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Value Line VIP Equity Advantage Fund

 

Schedule of Investments

 

March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares      Value 
Closed-End Funds — 88.6%     
AGGRESSIVE ALLOCATION — 3.0%     
2,200   Tri-Continental Corp.  $46,002 
CHINA REGION — 5.8%     
2,300   Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc.   41,676 
2,700   Templeton Dragon Fund, Inc.   46,035 
       87,711 
CONSERVATIVE ALLOCATION — 2.8%     
2,400   John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund   42,216 
DIVERSIFIED EMERGING MARKETS — 5.4%     
7,400   Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc.   38,332 
4,000   Templeton Emerging Markets Fund   44,600 
       82,932 
ENERGY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP — 3.6%     
8,400   ClearBridge MLP & Midstream Total Return Fund, Inc.   11,592 
10,000   Goldman Sachs MLP Income Opportunities Fund   11,600 
4,500   Kayne Anderson MLP/Midstream Investment Co.   16,335 
8,000   Neuberger Berman MLP & Energy Income Fund, Inc.   15,120 
        54,647 
EQUITY ENERGY — 4.1%     
4,100   Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc.   33,989 
4,500   BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust   28,350 
       62,339 
FINANCIAL — 2.7%     
2,200   John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund   40,348 
FOREIGN LARGE BLEND — 3.0%     
10,000   BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust   45,000 
GLOBAL REAL ESTATE — 2.8%     
10,000   Aberdeen Global Premier Properties Fund   42,400 
HEALTH — 6.2%     
2,700   Tekla Healthcare Investors   48,087 
3,100   Tekla Life Sciences Investors   46,438 
        94,525 
INDIA EQUITY — 2.4%     
2,800   Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Inc.   35,868 
LARGE BLEND — 8.7%     
3,400   Nuveen Dow 30sm Dynamic Overwrite Fund   42,568 
4,600   Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income Fund   46,460 
3,800   Nuveen S&P 500 Dynamic Overwrite Fund   44,004 
        133,032 
LARGE VALUE — 2.9%     
3,000   Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust (The)   44,430 
MID-CAP GROWTH — 2.8%     
1,400   Source Capital, Inc.   42,966 
NATURAL RESOURCES — 2.6%     
8,000   BlackRock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust   40,320 
REAL ESTATE — 2.9%     
4,800   Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund, Inc.   43,392 
SMALL BLEND — 5.5%     
7,000   Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc.   38,920 
4,600   Royce Value Trust, Inc.   44,482 
        83,402 
TECHNOLOGY — 3.4%     
2,700   Nuveen NASDAQ 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund   51,300 
UTILITIES — 2.8%     
2,300   Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc.   43,355 
WORLD ALLOCATION — 2.7%     
3,500   Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund   41,825 
WORLD STOCK — 12.5%     
5,600   BlackRock Enhanced Global Dividend Trust   46,424 
6,000   Eaton Vance Tax Managed Global Buy Write Opportunities Fund   44,760 
8,500   Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund   54,230 
10,000   Voya Global Equity Dividend and Premium Opportunity Fund   45,600 
        191,014 
Total Closed-End Funds
(Cost $2,063,923)
   1,349,024 

 

 

 

 

Value Line VIP Equity Advantage Fund

 

Schedule of Investments

 

March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Value

Short-Term Investments — 13.5%    
Money Market Funds — 13.5%    
4   State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class, 0.812% (1)  $4 
205,748   State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 0.321% (1)   205,748 
        205,752 
Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $205,748)
   205,752 
Total Investments — 102.1%
(Cost $2,269,671)
  $1,554,776 
Excess Of Liabilities Over Cash And Other Assets — (2.1)%   (32,270)
Net Assets (2) —100.0%  $1,522,506 

 

(1)   Rate reflects 7 day yield as of March 31, 2020.
(2)   For federal income tax purposes, the aggregate cost was $2,269,671, aggregate gross unrealized appreciation was $41,928, aggregate gross unrealized depreciation was $756,823 and the net unrealized depreciation was $714,895.
MLP   Master Limited Partnership.

 

 

 

 

The Fund follows fair valuation accounting standards (FASB ASC 820-10) which establishes a 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 and a discussion of changes in valuation techniques and related inputs during the period. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

· Level 1 – Inputs that reflect unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access at the          measurement date;

 

· Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including inputs in markets that are not         considered to be active;

 

· Level 3 – Inputs that are unobservable.

 

Transfers between investment levels may occur as the markets fluctuate and/or the availability of data used in an investment’s valuation changes. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund's investments in securities as of March 31, 2020:

 

Investments in Securities:  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Assets    
Closed-End Funds*  $1,349,024   $   $   $1,349,024 
Short-Term Investments   205,752            205,752 
Total Investments in Securities  $1,554,776   $   $   $1,554,776 

 

*See Schedule of Investments for further classification.

 

An investment asset’s or liability’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level input, individually or in aggregate, that is significant to fair value measurement. The objective of fair value measurement remains the same even when there is a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for an asset or liability and regardless of the valuation techniques used.

 

During the period ended March 31, 2020, there were no Level 3 investments. The Schedule of Investments includes a breakdown of the Fund’s investments by category.