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AB Select US Long/Short Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2025 (unaudited)

 

Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS – 38.7%

       

Information Technology – 9.4%

       

Communications Equipment – 0.4%

       

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     104,161        $ 6,427,775  
       

 

 

 

IT Services – 0.3%

       

International Business Machines Corp.

     16,002          3,979,057  
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 3.3%

       

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

     16,191          1,663,463  

Broadcom, Inc.

     46,272          7,747,321  

Intel Corp.(a)

     34,178          776,182  

Micron Technology, Inc.

     13,764          1,195,954  

NVIDIA Corp.

     262,065          28,402,605  

NXP Semiconductors NV

     17,676          3,359,501  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     19,111          3,434,247  
       

 

 

 
          46,579,273  
       

 

 

 

Software – 3.0%

       

Adobe, Inc.(a)

     14,730          5,649,397  

Microsoft Corp.(b)

     77,464          29,079,211  

Oracle Corp.(b)

     26,957          3,768,858  

Salesforce, Inc.

     14,118          3,788,707  
       

 

 

 
          42,286,173  
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 2.4%

       

Apple, Inc.(b)

     139,539          30,995,798  

Epic Games, Inc.(a) (c) (d)

     5,074          3,704,172  
       

 

 

 
          34,699,970  
       

 

 

 
             133,972,248  
       

 

 

 

Financials – 7.5%

       

Banks – 2.1%

       

Bank of America Corp.

     99,632          4,157,643  

Fifth Third Bancorp

     164,119          6,433,465  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     32,149          7,886,150  

Wells Fargo & Co.(b)

     161,807          11,616,124  
       

 

 

 
          30,093,382  
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets – 0.9%

       

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

     67,651          5,295,720  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     6,062          3,311,610  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

     90,684          4,857,942  
       

 

 

 
          13,465,272  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance – 0.7%

       

Capital One Financial Corp.

     28,839          5,170,833  

SLM Corp.

     118,288          3,474,119  

Stripe, Inc.(a) (c) (d)

     24,598          883,191  
       

 

 

 
          9,528,143  
       

 

 

 

Financial Services – 3.1%

       

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

     78,213          10,710,488  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. - Class B(a)

     37,836          20,150,697  

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Federal National Mortgage Association(a)

     469,443        $ 2,966,880  

Visa, Inc. - Class A(b)

     29,389          10,299,669  
       

 

 

 
          44,127,734  
       

 

 

 

Insurance – 0.7%

       

Chubb Ltd.

     22,609          6,827,692  

Progressive Corp. (The)

     12,049          3,409,987  
       

 

 

 
          10,237,679  
       

 

 

 
             107,452,210  
       

 

 

 

Industrials – 4.8%

       

Aerospace & Defense – 1.2%

       

Boeing Co. (The)(a)

     19,666          3,354,036  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     6,354          3,253,312  

RTX Corp.

     75,476          9,997,551  
       

 

 

 
          16,604,899  
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment – 0.4%

       

Eaton Corp. PLC

     18,474          5,021,787  

GE Vernova, Inc.

     3,031          925,304  
       

 

 

 
          5,947,091  
       

 

 

 

Ground Transportation – 0.8%

       

CSX Corp.

     127,777          3,760,477  

Uber Technologies, Inc.(a)

     21,995          1,602,556  

Union Pacific Corp.

     26,116          6,169,644  
       

 

 

 
          11,532,677  
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates – 2.0%

       

3M Co.

     96,933          14,235,580  

Honeywell International, Inc.

     68,780          14,564,165  
       

 

 

 
          28,799,745  
       

 

 

 

Machinery – 0.4%

       

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

     8,627          5,243,922  
       

 

 

 
          68,128,334  
       

 

 

 

Communication Services – 4.7%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services – 0.8%

       

AT&T, Inc.

     408,404          11,549,665  
       

 

 

 

Entertainment – 1.0%

       

IMAX Corp.(a)

     24,995          658,618  

Netflix, Inc.(a)

     8,970          8,364,794  

Walt Disney Co. (The)(b)

     46,545          4,593,992  
       

 

 

 
          13,617,404  
       

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services – 2.5%

       

Alphabet, Inc. - Class A

     136,475          21,104,494  

Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A(b)

     24,754          14,267,215  
       

 

 

 
          35,371,709  
       

 

 

 

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Media – 0.1%

       

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.

     52,146        $ 1,175,632  
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.3%

       

T-Mobile US, Inc.

     18,962          5,057,355  
       

 

 

 
              66,771,765  
       

 

 

 

Health Care – 4.5%

       

Biotechnology – 0.5%

       

AbbVie, Inc.

     35,088          7,351,638  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 1.3%

       

Abbott Laboratories

     59,609          7,907,134  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

     51,883          5,233,957  

Stryker Corp.

     13,372          4,977,727  
       

 

 

 
          18,118,818  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services – 1.2%

       

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

     7,445          2,572,620  

McKesson Corp.

     11,209          7,543,545  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     13,527          7,084,766  
       

 

 

 
          17,200,931  
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services – 0.3%

       

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     8,867          4,412,219  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals – 1.2%

       

Eli Lilly & Co.

     9,078          7,497,611  

Johnson & Johnson(b)

     55,325          9,175,098  
       

 

 

 
          16,672,709  
       

 

 

 
          63,756,315  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples – 2.6%

       

Beverages – 0.7%

       

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

     74,168          5,311,912  

PepsiCo, Inc.

     31,165          4,672,880  
       

 

 

 
          9,984,792  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail – 0.6%

       

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     4,786          4,526,503  

Walmart, Inc.

     51,867          4,553,404  
       

 

 

 
          9,079,907  
       

 

 

 

Household Products – 0.3%

       

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     27,197          4,634,913  
       

 

 

 

Tobacco – 1.0%

       

Altria Group, Inc.

     80,317          4,820,626  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     57,211          9,081,102  
       

 

 

 
          13,901,728  
       

 

 

 
          37,601,340  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 2.3%

       

Broadline Retail – 1.4%

       

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

     102,385          19,479,770  
       

 

 

 

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.3%

       

Booking Holdings, Inc.

     983        $ 4,528,593  
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail – 0.6%

       

Home Depot, Inc. (The)(b)

     23,776          8,713,666  
       

 

 

 
          32,722,029  
       

 

 

 

Energy – 1.8%

       

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 1.8%

       

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

     12,136          2,808,270  

EOG Resources, Inc.(b)

     88,049          11,291,404  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     93,446          11,113,533  
       

 

 

 
          25,213,207  
       

 

 

 

Utilities – 0.8%

       

Electric Utilities – 0.8%

       

Constellation Energy Corp.

     7,831          1,578,964  

PPL Corp.

     273,569          9,878,577  
       

 

 

 
          11,457,541  
       

 

 

 

Materials – 0.3%

       

Chemicals – 0.3%

       

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

     10,879          3,798,838  
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $497,195,593)

             550,873,827  
       

 

 

 

WARRANTS – 0.0%

       

Financials – 0.0%

       

Financial Services – 0.0%

       

Pershing Square SPARC Holdings Ltd., expiring 09/29/2033(a) (c) (d)

     4,614          0  

Pershing Square Tontine Holdings Ltd., expiring 07/24/2027(a) (c) (d) (e)

     9,228          0  
       

 

 

 

Total Warrants
(cost $52,400)

          0  
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 60.2%

       

Investment Companies – 60.2%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio - Class AB, 4.20%(f) (g) (h)
(cost $856,366,135)

     856,366,135          856,366,135  
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Securities Sold Short – 98.9%
(cost $1,353,614,128)

          1,407,239,962  
       

 

 

 

SECURITIES SOLD SHORT – (0.8)%

       

COMMON STOCKS – (0.4)%

       

Real Estate – 0.0%

       

Hotel & Resort REITs – 0.0%

       

Chatham Lodging Trust

     (63,011        (449,268
       

 

 

 

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Retail REITs – 0.0%

       

Acadia Realty Trust

     (47,573      $ (996,655

Agree Realty Corp.

     (9,507        (733,845
       

 

 

 
          (1,730,500
       

 

 

 
          (2,179,768
       

 

 

 

Financials – (0.1)%

       

Financial Services – 0.0%

       

Western Union Co. (The)

     (32,331        (342,062
       

 

 

 

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – (0.1)%

       

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. - Class A

     (46,119        (922,380
       

 

 

 
          (1,264,442
       

 

 

 

Information Technology – (0.1)%

       

Software – (0.1)%

       

Roper Technologies, Inc.

     (1,846        (1,088,365
       

 

 

 

Communication Services – (0.1)%

       

Interactive Media & Services – (0.1)%

       

Yelp, Inc.(a)

     (26,752        (990,626
       

 

 

 

Industrials – (0.1)%

       

Machinery – (0.1)%

       

Snap-on, Inc.

     (2,789        (939,921
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(proceeds $6,157,696)

          (6,463,122
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES – (0.4)%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts – (0.4)%(g)

       

Invesco CurrencyShares Euro Currency Trust

     (23,806        (2,378,220

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

     (36,180        (3,293,465
       

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(proceeds $5,893,776)

          (5,671,685
       

 

 

 

Total Securities Sold Short
(proceeds $12,051,472)

          (12,134,807
       

 

 

 

Total Investments, Net of Securities Sold Short – 98.1%
(cost $1,341,562,656)(i)

          1,395,105,155  

Other assets less liabilities – 1.9%

          27,338,583  
       

 

 

 

Net Assets – 100.0%

        $  1,422,443,738  
       

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Description      Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Current
Notional
     Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Purchased Contracts

 

S&P 500 E-Mini Futures          39          June 2025        $  11,023,838        $  (116,518
Sold Contracts

 

S&P 500 E-Mini Futures          119          June 2025          33,636,838          549,558
                           

 

 

 
                            $ 433,040
                           

 

 

 

 

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(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize short sales.

(c)

Fair valued by the Adviser.

(d)

Security in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

(e)

Escrow shares.

(f)

Affiliated investments.

(g)

To obtain a copy of the fund’s shareholder report, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. Additionally, shareholder reports for AB funds can be obtained by calling AB at (800) 227-4618.

(h)

The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.

(i)

As of March 31, 2025, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $62,943,776 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(8,968,237), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $53,975,539.

 

Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.

Glossary:

ETF – Exchange Traded Fund

REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust

 

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AB Select US Long/Short Portfolio

March 31, 2025 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Fund. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2025:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3     Total  
Assets:           
Common Stocks:           

Information Technology

   $    130,268,076      $     —      $ 3,704,172     $    133,972,248  

Financials

     106,569,019               883,191       107,452,210  

Industrials

     68,128,334                     68,128,334  

Communication Services

     66,771,765                     66,771,765  

Health Care

     63,756,315                     63,756,315  

Consumer Staples

     37,601,340                     37,601,340  

Consumer Discretionary

     32,722,029                     32,722,029  

Energy

     25,213,207                     25,213,207  

Utilities

     11,457,541                     11,457,541  

Materials

     3,798,838                     3,798,838  
Warrants                             0 (a)       
Short-Term Investments      856,366,135                     856,366,135  

 

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Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2      Level 3     Total  
Liabilities:          
Common Stocks:          

Real Estate

   $ (2,179,768   $      $     $ (2,179,768

Financials

     (1,264,442                  (1,264,442

Information Technology

     (1,088,365                  (1,088,365

Communication Services

     (990,626                  (990,626

Industrials

     (939,921                  (939,921
Investment Companies      (5,671,685                  (5,671,685
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Investments in Securities      1,390,517,792              4,587,363 (a)      1,395,105,155  
Other Financial Instruments(b):          
Assets:          
Futures      549,558                    549,558  
Liabilities:          
Futures      (116,518                  (116,518
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total    $  1,390,950,832     $     —      $  4,587,363 (a)    $  1,395,538,195  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

The Fund held securities with zero market value at period end.

 

(b) 

Other financial instruments include derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps. Derivative instruments are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. Other financial instruments may also include swaps with upfront premiums, written options and written swaptions which are valued at market value.

A summary of the Fund’s transactions in AB mutual funds for the nine months ended March 31, 2025 is as follows:

 

Fund   

Market Value

06/30/2024

(000)

    

Purchases

at Cost

(000)

    

Sales

Proceeds

(000)

    

Market Value

03/31/2025

(000)

    

Dividend

Income

(000)

 
AB Government Money Market Portfolio    $  391,837      $  999,575      $  535,046      $  856,366      $  15,731  

 

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