N-CSRS 1 wamsf-ncsrs.htm WEISS ALTERNATIVE MULTI-STRATEGY FUND SEMIANNUAL REPORT 4-30-23

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


FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES




Investment Company Act file number 811-23084



Series Portfolios Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)



615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)



Ryan Roell, President
Series Portfolios Trust
c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
777 East Wisconsin Ave, 6th Fl
Milwaukee, WI  53202
(Name and address of agent for service)


(414) 516-1709
Registrant's telephone number, including area code



Date of fiscal year end: October 31, 2023



Date of reporting period:  April 30, 2023



Item 1. Report to Stockholders.

(a)








Weiss Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund


Class K – weisx
Investor Class – weizx



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Semi-Annual Report

April 30, 2023



WEISS ALTERNATIVE MULTI-STRATEGY FUND


 
Dear Shareholders:
 
The Weiss Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund (the “Fund” or “WEISX”) was launched on December 1, 2015 in response to investors’ search for a daily liquid, actively managed, multi-alternative strategy. The Fund seeks to provide returns with moderate volatility, lower drawdowns, and reduced correlation to the overall performance of bond and equity markets. The Fund employs a risk-controlled approach to liquid and diversified strategies. The Fund seeks to generate its return from three sources:
 
 
1.
Core Market Neutral: Employs approximately 20 industry-focused, differentiated strategies and aims to generate performance through security price dispersion instead of market direction.
     
 
2.
Growth: A pro-cyclical strategy typically offering directional exposure to the US equity markets.
     
 
3.
Defensive: Income-generating strategy created to provide high liquidity and capital preservation, typically offering exposure to US treasuries and corporate credit.

In the trailing 3-month period (Feb 01, 2023 – Apr 30, 2023), WEISX returned -1.77% net of fees while its benchmark, the Bloomberg US Corporate Bond Index returned 0.28%. Overall portfolio annualized volatility for the trailing 3 months was 8.92%.
 
In the trailing 3-month period, the Core Market Neutral component of WEISX produced gross returns of -1.68%, the Growth Component returned -2.51% gross and Defensive finished with returns of -0.1% gross. The current month end gross exposure weights across the three asset classes in the Fund are as follows: Growth Component 14.97%, Defensive Component 32.68% and the Core Market Neutral 52.34%.
 
For the time period detailed in this Semi-Annual report (Nov 01, 2022 – Apr 30, 2023), WEISX generated 5.36% on a trailing, 252-day volatility of 11.79%. The benchmark generated 9.21% with a volatility measure of 8.29%.
 
WEISX illustrated its effort to minimize volatility and preserve capital during periods of increased financial market instability. The Core Market Neutral component continues to contribute a return stream with low levels of correlation to other asset classes which complements the pro-cyclical Growth sleeve and the Defensive sleeve.
 
We continue to believe that market volatility will remain elevated throughout the year, making attractive risk-adjusted returns in fixed income very hard to come by. This environment is one that our Core Market Neutral managers have historically leaned into with success. As a result, we expect investment balances (e.g., leverage) to continue to increase in the coming quarters as managers take further advantage of the increased dispersion and alpha trading opportunities. The takeaway is that Weiss’ core focus on generating returns through dispersion highlights WEISX as a key potential investment consideration for investors worried about rising risk in their fixed income allocations.
 
Sincerely,
 
/s/ Weiss Portfolio Managers
 


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The Bloomberg US Corporate Bond Index measures the investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bond market. It includes USD-denominated securities publicly issued by US and non-US industrial, utility and financial issuers.
 
Indices do not reflect the same fees or expenses as the Fund, and the Fund may and will invest in different securities and trading strategies than those reflected in the indices. Index data is provided for reference purposes only and is not meant to imply the Fund will achieve performance correlated to that of an index. Indices are not available for direct investment.
 
Alpha measures the extent to which returns are generated above a market benchmark. Alpha is therefore a measure of excess return.
 
Correlation is a statistical measure of the degree to which the movements of two variables (stock/option/convertible prices or returns) are related.
 
Opinions expressed are subject to change at any time, are not guaranteed and should not be considered investment advice.
 
Gross performance is shown for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect the fees and expenses of an investment in the Fund.
 
Volatility/Standard Deviation is defined as a quantity calculated to indicate the extent of deviation for a group as a whole.
 
Diversification does not assure a profit nor protect against loss in a declining market.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. Derivatives involve special risks including correlation, counterparty, liquidity, operational, accounting and tax risks. These risks, in certain cases, may be greater than the risks presented by more traditional investments. The Fund may also use options and future contracts, which have the risks of unlimited losses of the underlying holdings due to unanticipated market movements and failure to correctly predict the direction of securities prices, interest rates and currency exchange rates. The investment in options is not suitable for all investors. The Fund invests in foreign securities which involve greater volatility and political, economic and currency risks and differences in accounting methods. These risks are greater in emerging markets. Investment by the Fund in lower-rated and non-rated securities presents a greater risk of loss to principal and interest than higher-rated securities. The Fund may use leverage which may exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of portfolio securities or the Net Asset Value (“NAV”) of the Fund, and money borrowed will be subject to interest costs. Small- and Medium-capitalization companies tend to have limited liquidity and greater price volatility than large-capitalization companies. Investing in ETFs are subject to additional risks that do not apply to conventional mutual funds, including the risks that the market price of the shares may trade at a discount to its NAV, an active secondary trading market may not develop or be maintained, or trading may be halted by the exchange in which they trade, which may impact the Fund’s ability to sell its shares. The Fund may make short sales of securities, which involves the risk that losses may exceed the original amount invested.
 
Must be preceded or accompanied by a prospectus.
 
The Weiss Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund is distributed by Quasar Distributors, LLC.




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Expense Example (Unaudited)
April 30, 2023

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund specific expenses. The expense example is intended to help the shareholder understand ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the most recent six-month period.
 
The Actual Expenses comparison provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. A shareholder may use the information in this line, together with the amount invested, to estimate the expenses paid over the period. A shareholder may divide his/her account value by $1,000 (e.g., an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses paid on his/her account during this period.
 
The Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses paid for the period. A shareholder may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, a shareholder would compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.
 
The expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemptions fees or exchange fees. Therefore, the Hypothetical Example for Comparisons Purposes is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help to determine the relevant total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, shareholder costs would have been higher.
 
       
Expenses Paid
 
Annualized Net
Beginning
Ending
During Period(1)
 
Expense Ratio
Account Value
Account Value
(11/1/2022 to
 
(4/30/2023)
(11/1/2022)
(4/30/2023)
4/30/2023)
Class K Actual(2)(3)
2.98%
$1,000.00
$1,053.60
$15.17
Class K Hypothetical
       
  (5% annual return before expenses)(4)
2.98%
$1,000.00
$1,010.02
$14.85
         
Investor Class Actual(2)(3)
3.33%
$1,000.00
$1,050.80
$16.93
Investor Class Hypothetical
       
  (5% annual return before expenses)(4)
3.33%
$1,000.00
$1,008.28
$16.58

(1)
Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the period multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 to reflect its six-month period.
(2)
Based on the actual returns for the period from November 1, 2022 through April 30, 2023, of 5.36% and 5.08% for Class K and Investor Class, respectively.
(3)
Excluding dividends on short positions and borrowing expense, your actual cost of investing in Class K and Investor Class would be $7.64 and $9.41, respectively.
(4)
Excluding dividends on short positions and borrowing expense, your hypothetical cost of investing in Class K and Investor Class would be $7.50 and $9.25, respectively.



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Allocation of Portfolio (Unaudited)
April 30, 2023

LONG INVESTMENTS(1)(2)
 
        



(1)
Data expressed as a percentage of common stocks, exchange traded funds, contingent value rights, escrow notes, warrants, purchased options, short-term investments, long swap contracts, and long futures contracts as of April 30, 2023. Data expressed excludes securities sold short, written options, short swap contracts, short futures contracts and other assets in excess of liabilities. Please refer to the Schedule of Investments, Schedule of Written Options, Schedule of Open Swap Contracts, and Schedule of Open Futures Contracts for more details on the Fund’s individual holdings.
(2)
The value of option, swap, foreign currency exchange and futures contracts are expressed as notional and not market value.








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Allocation of Portfolio (Unaudited)
April 30, 2023

SHORT INVESTMENTS(3)(4)
 
             



(3)
Data expressed as a percentage of short common stocks, short exchange traded funds, written options, and short swap contracts, as of April 30, 2023. Data expressed excludes long investments, long swap contracts, long futures contracts and other assets in excess of liabilities. Please refer to the Schedule of Investments, Schedule of Written Options and Schedule of Open Swap Contracts for more details on the Fund’s individual holdings.
(4)
The value of option and swap contracts are expressed as notional and not market value.







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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS – 48.23%
           
             
Aerospace & Defense – 0.44%
           
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
2,406
   
$
135,722
 
Curtiss-Wright Corp.
   
285
     
48,402
 
Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
   
4,074
     
180,437
 
Maxar Technologies, Inc.
   
1,005
     
52,984
 
The Boeing Co. (a)
   
2,546
     
526,462
 
TransDigm Group, Inc. (a)
   
120
     
91,800
 
             
1,035,807
 
Air Freight & Logistics – 0.49%
               
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
   
1,229
     
123,969
 
FedEx Corp.
   
2,460
     
560,339
 
Forward Air Corp.
   
3
     
316
 
GXO Logistics, Inc. (a)
   
2,738
     
145,470
 
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B
   
1,849
     
332,469
 
             
1,162,563
 
Automobile Components – 0.11%
               
Autoliv, Inc.
   
2,687
     
230,571
 
Mobileye Global, Inc., Class A (a)
   
858
     
32,295
 
             
262,866
 
Automobiles – 0.01%
               
General Motors Co.
   
1,109
     
36,641
 
                 
Banks – 2.39%
               
Banner Corp.
   
2,271
     
113,368
 
Cadence Bank
   
2,726
     
55,120
 
Citigroup, Inc.
   
85
     
4,001
 
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
   
30,432
     
941,566
 
Columbia Banking System, Inc.
   
15,069
     
321,874
 
Comerica, Inc.
   
6,095
     
264,340
 
ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.
   
2,302
     
36,326
 
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.
   
221
     
24,365
 
Fifth Third BanCorp
   
6,435
     
168,597
 
First BanCorp (b)
   
5,005
     
58,809
 
First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A
   
395
     
397,836
 
First Horizon National Corp.
   
21,181
     
371,727
 
ING Groep N.V. (b)
   
18,590
     
230,559
 
M&T Bank Corp. (g)
   
858
     
107,936
 
New York Community Bancorp, Inc.
   
20,338
     
217,413
 
PacWest Bancorp
   
6,435
     
65,315
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Banks – 2.39% (Continued)
           
Popular, Inc. (b)
   
5,162
   
$
309,772
 
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)
   
574
     
28,843
 
Truist Financial Corp.
   
12,727
     
414,646
 
UMB Financial Corp.
   
2,549
     
162,142
 
UniCredit SpA (b)
   
10,588
     
209,807
 
Valley National Bancorp (g)
   
31,890
     
299,128
 
Webster Financial Corp.
   
8,846
     
329,956
 
Wells Fargo & Co.
   
461
     
18,325
 
Western Alliance Bancorp
   
4,281
     
158,911
 
Wintrust Financial Corp.
   
4,933
     
337,269
 
             
5,647,951
 
Beverages – 0.90%
               
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B
   
3,458
     
225,081
 
Carlsberg A/S, Class B (b)
   
595
     
98,471
 
Celsius Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
1,122
     
107,229
 
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc (b)
   
7,863
     
506,928
 
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A
   
1,644
     
377,249
 
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc.
   
3,975
     
129,982
 
Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B
   
1,415
     
84,164
 
The Coca-Cola Co.
   
9,319
     
597,814
 
             
2,126,918
 
Biotechnology – 1.67%
               
89bio, Inc. (a)
   
3,135
     
50,097
 
AbbVie, Inc.
   
1,471
     
222,298
 
Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
   
1,698
     
16,182
 
Allakos, Inc. (a)
   
8,550
     
36,338
 
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
   
28
     
5,578
 
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
   
520
     
43,384
 
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. (a)
   
1,440
     
19,930
 
Argenx S.E. – ADR (a)(b)
   
395
     
153,213
 
Astria Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
   
6,269
     
81,810
 
BELLUS Health, Inc. (a)(b)
   
4,834
     
70,045
 
Biogen, Inc. (a)
   
946
     
287,802
 
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)
   
817
     
78,465
 
Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. (a)
   
1,488
     
21,606
 
Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
3,400
     
98,736
 
Chinook Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
   
983
     
19,670
 
CSL Ltd. (b)
   
72
     
14,374
 
Cytokinetics, Inc. (a)
   
1,140
     
42,636
 
Dynavax Technologies Corp. (a)
   
566
     
5,892
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Biotechnology – 1.67% (Continued)
           
Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
   
1,556
   
$
1,603
 
Exact Sciences Corp. (a)
   
114
     
7,304
 
Exelixis, Inc. (a)
   
8,888
     
162,650
 
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
   
1,225
     
100,707
 
Grifols S.A. (a)(b)
   
2,062
     
21,226
 
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
   
4,565
     
10,910
 
Horizon Therapeutics plc (a)(b)
   
4,594
     
510,669
 
Immunovant, Inc. (a)(g)
   
6,016
     
97,098
 
Incyte Corp. (a)
   
708
     
52,682
 
Insmed, Inc. (a)
   
3,861
     
75,290
 
IVERIC bio, Inc. (a)
   
4,823
     
158,628
 
Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
   
14
     
2,778
 
Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
   
1,131
     
4,049
 
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
   
28
     
8,736
 
Merus N.V. (a)(b)
   
486
     
9,321
 
Morphic Holding, Inc. (a)
   
715
     
33,791
 
Natera, Inc. (a)
   
354
     
17,955
 
Prometheus Biosciences, Inc. (a)
   
1,039
     
201,514
 
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
   
3
     
2,405
 
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
   
4,231
     
4,781
 
Roivant Sciences Ltd. (a)(b)
   
4,903
     
41,921
 
Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
   
100
     
4,885
 
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
   
630
     
77,345
 
Seagen, Inc. (a)
   
673
     
134,600
 
SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
   
1,430
     
33,433
 
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
   
5,616
     
121,137
 
uniQure N.V. (a)(b)
   
759
     
14,732
 
United Therapeutics Corp. (a)
   
88
     
20,251
 
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
   
1,417
     
482,814
 
Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
   
6,298
     
134,210
 
Viridian Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
   
3,266
     
91,546
 
Xenon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)
   
817
     
32,909
 
             
3,941,936
 
Broadline Retail – 0.26%
               
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. – ADR (a)(b)
   
2,117
     
179,289
 
Amazon.com, Inc. (a)(g)
   
3,991
     
420,851
 
Kohl’s Corp.
   
910
     
20,047
 
             
620,187
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Building Products – 0.31%
           
Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)
   
909
   
$
86,146
 
Carrier Global Corp.
   
893
     
37,345
 
Fortune Brands Innovation, Inc.
   
429
     
27,752
 
Griffon Corp.
   
1,148
     
32,661
 
Johnson Controls International plc (b)
   
1,560
     
93,350
 
Lennox International, Inc.
   
200
     
56,382
 
Owens Corning
   
672
     
71,776
 
The AZEK Co., Inc. (a)
   
712
     
19,324
 
Trane Technologies plc (b)
   
1,421
     
264,036
 
Trex Co., Inc. (a)
   
885
     
48,374
 
             
737,146
 
Capital Markets – 1.68%
               
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.
   
286
     
41,293
 
AllianceBernstein Holding LP
   
11,408
     
398,824
 
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
   
1,817
     
554,403
 
Ares Management Corp., Class A
   
520
     
45,547
 
Blackstone, Inc.
   
2,503
     
223,593
 
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.
   
3,470
     
484,759
 
Deutsche Boerse AG (b)
   
315
     
60,073
 
Federated Hermes, Inc.
   
1,453
     
60,140
 
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A
   
815
     
63,448
 
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
   
467
     
50,870
 
Invesco Ltd. (b)
   
18,876
     
323,346
 
Julius Baer Group Ltd. (b)
   
1,207
     
86,489
 
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.
   
1,826
     
381,342
 
PJT Partners, Inc., Class A
   
841
     
57,835
 
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
   
483
     
43,726
 
Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.
   
5,056
     
42,116
 
SEI Investments Co.
   
1,859
     
109,514
 
State Street Corp.
   
2,868
     
207,242
 
StepStone Group, Inc., Class A
   
2,574
     
56,705
 
Stifel Financial Corp.
   
1,483
     
88,935
 
The Bank New York Mellon Corp.
   
10,559
     
449,708
 
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
   
215
     
73,840
 
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.
   
410
     
74,706
 
             
3,978,454
 
Chemicals – 0.30%
               
Celanese Corp.
   
689
     
73,199
 
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
   
543
     
38,868
 
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
   
907
     
63,236
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Chemicals – 0.30% (Continued)
           
PPG Industries, Inc.
   
1,912
   
$
268,177
 
The Chemours Co.
   
5,738
     
166,804
 
The Sherwin-Williams Co.
   
172
     
40,857
 
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. – ADR (b)
   
998
     
67,345
 
             
718,486
 
Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.32%
               
ACV Auctions, Inc., Class A (a)
   
18,965
     
247,114
 
Republic Services, Inc.
   
1,058
     
153,008
 
Waste Connections, Inc. (b)
   
2,531
     
352,189
 
             
752,311
 
Communications Equipment – 1.44%
               
ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.
   
46,559
     
424,618
 
Arista Networks, Inc. (a)
   
332
     
53,173
 
Calix, Inc. (a)
   
19,448
     
888,774
 
Ciena Corp. (a)
   
16,067
     
739,725
 
CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)(g)
   
261,971
     
1,291,517
 
             
3,397,807
 
Construction & Engineering – 0.15%
               
Fluor Corp. (a)
   
6,152
     
178,777
 
Quanta Services, Inc.
   
830
     
140,801
 
WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (a)
   
775
     
35,185
 
             
354,763
 
Construction Materials – 0.05%
               
Vulcan Materials Co.
   
677
     
118,556
 
                 
Consumer Finance – 0.36%
               
Ally Financial, Inc.
   
6,356
     
167,671
 
Discover Financial Services
   
2,749
     
284,439
 
Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)
   
1,706
     
87,654
 
FirstCash Holdings, Inc.
   
1,471
     
151,557
 
OneMain Holdings, Inc.
   
715
     
27,435
 
PRA Group, Inc. (a)
   
1,188
     
43,089
 
SLM Corp.
   
2,860
     
42,957
 
SoFi Technologies, Inc. (a)
   
8,580
     
53,454
 
             
858,256
 
Consumer Staples Distribution – 1.30%
               
Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A
   
3,647
     
76,222
 
Costco Wholesale Corp.
   
590
     
296,900
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Consumer Staples Distribution – 1.30% (Continued)
           
Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)
   
4,981
   
$
765,630
 
Performance Food Group Co. (a)
   
3,029
     
189,888
 
Sysco Corp.
   
2,830
     
217,174
 
Target Corp.
   
1,145
     
180,624
 
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
   
8,996
     
1,358,126
 
             
3,084,564
 
Containers & Packaging – 0.11%
               
Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. (b)
   
65,318
     
266,497
 
                 
Distributors – 0.04%
               
Pool Corp.
   
266
     
93,451
 
                 
Diversified Consumer Services – 0.13%
               
Mister Car Wash, Inc. (a)
   
35,357
     
311,849
 
                 
Diversified Telecommunication Services – 0.03%
               
Verizon Communications, Inc.
   
1,806
     
70,127
 
                 
Electric Utilities – 0.04%
               
PG&E Corp. (a)
   
4,912
     
84,044
 
                 
Electrical Equipment – 0.36%
               
AMETEK, Inc.
   
844
     
116,413
 
Eaton Corp. plc (b)
   
349
     
58,325
 
Emerson Electric Co.
   
551
     
45,876
 
Enovix Corp. (a)
   
17,058
     
184,568
 
Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. (a)
   
7,664
     
12,952
 
FREYR Battery S.A. (a)(b)
   
2,018
     
14,267
 
nVent Electric plc (b)
   
3,264
     
136,860
 
Vertiv Holdings Co.
   
19,233
     
286,956
 
             
856,217
 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 0.34%
               
Coherent Corp. (a)
   
14,455
     
493,494
 
National Instruments Corp.
   
5,170
     
301,049
 
             
794,543
 
Energy Equipment & Services – 0.35%
               
Baker Hughes Co.
   
4,199
     
122,779
 
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (a)
   
4,604
     
52,900
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Energy Equipment & Services – 0.35% (Continued)
           
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
   
3,492
   
$
115,795
 
Noble Corp. plc (a)(b)
   
2,088
     
80,283
 
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.
   
2,659
     
29,754
 
Schlumberger N.V. Ltd. (b)(g)
   
3,512
     
173,317
 
TechnipFMC plc (a)(b)
   
6,029
     
82,537
 
Valaris Ltd. (a)(b)
   
1,658
     
99,480
 
Weatherford International plc (a)(b)
   
1,201
     
77,621
 
             
834,466
 
Entertainment – 1.07%
               
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (a)(g)
   
9,667
     
751,223
 
Cineplex, Inc. (a)(b)
   
4,188
     
27,449
 
Electronic Arts, Inc.
   
1,369
     
174,246
 
Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)(g)
   
3,640
     
93,839
 
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a)
   
680
     
46,090
 
Sphere Entertainment Co. (a)
   
476
     
13,395
 
Manchester United plc, Class A (b)(g)
   
2,484
     
49,804
 
Netflix, Inc. (a)(g)
   
837
     
276,152
 
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)
   
4,939
     
613,868
 
The Walt Disney Co. (a)
   
369
     
37,823
 
Warner Brothers Discovery, Inc. (a)
   
3,007
     
40,925
 
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A (g)
   
3,911
     
419,142
 
             
2,543,956
 
Financial Services – 0.90%
               
Apollo Global Management, Inc.
   
5,204
     
329,882
 
AvidXchange Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
3,575
     
26,562
 
Corebridge Financial, Inc.
   
4,469
     
75,347
 
Equitable Holdings, Inc.
   
6,369
     
165,530
 
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.
   
2,342
     
137,522
 
FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)
   
446
     
95,408
 
Global Payments, Inc.
   
891
     
100,425
 
I3 Verticals, Inc., Class A (a)
   
3,307
     
76,888
 
Marqeta, Inc., Class A (a)
   
2,384
     
9,655
 
Mr. Cooper Group, Inc. (a)
   
5,884
     
272,429
 
Nuvei Corp. (a)(b)
   
429
     
17,422
 
Payoneer Global, Inc. (a)
   
9,228
     
50,385
 
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.
   
4,797
     
299,764
 
Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A (a)
   
3,121
     
211,510
 
Visa, Inc., Class A
   
313
     
72,844
 
Voya Financial, Inc.
   
2,326
     
177,892
 
             
2,119,465
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Food Products – 0.89%
           
Bunge Ltd. (b)
   
491
   
$
45,958
 
Ingredion, Inc.
   
1,889
     
200,555
 
Kellogg Co.
   
2,688
     
187,542
 
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
   
1,199
     
134,060
 
McCormick & Co., Inc.
   
1,859
     
163,313
 
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A
   
105
     
8,056
 
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (a)
   
36,829
     
840,069
 
Sovos Brands, Inc. (a)
   
5,240
     
89,866
 
The Hershey Co.
   
554
     
151,275
 
The Simply Good Foods Co. (a)
   
2,160
     
78,559
 
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)
   
3,707
     
197,398
 
             
2,096,651
 
Ground Transportation – 1.35%
               
ArcBest Corp.
   
172
     
16,237
 
Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a)
   
1,001
     
176,847
 
Canadian National Railway Co. (b)
   
1,001
     
119,389
 
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. (b)
   
2,853
     
224,931
 
CSX Corp.
   
14,040
     
430,185
 
FTAI Infrastructure, Inc.
   
590
     
1,829
 
Heartland Express, Inc.
   
336
     
4,865
 
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
11,990
     
199,993
 
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
   
2,748
     
481,697
 
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.
   
1,830
     
103,066
 
Norfolk Southern Corp.
   
692
     
140,497
 
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
   
785
     
251,506
 
Ryder System, Inc.
   
28
     
2,216
 
Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)
   
4,676
     
145,190
 
Union Pacific Corp.
   
1,141
     
223,294
 
Werner Enterprises, Inc.
   
3,951
     
178,467
 
XPO, Inc. (a)
   
11,371
     
502,371
 
             
3,202,580
 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.92%
               
Baxter International, Inc.
   
1,642
     
78,290
 
Boston Scientific Corp. (a)
   
7,007
     
365,205
 
CVRx, Inc. (a)
   
269
     
3,131
 
DexCom, Inc. (a)
   
735
     
89,185
 
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)
   
3,210
     
282,416
 
Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (a)
   
2,522
     
146,629
 
Haemonetics Corp. (a)
   
1,180
     
98,778
 
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)
   
256
     
125,993
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.92% (Continued)
           
Inari Medical, Inc. (a)
   
1,045
   
$
69,409
 
Inmode Ltd. (a)(b)
   
1,164
     
43,371
 
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)
   
57
     
15,255
 
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)
   
380
     
114,464
 
Medtronic plc (b)
   
2,490
     
226,465
 
Outset Medical, Inc. (a)
   
134
     
2,411
 
Penumbra, Inc. (a)
   
193
     
54,835
 
Pulmonx Corp. (a)
   
861
     
10,117
 
Shockwave Medical, Inc. (a)
   
307
     
89,079
 
Silk Road Medical, Inc. (a)
   
570
     
25,091
 
STAAR Surgical Co. (a)
   
283
     
19,943
 
Stryker Corp.
   
472
     
141,435
 
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a)
   
2,280
     
90,242
 
Teleflex, Inc.
   
285
     
77,668
 
             
2,169,412
 
Health Care Providers & Services – 0.97%
               
Alignment Healthcare, Inc. (a)
   
2,465
     
15,505
 
Amedisys, Inc. (a)
   
581
     
46,654
 
AmerisourceBergen Corp.
   
593
     
98,942
 
Cano Health, Inc. (a)
   
14,931
     
17,320
 
Cardinal Health, Inc.
   
699
     
57,388
 
Centene Corp. (a)
   
345
     
23,781
 
CVS Health Corp.
   
490
     
35,922
 
DaVita, Inc. (a)
   
1,466
     
132,468
 
Elevance Health, Inc.
   
400
     
187,460
 
Encompass Health Corp.
   
1,349
     
86,538
 
Guardant Health, Inc. (a)
   
4,418
     
99,670
 
HCA Healthcare, Inc.
   
292
     
83,900
 
HealthEquity, Inc. (a)
   
1,848
     
98,776
 
Humana, Inc.
   
729
     
386,727
 
Oak Street Health, Inc. (a)
   
6,925
     
269,867
 
Option Care Health, Inc. (a)
   
153
     
4,919
 
Privia Health Group, Inc. (a)
   
938
     
25,917
 
Progyny, Inc. (a)
   
1,658
     
55,112
 
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.
   
142
     
19,711
 
Surgery Partners, Inc. (a)
   
1,445
     
57,309
 
Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)
   
1,003
     
73,540
 
The Pennant Group, Inc. (a)
   
423
     
5,867
 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
   
817
     
402,037
 
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B
   
28
     
4,210
 
             
2,289,540
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Health Care Technology – 0.06%
           
Evolent Health, Inc., Class A (a)
   
3,720
   
$
135,445
 
                 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 3.46%
               
Aramark
   
6,835
     
237,174
 
BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (a)
   
5,518
     
179,556
 
Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
44
     
118,198
 
Bowlero Corp. (a)
   
2,000
     
29,260
 
Boyd Gaming Corp.
   
4,021
     
279,057
 
Brinker International, Inc. (a)
   
1,514
     
60,439
 
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)
   
12,223
     
553,580
 
Carnival Corp. (a)(b)
   
16,728
     
154,065
 
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)
   
195
     
403,186
 
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
   
2,592
     
393,803
 
Dine Brands Global, Inc.
   
478
     
31,037
 
Domino’s Pizza, Inc.
   
80
     
25,398
 
Expedia Group, Inc. (a)
   
746
     
70,094
 
Full House Resorts, Inc. (a)
   
2,481
     
17,466
 
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
   
4,173
     
600,995
 
Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A (a)
   
773
     
88,354
 
Jack in the Box, Inc.
   
2,753
     
255,176
 
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (a)(g)
   
10,020
     
639,777
 
Marriott International, Inc., Class A
   
186
     
31,497
 
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.
   
1,522
     
204,800
 
McDonald’s Corp.
   
1,360
     
402,220
 
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)(b)
   
6,910
     
92,248
 
Papa John’s International, Inc.
   
1,305
     
97,601
 
Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)
   
1,769
     
52,698
 
Restaurant Brands International, Inc. (b)
   
1,318
     
92,431
 
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (a)(b)
   
12,222
     
799,685
 
SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (a)
   
3,960
     
212,494
 
Starbucks Corp.
   
2,796
     
319,555
 
Sweetgreen, Inc., Class A (a)
   
259
     
2,056
 
Texas Roadhouse, Inc.
   
1,679
     
185,731
 
The Cheesecake Factory, Inc.
   
1,001
     
33,724
 
Travel + Leisure Co.
   
2,535
     
97,014
 
Wingstop, Inc.
   
1,316
     
263,345
 
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
   
1,580
     
107,788
 
Wynn Resorts Ltd. (a)(g)
   
8,884
     
1,015,264
 
Yum China Holdings, Inc.
   
513
     
31,385
 
             
8,178,151
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Household Durables – 0.13%
           
Lennar Corp., Class A
   
1,113
   
$
125,558
 
PulteGroup, Inc.
   
1,973
     
132,487
 
TopBuild Corp. (a)
   
248
     
55,919
 
             
313,964
 
Household Products – 0.45%
               
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
   
5,389
     
430,042
 
The Procter & Gamble Co.
   
1,159
     
181,244
 
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (g)
   
5,499
     
365,684
 
The Clorox Co.
   
484
     
80,160
 
             
1,057,130
 
Industrial Conglomerates – 0.36%
               
Honeywell International, Inc.
   
3,631
     
725,619
 
Siemens AG (b)
   
707
     
116,537
 
             
842,156
 
Insurance – 0.99%
               
Aflac, Inc.
   
429
     
29,966
 
Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)(b)
   
2,338
     
175,514
 
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
   
357
     
74,277
 
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. (b)
   
858
     
48,511
 
Brown & Brown, Inc.
   
1,344
     
86,540
 
Chubb Ltd. (b)
   
1,120
     
225,747
 
Everest Re Group Ltd. (b)
   
535
     
202,230
 
Globe Life, Inc.
   
228
     
24,743
 
International General Insurance Holdings Ltd. (b)
   
29,450
     
243,846
 
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.
   
229
     
41,263
 
Old Republic International Corp.
   
1,001
     
25,295
 
The Progressive Corp.
   
1,679
     
229,016
 
Reinsurance Group America, Inc.
   
1,608
     
228,851
 
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (b)
   
1,071
     
230,704
 
SiriusPoint Ltd. (a)(b)
   
870
     
7,560
 
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. (a)
   
3,020
     
64,568
 
The Allstate Corp.
   
285
     
32,992
 
Unum Group
   
6,536
     
275,819
 
W.R. Berkley Corp.
   
1,487
     
87,614
 
             
2,335,056
 
Interactive Media & Services – 0.90%
               
Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)
   
5,230
     
561,388
 
Alphabet, Inc., Class C (a)
   
2,820
     
305,181
 
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (a)(g)
   
4,464
     
1,072,789
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Interactive Media & Services – 0.90% (Continued)
           
Pinterest, Inc., Class A (a)(g)
   
5,720
   
$
131,560
 
QuinStreet, Inc. (a)
   
702
     
7,799
 
Vimeo, Inc. (a)
   
18,722
     
61,595
 
             
2,140,312
 
IT Services – 0.21%
               
Fastly, Inc., Class A (a)
   
1,965
     
29,043
 
GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)(g)
   
2,163
     
163,696
 
Okta, Inc. (a)(g)
   
1,001
     
68,599
 
Shopify, Inc., Class A (a)(b)
   
1,163
     
56,347
 
Snowflake, Inc., Class A (a)
   
259
     
38,353
 
Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)(g)
   
1,425
     
74,969
 
Wix.com Ltd. (a)(b)
   
640
     
55,827
 
             
486,834
 
Leisure Products – 0.01%
               
Mattel, Inc. (a)
   
1,436
     
25,848
 
Old PSG Wind-Down Ltd. (a)(b)(f)
   
2,127
     
202
 
             
26,050
 
Life Sciences Tools & Services – 0.60%
               
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
   
1,738
     
235,377
 
Akoya Biosciences, Inc. (a)
   
858
     
5,972
 
Bruker Corp.
   
2,424
     
191,811
 
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)
   
947
     
180,044
 
Danaher Corp.
   
3
     
711
 
ICON plc (a)(b)
   
629
     
121,202
 
Illumina, Inc. (a)
   
726
     
149,237
 
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
685
     
128,937
 
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (a)
   
1,810
     
19,186
 
PerkinElmer, Inc.
   
547
     
71,378
 
Qiagen N.V. (a)(b)
   
1,047
     
46,707
 
Qiagen N.V. (a)(b)
   
718
     
32,110
 
Repligen Corp. (a)
   
53
     
8,036
 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
   
416
     
230,838
 
Standard BioTools, Inc. (a)
   
228
     
388
 
             
1,421,934
 
Machinery – 0.30%
               
AGCO Corp.
   
240
     
29,746
 
Crane Co. (a)
   
400
     
28,828
 
Cummins, Inc.
   
563
     
132,327
 
Daimler Truck Holding AG (b)
   
1,001
     
33,024
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Machinery – 0.30% (Continued)
           
Ingersoll Rand, Inc.
   
3,212
   
$
183,148
 
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.
   
257
     
43,125
 
PACCAR, Inc.
   
1,161
     
86,715
 
Parker-Hannifin Corp.
   
279
     
90,642
 
Terex Corp.
   
658
     
29,340
 
The Timken Co.
   
388
     
29,818
 
Xylem, Inc.
   
294
     
30,529
 
             
717,242
 
Marine Transportation – 0.02%
               
AP Moller – Maersk A/S, Class B (b)
   
22
     
39,766
 
                 
Media – 0.26%
               
comScore, Inc. (a)
   
258,936
     
261,525
 
Criteo S.A. – ADR (a)(b)
   
9,101
     
286,226
 
Liberty Media Corp-Liberty SiriusXM, Class A (a)
   
512
     
14,387
 
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
   
288
     
49,954
 
             
612,092
 
Metals & Mining – 1.39%
               
Algoma Steel Group, Inc. (b)
   
34,547
     
255,302
 
Arconic Corp. (a)
   
13,251
     
327,962
 
BlueScope Steel Ltd. (b)
   
2,956
     
39,290
 
Capstone Copper Corp. (a)(b)
   
84,421
     
396,916
 
Carpenter Technology Corp.
   
9,587
     
505,618
 
Commercial Metals Co.
   
1,814
     
84,696
 
Filo Mining Corp. (a)(b)
   
19,214
     
319,654
 
Hudbay Minerals, Inc. (b)
   
2,860
     
14,329
 
Hudbay Minerals, Inc. (b)
   
2,860
     
14,333
 
Li-FT Power Ltd. (a)(b)
   
6,801
     
43,822
 
Lithium Americas Corp. (a)(b)
   
239
     
4,775
 
Lundin Mining Corp. (b)
   
20,020
     
152,937
 
Mineral Resources Ltd. (b)
   
3,861
     
190,466
 
NGEx Minerals Ltd. (a)(b)
   
44,229
     
199,787
 
Norsk Hydro ASA (b)
   
3,853
     
28,355
 
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A
   
3,278
     
94,701
 
Sigma Lithium Corp. (a)(b)
   
14,305
     
497,957
 
South32 Ltd. (b)
   
37,050
     
104,731
 
Teck Resources Ltd., Class B (b)(g)
   
421
     
19,619
 
Zacapa Resources Ltd. (a)(b)
   
790
     
44
 
             
3,295,294
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 1.74%
           
Arch Resources, Inc.
   
1,122
   
$
137,165
 
BP plc – ADR (b)
   
4,677
     
188,390
 
Cameco Corp. (b)
   
2,145
     
58,966
 
Chesapeake Energy Corp.
   
2,089
     
172,719
 
Chord Energy Corp.
   
1,058
     
150,585
 
Diamondback Energy, Inc.
   
1,553
     
220,837
 
Ecopetrol S.A. – ADR (b)
   
6,435
     
62,548
 
EOG Resources, Inc.
   
1,567
     
187,209
 
EQT Corp.
   
2,871
     
100,026
 
Exxon Mobil Corp.
   
772
     
91,358
 
Green Plains, Inc. (a)
   
2,295
     
78,420
 
Hess Corp.
   
1,376
     
199,603
 
Marathon Oil Corp.
   
6,995
     
168,999
 
Marathon Petroleum Corp.
   
1,784
     
217,648
 
Matador Resources Co. (g)
   
4,679
     
229,411
 
Murphy Oil Corp.
   
2,911
     
106,863
 
New Fortress Energy, Inc.
   
5,901
     
178,741
 
NextDecade Corp. (a)
   
1,442
     
8,984
 
Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.
   
6,125
     
203,166
 
Occidental Petroleum Corp.
   
3,091
     
190,189
 
PDC Energy, Inc.
   
2,735
     
177,912
 
Peabody Energy Corp. (g)
   
1,833
     
44,029
 
Permian Resources Corp.
   
20,649
     
215,782
 
Phillips 66
   
1,339
     
132,561
 
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (g)
   
1,091
     
237,347
 
Range Resources Corp.
   
7,592
     
200,808
 
Valero Energy Corp.
   
1,398
     
160,309
 
             
4,120,575
 
Paper & Forest Products – 0.03%
               
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (b)
   
1,089
     
78,770
 
                 
Passenger Airlines – 0.07%
               
Delta Air Lines, Inc. (a)
   
1,716
     
58,876
 
Southwest Airlines Co.
   
3,200
     
96,928
 
             
155,804
 
Personal Care Products – 0.12%
               
BellRing Brands, Inc. (a)
   
3,590
     
129,204
 
Edgewell Personal Care Co.
   
1,526
     
66,640
 
e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (a)
   
881
     
81,722
 
The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A
   
61
     
15,050
 
             
292,616
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Pharmaceuticals – 0.91%
           
Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
   
2,707
   
$
24,065
 
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
   
2,553
     
72,505
 
AstraZeneca plc – ADR (b)
   
1,373
     
100,531
 
Bayer AG (b)
   
2,127
     
140,375
 
Bristol Myers-Squibb Co.
   
143
     
9,548
 
Catalent, Inc. (a)(g)
   
2,491
     
124,849
 
Eisai Co Ltd. (b)
   
620
     
35,776
 
Eli Lilly & Co.
   
1,471
     
582,310
 
GSK plc – ADR (b)
   
2,753
     
99,191
 
Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
2,558
     
82,470
 
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (a)
   
595
     
36,979
 
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (a)(b)
   
428
     
60,121
 
Merck & Co., Inc.
   
2,752
     
317,773
 
Novartis AG – ADR (b)
   
831
     
85,236
 
Novartis AG (b)
   
1,232
     
126,026
 
Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B (b)
   
258
     
42,919
 
Novo Nordisk A/S – ADR (b)
   
288
     
48,122
 
Pfizer, Inc.
   
1,849
     
71,908
 
Sanofi – ADR (b)
   
470
     
25,216
 
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. – ADR (a)(b)
   
8,819
     
76,990
 
             
2,162,910
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 8.56%
               
Acadia Realty Trust
   
39,836
     
538,184
 
Agree Realty Corp.
   
10,288
     
699,481
 
Americold Realty Trust, Inc.
   
42,499
     
1,257,545
 
Apartment Income REIT Corp.
   
1,197
     
44,265
 
Boston Properties, Inc.
   
14,517
     
774,627
 
Brixmor Property Group, Inc.
   
23,215
     
495,176
 
Camden Property Trust
   
6,520
     
717,526
 
Corporate Office Properties Trust
   
11,440
     
261,862
 
Cousins Properties, Inc.
   
17,134
     
373,693
 
CubeSmart
   
22,579
     
1,027,119
 
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
   
6,704
     
664,702
 
Douglas Emmett, Inc.
   
23,309
     
300,220
 
EastGroup Properties, Inc.
   
6,083
     
1,013,185
 
Elme Communities
   
18,400
     
317,032
 
Equity Residential
   
21,744
     
1,375,308
 
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.
   
8,580
     
212,355
 
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.
   
6,898
     
361,938
 
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.
   
1,098
     
57,096
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 8.56% (Continued)
           
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.
   
38,547
   
$
762,460
 
Highwoods Properties, Inc.
   
23,388
     
536,053
 
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
   
2,362
     
38,194
 
Kimco Realty Corp.
   
15,159
     
290,901
 
LXP Industrial Trust
   
598
     
5,621
 
Life Storage, Inc.
   
15,312
     
2,057,627
 
Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
   
24,882
     
218,215
 
National Retail Properties, Inc.
   
17,657
     
768,080
 
Paramount Group, Inc.
   
2,064
     
8,937
 
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.
   
38,816
     
505,772
 
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.
   
25,452
     
1,419,458
 
Rithm Capital Corp.
   
4,258
     
34,745
 
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.
   
787
     
70,562
 
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.
   
65,996
     
752,354
 
Simon Property Group, Inc.
   
1,779
     
201,596
 
STAG Industrial, Inc.
   
27,882
     
944,363
 
Ventas, Inc.
   
15,953
     
766,542
 
VICI Properties, Inc.
   
11,011
     
373,713
 
             
20,246,507
 
Real Estate Management & Development – 0.00%
               
Appreciate Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
746
     
516
 
                 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 2.10%
               
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)
   
5,091
     
454,983
 
Ambarella, Inc. (a)(b)
   
2,589
     
160,466
 
Applied Materials, Inc.
   
1,010
     
114,160
 
ASML Holding N.V. (b)
   
147
     
93,618
 
Broadcom, Inc.
   
119
     
74,554
 
Intel Corp.
   
21,152
     
656,981
 
Lam Research Corp.
   
200
     
104,816
 
Marvell Technology, Inc.
   
3,556
     
140,391
 
Micron Technology, Inc.
   
7,249
     
466,546
 
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
   
187
     
86,388
 
NVIDIA Corp.
   
3,616
     
1,003,404
 
QUALCOMM, Inc.
   
7,498
     
875,766
 
Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a)(g)
   
836
     
116,455
 
Synaptics, Inc. (a)
   
5,178
     
458,564
 
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. – ADR (b)
   
978
     
82,445
 
Texas Instruments, Inc.
   
199
     
33,273
 
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
1,430
     
40,812
 
             
4,963,622
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Software – 4.28%
           
ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)
   
821
   
$
20,796
 
Adobe, Inc. (a)
   
713
     
269,200
 
Alteryx, Inc., Class A (a)(g)
   
7,921
     
325,791
 
Asana, Inc., Class A (a)
   
7,098
     
114,846
 
Atlassian Corp., Class A (a)(g)
   
360
     
53,158
 
Autodesk, Inc. (a)
   
12
     
2,338
 
Bill.com Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
310
     
23,811
 
Black Knight, Inc. (a)
   
2,059
     
112,504
 
Braze, Inc., Class A (a)
   
4,139
     
121,687
 
C3.ai, Inc., Class A (a)
   
292
     
5,203
 
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)
   
674
     
141,169
 
Cerence, Inc. (a)
   
1,020
     
26,061
 
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a)(b)
   
204
     
25,981
 
Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)
   
1,109
     
133,135
 
CyberArk Software Ltd. (a)(b)(g)
   
2,287
     
284,960
 
Datadog, Inc., Class A (a)
   
1,399
     
94,265
 
DocuSign, Inc. (a)
   
259
     
12,805
 
Domo, Inc., Class B (a)
   
7,168
     
113,828
 
Dynatrace, Inc. (a)
   
2,018
     
85,321
 
Elastic N.V. (a)(b)
   
142
     
8,130
 
Everbridge, Inc. (a)
   
924
     
24,283
 
ForgeRock, Inc., Class A (a)
   
4,121
     
82,544
 
Fortinet, Inc. (a)
   
2,323
     
146,465
 
Gitlab, Inc., Class A (a)
   
1,254
     
38,071
 
HubSpot, Inc. (a)
   
628
     
264,357
 
Intuit, Inc.
   
2,002
     
888,788
 
LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
23,022
     
554,600
 
Microsoft Corp. (g)
   
4,048
     
1,243,789
 
Momentive Global, Inc. (a)
   
4,869
     
45,720
 
Monday.com Ltd. (a)(b)
   
520
     
63,398
 
NCR Corp. (a)
   
1,115
     
24,853
 
New Relic, Inc. (a)
   
1,007
     
71,970
 
Nutanix, Inc., Class A (a)
   
2,882
     
69,110
 
Oracle Corp.
   
12,426
     
1,176,991
 
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)(g)
   
5,729
     
1,045,313
 
Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)
   
216
     
41,751
 
Qualtrics International, Inc., Class A (a)
   
7,272
     
130,387
 
RingCentral, Inc., Class A (a)(g)
   
2,288
     
63,057
 
Riskfield Ltd., Class A (a)(b)
   
17,279
     
84,840
 
Salesforce.com, Inc. (a)
   
1,514
     
300,332
 
SAP SE – ADR (b)
   
417
     
56,408
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Software – 4.28% (Continued)
           
SentinelOne, Inc., Class A (a)
   
6,163
   
$
99,039
 
ServiceNow, Inc. (a)
   
145
     
66,616
 
Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (a)(g)
   
2,885
     
117,910
 
Splunk, Inc. (a)
   
1,266
     
109,180
 
Synopsys, Inc. (a)
   
417
     
154,840
 
Tenable Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
247
     
9,137
 
The Descartes Systems Group, Inc. (a)(b)
   
58
     
4,592
 
UiPath, Inc., Class A (a)
   
4,001
     
56,334
 
Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)
   
845
     
19,570
 
VMware, Inc., Class A (a)
   
3,171
     
396,470
 
Workday, Inc., Class A (a)
   
2,303
     
428,680
 
Workiva, Inc. (a)
   
422
     
39,423
 
Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A (a)(g)
   
3,992
     
245,229
 
             
10,139,036
 
Specialty Retail – 0.50%
               
Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.
   
1,359
     
86,324
 
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
   
6,213
     
83,192
 
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
778
     
56,381
 
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.
   
169
     
24,507
 
Five Below, Inc. (a)
   
455
     
89,799
 
Lowe’s Cos., Inc.
   
2,035
     
422,934
 
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)
   
181
     
166,033
 
RH (a)
   
29
     
7,399
 
Ross Stores, Inc.
   
547
     
58,381
 
The TJX Cos., Inc.
   
2,073
     
163,394
 
TravelCenters of America, Inc. (a)
   
238
     
20,499
 
             
1,178,843
 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 0.36%
               
Apple, Inc.
   
2,700
     
458,136
 
IonQ, Inc. (a)
   
2,878
     
15,858
 
Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)
   
12,971
     
296,128
 
Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)
   
187
     
19,715
 
Western Digital Corp. (a)
   
2,090
     
71,980
 
             
861,817
 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.11%
               
Capri Holdings Ltd. (a)(b)
   
1,964
     
81,506
 
NIKE, Inc., Class B
   
832
     
105,431
 
PVH Corp.
   
835
     
71,651
 
             
258,588
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Tobacco – 0.15%
           
Philip Morris International, Inc.
   
3,464
   
$
346,296
 
                 
Trading Companies & Distributors – 0.35%
               
AerCap Holdings N.V. (a)(b)
   
2,173
     
122,470
 
FTAI Aviation Ltd. (b)
   
6,459
     
183,759
 
MRC Global, Inc. (a)
   
22,800
     
222,072
 
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.
   
143
     
12,974
 
Russel Metals, Inc. (b)
   
284
     
7,232
 
Univar Solutions, Inc. (a)
   
2,510
     
89,105
 
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
   
71
     
49,385
 
Watsco, Inc.
   
112
     
38,795
 
WESCO International, Inc.
   
719
     
103,536
 
             
829,328
 
Wireless Communication Services – 0.00%
               
NII Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)(f)
   
6,235
     
3,118
 
                 
Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.13%
               
T-Mobile U.S., Inc. (a)(g)
   
2,128
     
306,219
 
Total Common Stocks
               
  (Cost $114,318,959)
           
114,114,001
 
                 
PREFERRED STOCKS – 0.20%
               
                 
Entertainment – 0.03%
               
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (g)
   
41,794
     
62,691
 
                 
Automobiles – 0.06%
               
Volkswagen AG (b)
   
1,134
     
154,848
 
                 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.11%
               
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. – ADR (b)
   
27,909
     
264,856
 
Total Preferred Stocks
               
  (Cost $485,367)
           
482,395
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS – 2.29%
           
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
   
724
   
$
24,015
 
Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund
   
5,568
     
154,512
 
Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1
   
1,560
     
503,194
 
Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF
   
3,693
     
536,002
 
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
   
581
     
61,853
 
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
   
1,293
     
128,951
 
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
   
2,018
     
78,964
 
iShares MSCI Japan ETF
   
4,699
     
276,489
 
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
   
1,725
     
302,220
 
iShares Silver Trust (a)
   
14,909
     
342,907
 
iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF
   
393
     
29,785
 
ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (a)
   
16,700
     
59,452
 
ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury
   
2,450
     
68,233
 
ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (a)
   
100,686
     
763,200
 
SPDR Gold Shares (a)
   
1,098
     
202,910
 
SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF
   
1,832
     
90,501
 
SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF
   
174
     
7,423
 
SPDR S&P Retail ETF
   
1,502
     
92,268
 
Sprott Physical Gold Trust (a)(b)
   
6,664
     
103,425
 
Sprott Physical Uranium Trust (a)(b)
   
25,952
     
311,842
 
United States Brent Oil Fund LP (a)
   
24,610
     
662,993
 
U.S. Global Jets ETF (a)
   
3,315
     
59,902
 
United States Oil Fund LP (a)
   
7,077
     
477,698
 
VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF (a)
   
306
     
75,659
 
Total Exchange Traded Funds
               
  (Cost $5,554,157)
           
5,414,398
 
                 
CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHTS – 0.00%
               
Resolute Forest Products (a)(b)(f)
   
873
     
 
Kinross Gold Corp. (a)(b)(f)
   
835
     
 
Total Contingent Value Right
               
  (Cost $—)
           
 
                 
ESCROW NOTES – 0.00%
               
Altaba, Inc. (a)(f)
   
5,796
     
13,621
 
Total Escrow Notes
               
  (Cost $10,404)
           
13,621
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
WARRANTS – 0.01%
           
             
Biotechnology – 0.00%
           
Zealand Pharma A/S (a)(b)(f)
           
  Exercise Price: $12.00, 11/20/2023
   
1,688
   
$
 
                 
Insurance – 0.01%
               
International General Insurance Holdings Ltd. (a)(b)
               
  Exercise Price: $25.00, 3/17/2025
   
29,450
     
14,432
 
                 
Health Care Technology – 0.00%
               
Multiplan Corp.
               
  Exercise Price: $11.50, 2/13/2025
   
515
     
31
 
Total Warrants
               
  (Cost $29,771)
           
14,463
 

         
Notional
       
PURCHASED OPTIONS – 0.08%
 
Contracts (c)
   
Amount
       
                   
Purchased Call Options (a) – 0.04%
                 
AbbVie, Inc.
                 
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $152.50
   
7
   
$
105,784
     
1,288
 
Activision Blizzard, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $90.00
   
14
     
108,794
     
378
 
Alteryx, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $70.00
   
7
     
28,791
     
17
 
Amazon.com, Inc. (g)
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $110.00
   
9
     
94,905
     
1,345
 
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $115.00
   
9
     
94,905
     
441
 
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (g)
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $10.00
   
374
     
205,700
     
2,431
 
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $13.00
   
187
     
102,850
     
935
 
AstraZeneca Plc
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $77.50
   
15
     
109,830
     
360
 
Atlassian Corp. (g)
                       
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $185.00
   
11
     
162,426
     
3,465
 
Cboe Votality Index (g)
                       
  Expiration: August 2023, Exercise Price: $29.00
   
29
     
20,514
     
6,482
 
Chubb Ltd.
                       
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $210.00
   
7
     
141,092
     
1,907
 
Citigroup, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $50.00
   
17
     
80,019
     
314
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

         
Notional
       
   
Contracts (c)
   
Amount
   
Value
 
Purchased Call Options (a) – 0.04% (Continued)
                 
CommScope Holding Co, Inc. (g)
                 
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $9.00
   
21
   
$
10,353
   
$
105
 
CSX Corp.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $32.50
   
57
     
174,648
     
427
 
Dynavax Technologies Corp.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $12.00
   
1
     
1,041
     
5
 
Enovix Corp.
                       
  Expiration: July 2023, Exercise Price: $15.00
   
19
     
20,558
     
1,140
 
  Expiration: January 2024, Exercise Price: $15.00
   
6
     
6,492
     
1,230
 
iShares Silver Trust
                       
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $20.00
   
29
     
66,700
     
9,353
 
Kohl’s Corp.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $25.00
   
14
     
30,842
     
273
 
Manchester United plc (g)
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $22.00
   
7
     
14,035
     
1,522
 
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $22.00
   
7
     
14,035
     
2,118
 
Matador Resources Co. (g)
                       
  Expiration: September 2023, Exercise Price: $57.50
   
29
     
142,187
     
7,830
 
Mister Car Wash, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $10.00
   
22
     
19,404
     
275
 
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $10.00
   
22
     
19,404
     
550
 
  Expiration: August 2023, Exercise Price: $10.00
   
19
     
16,758
     
760
 
Okta, Inc. (g)
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $80.00
   
8
     
54,824
     
156
 
Pinterest, Inc. (g)
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $28.00
   
29
     
66,700
     
29
 
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (g)
                       
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $230.00
   
18
     
391,590
     
8,190
 
RingCentral, Inc. (g)
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $40.00
   
13
     
35,828
     
65
 
SentinelOne, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $16.00
   
14
     
22,498
     
2,380
 
Smartsheet, Inc. (g)
                       
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $45.00
   
11
     
44,957
     
1,870
 
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $430.00
   
29
     
1,206,197
     
1,987
 
SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (g)
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $50.00
   
29
     
123,714
     
246
 
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (g)
                       
  Expiration: July 2023, Exercise Price: $70.00
   
20
     
133,000
     
9,800
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

         
Notional
       
   
Contracts (c)
   
Amount
   
Value
 
Purchased Call Options (a) – 0.04% (Continued)
                 
Transocean Ltd. (g)
                 
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $6.00
   
294
   
$
173,460
   
$
9,408
 
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $7.00
   
517
     
305,030
     
3,877
 
Twilio, Inc. (g)
                       
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $75.00
   
17
     
89,437
     
731
 
UiPath, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $17.50
   
6
     
8,448
     
15
 
United Parcel Service, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $207.50
   
11
     
197,791
     
17
 
Valley National Bancorp (g)
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $10.00
   
143
     
134,134
     
13,943
 
Varonis Systems, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $25.00
   
14
     
32,424
     
1,575
 
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $37.50
   
28
     
98,700
     
266
 
Walmart, Inc. (g)
                       
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $155.00
   
3
     
45,291
     
699
 
Wells Fargo & Co.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $42.50
   
23
     
91,425
     
288
 
Wynn Resorts Ltd. (g)
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $116.00
   
9
     
102,852
     
2,916
 
Total Purchased Call Options
                       
  (Cost $229,213)
                   
103,409
 
                         
Purchased Put Options (a) – 0.04%
                       
Activision Blizzard, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $80.00
   
6
     
46,626
     
1,644
 
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $85.00
   
3
     
23,313
     
2,197
 
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $10.00
   
29
     
15,950
     
16,240
 
Bank of America Corp.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $27.00
   
58
     
169,824
     
841
 
Catalent, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $40.00
   
14
     
70,168
     
910
 
Cboe S&P 500 Index
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $3,650.00
   
150
     
62,542,200
     
27,000
 
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $32.50
   
29
     
96,193
     
377
 
Boston Scientific Corp.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $50.00
   
36
     
187,632
     
1,080
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

         
Notional
       
   
Contracts (c)
   
Amount
   
Value
 
Purchased Put Options (a) – 0.04% (Continued)
                 
Immunovant, Inc.
                 
  Expiration: July 2023, Exercise Price: $17.50
   
2
   
$
3,228
   
$
455
 
iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $70.00
   
5,352
     
40,332,672
     
24,084
 
Lincoln National Corp.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $20.00
   
11
     
23,903
     
1,018
 
Manchester United plc
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $20.00
   
14
     
28,070
     
3,710
 
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $405.00
   
7
     
291,151
     
291
 
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $65.00
   
9
     
59,850
     
1,890
 
Total Purchased Put Options
                       
  (Cost $1,691,033)
                   
81,737
 
Total Purchased Options
                       
  (Cost $1,920,246)
                   
185,146
 

   
Shares
       
MONEY MARKET FUND – 17.82%
           
Fidelity Investments Money Market Funds Government
           
  Portfolio, Class I, 4.73% (d)(e)
   
42,169,638
     
42,169,638
 
Total Money Market Fund
               
  (Cost $42,169,638)
           
42,169,638
 
Total Investments
               
  (Cost $164,488,542) – 68.63%
           
162,393,662
 
Other Assets In Excess Of Liabilities – 31.37% (d)
           
74,228,933
 
Net Assets – 100.00%
         
$
236,622,595
 

(a)
Non-income producing security.
(b)
Foreign security.
(c)
100 shares per contract.
(d)
All or a portion of the assets have been committed as collateral for open securities sold short, written option contracts, swap contacts, and futures contracts. The total value of assets committed as collateral as of April 30, 2023, is $110,357,638.
(e)
The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day effective yield as of April 30, 2023.
(f)
Level 3 security.
(g)
Held in connection with a written call option contract. See Schedule of Written Options for more details.

ADR – American Depository Receipt
ETF – Exchange Traded Fund
plc – Public Limited Co.
 
The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor Financial Services LLC (“S&P”). GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, doing business as U.S. Bank Global Fund Services (“Fund Services”).
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Securities Sold Short (Unaudited)
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
SHORT COMMON STOCKS (a) – (28.94)%
           
             
Aerospace & Defense – (0.11)%
           
General Dynamics Corp.
   
(1,152
)
 
$
(251,528
)
Textron, Inc.
   
(20
)
   
(1,339
)
             
(252,867
)
Air Freight & Logistics – (0.26)%
               
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
   
(1,288
)
   
(146,626
)
FedEx Corp.
   
(43
)
   
(9,795
)
Hub Group, Inc., Class A
   
(29
)
   
(2,187
)
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B
   
(2,535
)
   
(455,818
)
             
(614,426
)
Automobile Components – (0.04)%
               
BorgWarner, Inc.
   
(548
)
   
(26,375
)
QuantumScape Corp.
   
(9,986
)
   
(69,902
)
             
(96,277
)
Automobiles – (0.32)%
               
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (b)
   
(993
)
   
(111,300
)
Ferrari N.V. (b)
   
(115
)
   
(32,044
)
Ford Motor Co.
   
(23,335
)
   
(277,220
)
General Motors Co.
   
(334
)
   
(11,035
)
Stellantis N.V. (b)
   
(4,560
)
   
(75,833
)
Tesla Motors, Inc.
   
(812
)
   
(133,420
)
Thor Industries, Inc.
   
(1,594
)
   
(125,958
)
             
(766,810
)
Banks – (1.70)%
               
Ameris Bancorp
   
(2,026
)
   
(67,871
)
Associated Banc-Corp.
   
(6,294
)
   
(112,222
)
Bank of America Corp.
   
(19,688
)
   
(576,465
)
Bank OZK
   
(4,012
)
   
(143,309
)
BankUnited, Inc.
   
(5,097
)
   
(114,937
)
Citigroup, Inc.
   
(5,720
)
   
(269,240
)
First Hawaiian, Inc.
   
(6,258
)
   
(119,590
)
First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A
   
(1,287
)
   
(32,934
)
First Republic Bank
   
(22,184
)
   
(77,866
)
Hancock Whitney Corp.
   
(6,022
)
   
(219,923
)
Huntington Bancshares, Inc.
   
(29,744
)
   
(333,133
)
Independent Bank Group, Inc.
   
(1,430
)
   
(52,023
)
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
   
(4,540
)
   
(627,610
)
KeyCorp.
   
(28,073
)
   
(316,102
)
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.
   
(2,118
)
   
(114,859
)


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Securities Sold Short (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Banks – (1.70)% (Continued)
           
Regions Financial Corp.
   
(6,006
)
 
$
(109,670
)
Simmons First National Corp., Class A
   
(6,196
)
   
(103,535
)
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
   
(858
)
   
(111,755
)
U.S. Bancorp
   
(6,578
)
   
(225,494
)
United Bankshares, Inc.
   
(5,148
)
   
(170,553
)
United Community Banks, Inc.
   
(3,641
)
   
(90,661
)
Wells Fargo & Co.
   
(572
)
   
(22,737
)
             
(4,012,489
)
Beverages – (0.33)%
               
Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A. – ADR (b)
   
(6,592
)
   
(428,282
)
Monster Beverage Corp.
   
(570
)
   
(31,920
)
PepsiCo, Inc.
   
(1,674
)
   
(319,550
)
             
(779,752
)
Biotechnology – (0.67)%
               
4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc.
   
(112
)
   
(2,017
)
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
   
(861
)
   
(18,365
)
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
   
(206
)
   
(41,035
)
Amgen, Inc.
   
(713
)
   
(170,935
)
Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.
   
(1,384
)
   
(15,971
)
Arcellx, Inc.
   
(429
)
   
(18,310
)
Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.
   
(286
)
   
(7,613
)
Ascendis Pharma A/S – ADR (b)
   
(71
)
   
(4,967
)
Beam Therapeutics, Inc.
   
(851
)
   
(26,134
)
BeiGene Ltd. – ADR (b)
   
(330
)
   
(84,137
)
Bicycle Therapeutics plc – ADR (b)
   
(575
)
   
(11,362
)
Biohaven Ltd. (b)
   
(2,239
)
   
(29,286
)
BioNTech SE – ADR (b)
   
(1,017
)
   
(116,182
)
Bioxcel Therapeutics, Inc.
   
(260
)
   
(5,361
)
Blueprint Medicines Corp.
   
(432
)
   
(22,054
)
C4 Therapeutics, Inc.
   
(849
)
   
(2,564
)
Cabaletta Bio, Inc.
   
(1,269
)
   
(13,172
)
Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
   
(2,501
)
   
(10,754
)
CRISPR Therapeutics AG (b)
   
(590
)
   
(28,875
)
CureVac N.V. (b)
   
(28
)
   
(206
)
Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
   
(252
)
   
(3,125
)
Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.
   
(858
)
   
(8,889
)
Editas Medicine, Inc.
   
(1,743
)
   
(14,223
)
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
   
(1,065
)
   
(87,554
)
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.
   
(1,144
)
   
(36,757
)
IGM Biosciences, Inc.
   
(2,002
)
   
(21,682
)


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

31


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Schedule of Securities Sold Short (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Biotechnology – (0.67)% (Continued)
           
Immunocore Holdings plc – ADR (b)
   
(219
)
 
$
(12,713
)
Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.
   
(642
)
   
(24,236
)
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
   
(1,426
)
   
(24,698
)
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
   
(747
)
   
(26,421
)
Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.
   
(417
)
   
(2,352
)
iTeos Therapeutics, Inc.
   
(1,544
)
   
(21,215
)
Kodiak Sciences, Inc.
   
(849
)
   
(3,719
)
Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.
   
(922
)
   
(29,080
)
Moderna, Inc.
   
(810
)
   
(107,641
)
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
   
(700
)
   
(70,728
)
Nkarta, Inc.
   
(849
)
   
(4,203
)
Nurix Therapeutics, Inc.
   
(3,399
)
   
(32,732
)
PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
   
(71
)
   
(3,915
)
RAPT Therapeutics, Inc.
   
(1,393
)
   
(25,353
)
Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A
   
(5,383
)
   
(25,677
)
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
   
(294
)
   
(235,726
)
Revolution Medicines, Inc.
   
(1,438
)
   
(33,779
)
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
   
(435
)
   
(8,774
)
Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
   
(1,705
)
   
(30,554
)
Scholar Rock Holding Corp.
   
(429
)
   
(2,746
)
SQZ Biotechnologies Co.
   
(216
)
   
(138
)
Stoke Therapeutics, Inc.
   
(1,398
)
   
(12,428
)
Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
   
(858
)
   
(17,632
)
Verve Therapeutics, Inc.
   
(1,012
)
   
(16,121
)
Zai Lab Ltd. – ADR (b)
   
(554
)
   
(19,379
)
Zealand Pharma A/S (b)
   
(133
)
   
(4,498
)
             
(1,597,988
)
Broadline Retail – (0.04)%
               
Etsy, Inc.
   
(612
)
   
(61,830
)
Kohl’s Corp.
   
(1,330
)
   
(29,300
)
             
(91,130
)
Building Products – (0.20)%
               
Allegion plc (b)
   
(1,127
)
   
(124,511
)
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
   
(1,226
)
   
(84,177
)
Carrier Global Corp.
   
(3,232
)
   
(135,162
)
Lennox International, Inc.
   
(273
)
   
(76,961
)
Masco Corp.
   
(1,075
)
   
(57,523
)
             
(478,334
)


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

32


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Schedule of Securities Sold Short (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Capital Markets – (2.02)%
           
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A
   
(1,430
)
 
$
(49,578
)
BlackRock, Inc.
   
(171
)
   
(114,775
)
Blackstone, Inc.
   
(1,104
)
   
(98,620
)
Blue Owl Capital, Inc.
   
(5,107
)
   
(57,505
)
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., Class A
   
(14,272
)
   
(478,826
)
Brookfield Corp. (b)
   
(1,979
)
   
(64,238
)
CME Group, Inc.
   
(686
)
   
(127,438
)
Coinbase Global, Inc., Class A
   
(653
)
   
(35,125
)
Evercore, Inc., Class A
   
(2,598
)
   
(296,354
)
Franklin Resources, Inc.
   
(1,889
)
   
(50,776
)
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
   
(458
)
   
(157,296
)
Houlihan Lokey, Inc.
   
(715
)
   
(65,337
)
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A
   
(2,860
)
   
(222,651
)
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
   
(514
)
   
(55,990
)
Janus Henderson Group plc (b)
   
(3,731
)
   
(96,819
)
KKR & Co., Inc.
   
(4,598
)
   
(244,016
)
Lazard Ltd., Class A (b)
   
(11,098
)
   
(347,367
)
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.
   
(1,054
)
   
(220,117
)
Moelis & Co., Class A
   
(4,882
)
   
(184,930
)
Morgan Stanley
   
(3,931
)
   
(353,672
)
Nasdaq, Inc.
   
(4,225
)
   
(233,938
)
Northern Trust Corp.
   
(1,241
)
   
(96,997
)
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
   
(2,660
)
   
(240,810
)
The Carlyle Group, Inc.
   
(12,309
)
   
(373,332
)
The Charles Schwab Corp.
   
(1,573
)
   
(82,174
)
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
   
(3,360
)
   
(377,429
)
TPG, Inc.
   
(2,002
)
   
(57,998
)
             
(4,784,108
)
Chemicals – (0.33)%
               
Albemarle Corp.
   
(598
)
   
(110,905
)
Corteva, Inc.
   
(1,679
)
   
(102,620
)
Dow, Inc.
   
(7,597
)
   
(413,277
)
Eastman Chemical Co.
   
(643
)
   
(54,186
)
RPM International, Inc.
   
(244
)
   
(20,015
)
The Sherwin-Williams Co.
   
(379
)
   
(90,028
)
             
(791,031
)
Communications Equipment – (0.35)%
               
Cisco Systems, Inc.
   
(8,305
)
   
(392,411
)
F5, Inc.
   
(328
)
   
(44,070
)
Lumentum Holdings, Inc.
   
(2,870
)
   
(138,478
)
ViaSat, Inc.
   
(6,937
)
   
(243,003
)
             
(817,962
)


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

33


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Schedule of Securities Sold Short (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Construction & Engineering – (0.07)%
           
Comfort Systems USA, Inc.
   
(197
)
 
$
(29,450
)
Quanta Services, Inc.
   
(764
)
   
(129,605
)
             
(159,055
)
Construction Materials – (0.04)%
               
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
   
(258
)
   
(93,706
)
                 
Consumer Finance – (0.29)%
               
American Express Co.
   
(1,401
)
   
(226,037
)
Capital One Financial Corp.
   
(858
)
   
(83,483
)
Credit Acceptance Corp.
   
(52
)
   
(25,454
)
Synchrony Financial
   
(12,114
)
   
(357,484
)
             
(692,458
)
Consumer Staples Distribution – (0.74)%
               
Dollar General Corp.
   
(2,773
)
   
(614,109
)
Performance Food Group Co.
   
(1,445
)
   
(90,587
)
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.
   
(1,452
)
   
(50,326
)
Sysco Corp.
   
(1,198
)
   
(91,935
)
Target Corp.
   
(2,876
)
   
(453,689
)
The Kroger Co.
   
(5,615
)
   
(273,057
)
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
   
(5,248
)
   
(184,992
)
             
(1,758,695
)
Containers & Packaging – (0.09)%
               
Ball Corp.
   
(2,470
)
   
(131,355
)
Crown Holdings, Inc.
   
(1,025
)
   
(87,925
)
             
(219,280
)
Distributors – (0.01)%
               
Genuine Parts Co.
   
(148
)
   
(24,910
)
                 
Diversified Consumer Services – (0.02)%
               
Service Corp. International
   
(745
)
   
(52,292
)
                 
Diversified Telecommunication Services – (0.01)%
               
AT&T, Inc.
   
(853
)
   
(15,073
)
                 
Electrical Equipment – (0.07)%
               
Acuity Brands, Inc.
   
(173
)
   
(27,227
)
Atkore, Inc.
   
(258
)
   
(32,593
)
Emerson Electric Co.
   
(606
)
   
(50,456
)
Regal Rexnord Corp.
   
(454
)
   
(59,093
)
             
(169,369
)


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

34


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Schedule of Securities Sold Short (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – (0.34)%
           
Belden, Inc.
   
(4,002
)
 
$
(315,718
)
Keysight Technologies, Inc.
   
(3,444
)
   
(498,140
)
             
(813,858
)
Energy Equipment & Services – (0.33)%
               
Halliburton Co.
   
(829
)
   
(27,150
)
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
   
(1,144
)
   
(37,935
)
Liberty Energy, Inc.
   
(7,688
)
   
(98,483
)
NOV, Inc.
   
(9,241
)
   
(154,787
)
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.
   
(7,678
)
   
(85,917
)
ProPetro Holding Corp.
   
(4,518
)
   
(31,355
)
TechnipFMC plc (b)
   
(19,029
)
   
(260,507
)
Tenaris S.A. – ADR (b)
   
(2,896
)
   
(83,144
)
             
(779,278
)
Entertainment – (0.18)%
               
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A
   
(56,100
)
   
(308,550
)
Electronic Arts, Inc.
   
(475
)
   
(60,458
)
Liberty Media Corp-Liberty Formula One, Class C
   
(659
)
   
(47,573
)
             
(416,581
)
Financial Services – (0.17)%
               
Block, Inc.
   
(1,142
)
   
(69,422
)
Fiserv, Inc.
   
(948
)
   
(115,770
)
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
   
(288
)
   
(47,042
)
MoneyGram International, Inc.
   
(5,357
)
   
(54,427
)
Nuvei Corp. (b)
   
(429
)
   
(17,439
)
PayPal Holdings, Inc.
   
(1,293
)
   
(98,268
)
             
(402,368
)
Food Products – (0.64)%
               
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.
   
(2,378
)
   
(185,674
)
Conagra Brands, Inc.
   
(715
)
   
(27,141
)
Flowers Foods, Inc.
   
(12,638
)
   
(347,671
)
General Mills, Inc.
   
(2,631
)
   
(233,186
)
Hormel Foods Corp.
   
(2,219
)
   
(89,736
)
Hostess Brands, Inc.
   
(1,773
)
   
(45,672
)
Post Holdings, Inc.
   
(575
)
   
(52,032
)
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
   
(12,076
)
   
(216,523
)
The J.M. Smucker Co.
   
(599
)
   
(92,492
)
The Kraft Heinz Co.
   
(4,249
)
   
(166,858
)
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A
   
(967
)
   
(60,428
)
             
(1,517,413
)


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

35


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Schedule of Securities Sold Short (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Ground Transportation – (0.43)%
           
TFI International, Inc. (b)
   
(86
)
 
$
(9,271
)
Canadian National Railway Co. (b)
   
(684
)
   
(81,581
)
Covenant Logistics Group, Inc.
   
(1,967
)
   
(77,480
)
CSX Corp.
   
(1,287
)
   
(39,434
)
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.
   
(4,050
)
   
(228,096
)
Landstar System, Inc.
   
(969
)
   
(170,573
)
Norfolk Southern Corp.
   
(429
)
   
(87,100
)
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
   
(267
)
   
(85,544
)
Saia, Inc.
   
(219
)
   
(65,212
)
Schneider National, Inc., Class B
   
(2,002
)
   
(52,392
)
Uber Technologies, Inc.
   
(3,761
)
   
(116,779
)
             
(1,013,462
)
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – (0.19)%
               
Abbott Laboratories
   
(1,310
)
   
(144,716
)
Align Technology, Inc.
   
(157
)
   
(51,072
)
Becton, Dickinson and Co.
   
(227
)
   
(59,998
)
Enovis Corp.
   
(734
)
   
(42,756
)
Insulet Corp.
   
(312
)
   
(99,228
)
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
   
(314
)
   
(43,470
)
             
(441,240
)
Health Care Providers & Services – (0.70)%
               
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.
   
(2,584
)
   
(186,797
)
Centene Corp.
   
(2,088
)
   
(143,926
)
Cigna Corp.
   
(1,186
)
   
(300,402
)
CVS Health Corp.
   
(4,136
)
   
(303,210
)
Elevance Health, Inc.
   
(152
)
   
(71,235
)
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings
   
(554
)
   
(125,597
)
McKesson Corp.
   
(341
)
   
(124,206
)
Molina Healthcare, Inc.
   
(346
)
   
(103,070
)
Oak Street Health, Inc.
   
(414
)
   
(16,134
)
Option Care Health, Inc.
   
(1,378
)
   
(44,303
)
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.
   
(484
)
   
(67,184
)
R1 RCM, Inc.
   
(5,167
)
   
(80,554
)
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
   
(170
)
   
(83,655
)
             
(1,650,273
)
Health Care Technology – (0.05)%
               
Certara, Inc.
   
(143
)
   
(3,456
)
Doximity, Inc., Class A
   
(1,401
)
   
(51,487
)
Schrodinger, Inc.
   
(1,135
)
   
(33,505
)
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A
   
(170
)
   
(30,444
)
             
(118,892
)


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

36


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Schedule of Securities Sold Short (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – (1.63)%
           
Airbnb, Inc., Class A
   
(119
)
 
$
(14,241
)
Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.
   
(5,814
)
   
(144,013
)
Booking Holdings, Inc.
   
(6
)
   
(16,118
)
Brinker International, Inc.
   
(5,088
)
   
(203,113
)
Carnival Corp. (b)
   
(9,078
)
   
(83,608
)
Choice Hotels International, Inc.
   
(1,889
)
   
(240,885
)
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
   
(1,574
)
   
(167,096
)
Domino’s Pizza, Inc.
   
(565
)
   
(179,371
)
DraftKings, Inc., Class A
   
(1,021
)
   
(22,370
)
Evolution AB (b)
   
(327
)
   
(43,690
)
Expedia Group, Inc.
   
(8
)
   
(752
)
Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.
   
(5,998
)
   
(256,714
)
Life Time Group Holdings, Inc.
   
(10,862
)
   
(225,821
)
Marriott International, Inc., Class A
   
(724
)
   
(122,602
)
Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd. – ADR (b)
   
(7,016
)
   
(95,698
)
MGM Resorts International
   
(4,970
)
   
(223,252
)
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (b)
   
(15,229
)
   
(203,307
)
Penn Entertainment, Inc.
   
(1,516
)
   
(45,162
)
Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V. (b)
   
(7,368
)
   
(68,596
)
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.
   
(3,143
)
   
(41,079
)
Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A
   
(1,404
)
   
(68,515
)
Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.
   
(11,783
)
   
(190,413
)
Shake Shack, Inc., Class A
   
(2,160
)
   
(118,390
)
Six Flags Entertainment Corp.
   
(5,364
)
   
(130,184
)
Starbucks Corp.
   
(59
)
   
(6,743
)
The Cheesecake Factory, Inc.
   
(3,267
)
   
(110,065
)
The Wendy’s Co.
   
(9,244
)
   
(204,292
)
Trip.com Group Ltd. – ADR (b)
   
(3,474
)
   
(123,362
)
Vail Resorts, Inc.
   
(386
)
   
(92,841
)
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
   
(1,092
)
   
(74,496
)
Yum China Holdings, Inc.
   
(729
)
   
(44,600
)
Yum! Brands, Inc.
   
(2,080
)
   
(292,406
)
             
(3,853,795
)
Household Durables – (0.03)%
               
Mohawk Industries, Inc.
   
(119
)
   
(12,602
)
Whirlpool Corp.
   
(289
)
   
(40,342
)
             
(52,944
)
Household Products – (0.18)%
               
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
   
(2,893
)
   
(419,167
)
The Clorox Co.
   
(78
)
   
(12,918
)
             
(432,085
)


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Securities Sold Short (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Industrial Conglomerates – (0.23)%
           
3M Co.
   
(2,062
)
 
$
(219,026
)
General Electric Co.
   
(3,236
)
   
(320,267
)
             
(539,293
)
Insurance – (0.93)%
               
American International Group, Inc.
   
(6,161
)
   
(326,779
)
Aon plc, Class A (b)
   
(451
)
   
(146,656
)
Assicurazioni Generali SpA (b)
   
(3,934
)
   
(81,938
)
Brighthouse Financial, Inc.
   
(1,239
)
   
(54,764
)
Cincinnati Financial Corp.
   
(567
)
   
(60,351
)
Lincoln National Corp.
   
(2,556
)
   
(55,542
)
MetLife, Inc.
   
(2,860
)
   
(175,404
)
Palomar Holdings, Inc.
   
(863
)
   
(43,374
)
Principal Financial Group, Inc.
   
(1,058
)
   
(79,022
)
Prudential Financial, Inc.
   
(5,509
)
   
(479,283
)
Prudential Plc – ADR (b)
   
(1,001
)
   
(30,681
)
Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc.
   
(1,870
)
   
(76,408
)
Selective Insurance Group, Inc.
   
(285
)
   
(27,454
)
Swiss Re AG (b)
   
(1,108
)
   
(111,580
)
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.
   
(393
)
   
(46,987
)
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
   
(858
)
   
(60,909
)
The Travelers Cos., Inc.
   
(1,235
)
   
(223,708
)
Zurich Insurance Group AG (b)
   
(271
)
   
(131,422
)
             
(2,212,262
)
Interactive Media & Services – (0.20)%
               
Cargurus, Inc.
   
(576
)
   
(9,469
)
Match Group, Inc.
   
(245
)
   
(9,041
)
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A
   
(1,900
)
   
(456,608
)
             
(475,118
)
IT Services – (0.33)%
               
Accenture plc, Class A (b)
   
(640
)
   
(179,386
)
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A
   
(8,571
)
   
(511,774
)
International Business Machines Corp.
   
(508
)
   
(64,216
)
MongoDB, Inc.
   
(65
)
   
(15,597
)
             
(770,973
)
Leisure Products – (0.03)%
               
Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A
   
(572
)
   
(5,079
)
Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
   
(3,289
)
   
(72,917
)
             
(77,996
)


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

38


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Schedule of Securities Sold Short (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Life Sciences Tools & Services – (0.34)%
           
10X Genomics, Inc., Class A
   
(566
)
 
$
(29,675
)
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.
   
(849
)
   
(6,062
)
Avantor, Inc.
   
(4,396
)
   
(85,634
)
Danaher Corp.
   
(1,081
)
   
(256,100
)
Evotec S.E. (b)
   
(299
)
   
(5,492
)
Lonza Group AG (b)
   
(161
)
   
(100,406
)
Medpace Holdings, Inc.
   
(507
)
   
(101,471
)
Repligen Corp.
   
(394
)
   
(59,742
)
Seer, Inc.
   
(1,175
)
   
(3,925
)
Syneos Health, Inc.
   
(1,524
)
   
(59,832
)
Waters Corp.
   
(339
)
   
(101,822
)
             
(810,161
)
Machinery – (0.89)%
               
Caterpillar, Inc.
   
(1,751
)
   
(383,119
)
Chart Industries, Inc.
   
(1,297
)
   
(172,631
)
CNH Industrial N.V. (b)
   
(2,059
)
   
(29,032
)
Dover Corp.
   
(811
)
   
(118,536
)
Flowserve Corp.
   
(2,399
)
   
(80,103
)
Fortive Corp.
   
(2,238
)
   
(141,195
)
IDEX Corp.
   
(147
)
   
(30,329
)
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
   
(562
)
   
(135,970
)
Kennametal, Inc.
   
(2,224
)
   
(57,735
)
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.
   
(403
)
   
(67,623
)
Otis Worldwide Corp.
   
(1,373
)
   
(117,117
)
PACCAR, Inc.
   
(6,032
)
   
(450,530
)
Snap-on, Inc.
   
(229
)
   
(59,405
)
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
   
(2,416
)
   
(208,597
)
The Greenbrier Cos., Inc.
   
(729
)
   
(19,282
)
The Toro Co.
   
(454
)
   
(47,334
)
             
(2,118,538
)
Marine Transportation – (0.29)%
               
Kirby Corp.
   
(3,751
)
   
(269,472
)
Kuehne + Nagel International AG (b)
   
(1,385
)
   
(410,315
)
             
(679,787
)
Media – (0.39)%
               
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A
   
(952
)
   
(351,002
)
Comcast Corp., Class A
   
(486
)
   
(20,106
)
DISH Network Corp., Class A
   
(2,151
)
   
(16,154
)
Fox Corp., Class A
   
(3,732
)
   
(124,126
)


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

39


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Schedule of Securities Sold Short (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Media – (0.39)% (Continued)
           
Gray Television, Inc.
   
(7,769
)
 
$
(59,899
)
Paramount Global, Class B
   
(12,133
)
   
(283,063
)
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A
   
(2,245
)
   
(44,653
)
The Trade Desk, Inc., Class A
   
(141
)
   
(9,072
)
             
(908,075
)
Metals & Mining – (0.90)%
               
Alumina Ltd. (b)
   
(103,094
)
   
(104,634
)
ArcelorMittal S.A. (b)
   
(8,124
)
   
(231,290
)
BHP Group Ltd. – ADR (b)
   
(5,720
)
   
(337,709
)
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.
   
(1,430
)
   
(21,993
)
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (b)
   
(4,576
)
   
(111,187
)
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (b)
   
(22,594
)
   
(316,127
)
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
   
(9,269
)
   
(351,388
)
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., Class A (b)
   
(19,145
)
   
(166,036
)
Lithium Americas Corp. (b)
   
(1,425
)
   
(28,472
)
Nucor Corp.
   
(1,482
)
   
(219,603
)
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
   
(253
)
   
(62,693
)
Southern Copper Corp.
   
(1,896
)
   
(145,670
)
Standard Lithium Ltd. (b)
   
(5,639
)
   
(19,229
)
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
   
(29
)
   
(3,015
)
             
(2,119,046
)
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – (1.05)%
               
APA Corp.
   
(5,119
)
   
(188,635
)
Callon Petroleum Co.
   
(2,228
)
   
(73,836
)
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (b)
   
(3,152
)
   
(192,177
)
Cenovus Energy, Inc. (b)
   
(10,397
)
   
(174,670
)
CNX Resources Corp.
   
(14,327
)
   
(222,498
)
Comstock Resources, Inc.
   
(10,187
)
   
(117,151
)
Coterra Energy, Inc.
   
(9,828
)
   
(251,597
)
Delek U.S. Holdings, Inc.
   
(55
)
   
(1,196
)
Devon Energy Corp.
   
(3,308
)
   
(176,746
)
Equinor ASA – ADR (b)
   
(6,557
)
   
(188,448
)
Ovintiv, Inc.
   
(4,753
)
   
(171,488
)
Shell plc – ADR (b)
   
(3,237
)
   
(200,629
)
SM Energy Co.
   
(1,727
)
   
(48,494
)
Suncor Energy, Inc. (b)
   
(7,029
)
   
(220,148
)
TotalEnergies SE – ADR (b)
   
(2,872
)
   
(183,607
)
Vital Energy, Inc.
   
(1,758
)
   
(81,800
)
             
(2,493,120
)


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Securities Sold Short (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Passenger Airlines – (0.05)%
           
American Airlines Group, Inc.
   
(8,866
)
 
$
(120,932
)
                 
Personal Care Products – (0.03)%
               
Medifast, Inc.
   
(143
)
   
(13,106
)
The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A
   
(201
)
   
(49,591
)
             
(62,697
)
Pharmaceuticals – (0.72)%
               
Arvinas, Inc.
   
(1,001
)
   
(26,236
)
Athira Pharma, Inc.
   
(134
)
   
(374
)
Elanco Animal Health, Inc.
   
(4,615
)
   
(43,704
)
H. Lundbeck A/S (b)
   
(12,406
)
   
(65,685
)
Johnson & Johnson
   
(2,636
)
   
(431,513
)
Merck KGaA (b)
   
(959
)
   
(172,015
)
Novartis AG – ADR (b)
   
(1,022
)
   
(104,827
)
Organon & Co.
   
(2,707
)
   
(66,673
)
Perrigo Co. plc (b)
   
(1,963
)
   
(73,004
)
Pfizer, Inc.
   
(141
)
   
(5,483
)
Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.
   
(286
)
   
(8,079
)
Roche Holding AG – ADR (b)
   
(1,409
)
   
(55,261
)
Roche Holding AG (b)
   
(392
)
   
(122,751
)
Royalty Pharma plc, Class A (b)
   
(8,923
)
   
(313,643
)
Sanofi – ADR (b)
   
(50
)
   
(2,682
)
Viatris, Inc.
   
(5,413
)
   
(50,503
)
Zoetis, Inc.
   
(912
)
   
(160,311
)
             
(1,702,744
)
Professional Services – (0.06)%
               
Equifax, Inc.
   
(309
)
   
(64,389
)
Exponent, Inc.
   
(941
)
   
(86,619
)
             
(151,008
)
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – (7.92)%
               
AGNC Investment Corp.
   
(47,713
)
   
(472,836
)
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
   
(8,210
)
   
(1,019,518
)
American Tower Corp.
   
(3,237
)
   
(661,610
)
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
   
(5,130
)
   
(925,298
)
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A
   
(3,225
)
   
(58,824
)
Equinix, Inc.
   
(46
)
   
(33,308
)
Extra Space Storage, Inc.
   
(13,348
)
   
(2,029,430
)
Federal Realty Investment Trust
   
(5,773
)
   
(570,892
)
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.
   
(28,835
)
   
(735,581
)


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Securities Sold Short (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – (7.92)% (Continued)
           
LTC Properties, Inc.
   
(9,274
)
 
$
(310,215
)
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
   
(4,289
)
   
(659,648
)
National Health Investors, Inc.
   
(5,029
)
   
(250,293
)
NETSTREIT Corp.
   
(26,574
)
   
(484,178
)
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.
   
(18,833
)
   
(503,971
)
Outfront Media, Inc.
   
(1,152
)
   
(19,192
)
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
   
(6,750
)
   
(81,337
)
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
   
(16,275
)
   
(231,593
)
Phillips Edison & Co., Inc.
   
(15,905
)
   
(501,644
)
Physicians Realty Trust
   
(30,983
)
   
(446,775
)
Prologis, Inc.
   
(20,449
)
   
(2,561,237
)
Public Storage
   
(3,956
)
   
(1,166,347
)
Realty Income Corp.
   
(9,714
)
   
(610,428
)
Regency Centers Corp.
   
(2,698
)
   
(165,738
)
SITE Centers Corp.
   
(25,311
)
   
(312,338
)
Starwood Property Trust, Inc.
   
(1,167
)
   
(20,878
)
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.
   
(9,505
)
   
(186,393
)
Terreno Realty Corp.
   
(22,524
)
   
(1,387,253
)
UDR, Inc.
   
(18,769
)
   
(775,723
)
Urban Edge Properties
   
(45,327
)
   
(664,947
)
Welltower, Inc.
   
(11,332
)
   
(897,721
)
             
(18,745,146
)
Real Estate Management & Development – 0.00%
               
Zillow Group, Inc., Class C
   
(144
)
   
(6,270
)
                 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – (0.51)%
               
Analog Devices, Inc.
   
(1,144
)
   
(205,783
)
Broadcom, Inc.
   
(20
)
   
(12,530
)
Lam Research Corp.
   
(285
)
   
(149,363
)
Microchip Technology, Inc.
   
(1,724
)
   
(125,835
)
NXP Semiconductors N.V. (b)
   
(2,431
)
   
(398,052
)
ON Semiconductor Corp.
   
(2,860
)
   
(205,806
)
STMicroelectronics N.V. (b)
   
(1,430
)
   
(61,318
)
Texas Instruments, Inc.
   
(239
)
   
(39,961
)
             
(1,198,648
)
Software – (0.27)%
               
AppLovin Corp., Class A
   
(2,062
)
   
(35,054
)
Five9, Inc.
   
(884
)
   
(57,319
)
Manhattan Associates, Inc.
   
(63
)
   
(10,438
)
Pegasystems, Inc.
   
(11
)
   
(502
)


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Securities Sold Short (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Software – (0.27)% (Continued)
           
Qualys, Inc.
   
(4,007
)
 
$
(452,551
)
Zscaler, Inc.
   
(993
)
   
(89,469
)
             
(645,333
)
Specialty Retail – (0.89)%
               
AutoNation, Inc.
   
(912
)
   
(120,110
)
Best Buy Co., Inc.
   
(3,995
)
   
(297,707
)
Burlington Stores, Inc.
   
(460
)
   
(88,693
)
CarMax, Inc.
   
(1,144
)
   
(80,114
)
Carvana Co.
   
(6,006
)
   
(41,682
)
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.
   
(101
)
   
(14,646
)
Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A
   
(605
)
   
(60,101
)
Foot Locker, Inc.
   
(4,265
)
   
(179,087
)
Murphy USA, Inc.
   
(428
)
   
(117,798
)
Signet Jewelers Ltd. (b)
   
(1,372
)
   
(100,952
)
The Home Depot, Inc.
   
(1,803
)
   
(541,874
)
Tractor Supply Co.
   
(1,835
)
   
(437,464
)
Urban Outfitters, Inc.
   
(858
)
   
(23,217
)
             
(2,103,445
)
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – (0.03)%
               
Apple, Inc.
   
(7
)
   
(1,188
)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.
   
(4,594
)
   
(65,786
)
             
(66,974
)
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – (0.10)%
               
Canada Goose Holdings, Inc. (b)
   
(682
)
   
(13,381
)
Carter’s, Inc.
   
(1,163
)
   
(81,143
)
Deckers Outdoor Corp.
   
(273
)
   
(130,860
)
Ralph Lauren Corp.
   
(114
)
   
(13,086
)
             
(238,470
)
Trading Companies & Distributors – (0.20)%
               
AerCap Holdings N.V. (b)
   
(1,471
)
   
(82,906
)
Fastenal Co.
   
(1,937
)
   
(104,288
)
Ferguson plc (b)
   
(444
)
   
(62,524
)
GATX Corp.
   
(1,685
)
   
(191,938
)
United Rentals, Inc.
   
(117
)
   
(42,250
)
             
(483,906
)
Total Short Common Stocks
               
  (Proceeds $(68,483,079))
           
(68,490,143
)


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Securities Sold Short (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
SHORT PREFERRED STOCKS – (0.04)%
           
             
Life Sciences Tools & Services – (0.04)%
           
Sartorius AG (b)
   
(223
)
 
$
(86,678
)
Total Short Preferred Stocks
               
  (Proceeds $(89,148))
           
(86,678
)
                 
SHORT EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS – (12.28)%
               
ARK Genomic Revolution ETF
   
(140
)
   
(4,054
)
ARK Innovation ETF
   
(7,643
)
   
(274,537
)
Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund
   
(5,903
)
   
(353,590
)
Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund
   
(1,373
)
   
(203,012
)
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund
   
(14,341
)
   
(1,110,567
)
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund
   
(8,095
)
   
(689,127
)
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
   
(17,588
)
   
(583,394
)
First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF
   
(12,915
)
   
(513,371
)
Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF
   
(4,404
)
   
(265,253
)
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund
   
(8,000
)
   
(1,068,240
)
Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund
   
(9,410
)
   
(941,000
)
Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1
   
(10,014
)
   
(3,230,116
)
Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF
   
(5,162
)
   
(749,213
)
iShares Core DAX UCITS ETF (b)
   
(2,323
)
   
(343,856
)
iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
   
(2,905
)
   
(218,921
)
iShares MSCI France ETF
   
(4,428
)
   
(175,216
)
iShares MSCI Germany ETF
   
(1,990
)
   
(58,526
)
iShares Biotechnology ETF
   
(1,191
)
   
(155,437
)
iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF
   
(8,415
)
   
(2,495,047
)
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
   
(11,241
)
   
(1,969,423
)
iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF
   
(1,576
)
   
(210,491
)
iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF
   
(1,276
)
   
(90,775
)
iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF
   
(6,893
)
   
(522,420
)
iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF
   
(1,386
)
   
(118,752
)
iShares U.S. Technology ETF
   
(15,871
)
   
(1,476,638
)
KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF
   
(1,890
)
   
(52,844
)
Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund
   
(1,561
)
   
(125,739
)
ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF
   
(4,600
)
   
(16,376
)
ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF
   
(1,173
)
   
(8,891
)
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
   
(12,869
)
   
(5,352,603
)
SPDR S&P Biotech ETF
   
(1,200
)
   
(96,240
)
SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF
   
(4,850
)
   
(343,962
)
SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF
   
(7,537
)
   
(372,328
)
SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF
   
(3,860
)
   
(490,645
)


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

44


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Schedule of Securities Sold Short (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Shares
   
Value
 
SHORT EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS – (12.28)% (Continued)
           
SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF
   
(2,602
)
 
$
(111,001
)
SPDR S&P Retail ETF
   
(12,886
)
   
(791,587
)
Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund
   
(737
)
   
(111,162
)
U.S. Global Jets ETF
   
(9,119
)
   
(164,780
)
United States Natural Gas Fund LP
   
(2,782
)
   
(19,502
)
United States Oil Fund LP
   
(8
)
   
(540
)
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund
   
(4,130
)
   
(284,887
)
VanEck Gold Miners ETF
   
(5,388
)
   
(180,929
)
VanEck Semiconductor ETF
   
(2,623
)
   
(648,537
)
Vanguard Real Estate ETF
   
(24,765
)
   
(2,062,925
)
Total Short Exchange Traded Funds
               
  (Proceeds $(28,477,953))
           
(29,056,454
)
Total Securities Sold Short – (41.26)%
               
  (Proceeds $(97,050,180))
         
$
(97,633,275
)

(a)
Securities sold short are not owned by the Fund and cannot produce income.
(b)
Foreign security.

ADR – American Depository Receipt
plc – Public Limited Co.



The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

45


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Schedule of Written Options (Unaudited)
April 30, 2023

   
Contracts (a)
   
Notional Amount
   
Value
 
WRITTEN CALL OPTIONS
                 
Activision Blizzard, Inc.
                 
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $90.00
   
(10
)
 
$
(77,710
)
 
$
(270
)
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $95.00
   
(14
)
   
(108,794
)
   
(133
)
Alteryx, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $85.00
   
(7
)
   
(28,791
)
   
(17
)
Amazon.com, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $120.00
   
(8
)
   
(84,360
)
   
(136
)
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $125.00
   
(9
)
   
(94,905
)
   
(72
)
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $10.00
   
(29
)
   
(15,950
)
   
(319
)
Atlassian Corp.
                       
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $200.00
   
(11
)
   
(162,426
)
   
(1,788
)
Cboe Votality Index
                       
  Expiration: August 2023, Exercise Price: $39.00
   
(29
)
   
(20,514
)
   
(3,567
)
CommScope Holding Co, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $12.00
   
(21
)
   
(10,353
)
   
(787
)
CyberArk Software Ltd.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $145.00
   
(3
)
   
(37,380
)
   
(247
)
Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $25.00
   
(17
)
   
(43,826
)
   
(2,465
)
GoDaddy, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $75.00
   
(17
)
   
(98,384
)
   
(5,015
)
Immunovant, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: July 2023, Exercise Price: $25.00
   
(2
)
   
(3,228
)
   
(180
)
Las Vegas Sands Corp.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $65.00
   
(5
)
   
(31,925
)
   
(702
)
Manchester United Plc
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $30.00
   
(7
)
   
(14,035
)
   
(402
)
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $30.00
   
(7
)
   
(14,035
)
   
(718
)
Microsoft Corp.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $295.00
   
(3
)
   
(92,178
)
   
(3,952
)
Okta, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $95.00
   
(8
)
   
(54,824
)
   
(28
)
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $185.00
   
(4
)
   
(54,738
)
   
(2,230
)
Peabody Energy Corp.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $28.00
   
(21
)
   
(50,442
)
   
(136
)
Pinterest, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $33.00
   
(29
)
   
(66,700
)
   
(15
)
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
                       
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $250.00
   
(18
)
   
(391,590
)
   
(2,295
)


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

46


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Schedule of Written Options (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Contracts (a)
   
Notional Amount
   
Value
 
WRITTEN CALL OPTIONS (Continued)
                 
RingCentral, Inc.
                 
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $50.00
   
(13
)
 
$
(35,828
)
 
$
(98
)
Schlumberger N.V. Ltd.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $48.50
   
(7
)
   
(34,545
)
   
(1,568
)
Silicon Laboratories, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $175.00
   
(3
)
   
(41,790
)
   
(300
)
Smartsheet, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $60.00
   
(11
)
   
(44,957
)
   
(193
)
SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $140.00
   
(29
)
   
(368,619
)
   
(1,174
)
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $140.00
   
(9
)
   
(114,399
)
   
(1,652
)
SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $55.00
   
(29
)
   
(123,714
)
   
(43
)
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: July 2023, Exercise Price: $80.00
   
(20
)
   
(133,000
)
   
(3,250
)
T-Mobile US, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $155.00
   
(7
)
   
(100,730
)
   
(53
)
Transocean Ltd.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $8.00
   
(201
)
   
(118,590
)
   
(503
)
Twilio, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $95.00
   
(14
)
   
(73,654
)
   
(140
)
Valley National Bancorp
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $12.00
   
(75
)
   
(70,350
)
   
(3,750
)
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $90.00
   
(3
)
   
(32,151
)
   
(5,340
)
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $110.00
   
(6
)
   
(64,302
)
   
(1,635
)
Wynn Resorts Ltd.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $121.00
   
(9
)
   
(102,852
)
   
(1,449
)
Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $70.00
   
(29
)
   
(178,147
)
   
(856
)
                     
(47,478
)
WRITTEN PUT OPTIONS
                       
Activision Blizzard, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $70.00
   
(3
)
   
(23,313
)
   
(39
)
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $80.00
   
(16
)
   
(124,336
)
   
(4,384
)
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $75.00
   
(20
)
   
(155,420
)
   
(2,680
)
Amazon.com, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $100.00
   
(9
)
   
(94,905
)
   
(1,084
)
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $10.00
   
(374
)
   
(205,700
)
   
(189,805
)
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $13.00
   
(187
)
   
(102,850
)
   
(149,600
)
Atlassian Corp.
                       
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $100.00
   
(11
)
   
(162,426
)
   
(1,375
)


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Written Options (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Contracts (a)
   
Notional Amount
   
Value
 
WRITTEN PUT OPTIONS (Continued)
                 
Bank of America Corp.
                 
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $24.00
   
(29
)
 
$
(84,912
)
 
$
(101
)
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $25.00
   
(29
)
   
(84,912
)
   
(160
)
Catalent, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $40.00
   
(3
)
   
(15,036
)
   
(195
)
Immunovant, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: July 2023, Exercise Price: $15.00
   
(2
)
   
(3,228
)
   
(245
)
M&T Bank Corp.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $125.00
   
(4
)
   
(50,320
)
   
(1,600
)
Matador Resources Co.
                       
  Expiration: September 2023, Exercise Price: $35.00
   
(29
)
   
(142,187
)
   
(3,263
)
Meta Platforms, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $235.00
   
(6
)
   
(144,192
)
   
(1,155
)
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $237.50
   
(2
)
   
(48,064
)
   
(545
)
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $237.50
   
(3
)
   
(48,064
)
   
(1,672
)
MongoDB, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $240.00
   
(3
)
   
(71,988
)
   
(2,115
)
Netflix, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $320.00
   
(2
)
   
(65,986
)
   
(1,115
)
Peabody Energy Corp.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $26.00
   
(14
)
   
(33,628
)
   
(3,220
)
RingCentral, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $25.00
   
(8
)
   
(22,048
)
   
(840
)
Smartsheet, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $30.00
   
(11
)
   
(44,957
)
   
(660
)
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: July 2023, Exercise Price: $55.00
   
(4
)
   
(26,600
)
   
(1,100
)
Teck Resources Ltd.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $43.00
   
(7
)
   
(32,620
)
   
(378
)
The Charles Schwab Corp.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $45.00
   
(12
)
   
(62,688
)
   
(288
)
Transocean Ltd.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $3.50
   
(201
)
   
(118,590
)
   
(302
)
Walmart, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: June 2023, Exercise Price: $135.00
   
(3
)
   
(45,291
)
   
(203
)
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
                       
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $100.00
   
(14
)
   
(150,038
)
   
(1,645
)
  Expiration: May 2023, Exercise Price: $105.00
   
(7
)
   
(75,019
)
   
(1,925
)
                     
(371,694
)
TOTAL WRITTEN OPTIONS
                       
  (Premiums received $534,543)
                 
$
(419,172
)

(a)100 shares per contract.
 
(b) Foreign security.
 
ETF – Exchange Traded Fund


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Swap Contracts (Unaudited)
April 30, 2023

 
Paid by
 
Received by
                         
   
the Fund
 
the Fund
                         
                       
Number of
         
Unrealized
 
Counter-
 
Financing
 
Financing
 
Payment
 
Maturity
 
Shares/
 
Notional
 
Upfront
 
Appreciation
 
party
 
Rate/Security
 
Rate/Security
 
Frequency
 
Date
 
Units
 
Amount
 
Payment
 
(Depreciation)
 
LONG EQUITY SWAP CONTRACTS
                       
                                         
Morgan
 
Airbus SE
 
3.59%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
1,571
 
$
219,995
 
$
 
$
1,996
 
Stanley
     
(0.60% + Euro
                               
        
Overnight
                               
        
Index Average)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
Axa SA
 
3.59%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
5,637
   
183,993
   
   
2,092
 
Stanley
     
(0.60% + Euro
                               
        
Overnight
                               
        
Index Average)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
Beazley Ireland
 
4.78%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
9,224
   
69,203
   
   
1,388
 
Stanley
 
Holdings plc
 
(0.60% + Sterling
                               
        
Overnight
                               
        
Index Average)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
BNP Paribas
 
3.59%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
2,725
   
176,072
   
   
2,727
 
Stanley
     
(0.60% + Euro
                               
        
Overnight
                               
        
Index Average)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
Entain PLC
 
4.78%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
1,430
   
26,057
   
   
195
 
Stanley
     
(0.60% + Sterling

                             
        
Overnight
                               
        
Index Average)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
Flutter
 
4.78%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
572
   
114,628
   
   
(67
)
Stanley
 
Entertainment
 
(0.60% + Sterling
                               
   
 PLC
 
Overnight
                               
        
Index Average)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
Glencore plc
 
4.78%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
1,774
   
10,471
   
   
15
 
Stanley
     
(0.60% + Sterling
                               
        
Overnight
                               
        
Index Average)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
GSK plc
 
4.78%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
6,900
   
124,429
   
   
(5,270
)
Stanley
     
(0.60% + Sterling
                               
        
Overnight
                               
        
Index Average)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
Haleon plc
 
4.78%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
5,461
   
24,010
   
   
(11
)
Stanley
     
(0.60% + Sterling
                               
        
Overnight
                               
        
Index Average)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
iShares iBoxx
 
5.18%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
493,800
   
54,283,434
   
   
(14,814
)
Stanley
 
$ Investment Grade
 
(0.35% + U.S. Federal
                               
   
Corporate Bond ETF
 
Funds Effective Rate)
                               

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

49


WEISS ALTERNATIVE MULTI-STRATEGY FUND


Schedule of Swap Contracts (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

 
Paid by
 
Received by
                         
   
the Fund
 
the Fund
                         
                       
Number of
         
Unrealized
 
Counter-
 
Financing
 
Financing
 
Payment
 
Maturity
 
Shares/
 
Notional
 
Upfront
 
Appreciation
 
party
 
Rate/Security
 
Rate/Security
 
Frequency
 
Date
 
Units
 
Amount
 
Payment
 
(Depreciation)
 
Morgan
 
iShares iBoxx
 
4.83%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
512,400
 
$
38,614,464
 
$
 
$
143,472
 
Stanley
 
High Yield
 
(0.00% + U.S. Federal
                               
   
Corporate Bond ETF
 
Funds Effective Rate)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
Lancashire
 
4.78%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
10,572
   
81,488
   
   
4,110
 
Stanley
 
Holdings Ltd.
 
(0.60% + Sterling
                               
        
Overnight
                               
        
Index Average)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
London Stock
 
4.78%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
1,194
   
125,362
   
   
3,937
 
Stanley
 
Exchange Group
 
(0.60% + Sterling
                               
        
Overnight
                               
        
Index Average)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
MSGWIND Basket
 
5.33%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
3,281
   
337,976
   
   
4,143
 
Stanley
     
(0.50% + U.S. Federal
                               
        
Funds Effective Rate)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
MSGWTRNS Basket
 
5.18%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
286
   
28,251
   
   
313
 
Stanley
     
(0.35% + U.S. Federal
                               
        
Funds Effective Rate)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
New Melrose
 
4.78%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
60,060
   
308,716
   
   
2,226
 
Stanley
 
Industries PLC
 
(0.60% + Sterling
                               
        
Overnight
                               
        
Index Average)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
Prudential PLC
 
4.78%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
6,760
   
103,435
   
   
7,434
 
Stanley
     
(0.60% + Sterling
                               
        
Overnight
                               
        
Index Average)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
Rolls-Royce
 
4.78%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
86,139
   
165,014
   
   
(508
)
Stanley
 
Holdings PLC
 
(0.60% + Sterling
                               
        
Overnight
                               
        
Index Average)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
Safran SA
 
3.59%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
592
   
92,068
   
   
(602
)
Stanley
     
(0.60% + Euro
                               
        
Overnight
                               
        
Index Average)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
Sanofi
 
3.59%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
837
   
90,202
   
   
(3,096
)
Stanley
     
(0.60% + Euro
                               
        
Overnight
                               
        
Index Average)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
Sector-Neutral
 
0.80% Fixed Rate
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
72,300
   
5,936,553
   
   
(24,770
)
Stanley
 
Dividend Yield Basket
                                 
                                         
Morgan
 
U.S. Quality Basket
 
0.95% Fixed Rate
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
1,967
   
147,958
   
   
(513
)
Stanley
                                       
                                         
Morgan
 
U.S. Sector-Neutral
 
0.85% Fixed Rate
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
665
   
52,941
   
   
113
 
Stanley
 
Quality Basket
                                   


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

50


WEISS ALTERNATIVE MULTI-STRATEGY FUND


Schedule of Swap Contracts (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Paid by
 
Received by
                         
   
the Fund
 
the Fund
                         
                       
Number of
         
Unrealized
 
Counter-
 
Financing
 
Financing
 
Payment
 
Maturity
 
Shares/
 
Notional
 
Upfront
 
Appreciation
 
party
 
Rate/Security
 
Rate/Security
 
Frequency
 
Date
 
Units
 
Amount
 
Payment
 
(Depreciation)
 
Morgan
 
Vivendi
 
3.59%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
5,189
 
$
56,999
 
$
 
$
2,051
 
Stanley
     
(0.60% + Euro
                               
       
Overnight
                               
       
Index Average)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
Weiss – MSGWAERO
5.33%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
1,032
   
103,520
   
   
(617
)
Stanley
 
Basket
 
(0.50% + U.S. Federal
                               
       
Funds Effective Rate)
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
Weiss – MSGWARO2
5.33%

Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
1,046
   
119,286
   
   
1,609
 
Stanley
 
Basket
 
(0.50% + U.S. Federal
                               
       
Funds Effective Rate)
                               
                                 
SHORT EQUITY SWAP CONTRACTS
                               
Morgan
 
3.68%

Admiral Group plc
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(1,331)

 
(38,684
)
 
   
(897
)
Stanley
 
((0.50)% + Sterling
                                   
   
Overnight
                                   
   
Index Average)
                                   
                                         
Morgan
 
2.49%

Adyen AIW
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(67)

 
(107,659
)
 
   
(2,352
)
Stanley
 
((0.50)% + Euro
                                   
   
Overnight
                                   
   
Index Average)
                                   
                                         
Morgan
 
3.68%

Antofagasta plc
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(10,134)

 
(186,395
)
 
   
1,842
 
Stanley
 
((0.50)% + Sterling
                                   
   
Overnight
                                   
   
Index Average)
                                   
                                         
Morgan
 
3.68%

Astrazeneca plc
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(98)

 
(14,422
)
 
   
(24
)
Stanley
 
((0.50)% + Sterling
                                   
   
Overnight
                                   
   
Index Average)
                                   
                                         
Morgan
 
3.68%

Aviva plc
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(21,027)

 
(111,955
)
 
   
(1,152
)
Stanley
 
((0.50)% + Sterling
                                   
   
Overnight
                                   
   
Index Average)
                                   
                                         
Morgan
 
2.49%

Banco Santander SA
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(65,005)

 
(228,369
)
 
   
6,872
 
Stanley
 
((0.50)% + Euro
                                   
   
Overnight
                                   
   
Index Average)
                                   
                                         
Morgan
 
(0.85)% Fixed Rate
 
Cyclical vs.
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(2,190)

 
(245,127
)
 
   
(4,362
)
Stanley
     
Defensive Basket
                               
                                         
Morgan
 
4.43%

George Weiss
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(12,372)

 
(1,296,338
)
 
   
(17,028
)
Stanley
 
((0.40)% + U.S. Federal
 
Software Basket
                               
   
Funds Effective Rate)
                                   
                                         
Morgan
 
4.58%

Growth Software
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(7,051)

 
(1,055,676
)
 
   
(2,569
)
Stanley
 
((0.25)% + U.S. Federal
 
Basket
                               
   
Funds Effective Rate)
                                   


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

51


WEISS ALTERNATIVE MULTI-STRATEGY FUND


Schedule of Swap Contracts (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Paid by
 
Received by
           
           
   
the Fund
 
the Fund
           
           
                       
Number of

       
Unrealized
 
Counter-
 
Financing
 
Financing
 
Payment
 
Maturity
 
Shares/

Notional
 
Upfront
 
Appreciation
 
party
 
Rate/Security
 
Rate/Security
 
Frequency
 
Date
 
Units

Amount
 
Payment
 
(Depreciation)
 
Morgan
 
(0.85)% Fixed Rate
 
Growth vs.
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(932)

$
(109,324
)
$
 
$
502
 
Stanley
     
Value Basket
           
                 
                     
                 
Morgan
 
3.68%

Haleon PLC
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(25,702)

 
(113,004
)
 
   
50
 
Stanley
 
((0.50)% + Sterling
               
                 
   
Overnight
               
                 
   
Index Average)
               
                 
                     
                 
Morgan
 
3.68%

HSBC Holdings PLC
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(8,731)

 
(62,928
)
 
   
(789
)
Stanley
 
((0.50)% + Sterling
               
                 
   
Overnight
               
                 
   
Index Average)
               
                 
                     
                 
Morgan
 
3.68%

Intercontinental
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(3,024)

 
(207,921
)
 
   
3,231
 
Stanley
 
((0.50)% + Sterling
 
Hotels Group
           
                 
   
Overnight
               
                 
   
Index Average)
               
                 
                     
                 
Morgan
 
3.55%

iShares PLC –
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(17,296)

 
(168,340
)
 
   
(1,027
)
Stanley
 
((0.63)% + Sterling
 
iShares Core
           
                 
   
Overnight
 
FTSE 100 UCIT
           
                 
   
Index Average)
               
                 
                     
                 
Morgan
 
2.36%

Lyxor CAC 40 (DR)
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(1,452)

 
(119,098
)
 
   
116
 
Stanley
 
((0.63)% + Euro
 
UCITs ETF
           
                 
   
Overnight
               
                 
   
Index Average)
               
                 
                     
                 
Morgan
 
4.33%

MS Crowd Basket
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(8,001)

 
(942,598
)
 
   
(30,563
)
Stanley
 
((0.50)% + U.S. Federal
               
                 
   
Funds Effective Rate)
               
                 
                     
                 
Morgan
 
4.57%

MS Media Basket
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(3,813)

 
(226,607
)
 
   
(4,443
)
Stanley
 
((0.26)% + U.S. Federal
               
                 
   
Funds Effective Rate)
               
                 
                     
                 
Morgan
 
4.53%

MS Technology
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(11,472)

 
(652,298
)
 
   
(15,213
)
Stanley
 
((0.30)% + U.S. Federal
 
Hardware Basket
           
                 
   
Funds Effective Rate)
               
                 
                     
                 
Morgan
 
4.47%

MSW1RST
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(4,156)

 
(453,918
)
 
   
(14,422
)
Stanley
 
((0.36)% + U.S. Federal
 
Basket
           
                 
   
Funds Effective Rate)
               
                 
                     
                 
Morgan
 
4.38%

MSGWAUTO
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(1,850)

 
(199,005
)
 
   
(1,542
)
Stanley
 
((0.45)% + U.S. Federal
 
Basket
           
                 
   
Funds Effective Rate)
               
                 
                     
                 
Morgan
 
4.58%

MSGWREIT
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(1,157)

 
(108,723
)
 
   
(2,095
)
Stanley
 
((0.25)% + U.S. Federal
 
Basket
           
                 
   
Funds Effective Rate)
               
                 
                     
                 
Morgan
 
4.58%

MSGWTRN3
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(645)

 
(76,155
)
 
   
583
 
Stanley
 
((0.25)% + U.S. Federal
 
Basket
           
                 
   
Funds Effective Rate)
               
                 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

52


WEISS ALTERNATIVE MULTI-STRATEGY FUND


Schedule of Swap Contracts (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Paid by

Received by
           
           
   
the Fund

the Fund
           
           
     
               
Number of

       
Unrealized
 
Counter-
 
Financing

Financing
 
Payment
 
Maturity
 
Shares/

Notional
 
Upfront
 
Appreciation
 
party
 
Rate/Security

Rate/Security
 
Frequency
 
Date
 
Units

Amount
 
Payment
 
(Depreciation)
 
Morgan
 
4.58%

MSGWTRN4
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(2,008)

$
(238,129
)
$
 
$
283
 
Stanley
 
((0.25)% + U.S. Federal
Basket
           
                 
   
Funds Effective Rate)

             
                 
     
             
                 
Morgan
 
4.48%

MSGWXSD
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(9,900)

 
(1,780,317
)
 
   
26,194
 
Stanley
 
((0.35)% + U.S. Federal
Basket
           
                 
   
Funds Effective Rate)

             
                 
     
             
                 
Morgan
 
4.45%

MSXXCCC
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(2,923)

 
(288,909
)
 
   
(10,544
)
Stanley
 
((0.38)% + U.S. Federal
Basket
           
                 
   
Funds Effective Rate)

             
                 
     
             
                 
Morgan
 
3.68%

Natwest
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(23,149)

 
(76,255
)
 
   
984
 
Stanley
 
((0.50)% + Sterling

Group PLC
           
                 
   
Overnight Index Average)
           
                 
     
             
                 
Morgan
 
3.68%

Schroders plc
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(7,703)

 
(47,180
)
 
   
(665
)
Stanley
 
((0.50)% + Sterling

             
                 
   
Overnight

             
                 
   
Index Average)

             
                 
     
             
                 
Morgan
 
3.68%

St. Jame’s Place plc
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(5,050)

 
(76,801
)
 
   
663
 
Stanley
 
((0.50)% + Sterling

             
                 
   
Overnight

             
                 
   
Index Average)

             
                 
     
             
                 
Morgan
 
4.31%

Unprofitable
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(11,539)

 
(410,211
)
 
   
(4,526
)
Stanley
 
((0.52)% + U.S. Federal
Technology
           
                 
   
Funds Effective Rate)

Co. Basket
           
                 
     
             
                 
Morgan
 
4.13%

U.S. Growth
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(854)

 
(163,358
)
 
   
(2,529
)
Stanley
 
((0.70)% + U.S. Federal
Long Basket
           
                 
   
Funds Effective Rate)

             
                 
     
             
                 
Morgan
 
4.38%

Weiss Infotech
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(8,932)

 
(1,322,651
)
 
   
(16,045
)
Stanley
 
((0.45)% + U.S. Federal
Basket
           
                 
   
Funds Effective Rate)

             
                 
     
             
                 
Morgan
 
4.31%

Weiss MSWAUT2
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(729)

 
(54,733
)
 
   
(306
)
Stanley
 
((0.52)% + U.S. Federal
Basket
           
                 
   
Funds Effective Rate)

             
                 
     
             
                 
Morgan
 
4.48%

Weiss MSGWDEF
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(800)

 
(71,968
)
 
   
1,355
 
Stanley
 
((0.35)% + U.S. Federal
Basket
           
                 
   
Funds Effective Rate)

             
                 
     
             
                 
Morgan
 
4.58%

Weiss
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(172)

 
(13,660
)
 
   
(428
)
Stanley
 
((0.25)% + U.S. Federal
MSGWOFRE
           
                 
   
Funds Effective Rate)

Basket
           
                 
     
             
                 
Morgan
 
4.46%

Weiss QQQE
 
Monthly
 
4/28/25
 
(10,038)

 
(886,857
)
 
   
(16,456
)
Stanley
 
((0.37)% + U.S. Federal
MSGWQQQE
           
                 
   
Funds Effective Rate)

Basket
           
                 
     
             
           
$
20,251
 

plc – Public Limited Co.


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Open Futures Contracts (Unaudited)
April 30, 2023

 
               
Value and
 
        
Number of
         
Unrealized
 
        
Contracts
   
Notional
   
Appreciation
 
Expiration Date
 
Description
 
Purchased
   
Amount
   
(Depreciation)
 
LONG FUTURES CONTRACTS
                 
6/21/23
 
CBT Long-Term U.S. Treasury Bond
 
  18
   
$
2,007,466
   
$
114,263
 
6/21/23
 
CBT Ultra Long-Term U.S. Treasury Bond
 
147
     
13,735,865
     
939,089
 
6/21/23
 
CBT 10-Year U.S. Treasury Bond
 
201
     
20,539,221
     
741,872
 
6/16/23
 
E-Mini Russell 2000
 
195
     
17,304,300
     
(113,894
)
6/16/23
 
E-Mini S&P 500
 
256
     
53,612,800
     
3,338,239
 
6/28/23
 
100 Ounce Gold Futures
 
  78
     
15,592,980
     
6,075
 
                     
$
5,025,644
 







The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)
April 30, 2023

ASSETS:
     
Investments, at value (Cost $164,488,542)
 
$
162,393,662
 
Cash(1)
   
52,600,000
 
Foreign currency, at value (Cost $3,574,092)
   
3,591,463
 
Deposits at broker for securities sold short
   
95,549,451
 
Receivable for investments sold
   
32,076,598
 
Collateral for swap contracts
   
15,688,000
 
Deposits for futures
   
7,814,107
 
Receivable for future contracts
   
985,843
 
Dividends and interest receivable
   
239,414
 
Receivable for fund shares sold
   
140,502
 
Receivable for swap contracts, net
   
20,251
 
Prepaid expenses and other receivables
   
33,584
 
Total assets
   
371,132,875
 
LIABILITIES:
       
Securities sold short, at value (proceeds of $97,050,180)
   
97,633,275
 
Written option contracts, at value (premiums received $534,543)
   
419,172
 
Payable to broker
   
1,510,495
 
Payable to broker-foreign currency, at value (Proceeds $520,237)
   
542,282
 
Payable for investments purchased
   
33,409,566
 
Payable for fund shares redeemed
   
372,990
 
Payable to adviser
   
219,349
 
Dividends and interest payable for securities sold short
   
96,465
 
Payable for fund administration and fund accounting fees
   
92,063
 
Payable for custodian fees
   
87,113
 
Payable for swap interest and dividends, net
   
48,720
 
Payable for transfer agent fees and expenses
   
23,360
 
Payable for compliance fees
   
3,499
 
Distribution and shareholder servicing fees payable
   
133
 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
   
51,798
 
Total liabilities
   
134,510,280
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
236,622,595
 
         
NET ASSETS CONSISTS OF:
       
Paid-in capital
 
$
280,256,992
 
Total accumulated losses
   
(43,634,397
)
Total net assets
 
$
236,622,595
 

   
Class K
   
Investor
 
   
Shares
   
Class Shares
 
Net assets
 
$
235,213,491
   
$
1,409,104
 
Shares issued and outstanding(2)
   
26,490,328
     
161,860
 
Net asset value, offering, and redemption price per share
 
$
8.88
   
$
8.71
 

(1)
Includes restricted cash of $52,500,000.
(2)
Unlimited shares authorized without par value.


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2023

INVESTMENT INCOME:
     
Interest income, including broker interest on short positions
 
$
3,142,898
 
Dividend income on long positions (net of foreign withholding taxes of $13,684 respectively)
   
1,418,895
 
Total investment income
   
4,561,793
 
         
EXPENSES:
       
Investment advisory fees (See note 3)
   
1,779,489
 
Dividends on securities sold short
   
1,171,485
 
Borrowing expense on securities sold short
   
512,531
 
Fund administration and fund accounting fees (See Note 3)
   
173,441
 
Custodian fees (See Note 3)
   
118,620
 
Transfer agent fees (See Note 3)
   
52,187
 
Federal and state registration fees
   
38,660
 
Audit fees
   
27,026
 
Legal fees
   
13,147
 
Reports to shareholders
   
10,189
 
Compliance fees (See Note 3)
   
7,976
 
Trustees’ fees (See Note 3)
   
6,311
 
Distribution fees – Investor Class (See Note 3)
   
2,070
 
Shareholder servicing fees – Investor Class (See Note 5)
   
828
 
Other
   
10,493
 
Total expense before reimbursement
   
3,924,453
 
Less: Expense reimbursement by Adviser (see Note 3)
   
(458,050
)
Net expenses
   
3,466,403
 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME
   
1,095,390
 
         
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS:
       
Realized gain (loss) on:
       
Investments
   
(6,527,626
)
Securities sold short
   
(1,799,222
)
Written option contracts expired or closed
   
873,098
 
Swap contracts
   
(7,075,276
)
Future contracts
   
(4,772,847
)
Forward currency exchange contracts
   
(6,507
)
Foreign currency translation
   
197,991
 
Net realized loss
   
(19,110,389
)
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
       
Investments
   
8,048,803
 
Securities sold short
   
(34,785
)
Written option contracts
   
(291,177
)
Swap contracts
   
10,507,763
 
Future contracts
   
11,740,154
 
Forward currency exchange contracts
   
(2,579
)
Foreign currency translation
   
18,765
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation
   
29,986,944
 
Net realized and change in unrealized gain on investments
   
10,876,555
 
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS
 
$
11,971,945
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   
Six Months Ended
       
   
April 30, 2023
   
Year Ended
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
October 31, 2022
 
OPERATIONS:
           
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
1,095,390
   
$
(1,334,348
)
Net realized loss on investments, securities sold short,
               
  written option contracts expired or closed, swap contracts,
               
  futures contracts, forward currency contracts, and foreign currency transactions
   
(19,110,389
)
   
(26,864,866
)
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments,
               
  securities sold short, written option contracts, swap contracts,
               
  futures contracts, forward currency contracts and foreign currency translation
   
29,986,944
     
(29,843,337
)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
   
11,971,945
     
(58,042,551
)
                 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:
               
Class K
   
(29,340
)
   
(15,007,578
)
Investor Class
   
     
(709,286
)
Total distributions to shareholders
   
(29,340
)
   
(15,716,864
)
                 
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:
               
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions(1)
   
(29,046,579
)
   
96,793,567
 
                 
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
   
(17,103,974
)
   
23,034,152
 
                 
NET ASSETS:
               
Beginning of period
   
253,726,569
     
230,692,417
 
End of period
 
$
236,622,595
   
$
253,726,569
 

(1)
A summary of capital share transactions is as follows:

SHARE TRANSACTIONS:
   
For the Six Months ended
             
   
April 30, 2023
   
For the Year ended
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
October 31, 2022
 
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Shares
   
Amount
 
Class K:
                       
Issued
   
7,318,525
   
$
64,312,109
     
21,436,992
   
$
207,598,738
 
Issued to holders in
                               
  reinvestment of dividends
   
3,310
     
28,602
     
1,434,757
     
14,835,381
 
Redeemed
   
(10,670,041
)
   
(92,454,144
)
   
(13,061,945
)
   
(121,379,526
)
Net increase (decrease) in Class K
   
(3,348,206
)
 
$
(28,113,433
)
   
9,809,804
   
$
101,054,593
 
Investor Class:
                               
Issued
   
5,155
   
$
44,894
     
434,793
   
$
4,492,482
 
Issued to holders in
                               
  reinvestment of dividends
   
     
     
69,674
     
709,286
 
Redeemed
   
(115,047
)
   
(978,040
)
   
(1,044,210
)
   
(9,462,794
)
Net decrease in Investor Class
   
(109,892
)
 
$
(933,146
)
   
(539,743
)
 
$
(4,261,026
)
Net increase (decrease)
                               
  in shares outstanding
   
(3,458,098
)
 
$
(29,046,579
)
   
9,270,061
   
$
96,793,567
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Financial Highlights

   
Six Months Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
April 30, 2023
   
October 31,
   
October 31,
   
October 31,
   
October 31,
   
October 31,
 
Class K
 
(Unaudited)
   
2022
   
2021
   
2020
   
2019
   
2018
 
                                     
PER SHARE DATA(1):
                                   
Net asset value, beginning of period
 
$
8.43
   
$
11.08
   
$
10.67
   
$
11.25
   
$
10.44
   
$
10.45
 
                                                 
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
                                               
Net investment income (loss)(2)
   
0.04
     
(0.05
)
   
(0.08
)
   
(0.02
)
   
0.08
     
0.01
 
Net realized and unrealized
                                               
  gain (loss) on investments
   
0.41
     
(1.92
)
   
1.30
     
0.62
     
1.18
     
0.17
 
Total from investment operations
   
0.45
     
(1.97
)
   
1.22
     
0.60
     
1.26
     
0.18
 
                                                 
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:
                                               
Net investment income
   
0.00
(3) 
   
     
(0.02
)
   
(0.11
)
   
(0.21
)
   
 
Net realized gains
   
     
(0.68
)
   
(0.79
)
   
(1.07
)
   
(0.24
)
   
(0.19
)
Total distributions
   
0.00
(3) 
   
(0.68
)
   
(0.81
)
   
(1.18
)
   
(0.45
)
   
(0.19
)
Redemption fees
   
     
     
     
     
     
0.00
(3) 
Net asset value, end of period
 
$
8.88
   
$
8.43
   
$
11.08
   
$
10.67
   
$
11.25
   
$
10.44
 
                                                 
TOTAL RETURN(4)
   
5.36
%
   
-18.99
%
   
11.88
%
   
5.79
%
   
12.76
%
   
1.61
%
                                                 
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA AND RATIOS:
                                               
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
 
$
235,213
   
$
251,477
   
$
221,827
   
$
91,865
   
$
89,627
   
$
81,498
 
Ratio of gross expenses
                                               
  to average net assets:
                                               
Before expense reimbursement(5)(6)
   
3.31
%
   
3.01
%
   
3.46
%
   
4.07
%
   
3.95
%
   
4.25
%
After expense reimbursement(5)(6)
   
2.92
%
   
2.71
%
   
2.79
%
   
3.05
%
   
3.16
%
   
3.27
%
Ratio of dividends, interest, and borrowing
                                               
  expense on securities sold short
                                               
  to average net assets(5)
   
1.42
%
   
1.21
%
   
1.29
%
   
1.55
%
   
1.66
%
   
1.77
%
Ratio of operating expenses to average
                                               
  net assets excluding dividends, interest,
                                               
  and borrowing expense on
                                               
  securities sold short(5)(6)
   
1.50
%
   
1.50
%
   
1.50
%
   
1.50
%
   
1.50
%
   
1.50
%
Ratio of net investment income (loss)
                                               
  to average net assets(5)(6)
   
0.93
%
   
(0.49
)%
   
(0.77
)%
   
(0.24
)%
   
0.78
%
   
0.11
%
Portfolio turnover rate(4)(7)
   
566
%
   
734
%
   
576
%
   
738
%
   
585
%
   
700
%

(1)
For a Class K share outstanding for the entire period.
(2)
Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the periods.
(3)
Amount per share is less than $0.005.
(4)
Not annualized for periods less than one year.
(5)
Annualized for periods less than one year.
(6)
These ratios exclude the impact of expenses of the underlying exchange-traded funds as represented in the Schedule of Investments. Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying exchange-traded funds in which the Fund invests.
(7)
The portfolio turnover disclosed is for the Fund as a whole. The numerator for the portfolio turnover rate includes the lesser of purchases or sales (excluding short-term investments, short-term options, swap contracts, futures contracts and short positions). The denominator includes the average fair value of long positions throughout the periods ended.


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Financial Highlights

   
Six Months Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Period Ended
 
   
April 30, 2023
   
October 31,
   
October 31,
   
October 31,
   
October 31,
   
October 31,
 
Investor Class
 
(Unaudited)
   
2022
   
2021
   
2020
   
2019
   
2018
 
                                     
PER SHARE DATA(1):
                                   
Net asset value, beginning of period
 
$
8.28
   
$
10.92
   
$
10.56
   
$
11.16
   
$
10.38
   
$
10.44
 
                                                 
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
                                               
Net investment income (loss)(2)
   
0.03
     
(0.08
)
   
(0.12
)
   
(0.06
)
   
0.05
     
(0.02
)
Net realized and unrealized
                                               
  gain (loss) on investments(3)
   
0.40
     
(1.88
)
   
1.28
     
0.61
     
1.18
     
0.15
 
Total from investment operations
   
0.43
     
(1.96
)
   
1.16
     
0.55
     
1.23
     
0.13
 
                                                 
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:
                                               
Net investment income
   
     
     
(0.01
)
   
(0.08
)
   
(0.21
)
   
 
Net realized gains
   
     
(0.68
)
   
(0.79
)
   
(1.07
)
   
(0.24
)
   
(0.19
)
Total distributions
   
     
(0.68
)
   
(0.80
)
   
(1.15
)
   
(0.45
)
   
(0.19
)
Redemption fees
   
     
     
     
0.00
(4) 
   
0.00
(4) 
   
0.00
(4) 
Net asset value, end of period
 
$
8.71
   
$
8.28
   
$
10.92
   
$
10.56
   
$
11.16
   
$
10.38
 
                                                 
TOTAL RETURN(5)
   
5.08
%
   
-19.26
%
   
11.43
%
   
5.48
%
   
12.36
%
   
1.22
%
                                                 
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA AND RATIOS:
                                               
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
 
$
1,409
   
$
2,249
   
$
8,865
   
$
5,905
   
$
5,487
   
$
4,128
 
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets:
                                               
Before expense reimbursement(6)(7)
   
3.66
%
   
3.36
%
   
3.80
%
   
4.42
%
   
4.30
%
   
4.60
%
After expense reimbursement(6)(7)
   
3.27
%
   
3.06
%
   
3.14
%
   
3.40
%
   
3.51
%
   
3.62
%
Ratio of dividends, interest, and borrowing
                                               
  expense on securities sold short
                                               
  to average net assets(6)
   
1.42
%
   
1.21
%
   
1.29
%
   
1.55
%
   
1.66
%
   
1.77
%
Ratio of operating expenses to average
                                               
  net assets excluding dividends, interest,
                                               
  and borrowing expense on
                                               
  securities sold short(6)(7)
   
1.85
%
   
1.85
%
   
1.85
%
   
1.85
%
   
1.85
%
   
1.85
%
Ratio of net investment income (loss)
                                               
  to average net assets(6)(7)
   
0.58
%
   
(0.84
)%
   
(1.11
)%
   
(0.59
)%
   
0.43
%
   
(0.24
)%
Portfolio turnover rate(5)(8)
   
566
%
   
734
%
   
576
%
   
738
%
   
585
%
   
700
%

(1)
For an Investor Class share outstanding for the entire period.
(2)
Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
(3)
Realized and unrealized gains and losses per share in this caption are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the years, and may not reconcile with the aggregate gains and losses in the Statement of Operations due to share transactions for the period.
(4)
Amount per share is less than $0.005.
(5)
Not annualized for periods less than one year.
(6)
Annualized for periods less than one year.
(7)
These ratios exclude the impact of expenses of the underlying exchange traded funds as represented in the Schedule of Investments. Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying exchange traded funds in which the Fund invests.
(8)
The portfolio turnover disclosed is for the Fund as a whole. The numerator for the portfolio turnover rate includes the lesser of purchases or sales (excluding short-term investments, short-term options, swap contracts, futures contracts and short positions). The denominator includes the average fair value of long positions throughout the periods end.


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited)
April 30, 2023

1.  ORGANIZATION
 
Series Portfolios Trust (the “Trust”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust under a Declaration of Trust dated July 27, 2015. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Weiss Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) is a diversified series with its own investment objectives and policies within the Trust. The Fund’s investment adviser, Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC (the “Adviser”), is responsible for investment advisory services, day-to-day management of the Fund’s assets, as well as compliance, sales, marketing and operation services to the Fund. The primary investment objective of the Fund is to provide returns with moderate volatility and reduced correlation to the bond and equity markets. The Fund commenced operations on December 1, 2015. The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (the “Codification”) Topic 946 Financial Services – Investment Companies. The Fund does not hold itself out as related to any other series of the Trust for purposes of investment and investor services, nor does it share the same investment adviser with any other series of the Trust.
 
The Fund offers four share classes, Class A, Class I, Class K and Investor Class. Effective March 31, 2017, the Fund ceased offering Class I. As of April 30, 2023, Class A and Class I shares are not available for purchase. Class K and Investor Class shares have no front-end sales load, no deferred sales charge, and a 1.00% redemption fee prior to November 22, 2019. Investor Class shares are subject to a 0.25% distribution fee and a shareholder servicing fee of up to 0.10% of average daily net assets. Class K shares are not subject to a distribution fee or a shareholder servicing fee.
 
The Fund may issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, with no par value. All shares of the Fund have equal rights and privileges except with respect to distribution fees and voting rights on matters affecting a single share class.
 
2.  SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. These policies are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”).
 
A.  Investment Valuation – The following is a summary of the Fund’s pricing procedures. It is intended to be a general discussion and may not necessarily reflect all the pricing procedures followed by the Fund. Equity securities, including common stocks, preferred stocks, and real estate investment trusts (“REITS”) that are traded on a national securities exchange, except those listed on the Nasdaq Global Market®, Nasdaq Global Select Market® and the Nasdaq Capital Market® exchanges (collectively “Nasdaq”), are valued at the last reported sale price on that exchange on which the security is principally traded. Securities traded on Nasdaq will be valued at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price (“NOCP”). If, on a particular day, an exchange traded or Nasdaq security does not trade, then the mean between the most recent quoted bid and asked prices will be used. All equity securities that are not traded on a listed exchange are valued at the last sale price in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. If a non-exchanged traded equity security does not trade on a particular day, then the mean between the last quoted closing bid and asked price will be used. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
 


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Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

Fixed income securities, including short-term debt instruments having a maturity less than 60 days, are valued at the evaluated mean price supplied by an approved independent third-party pricing service (“Pricing Service”). These securities are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
In the case of foreign securities, the occurrence of events after the close of foreign markets, but prior to the time the Fund’s NAV is calculated will result in an adjustment to the trading prices of foreign securities when foreign markets open on the following business day. The Fund will value foreign securities at fair value, taking into account such events in calculating the NAV. In such cases, use of fair valuation can reduce an investor’s ability to seek profit by estimating the Fund’s NAV in advance of the time the NAV is calculated. These securities are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Exchange traded funds and closed-end funds are valued at the last reported sale price on the exchange on which the security is principally traded. If, on a particular day, an exchange-traded fund does not trade, then the mean between the most recent quoted bid and asked prices will be used. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Investments in registered open-end investment companies (including money market funds), other than exchange-traded funds, are typically valued at their reported NAV per share. To the extent these securities are valued at their NAV per share, they are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Forward currency contracts maturing in two or fewer days are valued at the spot rate. Forward currency contracts maturing in three days or more are valued at the midpoint prices calculated by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, doing business as U.S. Bank Global Fund Services (“Fund Services” or the “Administrator”) using an “interpolation” methodology that incorporates foreign-exchange prices obtained from an approved pricing service for standard forward-settlement periods, such as one month, three months, six months and one year. These securities are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Exchange traded options and Flexible Exchange® options (“FLEX options”) are valued at the composite mean price, which calculates the mean of the highest bid price and lowest ask price across the exchanges where the option is principally traded. If the composite mean price is not available, the last sale or settlement price maybe be used. For non-exchange traded options, models such as Black-Scholes can be used to value the options. On the last trading day prior to expiration, expiring options may be priced at intrinsic value. These securities are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price on the exchange on which they are principally traded. The settlement price is the average of the prices at which a futures contract trades immediately before the close of trading for the day. Equity swap contract prices are determined by using the same methods used to price the underlying security. These securities are categorized in Level 1 or Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has adopted a pricing and valuation policy for use by the Fund and its Valuation Designee (as defined below) in calculating the Fund’s NAV. Pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act, the Fund has designated the Adviser as its “Valuation Designee” to perform all of the fair value determinations as well as to perform all of the responsibilities that may be performed by the Valuation Designee in accordance with Rule 2a-5. The Valuation Designee is authorized to make all necessary determinations of the fair values of the portfolio securities and other assets for which market quotations are not readily available or if it is deemed that the prices obtained from brokers and dealers or independent pricing services are unreliable.
 


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Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

The Fund has adopted authoritative fair value accounting standards which establish an authoritative definition of fair value and set out a hierarchy for measuring fair value. These standards require additional disclosures about the various inputs and valuation techniques used to develop the measurements of fair value, a discussion in changes in valuation techniques and related inputs during the period and expanded disclosure of valuation levels for major security types. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
 
Level 1 –
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access.
   
Level 2 –
Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.
   
Level 3 –
Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
 
The following table is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s securities by level within the fair value hierarchy as of April 30, 2023:
 
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Assets
                       
Investments at Fair Value
                       
Common Stocks
                       
  Aerospace & Defense
 
$
1,035,807
   
$
   
$
   
$
1,035,807
 
  Air Freight & Logistics
   
1,162,563
     
     
     
1,162,563
 
  Automobile Components
   
262,866
     
     
     
262,866
 
  Automobiles
   
36,641
     
     
     
36,641
 
  Banks
   
5,207,585
     
440,366
     
     
5,647,951
 
  Beverages
   
2,028,447
     
98,471
     
     
2,126,918
 
  Biotechnology
   
3,906,336
     
35,600
     
     
3,941,936
 
  Broadline Retail
   
620,187
     
     
     
620,187
 
  Building Products
   
737,146
     
     
     
737,146
 
  Capital Markets
   
3,831,892
     
146,562
     
     
3,978,454
 
  Chemicals
   
718,486
     
     
     
718,486
 
  Commercial Services & Supplies
   
752,311
     
     
     
752,311
 
  Communications Equipment
   
3,397,807
     
     
     
3,397,807
 
  Construction & Engineering
   
354,763
     
     
     
354,763
 
  Construction Materials
   
118,556
     
     
     
118,556
 
  Consumer Finance
   
858,256
     
     
     
858,256
 
  Consumer Staples Distribution
   
3,084,564
     
     
     
3,084,564
 
  Containers & Packaging
   
266,497
     
     
     
266,497
 
  Distributors
   
93,451
     
     
     
93,451
 


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Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Assets – Continued
                       
Investments at Fair Value – Continued
                       
  Diversified Consumer Services
 
$
311,849
   
$
   
$
   
$
311,849
 
  Diversified Telecommunication Services
   
70,127
     
     
     
70,127
 
  Electric Utilities
   
84,044
     
     
     
84,044
 
  Electrical Equipment
   
856,217
     
     
     
856,217
 
  Electronic Equipment,
                               
    Instruments & Components
   
794,543
     
     
     
794,543
 
  Energy Equipment & Services
   
834,466
     
     
     
834,466
 
  Entertainment
   
2,543,956
     
     
     
2,543,956
 
  Financial Services
   
2,119,465
     
     
     
2,119,465
 
  Food Products
   
2,096,651
     
     
     
2,096,651
 
  Ground Transportation
   
3,202,580
     
     
     
3,202,580
 
  Health Care Equipment & Supplies
   
2,169,412
     
     
     
2,169,412
 
  Health Care Providers & Services
   
2,289,540
     
     
     
2,289,540
 
  Health Care Technology
   
135,445
     
     
     
135,445
 
  Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
   
8,178,151
     
     
     
8,178,151
 
  Household Durables
   
313,964
     
     
     
313,964
 
  Household Products
   
1,057,130
     
     
     
1,057,130
 
  Industrial Conglomerates
   
725,619
     
116,537
     
     
842,156
 
  Insurance
   
2,335,056
     
     
     
2,335,056
 
  Interactive Media & Services
   
2,140,312
     
     
     
2,140,312
 
  IT Services
   
486,834
     
     
     
486,834
 
  Leisure Products
   
25,848
     
     
202
     
26,050
 
  Life Sciences Tools & Services
   
1,389,824
     
32,110
     
     
1,421,934
 
  Machinery
   
717,242
     
     
     
717,242
 
  Marine Transportation
   
     
39,766
     
     
39,766
 
  Media
   
612,092
     
     
     
612,092
 
  Metals & Mining
   
2,888,630
     
362,842
     
43,822
     
3,295,294
 
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
   
4,120,575
     
     
     
4,120,575
 
  Paper & Forest Products
   
78,770
     
     
     
78,770
 
  Passenger Airlines
   
155,804
     
     
     
155,804
 
  Personal Care Products
   
292,616
     
     
     
292,616
 
  Pharmaceuticals
   
1,817,814
     
345,096
     
     
2,162,910
 
  Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
   
20,246,507
     
     
     
20,246,507
 
  Real Estate Management & Development
   
516
     
     
     
516
 
  Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
   
4,963,622
     
     
     
4,963,622
 
  Software
   
10,139,036
     
     
     
10,139,036
 
  Specialty Retail
   
1,178,843
     
     
     
1,178,843
 
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals
   
861,817
     
     
     
861,817
 
  Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods
   
258,588
     
     
     
258,588
 
  Tobacco
   
346,296
     
     
     
346,296
 





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Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Assets – Continued
                       
Investments at Fair Value – Continued
                       
  Trading Companies & Distributors
 
$
829,328
   
$
   
$
   
$
829,328
 
  Wireless Communication Services
   
     
     
3,118
     
3,118
 
  Wireless Telecommunication Services
   
306,219
     
     
     
306,219
 
Total Common Stocks
   
112,449,509
     
1,617,350
     
47,142
     
114,114,001
 
Preferred Stocks
   
327,547
     
154,848
     
     
482,395
 
Exchange Traded Funds
   
5,414,398
     
     
     
5,414,398
 
Contingent Value Rights
   
     
     
(2) 
   
 
Escrow Notes
   
     
     
13,621
     
13,621
 
Warrants
   
31
     
14,432
     
(2) 
   
14,463
 
Purchased Options
   
4,581
     
180,565
     
     
185,146
 
Money Market Fund
   
42,169,638
     
     
     
42,169,638
 
Other Instruments
                               
Futures Contracts(1)
   
     
5,025,644
     
     
5,025,644
 
Swap Contracts(1)
   
     
20,251
     
     
20,251
 
   
$
160,365,704
   
$
7,013,090
   
$
60,763
   
$
167,439,557
 
Liabilities
                               
Investments at Fair Value
                               
Common Stocks
                               
  Aerospace & Defense
 
$
(252,867
)
 
$
   
$
   
$
(252,867
)
  Air Freight & Logistics
   
(614,426
)
   
     
     
(614,426
)
  Automobile Components
   
(96,277
)
   
     
     
(96,277
)
  Automobiles
   
(655,510
)
   
(111,300
)
   
     
(766,810
)
  Banks
   
(4,012,489
)
   
     
     
(4,012,489
)
  Beverages
   
(779,752
)
   
     
     
(779,752
)
  Biotechnology
   
(1,593,490
)
   
(4,498
)
   
     
(1,597,988
)
  Broadline Retail
   
(91,130
)
   
     
     
(91,130
)
  Building Products
   
(478,334
)
   
     
     
(478,334
)
  Capital Markets
   
(4,784,108
)
   
     
     
(4,784,108
)
  Chemicals
   
(791,031
)
   
     
     
(791,031
)
  Communications Equipment
   
(817,962
)
   
     
     
(817,962
)
  Construction & Engineering
   
(159,055
)
   
     
     
(159,055
)
  Construction Materials
   
(93,706
)
   
     
     
(93,706
)
  Consumer Finance
   
(692,458
)
   
     
     
(692,458
)
  Consumer Staples Distribution
   
(1,758,695
)
   
     
     
(1,758,695
)
  Containers & Packaging
   
(219,280
)
   
     
     
(219,280
)
  Distributors
   
(24,910
)
   
     
     
(24,910
)
  Diversified Consumer Services
   
(52,292
)
   
     
     
(52,292
)
  Diversified Telecommunication Services
   
(15,073
)
   
     
     
(15,073
)
  Electrical Equipment
   
(169,369
)
   
     
     
(169,369
)



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Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Liabilities – Continued
                       
Investments at Fair Value – Continued
                       
  Electronic Equipment,
                       
    Instruments & Components
 
$
(813,858
)
 
$
   
$
   
$
(813,858
)
  Energy Equipment & Services
   
(779,278
)
   
     
     
(779,278
)
  Entertainment
   
(416,581
)
   
     
     
(416,581
)
  Financial Services
   
(402,368
)
   
     
     
(402,368
)
  Food Products
   
(1,517,413
)
   
     
     
(1,517,413
)
  Ground Transportation
   
(1,013,462
)
   
     
     
(1,013,462
)
  Health Care Equipment & Supplies
   
(441,240
)
   
     
     
(441,240
)
  Health Care Providers & Services
   
(1,650,273
)
   
     
     
(1,650,273
)
  Health Care Technology
   
(118,892
)
   
     
     
(118,892
)
  Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
   
(3,810,105
)
   
(43,690
)
   
     
(3,853,795
)
  Household Durables
   
(52,944
)
   
     
     
(52,944
)
  Household Products
   
(432,085
)
   
     
     
(432,085
)
  Industrial Conglomerates
   
(539,293
)
   
     
     
(539,293
)
  Insurance
   
(1,887,322
)
   
(324,940
)
   
     
(2,212,262
)
  Interactive Media & Services
   
(475,118
)
   
     
     
(475,118
)
  IT Services
   
(770,973
)
   
     
     
(770,973
)
  Leisure Products
   
(77,996
)
   
     
     
(77,996
)
  Life Sciences Tools & Services
   
(704,267
)
   
(105,898
)
   
     
(810,161
)
  Machinery
   
(2,118,538
)
   
     
     
(2,118,538
)
  Marine Transportation
   
(269,472
)
   
(410,315
)
   
     
(679,787
)
  Media
   
(908,075
)
   
     
     
(908,075
)
  Metals & Mining
   
(1,698,285
)
   
(420,761
)
   
     
(2,119,046
)
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
   
(2,493,120
)
   
     
     
(2,493,120
)
  Passenger Airlines
   
(120,932
)
   
     
     
(120,932
)
  Personal Care Products
   
(62,697
)
   
     
     
(62,697
)
  Pharmaceuticals
   
(1,342,293
)
   
(360,451
)
   
     
(1,702,744
)
  Professional Services
   
(151,008
)
   
     
     
(151,008
)
  Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
   
(18,745,146
)
   
     
     
(18,745,146
)
  Real Estate Management & Development
   
(6,270
)
   
     
     
(6,270
)
  Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
   
(1,198,648
)
   
     
     
(1,198,648
)
  Software
   
(645,333
)
   
     
     
(645,333
)
  Specialty Retail
   
(2,103,445
)
   
     
     
(2,103,445
)
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals
   
(66,974
)
   
     
     
(66,974
)
  Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods
   
(238,470
)
   
     
     
(238,470
)
  Trading Companies & Distributors
   
(483,906
)
   
     
     
(483,906
)
Total Common Stocks
   
(66,708,290
)
   
(1,781,853
)
   
     
(68,490,143
)
Exchange Traded Funds
   
(28,712,598
)
   
(343,856
)
   
     
(29,056,454
)
Preferred Stock
   
     
(86,678
)
   
     
(86,678
)



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Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Liabilities – Continued
                       
Other Instruments
                       
Written Options
 
$
(9,779
)
 
$
(409,393
)
 
$
   
$
(419,172
)
   
$
(95,430,667
)
 
$
(2,621,780
)
 
$
   
$
(98,052,447
)

(1)
Swap contracts and future contracts are valued at the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument as presented on the Schedules of Swap, Open Futures and Open Forward Currency contracts.
(2)
Amount less than $0.50.

For the period ended April 30, 2023, there were no transfers into or out of Level 3 securities.
 
B.  Securities Sold Short – The Fund sells securities or currencies short for economic hedging purposes or any other investment purpose. For financial statement purposes, an amount equal to the settlement amount is initially included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset and an equivalent liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently priced to reflect the current value of the short position. Subsequent fluctuations in the market prices of securities or currencies sold, but not yet purchased, may require purchasing the securities or currencies at prices which may differ from the fair value reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Short sale transactions result in off balance sheet risk because the ultimate obligation may exceed the related amounts shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund will incur losses if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Fund purchases the securities to replace the borrowed securities. The Fund’s losses on short sales are potentially unlimited because there is no upward limit on the price a borrowed security could attain.
 
The Fund is liable for any dividends and interest payable on securities while those securities are sold short. Until the security is replaced, the Fund is required to pay to the lender any income earned, which is recorded as an expense by the Fund. The Fund’s policy is to segregate liquid assets in an amount equal to the fair value of securities sold short (not including proceeds received), which is reflected in the Schedule of Investments. These assets are required to be adjusted daily to reflect changes in the value of the securities or currencies sold short.
 
C.  Transactions with Brokers – The Fund’s deposits at brokers for securities sold short are with one securities dealer. The Fund does not require the brokers to maintain collateral in support of the receivables from the brokers for proceeds on securities sold short. The Fund is required by the brokers to maintain collateral at the brokers or in a segregated account at the Fund’s custodian for securities sold short. The Fund may maintain cash deposits at brokers beyond the receivables for short sales.
 
The Fund’s written options contracts’, equity swap contracts’, forward currency contracts’ and futures contracts cash deposits are monitored daily by the Adviser and counterparty. Cash deposits beyond the short sale proceeds by the Fund are presented as deposits at brokers on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund’s securities sold short and written option contracts are traded through the same account at Morgan Stanley and the deposits associated with these investments are not able to be determined by security or contract type. These transactions may involve market risk in excess of the amounts receivable or payable reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
 
D.  Written Option Contracts – The Fund is subject to equity price risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The Fund writes (sells) put or call options for hedging purposes, volatility management purposes, or otherwise to gain, or reduce, long or short exposure to one or more asset classes or issuers. When a Fund writes (sells) an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is included in the Statement
 

 
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of Assets and Liabilities as an asset and an equivalent liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently priced daily to reflect the current value of the option written. Refer to Note 2 A. for a pricing description. By writing an option, a Fund may become obligated during the term of the option to deliver or purchase the securities underlying the option at the exercise price if the option is exercised. These contracts may involve market risk in excess of the amounts receivable or payable reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Refer to Note 2 R. for further derivative disclosures, and Note 2 P. for further counterparty risk disclosure.
 
When an option expires on its stipulated expiration date or the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, the Fund realizes gains or losses if the cost of the closing purchase transaction differs from the premium received when the option was sold without regard to any unrealized appreciation or depreciation on the underlying security, and the liability related to such option is eliminated. When a written call option is exercised, the premium originally received decreases the cost basis of the security and the Fund realizes gains or losses from the sale of the underlying security. When a written put option is exercised, the cost of the security acquired is decreased by the premium received for the put.
 
E.  Purchased Option Contracts – The Fund is subject to equity price risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The Fund purchases put or call options for hedging purposes, volatility management purposes, or otherwise to gain, or reduce, long or short exposure to one or more asset classes or issuers. When the Fund purchases an option contract, an amount equal to the premiums paid is included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities Investments at value as an investment, and is subsequently priced daily to reflect the value of the purchased option contract. Refer to Note 2 A. for a pricing description. Refer to Note 2 Q. for further derivative disclosures, and Note 2 O. for further counterparty risk disclosure.
 
F.  Flex Options – The Fund principally uses options to hedge exposure to underlying positions given projected increases in volatility or to crystalize price gains or losses in individual securities. FLEX Options are customized option contracts available through the CBOE that are guaranteed for settlement by The Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC” or the “Clearinghouse”). FLEX Options provide investors with the ability to customize exercise prices and expiration dates, while achieving price discovery in competitive, transparent auctions markets and avoiding the counterparty exposure of over-the-counter (“OTC”) options positions. The Fund bears the risk that the Clearinghouse will be unable or unwilling to perform its obligations under the FLEX Options contracts.
 
G.  Forward Currency Contracts – The Fund is subject to foreign currency rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are entered into to gain or reduce exposure to foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange risk). A forward foreign currency exchange contract is an agreement between two parties to buy or sell a currency at a set exchange rate on a specified date. These contracts help to manage the overall exposure to the currencies in which some of the investments held by the Fund are denominated and in some cases, may be used to obtain exposure to a particular market. The Fund may enter into forward contracts for foreign currency hedging purposes, volatility management purposes or otherwise to gain, or reduce, long or short exposure to one or more asset classes or issuers. The Fund may enter into forward currency exchange contracts obligating the Fund to deliver and receive a currency at a specified future date. Forward contracts are valued daily, and unrealized appreciation or depreciation is recorded daily as the difference between the contract exchange rate and the closing forward rate applied to the face amount of the contract. Refer to Note 2 A. for a pricing description. A realized gain or loss is recorded at the time the forward contract expires. Credit risk may arise as a result of the failure of the counterparty to comply with the terms of the contract. Refer to Note 2 P. for further counterparty risk disclosure.
 


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The use of forward currency exchange contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the Fund’s investment securities. The use of forward currency exchange contracts involves the risk that anticipated currency movements will not be accurately predicted. A forward currency exchange contract would limit the risk of loss due to a decline in the value of a particular currency; however, it would also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency increase instead of decrease. These contracts may involve market risk in excess of the amounts receivable or payable reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Refer to Note 2 R. for further derivative disclosures.
 
H.  Futures Contracts – The Fund may enter into futures contracts traded on domestic and international exchanges, including stock index and fixed income futures contracts. The Fund principally uses futures for attractive liquidity offered in portfolio construction and management than available using equity and fixed income exchange traded funds. Upon entering into a contract, the Fund deposits and maintains as collateral such initial margin as required by the exchange on which the transaction is affected. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the contract (with the exception of futures contracts traded on the London Metal Exchange (“LME”)). Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains and losses. When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. The variation margin on LME futures contracts do not settle daily, but rather settle at their respective maturity dates. At year end, the unrealized appreciation and depreciation on LME futures contracts is shown as a receivable for unsettled open futures contracts and payable for unsettled futures contracts, respectively, on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The risks inherent in the use of futures contracts include adverse changes in the value of such instruments. Refer to Note 2 A. for a pricing description. Refer to Note 2 R. for further derivative disclosures, and Note 2 P. for further counterparty risk disclosure.
 
I.  Equity Swap Contracts – The Fund is subject to equity price risk and interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. During the period ended April 30, 2023, the Fund entered into both long and short equity swap contracts. Swap contracts are entered into to manage exposure to issuers, markets and securities. A long equity swap contract entitles the Fund to receive from the counterparty any appreciation and dividends paid on an individual security, while obligating the Fund to pay the counterparty any depreciation on the security as well as interest on the notional amount of the contract generally at a rate equal to the Euro OverNight Index Average (“EONIA”) or the Sterling OverNight Index Average (“SONIA”), Bank of Japan Estimate Unsecured Overnight Call Rate (“TONAR”) or the Federal Funds Rate (“FED”) (plus an additional rate. Please see the Schedule of Open Swap for details on a contract by contract basis). A short equity swap contract obligates the Fund to pay the counterparty any appreciation and dividends paid on an individual security, while entitling the Fund to receive from the counterparty any depreciation on the security, and to pay to or receive from the counterparty interest on the notional value of the contract generally at a rate equal to EONIA, SONIA, TONAR or FED (plus an additional rate. Please see the Schedule of Open Swap Contracts for details on a contract by contract basis).
 
Fluctuations in the value of an open contract are recorded daily as net unrealized appreciation or depreciation. The Fund will realize gains or losses upon termination or reset of the contract. Either party, under certain conditions, may terminate the contract prior to the contract’s expiration date. Refer to Note 2 A. for a pricing description. Credit risk may arise as a result of the failure of the counterparty to comply with the terms of the contract. Refer to Note 2 P. for further counterparty risk disclosure. Additionally, risk may arise from unanticipated movements in interest rates or in the value of the underlying securities. These contracts may involve market risk in excess of the amounts receivable or payable reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Refer to Note 2 R. for further derivative disclosures.
 


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April 30, 2023

J.  Foreign Securities and Currency Translation – Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not isolate the portion of the results of operations from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal year-end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.
 
Investments in foreign securities entail certain risks. There may be a possibility of nationalization or expropriation of assets, confiscatory taxation, political or financial instability, and diplomatic developments that could affect the value of the Fund’s investments in certain foreign countries. Since foreign securities normally are denominated and traded in foreign currencies, the value of the Fund’s assets may be affected favorably or unfavorably by currency exchange rates, currency exchange control regulations, foreign withholding taxes, and restrictions or prohibitions on the repatriation of foreign currencies. There may be less information publicly available about a foreign issuer than about a U.S. issuer, and foreign issuers are not generally subject to accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards and practices comparable to those in the United States. The securities of some foreign issuers are less liquid and at times more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. issuers.
 
K.  Cash and Cash Equivalents – The Fund considers highly liquid short-term fixed income investments purchased with an original maturity of less than three months to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents are included in short-term investments on the Schedule of Investments as well as in investments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
 
L.  Guarantees and Indemnifications – In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred.
 
M.  Security Transactions, Income and Expenses – The Fund follows industry practice and records security transactions on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on sales of securities are calculated on the basis of identified cost. Dividend income and expense is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income and expense is recorded on an accrual basis. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and regulations. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are amortized over the expected life of the respective securities. Interest income is accounted for on the accrual basis and includes amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts on the effective interest method.
 
N.  Allocation of Income, Expenses and Gains/Losses – Income, expenses (other than those deemed attributable to a specific share class), and gains and losses of the Fund are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon the ratio of net assets represented by each class as a percentage of the net assets of the Fund. Expenses deemed directly attributable to a class of shares are recorded by the specific class. Most Fund expenses are allocated by class based on relative net assets. 12b-1 fees are expensed at 0.25% of average daily net assets of Investor Class shares (See Note 5). Shareholder servicing fees are expensed at an annual rate of up to 0.10% of average daily net assets of Investor Class shares (See Note 5). Trust Expenses associated with a specific fund in the Trust are charged to that fund. Common Trust expenses are typically allocated evenly between the funds of the Trust, or by other equitable means.


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April 30, 2023

O.  Share Valuation – The NAV per share of the Fund is calculated by dividing the sum of the value of the securities held by the Fund, plus cash and other assets, minus all liabilities (including estimated accrued expenses) by the total number of shares outstanding for the Fund, rounded to the nearest cent. The Fund’s shares will not be priced on days which the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is closed for trading.
 
P.  Counterparty Risk – The Fund helps manage counterparty credit risk by entering into agreements only with counterparties the Adviser believes have the financial resources to honor its obligations. The Adviser considers the credit worthiness of each counterparty to a contract in evaluating potential credit risk. The counterparty risk for forward currency exchange contracts to the Fund includes the amount of any net unrealized appreciation on the contract. The counterparty risk for equity swaps contracts to the Fund includes the risk of loss of the full amount of any net unrealized appreciation on the contract, along with dividends receivable on long equity contracts and interest receivable on short equity contracts. Written and purchased options and futures contracts sold on an exchange do not expose the Fund to counterparty risk; the exchange’s clearinghouse guarantees the options and futures against counterparty nonperformance. Over-the-counter options counterparty risk includes the risk of loss of the full amount of any net unrealized appreciation.
 
Q.  Use of Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
R.  Derivatives – The Fund may utilize derivative instruments such as options, swaps, futures, forward currency exchange contracts and other instruments with similar characteristics to the extent that they are consistent with the Fund’s respective investment objectives and limitations. The use of these instruments may involve additional investment risks, including the possibility of illiquid markets or imperfect correlation between the value of the instruments and the underlying securities. Derivatives also may create leverage which will amplify the effect of their performance on the Fund and may produce significant losses. Refer to Note 7 for further derivative disclosure.
 
The Fund employs a risk optimized allocation strategy by investing in (1) an actively managed, diversified, market neutral multi-strategy portfolio that includes equity securities, debt securities, and/or derivatives (the “Core Market Neutral Component”), (2) a long-only “growth” overlay of equity securities (the “Growth Component”), and (3) a long-only “defensive” overlay of debt securities (the “Defensive Component”). To implement its strategy, the Fund may also use derivatives, such as swaps and futures on indexes, in the Growth and Defensive Components. The Fund’s Growth and Defensive Components consist only of securities purchased with the objective of seeking an increase in the underlying prices of such securities. The Fund’s Growth Component will, under normal circumstances, consist of domestically traded large- and midcap equity securities that aim to approximately track price performance in the overall stock market. The portion of the Fund’s overall portfolio comprised of debt securities, which are held in the Defensive and Core Market Neutral Components, will, under normal market conditions, have a weighted average maturity that exceeds 9 years and will consist primarily of investment-grade debt securities with an average credit rating in excess of “A” by Standard & Poor’s, or an equivalent quality rating from another Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization. The Fund may also invest in below-investment grade debt securities (also referred to as high yield debt securities or “junk” bonds).
 
The Fund’s Core Market Neutral Component consists of a combination of “long” securities purchased that seek to benefit from an increase in the underlying prices of such securities and “short” securities sold that seek to benefit from a decrease in the underlying prices of such securities. The Fund’s Core Market Neutral Component may be characterized by sector focus, geographic definition, quantitative method, event orientation or some other
 


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April 30, 2023

dominant characteristic. The strategies employed and the allocation among them will vary over time. The common attribute of these strategies is a long/short investment approach whereby various securities or instruments are held long and others are sold short. The Adviser, therefore, applies moderate leverage (i.e., borrowed capital to increase investment exposure) to the Core Market Neutral Component in an effort to enhance absolute returns. In addition, in order to take advantage of certain opportunities in the securities markets, the Fund may engage in active and frequent trading with respect to the Core Market Neutral Component.
 
The Adviser seeks to allocate assets to each of the three components based on the Adviser’s assessment of each component’s expected contribution to the Fund’s overall portfolio risk. The Adviser utilizes the historical price return and volatility (among other proprietary measures) of each component in order to estimate a component’s risk contribution. Although there is no requirement to invest a specific percentage of the Fund’s assets in a particular component, it is generally expected that a larger percentage of the Fund’s assets will be allocated to low risk asset classes (i.e., those that comprise the bond or Defensive Component) than to higher risk asset classes (i.e., those that comprise the equity or Growth Component). Given that the Adviser seeks to allocate assets to each individual component according to its risk contribution (as measured by its historical price return and volatility), the Fund’s allocation of assets to the Core Market Neutral, Growth and Defensive Components can fluctuate widely.
 
The equity securities that comprise the Fund’s Growth Component may at any time include positions in U.S. common, preferred or convertible securities of large- or mid- capitalization issuers; securities of other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”); depositary receipts, including American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), and derivatives, such as swaps and futures on indexes. The equity securities that comprise the Fund’s Core Market Neutral Component may at any time include positions in U.S. or non-U.S. common, preferred or convertible securities of any market capitalization throughout the world, including emerging markets countries; securities of other investment companies, including ETFs; and depositary receipts, including ADRs. The debt securities that comprise the Fund’s Defensive Component and Core Market Neutral Component may include corporate debt securities, bonds (including inflation-indexed bonds), notes or other debentures, U.S. Government and foreign government securities, high yield or junk bonds, ETFs, and derivatives, such as swaps and futures on indexes. In addition, the Core Market Neutral Component may invest in derivative instruments, including swaps, interest rate swaps, options or index options (e.g., calls and puts may be purchased or written), futures contracts, and forward contracts. The Fund’s derivative instruments are used for several purposes, including to create investment leverage; as a substitute for securities, interest rates, currencies and commodities; and/or to hedge against market movements.
 
The Fund has adopted authoritative standards regarding disclosure about derivatives and hedging activities and how they affect the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Operations. For the period ended April 30, 2023, the Fund’s average derivative volume is described below:
 
   
Monthly Average
   
Monthly Average
 
   
Quantity
   
Notional Value
 
Purchased Option Contracts
   
3,603
   
$
42,722,623
 
Written Option Contracts
   
1,632
     
9,237,696
 
Long Total Return Swap Contracts
   
1,271,980
     
99,583,735
 
Short Total Return Swap Contracts
   
178,770
     
9,842,264
 
Long Futures Contracts
   
1,041
     
108,435,467
 
Short Futures Contracts
   
2
     
376,471
 
Long Forward Contracts
   
57,528
     
57,528
 
Short Forward Contracts
   
397,683
     
57,627
 



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April 30, 2023

Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 
The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of April 30, 2023.
 
 
Statement of Assets and
 
Fair Value
 
   
Liabilities Location
 
Assets
   
Liabilities
 
Purchased Option Contracts
               
Equity
 
Investments, at value
 
$
185,146
   
$
 
Written Option Contracts
                   
Equity
 
Written option contracts, at value
   
     
419,172
 
Swap Contracts
                   
Equity
 
Receivable for swap contracts
   
20,251
     
 
Futures Contracts
                   
Commodity
 
Receivable for futures contracts
   
     
780
 
Equity
 
Receivable for futures contracts
   
     
588,125
 
Interest rate
 
Receivable for futures contracts
   
     
396,938
 
Total Futures Contracts
       
     
985,843
 
        
$
205,397
   
$
1,405,015
 

Statement of Operations
 
The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations as of April 30, 2023.
 
   
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
 
                                     
                           
Forward
       
   
Purchased
   
Written
               
Currency
       
   
Option
   
Option
   
Swap
   
Futures
   
Exchange
       
Derivatives
 
Contracts*
   
Contracts
   
Contracts
   
Contracts
   
Contracts
   
Total
 
Equity Contracts
 
$
212,965
   
$
873,098
   
$
(7,075,276
)
 
$
(2,602,229
)
 
$
   
$
(8,591,442
)
Commodity Contracts
   
     
     
     
2,031,554
     
     
2,031,554
 
Interest Rate Contracts
   
     
     
     
(4,202,172
)
   
     
(4,202,172
)
Foreign Exchange Contracts
   
     
     
     
     
(6,507
)
   
(6,507
)
Total
 
$
212,965
   
$
873,098
   
$
(7,075,276
)
 
$
(4,772,847
)
 
$
(6,507
)
 
$
(10,768,567
)
                                                 
   
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives
 
                                               
                                   
Forward
         
   
Purchased
   
Written
                   
Currency
         
   
Option
   
Option
   
Swap
   
Futures
   
Exchange
         
Derivatives
 
Contracts**
   
Contracts
   
Contracts
   
Contracts
   
Contracts
   
Total
 
Equity Contracts
 
$
(1,645,103
)
 
$
(291,177
)
 
$
10,507,763
   
$
3,502,394
   
$
   
$
12,073,877
 
Commodity Contracts
   
     
     
     
966,361
     
     
966,361
 
Interest Rate Contracts
   
     
     
     
7,271,399
     
     
7,271,399
 
Foreign Exchange Contracts
   
     
     
     
     
(2,579
)
   
(2,579
)
Total
 
$
(1,645,103
)
 
$
(291,177
)
 
$
10,507,763
   
$
11,740,154
   
$
(2,579
)
 
$
20,309,058
 

*
 
The amounts disclosed are included in the realized gain (loss) on investments.
**
 
The amounts disclosed are included in the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments.


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3.  RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
The Trust has an agreement with the Adviser to furnish investment advisory services to the Fund. Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and the Adviser, the Adviser is entitled to receive, on a monthly basis, an annual advisory fee equal to 1.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
 
The Fund’s Adviser has contractually agreed in an Operating Expense Limitation Agreement to reduce its management fees and/or absorb expenses of the Fund to ensure that total annual operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding 12b-1 fees – Class A and Investor Class (see Note 5), shareholder servicing fees – Class A, Class I and Investor Class (see Note 5), any acquired fund fees and expenses, front-end or contingent deferred loads, redemption fees, swap fees and expenses, dividends and interest on short positions, taxes, leverage interest, brokerage fees (including commissions, mark-ups and mark-downs), annual account fees for margin accounts, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization and extraordinary expenses such as litigation) do not exceed 1.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. As of April 30, 2023, Class A shares and Class I shares are not available. The Adviser may request recoupment of previously waived fees and reimbursed Fund expenses from the Fund for three years from the date they were waived or reimbursed, provide that, after payment of the recoupment, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do no exceed the lesser of the Expense Cap: (i) in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement; or (ii) in effect at the time of recoupment. The Operating Expense Limitation Agreement is intended to be continual in nature and cannot be terminated within one year after the effective date of the Fund’s prospectus and subject thereafter to termination at any time upon 60 days written notice and approval by the Board or the Advisor, with consent of the Board. Waived fees and reimbursed expenses subject to potential recovery during the fiscal year of expiration are as follows:
 
Expiration
 
Amount
 
May 2023 to October 2023
 
$
553,571
 
November 2023 to October 2024
   
1,165,912
 
November 2024 to October 2025
   
814,144
 
November 2025 to October 2026
   
458,050
 

Fund Services acts as the Fund’s Administrator, transfer agent, and fund accountant. U.S. Bank N.A. (the “Custodian”) serves as the custodian to the Fund. The Custodian is an affiliate of the Administrator. The Administrator performs various administrative and accounting services for the Fund. The Administrator prepares various federal and state regulatory filings, reports and returns for the Fund; prepares reports and materials to be supplied to the Trustees; monitors the activities of the Fund’s custodian; coordinates the payment of the Fund’s expenses and reviews the Fund’s expense accruals. The officers of the Trust, including the Chief Compliance Officer, are employees of the Administrator. A trustee of the Trust is an officer of the Administrator. As compensation for its services, the Administrator is entitled to a monthly fee at an annual rate based upon the average daily net assets of the Fund, subject to annual minimums. Fees paid by the Fund for administration and accounting, transfer agency, custody and compliance services for the period ended April 30, 2023, are disclosed in the Statement of Operations.
 
Quasar Distributors, LLC, is the Fund’s distributor (the “Distributor”). The Distributor is not affiliated with the Adviser, Fund Services, or its affiliated companies.
 


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April 30, 2023
 
4.  TAX FOOTNOTE
 
Federal Income Taxes – The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and distributes substantially all net taxable investment income and net realized gains to shareholders in a manner which results in no tax cost to the Fund. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. As of and during the year ended October 31, 2022, the Fund did not have any tax positions that did not meet the “more-likely-than-not” threshold of being sustained by the applicable tax authority and did not have liabilities for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits on uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. The Fund is not subject to examination by taxing authorities for the tax years prior to October 31, 2019.
 
As of October 31, 2022, the components of distributable earnings (losses) on a tax basis were as follows:
 
Tax cost of investments*
 
$
132,866,706
   
Gross unrealized appreciation
 
$
7,674,430
   
Gross unrealized depreciation
   
(30,407,552
)
 
Net unrealized depreciation
   
(22,733,122
)
 
Undistributed ordinary income
   
   
Undistributed long-term capital gain
   
   
Other accumulated losses
   
(32,843,880
)
 
Total accumulated losses
 
$
(55,577,002
)
 

*
Represents cost for federal income tax purposes and differs from the cost for financial reporting purposes due to partnership adjustments, wash sales, derivatives and constructive sales.

As of October 31, 2022, the Fund had short-term capital loss carryovers of $5,237,928 and long-term carryovers of $25,774,297 which will be permitted to be carried over for an unlimited period of time. A regulated investment company may elect for any taxable year to treat any portion of any qualified late year loss as arising on the first day of the next taxable year. Qualified late year losses are certain ordinary losses which occur during the portion of the Fund’s taxable period subsequent to December 31, respectively. For the taxable year ended October 31, 2022, the Fund does not plan to defer any qualified late year losses.
 
Distributions to Shareholders – The Fund distributes substantially all net investment income, if any, and net realized capital gains, if any, annually. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The treatment for financial reporting purposes of distributions made to shareholders during the year from net investment income or net realized capital gains may differ from their treatment for federal income tax purposes. These differences are caused primarily by differences in the timing of the recognition of certain components of income, expense or realized capital gain for federal income tax purposes. Where such differences are permanent in nature, GAAP requires that they be reclassified in the components of the net assets based on their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. Any such reclassifications will have no effect on net assets, results of operations or net asset values per share of the Fund. For the year ended October 31, 2022 the following table shows the reclassifications made:
 
 
Total
   
 
Distributable
   
 
Earnings
Paid-in Capital
 
 
$9,473,109
($9,473,109)
 


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April 30, 2023

The tax character of distributions paid for the period ended April 30, 2023 and the year ended October 31, 2022, respectively, were as follows:
 
 
Ordinary Income*
 
Long-Term Capital Gain
 
Total
 
2023
 
$
29,340
     
$
     
$
29,340
   
2022
   
12,810,319
       
2,906,545
       
15,716,864
   

*
For federal income tax purposes, distributions of short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income distributions.

5.  DISTRIBUTION & SHAREHOLDER SERVICING FEES
 
The Fund has adopted a Distribution Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 (the “Plan”) for Class A and the Investor Class. The Plan permits the Fund to pay for distribution and related expenses at an annual rate of 0.25% average daily net assets of Class A and the Investor Class. Amounts paid under the Plan are paid to the Distributor to compensate it for costs of the services it provides to Class A and Investor Class shares of the Fund and the expenses it bears in the distribution of the Fund’s Class A and Investor Class shares, including overhead and telephone expenses; printing and distribution of prospectuses and reports used in connection with the offering of the Fund’s Investor class shares to prospective investors; and preparation, printing, payments to intermediaries and distribution of sales literature and advertising materials.
 
Under the Plan, the Trustees will be furnished quarterly with information detailing the amount of expenses paid under the Plan and the purposes for which payments were made. The Plan may be terminated at any time by vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not interested persons. Continuation of the Plan is considered by such Trustees no less frequently than annually. As of April 30, 2023, Class A shares were not available. For the period ended April 30, 2023, the Investor Class incurred expenses of $2,070 pursuant to the Plan.
 
In addition, pursuant to a Shareholder Service Plan (the “Shareholder Servicing Plan”) adopted by the Trust on behalf of the Fund, the Advisor is authorized to engage financial institutions, securities dealers and other industry professionals (“Shareholder Servicing Agent”) to provide personal shareholder services relating to the servicing and maintenance of shareholder accounts not otherwise provided to the Fund. Payments made pursuant to the Shareholder Servicing Plan shall not exceed 0.10% of the average daily net asset value of Class A, Class I and the Investor Class of the Fund’s shares. For the period ended April 30, 2023, the Investor Class incurred expenses of $828 to the plan. As of April 30, 2023, Class A and Class I shares were not available for purchase.
 
Payments made under the Shareholder Servicing Plan shall be used to compensate Shareholder Servicing Agents for providing general shareholder liaison services, including, but not limited to: (i) answering inquiries from shareholders regarding account status and history, the manner in which purchases and redemptions of the Fund shares may be effected, and other matters pertaining to the Fund; (ii) assisting shareholders in designating and changing dividend options, account designations and addresses; (iii) arranging for wiring of funds and transmitting and receiving funds in connection with orders to purchase or redeem Fund shares; (iv) verifying and guaranteeing shareholder signatures in connection with orders to purchase or redeem Fund shares; (v) providing such other similar services related to the maintenance of shareholder accounts; and (vi) providing necessary personnel and facilities to conduct the activities described above.
 
Distributions and shareholder servicing fees are not subject to the Operating Expense Limitation Agreement to reduce management fees and/or absorb Fund expenses by the Adviser. Distribution and shareholder servicing fees will increase the expenses beyond the Operating Expense Limitation Agreement rate of 1.50% for Class A, Class I and Investor Class.
 

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Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023
 
6.  INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
 
The aggregate purchases and sales, excluding short-term investments, by the Fund for the period ended April 30, 2023, were as follows:
 
   
Purchases
   
Sales
 
U.S. Government
 
$
   
$
 
Other
   
712,297,380
     
746,580,342
 

7.  OFFSETTING ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
 
The Fund is subject to various Master Netting Arrangements, which govern the terms of certain transactions with select counterparties. The Master Netting Arrangements allow the Fund to close out and net its total exposure to a counterparty in the event of a default with respect to all the transactions governed under a single agreement with a counterparty. The Master Netting Arrangements also specify collateral posting arrangements at pre-arranged exposure levels. Under the Master Netting Arrangements, collateral is routinely transferred if the total net exposure to certain transactions (net of existing collateral already in place) governed under the relevant Master Netting Arrangement with a counterparty in a given account exceeds a specified threshold depending on the counterparty and the type of Master Netting Arrangement. Morgan Stanley is the prime broker for exchange traded derivatives and the counterparty for swaps.
 
         
Gross
         
Gross Amounts not
offset in the Statement
of Assets and Liabilities
       
   
Gross
   
Amounts
   
Net Amounts
           
   
Amounts of
   
Offset in the
   
Presented in
           
   
Recognized
   
Statement of
   
the Statement
         
Collateral
       
   
Assets/
   
Assets and
   
of Assets
   
Financial
   
Received/
   
Net
 
   
Liabilities
   
Liabilities
   
and Liabilities
   
Instruments
   
Pledged*
   
Amount
 
Assets:
                                   
Description
                                   
Future Contracts
 
$
985,843
   
$
   
$
985,843
   
$
   
$
   
$
985,843
 
Swap Contracts
   
220,496
     
200,245
     
20,251
     
     
     
20,251
 
   
$
1,206,339
   
$
200,245
   
$
1,006,094
   
$
   
$
   
$
1,006,094
 
                                                 
Liabilities:
                                               
Description
                                               
Future Contracts
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
 
Swap Contracts
   
200,245
     
200,245
     
     
     
     
 
Written Option Contracts
   
419,172
     
     
419,172
     
     
419,172
     
 
   
$
619,417
   
$
200,245
   
$
419,172
   
$
   
$
419,172
   
$
 

*
In some instances, the actual collateral pledged/received may be more than amount shown.

 


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Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited) – Continued
April 30, 2023

8.  BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
 
The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a fund creates a presumption of control of the fund, under Section 2(a)(9) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. As of April 30, 2023, National Financial Services and Charles Schwab, for the benefit of its customers, owned 39.38% and 27.72% of the outstanding shares of the Fund.
 
9.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
 
Management has evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the financial statements were issued and there are no subsequent events to report that would have a material impact on the Fund’s financial statements and the notes to the financial statements.
 






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Additional Information (Unaudited)
April 30, 2023
 
AVAILABILITY OF FUND PORTFOLIO INFORMATION
 
The Fund files complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Part F of Form N-PORT, which is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Part F of Form N-PORT may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. For information on the Public Reference Room call 1-800-SEC-0330. In addition, the Fund’s Part F of Form N-PORT is available without charge upon request by calling 1-866-530-2690.
 
 
AVAILABILITY OF PROXY VOTING INFORMATION
 
A description of the Fund’s Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-866-530-2690. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent period ended June 30, is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-866-530-2690, or (2) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
 






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Privacy Notice (Unaudited)

The Fund collects non-public information about you from the following sources:
 
 Information we receive about you on applications or other forms;
 Information you give us orally; and/or
 Information about your transactions with us or others
 
We do not disclose any non-public personal information about our customers or former customers without the customer’s authorization, except as permitted by law. We may share information with affiliated and unaffiliated third parties with whom we have contracts for servicing the Fund. We will provide unaffiliated third parties with only the information necessary to carry out their assigned responsibilities. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to guard your personal information and require third parties to treat your personal information with the same high degree of confidentiality.
 
In the event that you hold shares of the Fund through a financial intermediary, including, but not limited to, a broker-dealer, bank, or trust company, the privacy policy of your financial intermediary would govern how your non-public personal information would be shared with unaffiliated third parties.
 








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INVESTMENT ADVISER
Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC
320 Park Avenue, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10022

DISTRIBUTOR
Quasar Distributors, LLC
111 East Kilbourn Avenue, Suite 2200
Milwaukee, WI 53202

CUSTODIAN
U.S. Bank N.A.
1555 North Rivercenter Drive, Suite 302
Milwaukee, WI 53212

ADMINISTRATOR, FUND ACCOUNTANT
AND TRANSFER AGENT
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Cohen & Company, Ltd.
342 North Water Street, Suite 830
Milwaukee, WI 53202

LEGAL COUNSEL
Goodwin Procter LLP
1900 N Street NW
Washington, DC 20036













This report should be accompanied or preceded by a prospectus.
The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the
Fund’s trustees and is available without charge upon request by calling 1-866-530-2690.
 


(b)
Not applicable.

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable for Semi-Annual Reports.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable for Semi-Annual Reports.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable for Semi-Annual Reports

The registrant is not a foreign issuer.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable for Semi-Annual Reports.

Item 6. Investments.

(a)
Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

(b)
Not applicable.

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

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

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

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

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

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

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

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

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a)
The Registrant’s President and Treasurer have reviewed the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d‑15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Based on their review, such officers have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately recorded, processed, summarized and reported and made known to them by others within the Registrant and by the Registrant’s service provider.

(b)
There were no changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

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

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 13. Exhibits.

(a)
(1) Any code of ethics or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy Item 2 requirements through filing an exhibit. Not applicable.


(3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c‑1 under the Act sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons.  Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

(4) Change in the registrant’s independent public accountant. There was no change in the registrant’s independent public accountant for the period covered by this report.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


(Registrant)  Series Portfolios Trust

By (Signature and Title)      /s/ Ryan Roell
Ryan Roell, President

Date    7/6/2023



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

By (Signature and Title)      /s/ Ryan Roell
Ryan Roell, President

Date    7/6/2023

By (Signature and Title)      /s/ Cullen Small
Cullen Small, Treasurer

Date    7/6/2023