0000950123-13-003791.txt : 20130529 0000950123-13-003791.hdr.sgml : 20130529 20130529150515 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-13-003791 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130529 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130529 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20130529 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001454889 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-22311 FILM NUMBER: 13878092 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 211 MAIN STREET STREET 2: CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT,INC CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-648-5300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 211 MAIN STREET STREET 2: CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT,INC CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Schwab Strategic Trust DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20090127 0001454889 S000029407 Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF C000090317 Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF SCHP 0001454889 S000029408 Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF C000090318 Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF SCHO 0001454889 S000029409 Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF C000090319 Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF SCHR 0001454889 S000033156 Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF C000102078 Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF SCHZ N-Q 1 f30076nvq.htm FORM N-Q nvq
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: 811-22311
Schwab Strategic Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
211 Main Street, San Francisco, California 94105
(Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip code)
Marie Chandoha
Schwab Strategic Trust
211 Main Street, San Francisco, California 94105
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 636-7000
Date of fiscal year end: December 31
Date of reporting period: March 31, 2013
 
 
Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

 


 

Schwab Strategic Trust
Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF™
 
Portfolio Holdings as of March 31, 2013 (Unaudited)
 
 
The following are the portfolio holdings as of the report date. For more information, please refer to the fund’s semiannual or annual shareholder reports.
 
For fixed rate obligations, the rate shown is the interest rate (the rate established when the obligation was issued). For variable-rate obligations, the rate shown is the rate as of the report date. The maturity date shown for all the securities is the final legal maturity.
 
                         
        Cost
  Value
Holdings by Category   ($)   ($)
 
  99 .7%   U.S. Government Securities     537,027,097       567,402,744  
  0 .0%   Other Investment Company     132,128       132,128  
 
 
  99 .7%   Total Investments     537,159,225       567,534,872  
  0 .3%   Other Assets and
Liabilities, Net
            1,469,642  
 
 
  100 .0%   Net Assets             569,004,514  
 
                 
Security
  Face
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   Amount ($)   ($)
 
 U.S. Government Securities 99.7% of net assets
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations 99.7%
                 
 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities
1.25%, 04/15/14
    11,020,528       11,390,707  
2.00%, 07/15/14
    15,374,828       16,280,559  
1.63%, 01/15/15
    15,165,585       16,184,560  
0.50%, 04/15/15
    14,922,762       15,682,927  
1.88%, 07/15/15
    13,332,659       14,634,727  
2.00%, 01/15/16
    13,066,108       14,570,801  
0.13%, 04/15/16
    26,175,869       27,824,164  
2.50%, 07/15/16
    12,798,063       14,815,806  
2.38%, 01/15/17
    11,094,938       12,948,126  
0.13%, 04/15/17
    29,455,592       31,784,351  
2.63%, 07/15/17
    9,623,864       11,581,743  
1.63%, 01/15/18
    10,025,305       11,698,328  
1.38%, 07/15/18
    9,882,672       11,584,369  
2.13%, 01/15/19
    9,205,517       11,236,530  
1.88%, 07/15/19
    10,457,416       12,810,334  
1.38%, 01/15/20
    12,675,873       15,110,021  
1.25%, 07/15/20
    19,475,289       23,282,124  
1.13%, 01/15/21
    22,270,746       26,283,043  
0.63%, 07/15/21
    23,625,496       27,051,193  
0.13%, 01/15/22
    26,054,363       28,378,934  
0.13%, 07/15/22
    26,872,675       29,316,476  
0.13%, 01/15/23
    18,263,145       19,712,691  
2.38%, 01/15/25
    17,345,833       23,316,615  
2.00%, 01/15/26
    12,618,426       16,449,254  
2.38%, 01/15/27
    10,161,204       13,847,791  
1.75%, 01/15/28
    10,183,513       12,964,935  
3.63%, 04/15/28
    10,676,969       16,694,402  
2.50%, 01/15/29
    9,833,787       13,755,009  
3.88%, 04/15/29
    12,669,462       20,605,740  
3.38%, 04/15/32
    3,986,531       6,418,953  
2.13%, 02/15/40
    5,942,769       8,381,147  
2.13%, 02/15/41
    7,977,057       11,303,730  
0.75%, 02/15/42
    12,943,640       13,528,175  
0.63%, 02/15/43
    5,951,210       5,974,479  
                 
Total U.S. Government Securities
(Cost $537,027,097)     567,402,744  
         
                 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
 Other Investment Company 0.0% of net assets
 
Money Market Fund 0.0%
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund
    132,128       132,128  
                 
Total Other Investment Company
(Cost $132,128)     132,128  
         
 
End of Investments
 
At 03/31/13, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments was $537,220,992 and the unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $30,626,871 and ($312,991), respectively, with a net unrealized appreciation of $30,313,880.
 
 
Under procedures approved by the fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), the investment adviser has formed a Pricing Committee to administer the pricing and valuation of portfolio securities and other assets and to ensure that prices used for internal purposes or provided by third parties reasonably reflect fair market value. Among other things, these procedures allow the fund to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers and other market sources to determine fair value.
 
 
 
 1


 

 
 Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF
 

 
Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
The fund values the securities in its portfolio every business day. The fund uses the following policies to value various types of securities:
 
  •  Bonds and notes: valued at halfway between the most recent bid and asked quotes or, if such quotes are unavailable, at prices for securities of comparable maturity, credit quality and type. Valuations for bonds and notes are provided by independent bond-pricing services.
 
  •  Securities for which no quoted value is available: The Board has adopted procedures to fair value the fund’s securities when market prices are not “readily available” or are unreliable. For example, the fund may fair value a security when it is de-listed or its trading is halted or suspended; when a security’s primary pricing source is unable or unwilling to provide a price; or when a security’s primary trading market is closed during regular market hours. The fund makes fair value determinations in good faith in accordance with the fund’s valuation procedures. The Pricing Committee considers a number of factors, including unobservable market inputs when arriving at fair value. The Pricing Committee may employ techniques such as the review of related or comparable assets or liabilities, related market activities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, transactional back-testing, disposition analysis and other relevant information. The Pricing Committee regularly reviews these inputs and assumptions to calibrate the valuations. The Board convenes on a regular basis to review fair value determinations made by the fund pursuant to the valuation procedures.
 
  •  Short-term securities (60 days or less to maturity): valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
 
  •  Underlying funds: valued at their respective net asset values.
 
In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (GAAP), the fund discloses the fair value of its investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to valuations based upon unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to valuations based upon unobservable inputs that are significant to the valuation (Level 3 measurements). If the fund determines that either the volume and/or level of activity for an asset or liability has significantly decreased (from normal conditions for that asset or liability) or price quotations or observable inputs are not associated with orderly transactions, increased analysis and management judgment will be required to estimate fair value.
 
The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
 
  •  Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities — Investments whose values are based on quoted market prices in active markets, and whose values are therefore classified as Level 1 prices, include active listed equities.
 
  •  Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) — Investments that trade in markets that are not considered to be active, but whose values are based on quoted market prices, dealer quotations or valuations provided by alternative pricing sources supported by observable inputs are classified as Level 2 prices. These generally include U.S. government and sovereign obligations, most government agency securities, investment-grade corporate bonds, certain mortgage products, less liquid listed equities, and state, municipal and provincial obligations. As investments whose values are classified as Level 2 prices include positions that are not traded in active markets and/or are subject to transfer restrictions, valuations may be adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, which are generally based on available market information.
 
  •  Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) — Investments whose values are classified as Level 3 prices have significant unobservable inputs, as they may trade infrequently or not at all. When observable prices are not available for these securities, the fund uses one or more valuation techniques for which sufficient and reliable data is available. The inputs used by the fund in estimating the value of Level 3 prices may include the original transaction price, quoted prices for similar securities or assets in active markets, completed or pending third-party transactions in the underlying investment or comparable issuers, and changes in financial ratios or cash flows. Level 3 prices may also be adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, with the amount of such discount estimated by the fund in the absence of market information. Assumptions used by the fund due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore the fund’s results of operations.
 
 
 


 

 
 Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF
 

 
Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s investments as of March 31, 2013:
 
                                 
    Quoted Prices in
      Significant
   
    Active Markets for
  Significant Other
  Unobservable
   
    Identical Assets
  Observable Inputs
  Inputs
   
Description
 
(Level 1)
 
(Level 2)
 
(Level 3)
 
Total2
 
U.S. Government Securities1
    $—       $567,402,744       $—       $567,402,744  
Other Investment Company1
    132,128                   132,128  
                                 
Total
    $132,128       $567,402,744       $—       $567,534,872  
                                 
 
     
1
  As categorized in Portfolio Holdings.
2
  The fund had no Other Financial Instruments.
 
The fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 as of the beginning of the fiscal year. There were no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 for the period ended March 31, 2013.
 
REG59499MAR13
 
 
 
 3


 

Schwab Strategic Trust
Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF™
 
Portfolio Holdings as of March 31, 2013 (Unaudited)
 
 
The following are the portfolio holdings as of the report date. For more information, please refer to the fund’s semiannual or annual shareholder reports.
 
For fixed rate obligations, the rate shown is the interest rate (the rate established when the obligation was issued). For variable-rate obligations, the rate shown is the rate as of the report date. The maturity date shown for all the securities is the final legal maturity.
 
                         
        Cost
  Value
Holdings by Category   ($)   ($)
 
  99 .5%   U.S. Government Securities     261,052,558       261,519,722  
 
 
  99 .5%   Total Investments     261,052,558       261,519,722  
  0 .5%   Other Assets and
Liabilities, Net
            1,337,602  
 
 
  100 .0%   Net Assets             262,857,324  
 
                 
Security
  Face
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   Amount ($)   ($)
 
 U.S. Government Securities 99.5% of net assets
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations 99.5%
                 
 
U.S. Treasury Notes
1.25%, 04/15/14
    8,316,000       8,409,555  
1.88%, 04/30/14
    9,175,000       9,343,811  
2.25%, 05/31/14
    10,023,000       10,264,183  
0.75%, 06/15/14
    7,944,000       7,998,305  
2.63%, 06/30/14
    8,158,000       8,405,293  
0.63%, 07/15/14
    4,583,000       4,608,601  
2.63%, 07/31/14
    6,403,000       6,610,848  
0.50%, 08/15/14
    8,093,000       8,126,829  
2.38%, 08/31/14
    5,120,000       5,277,000  
0.25%, 09/15/14
    12,516,000       12,524,311  
0.50%, 10/15/14
    11,449,000       11,499,089  
0.38%, 11/15/14
    12,793,000       12,825,481  
4.25%, 11/15/14
    2,815,000       2,998,637  
0.25%, 12/15/14
    4,280,000       4,282,341  
0.25%, 01/15/15
    9,699,000       9,702,414  
0.25%, 02/15/15
    9,855,000       9,856,153  
4.00%, 02/15/15
    10,601,000       11,344,724  
2.38%, 02/28/15
    10,100,000       10,510,706  
2.50%, 03/31/15
    12,683,000       13,252,746  
2.13%, 05/31/15
    15,519,000       16,138,550  
1.75%, 07/31/15
    11,635,000       12,032,231  
1.25%, 09/30/15
    20,743,000       21,234,028  
1.38%, 11/30/15
    8,117,000       8,342,758  
2.13%, 12/31/15
    9,383,000       9,842,626  
2.00%, 01/31/16
    8,445,000       8,838,883  
2.13%, 02/29/16
    9,172,000       9,643,496  
2.25%, 03/31/16
    7,200,000       7,606,123  
                 
Total U.S. Government Securities
(Cost $261,052,558)     261,519,722  
         
 
End of Investments
 
At 3/31/13, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments was $261,053,611 and the unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $467,219 and ($1,108), respectively, with a net unrealized appreciation $466,111.
 
 
Under procedures approved by the fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), the investment adviser has formed a Pricing Committee to administer the pricing and valuation of portfolio securities and other assets and to ensure that prices used for internal purposes or provided by third parties reasonably reflect fair market value. Among other things, these procedures allow the fund to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers and other market sources to determine fair value.
 
The fund values the securities in its portfolio every business day. The fund uses the following policies to value various types of securities:
 
  •  Bonds and notes: valued at halfway between the most recent bid and asked quotes or, if such quotes are unavailable, at prices for securities of comparable maturity, credit quality and type. Valuations for bonds and notes are provided by independent bond-pricing services.
 
  •  Securities for which no quoted value is available: The Board has adopted procedures to fair value the fund’s securities when market prices are not “readily available” or are unreliable. For example, the fund may fair value a security when it is de-listed or its trading is halted or suspended; when a security’s primary pricing source is unable or unwilling to provide a price; or when a security’s primary trading market is closed during regular market hours. The fund makes fair value determinations in good faith in accordance with the fund’s valuation procedures. The Pricing Committee considers a number of factors, including unobservable market inputs when arriving at fair value. The Pricing Committee may employ
 
 
 
 1


 

 
 Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
 

 
Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
  techniques such as the review of related or comparable assets or liabilities, related market activities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, transactional back-testing, disposition analysis and other relevant information. The Pricing Committee regularly reviews these inputs and assumptions to calibrate the valuations. The Board convenes on a regular basis to review fair value determinations made by the fund pursuant to the valuation procedures.
 
  •  Short-term securities (60 days or less to maturity): valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
 
  •  Underlying funds: valued at their respective net asset values.
 
In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (GAAP), the fund discloses the fair value of its investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to valuations based upon unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to valuations based upon unobservable inputs that are significant to the valuation (Level 3 measurements). If the fund determines that either the volume and/or level of activity for an asset or liability has significantly decreased (from normal conditions for that asset or liability) or price quotations or observable inputs are not associated with orderly transactions, increased analysis and management judgment will be required to estimate fair value.
 
The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
 
  •  Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities — Investments whose values are based on quoted market prices in active markets, and whose values are therefore classified as Level 1 prices, include active listed equities.
 
  •  Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) — Investments that trade in markets that are not considered to be active, but whose values are based on quoted market prices, dealer quotations or valuations provided by alternative pricing sources supported by observable inputs are classified as Level 2 prices. These generally include U.S. government and sovereign obligations, most government agency securities, investment-grade corporate bonds, certain mortgage products, less liquid listed equities, and state, municipal and provincial obligations. As investments whose values are classified as Level 2 prices include positions that are not traded in active markets and/or are subject to transfer restrictions, valuations may be adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, which are generally based on available market information.
 
  •  Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) — Investments whose values are classified as Level 3 prices have significant unobservable inputs, as they may trade infrequently or not at all. When observable prices are not available for these securities, the fund uses one or more valuation techniques for which sufficient and reliable data is available. The inputs used by the fund in estimating the value of Level 3 prices may include the original transaction price, quoted prices for similar securities or assets in active markets, completed or pending third-party transactions in the underlying investment or comparable issuers, and changes in financial ratios or cash flows. Level 3 prices may also be adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, with the amount of such discount estimated by the fund in the absence of market information. Assumptions used by the fund due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore the fund’s results of operations.
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s investments as of March 31, 2013:
 
                                 
    Quoted Prices in
      Significant
   
    Active Markets for
  Significant Other
  Unobservable
   
    Identical Assets
  Observable Inputs
  Inputs
   
Description
 
(Level 1)
 
(Level 2)
 
(Level 3)
 
Total2
 
U.S. Government Securities1
    $—       $261,519,722       $—       $261,519,722  
                                 
Total
    $—       $261,519,722       $—       $261,519,722  
                                 
 
     
1
  As categorized in Portfolio Holdings.
2
  The fund had no Other Financial Instruments.
 
 
 


 

 
 Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
 

 
Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
The fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 as of the beginning of the fiscal year. There were no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 for the period ended March 31, 2013.
 
REG59498MAR13
 
 
 
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Schwab Strategic Trust
Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF™
 
Portfolio Holdings as of March 31, 2013 (Unaudited)
 
 
The following are the portfolio holdings as of the report date. For more information, please refer to the fund’s semiannual or annual shareholder reports.
 
For fixed rate obligations, the rate shown is the interest rate (the rate established when the obligation was issued). For variable-rate obligations, the rate shown is the rate as of the report date. The maturity date shown for all the securities is the final legal maturity.
 
                         
        Cost
  Value
Holdings by Category   ($)   ($)
 
  99 .5%   U.S. Government Securities     206,350,908       207,417,349  
 
 
  99 .5%   Total Investments     206,350,908       207,417,349  
  0 .5%   Other Assets and
Liabilities, Net
            1,137,683  
 
 
  100 .0%   Net Assets             208,555,032  
 
                 
Security
  Face
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   Amount ($)   ($)
 
 U.S. Government Securities 99.5% of net assets
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations 99.5%
                 
 
U.S. Treasury Bonds
8.50%, 02/15/20
    571,000       849,586  
8.75%, 05/15/20
    424,000       643,221  
8.75%, 08/15/20
    1,894,000       2,896,932  
                 
 
U.S. Treasury Notes
2.00%, 04/30/16
    4,200,000       4,408,362  
1.50%, 06/30/16
    2,541,000       2,630,532  
3.25%, 06/30/16
    4,928,000       5,379,222  
4.88%, 08/15/16
    2,964,000       3,404,433  
1.00%, 08/31/16
    5,259,000       5,358,016  
3.13%, 10/31/16
    4,575,000       5,006,052  
2.75%, 11/30/16
    7,034,000       7,609,360  
3.13%, 01/31/17
    3,913,000       4,299,104  
3.00%, 02/28/17
    3,596,000       3,938,181  
3.25%, 03/31/17
    4,984,000       5,514,721  
0.88%, 04/30/17
    5,441,000       5,506,891  
3.13%, 04/30/17
    1,942,000       2,141,511  
0.63%, 05/31/17
    8,010,000       8,021,262  
2.75%, 05/31/17
    3,339,000       3,636,121  
2.50%, 06/30/17
    4,681,000       5,053,285  
2.38%, 07/31/17
    3,491,000       3,752,008  
4.75%, 08/15/17
    6,728,000       7,927,475  
4.25%, 11/15/17
    3,802,000       4,419,528  
0.63%, 11/30/17
    4,614,000       4,599,221  
2.25%, 11/30/17
    1,814,000       1,943,957  
0.75%, 12/31/17
    5,500,000       5,508,167  
3.50%, 02/15/18
    3,188,000       3,609,913  
0.75%, 02/28/18
    2,000,000       1,999,844  
2.75%, 02/28/18
    5,296,000       5,811,534  
4.00%, 08/15/18
    2,743,000       3,202,666  
1.38%, 09/30/18
    2,730,000       2,803,795  
3.75%, 11/15/18
    3,623,000       4,194,188  
2.75%, 02/15/19
    818,000       901,973  
1.38%, 02/28/19
    6,797,000       6,951,530  
3.13%, 05/15/19
    4,213,000       4,746,867  
1.00%, 06/30/19
    6,185,000       6,161,324  
0.88%, 07/31/19
    3,523,000       3,478,138  
3.63%, 08/15/19
    3,703,000       4,289,115  
3.38%, 11/15/19
    2,772,000       3,173,508  
1.00%, 11/30/19
    2,002,000       1,981,824  
1.13%, 12/31/19
    2,989,000       2,978,727  
3.63%, 02/15/20
    2,276,000       2,644,783  
1.25%, 02/29/20
    500,000       500,859  
3.50%, 05/15/20
    2,736,000       3,159,653  
2.63%, 08/15/20
    5,086,000       5,556,058  
2.63%, 11/15/20
    2,912,000       3,176,584  
3.63%, 02/15/21
    700,000       815,609  
3.13%, 05/15/21
    3,904,000       4,396,575  
2.13%, 08/15/21
    2,105,000       2,200,053  
2.00%, 11/15/21
    5,000,000       5,157,030  
2.00%, 02/15/22
    7,124,000       7,324,918  
1.63%, 08/15/22
    4,734,000       4,673,717  
1.63%, 11/15/22
    3,804,000       3,737,133  
2.00%, 02/15/23
    3,300,000       3,342,283  
                 
Total U.S. Government Securities
(Cost $206,350,908)     207,417,349  
         
 
End of Investments
 
At 03/31/2013, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments was $206,355,248 and the unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $1,099,978, and ($37,877), respectively, with a net unrealized appreciation $1,062,101.
 
 
Under procedures approved by the fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), the investment adviser has formed a Pricing Committee to administer the pricing and valuation of portfolio securities and other assets and to ensure that prices used for internal purposes or provided by third parties reasonably reflect fair market value. Among other things, these procedures allow the fund to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers and other market sources to determine fair value.
 
 
 
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 Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
 

 
Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
The fund values the securities in its portfolio every business day. The fund uses the following policies to value various types of securities:
 
  •  Bonds and notes: valued at halfway between the most recent bid and asked quotes or, if such quotes are unavailable, at prices for securities of comparable maturity, credit quality and type. Valuations for bonds and notes are provided by independent bond-pricing services.
 
  •  Securities for which no quoted value is available: The Board has adopted procedures to fair value the fund’s securities when market prices are not “readily available” or are unreliable. For example, the fund may fair value a security when it is de-listed or its trading is halted or suspended; when a security’s primary pricing source is unable or unwilling to provide a price; or when a security’s primary trading market is closed during regular market hours. The fund makes fair value determinations in good faith in accordance with the fund’s valuation procedures. The Pricing Committee considers a number of factors, including unobservable market inputs when arriving at fair value. The Pricing Committee may employ techniques such as the review of related or comparable assets or liabilities, related market activities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, transactional back-testing, disposition analysis and other relevant information. The Pricing Committee regularly reviews these inputs and assumptions to calibrate the valuations. The Board convenes on a regular basis to review fair value determinations made by the fund pursuant to the valuation procedures.
 
  •  Short-term securities (60 days or less to maturity): valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
 
  •  Underlying funds: valued at their respective net asset values.
 
In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (GAAP), the fund discloses the fair value of its investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to valuations based upon unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to valuations based upon unobservable inputs that are significant to the valuation (Level 3 measurements). If the fund determines that either the volume and/or level of activity for an asset or liability has significantly decreased (from normal conditions for that asset or liability) or price quotations or observable inputs are not associated with orderly transactions, increased analysis and management judgment will be required to estimate fair value.
 
The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
 
  •  Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities — Investments whose values are based on quoted market prices in active markets, and whose values are therefore classified as Level 1 prices, include active listed equities.
 
  •  Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) — Investments that trade in markets that are not considered to be active, but whose values are based on quoted market prices, dealer quotations or valuations provided by alternative pricing sources supported by observable inputs are classified as Level 2 prices. These generally include U.S. government and sovereign obligations, most government agency securities, investment-grade corporate bonds, certain mortgage products, less liquid listed equities, and state, municipal and provincial obligations. As investments whose values are classified as Level 2 prices include positions that are not traded in active markets and/or are subject to transfer restrictions, valuations may be adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, which are generally based on available market information.
 
  •  Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) — Investments whose values are classified as Level 3 prices have significant unobservable inputs, as they may trade infrequently or not at all. When observable prices are not available for these securities, the fund uses one or more valuation techniques for which sufficient and reliable data is available. The inputs used by the fund in estimating the value of Level 3 prices may include the original transaction price, quoted prices for similar securities or assets in active markets, completed or pending third-party transactions in the underlying investment or comparable issuers, and changes in financial ratios or cash flows. Level 3 prices may also be adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, with the amount of such discount estimated by the fund in the absence of market information. Assumptions used by the fund due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore the fund’s results of operations.
 
 
 


 

 
 Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
 

 
Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s investments as of March 31, 2013:
 
                                 
    Quoted Prices in
      Significant
   
    Active Markets for
  Significant Other
  Unobservable
   
    Identical Assets
  Observable Inputs
  Inputs
   
Description
 
(Level 1)
 
(Level 2)
 
(Level 3)
 
Total2
 
U.S. Government Securities1
    $—       $207,417,349       $—       $207,417,349  
                                 
Total
    $—       $207,417,349       $—       $207,417,349  
                                 
 
     
1
  As categorized in Portfolio Holdings.
2
  The fund had no Other Financial Instruments.
 
The fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 as of the beginning of the fiscal year. There were no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 for the period ended March 31, 2013.
 
REG59500MAR13
 
 
 
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Schwab Strategic Trust
Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF™
 
Portfolio Holdings as of March 31, 2013 (Unaudited)
 
 
The following are the portfolio holdings as of the report date. For more information, please refer to the fund’s semiannual or annual shareholder reports.
 
For fixed rate obligations, the rate shown is the interest rate (the rate established when the obligation was issued). For variable-rate obligations, the rate shown is the rate as of the report date. The maturity date shown for all the securities is the final legal maturity.
 
                         
        Cost
  Value
Holdings by Category   ($)   ($)
 
  0 .3%   Asset-Backed Obligations     1,310,269       1,308,556  
  1 .7%   Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities     6,776,478       6,825,374  
  21 .5%   Corporate Bonds     85,603,538       87,498,755  
  4 .5%   Foreign Securities     17,932,442       18,269,400  
  29 .2%   Mortgage-Backed Securities     118,455,273       118,833,652  
  1 .0%   Municipal Bonds     3,825,759       3,958,497  
  51 .1%   U.S. Government and Government Agencies     206,477,601       208,101,621  
  0 .1%   Other Investment Company     324,543       324,543  
 
 
  109 .4%   Total Investments     440,705,903       445,120,398  
  (9 .4)%   Other Assets and
Liabilities, Net
            (38,243,562 )
 
 
  100 .0%   Net Assets             406,876,836  
 
                 
Security
  Face
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   Amount ($)   ($)
 
 Asset-Backed Obligations 0.3% of net assets
                 
                 
Chase Issuance Trust
Series 2012-A3 Class A3
0.79%, 06/15/17 (b)
    300,000       301,675  
Series 2007-A3 Class A3
5.23%, 04/15/19 (b)
    100,000       116,774  
Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust
Series 2005-A2 Class A2
4.85%, 03/10/17 (b)
    100,000       108,466  
Series 2003-A7 Class A7
4.15%, 07/07/17 (b)
    100,000       108,073  
Series 2006-A3 Class A3
5.30%, 03/15/18 (b)
    150,000       170,342  
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust
Series 2012-B Class A4
1.00%, 09/15/17 (b)
    200,000       201,960  
Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust
Series 2011-3 Class A3
0.88%, 09/21/15 (b)
    200,000       200,847  
Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust
Series 2012-A Class A3
0.73%, 05/16/16 (b)
    100,000       100,419  
                 
Total Asset-Backed Obligations
(Cost $1,310,269)     1,308,556  
         
                 
                 
 
 Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities 1.7% of net assets
                 
                 
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2007-4 Class A4
5.75%, 02/10/51 (a)(b)
    220,000       256,342  
Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage, Inc.
Series 2005-4 Class A5A
4.93%, 07/10/45 (b)
    361,000       391,162  
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities
Series 2005-PW10 Class A4
5.41%, 12/11/40 (a)(b)
    300,000       330,899  
Series 2005-PWR8 Class A4
4.67%, 06/11/41 (b)
    200,000       213,995  
Series 2007-T28 Class A4
5.74%, 09/11/42 (a)(b)
    560,000       657,924  
Series 2007-T26 Class A4
5.47%, 01/12/45 (a)(b)
    440,000       507,929  
Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp.
Series 2004-C5 Class A4
4.83%, 11/15/37 (b)
    200,000       211,173  
Series 2005-C1 Class A4
5.01%, 02/15/38 (a)(b)
    680,000       721,913  
Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates
Series 2007-C5 Class A3
5.69%, 09/15/40 (a)(b)
    200,000       207,209  
Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp.
Series 2007-GG9 Class A4
5.44%, 03/10/39 (b)
    415,000       474,725  
JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.
Series 2005-CB11 Class A4
5.34%, 08/12/37 (a)(b)
    300,000       322,133  
Series 2004-CB8 Class A4
4.40%, 01/12/39 (b)
    297,833       305,800  
Series 2005-LDP4 Class A4
4.92%, 10/15/42 (a)(b)
    200,000       214,360  
Series 2005-LDP5 Class A4
5.20%, 12/15/44 (a)(b)
    200,000       219,608  
Series 2007-LD12 Class ASB
5.83%, 02/15/51 (a)(b)
    155,568       170,162  
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2004-C4 Class A4
5.51%, 06/15/29 (a)(b)
    200,000       210,149  
Series 2005-C5 Class A4
4.95%, 09/15/30 (b)
    300,000       324,210  
Series 2005-C7 Class A4
5.20%, 11/15/30 (a)(b)
    200,000       217,773  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
Security
  Face
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   Amount ($)   ($)
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2004-C11 Class A5
5.22%, 01/15/41 (a)(b)
    220,000       228,917  
Series 2005-C21 Class A4
5.24%, 10/15/44 (a)(b)
    175,347       191,669  
Series 2006-C23 Class A5
5.42%, 01/15/45 (a)(b)
    400,000       447,322  
                 
Total Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities
(Cost $6,776,478)     6,825,374  
         
                 
                 
 
 Corporate Bonds 21.5% of net assets
 
Finance 7.3%
                 
 
Banking 4.6%
American Express Co.
8.13%, 05/20/19
    250,000       336,724  
American Express Credit Corp.
2.38%, 03/24/17
    200,000       209,333  
Bank of America Corp.
5.38%, 06/15/14
    200,000       210,060  
5.13%, 11/15/14
    250,000       265,990  
1.50%, 10/09/15
    100,000       100,392  
5.25%, 12/01/15
    300,000       325,861  
3.63%, 03/17/16
    650,000       689,996  
5.75%, 08/15/16
    100,000       111,598  
5.65%, 05/01/18
    250,000       289,526  
5.00%, 05/13/21
    150,000       168,420  
3.30%, 01/11/23
    200,000       197,620  
5.88%, 02/07/42
    100,000       119,251  
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
2.50%, 01/15/16
    250,000       261,822  
2.30%, 07/28/16
    100,000       104,840  
Bank of Nova Scotia
3.40%, 01/22/15
    200,000       209,837  
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.
2.35%, 02/23/17
    100,000       103,891  
Barclays Bank PLC
3.90%, 04/07/15
    100,000       105,819  
5.00%, 09/22/16
    100,000       112,407  
BB&T Corp.
3.95%, 03/22/22 (b)
    100,000       106,928  
Bear Stearns Cos. LLC
5.70%, 11/15/14
    350,000       377,365  
BNP Paribas
5.00%, 01/15/21
    200,000       225,885  
Capital One Financial Corp.
2.15%, 03/23/15
    150,000       153,150  
4.75%, 07/15/21
    150,000       169,543  
Citigroup, Inc.
6.38%, 08/12/14
    100,000       107,202  
5.00%, 09/15/14
    400,000       420,160  
4.75%, 05/19/15
    100,000       107,323  
1.25%, 01/15/16
    150,000       149,922  
3.95%, 06/15/16
    550,000       593,083  
4.45%, 01/10/17
    200,000       220,380  
6.13%, 11/21/17
    300,000       355,076  
4.05%, 07/30/22
    250,000       258,757  
3.38%, 03/01/23
    200,000       202,029  
5.88%, 05/29/37
    200,000       237,432  
6.88%, 03/05/38
    75,000       98,732  
Credit Suisse USA, Inc.
4.88%, 01/15/15
    100,000       107,346  
Deutsche Bank AG
3.25%, 01/11/16
    150,000       159,081  
Fifth Third Bancorp
5.45%, 01/15/17
    100,000       112,391  
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
3.63%, 02/07/16
    275,000       292,246  
5.63%, 01/15/17
    500,000       560,276  
5.95%, 01/18/18
    200,000       233,428  
6.15%, 04/01/18
    150,000       176,949  
5.25%, 07/27/21
    100,000       113,501  
5.75%, 01/24/22
    100,000       116,478  
6.13%, 02/15/33
    80,000       92,294  
6.75%, 10/01/37
    100,000       112,412  
6.25%, 02/01/41
    75,000       89,446  
HSBC Holdings PLC
5.10%, 04/05/21
    350,000       405,091  
HSBC USA, Inc.
5.00%, 09/27/20
    164,000       183,113  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
2.60%, 01/15/16
    250,000       259,837  
6.00%, 01/15/18
    250,000       297,403  
6.30%, 04/23/19
    450,000       550,346  
4.25%, 10/15/20
    150,000       164,850  
6.40%, 05/15/38
    300,000       386,030  
5.40%, 01/06/42
    50,000       57,615  
Key Bank NA
5.80%, 07/01/14
    250,000       265,441  
Lloyds TSB Bank PLC
4.20%, 03/28/17
    100,000       109,844  
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.
5.63%, 12/01/21 (a)(b)
    250,000       258,125  
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
6.88%, 04/25/18
    200,000       241,668  
Morgan Stanley
1.75%, 02/25/16
    500,000       504,248  
5.45%, 01/09/17
    200,000       224,059  
5.95%, 12/28/17
    250,000       289,740  
6.63%, 04/01/18
    200,000       239,340  
7.30%, 05/13/19
    200,000       247,811  
3.75%, 02/25/23
    500,000       506,432  
7.25%, 04/01/32
    100,000       129,056  
6.38%, 07/24/42
    100,000       120,583  
PNC Funding Corp.
3.63%, 02/08/15
    160,000       168,540  
5.63%, 02/01/17
    75,000       85,743  
Rabobank Nederland
3.95%, 11/09/22
    200,000       201,768  
Royal Bank of Canada
2.63%, 12/15/15
    225,000       236,433  
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
6.40%, 10/21/19
    200,000       239,110  
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
4.38%, 03/16/16
    200,000       217,825  
Santander Holdings USA, Inc.
4.63%, 04/19/16
    50,000       53,507  
UBS AG
5.88%, 12/20/17
    100,000       118,733  
5.75%, 04/25/18
    100,000       118,599  
US Bancorp
2.20%, 11/15/16 (b)
    100,000       104,440  
 
 
 


 

 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
Security
  Face
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   Amount ($)   ($)
3.00%, 03/15/22 (b)
    100,000       103,278  
Wachovia Corp.
5.75%, 06/15/17
    250,000       294,090  
5.50%, 08/01/35
    250,000       278,008  
Wells Fargo & Co.
3.75%, 10/01/14
    250,000       261,887  
5.63%, 12/11/17
    150,000       177,612  
3.45%, 02/13/23
    250,000       252,203  
Westpac Banking Corp.
4.88%, 11/19/19
    350,000       409,793  
                 
              18,634,403  
                 
 
Brokerage 0.1%
BlackRock, Inc.
5.00%, 12/10/19
    200,000       237,645  
Jefferies Group, Inc.
5.88%, 06/08/14
    100,000       106,250  
5.50%, 03/15/16
    100,000       109,000  
Nomura Holdings, Inc.
5.00%, 03/04/15
    100,000       106,438  
6.70%, 03/04/20
    15,000       17,974  
                 
              577,307  
                 
 
Finance Company 0.7%
General Electric Capital Corp.
5.90%, 05/13/14
    230,000       243,767  
5.00%, 01/08/16
    75,000       83,202  
2.95%, 05/09/16
    300,000       317,348  
6.00%, 08/07/19
    100,000       121,571  
4.38%, 09/16/20
    150,000       167,781  
6.75%, 03/15/32
    150,000       191,491  
6.15%, 08/07/37
    150,000       181,702  
5.88%, 01/14/38
    450,000       526,518  
6.88%, 01/10/39
    100,000       131,473  
6.38%, 11/15/67 (a)(b)
    100,000       106,250  
HSBC Finance Corp.
5.50%, 01/19/16
    100,000       111,373  
6.68%, 01/15/21
    150,000       177,777  
SLM Corp.
4.63%, 09/25/17
    250,000       259,950  
                 
              2,620,203  
                 
 
Insurance 1.2%
Aetna, Inc.
3.95%, 09/01/20
    100,000       109,653  
American International Group, Inc.
2.38%, 08/24/15
    100,000       102,640  
4.88%, 09/15/16
    150,000       167,055  
5.60%, 10/18/16
    200,000       227,460  
5.85%, 01/16/18
    40,000       46,924  
6.40%, 12/15/20
    300,000       372,118  
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.
4.25%, 01/15/21
    300,000       337,955  
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
3.20%, 02/11/15
    140,000       146,996  
Chubb Corp.
6.00%, 05/11/37
    250,000       321,607  
Cigna Corp.
4.00%, 02/15/22 (b)
    150,000       162,334  
5.88%, 03/15/41 (b)
    50,000       59,925  
5.38%, 02/15/42 (b)
    100,000       113,500  
CNA Financial Corp.
7.35%, 11/15/19
    250,000       316,875  
Genworth Financial, Inc.
5.75%, 06/15/14
    100,000       104,883  
7.63%, 09/24/21
    200,000       241,282  
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
5.50%, 03/30/20
    70,000       81,761  
5.95%, 10/15/36
    100,000       117,128  
ING US, Inc.
2.90%, 02/15/18 (c)
    300,000       304,633  
Lincoln National Corp.
4.20%, 03/15/22
    100,000       108,751  
MetLife, Inc.
6.82%, 08/15/18
    250,000       311,995  
5.70%, 06/15/35
    100,000       117,431  
Prudential Financial, Inc.
4.50%, 11/16/21
    100,000       111,444  
6.63%, 12/01/37
    100,000       126,124  
5.63%, 05/12/41
    75,000       85,693  
Travelers Cos., Inc.
5.90%, 06/02/19
    160,000       199,057  
6.25%, 06/15/37
    70,000       93,675  
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
0.85%, 10/15/15
    50,000       50,183  
1.40%, 10/15/17
    50,000       50,418  
6.00%, 02/15/18
    150,000       181,562  
3.95%, 10/15/42 (b)
    100,000       94,576  
WellPoint, Inc.
5.25%, 01/15/16
    150,000       167,107  
                 
              5,032,745  
                 
 
Real Estate Investment Trust 0.7%
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
2.95%, 09/15/22 (b)
    100,000       98,585  
Boston Properties LP
5.63%, 11/15/20 (b)
    500,000       593,852  
4.13%, 05/15/21
    400,000       434,929  
Digital Realty Trust LP
5.25%, 03/15/21 (b)
    100,000       111,069  
Duke Realty LP
7.38%, 02/15/15
    125,000       138,536  
ERP Operating LP
5.75%, 06/15/17
    150,000       175,453  
HCP, Inc.
6.70%, 01/30/18
    100,000       121,512  
5.38%, 02/01/21 (b)
    46,000       53,521  
Kilroy Realty LP
3.80%, 01/15/23 (b)
    100,000       102,625  
ProLogis LP
6.63%, 05/15/18
    50,000       60,193  
7.38%, 10/30/19
    150,000       188,076  
Simon Property Group LP
6.13%, 05/30/18
    150,000       183,474  
5.65%, 02/01/20 (b)
    102,000       123,230  
4.13%, 12/01/21 (b)
    100,000       110,785  
Ventas Realty LP
3.25%, 08/15/22 (b)
    250,000       249,335  
                 
              2,745,175  
                 
              29,609,833  
 
 
 
 3


 

 
 Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
 

 
Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
Security
  Face
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   Amount ($)   ($)
 
Industrial 11.9%
                 
 
Basic Industry 1.1%
Airgas, Inc.
1.65%, 02/15/18 (b)
    150,000       150,413  
Alcoa, Inc.
5.55%, 02/01/17
    250,000       275,927  
Barrick Gold Corp.
2.90%, 05/30/16
    100,000       105,224  
Barrick North America Finance LLC
5.70%, 05/30/41
    60,000       63,805  
Barrick PD Australia Finance Pty Ltd.
4.95%, 01/15/20
    100,000       111,144  
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.
1.13%, 11/21/14
    200,000       202,289  
3.25%, 11/21/21
    100,000       105,837  
CF Industries, Inc.
7.13%, 05/01/20
    100,000       124,078  
Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.
3.95%, 01/15/18
    100,000       100,512  
6.25%, 10/01/40
    50,000       46,279  
Domtar Corp.
10.75%, 06/01/17
    100,000       129,097  
Dow Chemical Co.
2.50%, 02/15/16
    200,000       208,433  
8.55%, 05/15/19
    225,000       302,818  
5.25%, 11/15/41 (b)
    100,000       107,303  
Eastman Chemical Co.
3.60%, 08/15/22 (b)
    350,000       364,257  
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.
5.75%, 03/15/19
    200,000       245,017  
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.
1.40%, 02/13/15
    300,000       302,311  
International Paper Co.
7.95%, 06/15/18
    100,000       128,842  
7.50%, 08/15/21
    132,000       173,095  
Newmont Mining Corp.
3.50%, 03/15/22 (b)
    150,000       151,304  
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.
5.88%, 12/01/36
    100,000       119,478  
Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd.
1.88%, 11/02/15
    170,000       174,433  
6.50%, 07/15/18
    100,000       122,891  
Rio Tinto Finance USA PLC
3.50%, 03/22/22 (b)
    100,000       103,079  
4.75%, 03/22/42 (b)
    100,000       104,606  
Southern Copper Corp.
5.25%, 11/08/42
    100,000       95,187  
Teck Resources Ltd.
6.25%, 07/15/41 (b)
    100,000       106,135  
Vale Overseas Ltd.
6.88%, 11/21/36
    100,000       114,086  
Vale S.A.
5.63%, 09/11/42
    200,000       198,863  
Valspar Corp.
4.20%, 01/15/22 (b)
    100,000       109,022  
                 
              4,645,765  
                 
 
Capital Goods 1.1%
ABB Finance USA, Inc.
1.63%, 05/08/17
    100,000       101,493  
2.88%, 05/08/22
    100,000       101,693  
ADT Corp.
3.50%, 07/15/22 (c)
    200,000       199,772  
Boeing Capital Corp.
2.90%, 08/15/18 (b)
    100,000       107,191  
4.70%, 10/27/19
    50,000       58,671  
Boeing Co.
6.88%, 03/15/39
    90,000       127,372  
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.
1.25%, 11/06/17
    150,000       150,468  
7.15%, 02/15/19
    72,000       93,213  
Caterpillar, Inc.
5.70%, 08/15/16
    100,000       115,776  
CRH America, Inc.
6.00%, 09/30/16
    100,000       113,864  
Deere & Co.
5.38%, 10/16/29
    150,000       186,046  
Eaton Corp.,
0.95%, 11/02/15
    50,000       50,267  
1.50%, 11/02/17
    50,000       50,199  
4.00%, 11/02/32
    100,000       100,201  
4.15%, 11/02/42
    100,000       97,910  
General Electric Co.
0.85%, 10/09/15
    100,000       100,396  
5.25%, 12/06/17
    100,000       117,263  
2.70%, 10/09/22
    100,000       100,217  
4.13%, 10/09/42
    100,000       100,682  
Honeywell International, Inc.
4.25%, 03/01/21
    200,000       229,868  
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
3.90%, 09/01/42 (b)
    100,000       96,847  
John Deere Capital Corp.
5.50%, 04/13/17
    200,000       233,888  
1.70%, 01/15/20
    100,000       98,644  
L-3 Communications Corp.
4.75%, 07/15/20
    100,000       110,789  
Lockheed Martin Corp.
4.25%, 11/15/19
    36,000       40,568  
3.35%, 09/15/21
    100,000       105,159  
Raytheon Co.
3.13%, 10/15/20
    200,000       211,579  
Republic Services, Inc.
3.80%, 05/15/18
    200,000       220,186  
5.70%, 05/15/41 (b)
    80,000       93,730  
United Technologies Corp.
5.38%, 12/15/17
    300,000       356,159  
6.13%, 02/01/19
    150,000       187,336  
3.10%, 06/01/22
    100,000       105,017  
4.50%, 06/01/42
    150,000       160,545  
                 
              4,323,009  
                 
 
Communications 2.2%
America Movil S.A.B. de C.V.
2.38%, 09/08/16
    200,000       206,734  
4.38%, 07/16/42
    150,000       139,000  
AT&T Mobility LLC
7.13%, 12/15/31
    50,000       68,137  
AT&T, Inc.
0.80%, 12/01/15
    100,000       99,866  
0.90%, 02/12/16
    250,000       250,007  
5.50%, 02/01/18
    130,000       152,999  
3.00%, 02/15/22
    100,000       101,370  
6.30%, 01/15/38
    120,000       144,434  
5.35%, 09/01/40
    50,000       53,727  
 
 
 


 

 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
Security
  Face
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   Amount ($)   ($)
5.55%, 08/15/41
    100,000       110,637  
BellSouth Corp.
6.88%, 10/15/31
    100,000       121,047  
6.55%, 06/15/34
    150,000       177,861  
6.00%, 11/15/34
    225,000       251,165  
CBS Corp.
5.50%, 05/15/33
    150,000       158,749  
Comcast Corp.
5.15%, 03/01/20
    250,000       296,617  
4.25%, 01/15/33
    300,000       302,993  
Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV
8.75%, 06/15/30 (a)
    100,000       141,964  
DIRECTV Holdings LLC
3.55%, 03/15/15
    100,000       104,731  
3.50%, 03/01/16
    100,000       106,267  
5.88%, 10/01/19
    100,000       118,601  
6.00%, 08/15/40 (b)
    150,000       160,424  
6.38%, 03/01/41
    100,000       112,326  
Discovery Communications LLC
5.05%, 06/01/20
    150,000       173,505  
France Telecom S.A.
5.38%, 01/13/42
    250,000       260,102  
NBCUniversal Media LLC
2.88%, 04/01/16
    100,000       105,430  
4.38%, 04/01/21
    250,000       281,768  
5.95%, 04/01/41
    350,000       423,646  
News America, Inc.
5.30%, 12/15/14
    54,000       58,131  
6.90%, 03/01/19
    30,000       37,813  
6.15%, 03/01/37
    200,000       235,447  
Qwest Corp.
6.75%, 12/01/21
    150,000       172,999  
Rogers Communications, Inc.
3.00%, 03/15/23 (b)
    250,000       251,410  
TCI Communications, Inc.
7.13%, 02/15/28
    150,000       203,481  
Telecom Italia Capital S.A.
5.25%, 10/01/15
    100,000       105,627  
7.00%, 06/04/18
    200,000       226,705  
7.72%, 06/04/38
    100,000       104,594  
Telefonica Emisiones S.A.U.
4.95%, 01/15/15
    300,000       315,700  
6.22%, 07/03/17
    150,000       168,208  
5.46%, 02/16/21
    250,000       269,677  
Telefonos de Mexico S.A.B. de C.V.
5.50%, 11/15/19
    100,000       116,865  
Time Warner Cable, Inc.
5.85%, 05/01/17
    150,000       174,357  
6.55%, 05/01/37
    200,000       231,518  
5.50%, 09/01/41 (b)
    100,000       103,139  
4.50%, 09/15/42 (b)
    100,000       91,257  
Verizon Communications, Inc.
1.10%, 11/01/17
    600,000       591,255  
5.85%, 09/15/35
    200,000       230,316  
Verizon Global Funding Corp.
7.75%, 12/01/30
    100,000       136,980  
Vodafone Group PLC
5.00%, 09/15/15
    100,000       109,987  
5.63%, 02/27/17
    50,000       57,990  
5.45%, 06/10/19
    45,000       53,615  
4.38%, 03/16/21
    150,000       169,315  
                 
              8,840,493  
                 
 
Consumer Cyclical 1.4%
Amazon.com, Inc.
2.50%, 11/29/22 (b)
    150,000       146,288  
CVS Caremark Corp.
4.88%, 09/15/14
    75,000       79,733  
4.75%, 05/18/20 (b)
    108,000       125,187  
Daimler Finance North America LLC
8.50%, 01/18/31
    75,000       116,447  
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
3.35%, 11/01/22 (b)
    100,000       95,297  
eBay, Inc.
1.63%, 10/15/15
    125,000       128,245  
Ford Motor Co.
7.45%, 07/16/31
    425,000       539,629  
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
2.75%, 05/15/15
    300,000       306,386  
6.63%, 08/15/17
    450,000       525,305  
4.25%, 09/20/22
    250,000       258,990  
Gap, Inc.
5.95%, 04/12/21 (b)
    450,000       515,238  
Home Depot, Inc.
5.40%, 03/01/16
    300,000       339,917  
Lowe’s Cos., Inc.
3.12%, 04/15/22 (b)
    150,000       155,685  
Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc.
5.90%, 12/01/16
    64,000       74,419  
5.13%, 01/15/42 (b)
    100,000       104,755  
Marriott International, Inc.
3.00%, 03/01/19 (b)
    100,000       104,890  
McDonald’s Corp.
5.30%, 03/15/17
    86,000       100,069  
3.70%, 02/15/42
    114,000       111,519  
Nordstrom, Inc.
4.00%, 10/15/21 (b)
    150,000       166,104  
QVC, Inc.
5.13%, 07/02/22
    100,000       106,124  
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
6.75%, 05/15/18
    100,000       121,523  
Target Corp.
5.88%, 07/15/16
    100,000       116,842  
3.88%, 07/15/20
    25,000       28,100  
6.35%, 11/01/32
    45,000       58,861  
Time Warner, Inc.
3.15%, 07/15/15
    85,000       89,568  
4.75%, 03/29/21
    150,000       170,073  
7.63%, 04/15/31
    100,000       135,676  
7.70%, 05/01/32
    61,000       83,363  
5.38%, 10/15/41
    50,000       53,992  
Toyota Motor Credit Corp.
3.40%, 09/15/21
    100,000       107,337  
Viacom, Inc.
2.50%, 12/15/16
    100,000       104,287  
6.88%, 04/30/36
    100,000       123,832  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
5.25%, 09/01/35
    150,000       176,711  
6.50%, 08/15/37
    100,000       135,523  
Walt Disney Co.
1.35%, 08/16/16
    150,000       152,994  
                 
              5,758,909  
                 
 
Consumer Non-Cyclical 3.0%
AbbVie, Inc.
2.00%, 11/06/18
    700,000       709,278  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
Security
  Face
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   Amount ($)   ($)
Altria Group, Inc.
4.75%, 05/05/21
    100,000       113,375  
2.85%, 08/09/22
    250,000       246,274  
AmerisourceBergen Corp.
4.88%, 11/15/19
    450,000       523,134  
Amgen, Inc.
3.88%, 11/15/21 (b)
    200,000       218,686  
5.15%, 11/15/41 (b)
    100,000       107,713  
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc.
5.38%, 11/15/14
    193,000       207,442  
1.38%, 07/15/17
    350,000       353,281  
6.88%, 11/15/19
    100,000       129,710  
3.75%, 07/15/42
    200,000       188,282  
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.
5.94%, 10/01/32
    100,000       121,657  
AstraZeneca PLC
5.40%, 06/01/14
    75,000       79,215  
Boston Scientific Corp.
6.00%, 01/15/20
    150,000       175,579  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
6.13%, 05/01/38
    100,000       131,066  
3.25%, 08/01/42
    100,000       87,981  
Cardinal Health, Inc.
4.00%, 06/15/15
    100,000       106,667  
Celgene Corp.
1.90%, 08/15/17
    100,000       101,641  
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
2.63%, 05/01/17
    100,000       106,560  
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
3.20%, 01/25/23 (b)
    350,000       349,580  
Covidien International Finance S.A.
2.80%, 06/15/15
    50,000       52,321  
Diageo Capital PLC
5.75%, 10/23/17
    200,000       238,557  
Diageo Investment Corp.
2.88%, 05/11/22
    150,000       151,934  
Express Scripts Holding Co.
2.75%, 11/21/14
    100,000       103,040  
3.13%, 05/15/16
    350,000       370,007  
General Mills, Inc.
5.70%, 02/15/17
    250,000       292,068  
3.15%, 12/15/21 (b)
    100,000       105,048  
GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc.
5.65%, 05/15/18
    100,000       121,023  
2.85%, 05/08/22
    150,000       153,337  
Johnson & Johnson
1.20%, 05/15/14
    100,000       101,035  
Kellogg Co.
4.15%, 11/15/19
    150,000       168,605  
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
6.63%, 08/01/37
    100,000       140,873  
Koninklijke Philips Electronics
5.00%, 03/15/42
    100,000       112,873  
Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
5.38%, 02/10/20
    78,000       93,211  
3.50%, 06/06/22
    200,000       209,535  
Lorillard Tobacco Co.
2.30%, 08/21/17
    100,000       100,916  
McKesson Corp.
3.25%, 03/01/16
    50,000       53,624  
Medtronic, Inc.
4.45%, 03/15/20
    100,000       115,094  
Merck & Co., Inc.
2.25%, 01/15/16
    90,000       94,044  
3.88%, 01/15/21 (b)
    200,000       224,386  
5.85%, 06/30/39
    64,000       83,064  
Mondelez International, Inc.
4.13%, 02/09/16
    250,000       272,345  
5.38%, 02/10/20
    72,000       85,789  
6.50%, 02/09/40
    25,000       32,581  
Novartis Capital Corp.
4.40%, 04/24/20
    100,000       115,548  
PepsiCo, Inc.
5.00%, 06/01/18
    150,000       176,630  
4.88%, 11/01/40
    200,000       225,276  
Pfizer, Inc.
6.20%, 03/15/19
    225,000       282,789  
Philip Morris International, Inc.
1.13%, 08/21/17
    100,000       99,765  
2.50%, 08/22/22
    100,000       98,891  
Procter & Gamble Co.
1.80%, 11/15/15
    375,000       388,144  
4.70%, 02/15/19
    42,000       49,572  
5.55%, 03/05/37
    50,000       64,177  
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.
3.20%, 04/01/16
    100,000       105,113  
Reynolds American, Inc.
7.63%, 06/01/16
    75,000       89,388  
3.25%, 11/01/22
    100,000       99,071  
Safeway, Inc.
3.95%, 08/15/20
    225,000       230,283  
7.25%, 02/01/31
    200,000       230,112  
Sanofi
2.63%, 03/29/16
    100,000       105,352  
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. BV
2.95%, 12/18/22
    100,000       100,468  
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. LLC
6.15%, 02/01/36
    125,000       159,382  
The Coca-Cola Co.
1.50%, 11/15/15
    200,000       205,029  
1.15%, 04/01/18
    500,000       501,209  
3.15%, 11/15/20
    150,000       162,305  
The Kroger Co.
7.50%, 04/01/31
    100,000       128,113  
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
4.50%, 03/01/21
    50,000       54,935  
3.60%, 08/15/21 (b)
    50,000       51,814  
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1.88%, 10/01/17
    250,000       253,187  
3.25%, 10/01/22 (b)
    250,000       253,926  
4.63%, 10/01/42 (b)
    100,000       101,282  
Wyeth LLC
5.95%, 04/01/37
    200,000       256,344  
Zoetis, Inc.
4.70%, 02/01/43 (b)(c)
    100,000       102,491  
                 
              12,223,027  
                 
 
Energy 1.6%
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
5.95%, 09/15/16
    225,000       259,204  
6.38%, 09/15/17
    200,000       238,959  
6.45%, 09/15/36
    100,000       123,312  
Apache Corp.
4.75%, 04/15/43 (b)
    150,000       153,980  
 
 
 


 

 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
Security
  Face
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   Amount ($)   ($)
Baker Hughes, Inc.
3.20%, 08/15/21 (b)
    100,000       105,990  
BP Capital Markets PLC
3.63%, 05/08/14
    220,000       227,338  
4.75%, 03/10/19
    250,000       289,967  
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
6.25%, 03/15/38
    100,000       121,703  
Chevron Corp.
4.95%, 03/03/19
    100,000       119,525  
Conoco, Inc.
6.95%, 04/15/29
    100,000       135,453  
ConocoPhillips
6.50%, 02/01/39
    125,000       167,750  
ConocoPhillips Canada
5.63%, 10/15/16
    150,000       174,428  
Encana Corp.
6.50%, 02/01/38
    175,000       205,821  
Halliburton Co.
6.15%, 09/15/19
    125,000       157,537  
Hess Corp.
8.13%, 02/15/19
    200,000       258,620  
7.30%, 08/15/31
    150,000       186,865  
Husky Energy, Inc.
7.25%, 12/15/19
    200,000       257,975  
Kerr-McGee Corp.
6.95%, 07/01/24
    250,000       313,808  
Marathon Petroleum Corp.
5.13%, 03/01/21
    125,000       146,033  
Nabors Industries, Inc.
6.15%, 02/15/18
    100,000       113,821  
Nexen, Inc.
5.88%, 03/10/35
    150,000       181,761  
Noble Holding International Ltd.
5.25%, 03/15/42
    150,000       151,449  
Occidental Petroleum Corp.
4.10%, 02/01/21 (b)
    100,000       113,561  
Petrohawk Energy Corp.
7.88%, 06/01/15 (b)
    200,000       206,994  
7.25%, 08/15/18 (b)
    100,000       112,020  
Shell International Finance BV
3.10%, 06/28/15
    100,000       105,754  
4.30%, 09/22/19
    100,000       115,997  
6.38%, 12/15/38
    45,000       62,377  
Suncor Energy, Inc.
6.10%, 06/01/18
    100,000       121,100  
Talisman Energy, Inc.
3.75%, 02/01/21 (b)
    150,000       156,259  
Tosco Corp.
7.80%, 01/01/27
    150,000       218,355  
Total Capital S.A.
3.00%, 06/24/15
    100,000       105,185  
Transocean, Inc.
6.38%, 12/15/21
    200,000       233,253  
6.80%, 03/15/38
    150,000       165,729  
Valero Energy Corp.
9.38%, 03/15/19
    150,000       204,889  
6.13%, 02/01/20
    150,000       182,521  
Weatherford International Ltd.
4.50%, 04/15/22 (b)
    175,000       180,594  
                 
              6,375,887  
                 
 
Other Industrial 0.0%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
3.45%, 09/01/14
    50,000       52,354  
                 
              52,354  
                 
 
Technology 1.1%
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
6.50%, 11/01/17
    250,000       299,701  
Arrow Electronics, Inc.
3.00%, 03/01/18
    150,000       151,501  
4.50%, 03/01/23 (b)
    200,000       202,122  
Cisco Systems, Inc.
2.90%, 11/17/14
    266,000       276,870  
5.90%, 02/15/39
    100,000       125,644  
Corning, Inc.
1.45%, 11/15/17
    200,000       201,070  
Fiserv, Inc.
4.63%, 10/01/20
    150,000       162,748  
Google, Inc.
2.13%, 05/19/16
    75,000       78,350  
Harris Corp.
6.15%, 12/15/40
    50,000       58,525  
Hewlett-Packard Co.
2.60%, 09/15/17
    300,000       302,642  
6.00%, 09/15/41
    200,000       204,266  
International Business Machines Corp.
5.70%, 09/14/17
    150,000       179,650  
7.00%, 10/30/25
    105,000       148,397  
Microsoft Corp.
2.50%, 02/08/16
    100,000       105,358  
4.50%, 10/01/40
    100,000       108,380  
NetApp, Inc.
3.25%, 12/15/22 (b)
    250,000       246,630  
Oracle Corp.
5.75%, 04/15/18
    165,000       199,319  
3.88%, 07/15/20
    180,000       201,935  
6.13%, 07/08/39
    250,000       323,490  
5.38%, 07/15/40
    100,000       117,610  
Science Applications International Corp.
5.50%, 07/01/33
    50,000       50,576  
Texas Instruments, Inc.
2.38%, 05/16/16
    100,000       104,751  
Xerox Corp.
4.25%, 02/15/15
    400,000       421,527  
                 
              4,271,062  
                 
 
Transportation 0.4%
American Airlines 2013-1 Class A Pass Through Trust
4.00%, 07/15/25 (c)
    100,000       101,687  
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC
4.70%, 10/01/19
    140,000       163,285  
5.05%, 03/01/41 (b)
    80,000       86,884  
CSX Corp.
6.25%, 04/01/15
    200,000       221,562  
4.25%, 06/01/21 (b)
    150,000       168,983  
4.10%, 03/15/44 (b)
    100,000       94,872  
FedEx Corp.
2.63%, 08/01/22
    200,000       196,914  
3.88%, 08/01/42
    200,000       187,964  
Norfolk Southern Corp.
3.00%, 04/01/22 (b)
    150,000       153,911  
Southwest Airlines Co.
5.13%, 03/01/17
    220,000       241,989  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
Security
  Face
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   Amount ($)   ($)
Union Pacific Corp.
4.00%, 02/01/21 (b)
    180,000       201,336  
                 
              1,819,387  
                 
              48,309,893  
 
Utilities 2.3%
                 
 
Electric 1.6%
Alabama Power Co.
4.10%, 01/15/42
    100,000       101,267  
Appalachian Power Co.
7.00%, 04/01/38
    250,000       336,068  
Commonwealth Edison Co.
1.95%, 09/01/16 (b)
    50,000       51,830  
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.
5.85%, 04/01/18
    200,000       243,003  
Consolidated Natural Gas Co.
5.00%, 12/01/14
    450,000       479,798  
Detroit Edison Co.
3.95%, 06/15/42 (b)
    100,000       99,909  
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC
6.05%, 04/15/38
    200,000       258,630  
5.30%, 02/15/40
    100,000       118,787  
Duke Energy Indiana, Inc.
3.75%, 07/15/20
    175,000       193,109  
Entergy Corp.
3.63%, 09/15/15
    250,000       261,370  
Exelon Generation Co. LLC
5.20%, 10/01/19
    142,000       160,937  
4.00%, 10/01/20 (b)
    150,000       158,616  
FirstEnergy Corp.
2.75%, 03/15/18 (b)
    500,000       506,244  
7.38%, 11/15/31
    300,000       352,389  
Florida Power & Light Co.
5.95%, 02/01/38
    150,000       195,620  
Florida Power Corp.
6.40%, 06/15/38
    91,000       121,850  
Georgia Power Co.
4.75%, 09/01/40
    150,000       162,452  
Midamerican Energy Holdings Co.
5.75%, 04/01/18
    100,000       120,270  
6.13%, 04/01/36
    200,000       249,418  
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.
5.45%, 02/01/18
    100,000       119,047  
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
4.25%, 05/15/21 (b)
    200,000       226,915  
6.05%, 03/01/34
    192,000       240,947  
PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
2.50%, 09/01/22 (b)
    100,000       100,383  
PPL Energy Supply LLC
6.20%, 05/15/16
    150,000       171,242  
6.50%, 05/01/18
    200,000       237,083  
4.60%, 12/15/21 (b)
    100,000       106,761  
PSEG Power LLC
5.13%, 04/15/20
    150,000       170,748  
Public Service Electric & Gas Co.
3.95%, 05/01/42 (b)
    100,000       101,474  
San Diego Gas & Electric Co.
4.30%, 04/01/42 (b)
    100,000       109,019  
Southern California Edison Co.
5.50%, 08/15/18
    100,000       122,108  
Union Electric Co.
3.90%, 09/15/42 (b)
    100,000       99,047  
Virginia Electric & Power Co.
6.00%, 05/15/37
    50,000       65,332  
Westar Energy, Inc.
4.13%, 03/01/42 (b)
    100,000       102,910  
Xcel Energy, Inc.
4.70%, 05/15/20 (b)
    200,000       234,434  
                 
              6,379,017  
                 
 
Natural Gas 0.7%
El Paso Pipeline Partners Operating Co. LLC
4.70%, 11/01/42 (b)
    100,000       95,445  
Energy Transfer Partners LP
6.70%, 07/01/18
    50,000       60,396  
4.65%, 06/01/21 (b)
    100,000       109,033  
7.50%, 07/01/38
    100,000       125,262  
Enterprise Products Operating LLC
6.30%, 09/15/17
    100,000       120,300  
5.20%, 09/01/20
    150,000       176,198  
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP
5.95%, 02/15/18
    250,000       298,387  
6.85%, 02/15/20
    50,000       62,803  
3.50%, 09/01/23 (b)
    150,000       152,390  
5.80%, 03/15/35
    100,000       112,816  
5.00%, 08/15/42 (b)
    100,000       101,764  
Magellan Midstream Partners LP
4.20%, 12/01/42 (b)
    100,000       94,404  
Nisource Finance Corp.
5.40%, 07/15/14
    200,000       211,267  
Plains All American Pipeline LP
3.65%, 06/01/22 (b)
    200,000       211,640  
6.65%, 01/15/37
    100,000       128,673  
Sempra Energy
6.00%, 10/15/39
    100,000       124,812  
Southern Natural Gas Co.
5.90%, 04/01/17 (c)
    150,000       175,580  
Southwest Gas Corp.
3.88%, 04/01/22 (b)
    100,000       108,824  
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.
3.80%, 10/01/20
    56,000       61,493  
7.63%, 01/15/39
    50,000       71,961  
Williams Partners LP
7.25%, 02/01/17
    350,000       421,392  
6.30%, 04/15/40
    50,000       58,380  
                 
              3,083,220  
                 
 
Other Utilities 0.0%
Veolia Environnement S.A.
6.00%, 06/01/18
    100,000       116,792  
                 
              116,792  
                 
              9,579,029  
                 
Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $85,603,538)     87,498,755  
         
                 
                 
 
 
 


 

 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
Security
  Face
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   Amount ($)   ($)
 
 Foreign Securities 4.5% of net assets
 
Foreign Agencies 1.3%
                 
 
Austria 0.1%
Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
1.75%, 10/05/15
    75,000       77,312  
2.00%, 06/03/16
    150,000       156,090  
                 
              233,402  
                 
 
Canada 0.0%
Export Development Canada
2.25%, 05/28/15
    100,000       104,105  
1.25%, 10/27/15
    60,000       61,299  
                 
              165,404  
                 
 
Cayman Islands 0.1%
Petrobras International Finance Co.
2.88%, 02/06/15
    400,000       409,305  
5.38%, 01/27/21
    150,000       162,599  
                 
              571,904  
                 
 
Germany 0.6%
Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau
2.63%, 02/16/16 (d)
    375,000       397,776  
4.88%, 01/17/17 (d)
    450,000       519,216  
1.25%, 02/15/17 (d)
    350,000       356,810  
4.50%, 07/16/18 (d)
    400,000       469,722  
4.88%, 06/17/19 (d)
    200,000       241,871  
2.75%, 09/08/20 (d)
    200,000       215,443  
2.38%, 08/25/21 (d)
    300,000       310,820  
                 
              2,511,658  
                 
 
Japan 0.1%
Japan Bank for International Cooperation
2.25%, 07/13/16
    200,000       210,427  
                 
              210,427  
                 
 
Mexico 0.1%
Petroleos Mexicanos
5.50%, 01/21/21
    400,000       461,000  
                 
              461,000  
                 
 
Norway 0.0%
Statoil A.S.A.
2.90%, 10/15/14
    100,000       103,801  
                 
              103,801  
                 
 
Republic of Korea 0.1%
Export-Import Bank of Korea
5.88%, 01/14/15
    100,000       108,647  
4.38%, 09/15/21
    300,000       333,051  
                 
              441,698  
                 
 
Sweden 0.1%
Svensk Exportkredit AB
5.13%, 03/01/17
    150,000       173,796  
                 
              173,796  
                 
 
United States 0.1%
Pemex Project Funding Master Trust
6.63%, 06/15/35
    300,000       360,750  
                 
              360,750  
                 
              5,233,840  
 
Foreign Local Government 0.5%
                 
 
Canada 0.5%
Hydro-Quebec
2.00%, 06/30/16
    200,000       208,123  
8.05%, 07/07/24
    60,000       87,804  
Province of British Columbia
2.85%, 06/15/15
    200,000       210,633  
Province of Manitoba
1.13%, 06/01/18
    250,000       249,941  
Province of Ontario
2.95%, 02/05/15
    460,000       481,203  
4.00%, 10/07/19
    225,000       257,058  
2.45%, 06/29/22
    450,000       452,081  
Province of Quebec
7.50%, 09/15/29
    68,000       101,753  
                 
              2,048,596  
 
Sovereign 1.2%
                 
 
Brazil 0.3%
Brazilian Government International Bond
2.63%, 01/05/23
    300,000       288,750  
Federative Republic of Brazil
6.00%, 01/17/17
    350,000       408,275  
4.88%, 01/22/21
    100,000       116,500  
8.25%, 01/20/34
    150,000       228,750  
7.13%, 01/20/37
    100,000       139,250  
                 
              1,181,525  
                 
 
Canada 0.1%
Canada Government International Bond
2.38%, 09/10/14
    200,000       206,167  
                 
              206,167  
                 
 
Chile 0.0%
Chile Government International Bond
3.63%, 10/30/42
    100,000       92,900  
                 
              92,900  
                 
 
Colombia 0.1%
Colombia Government International Bond
7.38%, 03/18/19
    300,000       387,750  
7.38%, 09/18/37
    100,000       143,750  
                 
              531,500  
                 
 
Italy 0.2%
Italy Government International Bond
3.13%, 01/26/15
    350,000       354,811  
5.38%, 06/12/17
    100,000       108,542  
6.88%, 09/27/23
    150,000       174,396  
5.38%, 06/15/33
    200,000       200,483  
                 
              838,232  
                 
 
Mexico 0.3%
Mexico Government International Bond
5.63%, 01/15/17
    600,000       693,000  
8.00%, 09/24/22
    100,000       140,250  
6.05%, 01/11/40
    150,000       186,375  
                 
              1,019,625  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
Security
  Face
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   Amount ($)   ($)
                 
 
Panama 0.1%
Panama Government International Bond
6.70%, 01/26/36
    200,000       267,500  
                 
              267,500  
                 
 
Peru 0.1%
Peruvian Government International Bond
7.13%, 03/30/19
    250,000       322,125  
                 
              322,125  
                 
 
Poland 0.0%
Poland Government International Bond
5.00%, 10/19/15
    150,000       165,435  
                 
              165,435  
                 
 
Republic of Korea 0.0%
Republic of Korea
7.13%, 04/16/19
    150,000       194,325  
                 
              194,325  
                 
 
South Africa 0.0%
South Africa Government International Bond
4.67%, 01/17/24
    100,000       107,500  
                 
              107,500  
                 
              4,926,834  
 
Supranational 1.5%
African Development Bank
2.50%, 03/15/16
    150,000       158,813  
Asian Development Bank
2.75%, 05/21/14
    150,000       154,215  
2.63%, 02/09/15
    200,000       208,399  
2.50%, 03/15/16
    150,000       158,915  
European Bank for Reconstruction & Development
1.63%, 09/03/15
    500,000       514,345  
European Investment Bank
4.63%, 10/20/15
    400,000       441,588  
2.50%, 05/16/16
    325,000       344,109  
5.13%, 05/30/17
    1,000,000       1,172,558  
4.00%, 02/16/21
    700,000       810,658  
Inter-American Development Bank
4.50%, 09/15/14
    300,000       318,399  
5.13%, 09/13/16
    100,000       115,607  
3.88%, 10/28/41
    300,000       321,860  
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development
2.13%, 03/15/16
    400,000       420,134  
0.88%, 04/17/17
    350,000       353,021  
International Finance Corp.
2.13%, 11/17/17
    300,000       317,596  
Nordic Investment Bank
0.50%, 04/14/16
    250,000       249,913  
                 
              6,060,130  
                 
Total Foreign Securities
(Cost $17,932,442)     18,269,400  
         
                 
                 
 
 Mortgage-Backed Securities 29.2% of net assets
 
U.S. Government Agency Mortgages 29.2%
Fannie Mae
5.50%, 02/01/17 to 09/01/38 (b)
    5,070,106       5,556,695  
5.00%, 02/01/18 to 06/01/41 (b)
    4,485,350       4,886,533  
3.50%, 10/01/18 to 11/01/42 (b)
    5,410,171       5,735,635  
4.00%, 09/01/20 to 04/01/42 (b)
    4,924,377       5,277,667  
3.00%, 01/01/26 to 12/01/42 (b)
    3,591,647       3,744,092  
4.50%, 07/01/26 to 07/01/42 (b)
    6,187,110       6,696,516  
2.50%, 10/01/27 to 11/01/27 (b)
    666,301       692,309  
6.00%, 06/01/37 to 10/01/39 (b)
    2,476,414       2,721,306  
6.50%, 10/01/39 (b)
    526,065       594,535  
3.64%, 03/01/40 (a)(b)
    401,730       426,978  
3.35%, 04/01/40 (a)(b)
    145,851       153,176  
3.61%, 05/01/40 (a)(b)
    126,961       134,821  
Fannie Mae TBA
2.00%, 04/01/28 (b)
    200,000       202,227  
2.50%, 04/01/28 to 04/01/43 (b)
    2,200,000       2,267,696  
3.00%, 04/01/28 to 04/01/43 (b)
    5,000,000       5,164,253  
3.50%, 04/01/28 to 04/01/43 (b)
    3,100,000       3,269,437  
4.00%, 04/01/28 to 04/01/43 (b)
    4,100,000       4,374,371  
4.50%, 04/01/28 to 04/01/43 (b)
    2,200,000       2,368,774  
5.00%, 04/01/28 to 04/01/43 (b)
    1,200,000       1,298,660  
5.50%, 04/01/28 (b)
    400,000       428,188  
6.00%, 04/01/43 (b)
    1,300,000       1,424,110  
Freddie Mac
5.00%, 06/01/18 to 09/01/40 (b)
    2,788,468       3,069,517  
5.50%, 11/01/18 to 02/01/40 (b)
    1,423,210       1,539,730  
4.00%, 12/01/20 to 10/01/41 (b)
    4,358,947       4,655,362  
4.50%, 01/01/24 to 09/01/41 (b)
    3,152,579       3,377,668  
3.50%, 07/01/26 to 09/01/42 (b)
    3,493,983       3,693,672  
3.00%, 10/01/26 to 01/01/33 (b)
    905,864       951,500  
2.50%, 07/01/27 (b)
    92,257       95,728  
6.00%, 10/01/37 to 04/01/38 (b)
    1,095,362       1,197,512  
6.50%, 09/01/39 (b)
    371,455       422,702  
3.00%, 05/01/41 (a)(b)
    73,514       77,588  
Freddie Mac TBA
2.00%, 04/01/28 (b)
    200,000       201,477  
2.50%, 04/01/28 (b)
    1,300,000       1,343,469  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
Security
  Face
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   Amount ($)   ($)
3.00%, 04/01/28 to 04/01/43 (b)
    2,700,000       2,781,344  
3.50%, 04/01/28 to 04/01/43 (b)
    1,100,000       1,156,266  
4.00%, 04/01/28 (b)
    100,000       106,156  
5.00%, 04/01/28 to 04/01/43 (b)
    1,400,000       1,504,813  
4.50%, 04/01/43 (b)
    2,100,000       2,247,000  
5.50%, 04/01/43 (b)
    800,000       866,469  
Ginnie Mae
4.00%, 04/20/26 to 02/20/43 (a)(b)
    4,257,250       4,631,874  
3.50%, 05/20/26 to 03/20/43 (b)
    4,872,247       5,218,322  
3.00%, 02/20/27 to 12/20/42 (a)(b)
    2,663,756       2,807,434  
2.50%, 01/20/28 to 08/20/38 (a)(b)
    676,837       706,985  
5.50%, 04/15/33 to 07/15/34 (b)
    739,947       824,385  
5.00%, 10/15/34 to 04/20/40 (b)
    2,057,061       2,256,775  
6.00%, 02/15/37 to 12/15/38 (b)
    859,019       971,218  
4.50%, 08/20/37 to 12/20/42 (a)(b)
    4,791,714       5,273,175  
5.00%, 10/20/37 (a)(b)
    75,447       80,414  
Ginnie Mae TBA
2.50%, 04/01/43 (b)
    200,000       197,922  
3.00%, 04/01/43 (b)
    1,900,000       1,979,750  
3.50%, 04/01/43 (b)
    1,100,000       1,178,671  
4.00%, 04/01/43 (b)
    600,000       653,680  
4.50%, 04/01/43 (b)
    1,500,000       1,638,516  
5.00%, 04/01/43 (b)
    1,900,000       2,066,547  
5.50%, 04/01/43 (b)
    1,500,000       1,642,032  
                 
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $118,455,273)     118,833,652  
         
                 
                 
 
 Municipal Bonds 1.0% of net assets
 
Fixed-Rate Obligations 1.0%
Bay Area Toll Authority
RB (Build America Bonds) Series 2010S3
6.91%, 10/01/50
    100,000       141,312  
California,
GO (Build America Bonds) Series 2009
7.50%, 04/01/34
    100,000       139,284  
GO (Build America Bonds) Series 2009
7.55%, 04/01/39
    250,000       361,167  
Catholic Health Initiatives
1.60%, 11/01/17
    100,000       101,290  
4.35%, 11/01/42
    225,000       227,648  
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
GO (Build America Bonds) Series 2009
5.46%, 12/01/39
    100,000       123,504  
Dallas County Hospital District
GO (Build America Bonds) Series C
5.62%, 08/15/44
    150,000       187,893  
Georgia
GO (Build America Bonds) Series H
4.50%, 11/01/25
    40,000       46,797  
JobsOhio Beverage System
RB (Build America Bonds) Series B
3.99%, 01/01/29
    250,000       258,515  
Los Angeles USD
GO (Build America Bonds) Series 2010
6.76%, 07/01/34
    200,000       270,462  
Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County
GO (Build America Bonds) Series 2010
5.71%, 07/01/34
    20,000       24,612  
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
RB (Build America Bonds) Series E
6.81%, 11/15/40
    150,000       197,624  
New Jersey State Turnpike Authority
RB (Build America Bonds) Series 2010A
7.10%, 01/01/41
    100,000       141,225  
New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority
Water System RB (Build America Bonds) Series 2009
5.75%, 06/15/41
    200,000       258,444  
5.88%, 06/15/44
    250,000       330,752  
San Francisco CA City & County Public Utilities Commission
Water System RB (Build America Bonds) Series 2010DE
6.00%, 11/01/40
    400,000       499,280  
State of Connecticut
GO Bonds Series 2008A
5.85%, 03/15/32
    200,000       249,028  
Texas Transportation Commission
RB (Build America Bonds) Series B
5.03%, 04/01/26
    200,000       244,100  
Yale University
Medium-Term Notes Series B
2.90%, 10/15/14
    150,000       155,560  
                 
Total Municipal Bonds
(Cost $3,825,759)     3,958,497  
         
                 
                 
 
 U.S. Government and Government Agencies 51.1% of net assets
 
U.S. Government Agency Securities 14.8%
Fannie Mae
1.13%, 06/27/14
    732,000       740,597  
0.55%, 02/27/15 (b)
    2,000,000       2,006,486  
1.63%, 10/26/15
    2,032,000       2,096,693  
1.13%, 04/27/17
    769,000       783,815  
0.88%, 08/28/17
    1,172,000       1,176,326  
7.13%, 01/15/30
    277,000       425,439  
Federal Farm Credit Bank
4.88%, 12/16/15
    321,000       359,936  
Federal Home Loan Bank
0.00%, 04/10/13 (e)
    6,800,000       6,799,980  
0.00%, 04/19/13 (e)
    15,300,000       15,299,923  
0.50%, 11/20/15
    1,000,000       1,003,761  
1.00%, 06/21/17
    835,000       843,907  
1.00%, 11/09/17 (b)
    500,000       500,549  
5.00%, 11/17/17
    785,000       934,854  
Freddie Mac
0.00%, 04/08/13 (e)
    14,000,000       13,999,972  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
Security
  Face
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   Amount ($)   ($)
0.00%, 04/24/13 (e)
    5,000,000       4,999,970  
1.00%, 07/30/14
    2,850,000       2,880,954  
0.50%, 04/17/15
    564,000       566,493  
0.60%, 05/22/15 (b)
    600,000       600,373  
0.50%, 01/15/16 (b)
    400,000       400,263  
2.25%, 07/03/17 (b)
    600,000       603,434  
2.00%, 07/17/17 (b)
    500,000       502,949  
1.00%, 07/28/17
    119,000       120,239  
2.38%, 01/13/22
    1,651,000       1,721,767  
6.75%, 03/15/31
    264,000       397,990  
Tennessee Valley Authority
6.75%, 11/01/25
    488,000       703,154  
                 
              60,469,824  
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations 36.3%
U.S. Treasury Bonds
9.13%, 05/15/18
    2,058,000       2,922,199  
8.00%, 11/15/21
    1,902,000       2,898,469  
6.00%, 02/15/26
    797,000       1,134,604  
6.75%, 08/15/26
    1,269,000       1,927,691  
6.13%, 11/15/27
    384,000       560,520  
5.25%, 02/15/29
    483,000       655,295  
6.25%, 05/15/30
    422,000       637,352  
4.75%, 02/15/37
    871,000       1,146,726  
4.38%, 02/15/38
    2,114,000       2,643,162  
3.50%, 02/15/39
    1,010,000       1,098,375  
4.38%, 11/15/39
    783,000       981,319  
4.63%, 02/15/40
    725,000       943,972  
4.25%, 11/15/40
    187,000       229,952  
3.75%, 08/15/41
    1,439,000       1,627,644  
3.13%, 02/15/42
    2,604,000       2,617,426  
3.00%, 05/15/42
    1,322,000       1,294,528  
2.75%, 08/15/42
    1,196,000       1,109,851  
2.75%, 11/15/42
    1,232,000       1,142,102  
U.S. Treasury Notes
1.00%, 05/15/14
    4,289,000       4,328,708  
0.25%, 05/31/14
    4,215,000       4,218,625  
0.13%, 07/31/14
    6,372,100       6,366,378  
0.25%, 09/15/14
    3,600,000       3,602,390  
0.50%, 10/15/14
    3,017,000       3,030,199  
0.38%, 11/15/14
    2,146,000       2,151,449  
0.25%, 01/15/15
    2,700,000       2,700,950  
0.25%, 02/15/15
    1,250,000       1,250,146  
2.38%, 02/28/15
    557,000       579,650  
2.50%, 03/31/15
    3,514,000       3,671,856  
2.50%, 04/30/15
    1,376,000       1,439,855  
2.13%, 05/31/15
    1,583,000       1,646,197  
1.88%, 06/30/15
    5,064,100       5,245,699  
1.75%, 07/31/15
    4,750,000       4,912,170  
0.25%, 09/15/15
    3,892,000       3,887,135  
1.25%, 10/31/15
    5,838,000       5,978,024  
0.25%, 12/15/15
    2,750,000       2,744,629  
0.38%, 01/15/16
    2,000,000       2,002,344  
0.38%, 02/15/16
    2,550,000       2,551,992  
2.13%, 02/29/16
    1,046,000       1,099,771  
2.25%, 03/31/16
    1,965,000       2,075,838  
2.00%, 04/30/16
    1,758,000       1,845,214  
2.63%, 04/30/16
    1,046,000       1,117,668  
3.25%, 05/31/16
    929,000       1,012,465  
3.00%, 09/30/16
    1,493,000       1,624,338  
0.88%, 01/31/17
    3,371,000       3,415,770  
3.25%, 03/31/17
    2,015,000       2,229,567  
0.63%, 05/31/17
    2,373,000       2,376,336  
0.63%, 08/31/17
    2,530,000       2,527,827  
1.88%, 08/31/17
    2,952,600       3,111,763  
1.88%, 09/30/17
    1,784,000       1,880,029  
0.75%, 10/31/17
    3,406,000       3,416,378  
1.88%, 10/31/17
    1,548,000       1,631,446  
0.75%, 12/31/17
    1,550,000       1,552,302  
0.75%, 02/28/18
    1,000,000       999,922  
2.88%, 03/31/18
    1,291,000       1,425,143  
2.63%, 04/30/18
    2,745,000       2,997,625  
1.38%, 09/30/18
    1,001,000       1,028,058  
1.25%, 04/30/19
    1,614,000       1,635,941  
0.88%, 07/31/19
    2,919,000       2,881,829  
3.38%, 11/15/19
    2,748,700       3,146,833  
1.00%, 11/30/19
    373,000       369,241  
1.38%, 01/31/20
    2,000,000       2,023,126  
2.63%, 08/15/20
    1,573,000       1,718,380  
2.63%, 11/15/20
    2,304,000       2,513,341  
3.63%, 02/15/21
    1,775,000       2,068,152  
2.13%, 08/15/21
    1,924,900       2,011,821  
1.63%, 08/15/22
    1,733,000       1,710,932  
1.63%, 11/15/22
    800,000       785,938  
2.00%, 02/15/23
    1,500,000       1,519,220  
                 
              147,631,797  
                 
Total U.S. Government and Government Agencies
(Cost $206,477,601)     208,101,621  
         
                 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
 Other Investment Company 0.1% of net assets
 
Money Market Fund 0.1%
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund
    324,543       324,543  
                 
Total Other Investment Company
(Cost $324,543)     324,543  
         
 
End of Investments
 
At 03/31/13, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments was $440,768,549 and the unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $5,321,501 and ($969,652), respectively, with a net unrealized appreciation $4,351,849.
 
(a) Variable-rate security.
(b) The effective maturity may be shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and prepayments or as the result of embedded demand features (puts or calls).
(c) Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registrations, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the period end, the value of these amounted to $884,163 or 0.2% of net assets.
(d) Guaranteed by the Republic of Germany.
(e) Zero Coupon Bond.
 
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
     
GO —
  General obligation
RB —
  Revenue bond
USD —
  Unified school district
 
 
Under procedures approved by the fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), the investment adviser has formed a Pricing Committee to administer the pricing and valuation of portfolio securities and other assets and to ensure that prices used for internal purposes or provided by third parties reasonably reflect fair market value. Among other things, these procedures allow the fund to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers and other market sources to determine fair value.
 
The fund values the securities in its portfolio every business day. The fund uses the following policies to value various types of securities:
 
  •  Bonds and notes: valued at halfway between the most recent bid and asked quotes or, if such quotes are unavailable, at prices for securities of comparable maturity, credit quality and type. Valuations for bonds and notes are provided by independent bond-pricing services.
 
  •  Securities for which no quoted value is available: The Board has adopted procedures to fair value the fund’s securities when market prices are not “readily available” or are unreliable. For example, the fund may fair value a security when it is de-listed or its trading is halted or suspended; when a security’s primary pricing source is unable or unwilling to provide a price; or when a security’s primary trading market is closed during regular market hours. The fund makes fair value determinations in good faith in accordance with the fund’s valuation procedures. The Pricing Committee considers a number of factors, including unobservable market inputs when arriving at fair value. The Pricing Committee may employ techniques such as the review of related or comparable assets or liabilities, related market activities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, transactional back-testing, disposition analysis and other relevant information. The Pricing Committee regularly reviews these inputs and assumptions to calibrate the valuations. The Board convenes on a regular basis to review fair value determinations made by the fund pursuant to the valuation procedures.
 
  •  Short-term securities (60 days or less to maturity): valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
 
  •  Underlying funds: valued at their respective net asset values.
 
In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (GAAP), the fund discloses the fair value of its investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to valuations based upon unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to valuations based upon unobservable inputs that are significant to the valuation (Level 3 measurements). If the fund determines that either the volume and/or level of activity for an asset or liability has significantly decreased (from normal conditions for that asset or liability) or price quotations or observable inputs are not associated with orderly transactions, increased analysis and management judgment will be required to estimate fair value.
 
The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
 
  •  Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities — Investments whose values are based on quoted market prices in active markets, and whose values are therefore classified as Level 1 prices, include active listed equities.
 
  •  Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) — Investments that trade in markets that are not considered to be active, but whose values are based on quoted market prices, dealer quotations or valuations provided by alternative pricing sources supported by observable inputs are classified as Level 2 prices. These generally include U.S. government and sovereign obligations, most government agency securities, investment-grade corporate bonds, certain mortgage products, less liquid listed equities, and state, municipal and provincial obligations. As investments whose values are classified as Level 2 prices include positions that are not traded in active markets and/or are subject to transfer restrictions, valuations may be adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, which are generally based on available market information.
 
  •  Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) — Investments whose values are classified as Level 3 prices have significant unobservable inputs, as they may
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
  trade infrequently or not at all. When observable prices are not available for these securities, the fund uses one or more valuation techniques for which sufficient and reliable data is available. The inputs used by the fund in estimating the value of Level 3 prices may include the original transaction price, quoted prices for similar securities or assets in active markets, completed or pending third-party transactions in the underlying investment or comparable issuers, and changes in financial ratios or cash flows. Level 3 prices may also be adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, with the amount of such discount estimated by the fund in the absence of market information. Assumptions used by the fund due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore the fund’s results of operations.
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s investments as of March 31, 2013:
 
                                 
    Quoted Prices in
      Significant
   
    Active Markets for
  Significant Other
  Unobservable
   
    Identical Assets
  Observable Inputs
  Inputs
   
Description
 
(Level 1)
 
(Level 2)
 
(Level 3)
 
Total2
 
Asset-Backed Obligations1
    $—       $1,308,556       $—       $1,308,556  
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities1
          6,825,374             6,825,374  
Corporate Bonds1
          87,498,755             87,498,755  
Foreign Securities1
          18,269,400             18,269,400  
Mortgage-Backed Securities1
          118,833,652             118,833,652  
Municipal Bonds1
          3,958,497             3,958,497  
U.S. Government and Government Agencies1
          208,101,621             208,101,621  
Other Investment Company1
    324,543                   324,543  
                                 
Total
    $324,543       $444,795,855       $—       $445,120,398  
                                 
 
     
1
  As categorized in Portfolio Holdings.
2
  The fund had no Other Financial Instruments.
 
The fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 as of the beginning of the fiscal year. There were no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 for the period ended March 31, 2013.
 
REG64288MAR13
 
 
 
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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.
(a)   Based on their evaluation of Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date, Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer, Marie Chandoha and Registrant’s Principal Financial Officer, George Pereira, have concluded that Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are: (i) reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately communicated to Registrant’s officers to allow timely decisions regarding disclosures required in this report; (ii) reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported in a timely manner; and (iii) are effective in achieving the goals described in (i) and (ii) above.
 
(b)   During Registrant’s last fiscal quarter, there have been no changes in Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that the above officers believe to have materially affected, or to be reasonably likely to materially affect, Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 3. Exhibits.
Separate certifications for Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), are attached.
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) Schwab Strategic Trust
         
By:
  /s/ Marie Chandoha    
 
 
 
Marie Chandoha
   
 
  Chief Executive Officer    
Date: May 21, 2013
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/ Marie Chandoha
 
   
 
  Marie Chandoha    
 
  Chief Executive Officer    
Date: May 21, 2013
         
By:
  /s/ George Pereira
 
   
 
  George Pereira    
 
  Principal Financial Officer    
Date: May 21, 2013

 

EX-99.CERT 2 f30076exv99wcert.htm EX-99.CERT exv99wcert
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Marie Chandoha, certify that:
1.   I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Schwab Strategic Trust;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
         
Date: May 21, 2013
  /s/ Marie Chandoha    
 
 
 
Marie Chandoha
   
 
  President and Chief Executive Officer    

 


 

CERTIFICATIONS
I, George Pereira, certify that:
1.   I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Schwab Strategic Trust;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
         
Date: May 21, 2013
  /s/ George Pereira    
 
 
 
George Pereira
   
 
  Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer