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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

811-21836

(Investment Company Act file number)

 

Index Funds

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

737 Bishop Street

Mauka Tower, Suite 2850

Honolulu, HI 96813

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

(808)600-5366

(Registrant's telephone number)

 

Michael G. Willis

737 Bishop Street

Mauka Tower, Suite 2850

Honolulu, HI 96813

 (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

Date of fiscal year end: March 31

 

Date of reporting period: April 1, 2019 – March 31, 2020

 

Item 1.        Reports to Stockholders.

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

Shareholder Letter

1

Manager Commentary

2

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

4

Schedule of Investments

5

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

11

Statement of Operations

12

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

13

Financial Highlights

14

Notes to Financial Statements

15

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

20

Additional Information

21

Trustees and Officers

23

Privacy Policy

24

 

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund’s annual and semi-annual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund’s website at www.index.fund, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

 

You may, notwithstanding the availability of shareholder reports online, elect to receive all future shareholder reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. If you invest directly with the Fund, you can call 1-844-464-6339 to let the Fund know you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports.

 

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically anytime by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, by enrolling at www.index.fund.

 

Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight

Shareholder Letter

 

March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Special Note to Shareholders:

 

In the first calendar quarter of 2020, the outbreak and spread of a new coronavirus (also referred to as known as COVID-19) emerged as a public health emergency that had a major influence on financial markets. On March 11, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, citing sustained risk of further global spread. The outbreak of COVID-19 prompted various measures by governments across the globe to limit the spread, including travel restrictions, quarantines, restricting public gatherings, and requiring business closures. These measures led to lower consumer activity, diminished demand for a wide range of products and services, and  disruption in manufacturing and supply chains. The wide variability in outcomes regarding the outbreak has created significant market uncertainty and volatility. The extent and duration of the public health situation’s impact on financial markets and the economy remain highly uncertain. Extreme events such as the coronavirus crisis can have  significant adverse effects on mutual funds and their investments. Although multiple asset classes may be affected by market disruption, the duration and impact may not be the same for all types of assets.

 

Discussion of the Fund:

 

The Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight Fund is a “no-load” index fund with no commissions or 12b-1 fees. The Fund’s ticker symbol is INDEX. Our portfolio holds approximately 500 of the largest publicly traded companies on Wall Street, as selected by Standard & Poor’s. This puts INDEX in the “Large Cap Blend” category. 

 

The Fund seeks to track the S&P 500® Equal Weight Index. The S&P 500® Equal Weight Index uses the same 500 constituents as the S&P 500® Market Cap Index. The primary difference is that the S&P 500® Equal Weight Index rebalances its holdings periodically so that, over time, they remain substantially equal.* In  our view, this unbiased distribution of holdings leads to better diversification of your portfolio and a broader exposure to the growth cycles of all 500 companies instead of overweighting the largest companies.

 

Discussion of Fund Performance:

 

During the 12 months ending 03/31/2020, our INDEX FUNDS S&P 500® EQUAL WEIGHT Fund returned -17.46%, while the underlying index fell by -17.56%. The performance of the Fund relative to the S&P 500® Equal Weight Index have been consistent with the performance of the index plus or minus the expenses and trading costs of the Fund. The underperformance of our Fund relative to the market capitalization version of the S&P 500® Index normally occurs when the largest 50 companies within the S&P 500® Index materially outperform the other 450 stocks within the index. This is because the S&P 500® Market-Cap Index overweight’s the top 50 companies within the index to over 50% of the index, whereas the Equal-Weight methodology seeks to hold all 500 companies equal over time. 

 

Looking forward, we believe low-cost index strategies are the future of investing. We created INDEX to simplify investing for every retail investor.  With one simple purchase, you gain access to the potential growth of America’s 500 leading companies according to Standard & Poor’s.

 

Best Regards, 

 

Michael G. Willis 

President 

ONEFUND, LLC

 

The foregoing reflects the thoughts and opinions of ONEFUND, LLC exclusively and is subject to change without notice. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. Subject to investment risks, including possible loss of principal amount invested.

 

*

The S&P 500® Equal Weight Index is an equal weighted version of the S&P 500® Index. The index includes the same constituents as the capitalization weighted S&P 500®, but each company in the S&P 500® Equal Weight Index is allocated a fixed weight - or 0.2% of the index total each quarterly rebalance. It is a broad-based securities market index. Such indices are generally not actively managed and are not subject to fees and expenses typically associated with managed accounts or funds. You cannot invest directly in a broad-based securities index.

 

S&P 500® Market Cap Index: The headline market cap indices, the S&P 500®, S&P MidCap 400®, and S&P SmallCap 600®, are widely recognized as leading indicators of U.S. equity market performance. The S&P 500® is the world’s most-tracked index by AUM.

 

Past performance is not indicative of future results, ordinary brokerage commissions apply, brokerage commissions will reduce returns.

 

 

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Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight

Manager Commentary

 

March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Growth of $10,000 Initial Investment (for the period ended March 31, 2020)

 

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The graph shown above represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the Fund since inception. Past performance does not guarantee future results. All returns reflect reinvested dividends, but do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

Performance (for the period ended March 31, 2020)

 

 

1 Year^

3 Year

Since Inception*

Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight

-17.46%

-0.51%

2.75%

S&P 500® Equal Weight (Total Return)

-17.56%

-0.44%

2.75%

 

The performance data quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Investment return and value of the Fund shares will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than actual performance data quoted. Fund performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling (844) 464-6339 or by visiting www.INDEX.fund.

 

Returns of less than 1 year are cumulative. 

 

Indices are not actively managed and do not reflect deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.

 

The returns shown above do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares.

 

The total annual operating expenses and total annual operating expenses after fee waivers and/or reimbursement you may pay as an investor in the Fund (as reported in the June 28, 2019 Prospectus) are 1.34% and 0.25%, respectively. The Fund’s investment adviser has contractually agreed to limit expenses through July 31, 2020.

 

^

 

Excludes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value and total return for shareholder transactions reported to the market may differ from the net asset value for financial reporting purposes.

 

*

The Fund’s inception date is April 30, 2015.

 

 

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Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight

Manager Commentary

 

March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Sector Allocation (as a % of Net Assets)*

 

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*

Holdings are subject to change and may not reflect the current or future position of the portfolio. For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine industry subclassifications for reporting ease. Industries are shown as a percentage of net assets.

 

The S&P 500® Equal Weight Index (the “Index”) is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC or its affiliates (“SPDJI”) and their Third Party Licensors, and has been licensed for use by ONEFUND, LLC. Standard & Poor’s® and S&P® are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”); Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (“Dow Jones”); [Third Party Licensor Trademarks are trademarks of the Third Party Licensor and these trademarks have been licensed for use by SPDJI and sublicensed for certain purposes by ONEFUND, LLC.] It is not possible to invest directly in an index. The Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by SPDJI, Dow Jones, S&P, any of their respective affiliates (collectively, “S&P Dow Jones Indices”) or their Third Party Licensors. Neither S&P Dow Jones Indices nor its Third Party Licensors make any representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of the Fund or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Fund particularly or the ability of the Index to track general market performance. Past performance of an index is not an indication or guarantee of future results. S&P Dow Jones Indices’ and its Third Party Licensors’ only relationship to ONEFUND, LLC with respect to the Index is the licensing of the Index and certain trademarks, service marks and/or trade names of S&P Dow Jones Indices and/or its licensors. The Index is determined, composed and calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices or its Third Party Licensors without regard to ONEFUND, LLC or the Fund. S&P Dow Jones Indices and its Third Party Licensors have no obligation to take the needs of ONEFUND, LLC or the owners of the Fund into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Index. Neither S&P Dow Jones Indices nor its Third Party Licensors are responsible for and have not participated in the determination of the prices, and amount of the Fund or the timing of the issuance or sale of the Fund or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the Fund is to be converted into cash, surrendered or redeemed, as the case may be. S&P Dow Jones Indices and its Third Party Licensors have no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Fund. There is no assurance that investment products based on the Index will accurately track index performance or provide positive investment returns. S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC is not an investment or tax advisor. A tax advisor should be consulted to evaluate the impact of any tax-exempt securities on portfolios and the tax consequences of making any particular investment decision. Inclusion of a security within an index is not a recommendation by S&P Dow Jones Indices to buy, sell, or hold such security, nor is it considered to be investment advice.

 

NEITHER S&P DOW JONES INDICES NOR ITS THIRD PARTY LICENSORS GUARANTEE THE ADEQUACY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO OR ANY COMMUNICATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ORAL OR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION (INCLUDING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS) WITH RESPECT THERETO. S&P DOW JONES INDICES AND ITS THIRD PARTY LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY DAMAGES OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR DELAYS THEREIN. S&P DOW JONES INDICES AND ITS THIRD PARTY LICENSORS MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE OR AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY ONEFUND, LLC, OWNERS OF THE FUND, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE INDEX OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY DATA RELATED THERETO. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT WHATSOEVER SHALL S&P DOW JONES INDICES OR ITS THIRD PARTY LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS, TRADING LOSSES, LOST TIME OR GOODWILL, EVEN IF THEY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBLITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. THERE ARE NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES OF ANY AGREEMENTS OR ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN S&P DOW JONES INDICES AND ONEFUND, LLC, OTHER THAN THE LICENSORS OF S&P DOW JONES INDICES.

 

 

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Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

 

March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

As  a shareholder of the Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight  (the “Fund”), you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including applicable 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 Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested on October 1, 2019 and held until March 31, 2020.

 

Actual Expenses. The first line of each table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes. The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values  and expenses  may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other mutual funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. The expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight ongoing Fund costs only and do not reflect transaction fees, such as redemption fees or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of each table below is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and may not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight

Beginning
Account Value
10/1/2019

Ending
Account Value
03/31/20

Expense
Ratio(a)

Expenses Paid
During Period
10/1/2019- 3/31/20(b)

Actual

$1,000.00

$790.70

0.25%

$1.12

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

$1,000.00

$1,023.75

0.25%

$1.26

 

(a) 

The Fund’s expense ratios have been based on the Fund’s most recent fiscal half-year expenses.

(b) 

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (183), divided by 366.

 

 

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Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight Schedule of Investments
 

March 31, 2020

 

   Shares   Value 
Common Stocks: 99.72%          
Communication Services: 4.70%          
Activision Blizzard, Inc.   1,803   $107,242 
Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)   39    45,316 
Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a)   39    45,350 
AT&T, Inc.   2,763    80,541 
CenturyLink, Inc.   7,774    73,542 
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)   223    97,297 
Comcast Corp., Class A   2,426    83,406 
Discovery, Inc., Class A(a)   1,075    20,898 
Discovery, Inc., Class C(a)   2,361    41,412 
DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)   3,098    61,929 
Electronic Arts, Inc.(a)   1,011    101,272 
Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)   544    90,739 
Fox Corp., Class A   1,988    46,976 
Fox Corp., Class B   910    20,821 
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.   4,592    74,345 
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)   1,643    74,691 
Netflix, Inc.(a)   355    133,303 
News Corp., Class A   5,880    52,773 
News Corp., Class B   1,856    16,685 
Omnicom Group, Inc.   1,288    70,711 
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)   868    102,953 
T-Mobile US, Inc.(a)   1,400    117,460 
Twitter, Inc.(a)   3,480    85,469 
Verizon Communications, Inc.   1,738    93,383 
ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B   2,736    38,331 
Walt Disney Co.   723    69,842 
         1,846,687 
           
Consumer Discretionary: 10.33%          
Advance Auto Parts, Inc.   681    63,551 
Amazon.com, Inc.(a)   59    115,033 
Aptiv PLC   1,130    55,641 
AutoZone, Inc.(a)   86    72,756 
Best Buy Co., Inc.   1,247    71,079 
Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)   54    72,647 
BorgWarner, Inc.   2,413    58,805 
Capri Holdings, Ltd.(a)   2,727    29,424 
CarMax, Inc.(a)   1,080    58,136 
Carnival Corp.   2,229    29,356 
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)   130    85,072 
Darden Restaurants, Inc.   915    49,831 
Dollar General Corp.   683    103,140 
Dollar Tree, Inc.(a)   1,130    83,021 
DR Horton, Inc.   1,929    65,586 
eBay, Inc.   2,980    89,579 
Expedia Group, Inc.   938    52,781 
Ford Motor Co.   11,455    55,328 
Gap, Inc.   6,335    44,598 
Garmin, Ltd.   1,085    81,332 
General Motors Co.   2,966    61,633 
Genuine Parts Co.   1,005    67,667 
H&R Block, Inc.   4,502    63,388 
   Shares   Value 
Consumer Discretionary (continued)          
Hanesbrands, Inc.   7,343   $57,789 
Harley-Davidson, Inc.   2,832    53,610 
Hasbro, Inc.   1,017    72,766 
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.   986    67,285 
Home Depot, Inc.   494    92,235 
Kohl’s Corp.   2,189    31,938 
L Brands, Inc.   5,974    69,059 
Las Vegas Sands Corp.   1,531    65,022 
Leggett & Platt, Inc.   2,085    55,628 
Lennar Corp., Class A   1,813    69,257 
LKQ Corp.(a)   2,928    60,053 
Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   892    76,757 
Macy’s, Inc.   6,966    34,203 
Marriott International, Inc., Class A   724    54,162 
McDonald’s Corp.   536    88,628 
MGM Resorts International   3,229    38,102 
Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)   766    58,400 
Newell Brands, Inc.   5,504    73,093 
NIKE, Inc., Class B   1,082    89,525 
Nordstrom, Inc.   2,755    42,262 
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd.(a)   1,895    20,769 
NVR, Inc.(a)   28    71,935 
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)   240    72,252 
PulteGroup, Inc.   2,619    58,456 
PVH Corp.   1,013    38,129 
Ralph Lauren Corp.   904    60,414 
Ross Stores, Inc.   915    79,578 
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.   841    27,055 
Starbucks Corp.   1,193    78,428 
Tapestry, Inc.   4,076    52,784 
Target Corp.   832    77,351 
Tiffany & Co.   791    102,434 
TJX Cos., Inc.   1,751    83,715 
Tractor Supply Co.   1,114    94,189 
Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)   417    73,267 
Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)   2,790    25,696 
Under Armour, Inc., Class C(a)   2,882    23,229 
VF Corp.   1,135    61,381 
Whirlpool Corp.   713    61,175 
Wynn Resorts, Ltd.   816    49,115 
Yum! Brands, Inc.   1,056    72,368 
         4,062,878 
           
Consumer Staples: 7.72%          
Altria Group, Inc.   2,108    81,516 
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   2,340    82,321 
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B   1,656    91,925 
Campbell Soup Co.   2,209    101,967 
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.   1,510    96,912 
Clorox Co.   698    120,928 
Coca-Cola Co.   1,944    86,022 
Colgate-Palmolive Co.   1,539    102,128 
Conagra Brands, Inc.   3,726    109,321 
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A   581    83,292 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight Schedule of Investments
 

March 31, 2020

 

   Shares   Value 
Consumer Staples (continued)          
Costco Wholesale Corp.   363   $103,502 
Coty, Inc., Class A   9,543    49,242 
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A   520    82,857 
General Mills, Inc.   2,049    108,126 
Hershey Co.   719    95,267 
Hormel Foods Corp.   2,355    109,837 
JM Smucker Co.   1,042    115,662 
Kellogg Co.   1,597    95,804 
Kimberly-Clark Corp.   778    99,483 
Kraft He inz Co.   3,346    82,780 
Kroger Co.   3,764    113,372 
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.   1,257    71,775 
McCormick & Co., Inc., Non-Voting Shares   631    89,103 
Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B   2,081    81,180 
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   1,986    99,459 
Monster Beverage Corp.(a)   1,700    95,642 
PepsiCo, Inc.   766    91,997 
Philip Morris International, Inc.   1,249    91,127 
Procter & Gamble Co.   843    92,730 
Sysco Corp.   1,266    57,768 
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   1,202    69,560 
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   1,828    83,631 
Walmart, Inc.   879    99,872 
         3,036,108 
           
Energy: 3.24%          
Apache Corp.   4,953    20,704 
Baker Hughes Co.   4,473    46,966 
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.   6,567    112,887 
Chevron Corp.   896    64,924 
Concho Resources, Inc.   1,343    57,548 
ConocoPhillips   1,686    51,929 
Devon Energy Corp.   4,504    31,123 
Diamondback Energy, Inc.   1,243    32,567 
EOG Resources, Inc.   1,400    50,288 
Exxon Mobil Corp.   1,527    57,980 
Halliburton Co.   4,408    30,195 
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   2,512    39,313 
Hess Corp.   1,697    56,510 
HollyFrontier Corp.   2,107    51,643 
Kinder Morgan, Inc.   5,234    72,857 
Marathon Oil Corp.   8,313    27,350 
Marathon Petroleum Corp.   1,804    42,610 
National Oilwell Varco, Inc.   4,442    43,665 
Noble Energy, Inc.   4,725    28,539 
Occidental Petroleum Corp.   2,804    32,470 
ONEOK, Inc.   1,445    31,515 
Phillips 66   936    50,216 
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   755    52,963 
Schlumberger, Ltd.   2,712    36,585 
TechnipFMC PLC   5,287    35,634 
Valero Energy Corp.   1,127    51,121 
   Shares   Value 
Energy (continued)          
Williams Cos., Inc.   4,655   $65,868 
         1,275,970 
           
Financials: 11.95%          
Aflac, Inc.   1,989    68,103 
Allstate Corp.   964    88,428 
American Express Co.   848    72,597 
American International Group, Inc.   2,049    49,688 
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   631    64,665 
Aon PLC   512    84,501 
Arthur J Gallagher & Co.   1,120    91,291 
Assurant, Inc.   812    84,521 
Bank of America Corp.   3,070    65,176 
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.   2,105    70,896 
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)   470    85,930 
BlackRock, Inc.   212    93,274 
Capital One Financial Corp.   1,013    51,076 
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.   915    81,664 
Charles Schwab Corp.   2,117    71,174 
Chubb, Ltd.   683    76,284 
Cincinnati Financial Corp.   1,003    75,676 
Citigroup, Inc.   1,384    58,294 
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   2,635    49,564 
CME Group, Inc.   516    89,222 
Comerica, Inc.   1,470    43,130 
Discover Financial Services   1,220    43,517 
E*TRADE Financial Corp.   2,342    80,377 
Everest Re Group, Ltd.   385    74,082 
Fifth Third Bancorp   3,413    50,683 
First Republic Bank   920    75,698 
Franklin Resources, Inc.   4,068    67,895 
Globe Life, Inc.   1,001    72,042 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.   470    72,657 
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.   1,731    61,000 
Huntington Bancshares, Inc.   6,888    56,551 
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   1,151    92,943 
Invesco, Ltd.   6,001    54,489 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.   773    69,593 
KeyCorp   5,271    54,660 
Lincoln National Corp.   1,770    46,586 
Loews Corp.   2,089    72,760 
M&T Bank Corp.   621    64,230 
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.   282    93,785 
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   956    82,656 
MetLife, Inc.   2,099    64,166 
Moody’s Corp.   450    95,175 
Morgan Stanley   2,105    71,570 
MSCI, Inc.   406    117,318 
Nasdaq, Inc.   1,012    96,089 
Northern Trust Corp.   979    73,875 
People's United Financial, Inc.   6,351    70,179 
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.   666    63,750 
Principal Financial Group, Inc.   1,948    61,050 
Progressive Corp.   1,465    108,176 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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   Shares   Value 
Financials (continued)          
Prudential Financial, Inc.   1,123   $58,553 
Raymond James Financial, Inc.   1,164    73,565 
Regions Financial Corp.   6,158    55,237 
S&P Global, Inc.   390    95,570 
State Street Corp.   1,337    71,222 
SVB Financial Group(a)   424    64,058 
Synchrony Financial   2,805    45,133 
T Rowe Price Group, Inc.   858    83,784 
Travelers Cos., Inc.   779    77,394 
Truist Financial Corp.   1,887    58,195 
Unum Group   3,485    52,310 
US Bancorp   1,754    60,425 
Wells Fargo & Co.   1,966    56,424 
Willis Towers Watson PLC   528    89,681 
WR Berkley Corp.   1,520    79,298 
Zions Bancorp   2,066    55,286 
         4,698,841 
           
Health Care: 14.00%          
Abbott Laboratories   1,225    96,665 
AbbVie, Inc.   1,204    91,733 
ABIOMED, Inc.(a)   582    84,483 
Agilent Technologies, Inc.   1,263    90,456 
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)   957    85,929 
Align Technology, Inc.(a)   397    69,058 
Allergan PLC   561    99,353 
AmerisourceBergen Corp.   1,246    110,271 
Amgen, Inc.   447    90,620 
Anthem, Inc.   373    84,686 
Baxter International, Inc.   1,260    102,299 
Becton Dickinson and Co.   393    90,300 
Biogen, Inc.(a)   357    112,948 
Boston Scientific Corp.(a)   2,345    76,517 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   1,656    92,305 
Cardinal Health, Inc.   1,970    94,442 
Centene Corp.(a)   1,833    108,899 
Cerner Corp.   1,464    92,217 
Cigna Corp.   556    98,512 
Cooper Cos., Inc.   334    92,074 
CVS Health Corp.   1,436    85,198 
Danaher Corp.   713    98,686 
DaVita, Inc.(a)   1,455    110,667 
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.   1,875    72,806 
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)   455    85,822 
Eli Lilly & Co.   870    120,686 
Gilead Sciences, Inc.   1,608    120,214 
HCA Healthcare, Inc.   740    66,489 
Henry Schein, Inc.(a)   1,543    77,952 
Hologic, Inc.(a)   1,989    69,814 
Humana, Inc.   299    93,892 
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)   417    101,014 
Illumina, Inc.(a)   326    89,037 
Incyte Corp.(a)   1,156    84,654 
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)   182    90,128 
   Shares   Value 
Health Care (continued)          
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)   730   $78,738 
Johnson & Johnson   748    98,085 
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(a)   634    80,131 
McKesson Corp.   752    101,716 
Medtronic PLC   931    83,958 
Merck & Co., Inc.   1,185    91,174 
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)   138    95,290 
Mylan NV(a)   5,525    82,378 
PerkinElmer, Inc.   1,120    84,314 
Perrigo Co. PLC   1,960    94,256 
Pfizer, Inc.   2,758    90,021 
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   1,005    80,702 
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)   280    136,721 
ResMed, Inc.   688    101,336 
STERIS PLC   697    97,559 
Stryker Corp.   521    86,741 
Teleflex, Inc.   293    85,808 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   330    93,588 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   371    92,520 
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B   732    72,527 
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.(a)   747    76,687 
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)   483    114,930 
Waters Corp.(a)   452    82,287 
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.   715    72,272 
Zoetis, Inc.   849    99,919 
         5,504,484 
           
Industrials: 13.93%          
3M Co.   626    85,455 
Alaska Air Group, Inc.   1,569    44,670 
Allegion PLC   859    79,045 
American Airlines Group, Inc.   3,848    46,907 
AMETEK, Inc.   1,073    77,278 
AO Smith Corp.   2,273    85,942 
Arconic, Inc.   3,341    53,657 
Boeing Co.   309    46,084 
Caterpillar, Inc.   726    84,245 
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.   1,382    91,488 
Cintas Corp.   403    69,808 
Copart, Inc.(a)   1,193    81,744 
CSX Corp.   1,453    83,257 
Cummins, Inc.   580    78,486 
Deere & Co.   614    84,830 
Delta Air Lines, Inc.   1,864    53,180 
Dover Corp.   930    78,064 
Eaton Corp. PLC   1,130    87,790 
Emerson Electric Co.   1,392    66,329 
Equifax, Inc.   762    91,021 
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.   1,389    92,674 
Fastenal Co.   2,855    89,219 
FedEx Corp.   638    77,364 
Flowserve Corp.   2,183    52,152 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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March 31, 2020

 

   Shares   Value 
Industrials (continued)          
Fortive Corp.   1,406   $77,597 
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   1,624    70,238 
General Dynamics Corp.   591    78,195 
General Electric Co.   9,323    74,025 
Honeywell International, Inc.   598    80,007 
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   420    76,528 
IDEX Corp.   631    87,147 
IHS Markit, Ltd.   1,417    85,020 
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   597    84,846 
Ingersoll Rand, Inc.(a)   2,194    54,418 
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.   1,174    93,063 
JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.   936    86,327 
Johnson Controls International PLC   2,615    70,500 
Kansas City Southern   699    88,899 
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.   528    95,103 
Lockheed Martin Corp.   274    92,872 
Masco Corp.   2,249    77,748 
Nielsen Holdings PLC   5,300    66,462 
Norfolk Southern Corp.   556    81,176 
Northrop Grumman Corp.   306    92,580 
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   851    111,702 
PACCAR, Inc.   1,289    78,797 
Parker-Hannifin Corp.   512    66,422 
Pentair PLC   2,305    68,597 
Quanta Services, Inc.   2,576    81,737 
Raytheon Co.   487    63,870 
Republic Services, Inc.   1,185    88,946 
Robert Half International, Inc.   1,716    64,779 
Rockwell Automation, Inc.   519    78,322 
Rollins, Inc.   3,209    115,973 
Roper Technologies, Inc.   301    93,855 
Snap-on, Inc.   620    67,468 
Southwest Airlines Co.   1,954    69,582 
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   642    64,200 
Textron, Inc.   2,433    64,888 
Trane Technologies PLC   1,019    84,159 
TransDigm Group, Inc.   183    58,595 
Union Pacific Corp.   598    84,342 
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)   1,207    38,081 
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B   891    83,237 
United Rentals, Inc.(a)   649    66,782 
United Technologies Corp.   710    66,974 
Verisk Analytics, Inc.   709    98,820 
Waste Management, Inc.   945    87,469 
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.   1,406    67,671 
WW Grainger, Inc.   318    79,023 
Xylem, Inc.   1,361    88,642 
         5,476,373 
           
Information Technology: 15.58%          
Accenture PLC, Class A   511    83,426 
Adobe, Inc.(a)   333    105,974 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)   2,570    116,884 
   Shares   Value 
Information Technology (continued)          
Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)   1,249   $114,271 
Alliance Data Systems Corp.   961    32,338 
Amphenol Corp., Class A   987    71,932 
Analog Devices, Inc.   890    79,788 
ANSYS, Inc.(a)   416    96,707 
Apple, Inc.   385    97,902 
Applied Materials, Inc.   1,766    80,918 
Arista Networks, Inc.(a)   548    110,997 
Autodesk, Inc.(a)   590    92,099 
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   628    85,835 
Broadcom, Inc.   336    79,666 
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.   883    83,735 
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)   1,556    102,758 
CDW Corp.   767    71,538 
Cisco Systems, Inc.   2,334    91,749 
Citrix Systems, Inc.   958    135,605 
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   1,716    79,742 
Corning, Inc.   3,679    75,567 
DXC Technology Co.   2,818    36,775 
F5 Networks, Inc.(a)   759    80,932 
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.   765    93,055 
Fiserv, Inc.(a)   906    86,061 
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a)   347    64,729 
FLIR Systems, Inc.   1,989    63,429 
Fortinet, Inc.(a)   1,001    101,271 
Gartner, Inc.(a)   670    66,712 
Global Payments, Inc.   592    85,384 
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   6,596    64,047 
HP, Inc.   5,195    90,185 
Intel Corp.   1,830    99,040 
International Business Machines Corp.   788    87,413 
Intuit, Inc.   407    93,610 
IPG Photonics Corp.(a)   731    80,615 
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.   726    112,704 
Juniper Networks, Inc.   4,382    83,871 
Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)   981    82,090 
KLA Corp.   617    88,688 
Lam Research Corp.   375    90,000 
Leidos Holdings, Inc.   1,151    105,489 
Mastercard, Inc., Class A   357    86,237 
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.   1,774    86,234 
Microchip Technology, Inc.   1,036    70,241 
Micron Technology, Inc.(a)   2,064    86,812 
Microsoft Corp.   684    107,874 
Motorola Solutions, Inc.   658    87,461 
NetApp, Inc.   1,672    69,706 
NortonLifeLock, Inc.   4,067    76,094 
NVIDIA Corp.   473    124,683 
Oracle Corp.   1,940    93,760 
Paychex, Inc.   1,243    78,209 
Paycom Software, Inc.(a)   362    73,128 
PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)   982    94,017 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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March 31, 2020

 

   Shares   Value 
Information Technology (continued)          
Qorvo, Inc.(a)   932   $75,147 
QUALCOMM, Inc.   1,204    81,451 
salesforce.com, Inc.(a)   656    94,451 
Seagate Technology PLC   1,799    87,791 
ServiceNow, Inc.(a)   388    111,193 
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   946    84,553 
Synopsys, Inc.(a)   773    99,555 
TE Connectivity, Ltd.   1,125    70,852 
Texas Instruments, Inc.   836    83,541 
VeriSign, Inc.(a)   552    99,410 
Visa, Inc., Class A   572    92,161 
Western Digital Corp.   1,948    81,076 
Western Union Co.   3,883    70,399 
Xerox Holdings Corp.   2,870    54,358 
Xilinx, Inc.   1,099    85,656 
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)   410    75,276 
         6,126,857 
           
Materials: 5.46%          
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.   459    91,621 
Albemarle Corp.   1,587    89,459 
Amcor PLC   10,012    81,297 
Avery Dennison Corp.   813    82,820 
Ball Corp.   1,669    107,918 
Celanese Corp.   849    62,308 
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   2,343    63,730 
Corteva, Inc.   3,991    93,788 
Dow Chemical Co.   1,984    58,012 
Eastman Chemical Co.   1,346    62,697 
Ecolab, Inc.   571    88,979 
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.   1,631    55,617 
FMC Corp.   1,066    87,082 
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   8,216    55,458 
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.   789    80,541 
International Paper Co.   2,281    71,008 
Linde PLC   505    87,365 
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A   1,142    56,677 
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   383    72,475 
Mosaic Co.   5,675    61,404 
Newmont Corp.   2,560    115,917 
Nucor Corp.   1,872    67,429 
Packaging Corp. of America   952    82,662 
PPG Industries, Inc.   795    66,462 
Sealed Air Corp.   2,781    68,719 
Sherwin-Williams Co.   184    84,552 
Vulcan Materials Co.   739    79,864 
Westrock Co.   2,586    73,080 
         2,148,941 
           
Real Estate: 6.34%          
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., REIT   675    92,515 
American Tower Corp., REIT   498    108,439 
   Shares   Value 
Real Estate (continued)          
Apartment Investment & Management Co., REIT, Class A   2,066   $72,620 
AvalonBay Communities, Inc., REIT   506    74,468 
Boston Properties, Inc., REIT   782    72,124 
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)   1,815    68,444 
Crown Castle International Corp., REIT   797    115,087 
Digital Realty Trust, Inc., REIT   930    129,186 
Duke Realty Corp., REIT   3,091    100,087 
Equinix, Inc., REIT   192    119,917 
Equity Residential, REIT   1,304    80,470 
Essex Property Trust, Inc., REIT   352    77,524 
Extra Space Storage, Inc., REIT   1,034    99,016 
Federal Realty Investment Trust, REIT   828    61,777 
Healthpeak Properties, Inc.   3,279    78,204 
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc., REIT   5,890    65,026 
Iron Mountain, Inc., REIT   3,347    79,659 
Kimco Realty Corp., REIT   5,206    50,342 
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., REIT   810    83,454 
Prologis, Inc., REIT   1,194    95,962 
Public Storage, REIT   514    102,086 
Realty Income Corp., REIT   1,459    72,746 
Regency Centers Corp., REIT   1,736    66,714 
SBA Communications Corp., REIT   449    121,217 
Simon Property Group, Inc., REIT   732    40,158 
SL Green Realty Corp., REIT   1,192    51,375 
UDR, Inc., REIT   2,286    83,530 
Ventas, Inc., REIT   1,905    51,054 
Vornado Realty Trust, REIT   1,620    58,660 
Welltower, Inc., REIT   1,344    61,528 
Weyerhaeuser Co., REIT   3,567    60,461 
         2,493,850 
           
Utilities: 6.47%          
AES Corp.   5,589    76,010 
Alliant Energy Corp.   1,998    96,483 
Ameren Corp.   1,409    102,618 
American Electric Power Co., Inc.   1,149    91,897 
American Water Works Co., Inc.   887    106,050 
Atmos Energy Corp.   988    98,039 
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.   4,076    62,974 
CMS Energy Corp.   1,733    101,814 
Consolidated Edison, Inc.   1,204    93,912 
Dominion Energy, Inc.   1,307    94,352 
DTE Energy Co.   847    80,440 
Duke Energy Corp.   1,173    94,872 
Edison International   1,455    79,719 
Entergy Corp.   894    84,009 
Evergy, Inc.   1,684    92,704 
Eversource Energy   1,299    101,595 
Exelon Corp.   2,412    88,786 
FirstEnergy Corp.   2,205    88,354 
NextEra Energy, Inc.   447    107,557 
NiSource, Inc.   3,933    98,207 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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March 31, 2020

 

   Shares   Value 
Utilities (continued)          
NRG Energy, Inc.   2,685   $73,193 
Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   1,228    93,070 
PPL Corp.   2,967    73,226 
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   1,806    81,108 
Sempra Energy   711    80,336 
Southern Co.   1,740    94,204 
WEC Energy Group, Inc.   1,185    104,434 
Xcel Energy, Inc.   1,699    102,450 
         2,542,413 
           
Total Common Stocks          
(Cost $43,024,648)        39,213,402 
           
Total Investments: 99.72%          
(Cost $43,024,648)        39,213,402 
           
Other Assets In Excess Of Liabilities: 0.28%        108,287 
           
Net Assets: 100.00%       $39,321,689 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 

March 31, 2020

 

ASSETS:    
Investments, at value  $39,213,402 
Receivable for investments sold   666,165 
Receivable for shares sold   128,764 
Receivable due from investment adviser   117,475 
Interest and dividends receivable   68,534 
Prepaid expenses and other assets   8,116 
Total Assets   40,202,456 
LIABILITIES:     
Payable to custodian due to overdraft   112,162 
Payable for investments purchased   309,807 
Payable for shares redeemed   336,039 
Payable to fund accounting and administration   55,739 
Payable for trustee fees and expenses   305 
Payable for transfer agency fees   9,927 
Payable for chief compliance officer fee   5,272 
Payable for professional fees   38,440 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities   13,076 
Total Liabilities   880,767 
NET ASSETS  $39,321,689 
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:     
Paid-in capital  $44,934,336 
Total distributable earnings/(accumulated loss)   (5,612,647)
NET ASSETS  $39,321,689 
INVESTMENTS, AT COST  $43,024,648 
PRICING OF SHARES     
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share  $25.34 
Net Assets  $39,321,689 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding, without par value   1,551,595 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight Statement of Operations
 

For the Year Ended March 31, 2020

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:    
Dividends  $942,604 
Total Investment Income   942,604 
      
EXPENSES:     
Investment advisory fees (Note 3)   111,143 
Fund accounting & administration fees   192,983 
Custodian fees   10,504 
Audit and tax fees   17,000 
Legal fees   20,624 
Transfer agent fees   46,084 
Trustee fees and expenses   445 
Registration fees   33,193 
Printing fees   13,854 
Chief compliance officer fees   31,630 
Insurance expense   15,736 
Other   5,061 
Total expenses before waiver   498,257 
Less: fees waived/reimbursed by investment adviser (Note 3)   (387,107)
Total Net Expenses   111,150 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME:   831,454 
      
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN/(LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS:     
Net realized loss on investments   (842,713)
Net change in unrealized depreciation on investments   (8,577,984)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED LOSS ON INVESTMENTS   (9,420,697)
NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS  $(8,589,243)

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 

 

   Year Ended
March 31, 2020
   Year Ended
March 31, 2019
 
OPERATIONS:        
Net investment income  $831,454   $657,845 
Net realized loss on investments   (842,713)   (470,069)
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments   (8,577,984)   2,170,566 
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   (8,589,243)   2,358,342 
           
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:          
From distributable earnings   (775,521)   (972,201)
Net decrease in net assets from distributions   (775,521)   (972,201)
           
SHARE TRANSACTIONS:          
Proceeds from sale of shares   31,019,988    20,825,050 
Issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions   770,062    972,201 
Cost of shares redeemed   (22,363,732)   (16,673,962)
Redemption fees   1,803    2,767 
Net increase from share transactions   9,428,121    5,126,056 
Net increase in net assets   63,357    6,512,197 
           
NET ASSETS:          
Beginning of year   39,258,332    32,746,135 
End of year  $39,321,689   $39,258,332 
           
Other Information:          
SHARE TRANSACTIONS:          
Sold   996,570    679,778 
Distributions reinvested   22,616    35,199 
Redeemed   (726,073)   (546,461)
Net increase in shares outstanding   293,113    168,516 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

 

 

For the Year

Ended

March 31, 2020

 

 

For the Year

Ended

March 31, 2019

 

 

For the Year

Ended

March 31, 2018

 

 

For the Year

Ended

March 31, 2017

 

 

For the Period

May 1, 2015 (Commencement

of Operations) to March 31, 2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

31.19

 

 

$

30.04

 

 

$

27.27

 

 

$

24.01

 

 

$

25.00

 

                                         

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

 

 

0.60

 

 

 

0.57

 

 

 

0.49

 

 

 

0.43

 

 

 

0.44

 

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)

 

 

(5.90

)

 

 

1.42

 

 

 

2.65

 

 

 

3.66

 

 

 

(0.71

)

Total from investment operations

 

 

(5.30

)

 

 

1.99

 

 

 

3.14

 

 

 

4.09

 

 

 

(0.27

)

                                         

DISTRIBUTIONS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From net investment income

 

 

(0.55

)

 

 

(0.49

)

 

 

(0.35

)

 

 

(0.30

)

 

 

(0.28

)

From net realized gains

 

 

 

 

 

(0.35

)

 

 

(0.02

)

 

 

(0.54

)

 

 

(0.44

)

Total distributions

 

 

(0.55

)

 

 

(0.84

)

 

 

(0.37

)

 

 

(0.84

)

 

 

(0.72

)

                                         

REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 2)

 

 

0.00

(b)

 

 

0.00

(b)

 

 

0.00

(b)

 

 

0.01

 

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value

 

 

(5.85

)

 

 

1.15

 

 

 

2.77

 

 

 

3.26

 

 

 

(0.99

)

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

25.34

 

 

$

31.19

 

 

$

30.04

 

 

$

27.27

 

 

$

24.01

 

                                         

TOTAL RETURN

 

 

(17.44

)%

 

 

7.02

%

 

 

11.50

%

 

 

17.19

%

 

 

(1.00

)%(c)

                                         

SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000s)

 

$

39,322

 

 

$

39,258

 

 

$

32,746

 

 

$

13,038

 

 

$

3,074

 

                                         

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements

 

 

1.12

%

 

 

1.34

%

 

 

1.98

%

 

 

6.83

%

 

 

13.50

%(d)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements

 

 

0.25

%

 

 

0.25

%

 

 

0.25

%

 

 

0.27

%

 

 

0.30

%(d)

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

 

 

1.87

%

 

 

1.85

%

 

 

1.68

%

 

 

1.66

%

 

 

2.02

%(d)

                                         

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE

 

 

76

%

 

 

83

%

 

 

64

%

 

 

32

%

 

 

81

%(c)

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.
(b)Less than $(0.005) per share.
(c)Not Annualized.
(d)Annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

March 31, 2020

1. ORGANIZATION

 

 

The Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight (the “Fund”) is a separate series of Index Funds, an open-end management investment company that was organized as a trust under the laws of the State of Delaware on November 9, 2005 (the “Trust”). The Fund currently offers one class of shares: No Load Shares. The Fund is diversified, as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). 

.

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a portfolio of assets whose performance, before fees and expenses, is expected to match approximately the performance   of the S&P 500® Equal Weight Index (the “Index”). The Fund expects  that its portfolio will consist primarily of securities of issuers included in the Index. The Index is designed to measure the performance of approximately 500 U.S. issuers chosen for market size, liquidity and industry grouping, among other factors.

 

2.  SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

 

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund. These policies are in conformity with accounting principles  generally  accepted  in  The  United  States  of America  (“GAAP”).  The  Fund  is  an  investment  company  and  accordingly  follows  the Investment Company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, “Financial Services-Investment Companies.”

 

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported  amounts  of  increases  and  decreases  in  net  assets  from  operations  during  the  reporting  period.  Actual  results  could  differ  from  those estimates.

 

Investment Transactions —  Investment  security  transactions  are  accounted  for  on  trade  date.  Gains  and  losses  on  securities  sold  are determined on a specific identification basis.

 

Investment Income — Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. Interest income which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is recorded on the accrual basis. 

 

Investment Valuation — The Fund’s portfolio securities are valued as of the close of trading of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (normally 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time). Each security, excluding short-term investments, is valued at the last sale price reported by the principal security exchange on which the issue is traded. Money market funds, representing short-term investments, are valued at their daily net asset value. Securities that are traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. are valued at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price or if no sale is reported, the mean between the bid and the ask. Securities which are traded over-the-counter are valued at the last sale price or, if no sale, at the mean between the bid and the ask. Securities for which quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined by the investment adviser in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”). The fair value of a security is the amount which the Fund might reasonably expect to receive upon a current sale. The fair value of a security may differ from the last quoted price and the Fund may not be able to sell a security at the fair value. Market quotations may not be available, for example, if trading in particular securities was halted during the day and not resumed prior to the close of trading on the NYSE. As of March 31, 2020, there were no securities that were internally fair valued. 

 

Fair Value Measurements — A three-tier hierarchy has been established to classify fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants  would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed  based on the best information available. In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosure under GAAP, the Fund discloses fair value of its investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

March 31, 2020

 

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments as of the reporting period end. These inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

 

Level 1— Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date;

 

Level 2— Quoted prices which are not active, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable (either directly or indirectly) for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and

 

Level 3—  Significant  unobservable prices or inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) where there is little or no market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.

 

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree  of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. 

 

An investment level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level input, individually or in the aggregate, that is significant  to fair value measurement. The valuation techniques used by the Fund to measure fair value during the year ended March 31, 2020, maximized the use of observable inputs and minimized the use of unobservable inputs. 

 

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2020: 

 

Investments in Securities at Value*

 

Level 1 -

Quoted Prices

 

 

Level 2 -

Other Significant

Observable Inputs

 

 

Level 3 -

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

 

 

Total

 

Common Stocks

 

$

39,213,402

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

39,213,402

 

TOTAL

 

$

39,213,402

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

39,213,402

 

 

*See Schedule of Investments for industry classification.

 

For the year ended March 31, 2020, the Fund did not have any unobservable inputs (Level 3) used in determining fair value. 

 

Expenses

The Fund bears expenses incurred specifically for the Fund and general Trust expenses.

 

Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends from net investment income and distributions of net realized capital gains, if any, will be declared and paid at least annually. Income and capital gains distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. 

 

Fees on Redemptions

The Fund charges a redemption fee of 0.25% on redemptions of Fund’s shares occurring within 30 days following the issuance of such shares. The redemption fee is not a fee to finance sales or sales promotion expenses, but is paid to the Fund to defray the costs of liquidating an investor and discouraging short-term trading of the Fund’s shares. No redemption fee will be imposed on the redemption of shares representing dividends or capital gains distributions, or on amounts representing capital appreciation of shares.

 

Income Taxes — As of and during the year ended March 31, 2020, the Fund did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Fund files U.S. federal, state, and local tax returns as required. The Fund’s tax returns are subject to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return for federal purposes and four years for most state returns. Tax returns for open years have incorporated no uncertain tax positions that require a provision for income taxes. Therefore, no provision is made by the Fund for federal income or excise taxes. The Fund intends to continue to qualify each year as a “regulated investment company” under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. By so qualifying, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes to the extent that it distributes substantially all of its taxable or tax-exempt income, if any, for its tax year ending March 31, 2020. In addition, by distributing in each calendar year substantially all of its net investment income, capital gains and certain other amounts, if any, the Fund will not be subject to a federal excise tax. Interest or penalties, if any, will be recorded in the Statement of Operations when incurred. 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

March 31, 2020

 

COVID-19 Risks —A recent outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus was first detected in China in December 2019 and has now been detected internationally. This coronavirus has resulted in closing borders, enhanced health screenings, healthcare service preparation and delivery, quarantines, cancellations, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this coronavirus, and other epidemics and pandemics that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies, their securities (including equity and debt), and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. In addition, the impact of infectious diseases in developing or emerging market countries may be greater due to less established health care systems. Health crises caused by the recent coronavirus outbreak may exacerbate other preexisting political, social and economic risks in certain countries. The impact of the outbreak may be short term or  may last for an extended period of time.

 

 3.  ADVISORY FEES, ADMINISTRATION FEES AND OTHER AGREEMENTS

 

 

Investment Advisory Agreement

Effective August 29, 2019, The Index Group, LLC, investment adviser to the Fund (the “Adviser”), changed its name to ONEFUND, LLC. The Adviser currently provides investment advisory services for individuals, trusts, estates and institutions. The Adviser commenced operations in 2004, and is registered as an investment adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Adviser is entitled to an investment advisory fee, computed daily and payable monthly, of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. An officer of the Trust is also an officer of the Adviser.

 

The  Adviser  has  agreed  to  waive  and/or  reimburse  fees  or  expenses  in  order  to  limit  Total  Annual  Fund  Operating  Expenses  After  Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage  expenses, interest expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) to 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for No Load Shares. This agreement is in effect through July 31, 2020, and may not be terminated or modified prior to this date except with the approval of the Fund’s Board. 

 

The Adviser may request a reimbursement from the Fund to recapture any reduced management fees or reimbursed Fund expenses within three years following the fee reduction or expense reimbursement, but only to the extent the Fund’s Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, plus any requested reimbursement amount, are less than the above limit at the time of the request. Any such reimbursement is subject to review by the Board.

 

As of March 31, 2020, reimbursements that may potentially be made by the Fund to the Adviser are  as follows:  

 

Fund

 

Expires 2021

 

 

Expires 2022

 

 

Expires 2023

 

 

Total

 

Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight

 

$

384,486

 

 

$

387,186

 

 

$

387,107

 

 

$

1,158,779

 

 

Fund Accounting and Administration Fees and Expenses 

ALPS Fund Services, Inc. (“ALPS” or the “Administrator”) provides administrative, fund accounting and other services to the Fund under the Administration,  Bookkeeping  and  Pricing  Services  Agreement  (the  “Administration  Agreement”)  with  the  Trust.  Under  the  Administration Agreement, ALPS is paid fees, accrued on a daily basis and paid on a monthly basis following the end of the month.  Administrator fees paid by the Fund for the year ended March 31, 2020 are disclosed in the Statement of Operations.

 

The Administrator is also reimbursed by the Fund for certain out of pocket expenses. 

 

Transfer Agent and Shareholder Services Agreement 

ALPS serves as transfer, dividend paying and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund (the “Transfer Agent”) under a Transfer Agency and Services Agreement with the Trust.  Transfer Agent fees paid by the Fund for the year ended March 31, 2020 are disclosed in the Statement of Operations.

 

Compliance Services 

ALPS provides Chief Compliance Officer services to the Fund. Additionally, ALPS provides services in monitoring and testing the policies and procedures of the Trust in conjunction with requirements under Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. ALPS is compensated under the Chief Compliance Officer Services Agreement.  Compliance services fees paid by the  Fund   for the year ended March 31, 2020 are disclosed in the Statement of Operations.

 

Distributor 

The Fund has entered into a Distribution Agreement with ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”) to provide distribution services to the Fund. The Distributor serves as underwriter/distributor of shares of the Fund.  Distribution services fees are paid by the Advisor pursuant to the terms set forth in the Distribution Agreement.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

March 31, 2020

 

4.   PURCHASES AND SALES OF INVESTMENT SECURITIES

 

 

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities, excluding short-term securities, are shown below for the year ended March 31, 2020. 

 

Fund

 

Cost of Investments Purchased

 

 

Proceeds from Investments Sold

 

Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight

 

$

42,470,750

 

 

$

32,872,915

 

 

5.   TAX BASIS INFORMATION

 

 

Distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which differ from GAAP, and, therefore, may differ significantly in amount or character from net investment income and realized gains for financial reporting purposes. Financial reporting records are adjusted for permanent book/tax differences to reflect tax character but are not adjusted for temporary differences. The amounts and characteristics of tax basis distributions and composition of distributable earnings/(accumulated losses) are finalized at fiscal year-end. 

 

The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended March 31, 2020, were as follows:

 

 

 

Ordinary Income

 

 

Long-Term Capital Gain

 

Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight

 

$

775,521

 

 

$

 

 

The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended March 31, 2019, were as follows:

 

 

 

Ordinary Income

 

 

Long-Term Capital Gain

 

Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight

 

$

912,728

 

 

$

59,473

 

 

For the year ended March 31, 2020, there were no reclassifications of Paid-in capital or distributable earnings/(accumulated loss) due to tax adjustments.  

 

As of March 31, 2020, net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments based on the federal tax cost were as follows:

 

 

 

Gross Appreciation (excess of value over tax cost)

 

 

Gross Depreciation (excess of tax cost over value)

 

 

Net Unrealized Appreciation

 

 

Cost of Investments for Income Tax Purposes

 

Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight

 

$

3,001,478

 

 

$

(8,693,029

)

 

$

(5,691,551

)

 

$

44,904,953

 

 

The difference between book basis and tax basis is primarily attributable to wash sales. 

 

At March 31, 2020, components of distributable earnings/(accumulated loss) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

 

 

Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight

 

Accumulated ordinary income

 

$

200,886

 

Accumulated capital losses

 

 

(121,982

)

Net unrealized depreciation on investments

 

 

(5,691,551

)

Total

 

$

(5,612,647

)

 

 

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March 31, 2020

 

Capital Losses

As of March 31, 2020, the Fund had capital loss carryforwards which may reduce the applicable Fund’s taxable income arising from future net realized gains on investments, if any, to the extent permitted by the Code and thus may reduce the amount of the distributions to shareholders which would otherwise be necessary to relieve the Funds of any liability for federal tax pursuant to the Code. The capital loss carryforwards may be carried forward indefinitely.

 

Capital losses carried forward were as follows:

 

Fund   Short-Term    Long-Term 
Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight  $   $93,521 

 

The Fund has elected to defer to the year ending March 31, 2021, capital losses recognized during the period November 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020, in the amount of $28,461.

 

6. BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

 

 

As of March 31, 2020, the following entities owned beneficially 25% or greater of the Fund’s outstanding shares. The shares are held under omnibus accounts (whereby the transactions of two or more shareholders are combined and carried in the name of the origination broker rather than designated separately).

 

Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight Fund Percentage
Charles Schwab & Co. 70%

 

7. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

 

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its Officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Trust entered into contracts with its service providers, on behalf of the Fund, and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. The Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.

 

8. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

 

The Portfolio has evaluated the need for disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, no disclosures nor adjustments were required to the financial statements.

 

 

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Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Shareholders of Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight and Board of Trustees of Index Funds

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements 

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Index Funds (the “Trust”) comprising Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight (the ”Fund”) as of March 31, 2020, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five periods 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 the Fund as of March 31, 2020, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five periods in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund 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 regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of March 31, 2020, 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 auditor of one or more investment companies within the Trust since 2006.

 

COHEN & COMPANY, LTD. 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 

May 29, 2020

 

 

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Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight Additional Information

March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

1. PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND VOTING RECORD

 

 

A copy of the Trust’s Proxy Voting and Disclosure Policy and the Advisor’s Proxy Voting and Disclosure Policy are included as Appendix B to the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information and are available, (1) without charge, upon request, by calling (1-844-464-6339) and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://ww.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 will be available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund at the number above and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

2. QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q or as an exhibit to its report on Form N-Q’s successor for, Form N-PORT. These filings are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You may also obtain copies without charge, upon request, by calling the Funds at 1-844-464-6339.

 

3. TAX INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

 

 

NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS

 

The Fund designates the following as a percentage of taxable ordinary income distributions, or up to the maximum amount allowable, for the calendar year ended December 31, 2019:

 

Qualified Dividend Income: 96.76%
Dividend Received Deduction: 92.51%

 

In early 2020, if applicable, stockholders of record received this information for the distributions paid to them by the Fund during the calendar year 2019 via Form 1099.

 

4. APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT

 

 

At their regular meeting on April 3, 2020 (the "Meeting"), in considering whether to approve the continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreement with ONEFUND, LLC (the “Adviser”), with respect to the Fund, the Independent Trustees considered the following factors, with no single factor being all-important or determinative:

 

(i) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser, including the investment performance of the Fund; (ii) the costs of the services provided and the profits realized by the Adviser from the relationship with the Fund, including the extent to which the Adviser has realized, and the Fund has shared the benefit of, economies of scale as the Fund grows; (iii) the investment advisory fee charged to other clients of the Adviser; (iv) the investment advisory fee charged by other advisers to comparable funds and the expense ratios of comparable funds; and (v) any “fall-out” benefits arising out of the relationship between the Fund and the Adviser, including any benefits that may accrue to the adviser from the placement of the Fund’s brokerage.

 

The Independent Trustees then discussed information and documents related to renewal of the Advisory Agreement that had been provided in response to the Board’s requests to the Adviser. Such documents and information were contained in the Board Materials, and they included, without limitation, information concerning:

 

The nature of the Adviser’s business;

The Adviser’s personnel, operations and related compensation arrangements;

The Adviser’s compensation, the expense structure of the Fund and the Adviser’s historical and anticipated profitability in managing the Fund;

Information comparing the Fund’s contractual management fee, expense ratio, and net assets against other registered investment companies identified by the Adviser as peers;

Management services performed by the Adviser for the Fund and the performance of the Fund (compared against the Fund’s benchmark and the performance of other funds over similar time periods);

Portfolio transactions; and

Compliance policies and procedures.

 

 

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Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight Additional Information

 

March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

In connection with their review of the abovementioned materials, the Independent Trustees noted that they had been advised by separate independent legal counsel through the process. The Independent Trustees, based on their consideration of all materials and information presented to them, concluded (without any single factor being identified as determinative) that the quality of service provided by the Adviser is acceptable, the investment performance of the Fund has been within an acceptable range of its peers, the profit, if any, to be realized by the Adviser in connection with its management of the Fund was not unreasonable to the Fund, that any economies of scale or other incidental benefits accruing to the Adviser were not material, and the fees and costs associated with the Fund are reasonable and in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.

 

 

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Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight Trustees and Officers

 

March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

NON-INTERESTED TRUSTEES*

 

Name, Address 

and Age/Date 

of Birth 

Position(s) Held 

with Fund 

Term of Office 

and Length of 

Time Served 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Portfolios 

in Fund 

Complex* 

Overseen 

by Trustee 

Other Directorships 

Held by Trustee During 

Past 5 Years 

Lance J. Baller
(born 1974)
Trustee Indefinite; since January 18, 2006 President, Ultimate Investments Inc. (1995 - present); President, Baller Enterprises, Inc. (1993 - present); President, Baller Family Foundation (2014 – present); Secretary and Vice President, High Speed Aggregate, Inc., (2010 - present); President, Lakeview Village, Inc. (2010 – 2019); Secretary, HSA Bedrock LLC (2014 - present); Member, RM Investments, (2014 - 2017); President, High Speed Mining, LLC (2014 - present); Chairman, Iofina PLC (2014 - present); CEO and Director, Global Healthcare REIT (2015 - present); Vice President and Secretary, Empire Aggregate Inc. (2018 - present); President, Empire Leasing, Inc. (2018 - present); President, Titan Au, Inc. (2018 - present); Managing Member, Yukon Au LLC (2018-present). 1 Co-Chairman, Eagle: XM; Director, Iofina PLC; Vice Chairman, NetAds International, Inc.; Director, Baylor Solar, (2014); Director, High Speed Mining (2014 – 2018); CEO and Director, Global Healthcare REIT (2015 - present); Director, Douglas County Soccer (2017 – present); Empire Au, Inc. (2018 – present); Director, GBB Management (2018 - present).
Vijoy P. Chattergy
(born 1967)
Trustee Indefinite; since April 3, 2020 President and Founder, VMLH, LLC, (2018-Present); Chief Investment Officer, Employees’ Retirement System of the State of Hawai‘i (2011–2018). 1 None
Kevin J. Trigueiro
(born 1966)
Trustee Indefinite; since January 18, 2006 Broker/Owner, the Kastle Group, LLC (2006 to 2013). Small Business IT and Marketing Consultant (2006 to present). 1 None
INTERESTED TRUSTEE        
Michael Willis
(born 1966)
Trustee Indefinite; since January 18, 2006 President of ONEFUND, LLC (2004 to present). 1 None

  

Name, Address and

Age/Date of Birth

Position(s) Held

with Fund

Term of Office and Length of Time Served Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Michael Willis

(born 1966)

President, Treasurer and Secretary Indefinite, Since January 18, 2006 (President), since November 25, 2009 (Treasurer and Secretary). President of ONEFUND, LLC (2004 to present).

Theodore Uhl

(born 1974)

Chief Compliance Officer December, 2015 to May 1, 2020. Deputy Compliance Officer of ALPS Fund Services, Inc. (“ALPS”) since June 2010.

 

 

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Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight Privacy Policy

 

March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

FACTS WHAT DOES INDEX FUNDS S&P 500® EQUAL WEIGHT (THE “FUND”) DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Why? Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.
What?

The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:

 

●    Social Security number and name and address

●    Account balances and transaction history

●    Wire transfer instructions

 

When you are no longer our investor, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.

How? All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons the Fund chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

 

Reasons we can share your personal information Does the Fund share? Can you limit this sharing?
For our everyday business purposes — such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus Yes No
For our marketing purposes — to offer our products and services to you No We don't share
For joint marketing with other financial companies No We don't share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your transactions and experiences Yes No
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness No We don't share
For nonaffiliates to market to you No We don't share

 

Questions?

 

 

 

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Who We Are  
Who is providing this notice? Index Funds S&P 500® Equal Weight (the “Fund”)
What We Do  

How does the Fund protect my personal information?

 

To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that seek to comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.

How does the Fund collect my personal information?

 

We collect your personal information, for example, when you

 

●    Open an account 

●    Provide account information or give us your contact information 

●    Make a wire transfer or deposit money

 

Why can't I limit all sharing?

Federal law gives you the right to limit only

 

●    sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness 

●    affiliates from using your information to market to you 

●    sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you

 

State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. 

Definitions  
Affiliates Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
Nonaffiliates

Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

 

●    Nonaffiliates can include third parties who perform services on our behalf, such as accounting, legal or data processing services. 

Joint marketing

A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.

 

    The Fund doesn’t jointly market 

 

 

 

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(GRAPHIC)

 

Item 2.        Code of Ethics.

 

 

(a)

The registrant, as of the end of the period covered by this report, 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.

 

 

(b)

Not applicable.

 

 

(c)

During the period covered by this report, no amendments were made to the provisions of the code of ethics adopted in Item 2(a) above. The code of Ethics is attached here as Exhibit EX-99.CODE ETH.

 

 

(d)

During the period covered by this report, no implicit or explicit waivers to the provisions of the code of ethics adopted in Item 2(a) above were granted.

 

 

(e)

Not applicable.

 

 

(f)

A copy of the registrant’s code of ethics is filed as Exhibit 12(a)(1) to this report.

 

Item 3.        Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

The Board of Trustees has evaluated the members of its Audit Committee, and has determined that Lance J. Baller, a trustee who is not an ‘interested person’ (as such term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended), qualifies as an audit committee financial expert.

 

Item 4.        Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

 

(a)

Audit Fees: The aggregate fees billed for the registrant's fiscal years ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019 for professional services rendered by the registrant’s principal accountant for audit of its annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by such accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings were $14,500, and $14,000 respectively.

  

 

(b)

Audit-Related Fees: The aggregate fees billed for the registrant's fiscal years ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019 for assurance and related services by the registrant’s principal accountant reasonably related to the performance of audit of the registrant's financial statements and not reported under Paragraph (a) of this Item were $0 and $0 respectively. Such services consisted of a report of the Fund’s transfer agent internal controls pursuant to rule 17AD-13, semi-annual report review and a report on the Fund’s anti-money laundering controls and policies.

 

 

(c)

Tax Fees: For the registrant’s fiscal years ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019, the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning were $3,000 and $3,000 respectively. The fiscal year 2020 and 2019 tax fees were for review of each fund’s federal and excise tax returns and year-end distributions.

 

 

(d)

All Other Fees: For the registrant’s fiscal years ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019, the aggregate fees billed by the principal accountant for products and services other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item were $0 and $0 respectively.

 

 

(e)(1)

The registrant’s Audit Committee has not adopted pre-approval policies and procedures for specific services, although the Audit Committee chairman may pre-approve audit and non-audit services pursuant to delegated authority, subject to ratification by the Audit Committee at the next meeting. Instead, the Audit Committee approves on a case-by-case basis each audit or non-audit service before engaging the accountant to render such service.

 

 

(e)(2)

No services described in paragraphs (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)

[Not applicable]. The percentage of hours expended on the principal accountant's engagement to audit the registrant's financial statements for the most recent fiscal year that were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant's full-time, permanent employees was zero percent (0% ).

 

 

(g)

Aggregate non-audit fees of $3,000 and $3,000 were billed by the registrant’s principal accountant for services rendered to the registrant and to registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant for each of fiscal years ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019. All such services were rendered to the registrant.

 

 

(h)

Not applicable.

 

Item 5.        Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6.       Schedule of Investments.

 

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

 

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

 

Not applicable.

 

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

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 9.       Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable.

 

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

 

There has been no material change to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of trustees.

 

Item 11.     Controls and Procedures.

 

 

(a)

The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) are effective based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this document.

 

 

(b)

There was no change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 13.      Exhibits.

 

 

(a)(1)

The registrant’s code of ethics as described in Item 2 hereof is attached hereto as Exhibit EX-99.CODE ETH.

 

(a)(2)The certifications required by Rule 30a-2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto as Ex99.Cert.

 

(a)(3)Not applicable.

 

(b)The certifications by the registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto as Ex99.906Cert.

 

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.

 

 

  Index Funds  
       

 

By:

/s/ Michael G. Willis

 

 

 

Michael G. Willis, President

 

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

Date:

June 4, 2020

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael G. Willis

 

 

 

Michael G. Willis, President

 

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

Date:

June 4, 2020

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael G. Willis

 

 

 

Michael G. Willis, President

 

 

 

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

Date:

June 4, 2020