyte Corporation (a)(b)

    9,000       683,730  

 

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 96.4% (continued)

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Health Care — 15.9% (continued)

Biotech & Pharma — 10.2% (continued)

Innoviva, Inc. (a)(b)

    275,000     $ 4,059,000  

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    150,000       1,729,500  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (a)(b)

    5,000       780,050  

Johnson & Johnson

    3,000       532,530  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)(b)

    30,000       2,924,400  

Pfizer, Inc. (a)

    90,000       4,718,700  

Prothena Corporation plc (a)(b)

    15,000       407,250  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    10,000       5,911,300  

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)

    150,000       169,500  

Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    25,000       807,500  

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    125,000       3,615,000  

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    150,000       1,635,000  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    12,000       3,381,480  

Viatris, Inc. (a)

    50,000       523,500  
              51,775,680  

Health Care Facilities & Services — 3.7%

               

Cigna Corporation (a)

    6,000       1,581,120  

CVS Health Corporation (a)

    45,000       4,169,700  

Fulgent Genetics, Inc. (a)(b)

    15,000       817,950  

HCA Healthcare, Inc. (a)

    18,000       3,025,080  

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (a)

    12,500       2,929,500  

Patterson Companies, Inc.

    30,000       909,000  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (a)

    25,000       3,324,500  

Universal Health Services, Inc. - Class B (a)

    20,000       2,014,200  
              18,771,050  

Medical Equipment & Devices — 2.0%

               

Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (a)(b)

    35,000       196,350  

Hologic, Inc. (a)(b)

    45,000       3,118,500  

Illumina, Inc. (b)

    7,500       1,382,700  

Inogen, Inc. (a)(b)

    60,000       1,450,800  

Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (a)(b)

    60,000       1,825,200  

QuidelOrtho Corporation (a)(b)

    6,000       583,080  

Waters Corporation (a)(b)

    5,000       1,654,900  
              10,211,530  
                 

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 96.4% (continued)

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Industrials — 5.3%

               

Commercial Support Services — 0.7%

               

ASGN, Inc. (a)(b)

    6,000     $ 541,500  

H&R Block, Inc. (a)

    30,000       1,059,600  

Robert Half International, Inc. (a)

    24,000       1,797,360  
              3,398,460  

Electrical Equipment — 0.8%

               

Allegion plc (a)

    15,000       1,468,500  

Atkore, Inc. (a)(b)

    30,000       2,490,300  

WidePoint Corporation (b)

    109,000       260,510  
              4,219,310  

Industrial Intermediate Products — 0.2%

               

Proto Labs, Inc. (a)(b)

    25,000       1,196,000  
                 

Industrial Support Services — 0.3%

               

WESCO International, Inc. (a)(b)

    15,000       1,606,500  
                 

Machinery — 0.2%

               

Evoqua Water Technologies Corporation (a)(b)

    25,000       812,750  

Ichor Holdings Ltd. (a)(b)

    5,000       129,900  
              942,650  

Transportation & Logistics — 3.1%

               

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    35,000       2,159,850  

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (a)

    25,000       2,534,250  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (a)

    35,000       3,411,100  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. (a)

    75,000       3,471,750  

Landstar System, Inc. (a)

    7,500       1,090,650  

Matson, Inc. (a)

    25,000       1,822,000  

United Parcel Service, Inc. - Class B (a)

    6,000       1,095,240  
              15,584,840  

Materials — 5.9%

               

Chemicals — 1.6%

               

AdvanSix, Inc.

    75,000       2,508,000  

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. - Class A (a)

    35,000       3,061,100  

Mosaic Company (The) (a)

    20,000       944,600  

Valvoline, Inc. (a)

    30,000       864,900  

Westlake Corporation

    9,000       882,180  
              8,260,780  

 

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 96.4% (continued)

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Materials — 5.9% (continued)

               

Containers & Packaging — 1.0%

               

Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)(b)

    60,000     $ 3,278,400  

Greif, Inc. - Class A (a)

    30,000       1,871,400  
              5,149,800  

Forestry, Paper & Wood Products — 0.5%

               

Boise Cascade Company (a)

    45,000       2,677,050  
                 

Metals & Mining — 2.8%

               

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. (a)

    60,000       2,745,600  

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. - ADR (a)

    60,000       887,400  

Barrick Gold Corporation (a)

    225,000       3,980,250  

Encore Wire Corporation

    15,000       1,558,800  

Kinross Gold Corporation (a)

    125,000       447,500  

Newmont Corporation (a)

    55,000       3,281,850  

Royal Gold, Inc. (a)

    10,000       1,067,800  
              13,969,200  

Real Estate — 0.1%

               

Real Estate Services — 0.1%

               

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,500       437,150  
                 

Technology — 20.9%

               

Semiconductors — 5.6%

               

Amkor Technology, Inc. (a)

    180,000       3,051,000  

Applied Materials, Inc. (a)

    30,000       2,729,400  

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a)(b)

    35,000       1,919,400  

Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)(b)

    60,000       4,352,400  

Intel Corporation (a)

    90,000       3,366,900  

IPG Photonics Corporation (a)(b)

    10,000       941,300  

KLA Corporation

    3,000       957,240  

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (a)

    36,000       1,541,160  

MaxLinear, Inc. (a)(b)

    15,000       509,700  

Photronics, Inc. (a)(b)

    90,000       1,753,200  

Power Integrations, Inc. (a)

    12,000       900,120  

QUALCOMM, Inc. (a)

    50,000       6,387,000  
              28,408,820  

Software — 4.2%

               

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)(b)

    30,000       2,739,900  

Concentrix Corporation (a)

    12,500       1,695,500  

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 96.4% (continued)

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Technology — 20.9% (continued)

               

Software — 4.2% (continued)

               

Ebix, Inc. (a)

    85,000     $ 1,436,500  

IonQ, Inc (a)(b)

    200,000       876,000  

Microsoft Corporation (a)

    5,000       1,284,150  

Oracle Corporation (a)

    25,000       1,746,750  

Qualys, Inc. (a)(b)

    15,000       1,892,100  

Red Violet, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,500       47,600  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (a)

    9,000       522,630  

Tenable Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    25,000       1,135,250  

Thryv Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    25,000       559,750  

Upstart Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,500       79,050  

VMware, Inc. - Class A (a)

    42,000       4,787,160  

Ziff Davis, Inc. (a)(b)

    35,000       2,608,550  
              21,410,890  

Technology Hardware — 7.8%

               

Apple, Inc.

    10,000       1,367,200  

Arista Networks, Inc. (a)(b)

    9,000       843,660  

Aviat Networks, Inc. (a)(b)

    15,000       375,600  

Ciena Corporation (a)(b)

    60,000       2,742,000  

Cisco Systems, Inc. (a)

    75,000       3,198,000  

Clearfield, Inc. (a)(b)

    60,000       3,717,000  

Dell Technologies, Inc. - Class C (a)

    45,000       2,079,450  

F5, Inc. (a)(b)

    20,000       3,060,800  

Fabrinet (a)(b)

    15,000       1,216,500  

HP, Inc. (a)

    50,000       1,639,000  

Jabil, Inc. (a)

    25,000       1,280,250  

Juniper Networks, Inc. (a)

    125,000       3,562,500  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    9,000       714,780  

NetApp, Inc. (a)

    75,000       4,893,000  

Pitney Bowes, Inc. (a)

    120,000       434,400  

Seagate Technology Holdings plc (a)

    35,000       2,500,400  

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)(b)

    40,000       1,614,000  

Turtle Beach Corporation (a)(b)

    125,000       1,528,750  

Ubiquiti, Inc. (a)

    10,000       2,482,100  
              39,249,390  

Technology Services — 3.3%

               

Block, Inc. - Class A (a)(b)

    15,000       921,900  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation - Class A (a)

    85,000       5,736,650  

 

 

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June 30, 2022

 

COMMON STOCKS — 96.4% (continued)

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Technology — 20.9% (continued)

               

Technology Services — 3.3% (continued)

               

FactSet Research Systems, Inc. (a)

    6,000     $ 2,307,420  

Infosys Ltd. - ADR (a)

    180,000       3,331,800  

Maximus, Inc. (a)

    30,000       1,875,300  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    35,000       2,444,400  
              16,617,470  

Utilities — 0.7%

               

Electric Utilities — 0.7%

               

NRG Energy, Inc. (a)

    90,000       3,435,300  
                 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $562,317,951)

          $ 488,611,664  

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 0.2%

 

 

   

 

 

iShares Gold Trust (a)(b)

    15,000     $ 514,650  

SPDR Gold Shares (a)(b)

    2,500       421,150  

Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $926,237)

          $ 935,800  

 

WARRANTS — 0.0% (c)

 

 

   

 

 

Energy — 0.0% (c)

               

Oil & Gas Services & Equipment — 0.0% (c)

               

Nabors Industries Ltd., expires 06/11/2026 (Cost $0)

    8,000     $ 255,840  

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED PUT OPTION CONTRACTS — 3.6%

 

Contracts

   

Notional
Amount

   

Value

 

Russell 2000 Index Option, 08/19/2022 at $1,700

    1,150     $ 196,418,850     $ 8,539,900  

S&P 500® Index Option, 08/19/2022 at $3,750

    750       203,903,500       9,522,750  

Total Put Option Contracts (Cost $16,577,543)

          $ 480,322,450     $ 18,062,650  
                         

Total Investments at Value — 100.2% (Cost $579,821,731)

                  $ 507,865,954  

 

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MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 30.9%

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Invesco Short-Term Investments Trust - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 1.36% (d) (Cost $156,688,061)

    156,688,061     $ 156,688,061  
                 

Total Investments and Money Market Funds at Value — 131.1% (Cost $736,509,792)

          $ 664,554,015  
                 

Written Call Option Contracts — (30.8%)

            (155,999,700 )
                 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.3%)

            (1,557,367 )
                 

Net Assets — 100.0%

          $ 506,996,948  

 

ADR - American Depositary Receipt.

(a)

All or a portion of the security is used as collateral to cover written call options. The total value of the securities held as collateral as of June 30, 2022 was $465,570,994.

(b)

Non-income producing security.

(c)

Percentage rounds to less than 0.1%.

(d)

The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of June 30, 2022.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Open Written Option Contracts

June 30, 2022

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED WRITTEN CALL OPTION CONTRACTS

 

Contracts

   

Notional
Amount

   

Strike
Price

   

Expiration
Date

   

Value of
Options

 

Call Option Contracts

Russell 2000 Index Option

    1,150     $ 196,418,850     $ 1,200       09/16/2022     $ 58,955,900  

S&P 500® Index Option

    700       264,976,600       2,400       09/16/2022       97,043,800  

Total Written Call Option Contracts (Premiums received $180,627,979)

          $ 461,395,450                     $ 155,999,700  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 81.7%

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Communications — 7.6%

               

Advertising & Marketing — 0.3%

               

Omnicom Group, Inc. (a)

    1,000     $ 63,610  
                 

Cable & Satellite — 0.9%

               

Comcast Corporation - Class A (a)

    2,000       78,480  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (a)

    20,000       122,600  
              201,080  

Entertainment Content — 1.2%

               

AMC Networks, Inc. - Class A (a)(b)

    3,200       93,184  

Paramount Global - Class B (a)

    3,600       88,848  

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (a)(b)

    5,483       73,582  
              255,614  

Internet Media & Services — 3.4%

               

Alphabet, Inc. - Class C (a)(b)

    140       306,243  

Baidu, Inc. - ADR (a)(b)

    500       74,365  

CarGurus, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,200       25,788  

Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A (a)(b)

    1,000       161,250  

Netflix, Inc. (a)(b)

    500       87,435  

Shutterstock, Inc. (a)

    1,500       85,965  
              741,046  

Publishing & Broadcasting — 1.2%

               

Entravision Communications Corporation - Class A (a)

    1,000       4,560  

Gray Television, Inc. (a)

    8,000       135,120  

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. - Class A (a)

    500       81,440  

TEGNA, Inc. (a)

    2,000       41,940  
              263,060  

Telecommunications — 0.6%

               

AT&T, Inc.

    1,000       20,960  

Lumen Technologies, Inc. (a)

    2,000       21,820  

Verizon Communications, Inc. (a)

    1,500       76,125  
              118,905  

Consumer Discretionary — 15.0%

               

Apparel & Textile Products — 0.5%

               

Carter’s, Inc. (a)

    1,000       70,480  

Fossil Group, Inc. (a)(b)

    800       4,136  

Movado Group, Inc. (a)

    1,000       30,930  
              105,546  

 

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 81.7% (continued)

 

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Consumer Discretionary — 15.0% (continued)

               

Automotive — 0.4%

               

Ford Motor Company (a)

    4,000     $ 44,520  

Harley-Davidson, Inc. (a)

    1,000       31,660  
              76,180  

Consumer Services — 0.7%

               

Franchise Group, Inc. (a)

    500       17,535  

Graham Holdings Company - Class B (a)

    100       56,684  

Perdoceo Education Corporation (a)(b)

    1,000       11,780  

Stride, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,600       65,264  
              151,263  

E-Commerce Discretionary — 1.9%

               

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. - Class A (b)

    3,000       28,530  

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,200       233,662  

eBay, Inc. (a)

    1,000       41,670  

Etsy, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,200       87,852  

PetMed Express, Inc.

    1,000       19,900  
              411,614  

Home & Office Products — 0.7%

               

ACCO Brands Corporation (a)

    5,000       32,650  

Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company - Class A (a)

    2,000       24,820  

iRobot Corporation (a)(b)

    1,000       36,750  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (a)

    2,400       51,288  
              145,508  

Home Construction — 0.9%

               

Century Communities, Inc. (a)

    1,000       44,970  

D.R. Horton, Inc. (a)

    400       26,476  

Forestar Group, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,000       13,690  

Lennar Corporation - Class A (a)

    200       14,114  

LGI Homes, Inc. (a)(b)

    200       17,380  

M/I Homes, Inc. (a)(b)

    800       31,728  

Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (a)(b)

    1,000       23,360  

TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. (b)

    1,000       16,870  
              188,588  

Leisure Facilities & Services — 0.9%

               

Brinker International, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,000       44,060  

Starbucks Corporation (a)

    2,000       152,780  
              196,840  

 

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Consumer Discretionary — 15.0% (continued)

Leisure Products — 0.8%

               

Mattel, Inc. (b)

    500     $ 11,165  

Thor Industries, Inc. (a)

    700       52,311  

Winnebago Industries, Inc. (a)

    1,000       48,560  

YETI Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,200       51,924  
              163,960  

Retail - Discretionary — 7.8%

               

Abercrombie & Fitch Company - Class A (b)

    1,000       16,920  

AutoNation, Inc. (a)(b)

    400       44,704  

AutoZone, Inc. (a)(b)

    20       42,982  

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (a)

    5,000       56,050  

Buckle, Inc. (The) (a)

    5,000       138,450  

CarMax, Inc. (a)(b)

    200       18,096  

Chico’s FAS, Inc. (a)(b)

    4,000       19,880  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. (a)

    2,000       150,740  

Duluth Holdings, Inc. - Class B (a)(b)

    6,000       57,240  

Express, Inc. (b)

    10,000       19,600  

Foot Locker, Inc. (a)

    1,200       30,300  

Gap, Inc. (The) (a)

    500       4,120  

Genesco, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,000       49,910  

Hibbett, Inc. (a)

    1,400       61,194  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

    300       82,281  

Kohl’s Corporation (a)

    2,500       89,225  

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (a)

    200       34,934  

lululemon athletica, inc. (b)

    250       68,153  

Macy’s, Inc. (a)

    8,000       146,560  

MarineMax, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,000       72,240  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)(b)

    100       63,176  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (a)

    400       41,876  

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    6,000       71,520  

Tractor Supply Company (a)

    200       38,770  

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)(b)

    200       77,096  

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,000       55,980  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (a)

    800       88,760  

Zumiez, Inc. (a)

    2,000       52,000  
              1,692,757  

Wholesale - Discretionary — 0.4%

               

Educational Development Corporation (a)

    1,800       7,596  

 

 

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Consumer Discretionary — 15.0% (continued)

Wholesale - Discretionary — 0.4% (continued)

LKQ Corporation (a)

    1,800     $ 88,362  
              95,958  

Consumer Staples — 8.8%

               

Beverages — 0.7%

               

National Beverage Corporation (a)

    1,000       48,940  

PepsiCo, Inc. (a)

    550       91,663  
              140,603  

Food — 3.2%

               

B&G Foods, Inc. (a)

    5,000       118,900  

BellRing Brands, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,000       24,890  

Campbell Soup Company (a)

    2,200       105,710  

General Mills, Inc. (a)

    1,000       75,450  

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)(b)

    1,200       24,540  

J.M. Smucker Company (The) (a)

    400       51,204  

Kellogg Company (a)

    2,000       142,680  

Kraft Heinz Company (The) (a)

    1,500       57,210  

Phibro Animal Health Corporation - Class A (a)

    1,000       19,130  

USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,000       72,360  
              692,074  

Household Products — 0.6%

               

Clorox Company (The) (a)

    200       28,196  

Colgate-Palmolive Company (a)

    400       32,056  

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (a)

    200       27,030  

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,000       43,300  
              130,582  

Retail - Consumer Staples — 2.9%

               

Albertsons Companies, Inc.

    1,000       26,720  

Big Lots, Inc. (a)

    3,000       62,910  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    500       31,160  

Ingles Markets, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,000       86,750  

Kroger Company (The) (a)

    800       37,864  

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (a)

    3,000       47,850  

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    300       17,625  

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)(b)

    6,500       164,580  

Target Corporation (a)

    300       42,369  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (a)

    2,400       90,960  

 

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Consumer Staples — 8.8% (continued)

Retail - Consumer Staples — 2.9% (continued)

Walmart, Inc.

    200     $ 24,316  
              633,104  

Wholesale - Consumer Staples — 1.4%

               

Andersons, Inc. (The) (a)

    3,000       98,970  

United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)(b)

    5,000       197,000  
              295,970  

Energy — 2.5%

               

Oil & Gas Producers — 1.9%

               

California Resources Corporation (a)

    2,400       92,400  

Callon Petroleum Company (a)(b)

    1,000       39,200  

Continental Resources, Inc. (a)

    1,200       78,420  

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,200       82,728  

Ovintiv, Inc. (a)

    1,000       44,190  

Range Resources Corporation (a)(b)

    1,000       24,750  

SM Energy Company (a)

    1,600       54,704  
              416,392  

Oil & Gas Services & Equipment — 0.2%

               

Nabors Industries Ltd. (a)(b)

    400       53,560  
                 

Renewable Energy — 0.4%

               

Canadian Solar, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,000       31,140  

First Solar, Inc. (a)(b)

    50       3,407  

JinkoSolar Holding Company Ltd. - ADR (a)(b)

    600       41,508  
              76,055  

Financials — 6.7%

               

Asset Management — 0.7%

               

BrightSphere Investment Group, Inc. (a)

    2,000       36,020  

Federated Hermes, Inc. (a)

    1,400       44,506  

Invesco Ltd. (a)

    5,000       80,650  
              161,176  

Banking — 1.4%

               

Associated Banc-Corp (a)

    1,000       18,260  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (a)

    1,594       56,890  

Customers Bancorp, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,500       84,750  

Hope Bancorp, Inc. (a)

    2,000       27,680  

Kearny Financial Corporation (a)

    3,000       33,330  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (a)

    4,000       36,520  

 

 

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Financials — 6.7% (continued)

Banking — 1.4% (continued)

Wells Fargo & Company (a)

    1,000     $ 39,170  
              296,600  

Institutional Financial Services — 1.2%

               

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (a)

    800       90,552  

Evercore, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,000       93,610  

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (a)

    500       39,465  

StoneX Group, Inc. (b)

    400       31,228  
              254,855  

Insurance — 2.7%

               

Aflac, Inc. (a)

    1,000       55,330  

Allstate Corporation (The) (a)

    800       101,384  

Lincoln National Corporation (a)

    1,000       46,770  

NMI Holdings, Inc. - Class A (a)(b)

    1,000       16,650  

Old Republic International Corporation (a)

    5,000       111,800  

Progressive Corporation (The) (a)

    300       34,881  

Prudential Financial, Inc. (a)

    1,200       114,816  

Unum Group (a)

    3,000       102,060  
              583,691  

Specialty Finance — 0.7%

               

American Express Company (a)

    750       103,965  

Navient Corporation (a)

    3,000       41,970  
              145,935  

Health Care — 13.5%

               

Biotech & Pharma — 8.6%

               

AbbVie, Inc. (a)

    1,000       153,160  

Alkermes plc (a)(b)

    500       14,895  

Amgen, Inc.

    350       85,155  

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    5,000       15,900  

Biogen, Inc. (a)(b)

    700       142,758  

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    5,000       35,050  

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    4,500       107,010  

CRISPR Therapeutics AG (a)(b)

    400       24,308  

Editas Medicine, Inc. (a)(b)

    400       4,732  

Exelixis, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,000       20,820  

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

    1,200       74,172  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (b)

    300       13,200  

Incyte Corporation (b)

    300       22,791  

 

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Health Care — 13.5% (continued)

Biotech & Pharma — 8.6% (continued)

Innoviva, Inc. (a)(b)

    10,000     $ 147,600  

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    6,000       69,180  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (a)(b)

    200       31,202  

Johnson & Johnson

    100     17,751  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,200       116,976  

Pfizer, Inc. (a)

    3,000       157,290  

Prothena Corporation plc (a)(b)

    600       16,290  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    350       206,896  

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)

    6,000       6,780  

Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,000       32,300  

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    5,000       144,600  

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    6,000       65,400  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    400       112,716  

Viatris, Inc. (a)

    2,000       20,940  
              1,859,872  

Health Care Facilities & Services — 3.2%

               

Cigna Corporation (a)

    200       52,704  

CVS Health Corporation (a)

    1,500       138,990  

Fulgent Genetics, Inc. (a)(b)

    500       27,265  

HCA Healthcare, Inc. (a)

    600       100,836  

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (a)

    500       117,180  

Patterson Companies, Inc.

    1,000       30,300  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (a)

    1,000       132,980  

Universal Health Services, Inc. - Class B (a)

    800       80,568  
              680,823  

Medical Equipment & Devices — 1.7%

               

Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,000       5,610  

Hologic, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,500       103,950  

Illumina, Inc. (a)(b)

    300       55,308  

Inogen, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,400       58,032  

Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,000       60,840  

QuidelOrtho Corporation (a)(b)

    200       19,436  

Waters Corporation (a)(b)

    200       66,196  
              369,372  

Industrials — 4.5%

               

Commercial Support Services — 0.5%

               

ASGN, Inc. (b)

    200       18,050  

 

 

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Industrials — 4.5% (continued)

Commercial Support Services — 0.5% (continued)

H&R Block, Inc. (a)

    1,000     $ 35,320  

Robert Half International, Inc. (a)

    800       59,912  
              113,282  

Electrical Equipment — 0.7%

               

Allegion plc (a)

    600       58,740  

Atkore, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,000       83,010  

WidePoint Corporation (b)

    800       1,912  
              143,662  

Industrial Intermediate Products — 0.2%

               

Proto Labs, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,000       47,840  
                 

Industrial Support Services — 0.2%

               

WESCO International, Inc. (a)(b)

    500       53,550  
                 

Machinery — 0.2%

               

Evoqua Water Technologies Corporation (a)(b)

    1,000       32,510  

Ichor Holdings Ltd. (b)

    200       5,196  
              37,706  

Transportation & Logistics — 2.7%

               

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,400       86,394  

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (a)

    1,000       101,370  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (a)

    1,200       116,952  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,500       115,725  

Landstar System, Inc. (a)

    300       43,626  

Matson, Inc.

    1,000       72,880  

United Parcel Service, Inc. - Class B (a)

    200       36,508  
              573,455  

Materials — 5.2%

               

Chemicals — 1.3%

               

AdvanSix, Inc.

    2,500       83,600  

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. - Class A (a)

    1,200       104,952  

Mosaic Company (The) (a)

    800       37,784  

Valvoline, Inc. (a)

    1,000       28,830  

Westlake Corporation

    300       29,406  
              284,572  

Containers & Packaging — 0.9%

               

Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,400       131,136  

 

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Materials — 5.2% (continued)

Containers & Packaging — 0.9% (continued)

Greif, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,000     $ 62,380  
              193,516  

Forestry, Paper & Wood Products — 0.4%

               

Boise Cascade Company (a)

    1,500       89,235  
                 

Metals & Mining — 2.6%

               

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. (a)

    2,500       114,400  

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. - ADR (a)

    2,500       36,975  

Barrick Gold Corporation (a)

    9,000       159,210  

Encore Wire Corporation (a)

    500       51,960  

Kinross Gold Corporation (a)

    5,000       17,900  

Newmont Corporation (a)

    2,200       131,274  

Royal Gold, Inc. (a)

    400       42,712  
              554,431  

Real Estate — 0.1%

               

Real Estate Services — 0.1%

               

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a)(b)

    100       17,486  
                 

Technology — 17.3%

               

Semiconductors — 4.6%

               

Amkor Technology, Inc. (a)

    6,000       101,700  

Applied Materials, Inc. (a)

    1,000       90,980  

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,400       76,776  

Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,000       145,080  

Intel Corporation (a)

    3,200       119,712  

IPG Photonics Corporation (a)(b)

    400       37,652  

KLA Corporation

    100       31,908  

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (a)

    1,200       51,372  

MaxLinear, Inc. (b)

    500       16,990  

Photronics, Inc. (b)

    3,000       58,440  

Power Integrations, Inc.

    400       30,004  

QUALCOMM, Inc. (a)

    1,700       217,158  
              977,772  

Software — 3.7%

               

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,200       109,596  

Concentrix Corporation (a)

    500       67,820  

Ebix, Inc. (a)

    3,400       57,460  

 

 

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Technology — 17.3% (continued)

Software — 3.7% (continued)

IonQ, Inc (a)(b)

    8,000     $ 35,040  

Microsoft Corporation

    180       46,229  

Oracle Corporation (a)

    1,000       69,870  

Qualys, Inc. (a)(b)

    500       63,070  

Red Violet, Inc. (b)

    100       1,904  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

    300       17,421  

Tenable Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,000       45,410  

Thryv Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,000       22,390  

Upstart Holdings, Inc. (b)

    100       3,162  

VMware, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,400       159,572  

Ziff Davis, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,400       104,342  
              803,286  

Technology Hardware — 6.4%

               

Apple, Inc.

    400       54,688  

Arista Networks, Inc. (b)

    300       28,122  

Aviat Networks, Inc. (a)(b)

    500       12,520  

Ciena Corporation (a)(b)

    2,000       91,400  

Cisco Systems, Inc. (a)

    2,500       106,600  

Clearfield, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,000       123,900  

Dell Technologies, Inc. - Class C (a)

    1,500       69,315  

F5, Inc. (a)(b)

    750       114,780  

Fabrinet (a)(b)

    300       24,330  

HP, Inc. (a)

    2,000       65,560  

Jabil, Inc. (a)

    1,000       51,210  

Juniper Networks, Inc. (a)

    5,000       142,500  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (b)

    300       23,826  

NetApp, Inc. (a)

    2,500       163,100  

Pitney Bowes, Inc. (a)

    4,000       14,480  

Seagate Technology Holdings plc (a)

    1,200       85,728  

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,300       52,455  

Turtle Beach Corporation (a)(b)

    5,000       61,150  

Ubiquiti, Inc. (a)

    400       99,284  
              1,384,948  

Technology Services — 2.6%

               

Block, Inc. - Class A (a)(b)

    500       30,730  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation - Class A (a)

    3,000       202,470  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc. (a)

    200       76,914  

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

June 30, 2022

 

COMMON STOCKS — 81.7% (continued)

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Technology — 17.3% (continued)

Technology Services — 2.6% (continued)

Infosys Ltd. - ADR (a)

    6,000     $ 111,060  

Maximus, Inc. (a)

    1,000       62,510  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,200       83,808  
              567,492  

Utilities — 0.5%

               

Electric Utilities — 0.5%

               

NRG Energy, Inc. (a)

    3,000       114,510  
                 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $20,543,337)

          $ 17,618,936  

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 0.2%

 

 

   

 

 

iShares Gold Trust (a)(b)

    600     $ 20,586  

SPDR Gold Shares (a)(b)

    100       16,846  

Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $37,240)

          $ 37,432  

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 12.8%

 

Par Value

   

Value

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Notes — 2.4%

               

0.125%, due 01/15/2031

  $ 555,200     $ 529,869  
                 

U.S. Treasury Notes — 10.4%

               

0.125%, due 07/31/2022

    500,000       499,586  

1.500%, due 01/31/2027

    500,000       467,520  

0.625%, due 08/15/2030

    500,000       415,527  

0.875%, due 11/15/2030

    500,000       423,184  

1.125%, due 02/15/2031

    500,000       430,703  
              2,236,520  
                 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $3,057,457)

          $ 2,766,389  

 

WARRANTS — 0.0% (c)

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Energy — 0.0% (c)

               

Oil & Gas Services & Equipment — 0.0% (c)

               

Nabors Industries Ltd., expires 06/11/2026 (Cost $0)

    240     $ 7,675  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

June 30, 2022

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED PUT OPTION CONTRACTS — 2.3%

 

Contracts

   

Notional
Amount

   

Value

 

Russell 2000 Index Option, 09/16/2022 at $1,600

    40     $ 6,831,960     $ 223,640  

S&P 500® Index Option, 09/16/2022 at $3,600

    25       9,463,450       275,750  

Total Put Option Contracts (Cost $545,124)

          $ 16,295,410     $ 499,390  
                         

Total Investments at Value — 97.0% (Cost $24,183,158)

                  $ 20,929,822  

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 10.0%

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Invesco Short-Term Investments Trust - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 1.36% (d) (Cost $2,150,211)

    2,150,211     $ 2,150,211  
                 

Total Investments and Money Market Funds at Value – 107.0% (Cost $26,333,369)

          $ 23,080,033  
                 

Written Call Option Contracts — (6.4%)

            (1,388,810 )
                 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.6%)

            (118,192 )
                 

Net Assets — 100.0%

          $ 21,573,031  

 

ADR - American Depositary Receipt.

(a)

All or a portion of the security is used as collateral to cover written call options. The total value of the securities held as collateral as of June 30, 2022 was $16,471,916.

(b)

Non-income producing security.

(c)

Percentage rounds to less than 0.1%.

(d)

The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of June 30, 2022.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund
Schedule of Open Written Option Contracts

June 30, 2022

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED WRITTEN CALL OPTION CONTRACTS

 

Contracts

   

Notional
Amount

   

Strike
Price

   

Expiration
Date

   

Value of
Options

 

Call Option Contracts

Russell 2000 Index Option

    40     $ 6,831,960     $ 1,600       09/16/2022     $ 652,560  

S&P 500® Index Option

    25       9,463,450       3,600       09/16/2022       736,250  

Total Written Call Option Contracts (Premiums received $2,221,146)

          $ 16,295,410                     $ 1,388,810  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2022

 

COMMON STOCKS — 19.7%

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Energy — 5.7%

               

Oil & Gas Producers — 3.9%

               

Callon Petroleum Company (a)

    25,000     $ 980,000  

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.

    20,000       897,400  

Continental Resources, Inc.

    25,000       1,633,750  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    500       24,510  

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (a)

    30,000       2,068,200  

NuStar Energy, L.P.

    31,000       434,000  

ONEOK, Inc.

    985       54,667  

PBF Energy, Inc. - Class A (a)

    35,000       1,015,700  

Range Resources Corporation (a)

    30,000       742,500  

SM Energy Company

    40,000       1,367,600  

Valero Energy Corporation

    10,000       1,062,800  

Williams Companies, Inc. (The)

    1,293       40,355  
              10,321,482  

Oil & Gas Services & Equipment — 1.8%

               

Halliburton Company

    35,000       1,097,600  

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

    25,000       1,076,500  

Nabors Industries Ltd. (a)

    20,000       2,678,000  
              4,852,100  

Materials — 11.6%

               

Construction Materials — 0.3%

               

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    35,000       944,650  
                 

Metals & Mining — 11.3%

               

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.

    120,000       5,491,200  

Alamos Gold, Inc. - Class A

    75,000       526,500  

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. - ADR

    120,000       1,774,800  

B2Gold Corporation

    150,000       508,500  

Barrick Gold Corporation

    450,000       7,960,500  

Coeur Mining, Inc. (a)

    100,000       304,000  

Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. - ADR

    50,000       330,000  

Kinross Gold Corporation

    250,000       895,000  

Newmont Corporation

    110,000       6,563,700  

Novagold Resources, Inc. (a)

    50,000       240,500  

Pan American Silver Corporation

    30,000       590,100  

Royal Gold, Inc.

    20,000       2,135,600  

Wheaton Precious Metals Corporation

    50,000       1,801,500  

Yamana Gold, Inc.

    125,000       581,250  
              29,703,150  

 

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June 30, 2022

 

COMMON STOCKS — 19.7% (continued)

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Real Estate — 0.2%

               

REITs — 0.2%

               

Macerich Company (The)

    20,000     $ 174,200  

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.

    20,000       284,400  
              458,600  

Utilities — 2.2%

               

Electric & Gas Marketing & Trading — 0.1%

               

Via Renewables, Inc.

    20,000       153,200  
                 

Electric Utilities — 1.7%

               

AES Corporation (The)

    1,000       21,010  

ALLETE, Inc.

    1,000       58,780  

Ameren Corporation

    100       9,036  

American Electric Power Company, Inc.

    100       9,594  

Avangrid, Inc.

    1,000       46,120  

Avista Corporation

    10,000       435,100  

Black Hills Corporation

    500       36,385  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    1,000       95,100  

Constellation Energy Corporation

    3,333       190,848  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    500       39,905  

DTE Energy Company

    100       12,675  

Duke Energy Corporation

    500       53,605  

Edison International

    500       31,620  

Entergy Corporation

    500       56,320  

Exelon Corporation

    1,000       45,320  

FirstEnergy Corporation

    1,000       38,390  

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

    1,000       40,900  

NorthWestern Corporation

    1,000       58,930  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    75,000       2,862,750  

Otter Tail Corporation

    1,000       67,130  

Pinnacle West Capital Corporation

    1,000       73,120  

Portland General Electric Company

    1,000       48,330  

PPL Corporation

    1,000       27,130  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    500       31,640  

Southern Company (The)

    500       35,655  
              4,425,393  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

June 30, 2022

 

COMMON STOCKS — 19.7% (continued)

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Utilities — 2.2% (continued)

               

Gas & Water Utilities — 0.4%

               

Global Water Resources, Inc.

    1,000     $ 13,210  

UGI Corporation

    30,000       1,158,300  
              1,171,510  
                 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $54,696,589)

          $ 52,030,085  

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 3.2%

 

 

   

 

 

Invesco CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling Trust (a)

    20,000     $ 2,337,200  

Invesco CurrencyShares Euro Currency Trust (a)

    20,000       1,938,200  

Invesco CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust (a)

    25,000       1,724,375  

Invesco CurrencyShares Swiss Franc Trust (a)

    5,000       468,987  

iShares Gold Trust (a)

    30,000       1,029,300  

SPDR Gold Shares (a)

    5,000       842,300  

Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $8,585,008)

          $ 8,340,362  

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 73.3%

 

Par Value

   

Value

 

U.S. Treasury Bills (b) — 7.6%

               

1.500%, due 08/23/2022

  $ 20,000,000     $ 19,956,766  
                 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Notes — 13.8%

               

2.500%, due 01/15/2029

    13,463,200       15,019,815  

0.125%, due 01/15/2030

    11,234,900       10,762,942  

0.125%, due 01/15/2031

    11,104,000       10,606,360  
              36,389,117  

U.S. Treasury Notes — 51.9%

               

1.500%, due 08/15/2022

    25,000,000       25,001,734  

2.000%, due 05/31/2024

    25,000,000       24,571,289  

1.375%, due 01/31/2025

    15,000,000       14,402,637  

2.125%, due 05/31/2026

    10,000,000       9,675,195  

1.500%, due 08/15/2026

    25,000,000       23,515,625  

1.500%, due 01/31/2027

    5,000,000       4,675,195  

2.250%, due 11/15/2027

    10,000,000       9,605,078  

0.625%, due 08/15/2030

    10,000,000       8,313,672  

0.875%, due 11/15/2030

    10,000,000       8,466,016  

1.125%, due 02/15/2031

    10,000,000       8,615,625  
              136,842,066  
                 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $200,257,564)

          $ 193,187,949  

 

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June 30, 2022

 

WARRANTS — 0.1%

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Energy — 0.1%

               

Oil & Gas Services & Equipment — 0.1%

               

Nabors Industries Ltd., expires 06/11/2026 (Cost $0)

    8,000     $ 255,840  
                 

Total Investments at Value — 96.3% (Cost $263,539,161)

          $ 253,814,236  

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 3.7%

 

 

   

 

 

Invesco Short-Term Investments Trust - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 1.36% (c) (Cost $9,770,116)

    9,770,116     $ 9,770,116  
                 

Total Investments and Money Market Funds at Value — 100.0% (Cost $273,309,277)

          $ 263,584,352  
                 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.0% (d)

            103,066  
                 

Net Assets — 100.0%

          $ 263,687,418  

 

ADR - American Depositary Receipt.

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Rate shown is the annualized yield at time of purchase, not a coupon rate.

(c)

The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of June 30, 2022.

(d)

Percentage rounds to less than 0.1%.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2022

 

COMMON STOCKS — 81.7%

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Australia — 5.5%

               

Accent Group Ltd.

    52,000     $ 44,556  

Aurizon Holdings Ltd.

    20,000       52,613  

BHP Group Ltd.

    3,000       85,922  

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.

    24,000       61,553  

IPH Ltd.

    10,000       56,275  

IRESS Ltd.

    9,000       71,525  

JB Hi-Fi Ltd.

    2,800       74,488  

Sandfire Resources Ltd.

    10,000       30,836  

SG Fleet Group Ltd.

    32,000       47,306  

SmartGroup Corporation Ltd.

    10,000       42,261  

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

    2,000       45,598  

Strabag SE (a)

    2,000       84,966  

Super Retail Group Ltd.

    15,000       88,129  

Woodside Energy Group Ltd.

    361       7,936  
              793,964  

Austria — 1.2%

               

OMV AG

    1,200       56,422  

Semperit AG Holding

    1,500       29,136  

Telekom Austria AG (a)

    14,000       93,138  
              178,696  

Belgium — 3.1%

               

Ackermans & van Haaren N.V.

    400       59,827  

Bekaert S.A.

    1,000       32,702  

bpost S.A.

    10,000       59,240  

Econocom Group S.A./N.V.

    28,000       97,884  

Etablissements Franz Colruyt N.V.

    1,500       40,781  

Proximus S.A.

    3,000       44,268  

Telenet Group Holding N.V.

    2,600       54,011  

Van de Velde N.V.

    1,500       54,320  
              443,033  

Canada — 10.3%

               

B2Gold Corporation

    10,000       33,870  

BRP, Inc.

    500       30,770  

Canada Goose Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,800       32,468  

Canadian Western Bank

    4,000       80,884  

Celestica, Inc. (a)

    7,000       68,081  

CI Financial Corporation

    7,100       75,397  

Dollarama, Inc.

    1,700       97,884  

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

June 30, 2022

 

COMMON STOCKS — 81.7% (continued)

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Canada — 10.3% (continued)

               

Eldorado Gold Corporation (a)

    4,000     $ 25,511  

Great-West Lifeco, Inc.

    4,300       104,988  

iA Financial Corporation, Inc.

    2,000       99,466  

IGM Financial, Inc.

    3,500       93,802  

Kinross Gold Corporation

    4,000       14,232  

Manulife Financial Corporation

    5,500       95,364  

North West Company, Inc. (The)

    2,500       64,652  

Open Text Corporation

    1,800       68,083  

Parex Resources, Inc.

    3,200       54,192  

Power Corporation of Canada

    4,000       102,915  

Royal Bank of Canada

    700       67,777  

Spin Master Corporation (a)

    3,000       97,904  

Sun Life Financial, Inc.

    1,500       68,726  

Tourmaline Oil Corporation

    1,400       72,791  

Transcontinental, Inc. - Class A

    3,000       35,680  
              1,485,437  

Denmark — 0.7%

               

Demant A/S (a)

    2,800       105,252  
                 

France — 7.6%

               

ALD S.A.

    6,500       76,094  

Carrefour S.A.

    3,000       53,240  

Electricite de France S.A.

    7,000       57,481  

Eurofins Scientific SE

    600       47,374  

Eutelsat Communications S.A.

    8,000       90,258  

Ipsen S.A.

    500       47,329  

IPSOS

    1,800       85,838  

Manitou BF S.A.

    2,000       37,333  

Mercialys S.A.

    10,600       86,038  

Metropole Television S.A.

    6,500       96,357  

Orange S.A.

    4,800       56,546  

Publicis Groupe S.A. (a)

    1,500       73,751  

Sanofi

    1,000       100,819  

Television Francaise 1 S.A.

    10,000       70,922  

Vilmorin & Cie S.A.

    1,800       75,904  

Vivendi SE

    5,000       51,011  
              1,106,295  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

June 30, 2022

 

COMMON STOCKS — 81.7% (continued)

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Germany — 7.0%

               

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

    1,000     $ 77,500  

CropEnergies AG

    5,000       66,685  

Daimler Truck Holding AG (a)

    3,300       86,885  

Deutsche Post AG

    1,500       56,619  

Deutsche Telekom AG

    4,000       79,536  

Draegerwerk AG & Company KGaA

    1,600       83,593  

E.ON SE

    6,000       50,525  

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Company KGaA

    2,000       100,175  

Fresenius SE & Company KGaA

    3,000       91,211  

Hornbach Holding AG & Company KGaA

    500       41,135  

Mercedes-Benz Group AG

    1,200       69,675  

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE

    7,500       69,739  

SAP SE

    1,100       100,239  

Volkswagon AG

    200       36,567  
              1,010,084  

Israel — 0.7%

               

Plus500 Ltd.

    5,000       101,896  
                 

Italy — 1.7%

               

A2A S.p.A.

    67,000       85,237  

ACEA S.p.A.

    750       11,115  

Azimut Holdings S.p.A.

    3,000       52,204  

Hera S.p.A.

    18,000       52,145  

Moncler S.p.A.

    1,000       43,075  
              243,776  

Japan — 19.1%

               

Asahi Company Ltd.

    7,000       66,067  

Belluna Company Ltd.

    11,500       63,243  

Canon, Inc.

    3,000       67,979  

Daito Trust Construction Company Ltd.

    500       43,250  

Daiwabo Holdings Company Ltd.

    6,000       78,365  

Enigmo, Inc.

    10,500       37,135  

eRex Company Ltd.

    5,500       89,139  

Feed One Company Ltd.

    3,000       15,092  

Hokkaido Electric Power Company, Inc.

    20,000       72,966  

Hokuetsu Corporation

    20,000       103,393  

Honda Motor Company Ltd.

    4,000       96,437  

IBJ, Inc.

    9,000       50,178  

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

June 30, 2022

 

COMMON STOCKS — 81.7% (continued)

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Japan — 19.1% (continued)

               

JAFCO Group Company Ltd.

    4,800     $ 58,034  

Japan Post Insurance Company Ltd.

    2,000       32,007  

Kaga Electronics Company Ltd.

    4,000       89,444  

Kohnan Shoji Company Ltd.

    3,000       81,020  

Komeri Company Ltd.

    4,500       87,499  

Konica Minolta, Inc.

    10,000       33,326  

KYB Corporation

    1,800       41,058  

Mitsui-Soko Holdings Company Ltd.

    2,000       42,467  

Mizuho Leasing Company Ltd.

    1,800       41,231  

NGK Spark Plug Company Ltd.

    4,000       72,553  

Nintendo Company Ltd.

    125       53,753  

Nissha Company Ltd.

    4,500       48,685  

Nisso Corporation

    6,000       25,435  

Panasonic Corporation

    9,000       72,662  

Pharma Foods International Company Ltd.

    2,000       20,880  

Pressance Corporation

    6,000       66,741  

RAIZNEXT Corporation

    5,000       42,089  

Rakuten Group, Inc.

    5,000       22,606  

Rengo Company Ltd.

    6,500       35,315  

RS Technologies Company Ltd.

    500       23,349  

Shimamura Company Ltd.

    400       35,144  

Sugi Holdings Company Ltd.

    1,000       43,923  

Sumitomo Chemical Company Ltd.

    13,500       52,831  

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.

    4,000       34,204  

Sundrug Company Ltd.

    4,000       89,448  

T&D Holdings, Inc.

    4,000       47,879  

Takasago International Corporation

    4,000       71,954  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.

    2,500       70,216  

TerraSky Company Ltd. (a)

    1,800       19,541  

Tomoku Company Ltd.

    3,000       33,199  

Toppan, Inc.

    3,000       50,048  

Towa Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.

    5,500       99,832  

Toyo Construction Company Ltd.

    5,000       32,928  

Toyota Motor Corporation

    5,000       77,141  

Transcosmos, Inc.

    2,000       51,603  

Wacom Company Ltd.

    15,000       93,064  

World Holdings Company Ltd.

    2,500       40,744  

 

 

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Hussman Strategic International Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)

June 30, 2022

 

COMMON STOCKS — 81.7% (continued)

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Japan — 19.1% (continued)

               

Z Holdings Corporation

    16,000     $ 46,526  
              2,763,623  

Luxembourg — 1.2%

               

Aperam S.A.

    1,500       41,650  

RTL Group S.A.

    2,450       102,594  

Solutions 30 SE (a)

    8,000       30,030  
              174,274  

Netherlands — 1.9%

               

ASR Nederland N.V.

    1,300       52,398  

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V.

    3,300       85,873  

NN Group N.V.

    2,000       90,561  

PostNL N.V.

    15,000       45,431  
              274,263  

New Zealand — 0.2%

               

KMD Brands Ltd.

    40,000       27,412  
                 

Norway — 0.8%

               

Europris ASA

    16,000       75,105  

Nordic Semiconductor ASA (a)

    3,000       47,363  
              122,468  

Portugal — 1.6%

               

NOS SGPS S.A.

    17,500       70,330  

Semapa-Sociedade de Investimento e Gestao

    6,000       84,591  

Sonae SGPS S.A.

    60,000       73,602  
              228,523  

Spain — 5.3%

               

Atresmedia Corporacion de Medios de Comunicacion S.A.

    23,000       79,731  

Enagas S.A.

    1,000       22,111  

Faes Farma S.A.

    15,000       61,158  

Indra Sistemas S.A. (a)

    9,000       86,165  

Laboratorios Farmaceuticos Rovi S.A.

    900       55,106  

Mapfre S.A.

    42,000       74,252  

Mediaset Espana Comunicacion S.A. (a)

    24,000       98,897  

Neinor Homes S.A.

    8,000       100,433  

Pharma Mar S.A. (a)

    1,000       70,688  

Prosegur Cia de Seguridad S.A.

    25,000       44,314  

Telefonica S.A.

    15,000       76,562  
              769,417  

 

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Hussman Strategic International Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)

June 30, 2022

 

COMMON STOCKS — 81.7% (continued)

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Sweden — 3.0%

               

Clas Ohlson AB - B Shares

    10,000     $ 103,674  

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB - B Shares

    6,000       72,011  

Hexpol AB

    5,000       42,814  

Karo Pharma AB (a)

    10,000       49,069  

Mekonomen AB

    9,500       102,763  

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (a)

    2,800       60,813  
              431,144  

Switzerland — 2.8%

               

Logitech International S.A.

    500       26,073  

Novartis AG

    1,400       118,697  

Roche Holdings AG

    450       150,440  

Swisscom AG

    125       69,142  

UBS Group AG

    3,000       48,502  
              412,854  

United Kingdom — 8.0%

               

Airtel Africa plc

    30,000       49,837  

B & M European Value Retail S.A.

    17,500       78,316  

BAE Systems plc

    5,000       50,619  

BT Group plc

    30,000       68,181  

Centamin plc

    30,000       28,681  

Domino’s Pizza Group plc

    20,000       67,972  

FDM Group Holdings plc

    1,500       15,689  

GSK plc

    7,000       150,858  

Halfords Group plc

    25,000       43,635  

Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc

    2,000       39,460  

IG Group Holdings plc

    11,000       92,838  

Jupiter Fund Management plc

    8,000       14,388  

Luceco plc

    15,000       18,763  

Rio Tinto plc

    1,200       71,742  

Royal Mail plc

    16,000       52,854  

Softcat plc

    5,000       80,484  

SThree plc

    5,000       21,645  

Unilever plc

    2,500       113,947  

Watches of Switzerland Group plc (a)

    5,000       47,381  

Watkins Jones plc

    20,000       53,736  
              1,161,026  
                 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $14,243,040)

          $ 11,833,437  

 

 

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Hussman Strategic International Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)

June 30, 2022

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED PUT OPTION CONTRACTS — 0.6%

 

Contracts

   

Notional
Amount

   

Value

 

S&P 500® Index Option, 07/15/2022 at $3,800 (Cost $182,945)

    11     $ 4,163,918     $ 93,500  
                         

Total Investments at Value — 82.3% (Cost $14,425,985)

                  $ 11,926,937  

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 10.8%

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Invesco Short-Term Investments Trust - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 1.36% (b) (Cost $1,564,340)

    1,564,340     $ 1,564,340  
                 

Total Investments and Money Market Funds at Value — 93.1% (Cost $15,990,325)

          $ 13,491,277  
                 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 6.9%

            992,396  
                 

Net Assets — 100.0%

          $ 14,483,673  

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of June 30, 2022.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Hussman Strategic International Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)

June 30, 2022

 

Common Stocks by Sector/Industry

% of Net
Assets

Communications — 10.9%

 

Advertising & Marketing

1.1%

Cable & Satellite

0.9%

Diversified Telecommunication Services

0.5%

Entertainment Content

0.3%

Internet Media & Services

0.7%

Publishing & Broadcasting

3.6%

Telecommunications

3.8%

Consumer Discretionary — 14.6%

 

Apparel & Textile Products

0.8%

Automotive

3.8%

Home Construction

0.5%

Leisure Facilities & Services

0.8%

Leisure Products

0.9%

Retail - Discretionary

5.6%

Wholesale - Discretionary

2.2%

Consumer Staples — 6.7%

 

Food

0.1%

Household Products

0.8%

Retail - Consumer Staples

5.8%

Energy — 1.8%

 

Oil & Gas Producers

1.3%

Renewable Energy

0.5%

Financials — 10.6%

 

Asset Management

2.0%

Banking

1.0%

Institutional Financial Services

0.6%

Insurance

5.3%

Specialty Finance

1.7%

Health Care — 10.7%

 

Biotech & Pharma

8.2%

Health Care Facilities & Services

1.6%

Medical Equipment & Devices

0.9%

Industrials — 8.2%

 

Aerospace & Defense

0.4%

Air Freight & Logistics

0.3%

Commercial Support Services

2.7%

Electrical Equipment

0.1%

Engineering & Construction

1.5%

Industrial Intermediate Products

0.5%

Machinery

0.3%

 

 

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Hussman Strategic International Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)

June 30, 2022

 

Common Stocks by Sector/Industry (continued)

% of Net
Assets

Industrials — 8.2% (continued)

 

Transportation & Logistics

1.8%

Transportation Equipment

0.6%

Materials — 5.4%

 

Chemicals

1.4%

Containers & Packaging

0.4%

Forestry, Paper & Wood Products

1.3%

Metals & Mining

2.0%

Steel

0.3%

Real Estate — 2.0%

 

Real Estate Owners & Developers

1.1%

Real Estate Services

0.3%

REITs

0.6%

Technology — 7.8%

 

Semiconductors

0.3%

Software

1.7%

Technology Hardware

3.8%

Technology Services

2.0%

Utilities — 3.0%

 

Electric Utilities

2.9%

Gas & Water Utilities

0.1%

 

81.7%

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

Hussman Strategic International Fund
Schedule of Futures Contracts Sold Short

June 30, 2022

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS SOLD SHORT

 

Contracts

   

Expiration
Date

   

Notional
Amount

   

Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation*

 

FUTURES

                               

Mini MSCI EAFE Index Future

    80       09/16/2022     $ 7,426,400     $ 279,402  

 

*

Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts from the date that contracts were opened through June 30, 2022. Only current day variation margin is reported on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Hussman Investment Trust
Statements of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2022

 

   

Hussman
Strategic
Growth Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic
Allocation Fund

 

ASSETS

               

Investments in securities:

               

At cost

  $ 579,821,731     $ 24,183,158  

At value (Note 1)

  $ 507,865,954     $ 20,929,822  

Investments in money market funds

    156,688,061       2,150,211  

Cash

    30,696       1,023  

Receivable for capital shares sold

    501,709        

Receivable for investments securities sold

    13,413,600        

Dividends and interest receivable

    424,859       20,706  

Tax reclaims receivable

    8,509        

Other assets

    67,869       29,926  

Total Assets

    679,001,257       23,131,688  
                 

LIABILITIES

               

Written call options, at value (Notes 1 and 4) (premiums received $180,627,979 and $2,221,146)

    155,999,700       1,388,810  

Distributions payable

          1,281  

Payable for capital shares redeemed

    107,091       2,678  

Payable for investment securities purchased

    15,389,555       123,179  

Accrued investment advisory fees (Note 3)

    388,471       2,899  

Payable to administrator (Note 3)

    45,300       6,660  

Other accrued expenses

    74,192       33,150  

Total Liabilities

    172,004,309       1,558,657  

CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS (NOTES 8 & 9)

           

NET ASSETS

  $ 506,996,948     $ 21,573,031  
                 

Net assets consist of:

               

Paid-in capital

  $ 1,350,556,027     $ 20,942,898  

Distributable earnings (accumulated deficit)

    (843,559,079 )     630,133  

NET ASSETS

  $ 506,996,948     $ 21,573,031  
                 

Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)

    71,975,832       1,974,637  
                 

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share (a) (Note 1)

  $ 7.04     $ 10.93  

 

(a)

Redemption fee may apply to redemptions of shares held for 60 days or less.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Hussman Investment Trust
Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

June 30, 2022

 

   

Hussman
Strategic Total
Return Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic
International Fund

 

ASSETS

               

Investments in securities:

               

At cost

  $ 263,539,161     $ 14,425,985  

At value (Note 1)

  $ 253,814,236     $ 11,926,937  

Investments in money market funds

    9,770,116       1,564,340  

Margin deposits for futures contracts (Note 1)

          1,100,766  

Variation margin receivable (Notes 1 and 4)

          33,079  

Receivable for capital shares sold

    11,751       515  

Receivable for investments securities sold

           

Receivable from Adviser (Note 3)

          10,784  

Dividends and interest receivable

    799,831       18,945  

Tax reclaims receivable

          43,362  

Other assets

    78,941       43,854  

Total Assets

    264,474,875       14,742,582  
                 

LIABILITIES

               

Distributions payable

    154,459        

Payable for capital shares redeemed

    450,008       158  

Payable for investment securities purchased

          205,925  

Accrued investment advisory fees (Note 3)

    113,216        

Payable to administrator (Note 3)

    26,200       7,060  

Other accrued expenses

    43,574       45,766  

Total Liabilities

    787,457       258,909  

CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS (NOTE 8)

           

NET ASSETS

  $ 263,687,418     $ 14,483,673  
                 

Net assets consist of:

               

Paid-in capital

  $ 313,728,375     $ 30,508,167  

Accumulated deficit

    (50,040,957 )     (16,024,494 )

NET ASSETS

  $ 263,687,418     $ 14,483,673  
                 

Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)

    18,961,954       1,835,594  
                 

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share (a) (Note 1)

  $ 13.91     $ 7.89  

 

(a)

Redemption fee may apply to redemptions of shares held for 60 days or less.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Hussman Investment Trust
Statements of Operations

For the Year Ended June 30, 2022

 

   

Hussman
Strategic
Growth Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic
Allocation Fund

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

               

Dividends

  $ 7,797,258     $ 287,676  

Foreign withholding taxes on dividends

    (35,800 )     (1,598 )

Interest

          61,561  

Total Investment Income

    7,761,458       347,639  
                 

EXPENSES

               

Investment advisory fees (Note 3)

    3,692,199       155,649  

Administration fees (Note 3)

    287,385       24,000  

Transfer agent, account maintenance and shareholder services fees (Note 3)

    260,088       20,023  

Trustees’ fees (Note 3)

    72,375       72,375  

Fund accounting fees (Note 3)

    70,998       32,081  

Registration and filing fees

    47,943       26,582  

Legal fees

    40,670       32,141  

Custodian and bank service fees

    55,758       15,340  

Insurance expense

    60,266       2,951  

Postage and supplies

    36,826       10,992  

Audit and tax services fees

    19,000       18,500  

Compliance service fees (Note 3)

    27,767       5,984  

Printing of shareholder reports

    11,040       4,181  

Pricing fees

    6,112       4,199  

Other expenses

    6,303       6,093  

Total Expenses

    4,694,730       431,091  

Previous fee waivers and Fund expenses recovered by the Adviser (Note 3)

    18,924        

Less fee waivers and Fund expenses absorbed by the Adviser (Note 3)

          (171,615 )

Net Expenses

    4,713,654       259,476  
                 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

    3,047,804       88,163  
                 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS AND WRITTEN OPTION CONTRACTS

               

Net realized gains from:

               

Investments

    57,685,348       765,793  

Written option contracts (Note 4)

    43,605,661       2,000,277  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

               

Investments

    (120,952,911 )     (4,692,633 )

Written option contracts (Note 4)

    36,202,414       1,147,643  
                 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS AND WRITTEN OPTION CONTRACTS

    16,540,512       (778,920 )
                 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ 19,588,316     $ (690,757 )

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Hussman Investment Trust
Statements of Operations (continued)

For the Year Ended June 30, 2022

 

   

Hussman
Strategic Total
Return Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic
International Fund

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

               

Dividend income

  $ 1,435,466     $ 559,517  

Foreign withholding taxes on dividends

    (65,608 )     (80,914 )

Interest

    5,508,621        

Total Investment Income

    6,878,479       478,603  
                 

EXPENSES

               

Investment advisory fees (Note 3)

    1,386,202       140,366  

Administration fees (Note 3)

    194,002       24,000  

Transfer agent, account maintenance and shareholder services fees (Note 3)

    143,244       36,678  

Trustees’ fees (Note 3)

    72,375       72,375  

Fund accounting fees (Note 3)

    57,715       37,479  

Registration and filing fees

    45,451       34,697  

Legal fees

    32,141       32,141  

Insurance expense

    49,182       2,702  

Custodian and bank service fees

    20,685       30,426  

Postage and supplies

    21,524       18,967  

Audit and tax services fees

    18,000       20,500  

Pricing fees

    2,730       29,489  

Compliance service fees (Note 3)

    24,844       5,571  

Printing of shareholder reports

    7,798       4,135  

Borrowing expense (Note 7)

    542        

Other expenses

    12,057       4,998  

Total Expenses

    2,088,492       494,524  

Less fee waivers and Fund expenses absorbed by the Adviser (Note 3)

    (10,253 )     (199,038 )

Net Expenses

    2,078,239       295,486  
                 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

    4,800,240       183,117  
                 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS, FUTURES CONTRACTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCIES

               

Net realized gains (losses) from:

               

Investments

    4,890,371       1,193,509  

Futures contracts (Note 4)

          1,440,515  

Foreign currency transactions

          (30,931 )

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

               

Investments

    (21,618,297 )     (4,058,804 )

Futures contracts (Note 4)

          75,306  

Foreign currency translation

          (4,605 )
                 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED LOSSES ON INVESTMENTS, FUTURES CONTRACTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCIES

    (16,727,926 )     (1,385,010 )
                 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ (11,927,686 )   $ (1,201,893 )

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Hussman Strategic Growth Fund
Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

 

Year Ended
June 30,
2022

   

Year Ended
June 30,
2021

 

FROM OPERATIONS

               

Net investment income

  $ 3,047,804     $ 304,368  

Net realized gains (losses) from:

               

Investments

    57,685,348       117,642,861  

Written option contracts

    43,605,661       (156,098,054 )

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

               

Investments

    (120,952,911 )     52,375,934  

Written option contracts

    36,202,414       20,470,053  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    19,588,316       34,695,162  
                 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (Note 1)

    (1,512,449 )     (509,834 )
                 

FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

               

Proceeds from shares sold

    178,518,334       136,243,478  

Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of distributions to shareholders

    1,329,093       468,051  

Proceeds from redemption fees collected (Note 1)

    70,224       70,280  

Payments for shares redeemed

    (103,894,552 )     (66,843,256 )

Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions

    76,023,099       69,938,553  
                 

TOTAL INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

    94,098,966       104,123,881  
                 

NET ASSETS

               

Beginning of year

    412,897,982       308,774,101  

End of year

  $ 506,996,948     $ 412,897,982  
                 

CAPITAL SHARE ACTIVITY

               

Shares sold

    26,844,521       20,962,383  

Shares reinvested

    217,884       76,230  

Shares redeemed

    (16,061,961 )     (10,551,320 )

Net increase in shares outstanding

    11,000,444       10,487,293  

Shares outstanding at beginning of year

    60,975,388       50,488,095  

Shares outstanding at end of year

    71,975,832       60,975,388  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund
Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   

Year Ended
June 30,
2022

   

Year Ended
June 30,
2021

 

FROM OPERATIONS

               

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 88,163     $ (13,662 )

Net realized gains (losses) from:

               

Investments

    765,793       3,476,564  

Written option contracts

    2,000,277       (2,721,432 )

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

               

Investments

    (4,692,633 )     1,423,231  

Written option contracts

    1,147,643       129,180  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (690,757 )     2,293,881  
                 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (Note 1)

    (707,384 )     (510,051 )
                 

FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

               

Proceeds from shares sold

    6,252,263       10,618,759  

Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of distributions to shareholders

    691,200       479,658  

Proceeds from redemption fees collected (Note 1)

    2,418       760  

Payments for shares redeemed

    (3,855,951 )     (1,094,824 )

Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions

    3,089,930       10,004,353  
                 

TOTAL INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

    1,691,789       11,788,183  
                 

NET ASSETS

               

Beginning of year

    19,881,242       8,093,059  

End of year

  $ 21,573,031     $ 19,881,242  
                 

CAPITAL SHARE ACTIVITY

               

Shares sold

    557,994       966,742  

Shares reinvested

    63,504       46,068  

Shares redeemed

    (346,550 )     (96,956 )

Net increase in shares outstanding

    274,948       915,854  

Shares outstanding at beginning of year

    1,699,689       783,835  

Shares outstanding at end of year

    1,974,637       1,699,689  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund
Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   

Year Ended
June 30,
2022

   

Year Ended
June 30,
2021

 

FROM OPERATIONS

               

Net investment income

  $ 4,800,240     $ 2,924,298  

Net realized gains from investments

    4,890,371       10,710,580  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

    (21,618,297 )     (5,771,682 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (11,927,686 )     7,863,196  
                 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (Note 1)

    (4,601,477 )     (2,788,362 )
                 

FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

               

Proceeds from shares sold

    50,992,210       96,123,075  

Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of distributions to shareholders

    4,190,704       2,595,158  

Proceeds from redemption fees collected (Note 1)

    38,720       40,060  

Payments for shares redeemed

    (91,543,939 )     (77,423,428 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions

    (36,322,305 )     21,334,865  
                 

TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    (52,851,468 )     26,409,699  
                 

NET ASSETS

               

Beginning of year

    316,538,886       290,129,187  

End of year

  $ 263,687,418     $ 316,538,886  
                 

CAPITAL SHARE ACTIVITY

               

Shares sold

    3,474,448       6,542,852  

Shares reinvested

    290,274       177,553  

Shares redeemed

    (6,250,155 )     (5,286,536 )

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

    (2,485,433 )     1,433,869  

Shares outstanding at beginning of year

    21,447,387       20,013,518  

Shares outstanding at end of year

    18,961,954       21,447,387  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Hussman Strategic International Fund
Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   

Year Ended
June 30,
2022

   

Year Ended
June 30,
2021

 

FROM OPERATIONS

               

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 183,117     $ (12,251 )

Net realized gains (losses) from:

               

Investments

    1,193,509       2,299,590  

Futures contracts

    1,440,515       (2,588,080 )

Foreign currency transactions

    (30,931 )     1,805  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

               

Investments

    (4,058,804 )     516,468  

Futures contracts

    75,306       271,031  

Foreign currency translation

    (4,605 )     1,867  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (1,201,893 )     490,430  
                 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (Note 1)

          (193,735 )
                 

FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

               

Proceeds from shares sold

    2,250,917       766,652  

Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of distributions to shareholders

          190,507  

Proceeds from redemption fees collected (Note 1)

    304       96  

Payments for shares redeemed

    (1,435,988 )     (1,378,182 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions

    815,233       (420,927 )
                 

TOTAL DECREASE IN NET ASSETS

    (386,660 )     (124,232 )
                 

NET ASSETS

               

Beginning of year

    14,870,333       14,994,565  

End of year

  $ 14,483,673     $ 14,870,333  
                 

CAPITAL SHARE ACTIVITY

               

Shares sold

    270,771       89,670  

Shares reinvested

          22,152  

Shares redeemed

    (174,291 )     (162,147 )

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

    96,480       (50,325 )

Shares outstanding at beginning of year

    1,739,114       1,789,439  

Shares outstanding at end of year

    1,835,594       1,739,114  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Hussman Strategic Growth Fund
Financial Highlights

Selected Per Share Data and Ratios for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

 

 

Year
Ended
June 30,
2022

   

Year
Ended
June 30,
2021

   

Year
Ended
June 30,
2020

   

Year
Ended
June 30,
2019

   

Year
Ended
June 30,
2018

 

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 6.77     $ 6.12     $ 5.87     $ 6.46     $ 6.68  
                                         

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                       

Net investment income

    0.05       0.01       0.06       0.10       0.06  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments and written option contracts

    0.25       0.65       0.29       (0.61 )     (0.25 )

Total from investment operations

    0.30       0.66       0.35       (0.51 )     (0.19 )
                                         

Less distributions from:

                                       

Net investment income

    (0.03 )     (0.01 )     (0.10 )     (0.08 )     (0.03 )
                                         

Proceeds from redemption fees collected (Note 1)

    0.00 (a)      0.00 (a)      0.00 (a)      0.00 (a)      0.00 (a) 
                                         

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 7.04     $ 6.77     $ 6.12     $ 5.87     $ 6.46  
                                         

Total return (b)

    4.43 %     10.80 %     6.17 %     (8.05 %)     (2.81 %)
                                         

Net assets at end of year (000’s)

  $ 506,997     $ 412,898     $ 308,774     $ 293,906     $ 324,003  
                                         

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    1.14 %     1.19 %     1.26 %     1.24 %     1.23 %
                                         

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (c)

    1.15 %     1.15 %     1.15 %     1.14 %     1.13 %
                                         

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (c)

    0.74 %     0.09 %     0.87 %     1.66 %     0.82 %
                                         

Portfolio turnover rate

    113 %     198 %     167 %     124 %     142 %

 

(a)

Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.

(b)

Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the period covered, which assumes any dividends or capital gains distributions are reinvested in shares of the Fund. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

(c)

Ratio was determined after advisory fee waivers and/or recovery. (Note 3).

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund
Financial Highlights

Selected Per Share Data and Ratios for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

   

Year
Ended
June 30,
2022

   

Year
Ended
June 30,
2021

   

Period Ended
June 30,
2020
(a)

 

Net asset value at beginning of period

  $ 11.70     $ 10.32     $ 10.00  
                         

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                       

Net investment income (loss)

    0.04       (0.02 )     0.03  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments and written option contracts

    (0.42 )     1.98       0.29  

Total from investment operations

    (0.38 )     1.96       0.32  
                         

Less distributions from:

                       

Net investment income

    (0.04 )     (0.01 )     (0.00 )(b)

Net realized gains

    (0.35 )     (0.57 )      

Total distributions

    (0.39 )     (0.58 )     (0.00 )(b)
                         

Proceeds from redemption fees collected (Note 1)

    0.00 (b)      0.00 (b)      0.00 (b) 
                         

Net asset value at end of period

  $ 10.93     $ 11.70     $ 10.32  
                         

Total return (c)

    (3.19 %)     19.70 %     3.23 %(d)
                         

Net assets at end of period (000’s)

  $ 21,573     $ 19,881     $ 8,093  
                         

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    2.08 %     2.87 %     4.67 %(e)
                         

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (f)

    1.25 %     1.25 %     1.25 %(e)
                         

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets (f)

    0.42 %     (0.11 %)     0.34 %(e)
                         

Portfolio turnover rate

    98 %     163 %     94 %(d)

 

(a)

Represents the period from the commencement of operations (August 27, 2019) through June 30, 2020.

(b)

Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.

(c)

Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the period covered, which assumes any dividends or capital gains distributions are reinvested in shares of the Fund. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

(d)

Not annualized.

(e)

Annualized.

(f)

Ratio was determined after advisory fee waivers and absorption of Fund expenses by the Adviser (Note 3).

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund
Financial Highlights

Selected Per Share Data and Ratios for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

   

Year
Ended
June 30,
2022

   

Year
Ended
June 30,
2021

   

Year
Ended
June 30,
2020

   

Year
Ended
June 30,
2019

   

Year
Ended
June 30,
2018

 

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 14.76     $ 14.50     $ 12.83     $ 11.86     $ 11.98  
                                         

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                       

Net investment income

    0.26       0.14       0.13       0.19       0.10  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments and foreign currency contracts

    (0.86 )     0.25       1.66       0.95       (0.12 )

Total from investment operations

    0.60       0.39       1.79       1.14       (0.02 )
                                         

Less distributions from:

                                       

Net investment income

    (0.25 )     (0.13 )     (0.12 )     (0.17 )     (0.10 )
                                         

Proceeds from redemption fees collected (Note 1)

    0.00 (a)      0.00 (a)      0.00 (a)      0.00 (a)      0.00 (a) 
                                         

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 13.91     $ 14.76     $ 14.50     $ 12.83     $ 11.86  
                                         

Total return (b)

    (4.14 %)     2.70 %     14.00 %     9.72 %     (0.18 %)
                                         

Net assets at end of year (000’s)

  $ 263,687     $ 316,539     $ 290,129     $ 221,235     $ 274,602  
                                         

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.75 %     0.75 %     0.81 %     0.81 %     0.77 %
                                         

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (c)

    0.75 %     0.75 %     0.75 %     0.74 %     0.73 %
                                         

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (c)

    1.73 %     0.93 %     0.87 %     1.36 %     0.76 %
                                         

Portfolio turnover rate

    22 %     38 %     88 %     61 %     63 %

 

(a)

Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.

(b)

Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the period covered, which assumes any dividends or capital gains distributions are reinvested in shares of the Fund. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

(c)

Ratio was determined after advisory fee waivers (Note 3).

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Hussman Strategic International Fund
Financial Highlights

Selected Per Share Data and Ratios for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

   

Year
Ended
June 30,
2022

   

Year
Ended
June 30,
2021

   

Year
Ended
June 30,
2020

   

Year
Ended
June 30,
2019

   

Year
Ended
June 30,
2018

 

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 8.55     $ 8.38     $ 8.35     $ 8.87     $ 8.80  
                                         

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                       

Net investment income (loss)

    0.08       (0.00 )(a)     0.04       0.06       0.02  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments, futures contracts and foreign currencies

    (0.74 )     0.28       0.05       (0.57 )     0.10  

Total from investment operations

    (0.66 )     0.28       0.09       (0.51 )     0.12  
                                         

Less distributions from:

                                       

Net investment income

          (0.11 )     (0.06 )     (0.01 )     (0.05 )
                                         

Proceeds from redemption fees collected (Note 1)

    0.00 (a)      0.00 (a)      0.00 (a)      0.00 (a)      0.00 (a) 
                                         

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 7.89     $ 8.55     $ 8.38     $ 8.35     $ 8.87  
                                         

Total return (b)

    (7.72 %)     3.38 %     1.08 %     (5.79 %)     1.34 %
                                         

Net assets at end of year (000’s)

  $ 14,484     $ 14,870     $ 14,995     $ 21,934     $ 26,973  
                                         

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    3.35 %     3.54 %     3.43 %     2.72 %     2.42 %
                                         

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (c)

    2.00 %     2.00 %     2.00 %     2.00 %     2.00 %
                                         

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets (c)

    1.24 %     (0.08 %)     0.06 %     0.61 %     0.18 %
                                         

Portfolio turnover rate

    48 %     88 %     115 %     58 %     61 %

 

(a)

Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.

(b)

Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the period covered, which assumes any dividends or capital gains distributions are reinvested in shares of the Fund. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

(c)

Ratio was determined after advisory fee waivers and absorption of Fund expenses by the Adviser (Note 3).

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Hussman Investment Trust
Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2022

 

1. ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Hussman Strategic Growth Fund, Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund, Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund and Hussman Strategic International Fund (each, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”) are diversified, separate series of Hussman Investment Trust (the “Trust”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. Each Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares.

 

Hussman Strategic Growth Fund’s investment objective seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation, with added emphasis on protection of capital during unfavorable market conditions.

 

Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund’s investment objective seeks to achieve total return through a combination of income and capital appreciation.

 

Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund’s investment objective seeks to achieve long-term total return from income and capital appreciation.

 

Hussman Strategic International Fund’s investment objective seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation, with added emphasis on the protection of capital during unfavorable market conditions. The Fund invests primarily in equity securities of non-U.S. issuers.

 

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). Each Fund follows accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 “Financial Services – Investment Companies.”

 

New Accounting Pronouncement – In October 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new regulations governing the use of derivatives by registered investment companies (“Rule 18f-4”). The Funds will be required to comply with Rule 18f-4 by August 19, 2022. Once implemented, Rule 18f-4 will impose limits on the amount of derivatives a fund can enter into, eliminate the asset segregation framework currently used by funds to comply with Section 18 of the 1940 Act, treat derivatives as senior securities and require funds whose use of derivatives is more than a limited specified exposure amount to establish and maintain a comprehensive derivatives risk management program and appoint a derivatives risk manager. The Funds have adopted Rule 18f-4 and are currently adhering to the requirements.

 

 

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Hussman Investment Trust
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

June 30, 2022

 

Securities, Options and Futures Valuation — The Funds’ portfolio securities are valued at market value as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (normally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each business day the NYSE is open. Securities listed on the NYSE or other exchanges, other than options, are valued on the basis of their last sale prices on the exchanges on which they are primarily traded. However, if the last sale price on the NYSE is different than the last sale price on any other exchange, the NYSE price will be used. If there are no sales on that day, the securities are valued at the last bid price on the NYSE or other primary exchange for that day. Securities quoted by NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. If there are no sales on that day, the securities are valued at the last bid price as reported by NASDAQ. Securities traded in over-the-counter markets, other than NASDAQ quoted securities, are valued at the last sales price, or if there are no sales on that day, at the mean of the closing bid and ask prices. Securities traded on a foreign stock exchange are valued at their closing prices on the principal exchange where they are traded; however, on days when the value of securities traded on foreign stock exchanges may be materially affected by events occurring before a Fund’s pricing time, but after the close of the primary markets or exchanges on which such securities are traded, such securities typically will be valued at their fair value as determined by an independent pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees where such value is believed to reflect the market values of such securities as of the time of computation of a Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”). As a result, the prices of foreign securities used to calculate a Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices for these securities. Values of foreign securities denominated in or expected to settle in a foreign currency are translated from the local currency into U.S. dollars using prevailing currency exchange rates as of the close of the NYSE, as supplied by an independent pricing service.

 

Pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, options traded on a national securities exchange are valued at prices between the closing bid and ask prices determined by Hussman Strategic Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) to most closely reflect market value as of the time of computation of NAV. As of June 30, 2022, all options held by Hussman Strategic Growth Fund, Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund and Hussman Strategic International Fund have been valued in this manner. Options not traded on a national securities exchange or board of trade, but for which over-the-counter market quotations are readily available, are valued at the mean between their closing bid and ask prices. Futures contracts and options thereon, which are traded on commodities exchanges, are valued at their last sale prices as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE or, if not available, at the mean between their bid and ask prices.

 

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Hussman Investment Trust
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

June 30, 2022

 

Fixed income securities traded over-the-counter and not traded or dealt in upon any securities exchange, but for which market quotations are readily available, generally are valued at the mean of their closing bid and ask prices. Fixed income securities may also be valued on the basis of prices provided by an independent pricing service. Debt securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost if the Adviser, under the supervision of the Board of Trustees, determines that the amortized cost value of the security represents fair value.

 

Investments in shares of other open-end investment companies, other than shares of exchange-traded funds, are valued at their NAVs per share as reported by such companies.

 

In the event that market quotations are not readily available or are determined by the Adviser to not be reflective of fair market value due to market events or developments, securities and other financial instruments will be valued at fair value as determined by the Adviser in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. Methods used to determine fair value may include, but are not limited to: multiple of earnings, multiple of book value, discount from market of a similar freely traded security, purchase price of the security, subsequent private transactions in the security or related securities, or a combination of these and other factors.

 

GAAP establishes a single authoritative definition of fair value, sets out a framework for measuring fair value and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements.

 

Various inputs are used in determining the values of the Funds’ investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

 

Level 1 – quoted unadjusted prices for identical instruments in active markets to which the Fund has access at the date of measurement.

 

 

Level 2 – quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets. Level 2 inputs are those in markets for which there are few transactions, the prices are not current, little public information exists or instances where prices vary substantially over time or among market makers.

 

 

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Level 3 – model-derived valuations in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. Unobservable inputs are those inputs that reflect the Fund’s own assumptions that market participants would use to price the asset or liability based on the best available information.

 

Option contracts purchased or written by Hussman Strategic Growth Fund, Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund and Hussman Strategic International Fund are classified as Level 2 since they are valued using “other significant observable inputs” at prices between the closing bid and ask prices determined by the Adviser to most closely reflect fair value. U.S. Treasury obligations held by Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund and Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund are classified as Level 2 since values are based on prices provided by an independent pricing service that utilizes various “other significant observable inputs,” including bid and ask quotations, prices of similar securities and interest rates, among other factors. Non-U.S. equity securities actively traded in foreign markets held by Hussman Strategic International Fund may be classified as Level 2 despite the availability of closing prices because such securities are typically valued at their fair value as determined by an independent pricing service, as described below.

 

The Trust uses an independent pricing service to determine the fair value of portfolio securities traded on a foreign securities exchange when the value of such securities may be materially affected by events occurring before a Fund’s pricing time, but after the close of the primary markets or exchanges on which such securities are traded. These intervening events might be: country-specific (e.g., natural disaster, economic or political developments, interest rate change); issuer specific (e.g., earnings report, merger announcement); or U.S. markets-specific (such as a significant movement in the U.S. markets that is deemed likely to affect the value of foreign securities). The pricing service uses an automated system incorporating a model based on multiple parameters, including a security’s local closing price, relevant general and sector indices, currency fluctuations, trading in depositary receipts and futures, if applicable, and/or research valuations by its staff, in determining what it believes is the fair value of the securities. The frequency of use of this procedure depends on market and other events and thus cannot be predicted. However, the procedure may be utilized to a significant extent by Hussman Strategic International Fund.

 

Determining the fair value of portfolio securities involves reliance on judgment, and a security’s fair value may differ depending on the method used for determining value. With respect to a portfolio security that has been valued at fair value, there can be no assurance that a Fund could purchase or sell that security at a price equal to the fair value of such security used in calculating the Fund’s NAV. Because of the inherent

 

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uncertainty in determining fair value and the various factors considered in making such determinations, there can be significant deviations between the fair value at which a portfolio security is being carried and the price at which it can be sold. To the extent Hussman Strategic International Fund has significant holdings of foreign securities, fair value determinations will be used more frequently for this Fund than for the other Funds.

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. The inputs used to measure the value of a particular security may fall into more than one level of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement of that security is determined to fall in its entirety is the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

 

The following is a summary of each Fund’s investments and other financial instruments and the inputs used to value the investments and other financial instruments as of June 30, 2022 by security type:

 

Hussman Strategic Growth Fund

 

   

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

   

Total

 

Investments in Securities and Money Market Funds:

                               

Common Stocks

  $ 488,611,664     $     $     $ 488,611,664  

Exchange-Traded Funds

    935,800                   935,800  

Warrants

    255,840                   255,840  

Exchange-Traded Put Option Contracts

          18,062,650             18,062,650  

Money Market Funds

    156,688,061                   156,688,061  

Total Investments in Securities and Money Market Funds

  $ 646,491,365     $ 18,062,650     $     $ 664,554,015  
                                 

Other Financial Instruments:

                               

Exchange-Traded Written Call Option Contracts

  $     $ (155,999,700 )   $     $ (155,999,700 )

Total Other Financial Instruments

  $     $ (155,999,700 )   $     $ (155,999,700 )

 

 

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Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund

 

   

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

   

Total

 

Investments in Securities and Money Market Funds:

                               

Common Stocks

  $ 17,618,936     $     $     $ 17,618,936  

Exchange-Traded Funds

    37,432                   37,432  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

          2,766,389             2,766,389  

Warrants

    7,675                   7,675  

Exchange-Traded Put Option Contracts

          499,390             499,390  

Money Market Funds

    2,150,211                   2,150,211  

Total Investments in Securities and Money Market Funds

  $ 19,814,254     $ 3,265,779     $     $ 23,080,033  
                                 

Other Financial Instruments:

                               

Exchange-Traded Written Call Option Contracts

  $     $ (1,388,810 )   $     $ (1,388,810 )

Total Other Financial Instruments

  $     $ (1,388,810 )   $     $ (1,388,810 )

 

Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund

 

   

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

   

Total

 

Investments in Securities and Money Market Funds:

                               

Common Stocks

  $ 52,030,085     $     $     $ 52,030,085  

Exchange-Traded Funds

    8,340,362                   8,340,362  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

          193,187,949             193,187,949  

Warrants

    255,840                   255,840  

Money Market Funds

    9,770,116                   9,770,116  

Total Investments in Securities and Money Market Funds

  $ 70,396,403     $ 193,187,949     $     $ 263,584,352  

 

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Hussman Strategic International Fund

 

   

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

   

Total

 

Investments in Securities and Money Market Funds:

                               

Common Stocks

  $ 1,967,597     $ 9,865,840     $     $ 11,833,437  

Exchange-Traded Put Option Contracts

          93,500             93,500  

Money Market Funds

    1,564,340                   1,564,340  

Total Investments in Securities and Money Market Funds

  $ 3,531,937     $ 9,959,340     $     $ 13,491,277  
                                 

Other Financial Instruments:

                               

Futures Contracts Sold Short*

    279,402                   279,402  

Total Other Financial Instruments

  $ 279,402     $     $     $ 279,402  

 

*

Includes cumlative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as of June 30, 2022.

 

Each Fund’s Schedule of Investments identifies the specific securities (by type of security and sector and industry type or geographical region) that comprise that Fund’s holdings within the Level 1 and Level 2 categories shown in the tables above.

 

The Funds did not have any assets or liabilities that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) as of June 30, 2022.

 

Futures Contracts and Option Transactions — Hussman Strategic Growth Fund, Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund and Hussman Strategic International Fund may purchase and write call and put options on broad-based stock indices and also may purchase and write call and put option contracts on individual securities. Each of the Funds may use financial futures contracts and related option contracts to hedge against changes in the market value of its portfolio securities. Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund and Hussman Strategic International Fund may also purchase foreign currency options to manage their exposures to foreign currencies. Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund and Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund may purchase interest rate futures contracts to protect against a decline in the value of its portfolio resulting from rising interest rates. Hussman Strategic International Fund may enter into forward foreign currency contracts to hedge against the adverse impact of changes in foreign exchange rates on the U.S. dollar value of its investments or changes in the prices at which it effects transactions in foreign securities.

 

Hussman Strategic Growth Fund, Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund and Hussman Strategic International Fund may each use futures and option contracts on stock indices for the purpose of seeking to reduce the market risk that would otherwise be associated

 

 

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with the securities in which it invests. For example, these Funds may sell a stock index futures contracts to hedge the risk of a general market or market sector decline that might adversely affect prices of the Funds’ portfolio securities. To the extent there is a correlation between a Fund’s portfolio and a particular stock index, the sale of futures contracts on that index could reduce the Fund’s exposure to general market risk.

 

When a Fund writes an index option, an amount equal to the net premium (the premium less the commission) received by the Fund is recorded as a liability on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities and is subsequently marked-to-market daily. If an index option written by a Fund expires unexercised on the stipulated expiration date or if a Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, it will realize a gain or a loss depending on whether the cost of a closing purchase transaction is less than or exceeds the net premium received when the option was sold and the liability related to such option will be eliminated. If an index option written by a Fund is exercised, the Fund will be required to pay the difference between the closing index value and the exercise price of the option. In this event, the proceeds of the sale will be increased by the net premium originally received and the Fund will realize a gain or loss. To secure the obligation of a Fund to settle index options it has written, common stocks owned by the Fund are held in escrow by the Fund’s custodian bank (or by a securities depository acting for the custodian bank) for the benefit of the Options Clearing Corporation (the “OCC”). Stocks are released from escrow by the OCC (thus, enabling the Fund to sell the stocks) only when options expire unexercised or when the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction.

 

When a Fund purchases or sells a stock index futures contract, no price is paid to or received by the Fund upon the purchase or sale of the futures contract. Instead, the Fund is required to deposit in a segregated account with its custodian an amount of cash or qualifying securities currently ranging from 2% to 11% of the contract amount. This is called “initial margin.” Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin,” are made or received by the Fund to or from the separate account each day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying stock index. The Fund recognizes an unrealized gain or loss equal to the daily variation margin. If general market movements are not as expected, the Fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits from the use of futures contracts and may realize a loss. In addition to the possibility that there may be an imperfect correlation or no correlation at all between the movements in the stock index futures and the portion of the portfolio being hedged, the price of the stock index futures may not correlate perfectly with movements in the stock index due to certain market distortions.

 

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Foreign Currency Translation — Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in or expected to settle in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars based on exchange rates on the following basis:

 

 

A.

The values of investment securities and other assets and liabilities are translated as of the close of the NYSE each day.

 

 

B.

Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expenses are translated at the rate of exchange prevailing as of 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the respective date of such transactions.

 

 

C.

The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations caused by changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from those caused by changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments.

 

Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from: (1) purchases and sales of foreign currencies; (2) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions; and (3) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on a Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Reported net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the U.S. dollar value of assets and liabilities that result from changes in exchange rates.

 

Share Valuation and Redemption Fees — The NAV per share of each Fund is calculated as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE (normally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time) on each day that the NYSE is open for business. NAV per share of a Fund is calculated by dividing the total value of the Fund’s assets, less its liabilities, by the number of its shares outstanding. The offering price and redemption price per share of each Fund is equal to the NAV per share next computed after receipt of an order to purchase or to redeem shares. However, a redemption fee of 1.5%, payable to the applicable Fund, generally will apply to shares that are redeemed 60 days or less from the date of purchase. During the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, proceeds from redemption fees, recorded in capital, totaled: $70,224 and $70,280, respectively, for Hussman Strategic Growth Fund; $2,418 and $760, respectively, for Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund; $38,720 and $40,060, respectively, for Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund; and $304 and $96, respectively, for Hussman Strategic International Fund.

 

Investment Income — Interest income is accrued as earned. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the value of the security received. Discounts and premiums on fixed

 

 

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income securities are amortized using the effective interest method. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been recorded in accordance with the Trust’s understanding of the applicable country’s rules and tax rates.

 

Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid annually to shareholders of Hussman Strategic Growth Fund and Hussman Strategic International Fund and are declared and paid quarterly to shareholders of Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund and Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net realized short-term capital gains, if any, may be distributed throughout the year and net realized long-term capital gains, if any, are generally distributed annually. The amount of distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either temporary or permanent in nature and are primarily due to timing differences in the recognition of capital gains or losses on options and futures transactions, losses deferred due to wash sales and the treatment of foreign currency transactions. The tax character of distributions paid by each Fund during the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 was ordinary income. Hussman Strategic International Fund did not pay any distributions to shareholders during the year ended June 30, 2022.

 

Investment Transactions — Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date for financial reporting purposes. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are determined on a specific identification basis.

 

Common Expenses — Expenses of the Trust not attributable solely to one of the Funds are allocated among the Funds based on the relative net assets of each Fund or based on the nature of the expense and its relative applicability to each Fund.

 

Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increase (decrease) in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

Federal Income Tax — Each Fund has qualified and intends to continue to qualify each year as a “regulated investment company” under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). By so qualifying, a Fund

 

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generally will not be subject to federal income taxes to the extent that it distributes its net investment income and any net realized capital gains in accordance with the Code. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been made.

 

In order to avoid imposition of a federal excise tax applicable to regulated investment companies, it is each Fund’s intention to declare and pay as dividends in each calendar year at least 98% of its net investment income (earned during the calendar year) and 98.2% of its net realized capital gains (earned during the twelve months ended October 31) plus undistributed amounts from prior years.

 

The tax character of distributable earnings (accumulated deficit) as of June 30, 2022 was as follows:

 

   

Hussman
Strategic
Growth Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic
Allocation Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic Total
Return Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic
International
Fund

 

Net unrealized depreciation

  $ (75,767,579 )   $ (3,294,965 )   $ (11,349,579 )   $ (2,422,129 )

Undistributed ordinary income

    1,772,737       1,881,105       97,380       230,511  

Undistributed long-term capital gains

          2,045,274              

Accumulated capital and other losses

    (769,564,237 )           (38,634,299 )     (13,832,876 )

Other temporary differences

          (1,281 )     (154,459 )      

Total distributable earnings (accumulated deficit)

  $ (843,559,079 )   $ 630,133     $ (50,040,957 )   $ (16,024,494 )

 

The following information is based upon the federal income tax cost of investment securities as of June 30, 2022:

 

   

Hussman
Strategic
Growth Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic
Allocation Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic Total
Return Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic
International
Fund

 

Cost of investments and money market funds

  $ 584,321,894     $ 24,986,188     $ 274,933,931     $ 15,910,603  

Gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 20,149,606     $ 546,550     $ 6,618,460     $ 399,200  

Gross unrealized depreciation

    (95,917,185 )     (3,841,515 )     (17,968,039 )     (2,821,329 )

Net unrealized depreciation

  $ (75,767,579 )   $ (3,294,965 )   $ (11,349,579 )   $ (2,422,129 )

 

The difference between the federal income tax cost of portfolio investments and the financial statement cost of portfolio investments for each Fund is due to certain timing differences in the recognition of capital gains or losses under income tax regulations

 

 

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and GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are temporary in nature and are primarily due to losses deferred due to wash sales, derivatives and adjustments to basis for publicly traded partnerships , passive foreign investment companies and grantor trusts.

 

During the year ended June 30, 2022, Hussman Strategic Growth Fund, Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund and Hussman Strategic International Fund utilized $140,530,276, $5,326,195 and $2,562,520 of capital loss carryforwards to offset current year capital gains, respecitively.

 

As of June 30, 2022, the Funds had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

   

Hussman
Strategic
Growth Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic
Allocation Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic Total
Return Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic
International
Fund

 

Short-term capital loss carryforwards

  $ 502,024,980     $     $ 38,085,031     $ 13,832,876  

Long-term capital loss carryforwards

    267,539,257             549,268        

Total

  $ 769,564,237     $     $ 38,634,299     $ 13,832,876  

 

These capital loss carryforwards, which do not expire, may be utilized by the Funds in future years to offset their net realized capital gains, if any, prior to distributing such gains to shareholders.

 

For the year ended June 30, 2022, the following reclassifications were made as a result of permanent differences between the financial statement and income tax reporting requirements due to adjustments for nondeductible expenses from publicly traded partnerships:

 

   

Hussman
Strategic
Growth Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic
Allocation Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic Total
Return Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic
International
Fund

 

Paid-in capital

  $     $ 1     $ (11,351 )   $  

Distributable earnings (accumulated deficit)

  $     $ (1 )   $ 11,351     $  

 

Such reclassifications have no effect on each Fund’s total net assets or its NAV per share.

 

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Each Fund recognizes the tax benefits or expenses of uncertain tax positions only when the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities. Management has reviewed each Fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for the current and all open tax years (generally, tax returns that have been filed within the past three years) and all major jurisdictions and has concluded that no provision for unrecognized tax benefits or expenses is required in these financial statements. Therefore, no tax expense (including interest and penalties) was recorded in the current year and no adjustments were made to prior periods.

 

2. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS

 

During the year ended June 30, 2022, cost of purchases and proceeds from sales and maturities of investment securities, other than short-term investments and U.S. government securities, were as follows:

 

   

Hussman
Strategic
Growth Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic
Allocation Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic Total
Return Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic
International
Fund

 

Purchases of investment securities

  $ 635,716,968     $ 24,420,558     $ 49,854,550     $ 7,673,877  

Proceeds from sales and maturities of investment securities

  $ 473,261,058     $ 16,774,886     $ 43,228,698     $ 6,097,327  

 

During the year ended June 30, 2022, cost of purchases and proceeds from sales and maturities of long-term U.S. government securities were as follows:

 

   

Hussman
Strategic
Growth Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic
Allocation Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic Total
Return Fund

   

Hussman
Strategic
International
Fund

 

Purchases of investment securities

  $     $ 535,681     $ 7,666,912     $  

Proceeds from sales and maturities of investment securities

  $     $ 1,000,000     $ 47,975,000     $  

 

3. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

 

Advisory Agreement

 

Under the terms of an Advisory Agreement between the Trust and the Adviser, Hussman Strategic Growth Fund pays the Adviser a fee, which is computed and accrued daily and paid monthly, at annual rates of: 0.90% of the first $2 billion of the Fund’s average daily net assets; 0.85% of the next $3 billion of such assets;

 

 

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and 0.80% of such assets over $5 billion. Under the terms of a separate Advisory Agreement between the Trust and the Adviser, Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund pays the Adviser a fee, which is computed and accrued daily and paid monthly, at annual rates of: 0.75% of the first $2 billion of the Fund’s average daily net assets; 0.70% of the next $3 billion of such assets; and 0.65% of such assets over $5 billion. Under the terms of a separate Advisory Agreement between the Trust and the Adviser, Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund pays the Adviser a fee, which is computed and accrued daily and paid monthly, at annual rates of: 0.50% of the first $1 billion of the Fund’s average daily net assets; 0.45% of the next $1.5 billion of such assets; and 0.40% of such assets over $2.5 billion. Under the terms of a separate Advisory Agreement between the Trust and the Adviser, Hussman Strategic International Fund pays the Adviser a fee, which is computed and accrued daily and paid monthly, at annual rates of: 0.95% of the first $2 billion of the Fund’s average daily net assets; 0.90% of the next $3 billion of such assets; and 0.85% of such assets over $5 billion.

 

The Adviser has contractually agreed that, until November 1, 2022, it will waive its advisory fees and/or absorb operating expenses of each Fund to the extent necessary so that operating expenses of Hussman Strategic Growth Fund, Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund, Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund and Hussman Strategic International Fund (excluding fees and expenses incurred on investments in other investment companies and pooled investment vehicles, brokerage commissions, taxes, interest expense and any extraordinary expenses) do not exceed annually an amount equal to 1.15%, 1.25%, 0.75%, and 2.00%, respectively, of such Fund’s average daily net assets. During the year ended June 30, 2022, the Adviser waived advisory fees in the amount of $155,649, $10,253 and $140,366 with respect to Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund, Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund and Hussman Strategic International Fund, respectively. Additionally, during the year ended June 30, 2022, the Adviser absorbed operating expenses of $15,966 and $58,672 with respect to Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund and Hussman Strategic International Fund, respectively. During the year ended June 30, 2022, Hussman Strategic Growth Fund did not waive any advisory fees.

 

Pursuant to the Expense Limitation Agreements governing these arrangements, each Fund is obligated to reimburse the Adviser the amount of advisory fees previously waived and expenses previously absorbed by the Adviser for a period of three years from the date such fees or expenses were waived or absorbed, but only if such reimbursement does not cause the Fund’s operating expenses (after the reimbursement is taken into account) to exceed the lesser of: (i) the expense limitation in effect at the time such fees and expenses were waived or absorbed; and (ii) the expense limitation

 

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in effect at the time the Adviser seeks reimbursement of such fees and expenses. The Expense Limitation Agreements may not be terminated by the Adviser without the approval of the Board of Trustees. As of June 30, 2022, the amount of fee waivers and expense reimbursements available for possible recovery by the Adviser from Hussman Strategic Growth Fund, Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund, Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund and Hussman Strategic International Fund is $434,066, $589,263, $143,062 and $670,525, respectively. The portions of these amounts that the Adviser may recover expire as of the following dates:

 

   

June 30,
2023

   

June 30,
2024

   

June 30,
2025

   

Total

 

Hussman Strategic Growth Fund

  $ 308,062     $ 126,004     $     $ 434,066  

Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund

  $ 207,969     $ 209,679     $ 171,615     $ 589,263  

Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund

  $ 132,809     $     $ 10,253     $ 143,062  

Hussman Strategic International Fund

  $ 243,317     $ 228,170     $ 199,038     $ 670,525  

 

During the year ended June 30, 2022, Hussman Strategic Growth Fund recovered $18,924 of past advisory fees waived.

 

The Adviser may agree to continue after November 1, 2022 the current arrangement to limit the Funds’ expenses or to implement a similar arrangement, but it is not obligated to do so.

 

Certain officers of the Trust are also officers of the Adviser.

 

Other Service Providers

 

Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC (“Ultimus”) provides administration, fund accounting, compliance and transfer agency services to the Funds. The Funds pay Ultimus fees for these services in accordance with various servicing agreements. In addition, the Funds reimburse Ultimus for certain out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing services to the Funds, including, but not limited to, postage, supplies and costs related to the pricing of the Funds’ portfolio securities. Certain officers of the Trust are also officers of Ultimus, or of Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC (the “Distributor”), the principal underwriter of the Funds. The Distributor is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ultimus.

 

The Funds compensate certain financial intermediaries for providing account maintenance and shareholder services to shareholder accounts held through such intermediaries. During year ended June 30, 2022, Hussman Strategic Growth Fund, Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund, Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund and Hussman Strategic International Fund paid $178,670, $2,023, $98,614 and $18,678,

 

 

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respectively, to financial intermediaries for such services. These amounts are included in transfer agent, account maintenance and shareholder services fees on the Statements of Operations.

 

Trustee Compensation

 

Trustees and officers affiliated with the Adviser or Ultimus are not compensated by the Funds for their services. Each Trustee who is not an “interested person,” as defined by the 1940 Act, of the Trust or an affiliated person of the Adviser or Ultimus (an “Independent Trustee”) receives from the Trust: an annual retainer of $50,000, payable quarterly; a fee of $7,000 for attendance at each regular quarterly meeting of the Board of Trustees other than the annual meeting of the Board, for which each Independent Trustee receives an attendance fee of $12,000; a fee of $4,000 for attendance at each special meeting of the Board of Trustees; a fee of $3,000 for attendance at each meeting of any committee of the Board of Trustees that is not held on the same day as a Board of Trustees meeting; and a fee of $1,500 for participation in each informal monthly telephone conference call of the Board of Trustees. In addition, the Independent Trustees are reimbursed for travel and other expenses incurred in attending meetings. Each Fund pays its proportionate share of the Independent Trustees’ fees and expenses.

 

Principal Holder of Fund Shares

 

As of June 30, 2022, an officer of the Adviser owned of record 38.9% of the outstanding shares of Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund and an affiliate of the Adviser and the Adviser owned of record 26.1% and 22.1%, respectively, of the outstanding shares of Hussman Strategic International Fund. A shareholder owning of record or beneficially 25% or more of a Fund’s outstanding shares may be considered a controlling person. That shareholder’s vote could have a more significant effect on matters presented at a shareholders’ meeting.

 

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4. DERIVATIVES TRANSACTIONS

 

The locations in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities of the derivative positions of Hussman Strategic Growth Fund, Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund and Hussman Strategic International Fund are as follows:

 

Hussman Strategic Growth Fund

 

       

Fair Value

   

Average Monthly

 

Type of
Derivative

Risk

Location

 

Asset
Derivatives

   

Liability
Derivatives

   

Notional Value
During the
Year Ended
June 30,
2022*

 

Index put options purchased

Equity

Investments in securities at value

  $ 18,062,650     $     $ 416,554,501  

Index call options purchased

Equity

Investments in securities at value

                63,066,550  

Index call options written

Equity

Written call options, at value

          (155,999,700 )     (404,664,809 )

 

Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund

 

       

Fair Value

   

Average Monthly

 

Type of
Derivative

Risk

Location

 

Asset
Derivatives

   

Liability
Derivatives

   

Notional Value
During the
Year Ended
June 30,
2022*

 

Index put options purchased

Equity

Investments in securities at value

  $ 499,390     $     $ 14,185,776  

Index call options written

Equity

Written call options, at value

          (1,388,810 )     (14,185,776 )

 

 

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Hussman Strategic International Fund

 

       

Fair Value

   

Average Monthly

 

Type of
Derivative

Risk

Location

 

Asset
Derivatives

   

Liability
Derivatives

   

Notional Value
During the
Year Ended
June 30,
2022*

 

Index put options purchased

Equity

Investments in securities at value

  $ 93,500     $     $ 4,294,842  

Futures contracts sold short**

Equity

Variation margin receivable

          279,402     $ (8,288,773 )

 

*

The average monthly notional value generally represents the Fund’s derivative activity throughout the year.

**

Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts from the date the contracts were opened through June 30, 2022. Only current variation margin is reported on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

Realized and unrealized gains and losses associated with transactions in derivative instruments for Hussman Strategic Growth Fund, Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund and Hussman Strategic International Fund during the year ended June 30, 2022 are recorded in the following locations on the Statements of Operations:

 

Hussman Strategic Growth Fund

 

Type of
Derivative

Risk

Location

 

Realized
Gains (Losses)

 

Location

 

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Index put options purchased

Equity

Net realized gains from investments

  $ 24,397,871  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

  $ 2,230,354  

Index call options purchased

Equity

Net realized gains from investments

    (5,183,041 )

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

     

Index call options written

Equity

Net realized gains from written option contracts

    43,605,661  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on written option contracts

    36,202,414  

 

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Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund

 

Type of
Derivative

Risk

Location

 

Realized
Gains (Losses)

 

Location

 

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Index put options purchased

Equity

Net realized gains from investments

  $ (364,402 )

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

  $ (3,779 )

Index call options written

Equity

Net realized gains from written option contracts

    2,000,277  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on written option contracts

    1,147,643  

 

Hussman Strategic International Fund

 

Type of
Derivative

Risk

Location

 

Realized
Gains (Losses)

 

Location

 

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Index put options purchased

Equity

Net realized gains (losses) from investments

  $ 227,609  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

  $ (74,321 )

Futures contracts sold short

Equity

Net realized gains (losses) from futures contracts

    1,440,515  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts

    75,306  

 

Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund had no transactions in derivative instruments during the year ended June 30, 2022.

 

In the ordinary course of business, Hussman Strategic Growth Fund, Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund and Hussman Strategic International Fund may enter into transactions subject to enforceable netting agreements or other similar arrangements (“netting agreements”). Generally, the right to offset in netting agreements allows each Fund to offset the exposure it has on any transaction with a specific counterparty with

 

 

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any collateral it has received or delivered in connection with other transactions with that counterparty. Generally, the Funds manage their cash collateral and securities collateral on a counterparty basis.

 

The offsetting of financial liabilities and derivative liabilities as of June 30, 2022 are as follows:

 

Hussman Strategic Growth Fund

 

Description

 

Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities

   

Gross
Amounts
Offset on
Statements
of Assets and
Liabilities

   

Net Amounts
of Liabilities
Presented on
Statements
of Assets and
Liabilities

   

Collateral
Pledged*

   

Net Amount

 

Written options at market value

  $ (155,999,700 )   $     $ (155,999,700 )   $ 155,999,700     $  

Total subject to a master netting or similar arrangement

  $ (155,999,700 )   $     $ (155,999,700 )   $ 155,999,700     $  

 

*

Common stocks owned by the Fund are held in escrow by the Fund’s custodian (or by a security depository) to secure the Fund’s obligations to settle outstanding call option contracts it has written (Note 1).

 

Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund

 

Description

 

Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities

   

Gross
Amounts
Offset on
Statements
of Assets and
Liabilities

   

Net Amounts
of Liabilities
Presented on
Statements
of Assets and
Liabilities

   

Collateral
Pledged*

   

Net Amount

 

Written options at market value

  $ (1,388,810 )   $     $ (1,388,810 )   $ 1,388,810     $  

Total subject to a master netting or similar arrangement

  $ (1,388,810 )   $     $ (1,388,810 )   $ 1,388,810     $  

 

*

Common stocks owned by the Fund are held in escrow by the Fund’s custodian (or by a security depository) to secure the Fund’s obligations to settle outstanding call option contracts it has written (Note 1).

 

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Hussman Strategic International Fund

 

Description

 

Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets

   

Gross
Amounts
Offset on
Statements
of Assets and
Liabilities

   

Net Amounts
Presented on
Statements
of Assets and
Liabilities

   

Collateral
Pledged*

   

Net Amount

 

Variation margin receivable - futures contracts

  $ 33,079     $     $ 33,079     $     $ 33,079  

Total subject to a master netting or similar arrangement

  $ 33,079     $     $ 33,079     $     $ 33,079  

 

*

Amounts in cash collateral pledged in the table above are limited to the net amounts presented in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

5. CERTAIN INVESTMENTS AND ASSOCIATED RISKS

 

The securities in which the Funds invest, as well as the risks associated with these securities and with the investment programs of the Funds, are described in each Fund’s Prospectus. Among these risks are those associated with investments in derivative instruments, investments in shares of money market funds, concentration of investments within a particular business sector and, in the case of Hussman Strategic International Fund, investments in foreign securities.

 

Risks of Derivative Instruments — The purchase and sale of derivative instruments, including options and futures contracts, and other derivative transactions involve risks different from those involved with direct investments in securities and also require different skills from the Adviser in managing each Fund’s portfolio of investments. While utilization of options, futures contracts and similar instruments may be advantageous to the Funds, if the Adviser is not successful in employing such instruments in managing a Fund’s investments or in anticipating general market movements, the Fund’s performance will be worse than if the Fund did not make such investments. It is possible that there will be imperfect correlation, or even no correlation, between price movements of the investments held by the Funds and the options, futures or other derivative instruments used to hedge those investments. It is also possible that a Fund may be unable to close out or liquidate its hedges during unusual periods of illiquidity in the options, futures or other markets. In addition, a Fund will pay commissions and other costs in connection with its transactions in such instruments, which may increase its expenses and reduce its investment performance.

 

 

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Investments in Money Market Funds — In order to maintain sufficient liquidity to implement investment strategies, or for temporary defensive purposes, each Fund may at times invest a significant portion of its assets in shares of money market funds. As of June 30, 2022, Hussman Strategic Growth Fund had 30.9% of the value of its net assets invested in shares of a money market fund registered under the 1940 Act. The annual report, along with the report of the independent registered public accounting firm is included in the money market fund’s N-CSR available at www.sec.gov. An investment in a money market fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, entity or person. While investor losses in money market funds have been rare, they are possible. The Fund, as investors in money market funds, indirectly bear the fees and expenses of those funds, which are in addition to the fees and expenses of the Fund.

 

Sector Risk — If a Fund has significant investments in the securities of issuers in industries within a particular business sector, any development generally affecting that sector will have a greater impact on the value of the net assets of the Fund than would be the case if the Fund did not have significant investments in that sector. This may increase the risk of loss of an investment in a Fund and increase the volatility of a Fund’s NAV per share. From time to time, circumstances may affect a particular sector and the companies within such sector. For instance, economic or market factors, regulation or deregulation, and technological or other developments, may negatively impact all companies in a particular sector and therefore the value of a Fund’s portfolio could be adversely affected if it has significant holdings of securities of issuers in that sector. As of June 30, 2022, Hussman Strategic Growth Fund had 20.9% of the value of its net assets invested in stocks within the Technology sector.

 

Foreign Investment Risk — Compared with investing in the United States, investing in foreign markets involves a greater degree and variety of risks. Investors in foreign markets may face delayed settlements, currency controls and adverse economic developments as well as higher overall transaction costs. In addition, fluctuations in the U.S. dollar’s value versus other currencies may erode or reverse gains from investments denominated in foreign currencies or increase losses. Foreign governments may expropriate assets, impose capital or currency controls, impose punitive taxes, impose limits on ownership or nationalize a company or industry. Any of these actions could have a severe effect on securities prices and impair an investor’s ability to bring its capital or income back to the U.S. Exchange rate fluctuations also may impair a foreign issuer’s ability to repay U.S. dollar denominated debt, thereby increasing credit risk associated with investment in such debt. The values of foreign securities may be affected by incomplete, less frequent or inaccurate financial information about

 

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their issuers, social upheavals or political actions ranging from tax code changes to government collapse. Foreign companies may also receive less coverage than U.S. companies by market analysts and may be subject to reporting standards or regulatory requirements that differ from those applicable to U.S. companies.

 

As of June 30, 2022, Hussman Strategic International Fund had 23.4% of the value of its common stock portfolio invested in stocks of companies domiciled in Japan. At times, the Japanese economy has been negatively affected by government intervention and protectionism, an unstable financial services sector, a heavy reliance on international trade and natural disasters. These factors, as well as other adverse political developments, increases in government debt and changes to fiscal monetary or trade policies, may negatively affect Japanese markets and the prices of stocks of Japanese companies.

 

6. FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Hussman Strategic International Fund is subject to foreign currency exchange rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective. Hussman Strategic International Fund may (but is not required to) enter into contracts for the purchase or sale of a specific foreign currency at a fixed price on a future date as a hedge or cross-hedge against either specific transactions or portfolio positions generally. Foreign currency hedging transactions may be used to reduce the risk that the U.S. dollar value of the Fund’s holdings of securities denominated in foreign currency will decline in value due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates or to protect against adverse changes in the prices of securities that the Fund is purchasing or selling prior to settlement of those transactions. All foreign currency exchange contracts are marked-to-market daily at the applicable translation rates resulting in unrealized gains or losses. Realized and unrealized gains or losses from transactions in foreign currency exchange contracts are included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Operations. Risks associated with these contracts include the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar. Hussman Strategic International Fund, as previously noted, may also purchase foreign currency options to manage foreign currency exposures.

 

As of and during the year ended June 30, 2022, Hussman Strategic International Fund had no forward currency exchange contracts outstanding.

 

 

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7. BANK LINE OF CREDIT

 

Hussman Strategic Growth Fund has an unsecured bank line of credit with its custodian bank in the amount of $10,000,000. Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund has an unsecured bank line of credit with its custodian bank in the amount of $2,000,000. Any borrowings under these arrangements bear interest at the Prime Rate, currently 4.75% as of June 30, 2022. During the year ended June 30, 2022, Hussman Strategic Growth Fund did not borrow under its line of credit. During the year ended June 30, 2022, Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund incurred $542 of interest expense related to borrowings. The debt outstanding and the average interest rate for the days with borrowing during the year ended June 30, 2022, were $2,000,000 and 3.25%, respectively. Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund and Hussman Strategic International Fund currently do not have bank lines of credit.

 

8. CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS

 

The Trust’s officers and Trustees are entitled to indemnification from the Funds for certain liabilities to which they may become subject in connection with the performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties and which may require the Funds to indemnify the other parties to the contracts in the event of certain losses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve potential claims for indemnification for losses that may or may not be incurred in the future. However, based on experience, the Trust believes the risk of loss to be remote.

 

9. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

Several lawsuits have been filed relating to the Hussman Strategic Growth Fund’s investment in Tribune Company common stock in connection with Tribune Company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The lawsuits stem from a leveraged buyout by which Tribune Company converted to a privately-held company in 2007. The Trust, the Fund and Hussman Strategic Advisors (the “Hussman Entities”) were named as defendants and putative members of the proposed defendant class of shareholders in an adversary proceeding brought by The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Tribune Company in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in 2010 (the “Tribune Matter”). On February 22, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the latest decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in the Tribune Matter, leaving intact the lower court decisions, effectively ending the Tribune Matter in favor of the defendants.

 

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10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

The Funds are required to recognize in their financial statements the effects of all subsequent events that provide additional evidence about conditions that existed as of the date of the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. For non-recognized subsequent events that must be disclosed to keep the financial statements from being misleading, the Funds are required to disclose the nature of the event as well as an estimate of its financial effect, or a statement that such an estimate cannot be made. Management has evaluated subsequent events through the date of issuance of these financial statements and has noted no such events.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of
Hussman Investment Trust

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, open written options contracts, and futures contracts sold short, of Hussman Investment Trust comprising Hussman Strategic Growth Fund, Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund, Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund and Hussman Strategic International Fund (the “Funds”) as of June 30, 2022, the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets, the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the two years in the period then ended (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of June 30, 2022, the results of their operations for the year then ended, and the changes in net assets and the financial highlights for each of the two years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

The Funds’ financial highlights for the periods ended June 30, 2020, and prior, were audited by other auditors whose report dated August 20, 2020, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial highlights.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on 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 Funds 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.

 

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

 

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regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of June 30, 2022, by correspondence with the custodian 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 Funds’ auditor since 2021.

 

COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
August 24, 2022

 

 

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About Your Funds’ Expenses (Unaudited)

 

We believe it is important for you to understand the impact of costs on your investment. As a shareholder of the Funds, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. The following examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. A mutual fund’s ongoing costs are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio.

 

The examples below are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period (January 1, 2022 – June 30, 2022).

 

The table on the following page illustrates each Fund’s ongoing costs in two ways:

 

Actual fund return – This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from each Fund’s actual return, and the fourth column shows the dollar amount of operating expenses that would have been paid by an investor who started the period with $1,000 invested in that Fund. You may use that information, together with the amount of your investment, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.

 

To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), and then multiply the result by the number given for the applicable Fund under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period.”

 

Hypothetical 5% return – This section is intended to help you compare each Fund’s ongoing costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that each Fund had an annual return of 5% before expenses during the period shown. In this case, because the return used is not each Fund’s actual return, the results do not illustrate the actual expenses associated with your investment. However, the example is useful in making comparisons because the SEC requires all mutual funds to provide an example of fund expenses based on a 5% annual return. You can assess each Fund’s ongoing costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other mutual funds.

 

Note that expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only. The expense ratios used in computing annual expenses in the tables are the expense ratios of the Funds during the six-month period ended June 30, 2022, annualized, after fee waivers and expense reimbursements. Actual expenses of the Funds in future periods may differ. The calculations assume no shares

 

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were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.

 

More information about each Fund’s expenses, including annual expense ratios, can be found elsewhere in this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to each Fund’s prospectus.

 

 

Beginning
Account Value
January 1, 2022

Ending
Account Value
June 30, 2022

Net
Expense
Ratio(a)

Expenses
Paid During
Period(b)

Hussman Strategic Growth Fund

Based on Actual Fund Return

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,154.10

1.15%

$ 6.14

Based on Hypothetical 5% Return (before expenses)

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.04

1.15%

$ 5.76

Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund

Based on Actual Fund Return

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,010.00

1.25%

$ 6.23

Based on Hypothetical 5% Return (before expenses)

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.60

1.25%

$ 6.26

Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund

Based on Actual Fund Return

$ 1,000.00

$ 957.00

0.75%

$ 3.64

Based on Hypothetical 5% Return (before expenses)

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,021.08

0.75%

$ 3.76

Hussman Strategic International Fund

Based on Actual Fund Return

$ 1,000.00

$ 966.90

2.00%

$ 9.75

Based on Hypothetical 5% Return (before expenses)

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.88

2.00%

$ 9.99

 

(a)

Annualized, based on each Fund’s most recent one-half year expenses.

(b)

Expenses are equal to each Fund’s annualized net expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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Board of Trustees and Officers (Unaudited)

 

Overall responsibility for supervision of management of the Funds rests with the Board of Trustees. The Trustees serve during the lifetime of the Trust and until its termination, or until death, resignation, retirement or removal. The Trustees, in turn, elect the officers of the Trust to supervise the day-to-day operations of the Funds. The officers are elected for annual terms. The following are the Trustees and executive officers of the Trust:

 

Trustee

Address

Year of
Birth

Position Held
with the Trust

Length of
Time Served

*John P. Hussman, Ph. D.

6021 University Boulevard, Suite 490
Ellicott City, MD 21043

1962

President and Trustee

Since
June 2000

David C. Anderson

225 Pictoria Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45246

1950

Trustee

Since
June 2000

Jody T. Foster

225 Pictoria Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45246

1969

Trustee

Since
June 2016

William H. Vanover

225 Pictoria Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45246

1947

Trustee

Since
June 2000

Mark J. Seger

225 Pictoria Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45246

1962

Treasurer

Since
June 2000

David K. James

225 Pictoria Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45246

1970

Secretary

Since 2022

Emile R. Molineaux

225 Pictoria Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45246

1962

Chief Compliance Officer

Since 2022

 

*

Dr. Hussman, as an affiliated person of the Adviser, is an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.

 

Each Trustee oversees four portfolios of the Trust. The principal occupations during the past five years of the Trustees and executive officers of the Trust and public directorships (if any) currently held by the Trustees are set forth below:

 

John P. Hussman, Ph.D. is Chairman, President and Treasurer of the Adviser.

 

David C. Anderson is retired. Prior to July 9, 2021, he was Network Administrator for Hephzibah Children’s Association (a child welfare organization).

 

Jody T. Foster is President of Symphony Consulting LLC (a provider of compliance, finance, marketing, operations and human resources services to public and private fund advisers).

 

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William H. Vanover is retired. Prior to June 30, 2018, he was an investment counselor with Planning Alternatives, Ltd. (a registered investment adviser).

 

Mark J. Seger is Vice Chairman of Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC (the Trust’s administrator and transfer agent) and affiliated companies. He was previously Co-CEO of Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC (1999-2019).

 

David K. James is Executive Vice President and Senior Legal Counsel of Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC.

 

Emile R. Molineaux is Senior Compliance Officer of Northern Lights Compliance Services, LLC.

 

Additional information about members of the Board of Trustees and executive officers of the Trust is available in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) of each Fund. To obtain a free copy of the SAI, please call 1-800-487-7626.

 

 

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Other Information (Unaudited)

 

A description of the policies and procedures the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge upon request by calling toll-free 1-800-HUSSMAN (1-800-487-7626), or on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is also available without charge upon request by calling toll-free 1-800-HUSSMAN, or on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

Each Fund files a complete listing of portfolio holdings with the SEC as of the end of the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to each Fund’s Form N-PORT. The filings are available upon request, by calling 1-800-HUSSMAN (1-800-487-7626). You may also obtain copies of these filings on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and the Funds’ website at www.hussmanfunds.com.

 


Federal Tax Information (Unaudited)

 

In accordance with federal tax requirements, the following provides shareholders with information concerning distributions from ordinary income made by the Funds during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. Certain dividends paid by the Funds may be subject to the maximum tax rate. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, 100%, 11.56% and 15.80% of the dividends paid from ordinary income by Hussman Strategic Growth Fund, Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund and Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund, respectively, qualified for the dividends received deduction for corporations.

 

As required by federal regulations, the Trust will send to each shareholder complete information regarding dividends and other distributions of the Funds for 2022 on Form 1099-DIV.

 

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Approval of Investment Advisory Agreements

(Unaudited)

 

At a meeting held on June 13, 2022, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Hussman Investment Trust, including the Trustees who are not “interested persons,” as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”) voting separately, reviewed and unanimously approved the continuance, for an additional annual period, of the Investment Advisory Agreements between the Trust and Hussman Strategic Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) on behalf of each of Hussman Strategic Growth Fund (the “Growth Fund”), Hussman Strategic Allocation Fund (the “Allocation Fund”), Hussman Strategic Total Return Fund (the “Total Return Fund”) and Hussman Strategic International Fund (the “International Fund,” and together with the Growth Fund, the Allocation Fund and the Total Return Fund, the “Funds”).

 

In determining whether to approve continuances of the Investment Advisory Agreements of the Funds (the “Advisory Agreements”), the Independent Trustees requested and received from the Adviser such information as they deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the Advisory Agreements and to assess whether the Advisory Agreements continue to be in the best interests of the Funds and their shareholders. In addition to reviewing and considering this information, the Independent Trustees considered information relating to the Funds and the Adviser that was provided to them in connection with meetings of the Board held throughout the year. They reviewed and considered, among other things: (i) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser to each of the Funds; (ii) the investment performance of each of the Funds; (iii) comparisons of the advisory fees and expenses of the Funds to the fees and expenses of peer groups of mutual funds; (iv) the Adviser’s costs of providing services to the Funds and the profits realized by the Adviser from its relationship with the Funds; (v) whether economies of scale in the Adviser’s costs of providing services have been realized from growth of the Funds’ assets; and (vi) whether the advisory fees payable by each Fund reflect an appropriate sharing of any such economies with such Fund for the benefit of the Fund and its shareholders. The Independent Trustees also reviewed the background, qualifications, education and experience of the Adviser’s investment professionals and support personnel, and discussed and considered: (i) the quality of shareholder communications, administrative functions and other services provided by the Adviser to the Trust and each of the Funds; (ii) the quality of the Adviser’s compliance program; (iii) the Adviser’s role in coordinating and supervising services provided to the Trust; and (iv) indirect benefits, if any, that the Adviser may derive from its relationship with the Funds. The Independent Trustees were advised and supported in this process by independent legal counsel and, prior to voting, met with and asked questions of representatives of the Adviser, including Dr. John Hussman, and met separately with their counsel.

 

 

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The Adviser provided the Independent Trustees with extensive information to assist them in analyzing both the absolute and risk-adjusted returns of the Funds over various periods. In these materials, the returns of each Fund were compared to the returns of relevant indices and to the average returns of one or more selected peer groups of mutual funds.

 

The analyses and comparisons provided by the Adviser showed the alternative nature of the Funds and that each of the Hussman Funds has the objective of achieving long-term returns with managed risk and are not intended to track the market over shorter segments of the market cycle. The information provided to the Independent Trustees showed that the Growth Fund returned 5.62% for the fiscal year-to-date through June 10, 2022, as compared to a loss of -7.98% for the S&P 500 Index and a loss of -21.29% for the Russell 2000 Index for the same period. The information provided showed that during the year both valuations and market internals remained persistently unfavorable and the gain in the Fund is fully attributable to hedging. The Independent Trustees observed that from the inception of the Hussman Strategic Growth Fund on July 24, 2000 through June 10, 2022, the stock selection approach averaged a total return of 10.17%, outperforming the total return on the S&P 500 by 356 basis points annually, with smaller interim losses. The information provided further showed that, since its inception on July 24, 2000 through April 30, 2022, the Growth Fund generated an average annual total return of 0.96%, compared with average annual total returns of 6.92% for the S&P 500 Index for that period. However, the analyses also showed that the Growth Fund outperformed the S&P 500 Index for the one-year period ended April 30, 2022, returning 4.71% versus a return of 0.21% for the S&P 500 Index and that, since inception, the Growth Fund’s hedging strategies have generally been successful in reducing the volatility of an investment in the Fund as compared to the volatility of relevant securities indices. The Independent Trustees observed that, although the Growth Fund underperformed the S&P 500 Index from 2009 to date, this period has represented a largely uncorrected advance to historic valuation extremes, that the Fund’s outperformance of the Index in the past year was substantial, and that the Fund’s return/risk characteristics have been well-aligned with its investment objectives during the most recent period of market volatility since the February 19, 2020 peak in the Index. They reviewed the Growth Fund’s performance over various periods as compared to the performance of mutual funds categorized by Morningstar, Inc. as U.S. Market Neutral and U.S. Long-Short Equity. They recognized that the Growth Fund’s performance during various recent multi-year periods lagged the average performance of these other mutual funds. Information provided to the Board indicated that, over the long term, the Adviser’s stock selection record for the Growth Fund has been very good and that the underperformance of the Fund in recent

 

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years is largely attributable to the Fund’s use of hedging techniques and the nature of the Fund’s alternative investment approach, which is not intended to track general stock market movements. In evaluating the Growth Fund’s investment performance, the Independent Trustees recognized that the use of hedging is an integral part of the Fund’s investment program and that, although this has caused the Fund’s significant underperformance since 2009, the Adviser has managed the investment portfolio of the Growth Fund in a manner consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and policies, and with the Adviser’s investment methodology, as described in the Fund’s prospectus. The Independent Trustees also recognized that the Adviser has adapted and refined the models and analytics it uses in managing the Growth Fund in seeking to address the Fund’s underperformance and noted that the Adviser has from time to time implemented various modifications in its analytics and restrictions in its hedging approach with the goals of improving the investment performance of the Fund over the long term and reducing the risks and costs of its hedging strategy.

 

With respect to the Allocation Fund, the Independent Trustees took note of the fact that the Fund lost -2.21% for the fiscal year-to-date through June 10, 2022, as compared to a loss for that period of -7.27% for a benchmark fixed-allocation portfolio invested 60% in the S&P 500 Index, 30% in the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Unhedged Index, and 10% in the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Bills Index. The Independent Trustees also noted that from December 31, 2019 to date, the Allocation Fund gained 21.66%, compared with a total return of 15.55% for the benchmark fixed-allocation portfolio. The Independent Trustees observed that the Fund’s average annual total return of 7.18% from inception on August 27, 2019 through April 30, 2022 lagged the 9.88% average annual total return of the benchmark fixed-allocation portfolio during the same period. The Independent Trustees noted that the Fund outperformed the benchmark fixed-allocation portfolio during the most recent year, returning 1.07% over the benchmark fixed-allocation portfolio loss of -1.77%. In their consideration of the Allocation Fund’s performance, the Independent Trustees noted that the Fund has maintained a defensive stance since inception (with a significant portion of the Fund’s stock portfolio hedged against general market fluctuations) and that the Fund has experienced significantly less downside risk than a passive investment approach, although the Fund has not been in existence long enough to evaluate its investment performance over a full market cycle.

 

In reviewing the performance of the Total Return Fund, the Independent Trustees took note of the fact that the Total Return Fund lost -0.30% for the fiscal year-to-date through June 10, 2022, as compared to a total return of -10.60% for the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index for that period. The Independent Trustees also noted that the

 

 

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Total Return Fund gained 12.27% from December 31, 2019 to date, compared with a loss of -5.43% for the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index for the same period. In addition, the Independent Trustees reviewed comparisons of the performance of the Total Return Fund for various periods to the performance of mutual funds categorized by Morningstar as U.S. Allocation (15% to 30% Equity), U.S. Tactical Allocation and U.S. Multisector Bond. They noted that the performance of the Total Return Fund for the one-year period ended April 30, 2022 has been competitive and that the Fund has performed well over longer periods (3-, 5- and 10-year periods ended April 30, 2022, as well as since inception of the Fund).

 

With respect to the International Fund, the Independent Trustees took note of the fact that the Fund lost -5.96% for the fiscal year-to-date through June 10, 2022, as compared to a loss of -13.40% for the MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index (the “EAFE Index”) for that period. The Independent Trustees also noted that the International Fund lost -5.82% from December 31, 2019 to date, compared to a total return of 2.52% for the EAFE Index for the same period. In addition, the Independent Trustees compared the International Fund’s performance over various periods to mutual funds categorized by Morningstar as U.S. Market Neutral, U.S. Long-Short Equity and Foreign Large Blend. They recognized that the Fund’s performance during the one-year period ended April 30, 2022 and during various multi-year periods then ended lagged the average performance of these other mutual funds. In their evaluation of the investment performance of the International Fund, the Independent Trustees observed that, since its inception, the Fund has maintained a defensive investment position in which its portfolio of stocks has been substantially fully hedged against the impact of general market fluctuations. They also observed, however, that the International Fund has experienced considerably less downside risk since its inception than would have resulted from use of a passive investment approach. The Independent Trustees noted that the Fund has not been in existence for a full market cycle, making it difficult to evaluate the Fund’s long-term investment performance relative to its investment objective.

 

In evaluating the advisory fees payable by the Funds and the Funds’ expense ratios, the Independent Trustees reviewed comparative expense and advisory fee information for peer groups of mutual funds based on investment style.

 

With respect to advisory fees, the Independent Trustees concluded that the advisory fee of the Growth Fund, computed at the annual rate of 0.90% of average daily net assets (based on the Fund’s then current asset level), compares favorably to the average advisory fees payable by mutual funds categorized by Morningstar as U.S. Long-Short Equity or U.S. Market Neutral. The Independent Trustees also reviewed comparative advisory fee information for the Allocation Fund, computed

 

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at the annual rate of 0.75% of average daily net assets (based on the Fund’s then current asset level), and noted that the advisory fee of the Fund compares favorably to the average advisory fees of other funds of similar size investing in similar securities. With respect to the Total Return Fund, the Independent Trustees concluded that the advisory fee of the Fund, computed at the annual rate of 0.50% of average daily net assets (based on the Fund’s then current asset level), compares favorably to the average of advisory fees of other funds of similar size investing in similar securities. The Independent Trustees observed that the advisory fee of the International Fund, computed at the annual rate of 0.95% of average daily net assets (based on the Fund’s then current asset level), compares favorably to the average advisory fees of other funds of similar size investing in similar securities. With respect to each of the Funds, the Independent Trustees determined that the fees payable to the Adviser appropriately reflect the nature and scope of services provided by the Adviser (which are broader than the norm) and the value to the Funds of the Adviser’s experience, expertise, and analytic capabilities. They also determined that the advisory fee schedules of the Funds, which include breakpoints in the fee rates applicable to net assets in excess of specified levels, provide the opportunity for each of the Funds and its shareholders to participate in economies of scale in the Adviser’s costs of providing services that may be associated with potential future growth of the Funds’ assets.

 

With respect to the total expenses of the Funds, the Independent Trustees considered the fact that the expense ratios of the Growth Fund and the Total Return Fund, both before and after advisory fee reductions pursuant to the Adviser’s agreement to waive its fees or to absorb expenses of the Funds as necessary to maintain the operating expenses of the Funds (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage commissions, taxes, interest expense and any extraordinary expenses) at specified levels, are less than the averages for their respective peer group funds. They noted in this regard that the Growth Fund has one of the lowest expense ratios among mutual funds categorized by Morningstar as U.S. Long-Short Equity or U.S. Market Neutral. With respect to the Total Return Fund, the Independent Trustees noted that the Fund’s expense ratio is less than the average expense ratio of mutual funds categorized by Morningstar as U.S. Tactical Allocation or U.S. Multisector Bond. They also noted that, from time to time since each such Fund’s inception, its expense ratio was reduced through the introduction of advisory fee breakpoints. In addition, the Independent Trustees considered the fact that, since March 2013, the Adviser has contractually been waiving a portion of its fees to reduce the total ordinary operating expenses of the Growth Fund and the Total Return Fund.

 

 

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The Independent Trustees also reviewed comparative information relating to the total expenses of the Allocation Fund and the International Fund. They noted that the expense ratio of the Allocation Fund is average compared to many other mutual funds that have similar investment strategies and the International Fund is higher than the average of many other mutual funds that have similar investment strategies. However, the Independent Trustees considered the fact that the higher expense ratios are attributable, in part, to the relatively small size of those Funds and took into consideration the expense limitation arrangements under which the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its advisory fees or to absorb operating expenses of the Funds, to the extent necessary to limit total annual ordinary operating expenses of the Allocation Fund and the International Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage commissions, taxes, interest expense and any extraordinary expenses) to 1.25% and 2.00%, respectively, of average daily net assets.

 

In evaluating the expense ratios of the Funds, the Independent Trustees recognized that, although under the expense limitation agreements currently in effect the Adviser may be entitled to be reimbursed by a Fund for all or a portion of fees waived and expenses absorbed by the Adviser, any such reimbursement could not result in the expense ratio of a Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage commissions, taxes, interest expense and any extraordinary expenses) exceeding the lesser of: (i) the expense limitation in effect for the Fund at the time of the fee waiver or expense absorption by the Adviser; and (ii) the expense limitation (if any) in effect at the time of reimbursement by the Fund. The Independent Trustees were cognizant of the fact that the current expense limitation agreement for each Fund remains in effect only until November 1, 2022 but recognized that the Adviser has historically agreed to continuing such agreements in effect from year to year (either without change or with only relatively minor upward adjustment in the applicable expense limitation). The Independent Trustees concluded that each Fund has benefited and continues to benefit from these expense limitation arrangements, which have enabled each Fund to maintain an expense ratio within the expense ratios of its peer group funds.

 

The Independent Trustees also reviewed recent financial statements of the Adviser, as well as schedules showing the Adviser’s estimated revenues, expenses and profitability with respect to each of the Funds for calendar years 2019, 2020 and 2021 and for the first four months of 2022. They noted that the Adviser has waived its fees (and, in some cases, absorbed expenses of a Fund), thereby reducing its profitability, pursuant to expense limitation agreements. The Independent Trustees recognized that, although the Adviser has realized reduced profits over the years as a consequence of declines in the Funds’ net assets, the Adviser is earning more

 

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profits as the Funds’ net assets have increased. In evaluating the Adviser’s profitability, the Independent Trustees considered the broad and unique skill set and talent that is required for the Adviser to pursue and to adhere to the Funds’ well-defined and disciplined investment programs, which has been a primary attraction of the Funds to investors. They determined that, due to an increase in the Adviser’s revenues and the resulting increase in its profitability, the Adviser has sufficient financial resources to enable it to continue to provide all required services to the Funds, without diminution of service quality or scope. The Independent Trustees noted that the Adviser’s profitability with respect to each of the Funds was not excessive when viewed in light of the scope of services provided by the Adviser and the Adviser’s adherence to its stated investment philosophy and the investment programs of the Funds.

 

Based on a careful review of the investment performance and risk characteristics of the Funds and consideration of other matters deemed by them to be pertinent (including, but not limited to, the factors and information discussed above), the Independent Trustees concluded that the Adviser has provided all required services to the Funds in a satisfactory manner. They determined that this conclusion is supported by the nature and scope of advisory services required by the Funds, which are broader and more sophisticated than those required by many other mutual funds due to the nature of the Funds’ investment programs and which involve extensive use of risk-management techniques. The Independent Trustees also considered the fact that the Adviser has generally achieved lower volatility of investment returns for the Funds than would have resulted from use of a passive investment approach. They recognized that challenges associated with the Adviser’s hedging approach have reduced the returns of the Growth Fund and the International Fund in the period since 2009 but noted that the Adviser has implemented meaningful changes in its methodologies since 2009 that may operate to reduce the frequency of similar challenges in future market cycles while maintaining the favorable attributes that the Adviser’s hedging strategies exhibited in the years prior to 2009. In this regard, the Independent Trustees specifically considered the fact that the investment performance of the Growth Fund and the International Fund has in recent years prior to 2020 generally been disappointing, and they considered whether, under such circumstances, it would be appropriate and consistent with their duties and the interests of the Funds to approve the continuance of each of the Advisory Agreements, as proposed. The Independent Trustees discussed the performance record of the International Fund as well as the small size of the Fund and the significant costs being incurred by the Adviser to maintain a competitive expense ratio.

 

 

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The Independent Trustees concluded that the Adviser has consistently taken a proactive stance with regard to shareholder protections, service quality and ethical standards. Among other things, they noted that the Adviser: (i) does not derive any material indirect benefits from its relationship with the Funds; (ii) does not derive any economic benefit in connection with transactions in shares of the Funds; and (iii) adheres to a brokerage placement policy that seeks to obtain best execution and low commissions on all of the Funds’ brokerage transactions and does not direct transactions to obtain “soft dollar” services, which has resulted in significant savings to the Funds and their shareholders by reducing transaction costs (which are not reflected in the expense ratios of the Funds) and has operated to increase the Funds’ investment performance after expenses. The Independent Trustees thought it was significant that Dr. John Hussman and other personnel of the Adviser, and their immediate family members and charitable entities, maintain substantial investments in the Funds, which helps to align the interests of the Adviser and its personnel with the interests of shareholders.

 

The Independent Trustees also considered the profitability of the Adviser from its relationship with each Fund and noted that the Adviser’s profitability was not excessive when viewed in light of the scope of services provided by the Adviser and the Adviser’s adherence to its stated investment philosophy and the investment programs of the Funds. The Independent Trustees also recognized that the Adviser’s profitability with respect to the Funds has declined considerably in recent years as a consequence of declines in the total net assets of the Funds. They noted that the Adviser has been willing to share in the economies of scale that have been realized from the growth in the assets of the Funds. In addition, they noted that, although the Adviser benefits from its relationship with the Funds to the extent that the growth of the Funds’ assets increase the dollar amount of advisory fees payable to the Adviser, such a result is appropriate and there are no other benefits for which an economic benefit can readily be determined that are realized by the Adviser.

 

After evaluating all pertinent factors and information (including but not limited to the factors and information discussed above), the Board determined that the fees payable by each Fund pursuant to the Advisory Agreements are appropriate in view of the nature, scope and quality of services provided by the Adviser, and further determined that continuances of the Advisory Agreements are in the best interests of the Funds and their shareholders. Accordingly, the Board voted unanimously to approve the continuance of each of the Advisory Agreements for an additional annual period. No single factor was considered in isolation or to be determinative to this decision.

 

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Discussion of Liquidity Risk Management Program

(Unaudited)

 

As required by Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act, the Trust has adopted a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) and has designated persons to be responsible for administering the Program (the “Program Administrators”). In connection with its meeting on June 13, 2022, the Board was presented with and considered a written report from the Program Administrators addressing the operation of the Program and assessing its adequacy and the effectiveness of its implementation. The Program Administrators took into account the liquidity of each Fund in relation to its investment strategies, short-term and long-term cash flow projections, borrowing arrangements and cash positions. Based upon these and other pertinent factors, the Program Administrators determined that each of the Funds primarily holds highly liquid securities, and that there has been no unusual stress or disruption from any redemption activity since the implementation of the Program.

 

The Program Administrators concluded that the Program is reasonably designed and has been effectively implemented. They further concluded that the combination of the diversification of portfolio holdings, the Adviser’s ability to execute trades without significant cost impact, the infrequency of significant daily redemptions, and the record of each Fund’s daily holdings of cash and cash equivalents, mitigate against the risk that a Fund would be unable to meet a shareholder request to redeem shares without significant dilution of the interests of remaining investors in the Fund. Despite the uncertainty and market volatility arising as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Funds have not experienced execution or settlement issues with respect to their portfolio trades.

 

 

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INVESTMENT ADVISER
Hussman Strategic Advisors, Inc.
6021 University Boulevard, Suite 490
Ellicott City, Maryland 21043

 

www.hussmanfunds.com
1-800-HUSSMAN (1-800-487-7626)

 

ADMINISTRATOR/TRANSFER AGENT

Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC
225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450
Cincinnati, Ohio 45246

 

CUSTODIAN

U.S. Bank, N.A.
425 Walnut Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

 

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Cohen & Company, Ltd.
342 N. Water Street
Suite 830
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

 

LEGAL COUNSEL

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
901 Fifteenth Street, NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005

 

This Report is authorized for
distribution only if accompanied or preceded
by a current Prospectus of the Funds.

 

Hussman-AR-22

 

 

 

(b)Not applicable

 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party. Pursuant to Item 13(a)(1), a copy of registrant’s code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR. During the period covered by this report, the code of ethics has not been amended, and the registrant has not granted any waivers, including implicit waivers, from the provisions of the code of ethics.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

The registrant’s board of trustees has determined that the registrant does not have an audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee. The audit committee determined that, although none of its members meet the technical definition of an audit committee financial expert, the members have sufficient financial expertise to address any issues that are likely to come before the committee. After evaluation of the accounting environment within which the registrant operates, it was the consensus of the audit committee members that it is not necessary at the present time for the committee to seek to recruit an additional trustee who would qualify as an audit committee financial expert. It was the view of the committee that, if novel issues ever arise, it will hire an expert to assist it as needed.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

(a)Audit Fees. The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements or for services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements were $60,000 and $60,000 with respect to the registrant’s fiscal years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

 

(b)Audit-Related Fees. No fees were billed during the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 for assurance and related services by the principal accountant 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.

 

(c)Tax Fees. The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning were $16,000 and $16,000 with respect to the registrant’s fiscal years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The services comprising these fees include the preparation of the registrant’s federal income tax returns and the preparation of the Funds’ excise tax returns (which includes review of the Funds’ required distributions).

 

(d)All Other Fees. No fees were billed in either of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item.

 

 

 

(e)(1)The audit committee has adopted pre-approval policies and procedures described in paragraph (c)(7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. Pursuant to the pre-approval policies and procedures, the audit committee has pre-approved certain audit, audit-related and tax services and has established, with respect to each fiscal year of the registrant, the following maximum fee levels for services covered under the pre-approval policies and procedures:

 

·Services associated with SEC registration statements filed by the registrant with the SEC or other documents issued by the registrant in connection with securities offerings and assistance in responding to SEC comment letters – $6,000

 

·Consultations with management of the registrant as to the accounting or disclosure treatment of transactions or events and/or the actual or potential impact of final or proposed rules, standards or interpretations by the SEC, PCAOB or other regulatory or standard setting bodies – $6,000

 

·All additional tax services provided to the registrant in the aggregate – $6,000

 

(e)(2)None of the services described in paragraph (b) through (d) of this Item were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

(f)Less than 50% of hours expended on the principal accountant’s engagement to audit the registrant’s financial statements for the most recent fiscal year were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant’s full-time, permanent employees.

 

(g)During the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, aggregate non-audit fees of $16,000 and $16,000, respectively, were billed by the registrant’s principal accountant for services rendered to the registrant. No non-audit fees were billed in either of the last two fiscal years by the registrant’s principal accountant for services rendered 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 adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant.

 

(h)The principal accountant has not provided any non-audit services 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.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

Not applicable

 

 

 

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a)Not applicable [schedule filed with Item 1]

 

(b)Not applicable

 

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 has not adopted procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of trustees.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) Based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed and are operating effectively to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to them by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared, and that the information required in filings on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported on a timely basis.

 

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are 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.

 

File the exhibits listed below as part of this Form. Letter or number the exhibits in the sequence indicated.

 

(a)(1) Any code of ethics, or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy the Item 2 requirements through filing of an exhibit: Attached hereto

 

(a)(2) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)): Attached hereto

 

(a)(3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the Act (17 CFR 270.23c-1) sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons: Not applicable

 

(a)(4) Change in the registrant’s independent public accountant: Not applicable

 

(b) Certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)): Attached hereto

 

Exhibit 99.CODE ETHCode of Ethics
 Exhibit 99.CERTCertifications required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act
 Exhibit 99.906CERTCertifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act

 

 

 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) Hussman Investment Trust  
     
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ John P. Hussman  
  John P. Hussman, President  
     
Date September 1, 2022    

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/ John P. Hussman  
  John P. Hussman, President  
     
Date September 1, 2022    

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Mark J. Seger  
  Mark J. Seger, Treasurer  
     
Date September 1, 2022    

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