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.