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: 811-06136 |
HOMESTEAD FUNDS, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 4301 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22203 (Address of principal executive office – Zip code) |
Danielle Sieverling Homestead Funds, Inc. 4301 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22203 (Name and address of agent for service) |
Copies to: Amy Ward Pershkow, Esq. Vedder Price P.C. 1401 New York Avenue Washington, D.C. 20005 (Name and addresses of agent for service)
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 800-258-3030 Date of fiscal year end: December 31 Date of reporting period: June 30, 2022
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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
(a)The following is a copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Act (17 CFR 270.30e-1).
Semi-Annual Report
June 30, 2022
Our Funds
Daily Income Fund (HDIXX) | Stock Index Fund (HSTIX) |
Short-Term Government Securities Fund (HOSGX) | Value Fund (HOVLX) |
Short-Term Bond Fund (HOSBX) | Growth Fund (HNASX) |
Intermediate Bond Fund (HOIBX) | International Equity Fund (HISIX) |
Rural America Growth & Income Fund (HRRLX) | Small-Company Stock Fund (HSCSX) |
Table of Contents
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Daily Income Fund .......................................... | 2 |
Short-Term Government Securities Fund................ | 4 |
Short-Term Bond Fund...................................... | 6 |
Intermediate Bond Fund ................................... | 8 |
Rural America Growth & Income Fund................... | 10 |
Stock Index Fund............................................ | 12 |
Value Fund ................................................... | 14 |
Growth Fund ................................................. | 16 |
International Equity Fund ................................. | 18 |
Small-Company Stock Fund................................ | 20 |
Expense Example ........................................... | 22 |
Regulatory and Shareholder Matters ..................... | 24 |
Liquidity Risk Management Program ..................... | 32 |
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Daily Income Fund .......................................... | 33 |
Short-Term Government Securities Fund................ | 35 |
Short-Term Bond Fund...................................... | 38 |
Intermediate Bond Fund ................................... | 44 |
Rural America Growth & Income Fund................... | 52 |
Stock Index Fund............................................ | 57 |
Value Fund ................................................... | 58 |
Growth Fund ................................................. | 60 |
International Equity Fund ................................. | 62 |
Small-Company Stock Fund................................ | 64 |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities ..................... | 66 |
Statements of Operations ................................. | 68 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets .................... | 70 |
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Daily Income Fund .......................................... | 76 |
Short-Term Government Securities Fund................ | 77 |
Short-Term Bond Fund...................................... | 78 |
Intermediate Bond Fund ................................... | 79 |
Rural America Growth & Income Fund................... | 80 |
Stock Index Fund............................................ | 81 |
Value Fund ................................................... | 82 |
Growth Fund ................................................. | 83 |
International Equity Fund ................................. | 84 |
Small-Company Stock Fund................................ | 85 |
Notes to Financial Statements ............................ | 86 |
Directors and Officers...................................... | 94 |
Appendix - S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio ............. | 95 |
The investment commentaries on the following pages were prepared for each fund by its portfolio manager(s). The views expressed are those of the portfolio manager(s) on July 17, 2022, for each fund as of June 30, 2022. Since that date, those views might have changed. The opinions stated might contain forward-looking statements and discuss the impact of domestic and foreign markets, industry and economic trends, and governmental regulations on the funds and their holdings. Such statements are subject to uncertainty, and the impact on the funds might be materially different from what is described here.
Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Investors are advised to consider fund objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. The prospectus contains this and other information and should be read carefully before you invest. To obtain a prospectus, call 800.258.3030 or download a PDF at homesteadfunds.com.
President's Letter
2022 Semi-Annual Report
July 28, 2022
Dear Shareholders:
It was a difficult and atypical first half of the year with both stocks and bonds depreciating.
For bonds, the main story was whether the Federal Reserve's monetary policy course would achieve the desired outcome: rate hikes sufficient enough to cool the economy and bring inflation down but not so much as to tip the economy into recession. The Fed raised rates three times in the first six months of 2022 and tacked on another 75 basis points in July, taking its target for the federal funds rate from 0%-0.25% at the start of the year to 2.25%-2.50% as of this writing. As bond yields moved higher, their prices declined across all maturities.
For stocks, the major theme was sharply higher inflation, which did not abate as the Federal Reserve initially expected. Demand for goods and services was robust as consumers returned to their pre-COVID-19 patterns for shopping, travel and entertainment. Continued supply chain disruptions, the war in Ukraine and COVID-19 lockdowns in China only put more upward pressure on prices and increased the level of difficulty for Fed policy makers seeking to engineer a soft landing for the economy. Almost all market sectors were down in the first half of 2022, with the more defensive sectors (e.g., energy, utilities, consumer staples and health care) that typically outperform in a weak or recessionary environment holding up better.
We expect markets will continue to be volatile for the remainder of the year as investors react to the latest economic data signaling higher or lower inflation and the strength of the economy. On the positive side, commodity prices have fallen and the housing market has softened, which should be positive for inflation later this year. Unemployment remains low, suggesting the domestic economy could be resilient even as growth slows. Generally, U.S. companies have been reporting earnings above expectations. And while most broad stock market benchmarks are down double digits for the first half of the year, this has brought equity valuations to more modest levels. As you will read in the portfolio manager letters that follow, Homestead Funds' active managers see opportunities to apply research and discipline in their search for securities they believe are poised to outperform.
We appreciate your continued trust and confidence especially in these challenging times. Our representatives are here to speak with you about your portfolio and discuss your financial planning considerations. We welcome your call at 800.258.3030, option 2, or you can book an appointment online at homesteadfunds.com/appointments.
Sincerely,
Mark D. Santero
Mark Santero
CEO, President and Director
CEO, President and Director Homestead Funds
Daily Income Fund
Performance Evaluation | Prepared by the Fund's Subadvisor, Invesco Advisers, Inc.
Performance
The fund earned a return of 0.04% for the six-month period ended June 30, 2022. The seven-day current annualized yield was 0.67% as of June 30, 2022.
Market Conditions
During the six-month period ended June 30, 2022, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) took an aggressive stance to fight inflation while trying to navigate a successful transition from a highly accommodative economy. The FOMC has raised short-term interest rates the past three meetings, including June when it hiked 0.75% to a range of
1.50%-1.75%. This was the largest single meeting interest rate hike since November of 1994 when policy makers faced a quickly declining unemployment rate while trying to avoid a state of high inflation similar to the 1970s. Now, we continue to see the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rise as the economy faces higher goods and energy prices combined with supply chain constraints.
We believe the Federal Reserve has been very consistent and transparent on its messaging about fighting inflation. CPI rose to 9.1% year over year in June, 2.6% higher from the end of 2021. Personal Consumption Expenditure has shown modest signs of decline from the February high of 5.3%, and consumer spending remained steady in the first half of the year. Even though we saw a negative GDP print of -1.6% for the first quarter of 2021, the Fed has continued to be data dependent and has acted on that data with its main priority of bringing inflation down.
In May, the FOMC also announced it will start balance sheet runoff June 1, with an eventual goal of shedding $95 billion per month after three months. The Fed's runoff will increase the amount of Treasury supply that markets will need to absorb. Front-end investors have experienced a declining Treasury bill supply of just over $500 billion in the first half of the year, paired with high demand as investors want to stay short in the early stages of a rising interest rate environment. Due to this imbalance, we have seen the Secured Overnight Financing Rate set well below the Fed's lower bound interest rate range during periods of high demand, while the usage of the Fed's overnight Reverse Repurchase Agreement Program (RRP) continues to set a new participation record, hitting a new high of $2.3 trillion on June 30, 2022. Short-term U.S. Treasury bill yields with maturities three months and shorter were trading well below the Fed's RRP and overnight triparty Treasury repurchase rates traded in sync with the Fed's RRP rate, maintaining a tight spread to the Fed's lower bound on the back of heightened demand from money market funds.
Outlook
The Invesco Global Liquidity Team took over the day-to-day management of the Daily Income Fund portfolio on May 1, 2021. Our investment strategy and security selection are built on macroeconomic factors, effects of supply and demand dynamics relating to the Treasury markets, and break-even analysis based on expected interest rates on the yield curve. The investment strategy is a barbell strategy that encapsulates a substantial amount of maturities in very short tenures to align in cadence with the Fed's aggressive rate hike policy while investing in longer tenured Treasury and government agency floating rate notes that provide relative value in an interest rate rising environment. The portfolio has maintained a weighted average life position that reflects opportunistic floating rate note holdings that we believe offer diversification and attractive discount margins. We believe that the fund is currently well positioned with a shortened weighted average maturity in this current Fed monetary policy environment and encapsulates a model that remains competitive and flexible in seeking to take advantage of a rising interest rate environment.
We believe that the FOMC has a narrow pathway to fight inflation and keep the economy from going into a recession. Even as the Fed continues to raise interest rates, inflation is still on an upward trajectory, and there are outside risks where the Fed does not have control, such as the supply chain recovery and the Russia-Ukraine war. Interest rates are expected to be set above the Fed's neutral range of
2.00%-2.50%, but how much more will depend on how these factors play out. As we transition from the highly accommodative economy, we will expect to see businesses rein in hiring, which could cause unemployment rates to rise to more normal levels, consumer spending to slow and business profits to decrease.
2Performance Evaluation
Daily Income Fund
Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended 06/30/22)
| 1 YR % | 5 YR % | 10 YR % |
Daily Income Fund | 0.05 | 0.58 | 0.30 |
Yield
Annualized 7-day current yield quoted 06/30/22 | 0.67% |
Security Diversification
% of Total Investments
| as of 12/31/21 | as of 06/30/22 |
U.S. government and agency obligations | 100.0 | 81.0 |
Short-term and other assets* | 0.0** | 19.0 |
Total | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Maturity
| as of 12/31/21 | as of 06/30/22 |
Average weighted maturity | 42 days | 32 days |
The returns quoted in the above table represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than that shown above. To obtain the most recent month-end returns, please call 800.258.3030 or visit homesteadfunds.com. Returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate such that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. You could lose money by investing in the Daily Income Fund. Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in the Daily Income Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency. The fund's sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the fund at any time.
The Daily Income Fund's average annual total returns are net of any fee waivers and reimbursements. The fund's advisor waived a portion of its management fee and/or reimbursed fund expenses during the periods shown. Had the advisor not done so, the fund's total returns would have been lower. The expenses used are as of the most recent period-end and may fluctuate over time. Returns include the reinvestment of dividends. Returns do not reflect taxes that the shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
*Represents investment in an unaffiliated U.S. government money market fund. **Less than 0.1%
Performance Evaluation | 3 |
Short-Term Government Securities Fund
Performance Evaluation | Prepared by the Fund's Investment Advisor, Homestead Advisers Corp.
Performance
The fund returned -4.03% for the six-month period ended June 30, 2022, underperforming its benchmark index, the ICE BofA 1-5 Year U.S. Treasury Index, which returned -3.95%.
The main contributor to the fund's relative underperformance was its overweight allocation to agency issuers backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. The fund's allocation to financial institutions was also a detractor during the period as corporate credit spreads widened. On a positive note, the fund's underweight allocation to U.S. Treasury securities was a positive contributor in a period when yields rose. The fund's yield curve positioning contributed to performance due to the flattening of the U.S. Treasury yield curve and the fund's underweight duration relative to the benchmark.
The portfolio management team added to the fund's duration relative to its benchmark throughout the period as interest rates rose, seeking the potential for higher interest income.
Market Conditions
The U.S. economy's growth decelerated during the first six months of 2022. A combination of inflationary pressures, rising interest rates, COVID-19 lockdowns in China and the fallout from Russia's war in Ukraine proved extremely challenging for fixed-income investors. The Federal Reserve started reversing its accommodative monetary policy, recognizing that price stability must be restored and excess liquidity removed from the system via quantitative tightening. The Fed increased the federal funds rate from a low range of 0%-0.25% to 1.50%-1.75% by the end of June. The employment picture remains robust with jobs available across industries and employers competing for labor driving up wages. The Fed acknowledged that short-term inflationary pressures will be present; however, the policy-making committee appeared hopeful that longer-term inflation should gradually return to its long-term target of 2%.
The Fed's aggressive pace of monetary policy tightening yielded results as the national average rate for a 30-year mortgage rose from 3.27% at the end of 2021 to 5.83% at the end of June 2022. Mortgage applications and new housing starts have also cooled down. Housing represents a significant component of the Consumer Price Index, and the Fed remains determined to bring prices down to more normal levels and improve affordability. U.S. Treasury yields across maturities rose for much of the reporting period, and the yield curve flattened. Against this backdrop, the bond market delivered the worst negative returns in 40 years, with the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index posting a record decline of -10.35%.
Investment Advisor: Homestead Advisers
Mauricio Agudelo, CFA
Head of Fixed-Income Investments
BS, Finance, The University of Maryland,
Robert H. Smith School of Business
Ivan Naranjo, CFA, FRM
Fixed-Income Portfolio Manager
BS, Finance, The University of Maryland,
Robert H. Smith School of Business
Outlook
For the remainder of the year, we expect volatility to be elevated during this period of uncertainty driven by the Federal Reserve's monetary policy and its mandates, unemployment and price stability/inflation—the most important in this part of the cycle. In our view, the Federal Reserve will continue its tightening path via both federal funds rate and quantitative tightening. Further, we think that inflation will peak and slowly normalize in the longer term. We anticipate that the yield curve will remain flat to inverted when assessing the two-year vs. 10-year spread.
Globally, supply chains across economic sectors are expected to remain challenged given lockdowns in China and a restart of economic activity as well as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Under this backdrop, we expect pressure on credit spreads and overall risk assets. On a positive note, we are optimistic about the overall levels of yields, and we believe the value proposition in fixed income has become more compelling to investors with a relatively higher coupon (yield carry) to cushion a cyclical move in spreads. We believe that there will be opportunities to add exposure to corporate bonds by employing our disciplined relative value approach and active management; we intend to remain opportunistic during this period.
4Performance Evaluation
Short-Term Government Securities Fund
Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended 06/30/22)
| 1 YR % | 5 YR % | 10 YR % |
Short-Term Government Securities Fund | -4.78 | 0.68 | 0.63 |
ICE BofA 1-5 Year U.S. Treasury Index | -4.61 | 0.91 | 0.89 |
Security Diversification
% of Total Investments
| as of 12/31/21 | as of 06/30/22 |
U.S. government and agency obligations | 39.7 | 54.8 |
Corporate bonds—government guaranteed | 50.2 | 36.8 |
Asset-backed securities | 3.6 | 3.0 |
Corporate bonds—other | 3.0 | 1.4 |
Mortgage-backed securities | 0.9 | 0.7 |
Municipal bonds | 0.9 | 0.4 |
Short-term and other assets | 1.7 | 2.9 |
Total | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Maturity
| as of 12/31/21 | as of 06/30/22 |
Average weighted maturity | 2.45 | 2.52 |
Performance Comparison |
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Comparison of the change in value of a $10,000 investment in the fund and the ICE BofA 1-5 Year U.S. Treasury Index made on June 30, 2012.
The returns quoted in the above table and chart represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than that shown above. To obtain the most recent month-end returns, please call 800.258.3030 or visit homesteadfunds.com. Returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate such that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Short-Term Government Securities Fund's average annual total returns are net of any fee waivers and reimbursements. The fund's advisor waived a portion of its management fee during the periods shown. Had the advisor not done so, the fund's total returns would have been lower. The expenses used are as of the most recent period-end and may fluctuate over time. Returns include the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Returns do not reflect taxes that the shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index. Index performance does not reflect transaction costs, fees or expenses.
Performance Evaluation | 5 |
Short-Term Bond Fund
Performance Evaluation | Prepared by the Fund's Investment Advisor, Homestead Advisers Corp.
Performance
The fund returned -4.86% for the six-month period ended June 30, 2022, underperforming its benchmark index, the ICE BofA 1-5 Year Corporate/Government Index, which returned -4.57%.
The main contributor to the fund's relative underperformance was its overweight allocation to financials, industrial and asset-backed sectors; however, the fund's underweight allocation to U.S. Treasury securities was a positive contributor in a period when yields rose. Additionally, the fund's yield curve positioning contributed to performance due to the flattening of the U.S. Treasury yield curve and the fund's underweight duration relative to the benchmark.
The portfolio management team added to the fund's duration relative to its benchmark throughout the period as interest rates rose, seeking the potential for higher interest income.
Market Conditions
The U.S. economy's growth decelerated during the first six months of 2022. A combination of inflationary pressures, rising interest rates, COVID-19 lockdowns in China and the fallout from Russia's war in Ukraine proved extremely challenging for fixed-income investors. The Federal Reserve started reversing its accommodative monetary policy, recognizing that price stability must be restored and excess liquidity removed from the system via quantitative tightening. The Fed increased the federal funds rate from a low range of 0%-0.25% to 1.50%-1.75% by the end of June. The employment picture remains robust with jobs available across industries and employers competing for labor driving up wages. The Fed acknowledged that short-term inflationary pressures will be present; however, the policy-making committee appeared hopeful that longer-term inflation should gradually return to its long-term target of 2%.
The Fed's aggressive pace of monetary policy tightening yielded results as the national average rate for a 30-year mortgage rose from 3.27% at the end of 2021 to 5.83% at the end of June 2022. Mortgage applications and new housing starts have also cooled down. Housing represents a significant component of the Consumer Price Index, and the Fed remains determined to bring prices down to more normal levels and improve affordability. U.S. Treasury yields across maturities rose for much of the reporting period, and the yield curve flattened. Against this backdrop, the bond market delivered the worst negative returns in 40 years, with the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index posting a record decline of -10.35%.
Investment-grade corporate bonds underperformed during the period. Credit spreads widened as investors grew concerned of the near-term prospects for the economy. The fund came into the year overweight corporate bonds;
Investment Advisor: Homestead Advisers
Mauricio Agudelo, CFA
Head of Fixed-Income Investments
BS, Finance, The University of Maryland,
Robert H. Smith School of Business
Ivan Naranjo, CFA, FRM
Fixed-Income Portfolio Manager
BS, Finance, The University of Maryland,
Robert H. Smith School of Business
however, we have trimmed somewhat this positioning given the near-term uncertainty and our perception that the market will provide a better entry point to add to our corporate holdings.
Outlook
For the remainder of the year, we expect volatility to be elevated during this period of uncertainty, driven by the Federal Reserve's monetary policy and its mandates, unemployment and price stability/inflation—the most important in this part of the cycle. In our view, the Federal Reserve will continue its tightening path via both federal funds rate and quantitative tightening. Further, we think that inflation will peak and slowly normalize in the longer term. We anticipate that the yield curve will remain flat to inverted when assessing the two-year vs. 10-year spread.
Globally, supply chains across economic sectors are expected to remain challenged given lockdowns in China and restart of economic activity as well as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Under this backdrop, we expect pressure on credit spreads and overall risk assets. On a positive note, we are optimistic about the overall levels of yields, and we believe the value proposition in fixed income has become more compelling to investors with a relatively higher coupon (yield carry) to cushion a cyclical move in spreads. We believe that there will be opportunities to add exposure to corporate bonds by employing our disciplined relative value approach and active management; we intend to remain opportunistic during this period.
6Performance Evaluation
Short-Term Bond Fund
Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended 06/30/22)
| 1 YR % | 5 YR % | 10 YR % |
Short-Term Bond Fund | -5.80 | 1.03 | 1.41 |
ICE BofA 1-5 Year Corp./Gov. Index | -5.19 | 1.11 | 1.24 |
Security Diversification
% of Total Investments
| as of 12/31/21 | as of 06/30/22 |
U.S. government and agency obligations | 30.9 | 44.7 |
Corporate bonds—other | 35.4 | 28.0 |
Asset-backed securities | 12.8 | 11.3 |
Yankee bonds | 14.2 | 7.4 |
Corporate bonds—government guaranteed | 2.6 | 2.5 |
Municipal bonds | 1.7 | 1.3 |
Mortgage-backed securities | 0.6 | 0.4 |
Short-term and other assets | 1.8 | 4.4 |
Total | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Maturity
| as of 12/31/21 | as of 06/30/22 |
Average weighted maturity | 2.68 | 2.69 |
Performance Comparison
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Comparison of the change in value of a $10,000 investment in the fund and the ICE BofA 1-5 Year Corp./Gov. Index made on June 30, 2012.
The returns quoted in the above table and chart represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than that shown above. To obtain the most recent month-end returns, please call 800.258.3030 or visit homesteadfunds.com. Returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate such that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Short-Term Bond Fund's average annual total returns are net of any fee waivers and reimbursements. The expenses used are as of the most recent period-end and may fluctuate over time. Returns include the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Returns do not reflect taxes that the shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index. Index performance does not reflect transaction costs, fees or expenses.
Performance Evaluation | 7 |
Intermediate Bond Fund
Performance Evaluation | Prepared by the Fund's Investment Advisor, Homestead Advisers Corp.
Performance
The fund returned -10.63% for the six-month period ended June 30, 2022, underperforming its benchmark index, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, which returned -10.35%. The overall market witnessed one of the worst starts in history.
The fund's main contributor to performance was its underweight allocation to the mortgage-backed security passthrough and Treasury sectors. Additionally, its overall duration and yield curve positioning also contributed to performance. On the other hand, its exposure to the financial institutions and industrial sectors detracted from performance. The portfolio management team rotated exposure on a relative value basis, reducing portfolio risk through the period adjusting for expectations of greater downside risk.
The portfolio management team added to the fund's duration relative to its benchmark throughout the period as interest rates rose, to provide the potential for higher interest income.
Investment Advisor: Homestead Advisers
Mauricio Agudelo, CFA
Head of Fixed-Income Investments
BS, Finance, The University of Maryland,
Robert H. Smith School of Business
Ivan Naranjo, CFA, FRM
Fixed-Income Portfolio Manager
BS, Finance, The University of Maryland,
Robert H. Smith School of Business
the near-term uncertainty and our perception that the market will provide a better entry point to add to our corporate holdings.
Market Conditions
The U.S. economy's growth decelerated during the first six months of 2022. A combination of inflationary pressures, rising interest rates, COVID-19 lockdowns in China and the fallout from Russia's war in Ukraine proved extremely challenging for fixed-income investors. The Federal Reserve started reversing its accommodative monetary policy, recognizing that price stability must be restored and excess liquidity removed from the system via quantitative tightening. The Fed increased the federal funds rate from a low range of 0%-0.25% to 1.50%-1.75% by the end of June. The employment picture remains robust with jobs available across industries and employers competing for labor driving up wages. The Fed acknowledged that short-term inflationary pressures will be present; however, the policy-making committee appeared hopeful that longer-term inflation should gradually return to its long-term target of 2%.
The Fed's aggressive pace of monetary policy tightening yielded results as the national average rate for a 30-year mortgage rose from 3.27% at the end of 2021 to 5.83% at the end of June 2022. Mortgage applications and new housing starts have also cooled down. Housing represents a significant component of the Consumer Price Index, and the Fed remains determined to bring prices down to more normal levels and improve affordability. U.S. Treasury yields across maturities rose for much of the reporting period, and the yield curve flattened. Against this backdrop, the bond market delivered the worst negative returns in 40 years, with the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index posting a record decline of -10.35%.
Investment-grade corporate bonds underperformed during the period. Credit spreads widened as investors grew concerned of the near-term prospects for the economy. The fund came into the year overweight corporate bonds; however, we have trimmed somewhat this positioning given
Outlook
For the remainder of the year, we expect volatility to be elevated during this period of uncertainty, driven by the Federal Reserve's monetary policy and its mandates, unemployment and price stability/inflation—the most important in this part of the cycle. In our view, the Federal Reserve will continue its tightening path via both federal funds rate and quantitative tightening. Further, we think that inflation will peak and slowly normalize in the longer term. We anticipate that the yield curve will remain flat to inverted when assessing the two-year vs. 10-year spread.
Globally, supply chains across economic sectors are expected to remain challenged given lockdowns in China and restart of economic activity as well as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Under this backdrop, we expect pressure on credit spreads and overall risk assets. On a positive note, we are optimistic about the overall levels of yields, and we believe the value proposition in fixed income has become more compelling to investors with a relatively higher coupon (yield carry) to cushion a cyclical move in spreads. We believe that there will be opportunities to add exposure to corporate bonds by employing our disciplined relative value approach and active management; we intend to remain opportunistic during this period.
8Performance Evaluation
Intermediate Bond Fund
Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended 06/30/22)
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Intermediate Bond Fund | -10.92 | 0.18 |
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index | -10.29 | 0.05 |
Security Diversification
% of Total Investments
| as of 12/31/21 | as of 06/30/22 |
U.S. government and agency obligations | 14.9 | 36.0 |
Corporate bonds—other | 35.5 | 26.7 |
Mortgage-backed securities | 14.9 | 13.7 |
Asset-backed securities | 12.7 | 11.7 |
Yankee bonds | 12.1 | 6.1 |
Municipal bonds | 3.6 | 2.9 |
Corporate bonds—government guaranteed | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Short-term and other assets | 5.8 | 2.4 |
Total | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Maturity
| as of 12/31/21 | as of 06/30/22 |
Average weighted maturity | 7.90 | 8.06 |
Performance Comparison |
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Comparison of the change in value of a $10,000 investment in the fund and the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index made on May 1, 2019.
The returns quoted in the above table and chart represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than that shown above. To obtain the most recent month-end returns, please call 800.258.3030 or visit homesteadfunds.com. Returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate such that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Intermediate Bond Fund's average annual total returns are net of any fee waivers and reimbursements. The fund's advisor waived all of its management fee and reimbursed a portion of the fund's expenses from inception to December 31, 2019, and waived a portion of the management fee from January 1, 2020, to June 30, 2022. Had the advisor not done so, the fund's total returns would have been lower. The expenses used are as of the most recent period-end and may fluctuate over time. Returns include the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Returns do not reflect taxes that the shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index. Index performance does not reflect transaction costs, fees or expenses.
Performance Evaluation | 9 |
Rural America Growth & Income Fund
Performance Evaluation | Prepared by the Fund's Investment Advisor, Homestead Advisers Corp.
Performance
The fund returned -15.13% during the six-month period ended June 30, 2022, outperforming its benchmark, a blend of the Russell 3000 Index (60%) and the Bloomberg Intermediate U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index (40%), which returned -15.48% for the same period. Both stocks and bonds were down significantly in the first half of the year.
Investment Advisor: Homestead Advisers
Mark Iong, CFA
Equity Portfolio Manager
BS, Operations Research and Information
Engineering, Cornell
Portfolio Review
The majority of the fund's outperformance came from the equity sleeve of the portfolio, where strong positive stock selection more than outweighed the detraction from sector allocation. The fund benefitted significantly from its positioning in several sectors—such as consumer discretionary, financials and communication services—where the fund was underexposed to stocks that materially underperformed, including mega-capitalization companies and high-valuation nonearners. The fund also had strong performance from several individual holdings, including the Hershey Company, one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the world; LHC Group, a rural-based home health service provider that had received a takeover offer from UnitedHealth Group; and Jack Henry & Associates, a payment processing provider that serves many small community banks and credit unions in rural areas.
Many of the fund's holdings suffered the same fate as the broad market. Some of the hardest-hit companies were in the information technology sector, such as Block, ANSYS and Tyler Technologies. Although we believe the fundamentals of these businesses remain largely intact, their higher valuations have become vulnerable in this market environment. Another detractor in the period was the fund's lack of exposure to energy, which was the only positively returning sector in the market year to date, as oil and gas companies benefitted from soaring commodity prices.
During the first half of the year, the fund's exposure to the industrials sector was increased with the initiation of two new positions: J.B. Hunt Transport Services and Cummins. Headquartered in rural America, both companies are key providers of services and products in the transportation industry, which runs through the country's heartland. The market volatility provided opportunities to buy into these leading franchises at what we believe to be significant discounts to their intrinsic value. On the other hand, the portfolio management team was also active in eliminating companies, such as Ubiquiti and Shenandoah Telecommunications Company, where we believe business fundamentals have deteriorated.
The fixed-income sleeve experienced a decline in performance across sectors. The Federal Reserve started reversing its accommodative monetary policy, recognizing that price stability must be restored and excess liquidity removed from the system via quantitative tightening. Primary sectors impacted were industrials, agency, asset-backed securities and financial institutions. Within industrials, the group that detracted the most was communications, which is a key rural America driver/theme.
Ivan Naranjo, CFA, FRM
Fixed-Income Portfolio Manager
BS, Finance, The University of Maryland,
Robert H. Smith School of Business
Homestead Advisers' Jim Polk, head of equity investments; Prabha Carpenter, senior equity portfolio manager; and Mauricio Agudelo, head of fixed-income investments co-manage this fund with the individuals named above. Their bios appear in adjacent fund manager letters.
We expect the credit markets will continue to be volatile reflecting a high level of economic uncertainty. Against a backdrop of rising rates, management is currently focusing on collecting the income component of the fund's total return. The fund also benefited from its shorter duration positioning as well as yield curve positioning to compensate for credit exposure as well as an underweight in supranationals and an absence of Treasury holdings.
Outlook
We expect the markets to stay volatile for the remainder of the year. A number of macroeconomic factors remain in flux: the Federal Reserve's rate tightening cycle, inflation, supply chain issues and the Russia-Ukraine war. Gone are the talks of post-COVID-19 recovery, with investors now increasingly bracing for a potential economic recession even as employment data remains strong and company earnings have held up so far. In our view, the Federal Reserve should continue its tightening path via both federal funds rate and quantitative tightening. Further, we think that inflation will peak and slowly normalize in the longer term. For the fund, we remain focused on our objective to invest in durable companies that are important to the economic development of rural America. We believe the fund's diversified holdings across different sectors and rural economic themes should position it well in both good and bad times with a balanced approach that includes income-generating vehicles and securities with capital appreciation potential. We believe that there will be further opportunities for the fund's management team to apply its disciplined investment approach to active management, and we intend to remain opportunistic during this period.
10Performance Evaluation
Rural America Growth & Income Fund
Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended 06/30/22)
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| Rural America Growth & Income Fund | -11.43 | -9.70 |
Blended Index* | -11.01 | -9.27 | |
Russell 3000 Index** | -13.87 | -9.80 | |
Bloomberg Intermediate U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index** | -7.28 | -5.89 |
Security Diversification
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| Common stocks | 56.5 |
| Information technology | 13.0 |
| Industrials | 9.3 |
| Health care | 8.8 |
| Financials | 8.6 |
| Consumer discretionary | 6.5 |
| Real estate | 5.6 |
| Consumer staples | 2.2 |
| Materials | 1.4 |
| Communication services | 1.1 |
| Corporate bonds—other | 17.0 |
U.S. government and agency obligations | 11.7 | |
Asset-backed securities | 3.6 | |
Municipal bonds | 1.9 | |
Mortgage-backed securities | 1.5 | |
Short-term and other assets | 7.8 | |
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Zoetis Inc. | 2.6 | |
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | 2.6 | |
American Tower Corp. | 2.4 | |
Crown Castle International Corp. | 2.4 | |
Hershey Co. (The) | 2.2 | |
Deere & Co. | 2.0 | |
Paycom Software, Inc. | 1.9 | |
Fastenal Co. | 1.9 | |
Total | 23.6% |
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Comparison of the change in value of a $10,000 investment in the fund, the Blended Index* and the two component indexes of the Blended Index made on May 1, 2021.
The returns quoted in the above table and chart represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than that shown above. To obtain the most recent month-end returns, please call 800.258.3030 or visit homesteadfunds.com. Returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate such that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Rural America Growth & Income Fund's average annual total returns are net of any fee waivers and reimbursements. The fund's advisor waived all of its management fee and reimbursed a portion of the fund's expenses during the periods shown. Had the advisor not done so, the fund's total returns would have been lower. The expenses used are as of the most recent period-end and may fluctuate over time. Returns include the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Returns do not reflect taxes that the shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index. Index performance does not reflect transaction costs, fees or expenses.
*The fund's Blended Index is a blend of the Russell 3000 Index (60%) and the Bloomberg Intermediate U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index (40%).
**The returns of the Russell 3000 Index and the Bloomberg Intermediate U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index are shown because these indexes are the two components of the Blended Index.
Performance Evaluation | 11 |
Stock Index Fund
Performance Evaluation | Prepared by the Master Portfolio's Investment Advisor, BlackRock Fund Advisors
Index and Fund Performance
For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the U.S. large cap market metric and the fund's benchmark, the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500® Index, returned -19.96% and the Homestead Stock Index Fund returned -20.15%. The S&P 500® Index is a market capitalization-weighted index composed of 500 common stocks issued by large-capitalization companies in a wide range of industries. The stocks included in the index collectively represent a substantial portion of all common stocks publicly traded in the United States.
During the six-month period, as changes were made to the composition of the S&P 500® Index, the Master Portfolio in which the fund invests purchased and sold securities to maintain its objective of replicating the risks and return of the index.
Market Conditions
Geopolitical tensions after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 fueled existing concerns over rising inflation, interest rate hikes and rallying commodity prices. Conversely, economic data in the United States remained strong with robust employment numbers and corporate earnings results. This provided comfort to investors but added to U.S. policy maker's challenges. Investors were concerned that the Federal Reserve might dampen growth in its efforts to get inflation under control.
Commodity prices spiked in the first quarter of 2022 and pushed expectations for a higher inflation rate. The Fed hiked interest rates by 25 basis points and signaled hikes at all six remaining meetings for 2022 in an effort to tackle the highest inflation rate in four decades.
Concerns around high inflation, growth outlook and recession fears increased in the United States during the second quarter of 2022. While the unemployment rate remained low and wage growth remained strong, consumer sentiment went down as consumers struggled with higher prices and increased borrowing costs. Increased expectations of an interest rate hike weighed down on U.S. equity market valuations.
As the Fed continued to grapple with inflation, its messaging evolved over the second quarter. Initially, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell adopted a more hawkish tone, stating that the Fed would not hesitate to raise interest rates beyond neutral to achieve its inflation target and would be willing to accept an increase in the unemployment rate. But as risks to growth increased over the second quarter and recession fears intensified, the number and magnitude of future rate hikes beyond July 2022 remained unclear.
In the second quarter of 2022, from a Global Industry Classification Standard sector perspective, energy (+32.21%), utilities (-0.26%) and consumer staples (-4.91%) were among the best performers, while consumer discretionary (-33.02%), communication services (-31.04%) and information technology (-27.21%) were among the worst performers.
12Performance Evaluation
Stock Index Fund
Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended 06/30/22)
| 1 YR % | 5 YR % | 10 YR % |
Stock Index Fund | -11.04 | 10.72 | 12.36 |
S&P 500 Stock Index | -10.62 | 11.31 | 12.96 |
Sector Diversification
| % of Total Investments |
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Information technology | 26.6 |
Health care | 15.0 |
Financials | 11.8 |
Consumer discretionary | 10.4 |
Communication | 8.8 |
Industrials | 7.7 |
Consumer staples | 6.9 |
Energy | 4.3 |
Utilities | 3.1 |
Real estate | 2.9 |
Materials | 2.6 |
Total | 100.0% |
Top 10 Equity Holdings
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Apple, Inc. | 6.5 |
Microsoft Corp. | 6.0 |
Alphabet, Inc. | 3.9 |
Amazon.com, Inc. | 2.9 |
Tesla Inc. | 1.8 |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. | 1.5 |
UnitedHealth Group Inc. | 1.5 |
Johnson & Johnson | 1.5 |
NVIDIA Corp. | 1.2 |
Meta Platforms, Inc. | 1.2 |
Total | 27.8% |
Performance Comparison
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Comparison of the change in value of a $10,000 investment in the fund and the S&P 500 Stock Index made on June 30, 2012.
The returns quoted in the above table and chart represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than that shown above. To obtain the most recent month-end returns, please call 800.258.3030 or visit homesteadfunds.com. Returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate such that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Stock Index Fund's average annual total returns are net of any fee waivers and reimbursements. The expenses used are as of the most recent period-end and may fluctuate over time. Returns include the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Returns do not reflect taxes that the shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index. Index performance does not reflect transaction costs, fees or expenses.
Performance Evaluation | 13 |
Value Fund
Performance Evaluation | Prepared by the Fund's Investment Advisor, Homestead Advisers Corp.
Performance
The Value Fund returned -14.11% in the first half of 2022, and the Russell 1000 Value Index was down -12.86%. Good stock selection was offset by negative sector allocation, particularly in energy.
Portfolio Review
In the health care sector, the fund benefitted from the strong performance of Abbvie, a pharmaceutical company whose key product, Humira, is expected to go off patent in the U.S. in 2023. Abbvie was the top contributor to the fund's return during the period. A pipeline of new products and extensions of existing products contributed to Abbvie's outperformance. We believe the market is starting to look past Humira's loss of exclusivity and recognizing the potential for high single-digit or low double-digit earnings growth through the rest of the decade.
A top performer in the industrials sector, the aerospace and defense company Northrop Grumman saw its stock price appreciate as concerns over geopolitical tensions continued to increase. We believe its exposure to key government defense programs could lead to multiyear earnings growth.
While the fund's overweight to technology was a negative, our holdings in more reasonably valued names and underweighting of more speculative, higher-priced stocks benefited performance during the period.
Our largest detractor to performance was our underweight in the energy sector during the period. The sector was the only one exhibiting positive performance during the six-month time frame, so any underweight would be a detractor to performance. There remains significant discipline within the industry to limit its capital spending to within cash flow, thereby restraining significant supply increases. Healthy cash flows are also allowing companies to return significant cash to shareholders in the form of dividends, special dividends and stock repurchases. We believe the sector is attractively valued and barring either a global recession (which would negatively impact demand) or a lack of discipline on capital spending, it could continue to do well. We continue to have concerns about the longer-term impact of pressure on fossil fuels. We remain slightly underweight the sector.
Two of the other sectors that did relatively well, although they were both negative for the period, were consumer staples and utilities. With the market selling off, these sectors presented defensive characteristics. The fund was underweight both sectors, which detracted from performance.
Outlook
We continue to expect volatility in the markets. The Fed has signaled that it believes inflation to be less transitory than originally thought, prompting it to signal a faster and steeper tightening cycle than would have been expected several quarters ago. With a recent 75 basis points increase and
Investment Advisor: Homestead Advisers
Prabha Carpenter, CFA
Senior Equity Portfolio Manager
BA, Economics, University of Madras; MBA with distinction in Finance and BS in Business Economics, The American University
Jim Polk, CFA
Head of Equity Investments
BA, English, Colby College; MBA, The Olin
Graduate School of Business at Babson College
another expected shortly, the Fed has made it clear that dampening down inflation is its top priority. This has had implications for valuations as earnings multiples have come down with rising rates. It has also raised concerns about a possible recession if the Fed were to hike rates too aggressively.
On the positive side, consumer balance sheets remain relatively strong, giving rise to some potential for a "soft landing" such that even if the U.S. economy were to go into a recession, we would expect it would be mild.
Valuations have also corrected dramatically and now seem more reasonable than several quarters ago. Finally, we believe the significant stimulus actions, both fiscal and monetary, over the past several years are finally being unwound. In the short run, that can be painful and trigger volatility, but in the long run, we believe it's a positive for financial markets and for the economy. The fund continues to own and look for high-quality companies with what we believe to be reasonable valuations and the potential to reward shareholders over time.
14Performance Evaluation
Value Fund
Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended 06/30/22)
| 1 YR % | 5 YR % | 10 YR % |
Value Fund | -8.35 | 9.62 | 11.89 |
Russell 1000 Value Index | -6.82 | 7.17 | 10.50 |
Sector Diversification
| % of Total Investments |
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Health care | 23.1 |
Financials | 17.6 |
Industrials | 16.6 |
Information technology | 12.1 |
Materials | 7.7 |
Consumer discretionary | 6.0 |
Energy | 6.0 |
Communication services | 5.7 |
Real estate | 2.9 |
Short-term and other assets | 2.3 |
Total | 100.0% |
Top 10 Equity Holdings
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Microsoft Corp. | 4.5 |
Alphabet, Inc. | 4.5 |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 4.0 |
Abbott Laboratories | 3.8 |
AbbVie Inc. | 3.7 |
Honeywell International, Inc. | 3.7 |
Avery Dennison Corp. | 3.3 |
Centene Corp. | 3.3 |
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 3.0 |
Chevron Corp. | 2.8 |
Total | 36.6% |
Performance Comparison
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The returns quoted in the above table and chart represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than that shown above. To obtain the most recent month-end returns, please call 800.258.3030 or visit homesteadfunds.com. Returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate such that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Value Fund's average annual total returns are net of any fee waivers and reimbursements. The expenses used are as of the most recent period-end and may fluctuate over time. Returns include the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Returns do not reflect taxes that the shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index. Index performance does not reflect transaction costs, fees or expenses.
Performance Evaluation | 15 |
Growth Fund
Performance Evaluation | Prepared by the Fund's Subadvisor, T. Rowe Price Associates
Performance
The fund posted a return of -31.40% for the six-month period ended June 30, 2022, and underperformed its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index, which returned -28.07%. Broadly speaking, sector allocation and stock selection drove relative underperformance.
Portfolio Review
The communication services sector was the largest detractor from relative performance due to an overweight allocation coupled with unfavorable stock picks. The fund's exposure to the sector leans toward companies operating in large and growing markets, including internet search and advertising as well as social connectivity. Earnings misses and poor forward guidance attributable to a challenging market backdrop plagued several of the fund's holdings within the sector.
Unfavorable stock choices in the consumer discretionary sector also hindered relative returns, as shares of Carvana traded lower amid a challenging backdrop that included affordability concerns for consumers and negative sentiment around a capital raise and cost-cutting measures. Despite the near-term challenges, Carvana continues to grow and take market share while at the same time making accretive infrastructure acquisitions that we believe enhance inventory selection, propel faster delivery times and lower unit costs. We believe Carvana will leverage its online retail platform and vertically integrated supply chain to disrupt and gain share of a highly fragmented used car market as it provides customers with a superior value proposition based on price and convenience.
Additionally, the fund's lack of exposure to the consumer staples sector further hurt relative performance.
In contrast, the heath care sector contributed to relative results due to strong stock choices and an overweight position. Shares of UnitedHealth Group held up relatively well due in part to better-than-expected cost trends as utilization returns to normal, stronger-than-expected onboarding of value-based care patients within Optum and innate defensive characteristics that provided additional support. We believe that UnitedHealth Group's ability to provide durable growth is underappreciated by the market and is well positioned thanks to its leadership in the fast-growing Medicare Advantage market as well as the Optum business, which seeks to capture a larger share of health care spending by providing such services as care delivery, analytics and prescriptions in a cost-effective manner that results in better outcomes for patients.
Lack of exposure to the materials sector also aided relative performance.
Outlook
Heading into the second half of 2022, higher inflation and rising interest rates remain the most serious threats to global financial markets. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has added fire
Subadvisor: T. Rowe Price Associates
Taymour Tamaddon, CFA
Portfolio Manager
BS, Applied Physics, Cornell University;
MBA, Finance, Dartmouth
to those risks by pushing food and energy prices sharply higher and further disrupting global supply chains. This inflationary "shock on shock" has put more pressure on the Federal Reserve and other major central banks to tighten monetary policy while making it more difficult for them to tame inflation without choking off economic growth. Beyond the cyclical risks, investors need to consider that global markets may have reached a structural inflection point: an end to the era of ample liquidity, low inflation and low interest rates that followed the 2008-2009 global financial crisis; however, this new paradigm could offer potential opportunities for active portfolio managers with the skills and research capabilities needed to seek them out.
16Performance Evaluation
Growth Fund
Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended 06/30/22)
| 1 YR % | 5 YR % | 10 YR % |
Growth Fund | -28.88 | 11.34 | 14.18 |
Russell 1000 Growth Index | -18.77 | 14.29 | 14.80 |
Sector Diversification
| % of Total Investments |
| as of 06/30/22 |
Information technology | 46.8 |
Health care | 17.6 |
Communication services | 16.9 |
Consumer discretionary | 16.4 |
Industrials | 1.4 |
Short-term and other assets | 0.9 |
Total | 100.0% |
Top 10 Equity Holdings
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| as of 06/30/22 |
Microsoft Corp. | 11.6 |
Alphabet, Inc. | 11.2 |
Amazon.com, Inc. | 7.8 |
Apple, Inc. | 6.4 |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 4.7 |
Intuit, Inc. | 3.5 |
Cigna Corp. | 3.3 |
salesforce.com, Inc. | 3.0 |
Fiserv, Inc. | 2.5 |
Visa Inc. | 2.4 |
Total | 56.4% |
Performance Comparison
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The returns quoted in the above table and chart represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than that shown above. To obtain the most recent month-end returns, please call 800.258.3030 or visit homesteadfunds.com. Returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate such that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Growth Fund's average annual total returns are net of any fee waivers and reimbursements. The fund's advisor waived a portion of its management fee during the 10-year period. Had the advisor not done so, the fund's total returns would have been lower. The expenses used are as of the most recent period-end and may fluctuate over time. Returns include the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Returns do not reflect taxes that the shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index. Index performance does not reflect transaction costs, fees or expenses.
Performance Evaluation | 17 |
International Equity Fund
Performance Evaluation | Prepared by the Fund's Subadvisor, Harding Loevner LP
Performance
The fund returned -23.80% for the six-month period ended June 30, 2022, underperforming its benchmark index, the MSCI EAFE Index, which returned -19.57%.
Portfolio Review
The bulk of the fund's underperformance is attributable to poor stock selection, though the portfolio's overweight to the information technology (IT) sector also detracted from its relative return. Stock selection within the health care sector especially lagged: Shares of Japanese hematology diagnostics equipment maker Sysmex tumbled after the company reported issues with its largest distributor in China, while shares of Swiss life sciences manufacturer Lonza also disappointed despite the company's strong operational results, as investors seemingly grew timorous toward expensive health care companies. Within industrials, shares of Swedish compressor manufacturer Atlas Copco and French energy solutions provider Schneider Electric both sold
off: Atlas slid on concerns about its revenue outlook in the face of decelerating economic growth, while Schneider underperformed on concerns about the impact of the Shanghai lockdowns on its manufacturing and distribution in China as well as broader supply chain and recession fears.
By geography, weak stocks throughout Europe, both within and outside the Eurozone, dragged on returns. A pair of European IT stocks combined for a sizable portion of relative underperformance. Dutch payments specialist Adyen, one of the fund's fastest-growing businesses (and thus one of its priciest), fell heavily even as it surprised in the first quarter with faster-than-expected revenue growth for its fiscal half-year. Infineon Technologies, a German manufacturer of power-management chips, also underperformed the IT sector, reflecting European automaker shutdowns due in part to component supply issues in Ukraine. On a related note, the value destruction from the fund's two Russian holdings, Lukoil and Yandex, was a significant drag as both positions were written down to zero following the international halt in trading Russian securities.
Strong stock selection elsewhere in emerging markets only partially offset laggards. Shares of Asian life insurance company AIA Group rose as its recent financial results indicated that life insurance demand in the region has bottomed. Elsewhere in financials, Asia-focused Standard Chartered also positively contributed to performance as the company continued to raise its return on equity through cost cuts and digitization advances. The fund's selection across the Pacific ex-Japan region was a bright spot, with solid year-to-date share performance from Singaporean commercial bank DBS Group and Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP.
Subadvisor: Harding Loevner LP
Ferrill D. Roll, CFA
Portfolio Manager
BA, Economics, Stanford University
Andrew West, CFA
Portfolio Manager
BS, Business Administration, University of
Central Florida; MBA, New York University
businesses because they typically create more economic value and are more resilient in the face of adversity than lesser businesses. Moreover, because quality and growth are synergistic, the benefit of insisting on both factors can be greater than the sum of the factor parts. We believe high-quality businesses can sustain their profitable growth over multiple business cycles, and there is greater visibility into their long-term cash flows than for companies whose businesses are more exposed to economic vagaries. Much of our focus is aimed at projecting uncertain future cash flows, handicapping them to account for risk and continually monitoring fluctuations in the attendant valuations, which allows us to determine when to act on price declines in the shares of what we believe are fundamentally strong businesses or—conversely—to reduce the fund's exposure to strong and expensive businesses. After all, returns are inextricably linked to what you paid (or could have received).
Despite the inability of the shares of high-quality companies to distinguish themselves from high-priced growth stocks in this market correction thus far, we think it is only a matter of time before most "good companies" again become "good stocks." We don't know if the shares of high-quality companies have reached a trough, but, while the valuations of high-quality companies are still elevated relative to those of low-quality companies, that premium has declined during this year's sell-off. We believe that puts us in a more favorable position to seek to find excellent companies whose shares are priced to perform well in the years ahead.
Outlook
Our research team continues to stick to the approach of investing in what it believes to be reasonably priced shares of high-quality growing businesses. We seek to invest fund assets in growing companies because we believe the compounding of economic value creation is the foundation for long-term investor returns. We prefer high-quality
18Performance Evaluation
International Equity Fund
Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended 06/30/22)
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| International Equity Fund* | -20.24 | 4.21 | 6.56 |
MSCI® EAFE® Index | -17.77 | 2.20 | 5.40 |
Country Diversification
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| Japan | 16.0 |
Switzerland | 12.4 | |
France | 11.8 | |
Germany | 9.3 | |
Sweden | 8.5 | |
Britain | 7.4 | |
Canada | 4.3 | |
Hong Kong | 4.1 | |
Australia | 3.9 | |
China | 3.7 | |
Singapore | 3.4 | |
Netherlands | 2.4 | |
Spain | 1.8 | |
United States of America | 1.7 | |
Republic of South Korea | 1.2 | |
Denmark | 1.2 | |
India | 1.0 | |
Taiwan | 0.8 | |
Russia | 0.0 | |
Brazil, Mexico & Indonesia | 1.5 | |
Short-term and other assets | 3.6 | |
Total | 100.0% |
Top 10 Equity Holdings
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| L'Oréal SA | 4.1 |
AIA Group Ltd. | 4.1 | |
Roche Holding AG REG | 4.0 | |
BHP Group Ltd. ADR | 3.4 | |
DBS Group Holdings Ltd. | 3.4 | |
Atlas Copco AB | 3.2 | |
Allianz SE REG | 3.0 | |
Infineon Technologies AG | 3.0 | |
Schneider Electric SE | 3.0 | |
Shell PLC | 2.7 | |
Total | 33.9% |
Performance Comparison
$30,000
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Comparison of the change in value of a $10,000 investment in the fund and the MSCI® EAFE® Index made on June 30, 2012.
The returns quoted in the above table and chart represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than that shown above. To obtain the most recent month-end returns, please call 800.258.3030 or visit homesteadfunds.com. Returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate such that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The International Equity Fund's average annual total returns are net of any fee waivers and reimbursements. The fund's advisor waived a portion of its management fee during the periods shown. Had the advisor not done so, the fund's total returns would have been lower. The expenses used are as of the most recent period-end and may fluctuate over time. Returns include the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Returns do not reflect taxes that the shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index. Index performance does not reflect transaction costs, fees or expenses.
*Performance information for the International Equity Fund (formerly the International Value Fund) reflects its performance as an actively managed fund subadvised by Mercator Asset Management through September 14, 2015; as a passively managed portfolio directed by SSGA Funds Management Inc. from September 15, 2015, to January 8, 2016; and, after a transition, as an actively managed fund subadvised by Harding Loevner LP from January 15, 2016, to period-end.
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Small-Company Stock Fund
Performance Evaluation | Prepared by the Fund's Investment Advisor, Homestead Advisers Corp.
Performance
The fund returned -20.06% for the six-month period ended June 30, 2022, outperforming its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Index, which returned -23.43%. The Russell 2000 Index registered back-to-back quarters of negative returns. The weakness in the first half of 2022 registers as the worst first-half performance for the Russell 2000 Index in over 42 years.
Portfolio Review
The equity markets have been buffeted over the past six months by concerns over not-so-transitory inflation; rising interest rates; prospects for slower economic growth; and the Russia-Ukraine war impacting prices of food, energy and other commodities. Smaller capitalization companies have been particularly impacted, as they are perceived as less diversified in their business models and have fewer financing options. The dismal returns of small cap stocks and the benchmarks during this period have occurred, while we believe individual company earnings and fundamentals of portfolio constituents have, in our view, for the most part remained sound and solid.
Fund performance was driven by positive stock selection especially in the professional services segment of the industrials sector, which overcame fund underweights in the defense and energy sectors.
In the industrials sector, the fund's holdings in the professional services subsector helped performance. Mantech and CACI, defense contractors, performed well during the period. Defense-related names benefitted from heightened military activities in Europe. Mantech also received a takeover offer from Carlyle Group for $96.00 per share in cash in May. We anticipate deal completion by September 30, 2022. Mantech is a long-term fund holding.
The financials sector contributed to first-half results as the fund's holdings in the banking, consumer finance and insurance subsectors outperformed benchmark holdings in these categories.
In information technology, the fund outperformed the benchmark's technology sector. We avoided many high-valuation/unprofitable stocks that got hit the hardest; the fund's holdings such as CSG Systems and Model N fared better.
LHC Group was a strong performer in the health care sector after the home health service provider agreed to be acquired by UnitedHealth Group. With the fund as a long-term shareholder of these acquired companies (Mantech and LHC), we are pleased to see others recognize the intrinsic value of these quality businesses even in a volatile market environment.
Detractors during the period include the energy and materials sectors. The fund did not have any exposure to energy names, and this detracted from performance. Energy stocks, though volatile in the period, were the only positive contributor to benchmark returns.
Investment Advisor: Homestead Advisers
Prabha Carpenter, CFA
Senior Equity Portfolio Manager
BA, Economics, University of Madras; MBA with distinction in Finance and BS in Business Economics, The American University
Jim Polk, CFA
Head of Equity Investments
BA, English, Colby College; MBA, The Olin
Graduate School of Business at Babson College
The materials sector was plagued by macro concerns of slower growth and rising costs. Summit Materials in the construction materials subsector was particularly weak.
Outlook
We approach small-cap investing with a long-term lens and a focus on fundamental research. We believe the fund's quality holdings will reward shareholders over the long run. Periods of market weakness may provide opportunities to buy stocks at lower, more compelling valuations.
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Small-Company Stock Fund
Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended 06/30/22)
| 1 YR % | 5 YR % | 10 YR % |
Small-Company Stock Fund | -18.93 | 3.28 | 8.04 |
Russell 2000 Index | -25.20 | 5.17 | 9.35 |
Sector Diversification
| % of Total Investments |
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Industrials | 24.7 |
Financials | 19.7 |
Health care | 17.8 |
Information technology | 14.6 |
Consumer discretionary | 8.0 |
Materials | 7.1 |
Real estate | 4.3 |
Communication services | 2.0 |
Short-term and other assets | 1.8 |
Total | 100.0% |
Top 10 Equity Holdings
| % of Total Investments |
| as of 06/30/22 |
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. | 3.9 |
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. | 3.6 |
ManTech International Corp. | 3.3 |
Encore Capital Group, Inc. | 3.2 |
Avient Corp. | 3.2 |
Atkore Inc. | 3.1 |
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. | 3.0 |
Medpace Holdings, Inc. | 2.9 |
Eastern Bankshares, Inc. | 2.8 |
Summit Materials, Inc. | 2.8 |
Total | 31.8% |
Performance Comparison
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The returns quoted in the above table and chart represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than that shown above. To obtain the most recent month-end returns, please call 800.258.3030 or visit homesteadfunds.com. Returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate such that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Small-Company Stock Fund's average annual total returns are net of any fee waivers and reimbursements. The expenses used are as of the most recent period-end and may fluctuate over time. Returns include the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Returns do not reflect taxes that the shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index. Index performance does not reflect transaction costs, fees or expenses.
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Expense Example
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, service fees, and other fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in each of the Homestead Funds 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 January 1, 2022 and held through June 30, 2022.
Actual Expenses
The first line for each Fund in the table on the following page provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, 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 the Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs) and Educational Savings Accounts (ESAs) are charged a $15.00 annual custodial fee. The charge is automatically deducted from your account in the fourth quarter of each year or, if you close your account, at the time of redemption. A fee is collected for each IRA or ESA, as distinguished by account type (Traditional IRA, Roth IRA, or ESA) and Social Security Number. For example, if you have both a Traditional IRA and a Roth IRA account, each would be charged a fee. But only one fee would be collected for each account type, regardless of the number of Funds held by each account type. These fees are not included in the example below. If included, the costs shown would be higher.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line for each Fund in the table on the following page provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the 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 you paid for the period.
You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect the custodial account fee. Therefore, the hypothetical information in the example is useful in comparing your ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the
relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if the custodial account fee was included, your costs would have been higher.
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Expense Example (Continued)
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Daily Income Fundb | Value |
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Actual Return | $1,000.00 | $ | 1,000.40 | $1.71 | 0.34% |
Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.29 | $1.73 | 0.34% |
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Actual Return | $1,000.00 | $ | 959.70 | $3.65 | 0.75% |
Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $ | 1,021.28 | $3.76 | 0.75% |
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Actual Return | $1,000.00 | $ | 951.40 | $3.83 | 0.79% |
Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $ | 1,021.08 | $3.96 | 0.79% |
Intermediate Bond Fund |
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Actual Return | $1,000.00 | $ | 893.70 | $3.76 | 0.80% |
Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $ | 1,021.03 | $4.01 | 0.80% |
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Actual Return | $1,000.00 | $ | 848.70 | $4.56 | 1.00% |
Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $ | 1,020.06 | $4.99 | 1.00% |
Stock Index Fundc |
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Actual Return | $1,000.00 | $ | 798.50 | $2.14 | 0.48% |
Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $ | 1,022.62 | $2.41 | 0.48% |
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Actual Return | $1,000.00 | $ | 858.90 | $2.82 | 0.61% |
Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $ | 1,021.96 | $3.07 | 0.61% |
Growth Fund |
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Actual Return | $1,000.00 | $ | 686.00 | $3.44 | 0.82% |
Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $ | 1,020.92 | $4.12 | 0.82% |
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Actual Return | $1,000.00 | $ | 762.00 | $4.38 | 1.00% |
Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $ | 1,020.03 | $5.02 | 1.00% |
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Actual Return | $1,000.00 | $ | 799.40 | $4.57 | 1.02% |
Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $ | 1,019.92 | $5.13 | 1.02% |
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a.The dollar amounts shown as "Expenses Paid During the Period" are equal to each Fund's annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period 181, then divided by 365.
b.Reflects fee waiver and/or expense reimbursements in effect during the period.
c.The Stock Index Fund is a feeder fund that invests substantially all of its assets in a Master Portfolio. The example reflects the expenses of both the feeder fund and the Master Portfolio.
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Regulatory and Shareholder Matters
Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
The policies and procedures used to determine how to vote proxies relating to the Funds' portfolio securities are available online at homesteadfunds.com and, without charge, upon request by calling 800-258-3030. This information is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at sec.gov.
Proxy Voting Record
For the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, information regarding how proxies relating to portfolio securities were voted on behalf of each of the Funds is available, without charge, upon request by calling
800-258-3030. This information is also available online at homesteadfunds.com and on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at sec.gov.
Quarterly Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings
The Funds, other than Daily Income Fund, file complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Daily Income Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC monthly on Form N-MFP. Portfolio holdings for the second and fourth quarters of each fiscal year are filed as part of the Funds' semi-annual and annual reports. The Funds' Form N-PORT, Form N-MFP, semi-annual and annual reports are available on the Commission's website at sec.gov. The most recent quarterly portfolio holdings and semi-annual and annual reports also can be accessed on the Funds' website at homesteadfunds.com.
Principal Risks
You may lose money by investing in the Funds. Below are summaries of some, but not all, of the principal risks of investing in one or more of the Funds, each of which could adversely affect a Fund's NAV, yield and total return. Each risk listed below does not necessarily apply to each Fund, and you should read each Fund's prospectus carefully for a description of the principal risks associated with investing in a particular Fund.
•Asset-Backed and Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk The risk that defaults, or perceived increases in the risk of defaults, on the obligations underlying asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, including mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations ("CMOs"), significant credit downgrades and illiquidity may impair the value of the securities. These securities also present a higher degree of prepayment risk (when repayment of principal occurs before scheduled maturity resulting in the Fund having to reinvest proceeds at a lower interest rate) and extension risk (when rates of repayment of principal are slower than expected, which may lock in a below-market interest rate, increase the security's duration, and reduce the value of the security) than do other types of fixed income securities. Enforcing
rights against the underlying assets or collateral may be difficult, and the underlying assets or collateral may be insufficient if the issuer defaults.
•Cash Positions Risk A Fund will at times hold some of its assets in cash, which may hurt the Fund's performance. Cash positions may also subject the Fund to additional risks and costs, such as increased exposure to the custodian bank holding the assets and any fees imposed for large cash balances.
•Commercial Paper Risk Investments in commercial paper are subject to the risk that the issuer cannot issue enough new commercial paper to satisfy its obligations with respect to its outstanding commercial paper, also known as rollover risk. Commercial paper is generally unsecured, which increases the credit risk associated with this type of investment. The value of commercial paper may be affected by changes in the credit rating or financial condition of the issuing entities. The value of commercial paper will tend to fall when interest rates rise and rise when interest rates fall.
•Concentration Risk To the extent the Fund concentrates in a particular industry, it may be more susceptible to economic conditions and risks affecting that industry.
•Convertible Securities Risk Convertible securities may be subordinate to other debt securities issued by the same issuer. Issuers of convertible securities are often not as strong financially as issuers with higher credit ratings. Convertible securities typically provide yields lower than comparable non-convertible securities. Their values may be more volatile than those of non-convertible securities, reflecting changes in the values of the securities into which they are convertible.
•Corporate Bond Risk Corporate debt securities are subject to the risk of the issuer's inability to meet principal and interest payments on the obligations and may also be subject to price volatility due to factors such as interest rates, market perception of the creditworthiness of the issuer and general market liquidity.
•Currency Risk Foreign currencies may experience steady or sudden devaluation relative to the U.S. dollar or other currencies, adversely affecting the value of the Fund's investments. The value of the Fund's assets may be affected favorably or unfavorably by currency exchange rates, currency exchange control regulations, and restrictions or prohibitions on the repatriation of foreign currencies. Because the Fund's net asset value is determined on the basis of U.S. dollars, if the local currency of a foreign market depreciates against the U.S. dollar, you may lose money even if the foreign market prices of the Fund's holdings rise.
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Regulatory and Shareholder Matters (Continued)
•Debt Securities Risks
Credit Risk The risk that an issuer or counterparty will fail to pay its obligations to the Fund when they are due. As a result, the Fund's income might be reduced, the value of the Fund's investment might fall, and/or the Fund could lose the entire amount of its investment. Changes in the financial condition of an issuer or counterparty, changes in specific economic, social or political conditions that affect a particular type of security or other instrument or an issuer, and changes in economic, social or political conditions generally can increase the risk of default by an issuer or counterparty, which can affect a security's or other instrument's credit quality or value and an issuer's or counterparty's ability to pay interest and principal when due.
Extension Risk The risk that if interest rates rise, repayments of principal on certain debt securities, including, but not limited to, mortgage-related securities, may occur at a slower rate than expected and the expected maturity of those securities could lengthen as a result. Securities that are subject to extension risk generally have a greater potential for loss when prevailing interest rates rise, which could cause their values to fall sharply.
Income Risk The risk that the Fund's income may decline due to falling interest rates or other factors. Issuers of securities held by the Fund may call or redeem the securities during periods of falling interest rates, and the Fund would likely be required to reinvest in securities paying lower interest rates. During market conditions in which short-term interest rates are at low levels it is possible that the Fund will generate an insufficient amount of income to pay its expenses, and that it will not be able to pay a daily dividend and may have a negative yield (i.e., it may lose money on an operating basis). It is possible that the Fund would, during these conditions, maintain a substantial portion of its assets in cash, on which it may earn little, if any, income. If an obligation held by the Fund is prepaid, the Fund may have to reinvest the prepayment in other obligations paying income at lower rates.
Interest Rate Risk The risk that debt instruments will change in value because of changes in interest rates. The value of an instrument with a longer duration (whether positive or negative) will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a similar instrument with a shorter duration. Bonds and other debt instruments typically have a positive duration, which means the value of the debt instrument will generally decline if interest rates increase. The value of debt instruments will also generally decline if inflation increases because the purchasing power of the future income and repaid principal is expected to be worth less when received by the Fund.
•Depositary Receipts Risk Depositary receipts in which the Fund may invest are receipts listed on U.S. exchanges that are issued by banks or trust companies that entitle the holder to all dividends and capital gains that are paid out on the underlying foreign shares. Investments in depositary receipts may be less liquid than the underlying shares in their primary trading market.
•Derivatives Risk The risk that an investment in derivatives will not perform as anticipated by the Fund's manager or subadviser, cannot be closed out at a favorable time or price, or will increase the Fund's volatility; that derivatives may create investment leverage; that, when a derivative is used as a substitute for or alternative to a direct cash investment, the transaction may not provide a return that corresponds precisely with that of the cash investment; or that, when used for hedging purposes, derivatives will not provide the anticipated protection, causing the Fund to lose money on both the derivatives transaction and the exposure the Fund sought to hedge. The counterparty to a derivatives contract may be unable or unwilling to make timely settlement payments, return the Fund's margin, or otherwise honor its obligations. Changes in regulation relating to a mutual fund's use of derivatives and related instruments could potentially limit or impact the Fund's ability to invest in derivatives, limit a Fund's ability to employ certain strategies that use derivatives and adversely affect the value or performance of derivatives and the Fund.
•Emerging and Frontier Market Risk The risk that investing in emerging and frontier markets will be subject to greater political and economic instability, greater volatility in currency exchange rates, less developed securities markets, possible trade barriers, currency transfer restrictions, a more limited number of potential buyers and issuers, an emerging market country's dependence on revenue from particular commodities or international aid, less governmental supervision and regulation, unavailability of currency hedging techniques, differences in auditing and financial reporting standards, thinner trading markets, different clearing and settlement procedures and custodial services, and less developed legal systems than in many more developed countries. The securities of emerging market companies may trade less frequently and in smaller volumes than more widely held securities. These risks are generally greater for investments in frontier market countries, which typically have smaller economies or less developed capital markets than traditional emerging market countries.
•Equity Securities Risk Equity securities generally have greater price volatility than fixed-income securities. The market price of equity securities owned by a fund may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Equity securities may decline in value due to factors affecting the issuer, equity securities markets generally, particular industries represented in those markets or the issuer itself.
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Regulatory and Shareholder Matters (Continued)
•Financial Markets Regulatory Risk Policy changes by the U.S. government or its regulatory agencies and political events within the United States and abroad may, among other things, affect investor and consumer confidence and increase volatility in the financial markets, perhaps suddenly and to a significant degree, which may adversely impact the Fund's operations, universe of potential investment options, and return potential.
•Focused Investment Risk A fund that invests a substantial portion of its assets in a particular market, industry, sector, group of industries or sectors, country, region, group of countries or asset class is subject to greater risk than a fund that invests in a more diverse investment portfolio. In addition, the value of such a fund is more susceptible to any single economic, market, political or regulatory or other occurrence affecting, for example, the particular markets, industries, regions, sectors or asset classes in which the fund is invested. This is because, for example, issuers in a particular market, industry, region, sector or asset class may react similarly to specific economic, market, regulatory, political or other developments. The particular markets, industries, regions, sectors or asset classes in which the Fund may focus its investments may change over time and the Fund may alter its focus at inopportune times. For example, the Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies in the information technology sector. Companies in the information technology sector can be adversely affected by, among other things, intense competition, earnings disappointments, and rapid obsolescence of products and services due to technological innovations or changing consumer preferences. As a matter of fundamental policy, the Intermediate Bond Fund will normally invest at least 25% of its total assets (i.e., concentrate) in mortgage-related assets and asset-backed instruments issued by government agencies or other governmental entities or by private originators or issuers, and other investments that Homestead Advisers considers to have the same primary economic characteristics.
•Foreign Risk Foreign securities are subject to political, regulatory, and economic risks not present in domestic investments and may exhibit more extreme changes in value than securities of U.S. companies. The securities markets of many foreign countries are relatively small, with a limited number of companies representing a small number of industries. In addition, foreign companies often are not subject to the same degree of regulation as U.S. companies. Reporting, legal, accounting and auditing standards of foreign countries differ, in some cases significantly, from U.S. standards. Nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, currency blockage, political changes or diplomatic developments could adversely affect the Fund's investments in a foreign country. In the event of nationalization, expropriation or other confiscation, the Fund could lose its entire investment. Investments in emerging market countries are
likely to involve significant risks. These countries are generally more likely to experience political and economic instability.
•Geographic Focus Risk Concentration of the investments of a Fund in issuers located in a particular country or region will subject such Fund, to a greater extent than if investments were less concentrated, to the risks of volatile economic cycles and/or conditions and developments that may be particular to that country or region, such
as: adverse securities markets; adverse exchange rates; social, political, regulatory, economic or environmental developments; natural disasters; or the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues.
•Growth Style Risk The risk that returns on stocks within the growth style in which the Fund invests will trail returns of stocks representing other styles or the market overall over any period of time and may shift in and out of favor with investors generally, sometimes rapidly, depending on changes in market, economic, and other factors. Growth stocks can be volatile, as these companies usually invest a high portion of earnings in their business and therefore may lack the dividends of value stocks that can cushion stock prices in a falling market. Also, earnings disappointments often lead to sharply falling prices because investors buy growth stocks in anticipation of superior earnings growth.
��High Yield Securities Risk The risk that debt instruments rated below investment grade or debt instruments that are unrated and determined by Homestead Advisers to be of comparable quality are predominantly speculative. These instruments, commonly known as "junk bonds," have a higher degree of default risk and may be less liquid than higher-rated bonds. These instruments may be subject to greater price volatility due to such factors as specific corporate developments, interest rate sensitivity, negative perceptions of high yield investments generally, and less secondary market liquidity.
•Illiquid and Restricted Securities Risk Illiquid securities are securities that a Fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. Depending on the circumstances, illiquid securities may be considered to include securities with legal or contractual restrictions on resale, time deposits, repurchase agreements having maturities longer than seven days and securities that do not have readily available market quotations. In addition, the Fund may invest in securities that are sold in private placement transactions between their issuers and their purchasers and that are neither listed on an exchange nor traded over-the-counter. Liquidity risk may be the result of, among other things, the lack of an active market. Liquid investments may become illiquid or less liquid after purchase by the Fund, particularly during periods of market turmoil. These
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factors may have an adverse effect on the Fund's ability to dispose of particular securities at an advantageous time or price, which may reduce returns, and may limit the Fund's ability to obtain accurate market quotations for purposes of valuing securities and calculating net asset value and to sell securities at fair value. If the Fund is forced to sell illiquid and relatively less liquid investments to meet redemption requests or for other cash needs, the Fund may suffer a loss. To the extent that a Fund engages in derivative transactions (for example, the Master Portfolio and International Equity Fund) or invests in securities with substantial market and/or credit risk, the Fund will tend to have greater exposure to liquidity risk. In addition, when there is illiquidity in the market for certain securities, the Fund, due to limitations on illiquid investments, may be subject to purchase and sale restrictions. If any privately placed securities held by the Fund are required to be registered under the securities laws of one or more jurisdictions before being resold, the Fund may be required to bear the expenses of registration. Also, a Fund may get only limited information about the issuer of a given restricted security, and therefore may be less able to predict a loss. Certain restricted securities may involve a high degree of business and financial risk and may result in substantial losses to a Fund.
•Index Fund Risk An index fund has operating and other expenses while an index does not. As a result, while a fund will attempt to track its underlying index as closely as possible, it will tend to underperform the index to some degree over time. If an index fund is properly correlated to its stated index, the Fund will perform poorly when the index performs poorly.
•Index-Related Risk There is no assurance that the index provider will compile the underlying index accurately, or that the underlying index will be determined, composed or calculated accurately. Gains, losses or costs associated with index provider errors will be borne by the Fund and its shareholders. Unusual market conditions may cause the index provider to postpone a scheduled rebalance, which could cause the underlying index to vary from its normal or expected composition. The postponement of a scheduled rebalance in a time of market volatility could mean that constituents that would otherwise be removed at rebalance due to changes in market capitalizations, issuer credit ratings, or other reasons may remain, causing the performance and constituents of the underlying index to vary from those expected under normal conditions.
•Investments in Other Investment Companies Risk The risk that an investment company or other pooled investment vehicle in which the Fund invests will not achieve its investment objective or execute its investment strategies effectively or that significant purchase or redemption activity by shareholders of such an investment company might negatively affect the value of the investment company's shares. There will be some
duplication of expenses because the Fund also must pay its pro-rata share of that investment company's fees and expenses.
•Investments in Small- and Mid-Size Companies Securities of small and medium-sized companies tend to be more volatile and less liquid than securities of large companies. Compared to large companies, small and medium-sized companies may face greater business risks because they lack the management depth or experience, financial resources, product diversification or competitive strengths of larger companies, and they may be more adversely affected by poor economic conditions. There may be less publicly available information about smaller companies than larger companies. In addition, these companies may have been recently organized and may have little or no track record of success.
•Issuer Risk The risk that the value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to the issuer.
•Large Shareholders and Redemptions Risk The Fund may be adversely affected when a large shareholder purchases or redeems a large amount of shares relative to the size of the Fund, which can occur at any time. Large shareholder transactions can cause the Fund to make investment decisions at inopportune times or prices or miss attractive investment opportunities. In addition, such transactions can also cause the Fund to sell certain assets in order to meet purchase or redemption requests, which could indirectly affect the liquidity of the Fund's portfolio. A smaller fund can be more adversely affected by large purchases or redemptions.
•Leverage Risk Some transactions may give rise to a form of economic leverage. These transactions may include, among others, derivatives, and may expose the Fund to greater risk and increase its costs. As an open-end investment company registered with the SEC, the Fund is subject to the federal securities laws, including the 1940 Act, the rules thereunder, and various SEC and SEC staff interpretive positions. In accordance with these laws, rules and positions, the Fund must "set aside" liquid assets (often referred to as "asset segregation"), or engage in other SEC- or staff- approved measures, to "cover" open positions with respect to certain kinds of instruments. The use of leverage may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so to satisfy its obligations or to meet any required asset segregation requirements. Increases and decreases in the value of the Fund's portfolio will be magnified when the Fund uses leverage.
•LIBOR Risk LIBOR is the offered rate for wholesale, unsecured funding available to major international banks. The terms of many investments, financings or other transactions to which the Fund may be a party have been historically tied to LIBOR. LIBOR may also be a significant
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factor in determining payment obligations under a derivative investment and may be used in other ways that affect the Fund's investment performance. On March 5, 2021, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and LIBOR's administrator, ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA), announced that most LIBOR settings would no longer be published after the end of 2021 and a majority of U.S. dollar LIBOR settings will no longer be published after June 30, 2023. It is possible that the FCA may compel the IBA to publish a subset of LIBOR settings after these dates on a "synthetic" basis, but any such publications would be considered non-representative of the underlying market. The transition from and eventual elimination of LIBOR and the terms of any replacement rate(s) may adversely affect transactions that use LIBOR as a reference rate, financial institutions that engage in such transactions, and the financial market generally. As such, the transition away from LIBOR may adversely affect the Fund's performance.
•Limited Operating History Risk The risk that a recently formed fund has a limited operating history to evaluate and may not attract sufficient assets to achieve or maximize investment and operational efficiencies.
•Loan Risk The risks associated with direct loans and participations include, but are not limited to, risks involving the enforceability of security interests and loan transactions, inadequate collateral, liabilities relating to collateral securing obligations, and the liquidity of these loans. The market for loans may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods. The loans in which the Fund invests may be rated below investment grade.
•Manager Risk The risk that the manager's or subadviser's decisions, including security selection, will cause the Fund to underperform relative to the Fund's peers. There can be no assurance that the manager's or subadviser's investment techniques and decisions will produce the desired results.
The Fund's ability to achieve its investment objective is dependent upon the manager's or subadviser's ability to identify profitable investment opportunities for the Fund. The past experience of the portfolio manager(s), including with other strategies and funds, does not guarantee future results for the Fund.
•Market Capitalization Risk Investing primarily in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or investor sentiment. Securities issued by large-cap companies tend to be less volatile than securities issued by smaller companies. However, larger companies may not be able to attain the high growth rates of successful smaller companies, especially during strong economic periods, and may be unable to respond as quickly to competitive challenges.
•Market Risk The risk that markets will perform poorly or that the returns from the securities in which the Fund invests will underperform returns from the general securities markets or other types of investments. Markets may experience periods of high volatility and reduced liquidity in response to governmental actions or intervention, political, economic or market developments, or other external factors, such as outbreaks of infectious illnesses or other widespread public health issues and outbreaks of war or sanctions in response to military incursions. During those periods, the Fund may experience high levels of shareholder redemptions, and may have to sell securities at times when the Fund would otherwise not do so, and potentially at unfavorable prices. Certain securities may be difficult to value during such periods. These risks may be heightened for fixed income securities in low interest rate environments.
•Master/Feeder Structure Risk The Stock Index Fund pursues its objective by investing substantially all of its assets in another pooled investment vehicle (a "master fund"). The ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to the ability of the master fund to meet its investment objective. The Fund will bear its pro rata portion of the expenses incurred by the master fund. Substantial redemptions by other investors in a master fund may affect the master fund's investment program adversely and limit the ability of the master fund to achieve its objective.
•Money Market Fund Risk Although the Daily Income Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, you may lose money by investing in the Fund. The share price of Money market funds can fall below the $1.00 share price. The Fund's sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not rely on or expect that the sponsor will enter into support agreements or take other actions to provide financial support to the Fund or maintain the Fund's $1.00 share price at any time. The credit quality of the Fund's holdings can change rapidly in certain markets, and the default of a single holding could have an adverse impact on the Fund's share price. The Fund's share price can also be negatively affected during periods of high redemption pressures, illiquid markets, and/or significant market volatility. While the Board of Directors may implement procedures to impose a fee upon the sale of your shares or temporarily suspend your ability to sell shares in the future if the Fund's liquidity falls below required minimums because of market conditions or other factors, the Board has not elected to do so at this time. Should the Board elect to do so, such change would only become effective after shareholders were provided with specific advance notice of the change in the Fund's policy and provided with the opportunity to redeem their shares in accordance with Rule 2a-7 before the policy change became effective.
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•Money Market Securities Risk The value of a money market instrument typically will decline during periods of rising interest rates, and can also decline in response to changes in the financial condition of the issuer, borrower, counterparty, or underlying collateral assets, or changes in market, economic, industry, political, and regulatory conditions affecting a particular type of security or issuer or fixed income securities generally. Money market funds are not designed to offer capital appreciation. Certain money market funds may impose a fee upon the sale of shares or may temporarily suspend the ability of investors to redeem shares if such fund's liquidity falls below required minimums, which may adversely affect the Fund's returns or liquidity.
•Municipal Bond Risk Factors unique to the municipal bond market may negatively affect the value of the Fund's investment in municipal bonds. The Fund may invest in a group of municipal obligations that are related in such a way that an economic, business, or political development affecting one would also affect the others. In addition, the municipal bond market, or portions thereof, may experience substantial volatility or become distressed, and individual bonds may go into default, which would lead to heightened risks of investing in municipal bonds generally. The ability of municipalities to meet their obligations will depend on the availability of tax and other revenues, economic, political and other conditions within the state and municipality, and the underlying fiscal condition of the state and municipality.
•Operational and Cybersecurity Risk A Fund, its service providers, including its adviser, Homestead Advisers, and subadvisers, as applicable, and other market participants increasingly depend on complex information technology and communications systems to conduct business functions. These systems are subject to a number of different threats or risks that could adversely affect a Fund and its shareholders, despite the efforts of the Fund and its service providers to adopt technologies, processes and practices intended to mitigate these risks. In addition, the global spread of COVID-19 has caused the Funds and their service providers to implement business continuity plans, including widespread use of work-from-home arrangements.
For example, unauthorized third parties may attempt to improperly access, modify, disrupt the operations of or prevent access to these systems or data within them (a "cyber-attack"), whether systems of the Fund, its service providers, counterparties or other market participants. Power or communications outages, acts of god, information technology equipment malfunctions, operational errors and inaccuracies within software or data processing systems may also disrupt business operations or impact critical data. Market events also may occur at a pace that overloads current information technology and communication systems
and processes of the Fund, its service providers or other market participants, impacting the ability to conduct a Fund's operations.
Cyber-attacks, disruptions or failures that affect the Fund's service providers or counterparties may adversely affect a Fund and its shareholders, including by causing losses for the Fund or impairing Fund operations. For example, a Fund's service providers' assets or sensitive or confidential information may be misappropriated, data may be corrupted and operations may be disrupted (e.g., cyber-attacks or operational failures may cause the release of private shareholder information or confidential Fund information, interfere with the processing of shareholder transactions, impact the ability to calculate the Fund's NAV and impede trading). In addition, cyber-attacks, disruptions or failures may cause reputational damage and subject a Fund's service providers to regulatory fines, litigation costs, penalties or financial losses, reimbursement or other compensation costs, and/or additional compliance costs. While the Fund and its service providers may establish business continuity and other plans and processes to address the possibility of cyber-attacks, disruptions or failures, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems, including that they do not apply to third parties, such as other market participants, as well as the possibility that certain risks have not been identified or that unknown threats may emerge in the future. The Fund and its service providers may also incur substantial costs for cybersecurity risk management, including insurance, in order to prevent or mitigate future cyber security incidents, and the Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a result of such costs.
Similar types of operational and technology risks are also present for issuers of securities or other instruments in which the Fund invests, which could result in material adverse consequences for such issuers, and may cause a Fund's investments to lose value. In addition, cyber-attacks involving a Fund's counterparty could affect such counterparty's ability to meet its obligations to the Fund, which may result in losses to the Fund and its shareholders. Furthermore, as a result of cyber-attacks, disruptions or failures, an exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities or the entire market, which may result in a Fund being, among other things, unable to buy or sell certain securities or unable to accurately price its investments. The Fund cannot directly control any cybersecurity plans and systems put in place by its service providers, Fund counterparties, issuers in which a Fund invests, or securities markets and exchanges.
•Participation Notes Risk The International Equity Fund may invest in participation notes to gain exposure to certain markets in which it cannot invest directly. Participation notes are generally traded over-the-counter. Participation notes are issued by banks, or broker-dealers, or their affiliates and are designed to replicate the return of a particular underlying equity or debt security, currency,
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or market. When the participation note matures, the issuer of the participation note will pay to, or receive from, a Fund the difference between the nominal value of the underlying instrument at the time of purchase and that instrument's value at maturity. Participation notes involve the same risks associated with a direct investment in the underlying security, currency, or market that they seek to replicate. Investing in a participation note also exposes a Fund to the risk that the bank or broker-dealer that issues the certificate will not fulfill its contractual obligation to timely pay a Fund the amount owed under the certificate. In addition, a Fund has no rights under participation notes against the issuer(s) of the underlying security(ies) and must rely on the creditworthiness of the issuer(s) of the participation notes. In general, the opportunity to sell participation notes to a third party will be limited or nonexistent.
•Passive Investment Risk Because BlackRock Fund Advisors does not select the individual companies in the Index that the Master Portfolio tracks, the Master Portfolio may hold securities of companies that present risks that an investment adviser researching individual securities might otherwise seek to avoid.
•Portfolio Turnover Risk The risk that frequent purchases and sales of portfolio securities may result in the realization of taxable capital gains (including short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable at ordinary income rates to shareholders subject to tax when distributed by the Fund.
•Preferred Securities Risk The risk that: (i) certain preferred stocks contain provisions that allow an issuer under certain conditions to skip or defer distributions; (ii) preferred stocks may be subject to redemption, including at the issuer's call, and, in the event of redemption, the Fund may not be able to reinvest the proceeds at comparable or favorable rates of return; (iii) preferred stocks are generally subordinated to bonds and other debt securities in an issuer's capital structure in terms of priority for corporate income and liquidation payments; and (iv) preferred stocks may trade less frequently and in a more limited volume and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than many other securities.
•Repurchase Agreements Risk The Fund's investment return on repurchase agreements will depend on the counterparty's willingness and ability to perform its obligations under a repurchase agreement. If the Fund's counterparty should default on its obligations, becomes subject to a bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding or if the value of the collateral is insufficient, the Fund could
(i) experience delays in recovering cash or the securities sold (and during such delay the value of the underlying securities may change in a manner adverse to the fund) and/or (ii) lose all or part of the income, proceeds or rights in the securities to which the Fund would otherwise be entitled.
•Restricted Securities Risk The Fund may hold securities that are restricted as to resale under the U.S. federal securities laws. There can be no assurance that a trading market will exist at any time for any particular restricted security. Limitations on the resale of these securities may prevent the Fund from disposing of them promptly at reasonable prices or at all. The Fund may have to bear the expense of registering the securities for resale and the risk of substantial delays in effecting the registration. Also, restricted securities may be difficult to value because market quotations may not be readily available, and the values of restricted securities may have significant volatility.
•Rural America Investment Risk Because the Rural America Growth & Income Fund focuses its investments in companies tied economically to rural America, the Fund will be more susceptible to changes in rural American economic conditions, including, without limitation, those resulting from: the cyclicality of revenues and earnings associated with agribusinesses, unemployment rates, availability and quality of healthcare, changing consumer tastes, domestic and international competition, severe weather conditions and climate change, and the development of new infrastructure and related technologies. In the past, rural American populations have experienced deflation and instability in their financial institutions, and there can be no assurance that such difficulties will not resurface. Rural American economies may experience low demands for capital and low interest rate environments, and, as a result, investments in fixed income instruments in these regions may be subject to greater interest rate risk than are those in urban or suburban regions. Domestic trade restrictions and U.S. government tax and fiscal policies may have negative effects on rural American economies. Changes in any of the agribusiness value chain, infrastructure development, industrial transportation, consumer products and services, financial services, healthcare, or technology sectors could have a material negative impact on the Fund's investments. For example, the retirement of coal generation assets, the expansion of broadband service, the implementation of more restrictive environmental laws and regulations, and any increases in the historically low interest rates in these regions may all impact the performance of the Fund's investments.
•Securities Lending Risk The Master Portfolio's securities lending involves the risk that the borrower may fail to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. As a result, the Master Portfolio may lose money and there may be a delay in recovering the loaned securities. The Master Portfolio could also lose money if it does not recover the securities and/or the value of the collateral falls, including the value of investments made with cash collateral. These events could trigger adverse tax consequences for the Master Portfolio.
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•Sovereign Debt Obligations Risk The risk that investments in debt obligations of sovereign governments may lose value due to the government entity's unwillingness or inability to repay principal and interest when due in accordance with the terms of the debt or otherwise in a timely manner. Sovereign governments may default on their debt obligations for a number of reasons, including social, political, economic and diplomatic changes in countries issuing sovereign debt. The Fund may have limited (or no) recourse in the event of a default because bankruptcy, moratorium and other similar laws applicable to issuers of sovereign debt obligations may be substantially different from those applicable to private issuers, and any recourse may be subject to the political climate in the relevant country. In addition, foreign governmental entities may enjoy various levels of sovereign immunity, and it may be difficult or impossible to bring a legal action against a foreign governmental entity or to enforce a judgment against such an entity. Holders of certain foreign government debt securities may be requested to participate in the restructuring of such obligations and to extend further loans to their issuers. There can be no assurance that the foreign government debt securities in which the Fund may invest will not be subject to similar restructuring arrangements or to requests for new credit, which may adversely affect the Fund's holdings.
•Tracking Error Risk Tracking error is the divergence of an index fund's performance from that of the underlying index. Tracking error may occur because of differences between the securities and other instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those included in the Index, pricing differences, transaction costs incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, differences in timing of the accrual of dividends or interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Index or the need of the Fund or Master Portfolio to meet various new or existing regulatory requirements. This risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund incurs fees and expenses, while the Index does not.
•U.S. Government Securities Risk The risk that the value of U.S. Government securities can decrease due to changes in interest rates or changes to the financial condition or credit rating of the U.S. Government.
•Value Style Risk The risk that returns on stocks within the value style in which the Fund invests will trail returns of stocks representing other styles or the market overall over any period of time and may shift in and out of favor with investors generally, sometimes rapidly, depending on changes in market, economic, and other factors. Investments in value securities may be subject to risks that
(1) the issuer's potential business prospects will not be realized; (2) their potential values will never be
recognized by the market; and (3) their value was appropriately priced when acquired and they do not perform as anticipated.
•Variable and Floating-Rate Securities Risk The value of these securities may decline if their interest rates do not rise as much, or as quickly, as other interest rates.
Conversely, these securities will not generally increase in value to the same extent as other fixed income securities, or at all, if interest rates decline.
•When-Issued, TBA and Delayed Delivery Securities Risk The Fund may purchase securities on a when-issued, TBA or delayed delivery basis and may purchase securities on a forward commitment basis. The purchase price of the securities is typically fixed at the time of the commitment, but delivery and payment can take place a month or more after the date of the commitment. The prices of the securities so purchased or sold are subject to market fluctuations. At the time of delivery of the securities, the value may be more or less than the purchase or sale price. Purchase of securities on a when-issued, TBA, delayed delivery, or forward commitment basis may give rise to investment leverage, and may result in increased volatility of the Fund's net asset value. Default by, or bankruptcy of, a counterparty to a when-issued, TBA or delayed delivery transaction would expose the Fund to possible losses because of an adverse market action, expenses or delays in connection with the purchase or sale of the pools specified in such transaction. Recently finalized rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) include mandatory margin requirements for the TBA market with limited exceptions. TBA trades historically have not been required to be collateralized. The final rules are not currently in effect and additional revisions to these rules are anticipated before they become effective. It is not clear when the rules will be implemented.
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Liquidity Risk Management Program
Consistent with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Liquidity Rule"), the Funds adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program to assess and manage each Fund's liquidity risk (the "Program"). Liquidity risk is the risk that a Fund would not be able to meet requests to redeem shares issued by the Fund without significant dilution of remaining investors' interests in the Fund. The Board of Directors of Homestead Funds, Inc. (the "Corporation") and the Board of Trustees (collectively, the "Board") of Homestead Funds Trust (the "Trust") has appointed the Funds' investment manager, Homestead Advisers Corp. as the liquidity risk management program administrator (the "Administrator"). The Administrator presented the most recent annual report on the Program to the Board in June 2022. The report covered the structure of the Program and reviewed the operation of the program from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. The report included a description of the annual liquidity assessment of the Funds that the Administrator performed. For each Fund, the Administrator reviewed (1) the investment strategy and liquidity of investments, including whether the investment strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund, the extent to which the strategy involves a relatively concentrated portfolio or large positions in particular issuers, and any use of borrowings for investment purposes and derivatives; (2) historical cash flows during both normal and stressed conditions; (3) holdings of cash and cash equivalents; and (4) liquidity of investments under stressed and distressed scenarios by analyzing reasonably anticipated trade sizes. The report noted that each Fund was in compliance with the 15% limit on illiquid investments during the period. The report included an overview of the Program and the methodology for classification of the Funds' investments. The Administrator concluded that the liquidity risk for each Fund is adequately managed and believes that the Program is adequate and effective for each Fund.
There can be no assurance that the Program will achieve its objectives under all circumstances in the future. Please refer to the Funds' prospectus for more information regarding each Fund's exposure to liquidity risk and other risks to which it may be subject.
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Portfolio of Investments
Daily Income Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited)
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations | 81.0% of portfolio
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
|
| Yield | Maturity Date | Face Amount |
| Value |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 1.52%(a) | 11/16/22 | $ 1,000,000 | $ | 999,992 |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 1.55(a) | 05/19/23 | 1,000,000 |
| 1,000,000 |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 1.54(a) | 06/14/23 | 500,000 |
| 500,000 |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 1.53(a) | 06/23/23 | 500,000 |
| 499,979 |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 1.55(a) | 09/18/23 | 500,000 |
| 500,000 |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 1.55(a) | 09/20/23 | 1,000,000 |
| 1,000,000 |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 1.56(a) | 09/29/23 | 1,000,000 |
| 1,000,000 |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 1.57(a) | 11/07/23 | 500,000 |
| 500,000 |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 1.55(a) | 12/15/23 | 500,000 |
| 499,963 |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 1.55(a) | 01/04/24 | 500,000 |
| 500,000 |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 1.57(a) | 01/10/24 | 500,000 |
| 500,000 |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 1.55(a) | 01/25/24 | 500,000 |
| 500,000 |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 1.56(a) | 02/05/24 | 1,000,000 |
| 1,000,000 |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 1.57(a) | 02/20/24 | 500,000 |
| 500,000 |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 1.56(a) | 03/15/24 | 500,000 |
| 500,000 |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 1.55(a) | 03/18/24 | 1,500,000 |
| 1,500,000 |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 1.56(a) | 04/25/24 | 500,000 |
| 500,000 |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 1.56(a) | 05/24/24 | 1,000,000 |
| 1,000,000 |
Federal Home Loan Bank | 0.92 | 07/20/22 | 2,000,000 |
| 1,999,029 |
Federal Home Loan Bank | 0.87 | 07/26/22 | 4,000,000 |
| 3,997,583 |
Federal Home Loan Bank | 1.52(a) | 08/05/22 | 1,000,000 |
| 1,000,000 |
Federal Home Loan Bank | 1.00 | 08/09/22 | 4,000,000 |
| 3,995,667 |
Federal Home Loan Bank | 1.01 | 08/10/22 | 5,000,000 |
| 4,994,406 |
Federal Home Loan Bank | 1.68 | 08/15/22 | 900,000 |
| 898,110 |
Federal Home Loan Bank | 1.52(a) | 09/15/22 | 8,000,000 |
| 8,000,000 |
Federal Home Loan Bank | 1.52(a) | 09/16/22 | 4,000,000 |
| 4,000,000 |
Federal Home Loan Bank | 1.91 | 09/16/22 | 3,000,000 |
| 2,987,808 |
U.S. Treasury Bill | 0.80 | 07/26/22 | 17,000,000 |
| 16,990,686 |
U.S. Treasury Bill | 0.82 | 08/02/22 | 2,000,000 |
| 1,998,569 |
U.S. Treasury Bill | 0.92 | 08/04/22 | 5,000,000 |
| 4,995,703 |
U.S. Treasury Bill | 1.17 | 08/09/22 | 8,000,000 |
| 7,990,025 |
U.S. Treasury Bill | 0.40 | 08/11/22 | 8,000,000 |
| 7,996,469 |
U.S. Treasury Bill | 0.98 | 08/16/22 | 2,000,000 |
| 1,997,534 |
U.S. Treasury Bill | 1.56 | 08/23/22 | 5,000,000 |
| 4,988,730 |
U.S. Treasury Bill | 0.72 | 08/25/22 | 2,000,000 |
| 1,997,831 |
U.S. Treasury Bill | 1.25 | 09/06/22 | 5,000,000 |
| 4,988,601 |
U.S. Treasury Bill | 1.70 | 09/15/22 | 6,000,000 |
| 5,978,908 |
U.S. Treasury Bill | 1.70 | 09/22/22 | 8,000,000 |
| 7,969,198 |
U.S. Treasury Bill | 1.30 | 09/27/22 | 4,000,000 |
| 3,987,484 |
U.S. Treasury Bill | 1.78 | 09/29/22 | 8,000,000 |
| 7,965,000 |
U.S. Treasury Bill | 1.42 | 10/04/22 | 4,000,000 |
| 3,985,328 |
U.S. Treasury Bill | 1.54 | 10/11/22 | 2,000,000 |
| 1,991,443 |
U.S. Treasury Bill | 2.10 | 10/25/22 | 2,000,000 |
| 1,986,724 |
U.S. Treasury Bill | 2.23 | 11/01/22 | 4,000,000 |
| 3,971,109 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 1.81(a) | 07/31/22 | 4,000,000 |
| 4,000,150 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 2.00 | 07/31/22 | 2,000,000 |
| 2,003,139 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 1.81(a) | 01/31/23 | 6,000,000 |
| 6,000,856 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 1.79(a) | 04/30/23 | 4,100,000 |
| 4,100,151 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 1.79(a) | 07/31/23 | 3,500,000 |
| 3,500,033 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 1.79(a) | 10/31/23 | 5,500,000 |
| 5,500,128 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 1.74(a) | 01/31/24 | 500,000 |
| 499,864 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 1.68(a) | 04/30/24 | 2,500,000 |
| 2,496,675 |
Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations |
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $164,752,875) |
|
|
|
| 164,752,875 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Portfolio of Investments |
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Portfolio of Investments | Daily Income Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Money Market Fund | 19.0% of portfolio
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
| Yield | Shares | Value |
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund |
|
|
|
Premier Class | 1.43%(b) | 38,643,799 | $ 38,643,799 |
Total Money Market Fund |
|
|
|
(Cost $38,643,799) |
|
| 38,643,799 |
Total Investments in Securities |
|
(Cost $203,396,674) | 100.0% | $203,396,674 |
(a) Variable coupon rate as of June 30, 2022. (b)7-day yield at June 30, 2022.
Portfolio of Investments | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Portfolio of Investments
Short-Term Government Securities Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited)
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations | 54.8% of portfolio
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yield | Maturity Date | Face Amount |
| Value | |
Export-Import Bank of the U.S. | 1.90% | 07/12/24 | $ | 708,026 | $ | 698,470 |
Export-Import Bank of the U.S. | 1.73 | 09/18/24 |
| 1,735,251 |
| 1,702,181 |
Export-Import Bank of the U.S. | 1.58 | 11/16/24 |
| 118,357 |
| 115,750 |
Export-Import Bank of the U.S. | 2.54 | 07/13/25 |
| 151,109 |
| 149,263 |
Export-Import Bank of the U.S. | 2.33 | 01/14/27 |
| 213,749 |
| 204,701 |
Private Export Funding Corp. | 1.75 | 11/15/24 |
| 1,000,000 |
| 964,958 |
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development | 6.12 | 08/01/22 |
| 10,000 |
| 10,041 |
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development | 5.77 | 08/01/26 |
| 46,000 |
| 46,124 |
U.S. International Development Finance Corp. | 2.22(a) | 01/24/25 |
| 2,000,000 |
| 2,050,792 |
U.S. International Development Finance Corp. | 1.27(a) | 06/21/25 |
| 1,000,000 |
| 960,963 |
U.S. International Development Finance Corp. | 0.00(b) | 07/17/25 |
| 1,000,000 |
| 929,354 |
U.S. International Development Finance Corp. | 0.00(b) | 01/17/26 |
| 700,000 |
| 712,190 |
U.S. International Development Finance Corp. | 1.11 | 05/15/29 |
| 1,000,000 |
| 926,778 |
U.S. International Development Finance Corp. | 2.36 | 10/15/29 |
| 1,679,461 |
| 1,615,183 |
U.S. International Development Finance Corp. | 1.05 | 10/15/29 |
| 1,679,461 |
| 1,533,819 |
U.S. International Development Finance Corp. | 1.24 | 08/15/31 |
| 1,500,000 |
| 1,356,435 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 2.50 | 05/31/24 |
| 7,833,000 |
| 7,762,319 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 0.25 | 07/31/25 |
| 13,155,000 |
| 12,078,448 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 2.75 | 04/30/27 |
| 420,000 |
| 414,323 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 2.63 | 05/31/27 |
| 415,000 |
| 407,154 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 0.75 | 01/31/28 |
| 5,533,000 |
| 4,872,930 |
Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $40,789,118) |
|
|
|
|
| 39,512,176 |
Corporate Bonds Guaranteed by Export-Import Bank of the United States | 36.8% of portfolio
Consumer Discretionary | 0.1%
Ethiopian Leasing (2012) LLC | 2.68 | 07/30/25 | 61,296 | 60,636 |
Total Consumer Discretionary |
|
|
| 60,636 |
Energy | 12.1%
Petroleos Mexicanos | 1.70 | 12/20/22 | 28,500 | 28,341 |
Petroleos Mexicanos | 2.38 | 04/15/25 | 486,300 | 479,279 |
Petroleos Mexicanos | 1.39(c) | 04/15/25 | 1,950,000 | 1,950,568 |
Petroleos Mexicanos | 2.46 | 12/15/25 | 607,250 | 595,517 |
Reliance Industries Ltd. | 2.06 | 01/15/26 | 2,163,200 | 2,113,988 |
Reliance Industries Ltd. | 1.87 | 01/15/26 | 2,787,368 | 2,714,894 |
Reliance Industries Ltd. | 2.44 | 01/15/26 | 875,789 | 861,527 |
Total Energy |
|
|
| 8,744,114 |
Financials | 24.6%
CES MU2 LLC | 1.99 | 05/13/27 | 1,636,892 | 1,572,349 |
Durrah MSN 35603 | 1.68 | 01/22/25 | 515,099 | 503,808 |
DY8 Leasing LLC | 2.63 | 04/29/26 | 166,667 | 164,001 |
DY9 Leasing LLC | 2.37 | 03/19/27 | 588,030 | 570,747 |
Export Lease Eleven Co. LLC | 1.52(c) | 07/30/25 | 60,690 | 60,644 |
Helios Leasing II LLC | 2.67 | 03/18/25 | 1,592,877 | 1,575,256 |
HNA 2015 LLC | 2.29 | 06/30/27 | 240,500 | 232,239 |
HNA 2015 LLC | 2.37 | 09/18/27 | 141,547 | 137,310 |
KE Export Leasing 2013-A LLC | 1.77(c) | 02/25/25 | 1,700,702 | 1,698,162 |
Lulwa Ltd. | 1.89 | 02/15/25 | 1,025,280 | 1,004,074 |
Lulwa Ltd. | 1.83 | 03/26/25 | 323,980 | 316,492 |
MSN 41079 and 41084 Ltd. | 1.72 | 07/13/24 | 1,714,367 | 1,682,300 |
MSN 41079 and 41084 Ltd. | 1.63 | 12/14/24 | 446,803 | 436,513 |
Osprey Aircraft Leasing LLC | 2.21 | 06/21/25 | 111,445 | 109,423 |
Penta Aircraft Leasing 2013 LLC | 1.69 | 04/29/25 | 527,382 | 514,470 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
| Portfolio of Investments |
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Portfolio of Investments | Short-Term Government Securities Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Corporate Bonds Guaranteed by Export-Import Bank of the United States | 36.8% of portfolio (Continued)
|
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yield | Maturity Date | Face Amount |
| Value |
| Financials | 24.6% (Continued) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Pluto Aircraft Leasing LLC | 1.58%(c) | 02/07/23 | $ 727,267 | $ | 726,357 |
| Rimon LLC | 2.45 | 11/01/25 | 157,500 |
| 155,082 |
| Safina Ltd. | 2.00 | 12/30/23 | 620,529 |
| 614,376 |
| Salmon River Export LLC | 2.19 | 09/15/26 | 742,580 |
| 724,425 |
| Sandalwood 2013 LLC | 2.84 | 07/10/25 | 240,602 |
| 238,935 |
| Sandalwood 2013 LLC | 2.82 | 02/12/26 | 313,534 |
| 309,888 |
| Santa Rosa Leasing LLC | 1.69 | 08/15/24 | 134,149 |
| 132,042 |
| Santa Rosa Leasing LLC | 1.47 | 11/03/24 | 224,541 |
| 219,543 |
| Thirax 1 LLC | 0.97 | 01/14/33 | 1,804,730 |
| 1,568,346 |
| VCK Lease SA | 2.59 | 07/24/26 | 48,818 |
| 47,917 |
| Washington Aircraft 2 Co. DAC | 2.63(c) | 06/26/24 | 2,403,287 |
| 2,396,164 |
Total Financials |
|
|
|
| 17,710,863 | |
Total Corporate Bonds Guaranteed by Export-Import Bank of |
|
|
|
|
| |
the United States |
|
|
|
|
| |
(Cost $27,330,778) |
|
|
|
| 26,515,613 | |
Asset-Backed Securities | 3.0% of portfolio |
|
|
|
|
| |
| American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust 22-1A (d) | 0.99 | 12/15/25 | 176,329 |
| 173,382 |
| Carvana Auto Receivables Trust 20-N1A (d) | 2.01 | 03/17/25 | 59,590 |
| 59,522 |
| Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust 20-3A (d) | 1.24 | 10/15/29 | 250,000 |
| 243,487 |
| First Investors Auto Owner Trust 21-2A (d) | 0.48 | 03/15/27 | 115,877 |
| 113,003 |
| GLS Auto Receivables Trust 21-3A (d) | 0.42 | 01/15/25 | 63,329 |
| 62,569 |
| GLS Auto Receivables Trust 21-4 (d) | 0.84 | 07/15/25 | 129,678 |
| 127,276 |
| Gracie Point International Fund 21-1 (d) | 1.55(c) | 11/01/23 | 205,921 |
| 204,717 |
| LAD Auto Receivables Trust 21-1 (d) | 1.30 | 08/17/26 | 186,524 |
| 180,495 |
| Marlette Funding Trust 21-1 (d) | 0.60 | 06/16/31 | 23,621 |
| 23,578 |
| Oasis Securitisation 21-1A (d) | 2.58 | 02/15/33 | 80,364 |
| 79,424 |
| Oasis Securitisation 21-2A (d) | 2.14 | 10/15/33 | 209,050 |
| 204,685 |
| SBA Tower Trust (d) | 2.84 | 01/15/25 | 250,000 |
| 241,271 |
| United Auto Credit Securitization Trust 22-1A (d) | 1.11 | 07/10/24 | 124,911 |
| 123,967 |
| Upstart Securitization Trust 21-3 (d) | 0.83 | 07/20/31 | 79,333 |
| 77,034 |
| Westgate Resorts 22-1A (d) | 2.29 | 08/20/36 | 266,554 |
| 254,711 |
Total Asset-Backed Securities |
|
|
|
|
| |
(Cost $2,227,705) |
|
|
|
| 2,169,121 | |
Corporate Bonds–Other | 1.4% of portfolio |
|
|
|
|
| |
Financials | 1.4% |
|
|
|
|
| |
| Athene Global Funding (d) | 2.50 | 01/14/25 | 100,000 |
| 95,074 |
| J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. | 1.04(c) | 02/04/27 | 100,000 |
| 88,442 |
| Main Street Capital Corp. | 3.00 | 07/14/26 | 415,000 |
| 362,117 |
| Owl Rock Capital Corp. III (d) | 3.13 | 04/13/27 | 250,000 |
| 213,479 |
| Owl Rock Core Income Corp. (d) | 3.13 | 09/23/26 | 250,000 |
| 215,559 |
Total Financials |
|
|
|
| 974,671 | |
Total Corporate Bonds–Other |
|
|
|
|
| |
(Cost $1,114,487) |
|
|
|
| 974,671 | |
Mortgage-Backed Security | 0.7% of portfolio |
|
|
|
|
| |
| GNMA 21-8 | 1.00 | 01/20/50 | 595,971 |
| 515,693 |
Total Mortgage-Backed Security |
|
|
|
|
| |
(Cost $596,423) |
|
|
|
| 515,693 |
Portfolio of Investments | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Portfolio of Investments | Short-Term Government Securities Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Municipal Bonds | 0.4% of portfolio
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
| Yield | Maturity Date | Face Amount | Value |
New York | 0.1% |
|
|
|
|
Suffolk County New York | 1.05% | 06/15/23 | $ 100,000 | $ 98,147 |
Total New York |
|
|
| 98,147 |
Texas | 0.3% |
|
|
|
|
Harris County Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance |
|
|
|
|
Corp. | 1.45 | 11/15/22 | 200,000 | 199,113 |
Total Texas |
|
|
| 199,113 |
Total Municipal Bonds |
|
|
|
|
(Cost $300,000) |
|
|
| 297,260 |
Money Market Fund | 2.9% of portfolio |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Shares |
|
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund |
|
|
|
|
Premier Class | 1.43(e) |
| 2,099,023 | 2,099,023 |
Total Money Market Fund |
|
|
|
|
(Cost $2,099,023) |
|
|
| 2,099,023 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total Investments in Securities |
|
|
|
|
(Cost $74,457,534) | 100.0% |
|
|
| $72,083,557 |
(a) Interest is paid at maturity.
(b)Zero coupon rate, purchased at a discount.
(c) Variable coupon rate as of June 30, 2022.
(d)Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The securities have been determined to be liquid under criteria established by the Fund's Board of Directors. The total of such securities at period-end amounts to $2,693,233 and represents 3.7% of total investments.
(e)7-day yield at June 30, 2022. LLC - Limited Liability Company
SA - Sociedad Anonima or Societe Anonyme DAC - Designated Activity Company
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Portfolio of Investments |
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Portfolio of Investments
Short-Term Bond Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited)
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations | 44.7% of portfolio
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yield | Maturity Date | Face Amount |
| Value | |
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development | 6.12% | 08/01/22 | $ | 10,000 | $ | 10,041 |
U.S. International Development Finance Corp. | 0.67(a) | 04/23/29 |
| 1,230,000 |
| 1,150,662 |
U.S. International Development Finance Corp. | 2.36 | 10/15/29 |
| 709,572 |
| 682,415 |
U.S. International Development Finance Corp. | 1.05 | 10/15/29 |
| 1,020,273 |
| 931,795 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 1.79(b) | 10/31/23 |
| 15,900,000 |
| 15,938,980 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 2.50 | 05/31/24 |
| 68,214,000 |
| 67,598,475 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 2.63 | 04/15/25 |
| 19,896,000 |
| 19,679,942 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 2.75 | 05/15/25 |
| 13,830,000 |
| 13,724,114 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 0.25 | 07/31/25 |
| 86,090,000 |
| 79,044,744 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 2.75 | 04/30/27 |
| 12,277,000 |
| 12,111,069 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 2.63 | 05/31/27 |
| 14,431,000 |
| 14,158,164 |
Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $227,265,204) |
|
|
|
|
| 225,030,401 |
Corporate Bonds–Other | 28.0% of portfolio
Communication Services | 1.2%
Magallanes, Inc. (c) | 3.43 | 03/15/24 | 850,000 | 833,282 |
Magallanes, Inc. (c) | 3.76 | 03/15/27 | 1,355,000 | 1,270,979 |
Sprint Spectrum Co. LLC (c) | 4.74 | 03/20/25 | 1,375,003 | 1,375,232 |
Verizon Communications Inc. | 3.00 | 03/22/27 | 2,500,000 | 2,374,545 |
Total Communication Services |
|
|
| 5,854,038 |
Consumer Discretionary | 1.2%
Daimler Finance N.A. LLC (c) | 3.30 | 05/19/25 | 920,000 | 901,974 |
Daimler Trucks Financial N.A. LLC (c) | 1.63 | 12/13/24 | 1,500,000 | 1,410,378 |
Daimler Trucks Financial N.A. LLC (c) | 3.50 | 04/07/25 | 1,255,000 | 1,229,370 |
US Airways 2013 1A PTT | 3.95 | 05/15/27 | 2,857,530 | 2,600,082 |
Total Consumer Discretionary |
|
|
| 6,141,804 |
Consumer Staples | 0.9%
7-Eleven, Inc. (c) | 0.63 | 02/10/23 | 1,000,000 | 980,576 |
7-Eleven, Inc. (c) | 0.80 | 02/10/24 | 1,090,000 | 1,032,722 |
7-Eleven, Inc. (c) | 0.95 | 02/10/26 | 800,000 | 705,829 |
Altria Group, Inc. | 4.40 | 02/14/26 | 2,055,000 | 2,018,634 |
Total Consumer Staples |
|
|
| 4,737,761 |
Energy | 2.6%
Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC | 5.13 | 06/30/27 | 2,000,000 | 2,007,370 |
Energy Transfer Operating LP | 4.50 | 04/15/24 | 1,100,000 | 1,100,502 |
Energy Transfer Operating LP | 2.90 | 05/15/25 | 2,900,000 | 2,756,398 |
Midwest Connector Capital Co. LLC (c) | 3.90 | 04/01/24 | 3,270,000 | 3,208,948 |
Phillips 66 Co. | 1.30 | 02/15/26 | 1,500,000 | 1,349,097 |
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 1.13 | 01/15/26 | 2,000,000 | 1,787,011 |
Targa Resources Corp. | 5.20 | 07/01/27 | 985,000 | 989,260 |
Total Energy |
|
|
| 13,198,586 |
Financials | 14.6%
Antares Holdings LP | 2.75 | 01/15/27 | 1,000,000 | 798,562 |
Athene Global Funding (c) | 2.50 | 01/14/25 | 4,750,000 | 4,516,004 |
Bank of America Corp. | 2.46(b) | 10/22/25 | 2,200,000 | 2,095,509 |
Bank of America Corp. | 2.02(b) | 02/13/26 | 2,100,000 | 1,968,184 |
Bank of America Corp. | 1.32(b) | 06/19/26 | 2,100,000 | 1,908,984 |
Bank of America Corp. | 1.20(b) | 10/24/26 | 920,000 | 823,224 |
Portfolio of Investments | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Portfolio of Investments | Short-Term Bond Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Corporate Bonds–Other | 28.0% of portfolio (Continued)
|
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
|
| Yield | Maturity Date | Face Amount | Value |
| Financials | 14.6% (Continued) |
|
|
|
|
| Bank of America Corp. | 4.38%(b) | 04/27/28 | $ 2,845,000 | $ 2,800,819 |
| Capital Southwest Corp. | 3.38 | 10/01/26 | 1,355,000 | 1,185,625 |
| Citigroup Inc. | 7.00 | 12/01/25 | 4,000,000 | 4,293,229 |
| Citigroup Inc. | 3.11(b) | 04/08/26 | 1,800,000 | 1,727,920 |
| CNO Global Funding (c) | 1.65 | 01/06/25 | 1,125,000 | 1,061,112 |
| F&G Global Funding (c) | 1.75 | 06/30/26 | 2,500,000 | 2,213,988 |
| Fidus Investment Corp. | 4.75 | 01/31/26 | 304,000 | 290,100 |
| Fidus Investment Corp. | 3.50 | 11/15/26 | 693,000 | 595,955 |
| GA Global Funding Trust (c) | 0.80 | 09/13/24 | 920,000 | 842,829 |
| GA Global Funding Trust (c) | 3.85 | 04/11/25 | 1,715,000 | 1,682,374 |
| GA Global Funding Trust (c) | 2.25 | 01/06/27 | 2,370,000 | 2,119,829 |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 2.64(b) | 02/24/28 | 930,000 | 844,046 |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 3.62(b) | 03/15/28 | 572,000 | 541,352 |
| J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. | 4.02(b) | 12/05/24 | 1,225,000 | 1,220,800 |
| J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. | 2.30(b) | 10/15/25 | 2,130,000 | 2,028,194 |
| J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. | 2.08(b) | 04/22/26 | 2,055,000 | 1,921,575 |
| J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. | 4.08(b) | 04/26/26 | 700,000 | 691,269 |
| J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. | 1.04(b) | 02/04/27 | 910,000 | 804,825 |
| Main Street Capital Corp. | 3.00 | 07/14/26 | 3,905,000 | 3,407,388 |
| Morgan Stanley | 3.74(b) | 04/24/24 | 1,020,000 | 1,016,449 |
| Morgan Stanley | 2.63(b) | 02/18/26 | 1,365,000 | 1,302,265 |
| Morgan Stanley | 2.19(b) | 04/28/26 | 425,000 | 397,865 |
| Morgan Stanley | 1.51(b) | 07/20/27 | 865,000 | 758,631 |
| Owl Rock Capital Corp. III (c) | 3.13 | 04/13/27 | 2,320,000 | 1,981,083 |
| Owl Rock Core Income Corp. (c) | 3.13 | 09/23/26 | 4,955,000 | 4,272,383 |
| Owl Rock Technology Finance Corp. | 2.50 | 01/15/27 | 1,415,000 | 1,193,957 |
| Santander Holdings USA, Inc. | 2.49(b) | 01/06/28 | 1,000,000 | 882,591 |
| SCE Recovery Funding LLC | 0.86 | 11/15/31 | 1,723,572 | 1,511,158 |
| Security Benefit Global Funding (c) | 1.25 | 05/17/24 | 4,000,000 | 3,793,733 |
| Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC (c) | 1.25 | 11/24/25 | 6,555,000 | 5,865,237 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | 2.16(b) | 02/11/26 | 3,270,000 | 3,073,358 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | 3.91(b) | 04/25/26 | 1,900,000 | 1,868,622 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | 2.19(b) | 04/30/26 | 2,120,000 | 1,983,371 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | 3.53(b) | 03/24/28 | 915,000 | 866,640 |
Total Financials |
|
|
| 73,151,039 | |
Health Care | 1.3% |
|
|
|
| |
| AmerisourceBergen Corp. | 0.74 | 03/15/23 | 3,361,000 | 3,296,081 |
| Baylor Scott & White Holdings | 0.83 | 11/15/25 | 1,000,000 | 915,074 |
| Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. | 3.30 | 03/15/27 | 500,000 | 471,773 |
| Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings | 1.55 | 06/01/26 | 2,000,000 | 1,794,306 |
Total Health Care |
|
|
| 6,477,234 | |
Industrials | 1.6% |
|
|
|
| |
| American Airlines Group Inc. | 3.60 | 03/22/29 | 2,147,361 | 1,988,272 |
| American Airlines Group Inc. | 3.95 | 01/11/32 | 1,000,000 | 834,333 |
| BNSF Railway Co. (c) | 3.44 | 06/16/28 | 809,642 | 789,026 |
| Boeing Co. (The) | 2.20 | 02/04/26 | 1,900,000 | 1,712,595 |
| Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. | 4.83 | 01/15/23 | 1,642 | 1,633 |
| Delta Air Lines, Inc. (c) | 7.00 | 05/01/25 | 965,000 | 976,762 |
| Triton Container International Ltd. (c) | 1.15 | 06/07/24 | 2,110,000 | 1,975,349 |
Total Industrials |
|
|
| 8,277,970 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Portfolio of Investments |
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Portfolio of Investments | Short-Term Bond Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Corporate Bonds–Other | 28.0% of portfolio (Continued)
|
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yield | Maturity Date | Face Amount |
| Value |
| Materials | 0.4% |
|
|
|
|
|
| Sealed Air Corp. (c) | 1.57% | 10/15/26 | $ 2,200,000 | $ | 1,914,125 |
Total Materials |
|
|
|
| 1,914,125 | |
Real Estate | 0.5% |
|
|
|
|
| |
| Service Properties Trust | 7.50 | 09/15/25 | 930,000 |
| 852,113 |
| VICI Properties LP (c) | 3.50 | 02/15/25 | 1,600,000 |
| 1,496,676 |
Total Real Estate |
|
|
|
| 2,348,789 | |
Utilities | 3.7% |
|
|
|
|
| |
| Brooklyn Union Gas Co. (c) | 3.41 | 03/10/26 | 3,200,000 |
| 3,064,981 |
| Entergy Louisiana, LLC | 3.78 | 04/01/25 | 1,445,000 |
| 1,429,095 |
| Metropolitan Edison Co. (c) | 4.00 | 04/15/25 | 4,250,000 |
| 4,180,741 |
| Pacific Gas and Electric Co. | 3.75 | 02/15/24 | 3,500,000 |
| 3,420,628 |
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp. | 2.48(b) | 09/28/23 | 1,000,000 |
| 988,803 |
| Southern California Edison Co. | 1.10 | 04/01/24 | 1,850,000 |
| 1,759,898 |
| Southern California Edison Co. | 1.20 | 02/01/26 | 2,065,000 |
| 1,847,519 |
| Vistra Operations Company LLC (c) | 5.13 | 05/13/25 | 1,850,000 |
| 1,831,787 |
Total Utilities |
|
|
|
| 18,523,452 | |
Total Corporate Bonds–Other |
|
|
|
|
| |
(Cost $151,870,786) |
|
|
|
| 140,624,798 | |
Asset-Backed Securities | 11.3% of portfolio |
|
|
|
|
| |
| American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust 21-2B (c) | 0.68 | 05/13/25 | 625,000 |
| 620,721 |
| American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust 21-4B (c) | 0.86 | 02/13/26 | 1,081,000 |
| 1,043,613 |
| American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust 22-1A (c) | 0.99 | 12/15/25 | 1,350,683 |
| 1,328,104 |
| Avant Credit Card Master Trust 21-1A (c) | 1.37 | 04/15/27 | 2,500,000 |
| 2,283,451 |
| Avid Automobile Receivables Trust 21-1A (c) | 0.61 | 01/15/25 | 334,436 |
| 328,562 |
| Carvana Auto Receivables Trust 20-N1A (c) | 2.01 | 03/17/25 | 371,841 |
| 371,415 |
| CNH Equipment Trust 22-A | 2.39 | 08/15/25 | 385,000 |
| 380,028 |
| Colony American Finance Ltd. 21-2 (c) | 1.41 | 07/15/54 | 817,019 |
| 724,160 |
| CoreVest American Finance 20-4 (c) | 1.17 | 12/15/52 | 807,386 |
| 732,044 |
| CoreVest American Finance 21-1 (c) | 1.57 | 04/15/53 | 1,200,271 |
| 1,083,343 |
| CoreVest American Finance 21-3 (c) | 2.49 | 10/15/54 | 2,480,000 |
| 2,223,365 |
| CPS Auto Trust 21-B (c) | 0.81 | 12/15/25 | 920,000 |
| 901,507 |
| Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust 20-1A (c) | 2.01 | 02/15/29 | 826,123 |
| 823,287 |
| Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust 20-2A (c) | 1.37 | 07/16/29 | 870,000 |
| 857,015 |
| Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust 20-3A (c) | 1.24 | 10/15/29 | 2,500,000 |
| 2,434,872 |
| Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust 21-2A (c) | 0.96 | 02/15/30 | 1,755,000 |
| 1,680,150 |
| Credito Real USA Auto Receivables Trust 21-1 (c) | 1.35 | 02/16/27 | 1,071,934 |
| 1,044,832 |
| DT Auto Owner Trust 18-2D (c) | 4.15 | 03/15/24 | 6,489 |
| 6,493 |
| DT Auto Owner Trust 20-3A (c) | 0.54 | 04/15/24 | 9,986 |
| 9,977 |
| Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Fund 15-1 | 2.67 | 06/01/27 | 253,832 |
| 246,938 |
| FIC Funding 21-1 (c) | 1.13 | 04/15/33 | 707,438 |
| 692,216 |
| First Investors Auto Owner Trust 21-2A (c) | 0.48 | 03/15/27 | 1,419,495 |
| 1,384,288 |
| Firstkey Homes Trust 22-SFR2 (c) | 4.25 | 07/17/39 | 975,000 |
| 961,061 |
| Flagship Credit Auto Trust 21-3 (c) | 0.36 | 07/15/27 | 2,555,110 |
| 2,476,884 |
| Foursight Capital Automobile Receivables Trust 22-1A (c) | 1.15 | 09/15/25 | 585,000 |
| 573,098 |
| FRTKL 21-SFR1 (c) | 1.57 | 09/17/38 | 970,000 |
| 862,610 |
| GLS Auto Receivables Trust 20-2 (c) | 1.58 | 08/15/24 | 78,067 |
| 78,042 |
| GLS Auto Receivables Trust 21-3A (c) | 0.42 | 01/15/25 | 852,835 |
| 842,598 |
| GLS Auto Receivables Trust 21-4 (c) | 0.84 | 07/15/25 | 1,805,763 |
| 1,772,318 |
| Gracie Point International Fund 20-B (c) | 2.20(b) | 05/02/23 | 749,971 |
| 749,670 |
| Gracie Point International Fund 21-1 (c) | 1.55(b) | 11/01/23 | 1,489,427 |
| 1,480,716 |
| Gracie Point International Fund 22-1 (c) | 2.54(b) | 04/01/24 | 1,496,000 |
| 1,490,908 |
| Portfolio of Investments | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Portfolio of Investments | Short-Term Bond Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Asset-Backed Securities | 11.3% of portfolio (Continued)
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
|
| Yield | Maturity Date | Face Amount | Value | |
LAD Auto Receivables Trust 21-1 (c) | 1.30% | 08/17/26 | $ 1,131,578 | $ 1,095,002 |
|
Longtrain Leasing III LLC 2015-1 (c) | 2.98 | 01/15/45 | 266,857 | 260,295 | |
Marlette Funding Trust 21-1 (c) | 0.60 | 06/16/31 | 82,675 | 82,524 | |
Marlette Funding Trust 22-2 (c) | 4.25 | 08/15/32 | 1,216,000 | 1,212,269 | |
NP SPE II LLC 17-1 (c) | 3.37 | 10/21/47 | 310,896 | 295,866 | |
Oasis Securitisation 21-1A (c) | 2.58 | 02/15/33 | 445,858 | 440,646 | |
Oasis Securitisation 21-2A (c) | 2.14 | 10/15/33 | 1,766,470 | 1,729,590 | |
Oasis Securitisation 22-1A (c) | 4.75 | 05/15/34 | 847,413 | 838,634 | |
Oportun Funding 21-A (c) | 1.21 | 03/08/28 | 1,070,000 | 1,001,484 | |
Oportun Funding 21-B (c) | 1.47 | 05/08/31 | 2,225,000 | 2,063,441 | |
Oscar US Funding Trust 21-1A (c) | 0.40 | 03/11/24 | 335,868 | 333,317 | |
Progress Residential Trust 21-SFR8 (c) | 1.51 | 10/17/38 | 1,322,000 | 1,177,029 | |
Progress Residential Trust 22-SFR3 (c) | 3.20 | 04/17/39 | 925,000 | 872,897 | |
SBA Tower Trust (c) | 2.84 | 01/15/25 | 4,765,000 | 4,598,623 | |
SBA Tower Trust (c) | 1.88 | 01/15/26 | 1,450,000 | 1,338,972 | |
SBA Tower Trust (c) | 1.63 | 11/15/26 | 195,000 | 174,434 | |
United Auto Credit Securitization Trust 21-1B (c) | 0.68 | 03/11/24 | 2,150,765 | 2,144,286 | |
United Auto Credit Securitization Trust 22-1A (c) | 1.11 | 07/10/24 | 736,975 | 731,406 | |
Upstart Securitization Trust 21-1 (c) | 0.87 | 03/20/31 | 263,005 | 260,227 | |
Upstart Securitization Trust 21-3 (c) | 0.83 | 07/20/31 | 524,217 | 509,026 | |
Upstart Securitization Trust 21-4 (c) | 0.84 | 09/20/31 | 966,525 | 930,539 | |
Westgate Resorts 20-1A (c) | 3.96 | 03/20/34 | 795,943 | 786,972 | |
Westgate Resorts 22-1A (c) | 2.29 | 08/20/36 | 1,243,919 | 1,188,652 | |
Westlake Automobile Receivable Trust 20-3A (c) | 0.56 | 05/15/24 | 371,806 | 370,825 | |
Total Asset-Backed Securities |
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $59,262,618) |
|
|
| 56,925,242 |
Yankee Bonds | 7.4% of portfolio
Aircastle Ltd. (c) | 5.25 | 08/11/25 | 850,000 | 820,668 |
Antares Holdings LP | 3.95 | 07/15/26 | 335,000 | 290,794 |
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd. (c) | 5.50 | 01/15/26 | 1,850,000 | 1,795,027 |
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd. (c) | 2.75 | 02/21/28 | 1,930,000 | 1,574,016 |
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA | 1.13 | 09/18/25 | 800,000 | 723,693 |
Bank of Montreal | 4.34(b) | 10/05/28 | 1,300,000 | 1,298,421 |
Delta and SkyMiles IP Ltd. (c) | 4.50 | 10/20/25 | 780,000 | 757,897 |
Delta and SkyMiles IP Ltd. (c) | 4.75 | 10/20/28 | 2,000,000 | 1,889,156 |
JBS Finance Luxembourg SARL (c) | 2.50 | 01/15/27 | 3,364,000 | 2,926,213 |
Macquarie Group Ltd. (c) | 1.34(b) | 01/12/27 | 2,500,000 | 2,197,230 |
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | 2.34(b) | 01/19/28 | 850,000 | 766,151 |
Nationwide Building Society (c) | 2.97(b) | 02/16/28 | 1,500,000 | 1,368,972 |
NatWest Group PLC | 2.36(b) | 05/22/24 | 845,000 | 829,848 |
NatWest Group PLC | 4.52(b) | 06/25/24 | 1,325,000 | 1,321,596 |
NatWest Group PLC | 4.27(b) | 03/22/25 | 1,330,000 | 1,316,325 |
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (c) | 3.52 | 09/17/25 | 2,500,000 | 2,365,319 |
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (c) | 1.85 | 09/16/26 | 2,000,000 | 1,685,791 |
Royal Bank of Canada | 4.65 | 01/27/26 | 2,500,000 | 2,520,680 |
Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (c) | 1.63 | 11/24/25 | 500,000 | 461,500 |
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd. (c) | 0.80 | 09/16/24 | 2,500,000 | 2,327,460 |
Syngenta Finance NV (c) | 4.44 | 04/24/23 | 400,000 | 403,241 |
Tencent Music Entertainment Group | 1.38 | 09/03/25 | 1,260,000 | 1,146,965 |
TransCanada Pipelines Ltd. | 7.06 | 10/14/25 | 6,043,000 | 6,462,406 |
Total Yankee Bonds |
|
|
|
|
(Cost $40,368,734) |
|
|
| 37,249,369 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Portfolio of Investments |
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Portfolio of Investments | Short-Term Bond Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Corporate Bonds Guaranteed by Export-Import Bank of the United States | 2.5% of portfolio
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
| Yield | Maturity Date | Face Amount | Value |
Energy | 1.7% |
|
|
|
|
Petroleos Mexicanos | 1.39%(b) | 04/15/25 | $ 7,035,000 | $ 7,037,051 |
Petroleos Mexicanos | 2.46 | 12/15/25 | 153,650 | 150,681 |
Reliance Industries Ltd. | 1.87 | 01/15/26 | 1,267,789 | 1,234,826 |
Total Energy |
|
|
| 8,422,558 |
Financials | 0.8% |
|
|
|
|
MSN 41079 and 41084 Ltd. | 1.72 | 07/13/24 | 484,642 | 475,577 |
MSN 41079 and 41084 Ltd. | 1.63 | 12/14/24 | 590,450 | 576,852 |
Pluto Aircraft Leasing LLC | 1.58(b) | 02/07/23 | 84,908 | 84,802 |
Santa Rosa Leasing LLC | 1.69 | 08/15/24 | 510,340 | 502,327 |
Thirax 1 LLC | 0.97 | 01/14/33 | 2,165,676 | 1,882,015 |
Washington Aircraft 2 Co. DAC | 2.63(b) | 06/26/24 | 697,764 | 695,696 |
Total Financials |
|
|
| 4,217,269 |
Total Corporate Bonds Guaranteed by Export-Import Bank of |
|
|
|
|
the United States |
|
|
|
|
(Cost $13,001,080) |
|
|
| 12,639,827 |
Municipal Bonds | 1.3% of portfolio |
|
|
|
|
Arizona | 0.4% |
|
|
|
|
Glendale Arizona | 1.45 | 07/01/26 | 1,000,000 | 912,669 |
Glendale Arizona | 1.72 | 07/01/27 | 1,235,000 | 1,110,278 |
Total Arizona |
|
|
| 2,022,947 |
California | 0.1% |
|
|
|
|
EL Cajon California Pension Obligation | 1.70 | 04/01/27 | 300,000 | 266,725 |
Total California |
|
|
| 266,725 |
Maine | 0.1% |
|
|
|
|
Maine Health & Higher Educational Facilities | 1.66 | 07/01/27 | 300,000 | 266,058 |
Maine State Housing Authority | 1.70 | 11/15/26 | 245,000 | 226,468 |
Total Maine |
|
|
| 492,526 |
New Jersey | 0.4% |
|
|
|
|
New Jersey Housing and Morgage Finance Agency | 1.34 | 04/01/24 | 675,000 | 647,049 |
New Jersey Housing and Morgage Finance Agency | 1.49 | 04/01/25 | 580,000 | 543,897 |
New Jersey Housing and Morgage Finance Agency | 1.54 | 10/01/25 | 1,000,000 | 929,122 |
Total New Jersey |
|
|
| 2,120,068 |
New York | 0.1% |
|
|
|
|
Suffolk County New York | 1.05 | 06/15/23 | 350,000 | 343,514 |
Total New York |
|
|
| 343,514 |
Texas | 0.2% |
|
|
|
|
Grey Forest Texas Gas System Revenue | 1.05 | 02/01/25 | 800,000 | 750,228 |
Harris County Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance |
|
|
|
|
Corp. | 1.45 | 11/15/22 | 400,000 | 398,226 |
Total Texas |
|
|
| 1,148,454 |
Total Municipal Bonds |
|
|
|
|
(Cost $6,905,212) |
|
|
| 6,394,234 |
Portfolio of Investments | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Portfolio of Investments | Short-Term Bond Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Mortgage-Backed Securities | 0.4% of portfolio
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yield | Maturity Date | Face Amount |
| Value | |
FHLMC 780754 | 2.25%(b) | 08/01/33 | $ | 665 | $ | 669 |
FNMA 813842 | 1.70(b) | 01/01/35 |
| 1,817 |
| 1,855 |
GNMA 21-8 | 1.00 | 01/20/50 |
| 2,249,986 |
| 1,946,911 |
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities 97-LB6 | 6.82 | 12/25/27 |
| 1 |
| 1 |
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $2,254,179) |
|
|
|
|
| 1,949,436 |
Money Market Fund | 4.4% of portfolio
|
| Shares |
|
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund |
|
|
|
Premier Class | 1.43(d) | 22,052,995 | 22,052,995 |
Total Money Market Fund |
|
|
|
(Cost $22,052,995) |
|
| 22,052,995 |
Total Investments in Securities |
|
(Cost $522,980,808) | 100.0% | $502,866,302 |
(a) Interest is paid at maturity.
(b)Variable coupon rate as of June 30, 2022.
(c)Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The securities have been determined to be liquid under criteria established by the Fund's Board of Directors. The total of such securities at period-end amounts to $134,398,075 and represents 26.7% of total investments.
(d)7-day yield at June 30, 2022.
LLC - Limited Liability Company
N.A. - North America
LP - Limited Partnership
SA - Sociedad Anonima or Societe Anonyme
SARL - Societe a responsabilite limitee
PLC - Public Limited Company
NV - Naamloze Vennottschap
DAC - Designated Activity Company
FHLMC - Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Portfolio of Investments |
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Portfolio of Investments
Intermediate Bond Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited)
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations | 36.0% of portfolio
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
|
| Yield | Maturity Date | Face Amount |
| Value |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 0.52% | 10/21/25 | $ 300,000 | $ | 274,760 |
U.S. International Development Finance Corp. | 1.05 | 10/15/29 | 125,960 |
| 115,036 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 2.50 | 05/31/24 | 6,456,000 |
| 6,397,745 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 2.63 | 04/15/25 | 4,318,000 |
| 4,271,109 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 2.75 | 05/15/25 | 2,898,000 |
| 2,875,812 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 2.50 | 03/31/27 | 55,000 |
| 53,662 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 2.75 | 04/30/27 | 3,075,000 |
| 3,033,439 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 2.63 | 05/31/27 | 3,640,000 |
| 3,571,181 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 2.38 | 03/31/29 | 3,195,000 |
| 3,058,339 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 2.75 | 05/31/29 | 3,557,000 |
| 3,486,972 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 2.88 | 05/15/32 | 6,929,000 |
| 6,851,049 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 1.75 | 08/15/41 | 5,309,000 |
| 4,038,365 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 2.38 | 02/15/42 | 4,918,000 |
| 4,170,310 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 3.25 | 05/15/42 | 951,000 |
| 928,117 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 1.88 | 11/15/51 | 2,000,000 |
| 1,500,625 |
U.S. Treasury Note | 2.25 | 02/15/52 | 4,614,000 |
| 3,797,178 |
Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations |
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $50,814,074) |
|
|
|
| 48,423,699 |
Corporate Bonds–Other | 26.7% of portfolio
Communication Services | 2.1%
AT&T Inc. | 2.25 | 02/01/32 | 145,000 | 118,463 |
AT&T Inc. | 3.65 | 06/01/51 | 395,000 | 308,941 |
AT&T Inc. | 3.65 | 09/15/59 | 140,000 | 104,853 |
DISH DBS Corp. (a) | 5.25 | 12/01/26 | 120,000 | 94,061 |
Magallanes, Inc. (a) | 3.64 | 03/15/25 | 205,000 | 198,544 |
Magallanes, Inc. (a) | 4.05 | 03/15/29 | 190,000 | 174,036 |
Magallanes, Inc. (a) | 4.28 | 03/15/32 | 190,000 | 169,811 |
Magallanes, Inc. (a) | 5.05 | 03/15/42 | 285,000 | 242,475 |
Magallanes, Inc. (a) | 5.14 | 03/15/52 | 180,000 | 151,083 |
Magallanes, Inc. (a) | 5.39 | 03/15/62 | 190,000 | 158,935 |
Sprint Spectrum Co. LLC (a) | 4.74 | 03/20/25 | 309,376 | 309,427 |
T-Mobile US, Inc. | 3.00 | 02/15/41 | 200,000 | 149,158 |
Verizon Communications Inc. | 2.10 | 03/22/28 | 200,000 | 177,644 |
Verizon Communications Inc. | 2.55 | 03/21/31 | 130,000 | 111,151 |
Verizon Communications Inc. | 2.65 | 11/20/40 | 100,000 | 73,357 |
Verizon Communications Inc. | 3.40 | 03/22/41 | 195,000 | 158,737 |
Verizon Communications Inc. | 3.55 | 03/22/51 | 185,000 | 148,309 |
Total Communication Services |
|
|
| 2,848,985 |
Consumer Discretionary | 2.1%
Amazon.com, Inc. | 2.88 | 05/12/41 | 615,000 | 492,208 |
Amazon.com, Inc. | 2.70 | 06/03/60 | 160,000 | 108,373 |
Block Financial Corp. | 2.50 | 07/15/28 | 145,000 | 126,375 |
Daimler Finance N.A. LLC (a) | 3.30 | 05/19/25 | 175,000 | 171,571 |
Daimler Trucks Financial N.A. LLC (a) | 3.50 | 04/07/25 | 340,000 | 333,056 |
Expedia Group, Inc. | 4.63 | 08/01/27 | 330,000 | 317,049 |
Ford Motor Co. | 3.37 | 11/17/23 | 200,000 | 194,818 |
Ford Motor Co. | 3.38 | 11/13/25 | 200,000 | 180,094 |
General Motors Financial Co., Inc. | 4.35 | 01/17/27 | 150,000 | 143,896 |
Kohl's Corp. | 5.55 | 07/17/45 | 530,000 | 446,661 |
Tractor Supply Co. | 1.75 | 11/01/30 | 100,000 | 78,568 |
US Airways 2013 1A PTT | 3.95 | 05/15/27 | 311,947 | 283,842 |
Total Consumer Discretionary |
|
|
| 2,876,511 |
Portfolio of Investments | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Portfolio of Investments | Intermediate Bond Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Corporate Bonds–Other | 26.7% of portfolio (Continued)
|
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yield | Maturity Date | Face Amount |
| Value |
| Consumer Staples | 1.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
| 7-Eleven Inc. (a) | 1.30% | 02/10/28 | $ 60,000 | $ | 49,893 |
| 7-Eleven Inc. (a) | 1.80 | 02/10/31 | 60,000 |
| 46,834 |
| 7-Eleven Inc. (a) | 2.80 | 02/10/51 | 135,000 |
| 88,020 |
| Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV | 4.90 | 02/01/46 | 301,000 |
| 282,907 |
| Campbell Soup Co. | 2.38 | 04/24/30 | 250,000 |
| 210,974 |
| JBS USA Finance, Inc. (a) | 3.00 | 02/02/29 | 335,000 |
| 282,976 |
| JBS USA Finance, Inc. (a) | 4.38 | 02/02/52 | 530,000 |
| 374,827 |
| Smithfield Foods, Inc. (a) | 2.63 | 09/13/31 | 340,000 |
| 268,473 |
Total Consumer Staples |
|
|
|
| 1,604,904 | |
Energy | 2.7% |
|
|
|
|
| |
| BP Capital Markets America Inc. | 2.77 | 11/10/50 | 210,000 |
| 145,688 |
| Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC | 5.13 | 06/30/27 | 180,000 |
| 180,663 |
| Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC | 3.70 | 11/15/29 | 39,000 |
| 35,673 |
| Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC | 2.74 | 12/31/39 | 170,000 |
| 134,159 |
| Energy Transfer Operating LP | 4.50 | 04/15/24 | 150,000 |
| 150,068 |
| Energy Transfer Operating LP | 3.75 | 05/15/30 | 318,000 |
| 286,588 |
| Energy Transfer Operating LP | 6.00 | 06/15/48 | 420,000 |
| 394,552 |
| Energy Transfer Operating LP | 6.50(b) | 12/31/99 | 145,000 |
| 128,168 |
| Gray Oak Pipeline, LLC (a) | 2.00 | 09/15/23 | 150,000 |
| 146,141 |
| HF Sinclair Corp. (a) | 2.63 | 10/01/23 | 60,000 |
| 58,267 |
| Marathon Oil Corp. | 4.40 | 07/15/27 | 360,000 |
| 351,470 |
| Midwest Connector Capital Co. LLC (a) | 3.90 | 04/01/24 | 85,000 |
| 83,413 |
| Midwest Connector Capital Co. LLC (a) | 4.63 | 04/01/29 | 205,000 |
| 193,332 |
| MPLX LP | 1.75 | 03/01/26 | 80,000 |
| 72,027 |
| MPLX LP | 2.65 | 08/15/30 | 245,000 |
| 204,511 |
| National Oilwell Varco, Inc. | 3.60 | 12/01/29 | 112,000 |
| 100,581 |
| Phillips 66 | 2.15 | 12/15/30 | 260,000 |
| 212,378 |
| Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 1.90 | 08/15/30 | 255,000 |
| 208,264 |
| Targa Resources Corp. | 5.20 | 07/01/27 | 260,000 |
| 261,124 |
| Valero Energy Corp. | 2.80 | 12/01/31 | 340,000 |
| 285,291 |
Total Energy |
|
|
|
| 3,632,358 | |
Financials | 11.1% |
|
|
|
|
| |
| Athene Global Funding (a) | 2.50 | 01/14/25 | 884,000 |
| 840,452 |
| Athene Global Funding (a) | 2.95 | 11/12/26 | 120,000 |
| 110,289 |
| Athene Holding Ltd. | 3.95 | 05/25/51 | 300,000 |
| 223,181 |
| Bank of America Corp. | 1.20(b) | 10/24/26 | 200,000 |
| 178,962 |
| Bank of America Corp. | 4.38(b) | 04/27/28 | 745,000 |
| 733,431 |
| Bank of America Corp. | 2.50(b) | 02/13/31 | 263,000 |
| 222,267 |
| Bank of America Corp. | 1.92(b) | 10/24/31 | 700,000 |
| 559,152 |
| Bank of America Corp. | 2.83(b) | 10/24/51 | 300,000 |
| 205,435 |
| CIT Group Inc. | 3.93(b) | 06/19/24 | 402,000 |
| 399,419 |
| Citigroup Inc. | 2.98(b) | 11/05/30 | 365,000 |
| 318,576 |
| Citigroup Inc. | 2.57(b) | 06/03/31 | 870,000 |
| 731,312 |
| CoreStates Capital II (a) | 1.69(b) | 01/15/27 | 725,000 |
| 672,691 |
| Fidus Investment Corp. | 3.50 | 11/15/26 | 166,000 |
| 142,754 |
| GA Global Funding Trust (a) | 0.80 | 09/13/24 | 240,000 |
| 219,869 |
| GA Global Funding Trust (a) | 3.85 | 04/11/25 | 460,000 |
| 451,249 |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 2.64(b) | 02/24/28 | 245,000 |
| 222,356 |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 3.62(b) | 03/15/28 | 153,000 |
| 144,802 |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 2.38(b) | 07/21/32 | 365,000 |
| 295,160 |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 3.10(b) | 02/24/33 | 265,000 |
| 226,330 |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 2.91(b) | 07/21/42 | 230,000 |
| 167,940 |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 3.44(b) | 02/24/43 | 255,000 |
| 199,939 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
| Portfolio of Investments |
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Portfolio of Investments | Intermediate Bond Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Corporate Bonds–Other | 26.7% of portfolio (Continued)
|
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yield | Maturity Date | Face Amount |
| Value |
| Financials | 11.1% (Continued) |
|
|
|
|
|
| J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. | 2.08%(b) | 04/22/26 | $ 340,000 | $ | 317,925 |
| J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. | 1.04(b) | 02/04/27 | 150,000 |
| 132,664 |
| J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. | 3.63 | 12/01/27 | 722,000 |
| 693,126 |
| J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. | 1.95(b) | 02/04/32 | 480,000 |
| 383,651 |
| Main Street Capital Corp. | 3.00 | 07/14/26 | 906,000 |
| 790,549 |
| Morgan Stanley | 2.63(b) | 02/18/26 | 355,000 |
| 338,684 |
| Morgan Stanley | 1.51(b) | 07/20/27 | 200,000 |
| 175,406 |
| Morgan Stanley | 1.79(b) | 02/13/32 | 510,000 |
| 401,164 |
| Owl Rock Capital Corp. III (a) | 3.13 | 04/13/27 | 681,000 |
| 581,516 |
| Owl Rock Core Income Corp. (a) | 3.13 | 09/23/26 | 1,311,000 |
| 1,130,392 |
| Owl Rock Technology Finance Corp. | 3.75 | 06/17/26 | 150,000 |
| 135,681 |
| Owl Rock Technology Finance Corp. | 2.50 | 01/15/27 | 366,000 |
| 308,826 |
| Prudential Financial, Inc. | 5.70(b) | 09/15/48 | 75,000 |
| 72,859 |
| Santander Holdings USA, Inc. | 2.49(b) | 01/06/28 | 298,000 |
| 263,012 |
| Security Benefit Global Funding (a) | 1.25 | 05/17/24 | 300,000 |
| 284,530 |
| Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC (a) | 1.25 | 11/24/25 | 330,000 |
| 295,275 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | 2.19(b) | 04/30/26 | 210,000 |
| 196,466 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | 3.53(b) | 03/24/28 | 240,000 |
| 227,315 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | 2.39(b) | 06/02/28 | 445,000 |
| 398,510 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | 2.57(b) | 02/11/31 | 200,000 |
| 171,925 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | 3.07(b) | 04/30/41 | 440,000 |
| 340,742 |
Total Financials |
|
|
|
| 14,905,784 | |
Health Care | 0.7% |
|
|
|
|
| |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 2.35 | 11/13/40 | 170,000 |
| 125,751 |
| CVS Health Corp. | 2.70 | 08/21/40 | 170,000 |
| 122,735 |
| HCA Healthcare, Inc. | 3.50 | 07/15/51 | 228,000 |
| 155,709 |
| Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings | 1.55 | 06/01/26 | 490,000 |
| 439,605 |
| Mylan Inc. | 5.20 | 04/15/48 | 50,000 |
| 39,927 |
Total Health Care |
|
|
|
| 883,727 | |
Industrials | 1.8% |
|
|
|
|
| |
| Ashtead Capital, Inc. (a) | 1.50 | 08/12/26 | 240,000 |
| 209,573 |
| Ashtead Capital, Inc. (a) | 4.25 | 11/01/29 | 308,000 |
| 270,967 |
| Ashtead Capital, Inc. (a) | 2.45 | 08/12/31 | 200,000 |
| 155,446 |
| BNSF Railway Co. (a) | 3.44 | 06/16/28 | 368,354 |
| 358,975 |
| Boeing Co. (The) | 2.20 | 02/04/26 | 350,000 |
| 315,478 |
| Boeing Co. (The) | 5.71 | 05/01/40 | 280,000 |
| 261,175 |
| Delta Air Lines, Inc. (a) | 7.00 | 05/01/25 | 250,000 |
| 253,047 |
| Quanta Services, Inc. | 2.35 | 01/15/32 | 260,000 |
| 201,372 |
| Quanta Services, Inc. | 3.05 | 10/01/41 | 260,000 |
| 180,103 |
| Triton International Ltd. | 3.25 | 03/15/32 | 175,000 |
| 142,456 |
Total Industrials |
|
|
|
| 2,348,592 | |
Information Technology | 0.9% |
|
|
|
|
| |
| Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd. | 3.88 | 01/15/27 | 255,000 |
| 245,360 |
| Dell International LLC / EMC Corp. | 4.90 | 10/01/26 | 182,000 |
| 182,065 |
| Microchip Technology Inc. | 0.97 | 02/15/24 | 200,000 |
| 189,893 |
| VMware, Inc. | 1.40 | 08/15/26 | 155,000 |
| 137,130 |
| VMware, Inc. | 4.70 | 05/15/30 | 200,000 |
| 192,838 |
| VMware, Inc. | 2.20 | 08/15/31 | 155,000 |
| 122,051 |
| Western Digital Corp. | 2.85 | 02/01/29 | 175,000 |
| 142,484 |
Total Information Technology |
|
|
|
| 1,211,821 | |
| Portfolio of Investments | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Portfolio of Investments | Intermediate Bond Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Corporate Bonds–Other | 26.7% of portfolio (Continued)
|
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yield | Maturity Date | Face Amount |
| Value |
| Materials | 0.3% |
|
|
|
|
|
| Glencore Funding LLC (a) | 2.63% | 09/23/31 | $ 260,000 | $ | 209,511 |
| Glencore Funding LLC (a) | 3.38 | 09/23/51 | 170,000 |
| 115,894 |
| Silgan Holdings Inc. (a) | 1.40 | 04/01/26 | 125,000 |
| 111,664 |
Total Materials |
|
|
|
| 437,069 | |
Real Estate | 0.9% |
|
|
|
|
| |
| Host Hotels & Resorts, LP | 4.50 | 02/01/26 | 150,000 |
| 147,393 |
| Realty Income Corp. | 2.20 | 06/15/28 | 495,000 |
| 434,027 |
| Service Properties Trust | 7.50 | 09/15/25 | 505,000 |
| 462,706 |
| VICI Properties LP | 4.75 | 02/15/28 | 180,000 |
| 171,805 |
Total Real Estate |
|
|
|
| 1,215,931 | |
Utilities | 2.9% |
|
|
|
|
| |
| Brooklyn Union Gas Co. (a) | 3.41 | 03/10/26 | 180,000 |
| 172,405 |
| Entergy Louisiana, LLC | 3.78 | 04/01/25 | 325,000 |
| 321,423 |
| National Fuel Gas Co. | 5.50 | 01/15/26 | 307,000 |
| 308,125 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | 4.25 | 08/01/23 | 644,000 |
| 640,372 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | 3.00 | 06/15/28 | 225,000 |
| 193,846 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | 4.55 | 07/01/30 | 130,000 |
| 115,509 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | 4.25 | 03/15/46 | 770,000 |
| 562,352 |
| SCE Recovery Funding LLC | 2.51 | 11/15/43 | 190,000 |
| 144,537 |
| Southern California Edison Co. | 1.10 | 04/01/24 | 370,000 |
| 351,980 |
| Southern California Edison Co. | 2.25 | 06/01/30 | 55,000 |
| 46,174 |
| Southern California Edison Co. | 4.50 | 09/01/40 | 200,000 |
| 177,867 |
| Southern California Edison Co. | 4.00 | 04/01/47 | 164,000 |
| 133,028 |
| Southern California Edison Co. | 3.65 | 02/01/50 | 214,000 |
| 163,609 |
| TerraForm Power Operating LLC (a) | 4.75 | 01/15/30 | 171,000 |
| 146,460 |
| Vistra Operations Company LLC (a) | 5.13 | 05/13/25 | 490,000 |
| 485,176 |
Total Utilities |
|
|
|
| 3,962,863 | |
Total Corporate Bonds–Other |
|
|
|
|
| |
(Cost $41,844,743) |
|
|
|
| 35,928,545 | |
Mortgage-Backed Securities | 13.7% of portfolio |
|
|
|
|
| |
| Farm 2021-1 Mortgage Trust 21-1 (a) | 2.18(b) | 01/25/51 | 232,876 |
| 206,385 |
| FHLMC QA7479 | 3.00 | 03/01/50 | 234,587 |
| 220,059 |
| FHLMC SB8503 | 2.00 | 08/01/35 | 1,489,566 |
| 1,392,920 |
| FHLMC SD8068 | 3.00 | 06/01/50 | 226,911 |
| 211,616 |
| FNMA BN7662 | 3.50 | 07/01/49 | 95,889 |
| 93,137 |
| FNMA CA4016 | 3.00 | 08/01/49 | 549,012 |
| 514,508 |
| FNMA FM1000 | 3.00 | 04/01/47 | 982,102 |
| 927,620 |
| FNMA FM4231 | 2.50 | 09/01/50 | 251,681 |
| 227,169 |
| FNMA FM5470 | 2.00 | 01/01/36 | 974,799 |
| 911,826 |
| FNMA MA3691 | 3.00 | 07/01/49 | 155,277 |
| 144,990 |
| FNMA MA3834 | 3.00 | 11/01/49 | 326,478 |
| 304,699 |
| FNMA MA3960 | 3.00 | 03/01/50 | 148,624 |
| 138,615 |
| FNMA MA3992 | 3.50 | 04/01/50 | 153,633 |
| 149,029 |
| FNMA MA4048 | 3.00 | 06/01/50 | 677,810 |
| 632,652 |
| FNMA MA4124 | 2.50 | 09/01/35 | 1,285,698 |
| 1,230,784 |
| FNMA MA4179 | 2.00 | 11/01/35 | 4,135,458 |
| 3,864,473 |
| FNMA MA4229 | 2.00 | 01/01/36 | 1,938,858 |
| 1,816,606 |
| FNMA MA4303 | 2.00 | 04/01/36 | 1,653,169 |
| 1,544,816 |
| FNMA MA4418 | 2.00 | 09/01/36 | 2,752,865 |
| 2,572,390 |
| Freddie Mac STACR 21-HQA3 (a) | 3.93(b) | 09/25/41 | 1,000,000 |
| 839,196 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
| Portfolio of Investments |
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Portfolio of Investments | Intermediate Bond Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Mortgage-Backed Securities | 13.7% of portfolio (Continued)
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yield | Maturity Date | Face Amount |
| Value | |
GNMA 21-8 | 1.00% | 01/20/50 | $577,593 | $ | 499,791 |
|
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $20,545,170) |
|
|
|
| 18,443,281 |
Asset-Backed Securities | 11.7% of portfolio
American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust 21-2B (a) | 0.68 | 05/13/25 | 1,500,000 | 1,489,731 |
American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust 22-1B (a) | 1.68 | 09/14/26 | 375,000 | 359,445 |
Avant Credit Card Master Trust 21-1A (a) | 1.37 | 04/15/27 | 500,000 | 456,690 |
Avant Loans Funding Trust 21-REV1 (a) | 1.21 | 07/15/30 | 500,000 | 471,301 |
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust 20-N1A (a) | 2.01 | 03/17/25 | 83,426 | 83,330 |
Colony American Finance Ltd. 21-2 (a) | 1.41 | 07/15/54 | 188,543 | 167,114 |
CoreVest American Finance 20-4 (a) | 1.17 | 12/15/52 | 131,639 | 119,355 |
CoreVest American Finance 21-1 (a) | 1.57 | 04/15/53 | 839,350 | 757,582 |
CoreVest American Finance 21-3 (a) | 2.49 | 10/15/54 | 660,000 | 591,702 |
CPS Auto Trust 21-B (a) | 0.81 | 12/15/25 | 200,000 | 195,980 |
Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust 20-1A (a) | 2.01 | 02/15/29 | 239,456 | 238,634 |
Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust 20-1A (a) | 2.39 | 04/16/29 | 250,000 | 245,587 |
Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust 20-2A (a) | 1.37 | 07/16/29 | 250,000 | 246,269 |
Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust 20-3A (a) | 1.24 | 10/15/29 | 350,000 | 340,882 |
Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust 21-2A (a) | 0.96 | 02/15/30 | 320,000 | 306,352 |
Credito Real USA Auto Receivables Trust 21-1 (a) | 1.35 | 02/16/27 | 433,105 | 422,154 |
DT Auto Owner Trust 18-2D (a) | 4.15 | 03/15/24 | 1,881 | 1,882 |
DT Auto Owner Trust 20-3A (a) | 0.91 | 12/16/24 | 200,000 | 198,581 |
Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust 21-1A | 0.50 | 02/18/25 | 111,741 | 111,374 |
FIC Funding 21-1 (a) | 1.13 | 04/15/33 | 157,208 | 153,826 |
First Investors Auto Owner Trust 21-2A (a) | 0.48 | 03/15/27 | 365,013 | 355,960 |
Firstkey Homes Trust 22-SFR2 (a) | 4.25 | 07/17/39 | 325,000 | 320,354 |
Flagship Credit Auto Trust 21-3 (a) | 0.36 | 07/15/27 | 303,048 | 293,770 |
FRTKL 21-SFR1 (a) | 1.57 | 09/17/38 | 250,000 | 222,322 |
GLS Auto Receivables Trust 20-3 (a) | 1.38 | 08/15/24 | 26,891 | 26,876 |
GLS Auto Receivables Trust 20-4 (a) | 0.87 | 12/16/24 | 176,808 | 176,113 |
GLS Auto Receivables Trust 21-3A (a) | 0.42 | 01/15/25 | 206,876 | 204,393 |
GLS Auto Receivables Trust 21-4 (a) | 0.84 | 07/15/25 | 473,324 | 464,557 |
Gracie Point International Fund 20-B (a) | 2.20(b) | 05/02/23 | 290,989 | 290,872 |
Gracie Point International Fund 21-1 (a) | 1.55(b) | 11/01/23 | 319,877 | 318,006 |
LAD Auto Receivables Trust 21-1 (a) | 1.30 | 08/17/26 | 301,547 | 291,800 |
Marlette Funding Trust 21-1 (a) | 0.60 | 06/16/31 | 19,685 | 19,649 |
Oasis Securitisation 21-1A (a) | 2.58 | 02/15/33 | 160,727 | 158,849 |
Oasis Securitisation 21-2A (a) | 2.14 | 10/15/33 | 463,393 | 453,719 |
Oasis Securitisation 22-1A (a) | 4.75 | 05/15/34 | 242,118 | 239,610 |
Oportun Funding 21-A (a) | 1.21 | 03/08/28 | 300,000 | 280,790 |
Oportun Funding 21-B (a) | 1.47 | 05/08/31 | 1,000,000 | 927,389 |
Oscar US Funding Trust 21-1A (a) | 0.40 | 03/11/24 | 64,155 | 63,667 |
Progress Residential Trust 21-SFR8 (a) | 1.51 | 10/17/38 | 339,000 | 301,825 |
Progress Residential Trust 22-SFR3 (a) | 3.20 | 04/17/39 | 250,000 | 235,918 |
Progress Residential Trust 22-SFR3 (a) | 3.60 | 04/17/39 | 165,000 | 156,351 |
SBA Tower Trust (a) | 2.84 | 01/15/25 | 230,000 | 221,969 |
SBA Tower Trust (a) | 1.88 | 01/15/26 | 330,000 | 304,732 |
SBA Tower Trust (a) | 1.63 | 11/15/26 | 580,000 | 518,829 |
SBA Tower Trust (a) | 2.59 | 10/15/31 | 430,000 | 372,333 |
United Auto Credit Securitization Trust 21-1B (a) | 0.68 | 03/11/24 | 699,165 | 697,059 |
Upstart Securitization Trust 21-3 (a) | 0.83 | 07/20/31 | 121,851 | 118,320 |
Upstart Securitization Trust 21-4 (a) | 0.84 | 09/20/31 | 250,233 | 240,916 |
Westgate Resorts 22-1A (a) | 2.29 | 08/20/36 | 355,405 | 339,615 |
Portfolio of Investments | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Portfolio of Investments | Intermediate Bond Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Asset-Backed Securities | 11.7% of portfolio (Continued)
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yield | Maturity Date | Face Amount |
| Value | |
Westlake Automobile Receivable Trust 20-3A (a) | 0.78% | 11/17/25 | $230,000 | $ | 227,404 |
|
Total Asset-Backed Securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $16,549,178) |
|
|
|
| 15,801,738 |
Yankee Bonds | 6.1% of portfolio
Aircastle Ltd. (a) | 5.25 | 08/11/25 | 206,000 | 198,891 |
Antares Holdings LP | 3.95 | 07/15/26 | 375,000 | 325,515 |
Aptiv PLC | 3.10 | 12/01/51 | 280,000 | 180,581 |
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd. (a) | 5.13 | 10/01/23 | 500,000 | 494,952 |
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd. (a) | 5.50 | 01/15/26 | 800,000 | 776,228 |
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd. (a) | 2.75 | 02/21/28 | 500,000 | 407,776 |
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA | 1.13 | 09/18/25 | 200,000 | 180,923 |
Bausch Health Cos. Inc. (a) | 6.13 | 02/01/27 | 180,000 | 153,000 |
Cemex, SAB de CV (a) | 7.38 | 06/05/27 | 370,000 | 366,674 |
Cenovus Energy Inc. | 2.65 | 01/15/32 | 260,000 | 215,021 |
Cenovus Energy Inc. | 5.25 | 06/15/37 | 395,000 | 385,178 |
Delta and SkyMiles IP Ltd. (a) | 4.75 | 10/20/28 | 550,000 | 519,518 |
Lenovo Group Ltd. (a) | 3.42 | 11/02/30 | 805,000 | 685,326 |
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | 2.34(b) | 01/19/28 | 225,000 | 202,805 |
NatWest Group PLC | 4.27(b) | 03/22/25 | 296,000 | 292,956 |
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (a) | 3.52 | 09/17/25 | 230,000 | 217,609 |
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (a) | 1.85 | 09/16/26 | 260,000 | 219,153 |
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (a) | 2.45 | 09/15/28 | 435,000 | 350,750 |
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (a) | 4.81 | 09/17/30 | 200,000 | 177,666 |
Petronas Capital Ltd. (a) | 2.48 | 01/28/32 | 200,000 | 170,198 |
Petronas Capital Ltd. (a) | 3.40 | 04/28/61 | 360,000 | 268,886 |
Syngenta Finance NV (a) | 4.44 | 04/24/23 | 230,000 | 231,864 |
Syngenta Finance NV (a) | 4.89 | 04/24/25 | 530,000 | 531,330 |
Syngenta Finance NV (a) | 5.68 | 04/24/48 | 300,000 | 306,550 |
Vodafone Group PLC | 4.13(b) | 06/04/81 | 145,000 | 108,443 |
Westpac Banking Corp. | 2.96 | 11/16/40 | 300,000 | 217,040 |
Total Yankee Bonds |
|
|
|
|
(Cost $9,240,763) |
|
|
| 8,184,833 |
Municipal Bonds | 2.9% of portfolio
Alabama | 0.1%
Alabama Public School & College Authority | 1.16 | 06/01/26 | 85,000 | 77,714 |
Total Alabama |
|
|
| 77,714 |
Arizona | 0.2%
Pinal County Arizona Revenue Obligation | 1.05 | 08/01/24 | 120,000 | 114,640 |
Pinal County Arizona Revenue Obligation | 1.58 | 08/01/26 | 110,000 | 102,453 |
Yuma Arizona Pledged Revenue | 2.63 | 07/15/38 | 135,000 | 104,917 |
Total Arizona |
|
|
| 322,010 |
California | 1.4%
City of Chula Vista California Pension Obligation | 1.16 | 06/01/27 | 130,000 | 114,292 |
City of Chula Vista California Pension Obligation | 1.41 | 06/01/28 | 130,000 | 112,185 |
City of Chula Vista California Pension Obligation | 1.63 | 06/01/29 | 160,000 | 135,569 |
City of Chula Vista California Pension Obligation | 2.91 | 06/01/45 | 255,000 | 172,151 |
City of Los Angeles California Department of Airports | 1.25 | 05/15/28 | 200,000 | 171,189 |
City of Monterey Park California Pension Obligation | 1.89 | 06/01/30 | 1,000,000 | 854,866 |
EL Cajon California Pension Obligation | 1.70 | 04/01/27 | 100,000 | 88,908 |
Huntington Beach California Pension Obligation | 1.68 | 06/15/27 | 155,000 | 136,613 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
| Portfolio of Investments |
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Portfolio of Investments | Intermediate Bond Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Municipal Bonds | 2.9% of portfolio (Continued)
|
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yield | Maturity Date | Face Amount |
| Value |
| California | 1.4% (Continued) |
|
|
|
|
|
| San Francisco California City & County Airports | 3.35% | 05/01/51 | $ 100,000 | $ | 78,902 |
Total California |
|
|
|
| 1,864,675 | |
Colorado | 0.2% |
|
|
|
|
| |
| Regional Transportation District Colorado | 1.18 | 11/01/27 | 175,000 |
| 153,665 |
| Regional Transportation District Colorado | 1.33 | 11/01/28 | 150,000 |
| 128,502 |
Total Colorado |
|
|
|
| 282,167 | |
New Jersey | 0.6% |
|
|
|
|
| |
| New Jersey Housing and Morgage Finance Agency | 1.34 | 04/01/24 | 85,000 |
| 81,480 |
| New Jersey Housing and Morgage Finance Agency | 1.49 | 04/01/25 | 75,000 |
| 70,331 |
| New Jersey Housing and Morgage Finance Agency | 1.54 | 10/01/25 | 130,000 |
| 120,786 |
| New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority | 4.08 | 06/15/39 | 575,000 |
| 517,298 |
Total New Jersey |
|
|
|
| 789,895 | |
Texas | 0.3% |
|
|
|
|
| |
| Harris County Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance |
|
|
|
|
|
| Corp. | 3.34 | 11/15/37 | 275,000 |
| 235,474 |
| North Texas Tollway Authority Revenue | 3.01 | 01/01/43 | 150,000 |
| 120,891 |
| San Antonio Texas Electric & Gas | 2.91 | 02/01/48 | 150,000 |
| 116,869 |
Total Texas |
|
|
|
| 473,234 | |
West Virginia | 0.1% |
|
|
|
|
| |
| West Virginia State University Revenues | 3.01 | 10/01/41 | 150,000 |
| 123,238 |
Total West Virginia |
|
|
|
| 123,238 | |
Total Municipal Bonds |
|
|
|
|
| |
(Cost $4,581,361) |
|
|
|
| 3,932,933 | |
Corporate Bonds Guaranteed by Export-Import Bank of the United States | 0.5% of portfolio |
|
|
| |||
Energy | 0.2% |
|
|
|
|
| |
| Petroleos Mexicanos | 1.39(b) | 04/15/25 | 214,500 |
| 214,563 |
Total Energy |
|
|
|
| 214,563 | |
Financials | 0.3% |
|
|
|
|
| |
| Thirax 1 LLC | 0.97 | 01/14/33 | 451,183 |
| 392,086 |
Total Financials |
|
|
|
| 392,086 | |
Total Corporate Bonds Guaranteed by Export-Import Bank of |
|
|
|
|
| |
the United States |
|
|
|
|
| |
(Cost $665,531) |
|
|
|
| 606,649 |
Portfolio of Investments | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Portfolio of Investments | Intermediate Bond Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Money Market Fund | 2.4% of portfolio
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
| Yield | Shares |
| Value |
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund |
|
|
|
|
Premier Class | 1.43%(c) | 3,252,718 | $ | 3,252,718 |
Total Money Market Fund |
|
|
|
|
(Cost $3,252,718) |
|
|
| 3,252,718 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total Investments in Securities |
|
|
|
|
(Cost $147,493,538) | 100.0% |
|
| $ | 134,574,396 |
(a)Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The securities have been determined to be liquid under criteria established by the Fund's Board of Trustees. The total of such securities at period-end amounts to $33,482,872 and represents 24.9% of total investments.
(b)Variable coupon rate as of June 30, 2022.
(c)7-day yield at June 30, 2022. LLC - Limited Liability Company N.A. - North America
LP - Limited Partnership
FHLMC - Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation PLC - Public Limited Company
SA - Sociedad Anonima or Societe Anonyme
SAB de CV - Sociedad Anonima Bursatil de Capital Variable SAB - Sociedad Anonima Bursatil
NV - Naamloze Vennottschap
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Portfolio of Investments |
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Portfolio of Investments
Rural America Growth & Income Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited)
Common Stocks | 56.5% of portfolio
| Shares | Value |
Communication Services | 1.1% |
|
|
Media |
|
|
Cable One, Inc. | 53 | $ 68,334 |
Total Communication Services |
| 68,334 |
Consumer Discretionary | 6.5% |
|
|
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure |
|
|
Choice Hotels International, Inc. | 687 | 76,690 |
Leisure Products |
|
|
Malibu Boats, Inc. Class A (a) | 514 | 27,093 |
Multiline Retail |
|
|
Dollar General Corp. | 284 | 69,705 |
Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a) | 480 | 28,200 |
Specialty Retail |
|
|
ARKO Corp. (a) | 3,988 | 32,542 |
Lowe's Companies, Inc. | 259 | 45,240 |
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a) | 126 | 79,602 |
Tractor Supply Co. | 298 | 57,767 |
Total Consumer Discretionary |
| 416,839 |
Consumer Staples | 2.2% |
|
|
Food Products |
|
|
Hershey Co. (The) | 647 | 139,209 |
Total Consumer Staples |
| 139,209 |
Financials | 8.6% |
|
|
Banks |
|
|
FB Financial Corp. | 784 | 30,748 |
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. | 1,326 | 62,879 |
South State Corp. | 560 | 43,204 |
Truist Financial Corp. | 2,447 | 116,061 |
Capital Markets |
|
|
CME Group, Inc. | 510 | 104,397 |
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 776 | 72,975 |
Insurance |
|
|
Allstate Corp. | 324 | 41,061 |
American International Group, Inc. | 671 | 34,308 |
Chubb Ltd. | 217 | 42,658 |
Total Financials |
| 548,291 |
Health Care | 8.8% |
|
|
Health Care Equipment & Supplies |
|
|
Integer Holdings Corp. (a) | 1,006 | 71,084 |
Stryker Corp. | 419 | 83,352 |
Health Care Providers & Services |
|
|
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a) | 560 | 61,438 |
Centene Corp. (a) | 1,037 | 87,740 |
LHC Group, Inc. (a) | 238 | 37,066 |
Life Sciences Tools & Services |
|
|
IQVIA Holdings Inc. (a) | 264 | 57,285 |
Pharmaceuticals |
|
|
Zoetis Inc. | 963 | 165,530 |
Total Health Care |
| 563,495 |
Portfolio of Investments | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Portfolio of Investments | Rural America Growth & Income Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Common Stocks | 56.5% of portfolio (Continued)
| Shares |
| Value |
Industrials | 9.3% |
|
|
|
Air Freight & Logistics |
|
|
|
Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a) | 1,988 | $ | 57,115 |
Commercial Services & Supplies |
|
|
|
Casella Waste Systems, Inc. Class A (a) | 649 |
| 47,169 |
Electrical Equipment |
|
|
|
EnerSys | 277 |
| 16,332 |
Machinery |
|
|
|
Cummins Inc. | 200 |
| 38,706 |
Deere & Co. | 430 |
| 128,772 |
Xylem, Inc. | 218 |
| 17,043 |
Road & Rail |
|
|
|
CSX Corp. | 2,791 |
| 81,106 |
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | 280 |
| 44,092 |
Trading Companies & Distributors |
|
|
|
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. | 486 |
| 46,739 |
Fastenal Co. | 2,390 |
| 119,309 |
Total Industrials |
|
| 596,383 |
Information Technology | 13.0% |
|
|
|
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components |
|
|
|
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. | 776 |
| 56,632 |
Corning Inc. | 3,117 |
| 98,217 |
Trimble Inc. (a) | 1,248 |
| 72,671 |
IT Services |
|
|
|
Block, Inc. (a) | 1,043 |
| 64,103 |
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | 917 |
| 165,078 |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment |
|
|
|
Diodes Inc. (a) | 987 |
| 63,731 |
Software |
|
|
|
ANSYS, Inc. (a) | 398 |
| 95,237 |
Paycom Software, Inc. (a) | 427 |
| 119,611 |
Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a) | 293 |
| 97,417 |
Total Information Technology |
|
| 832,697 |
Materials | 1.4% |
|
|
|
Chemicals |
|
|
|
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) | 256 |
| 57,321 |
Construction Materials |
|
|
|
Vulcan Materials Co. | 199 |
| 28,278 |
Total Materials |
|
| 85,599 |
Real Estate | 5.6% |
|
|
|
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) |
|
|
|
American Tower Corp. | 608 |
| 155,399 |
Community Healthcare Trust Inc. | 653 |
| 23,645 |
Crown Castle International Corp. | 895 |
| 150,700 |
Uniti Group Inc. | 2,652 |
| 24,982 |
Total Real Estate |
|
| 354,726 |
Total Common Stocks |
|
|
|
(Cost $ 4,064,140) |
|
| 3,605,573 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Portfolio of Investments |
53
Portfolio of Investments | Rural America Growth & Income Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Corporate Bonds–Other | 17.0% of portfolio
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
| Yield | Maturity Date | Face Amount | Value |
Communication Services | 2.1% |
|
|
|
|
DISH DBS Corp. (b) | 5.25% | 12/01/26 | $114,000 | $ 89,358 |
T-Mobile USA, Inc. | 3.75 | 04/15/27 | 44,000 | 42,368 |
Total Communication Services |
|
|
| 131,726 |
Consumer Discretionary | 1.5% |
|
|
|
|
Choice Hotels International, Inc. | 3.70 | 01/15/31 | 25,000 | 22,158 |
Kohl's Corp. | 3.25 | 02/01/23 | 8,000 | 7,962 |
Kohl's Corp. | 4.25 | 07/17/25 | 22,000 | 20,917 |
Mohawk Industries, Inc. | 3.85 | 02/01/23 | 10,000 | 9,997 |
Tractor Supply Co. | 1.75 | 11/01/30 | 44,000 | 34,570 |
Total Consumer Discretionary |
|
|
| 95,604 |
Consumer Staples | 0.5% |
|
|
|
|
Bunge Limited Finance Corp. | 3.75 | 09/25/27 | 10,000 | 9,621 |
Dollar General Corp. | 4.15 | 11/01/25 | 22,000 | 22,008 |
Total Consumer Staples |
|
|
| 31,629 |
Energy | 0.5% |
|
|
|
|
Murphy Oil Corp. | 6.38 | 07/15/28 | 35,000 | 32,641 |
Total Energy |
|
|
| 32,641 |
Financials | 7.4% |
|
|
|
|
American Tower Corp. | 3.95 | 03/15/29 | 60,000 | 55,856 |
Chubb INA Holdings Inc. | 3.15 | 03/15/25 | 36,000 | 35,342 |
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 6.92 | 05/15/28 | 25,000 | 28,206 |
Globe Life Inc. | 4.55 | 09/15/28 | 33,000 | 32,529 |
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 3.75 | 12/01/25 | 78,000 | 77,520 |
M&T Bank Corp. | 3.55 | 07/26/23 | 58,000 | 57,852 |
Metlife, Inc. | 3.00 | 03/01/25 | 42,000 | 41,203 |
Synovus Financial Corp. | 3.13 | 11/01/22 | 21,000 | 20,971 |
Truist Bank | 3.69(c) | 08/02/24 | 60,000 | 59,957 |
Truist Financial Corp. | 3.87 | 03/19/29 | 35,000 | 33,228 |
Unum Group | 4.00 | 03/15/24 | 28,000 | 27,993 |
Total Financials |
|
|
| 470,657 |
Health Care | 1.2% |
|
|
|
|
CVS Health Corp. | 1.30 | 08/21/27 | 26,000 | 22,403 |
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings | 2.30 | 12/01/24 | 20,000 | 19,127 |
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings | 1.55 | 06/01/26 | 43,000 | 38,577 |
Total Health Care |
|
|
| 80,107 |
Industrials | 0.8% |
|
|
|
|
CNH Industrial Capital LLC | 1.45 | 07/15/26 | 17,000 | 15,014 |
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | 3.87 | 03/01/26 | 23,000 | 22,761 |
John Deere Capital Corp. | 2.65 | 06/24/24 | 15,000 | 14,804 |
Total Industrials |
|
|
| 52,579 |
Information Technology | 0.4% |
|
|
|
|
Micron Technology, Inc. | 4.66 | 02/15/30 | 26,000 | 24,933 |
Total Information Technology |
|
|
| 24,933 |
Portfolio of Investments | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Portfolio of Investments | Rural America Growth & Income Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Corporate Bonds–Other | 17.0% of portfolio (Continued)
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
|
| Yield | Maturity Date | Face Amount |
| Value |
Materials | 1.3% |
|
|
|
|
|
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | 3.50% | 12/15/27 | $ 9,000 | $ | 8,501 |
Mosaic Co. | 4.05 | 11/15/27 | 22,000 |
| 21,518 |
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 2.40 | 06/15/25 | 27,000 |
| 25,540 |
Vulcan Materials Co. | 3.50 | 06/01/30 | 32,000 |
| 29,013 |
Total Materials |
|
|
|
| 84,572 |
Real Estate | 0.6% |
|
|
|
|
|
American Campus Communities Operating Partnership LP | 4.13 | 07/01/24 | 20,000 |
| 20,106 |
Crown Castle International Corp. | 3.80 | 02/15/28 | 18,000 |
| 16,983 |
Total Real Estate |
|
|
|
| 37,089 |
Utilities | 0.7% |
|
|
|
|
|
Black Hills Corp. | 4.25 | 11/30/23 | 45,000 |
| 45,133 |
Total Utilities |
|
|
|
| 45,133 |
Total Corporate Bonds–Other |
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $ 1,197,920) |
|
|
|
| 1,086,670 |
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations | 11.7% of portfolio |
|
|
|
|
|
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 0.52 | 10/21/25 | 200,000 |
| 183,173 |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 1.20 | 04/28/27 | 195,000 |
| 175,936 |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 3.43 | 12/06/28 | 62,000 |
| 62,773 |
Tennessee Valley Authority | 2.88 | 09/15/24 | 99,000 |
| 98,555 |
Tennessee Valley Authority | 0.75 | 05/15/25 | 88,000 |
| 82,309 |
Tennessee Valley Authority | 7.12 | 05/01/30 | 25,000 |
| 31,417 |
Tennessee Valley Authority | 1.50 | 09/15/31 | 135,000 |
| 114,798 |
Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations |
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $ 790,611) |
|
|
|
| 748,961 |
Asset-Backed Securities | 3.6% of portfolio |
|
|
|
|
|
CNH Equipment Trust 22-A | 2.39 | 08/15/25 | 100,000 |
| 98,709 |
SBA Tower Trust (b) | 1.63 | 11/15/26 | 60,000 |
| 53,672 |
SBA Tower Trust (b) | 2.59 | 10/15/31 | 52,000 |
| 45,026 |
SBA Tower Trust (b) | 2.84 | 01/15/25 | 35,000 |
| 33,778 |
Total Asset-Backed Securities |
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $ 248,525) |
|
|
|
| 231,185 |
Municipal Bonds | 1.9% of portfolio |
|
|
|
|
|
Kansas | 0.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
City of Wichita, Kansas Water & Sewer Utility Revenue | 3.00 | 10/01/24 | 10,000 |
| 9,920 |
Montana | 0.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
Yellowstone County School District No. 2 Billings | 2.22 | 06/15/32 | 15,000 |
| 12,736 |
Pennsylvania | 0.7% |
|
|
|
|
|
Geisinger Health System Revenue | 2.25 | 04/01/27 | 20,000 |
| 18,220 |
New Castle Sanitation Authority | 1.16 | 06/01/25 | 25,000 |
| 23,178 |
Total Pennsylvania |
|
|
|
| 41,398 |
Texas | 0.4% |
|
|
|
|
|
Grey Forest Texas Gas System Revenue | 1.05 | 02/01/25 | 30,000 |
| 28,133 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
| Portfolio of Investments |
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Portfolio of Investments | Rural America Growth & Income Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Municipal Bonds | 1.9% of portfolio (Continued)
|
| Interest Rate / |
|
|
|
|
| Yield | Maturity Date | Face Amount | Value |
| Washington | 0.4% |
|
|
|
|
| Northwest Open Access Network Revenue | 1.69% | 12/01/27 | $30,000 | $ 27,246 |
Total Municipal Bonds |
|
|
|
| |
(Cost $ 131,786) |
|
|
| 119,433 | |
Mortgage-Backed Securities | 1.5% of portfolio |
|
|
|
| |
| Farm 2021-1 Mortgage Trust 21-1 (b) | 2.18(c) | 01/25/51 | 27,397 | 24,281 |
| Freddie Mac Multiclass Certificates 21-P009 | 1.13 | 01/25/31 | 48,085 | 42,958 |
| GNMA II POOL 785401 | 2.50 | 10/20/50 | 31,648 | 28,720 |
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities |
|
|
|
| |
(Cost $ 108,525) |
|
|
| 95,959 | |
Money Market Fund | 7.8% of portfolio |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| Shares |
|
| State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund | 1.43%(d) |
| 498,900 | 498,900 |
Total Money Market Fund |
|
|
|
| |
(Cost $ 498,900) |
|
|
| 498,900 | |
|
|
|
|
| |
Total Investments in Securities |
|
|
|
| |
(Cost $7,040,407) | 100.0% |
|
|
| $6,386,681 |
(a) Non-income producing.
(b)Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The securities have been determined to be liquid under criteria established by the Fund's Board of Directors. The total of such securities at period-end amounts to $246,115 and represents 3.9% of total investments.
(c)Variable coupon rate as of June 30, 2022. (d)7-day yield at June 30, 2022.
CME - Chicago Mercantile Exchange LLC - Limited Liability Company LP - Limited Partnership
Portfolio of Investments | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Portfolio of Investments
Stock Index Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited)
| Cost | Value |
Investment | $39,336,728 | $188,499,324 |
Substantially all the assets of the Stock Index Fund are invested in the S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors. As of June 30, 2022, the Stock Index Fund's ownership interest in the S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio was 0.67%. See the Appendix for the S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio for holdings information.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Portfolio of Investments |
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Portfolio of Investments
Value Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited)
Common Stocks | 97.7% of portfolio |
|
| Common Stocks | 97.7% of portfolio (Continued) |
|
Shares | Value |
| Shares | Value |
Communication Services | 5.7%
Interactive Media & Services |
|
|
Alphabet, Inc., Class C (a) | 17,711 | $ 38,741,927 |
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (a) | 65,700 | 10,594,125 |
Total Communication Services |
| 49,336,052 |
Consumer Discretionary | 6.0%
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure |
|
|
McDonald's Corp. | 57,197 | 14,120,795 |
Multiline Retail |
|
|
Target Corp. | 39,800 | 5,620,954 |
Specialty Retail |
|
|
Home Depot, Inc. | 37,018 | 10,152,927 |
TJX Companies, Inc. (The) | 143,600 | 8,020,060 |
Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a) | 37,256 | 14,361,443 |
Total Consumer Discretionary |
| 52,276,179 |
Energy | 6.0%
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
|
|
Chevron Corp. | 166,300 | 24,076,914 |
ConocoPhillips | 238,100 | 21,383,761 |
Hess Corp. | 61,100 | 6,472,934 |
Total Energy |
| 51,933,609 |
Financials | 17.6%
Banks |
|
|
Bank of America Corp. | 618,502 | 19,253,967 |
Citigroup, Inc. | 274,739 | 12,635,247 |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 308,891 | 34,784,215 |
Truist Financial Corp. | 355,600 | 16,866,108 |
Capital Markets |
|
|
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 76,774 | 22,803,413 |
Insurance |
|
|
Allstate Corp. | 111,284 | 14,103,022 |
American International Group, |
|
|
Inc. | 348,194 | 17,803,159 |
Chubb Ltd. | 79,138 | 15,556,948 |
Total Financials |
| 153,806,079 |
Health Care | 23.1%
Biotechnology |
|
|
AbbVie Inc. | 214,263 | 32,816,521 |
Health Care Equipment & |
|
|
Supplies |
|
|
Abbott Laboratories | 305,556 | 33,198,659 |
Boston Scientific Corp. (a) | 475,696 | 17,729,190 |
Health Care Providers & Services |
|
|
Centene Corp. (a) | 334,097 | 28,267,947 |
Cigna Corp. | 83,614 | 22,033,962 |
Pharmaceuticals |
|
|
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 224,401 | 17,278,877 |
Merck & Co., Inc. | 187,682 | 17,110,968 |
Pfizer, Inc. | 361,099 | 18,932,421 |
Health Care | 23.1% (Continued)
Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A | 346,484 | $ 14,566,187 |
Total Health Care |
| 201,934,732 |
Industrials | 16.6%
Aerospace & Defense |
|
|
Northrop Grumman Corp. | 47,131 | 22,555,483 |
Air Freight & Logistics |
|
|
FedEx Corp. | 19,100 | 4,330,161 |
Electrical Equipment |
|
|
Eaton Corp. PLC | 88,887 | 11,198,873 |
Industrial Conglomerates |
|
|
Honeywell International, Inc. | 185,573 | 32,254,443 |
Machinery |
|
|
Deere & Co. | 46,800 | 14,015,196 |
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 108,122 | 26,603,418 |
Professional Services |
|
|
Leidos Holdings Inc. | 161,117 | 16,226,093 |
Road & Rail |
|
|
CSX Corp. | 619,182 | 17,993,429 |
Total Industrials |
| 145,177,096 |
Information Technology | 12.1%
Electronic Equipment, |
|
|
Instruments & Components |
|
|
Corning Inc. | 255,600 | 8,053,956 |
IT Services |
|
|
Fiserv, Inc. (a) | 177,700 | 15,809,969 |
Visa Inc., Class A | 113,498 | 22,346,621 |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor |
|
|
Equipment |
|
|
NXP Semiconductors NV | 71,863 | 10,637,880 |
Software |
|
|
Microsoft Corp. | 152,314 | 39,118,805 |
VMware, Inc., Class A | 82,883 | 9,447,004 |
Total Information Technology |
| 105,414,235 |
Materials | 7.7%
Chemicals |
|
|
Dow Inc. | 193,281 | 9,975,232 |
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 259,878 | 14,444,019 |
Containers & Packaging |
|
|
Avery Dennison Corp. | 177,187 | 28,681,260 |
Metals & Mining |
|
|
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | 473,700 | 13,860,462 |
Total Materials |
| 66,960,973 |
Real Estate | 2.9%
Equity Real Estate Investment |
|
|
Trusts (REITs) |
|
|
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 52,301 | 6,790,239 |
Portfolio of Investments | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Portfolio of Investments | Value Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Common Stocks | 97.7% of portfolio (Continued)
| Shares | Value |
Real Estate | 2.9% (Continued) |
|
|
VICI Properties Inc. | 611,935 | $ 18,229,544 |
Total Real Estate |
| 25,019,783 |
Total Common Stocks |
|
|
(Cost $539,450,216) |
| 851,858,738 |
Money Market Fund | 2.3% of portfolio |
| |
State Street Institutional |
|
|
U.S. Government Money Market |
|
|
Fund Premier Class, 1.43% (b) | 20,466,297 | 20,466,297 |
Total Money Market Fund |
|
|
(Cost $20,466,297) |
| 20,466,297 |
|
|
|
Total Investments in Securities |
|
|
(Cost $559,916,513) | 100.0% |
| $872,325,035 |
(a) Non-income producing. (b)7-day yield at June 30, 2022. PLC - Public Limited Company NV - Naamloze Vennottschap
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Portfolio of Investments |
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Portfolio of Investments
Growth Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited)
Common Stocks | 99.1% of portfolio |
|
| Common Stocks | 99.1% of portfolio (Continued) |
|
Shares | Value |
| Shares | Value |
Communication Services | 16.9%
Entertainment |
|
|
|
Live Nation Entertainment, |
|
|
|
Inc. (a) | 19,331 | $ | 1,596,354 |
Netflix, Inc. (a) | 9,045 |
| 1,581,699 |
Spotify Technology SA (a) | 21,284 |
| 1,997,078 |
Interactive Media & Services |
|
|
|
Alphabet, Inc., Class C (a) | 3,920 |
| 8,574,804 |
Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a) | 8,947 |
| 19,497,839 |
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (a) | 29,749 |
| 4,797,026 |
IAC/InterActiveCorp (a) | 15,373 |
| 1,167,887 |
Match Group, Inc. (a) | 23,801 |
| 1,658,692 |
Snap Inc., Class A (a) | 107,338 |
| 1,409,348 |
Total Communication Services |
|
| 42,280,727 |
Consumer Discretionary | 16.4%
Automobiles |
|
|
Rivian Automotive, Inc. (a) | 13,230 | 340,540 |
Tesla, Inc. (a) | 3,323 | 2,237,775 |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure |
|
|
Booking Holdings, Inc. (a) | 1,574 | 2,752,910 |
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a) | 1,883 | 2,461,571 |
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail |
|
|
Amazon.com, Inc. (a) | 184,580 | 19,604,242 |
Coupang, Inc. (a) | 84,850 | 1,081,837 |
DoorDash, Inc., Class A (a) | 10,576 | 678,662 |
Leisure Products |
|
|
Peloton Interactive, Inc. (a) | 104,944 | 963,386 |
Multiline Retail |
|
|
Dollar General Corp. | 15,865 | 3,893,906 |
Specialty Retail |
|
|
Carvana Co. (a) | 26,098 | 589,293 |
Ross Stores, Inc. | 51,309 | 3,603,431 |
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods |
|
|
lululemon athletica Inc. (a) | 5,093 | 1,388,403 |
NIKE, Inc., Class B | 13,772 | 1,407,498 |
Total Consumer Discretionary |
| 41,003,454 |
Health Care | 17.6%
Biotechnology |
|
|
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | 10,848 | 3,056,858 |
Health Care Equipment & |
|
|
Supplies |
|
|
Becton, Dickinson & Co. | 9,775 | 2,409,831 |
Insulet Corp. (a) | 8,440 | 1,839,413 |
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a) | 22,235 | 4,462,787 |
Stryker Corp. | 26,065 | 5,185,110 |
Health Care Providers & Services |
|
|
Cigna Corp. | 31,250 | 8,235,000 |
Humana, Inc. | 6,499 | 3,041,987 |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 23,014 | 11,820,681 |
Life Sciences Tools & Services |
|
|
Avantor, Inc. (a) | 93,441 | 2,906,015 |
Pharmaceuticals |
|
|
Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. ADR (a) | 46,358 | 1,177,957 |
Total Health Care |
| 44,135,639 |
Industrials | 1.4%
Machinery |
|
|
Ingersoll Rand Inc. | 63,788 | $ 2,684,199 |
Road & Rail |
|
|
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | 3,427 | 878,272 |
Total Industrials |
| 3,562,471 |
Information Technology | 46.8%
Electronic Equipment, |
|
|
Instruments & Components |
|
|
Amphenol Corp., Class A | 53,466 | 3,442,141 |
IT Services |
|
|
Accenture PLC, Class A | 4,500 | 1,249,425 |
Affirm Holdings, Inc. (a) | 30,123 | 544,021 |
Block, Inc. (a) | 9,376 | 576,249 |
Fiserv, Inc. (a) | 70,447 | 6,267,670 |
Global Payments, Inc. | 40,917 | 4,527,057 |
Mastercard Inc., Class A | 14,255 | 4,497,167 |
MongoDB, Inc. (a) | 8,288 | 2,150,736 |
Snowflake Inc., Class A (a) | 6,782 | 943,105 |
Visa Inc., Class A | 30,102 | 5,926,783 |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor |
|
|
Equipment |
|
|
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a) | 24,427 | 1,867,933 |
ASML Holding NV ADR | 8,121 | 3,864,621 |
NVIDIA Corp. | 25,729 | 3,900,259 |
Software |
|
|
Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A (a) | 12,722 | 2,384,103 |
Fortinet, Inc. (a) | 73,565 | 4,162,308 |
HashiCorp, Inc., Class A (a) | 6,265 | 184,441 |
Intuit, Inc. | 22,594 | 8,708,631 |
Microsoft Corp. | 112,640 | 28,929,331 |
salesforce.com, Inc. (a) | 45,842 | 7,565,764 |
SentinelOne, Inc., Class A (a) | 44,258 | 1,032,539 |
ServiceNow, Inc. (a) | 9,175 | 4,362,896 |
Synopsys, Inc. (a) | 10,407 | 3,160,606 |
Trade Desk, Inc. (The), |
|
|
Class A (a) | 19,901 | 833,653 |
Technology Hardware, Storage & |
|
|
Peripherals |
|
|
Apple, Inc. | 117,522 | 16,067,608 |
Total Information Technology |
| 117,149,047 |
Total Common Stocks |
|
|
(Cost $193,801,549) |
| 248,131,338 |
Money Market Fund | 0.9% of portfolio
State Street Institutional |
|
|
U.S. Government Money Market |
|
|
Fund Premier Class, 1.43% (b) | 2,233,166 | 2,233,166 |
Total Money Market Fund |
|
|
(Cost $2,233,166) |
| 2,233,166 |
|
|
|
Total Investments in Securities |
|
|
(Cost $196,034,715) | 100.0% |
| $250,364,504 |
Portfolio of Investments | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Portfolio of Investments | Growth Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
(a) Non-income producing. (b)7-day yield at June 30, 2022.
SA - Sociedad Anonima or Societe Anonyme
ADR - American Depositary Receipt
PLC - Public Limited Company
NV - Naamloze Vennottschap
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Portfolio of Investments |
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Portfolio of Investments
International Equity Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited)
Common Stocks | 96.4% of portfolio |
|
| Common Stocks | 96.4% of portfolio (Continued) |
|
Shares | Value |
| Shares | Value |
Australia | 3.9%
BHP Group Ltd. ADR | 47,204 | $ 2,651,921 |
Woodside Energy Group Ltd. (a) | 17,059 | 367,792 |
Total Australia |
| 3,019,713 |
Brazil | 0.6%
Ambev SA ADR | 103,138 | 258,876 |
XP Inc., Class A (a) | 10,753 | 193,124 |
Total Brazil |
| 452,000 |
Britain | 7.4%
Rio Tinto PLC | 32,632 | 1,950,957 |
Shell PLC | 81,244 | 2,115,819 |
Standard Chartered PLC | 231,807 | 1,750,002 |
Total Britain |
| 5,816,778 |
Canada | 4.3%
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., |
|
|
Class B | 28,800 | 1,123,406 |
Canadian National Railway Co. | 8,152 | 916,855 |
Manulife Financial Corp. | 78,000 | 1,352,517 |
Total Canada |
| 3,392,778 |
China | 3.7%
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. | 400,000 | 399,810 |
ENN Energy Holdings Ltd. | 26,217 | 433,333 |
Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd. | 118,148 | 439,741 |
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of |
|
|
China Ltd., Class H | 39,000 | 268,447 |
Tencent Holdings Ltd. | 22,200 | 1,004,886 |
Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent |
|
|
Controls Co., Ltd. | 84,700 | 347,692 |
Total China |
| 2,893,909 |
Denmark | 1.2%
Novozymes A/S, Class B | 15,282 | 919,716 |
Total Denmark |
| 919,716 |
France | 11.8%
Air Liquide SA | 8,016 | 1,078,976 |
Dassault Systèmes SE | 35,620 | 1,319,396 |
Kering SA | 2,462 | 1,275,874 |
L'Oréal SA | 9,313 | 3,233,523 |
Schneider Electric SE | 19,411 | 2,312,927 |
Total France |
| 9,220,696 |
Germany | 9.3%
Allianz SE REG | 12,363 | 2,370,113 |
Infineon Technologies AG | 96,677 | 2,351,717 |
SAP SE ADR | 13,327 | 1,209,025 |
Symrise AG | 12,037 | 1,312,818 |
Total Germany |
| 7,243,673 |
Hong Kong | 4.1%
AIA Group Ltd. | 291,800 | $ 3,188,371 |
Total Hong Kong |
| 3,188,371 |
India | 1.0%
HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR | 5,614 | 308,545 |
ICICI Bank Ltd. ADR | 25,175 | 446,605 |
Total India |
| 755,150 |
Indonesia | 0.4%
PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) |
|
|
Tbk. ADR | 13,191 | 356,685 |
Total Indonesia |
| 356,685 |
Japan | 16.0%
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | 47,300 | 1,209,957 |
Daifuku Co., Ltd. | 18,900 | 1,081,651 |
FANUC Corp. | 4,400 | 689,653 |
Keyence Corp. | 3,300 | 1,131,696 |
Komatsu Ltd. | 59,600 | 1,327,123 |
Kubota Corp. | 84,800 | 1,270,821 |
Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd. | 9,500 | 904,046 |
Shionogi & Co., Ltd. | 28,000 | 1,429,076 |
Shiseido Co., Ltd. | 26,700 | 1,076,202 |
Sysmex Corp. | 15,800 | 953,382 |
Unicharm Corp. | 44,200 | 1,483,229 |
Total Japan |
| 12,556,836 |
Mexico | 0.5%
Fomento Economico Mexicano, |
|
|
SAB de CV ADR | 6,050 | 408,315 |
Total Mexico |
| 408,315 |
Netherlands | 2.4%
Adyen NV (a) | 1,291 | 1,863,083 |
Total Netherlands |
| 1,863,083 |
Republic of South Korea | 1.2%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
|
|
GDR | 866 | 942,879 |
Total Republic of South Korea |
| 942,879 |
Russia | 0.0%
LUKOIL PJSC ADR | 6,253 | 0 |
Yandex NV, Class A (a) | 4,239 | 0 |
Total Russia |
| 0 |
Singapore | 3.4%
DBS Group Holdings Ltd. | 123,415 | 2,640,759 |
Total Singapore |
| 2,640,759 |
Portfolio of Investments | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Portfolio of Investments | International Equity Fund | June 30, | 2022 | (Unaudited) | | | |||
(Continued) |
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stocks | 96.4% of portfolio (Continued) |
|
| Common Stocks | | 96.4% of portfolio (Continued) | |
Shares | Value |
|
| Shares | Value |
Spain | 1.8%
Banco Bilboa Vizcaya Argentaria |
|
|
SA | 307,413 | $ 1,396,447 |
Total Spain |
| 1,396,447 |
Sweden | 8.5%
Alfa Laval AB | 50,914 | 1,234,262 |
Atlas Copco AB, Class A (a) | 264,940 | 2,479,850 |
Epiroc AB, Class A | 74,699 | 1,158,213 |
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken |
|
|
AB, Class A | 177,340 | 1,747,125 |
Total Sweden |
| 6,619,450 |
Switzerland | 12.4%
Alcon Inc. | 23,501 | 1,642,485 |
Lonza Group AG REG | 3,813 | 2,036,665 |
Nestlé SA ADR | 12,908 | 1,508,593 |
Roche Holding AG REG | 9,259 | 3,095,282 |
SGS SA REG | 36 | 82,572 |
Sonova Holding AG REG | 4,214 | 1,346,716 |
Total Switzerland |
| 9,712,313 |
United States of America | 1.7%
Linde PLC | 4,602 | $ 1,323,997 |
Total United States of America |
| 1,323,997 |
Total Common Stocks |
|
|
(Cost $66,947,113) |
| 75,377,221 |
Money Market Fund | 3.6% of portfolio
State Street Institutional |
|
|
U.S. Government Money Market |
|
|
Fund Premier Class, 1.43% (b) | 2,817,711 | 2,817,711 |
Total Money Market Fund |
|
|
(Cost $2,817,711) |
| 2,817,711 |
|
|
|
Total Investments in Securities |
|
|
(Cost $69,764,824) | 100.0% |
| $78,194,932 |
Taiwan | 0.8%
Taiwan Semiconductor |
|
|
Manufacturing Co. Ltd. ADR | 7,996 | 653,673 |
Total Taiwan |
| 653,673 |
(a) Non-income producing. (b)7-day yield at June 30, 2022. ADR - American Depositary Receipt
SA - Sociedad Anonima or Societe Anonyme
PLC - Public Limited Company
A/S - Aktieselskab
SE - Societas Europaea
REG - Registered Shares
AG - Aktiengesellschaft
Tbk. - Terbuka
SAB de CV - Sociedad Anonima Bursatil de Capital Variable
SAB - Sociedad Anonima Bursatil
NV - Naamloze Vennottschap
GDR - Global Depositary Receipt
AB - Aktiebolag
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Portfolio of Investments |
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Portfolio of Investments
Small-Company Stock Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited)
Common Stocks | 98.2% of portfolio |
|
| Common Stocks | 98.2% of portfolio (Continued) |
|
Shares | Value |
| Shares | Value |
Communication Services | 2.0%
Interactive Media & Services |
|
|
Ziff Davis, Inc. (a) | 62,726 | $ 4,674,969 |
Total Communication Services |
| 4,674,969 |
Consumer Discretionary | 8.0%
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure |
|
|
Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. (a) | 65,900 | 2,354,607 |
Household Durables |
|
|
MDC Holdings, Inc. | 111,288 | 3,595,715 |
Leisure Products |
|
|
Callaway Golf Co. (a) | 181,651 | 3,705,680 |
Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A (a) | 77,300 | 4,074,483 |
Specialty Retail |
|
|
ARKO Corp. (a) | 398,000 | 3,247,680 |
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods |
|
|
Carter's, Inc. | 31,851 | 2,244,859 |
Total Consumer Discretionary |
| 19,223,024 |
Financials | 19.7%
Banks |
|
|
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp. | 141,992 | 4,816,368 |
Cadence Bank | 145,250 | 3,410,470 |
Eastern Bankshares, Inc. | 365,900 | 6,754,514 |
FB Financial Corp. | 152,959 | 5,999,052 |
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. | 151,916 | 7,203,857 |
Umpqua Holdings Corp. | 163,000 | 2,733,510 |
Capital Markets |
|
|
Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A | 104,243 | 2,440,329 |
Consumer Finance |
|
|
Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a) | 134,983 | 7,797,968 |
Insurance |
|
|
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. | 27,726 | 6,366,999 |
Total Financials |
| 47,523,067 |
Health Care | 17.8%
Biotechnology |
|
|
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (a) | 57,525 | 1,785,576 |
Twist Bioscience Corp. (a) | 61,977 | 2,166,716 |
Health Care Equipment & |
|
|
Supplies |
|
|
Enovis Corp. (a) | 57,176 | 3,144,680 |
Envista Holdings Corp. (a) | 100,700 | 3,880,978 |
Integer Holdings Corp. (a) | 61,670 | 4,357,602 |
NuVasive, Inc. (a) | 89,800 | 4,414,568 |
STAAR Surgical Co. (a) | 32,636 | 2,314,872 |
Health Care Providers & Services |
|
|
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a) | 79,687 | 8,742,461 |
LHC Group, Inc. (a) | 23,128 | 3,601,954 |
Life Sciences Tools & Services |
|
|
Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a) | 46,950 | 7,027,007 |
NanoString Technologies, Inc. (a) | 117,153 | 1,487,843 |
Total Health Care |
| 42,924,257 |
Industrials | 24.7%
Aerospace & Defense |
|
|
Maxar Technologies Inc. | 93,500 | $ 2,439,415 |
Triumph Group, Inc. (a) | 270,600 | 3,596,274 |
Construction & Engineering |
|
|
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. | 68,188 | 5,669,832 |
Dycom Industries, Inc. (a) | 21,100 | 1,963,144 |
Electrical Equipment |
|
|
Atkore Inc. (a) | 89,700 | 7,445,997 |
EnerSys | 36,035 | 2,124,624 |
Machinery |
|
|
Barnes Group Inc. | 78,200 | 2,435,148 |
ESAB Corp. | 57,176 | 2,501,450 |
Federal Signal Corp. | 169,994 | 6,051,786 |
Professional Services |
|
|
CACI International Inc., |
|
|
Class A (a) | 8,371 | 2,358,781 |
ManTech International Corp., |
|
|
Class A | 83,365 | 7,957,189 |
Road & Rail |
|
|
Werner Enterprises, Inc. | 141,733 | 5,462,390 |
Trading Companies & Distributors |
|
|
Applied Industrial Technologies, |
|
|
Inc. | 98,726 | 9,494,479 |
Total Industrials |
| 59,500,509 |
Information Technology | 14.6%
Electronic Equipment, |
|
|
Instruments & Components |
|
|
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. | 63,162 | 4,609,563 |
Itron, Inc. (a) | 51,377 | 2,539,565 |
IT Services |
|
|
CSG Systems International, Inc. | 61,670 | 3,680,465 |
TaskUs, Inc., Class A (a) | 76,600 | 1,291,476 |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor |
|
|
Equipment |
|
|
Diodes Inc. (a) | 67,486 | 4,357,571 |
Software |
|
|
Altair Engineering Inc., |
|
|
Class A (a) | 101,177 | 5,311,793 |
Descartes Systems Group Inc. |
|
|
(The) (a) | 101,770 | 6,315,846 |
Model N, Inc. (a) | 118,600 | 3,033,788 |
Verint Systems Inc. (a) | 93,726 | 3,969,296 |
Total Information Technology |
| 35,109,363 |
Materials | 7.1%
Chemicals |
|
|
Avient Corp. | 191,027 | 7,656,362 |
Ingevity Corp. | 43,641 | 2,755,493 |
Construction Materials |
|
|
Summit Materials, Inc., |
|
|
Class A (a) | 284,768 | 6,632,247 |
Total Materials |
| 17,044,102 |
Portfolio of Investments | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Portfolio of Investments | Small-Company Stock Fund | June 30, 2022 | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Common Stocks | 98.2% of portfolio (Continued)
| Shares | Value |
Real Estate | 4.3% |
|
|
Equity Real Estate Investment |
|
|
Trusts (REITs) |
|
|
Community Healthcare Trust Inc. | 78,900 | $ 2,856,969 |
Easterly Government Properties, |
|
|
Inc. | 229,311 | 4,366,081 |
Uniti Group Inc. | 339,900 | 3,201,858 |
Total Real Estate |
| 10,424,908 |
Total Common Stocks |
|
|
(Cost $199,923,210) |
| 236,424,199 |
(a) Non-income producing. (b)7-day yield at June 30, 2022.
Money Market Fund | 1.8% of portfolio
| Shares |
| Value |
State Street Institutional |
|
|
|
U.S. Government Money Market |
|
|
|
Fund Premier Class, 1.43% (b) | 4,318,420 | $ | 4,318,420 |
Total Money Market Fund |
|
|
|
(Cost $4,318,420) |
|
| 4,318,420 |
|
|
|
|
Total Investments in Securities |
|
|
|
(Cost $204,241,630) | 100.0% |
| $ | 240,742,619 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Portfolio of Investments |
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
|
|
| Short-Term |
|
| |
Assets | Daily Income | Government | Short-Term Bond | |||
| Fund | Securities Fund |
| Fund | ||
Investments in securities, at value (cost: $203,396,674, $74,457,534, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$522,980,808, $147,493,538, $7,040,407, $39,336,728, $559,916,513, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$196,034,715, $69,764,824 and $204,241,630, respectively) | $ | 203,396,674 | $ | 72,083,557 | $ | 502,866,302 |
Cash |
| — |
| 59,121 |
| — |
Foreign currency (cost $10,466) |
| — |
| — |
| — |
Investment securities sold receivable |
| — |
| — |
| 590,136 |
Dividends, interest, and tax reclaims receivable |
| 121,932 |
| 201,899 |
| 2,118,013 |
Capital shares sold receivable |
| 20,742 |
| 2,717 |
| 13,781 |
Prepaid expenses |
| 40,184 |
| 22,725 |
| 109,824 |
Due from Homestead Advisers |
| — |
| — |
| — |
Total Assets |
| 203,579,532 |
| 72,370,019 |
| 505,698,056 |
Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment securities purchased payable |
| 3,971,109 |
| — |
| 2,784,072 |
Accrued expenses payable |
| 50,174 |
| 48,183 |
| 333,757 |
Independent Director/Trustee's deferred compensation payable |
| 84,741 |
| 35,120 |
| 202,282 |
Capital shares redeemed payable |
| 31,341 |
| 11,103 |
| 224,944 |
Dividends payable |
| 600 |
| 784 |
| 15,834 |
Due to Homestead Advisers |
| 90,431 |
| 29,238 |
| 296,846 |
Due to custodian |
| 2,894 |
| — |
| — |
Total Liabilities |
| 4,231,290 |
| 124,428 |
| 3,857,735 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets | $ | 199,348,242 | $ | 72,245,591 | $ | 501,840,321 |
Net Assets Consist Of: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributable earnings (losses) |
| (79,867) |
| (3,441,682) |
| (32,520,568) |
Paid-in-capital applicable to outstanding shares of 199,428,068, 14,499,193, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
102,207,431, 28,883,799, 723,480, 6,802,359, 19,294,749, 22,610,484, 9,015,079 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
and 10,633,179, respectively |
| 199,428,109 |
| 75,687,273 |
| 534,360,889 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets | $ | 199,348,242 | $ | 72,245,591 | $ | 501,840,321 |
Net Asset Value Per Share | $ | 1.00 | $ | 4.98 | $ | 4.91 |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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| Rural America |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Intermediate | Growth & Income |
|
|
|
|
|
| International | Small-Company | ||||
| Bond Fund |
| Fund | Stock Index Fund |
| Value Fund | Growth Fund | Equity Fund |
| Stock Fund | |||
$ | 134,574,396 | $ | 6,386,681 | $ | 188,499,324 | $ | 872,325,035 | $ | 250,364,504 | $ | 78,194,932 | $ | 240,742,619 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 10,511 |
| — |
| 323,786 |
| — |
| 49,911 |
| — |
| 106,162 |
| 68,936 |
| — |
| 762,322 |
| 16,960 |
| — |
| 982,061 |
| 40,965 |
| 365,037 |
| 135,018 |
| 1,708 |
| 355 |
| 12,933 |
| 97,043 |
| 50,077 |
| 2,402 |
| 26,438 |
| 42,675 |
| 14,105 |
| 47,484 |
| 187,914 |
| 68,463 |
| 24,096 |
| 63,140 |
| — |
| 3,372 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 135,704,887 |
| 6,421,473 |
| 188,609,652 |
| 873,592,053 |
| 250,630,171 |
| 78,665,914 |
| 240,967,215 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 419,366 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 46,211 |
| — |
| 81,057 |
| 29,073 |
| 21,754 |
| 306,466 |
| 183,800 |
| 77,187 |
| 136,098 |
| 9,238 |
| 145 |
| 48,219 |
| 338,518 |
| 53,981 |
| 58,320 |
| 198,972 |
| 2,400 |
| 40 |
| 62,844 |
| 1,154,513 |
| 119,873 |
| 86,363 |
| 130,796 |
| 53 |
| 2 |
| 21,412 |
| 781,154 |
| 79,016 |
| 45,280 |
| 131,217 |
| 56,220 |
| — |
| 61,930 |
| 433,504 |
| 166,016 |
| 51,116 |
| 196,405 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 568,334 |
| 29,260 |
| 216,159 |
| 3,014,155 |
| 602,686 |
| 364,477 |
| 793,488 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ | 135,136,553 | $ | 6,392,213 | $ | 188,393,493 | $ | 870,577,898 | $ | 250,027,485 | $ | 78,301,437 | $ | 240,173,727 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| (18,201,155) |
| (718,467) |
| 148,669,669 |
| 355,147,637 |
| 58,482,074 |
| 11,275,224 |
| 35,826,015 |
| 153,337,708 |
| 7,110,680 |
| 39,723,824 |
| 515,430,261 |
| 191,545,411 |
| 67,026,213 |
| 204,347,712 |
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
$ | 135,136,553 | $ | 6,392,213 | $ | 188,393,493 | $ | 870,577,898 | $ | 250,027,485 | $ | 78,301,437 | $ | 240,173,727 |
$ | 4.68 | $ | 8.84 | $ | 27.70 | $ | 45.12 | $ | 11.06 | $ | 8.69 | $ | 22.59 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Statements of Assets and Liabilities |
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Statements of Operations
For the Period Ended June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
|
|
| Short-Term |
|
|
| |
Investment Income | Daily Income | Government | Short-Term Bond | ||||
| Fund | Securities Fund |
| Fund |
| ||
Interest | $ | 416,172 | $ | 569,184 | $ | 4,873,951(a) | |
Dividends |
| — |
| — |
| 68 |
|
Allocated from Master Portfolio |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends |
| — |
| — |
| — | |
Interest |
| — |
| — |
| — | |
Total Investment Income |
| 416,172 |
| 569,184 |
| 4,874,019 |
|
Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Management fees |
| 379,078 |
| 166,455 |
| 1,580,645 |
|
Shareholder servicing fees |
| 51,189 |
| 42,212 |
| 94,010 |
|
Custodian and accounting fees |
| 45,353 |
| 36,396 |
| 112,807 |
|
Legal and audit fees |
| 27,991 |
| 11,882 |
| 97,052 |
|
Printing and regulatory filings |
| 18,925 |
| 10,634 |
| 43,839 |
|
Director, Trustee, and Board meeting expenses |
| 16,646 |
| 6,834 |
| 63,463 |
|
Registration fees |
| 16,392 |
| 11,631 |
| 23,195 |
|
Insurance |
| 4,509 |
| 1,991 |
| 18,973 |
|
Communication |
| 15 |
| 7 |
| 35 |
|
Other expenses |
| 5,870 |
| 11,016 |
| 49,351 |
|
Administration fees |
| — |
| — |
| — | |
Allocated from Master Portfolio |
| — |
| — |
| — | |
Total Expenses |
| 565,968 |
| 299,058 |
| 2,083,370 |
|
Less fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed by Homestead Advisers |
| (239,207) |
| (21,434) |
| — | |
Net Expenses |
| 326,761 |
| 277,624 |
| 2,083,370 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income (Loss) |
| 89,411 |
| 291,560 |
| 2,790,649 |
|
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized gain (loss) on investments |
| (3,982) |
| (605,525) |
| (11,031,665) |
|
Net change in unrealized apprecation (depreciation) |
| — |
| (2,680,994) |
| (19,097,688) |
|
Net Gain (Loss) On Investments |
| (3,982) |
| (3,286,519) |
| (30,129,353) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets From Operations | $ | 85,429 | $ | (2,994,959) | $ | (27,338,704) |
|
(a)Includes foreign tax withholding expense of $68 in Short-Term Bond, $8,120 in Stock Index, $18,217 in Value, $4,924 in Growth, and $128,334 in International Equity Funds.
(b)Represents expenses allocated to the Fund by the S&P 500 Master Portfolio after expense reimbursements of $1,378.
(c)Represents realized and unrealized gain on investments allocated from the Master Portfolio.
Statements of Operations | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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| Rural America |
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Intermediate | Growth & Income |
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|
|
| International | Small-Company | ||||
| Bond Fund |
| Fund | Stock Index Fund |
| Value Fund | Growth Fund | Equity Fund |
| Stock Fund | |||
$ | 1,610,672 | $ | 23,909 | $ | — | $ | 24,106 | $ | 4,230 | $ | 5,986 | $ | 8,781 |
| — |
| 22,790 |
| — |
| 9,327,596(a) |
| 615,187(a) |
| 1,770,996(a) |
| 1,304,037 |
| — |
| — |
| 1,562,125(a) |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 1,343 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 1,610,672 |
| 46,699 |
| 1,563,468 |
| 9,351,702 |
| 619,417 |
| 1,776,982 |
| 1,312,818 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 418,821 |
| 20,632 |
| — |
| 2,275,201 |
| 965,424 |
| 334,294 |
| 1,119,327 |
| 44,279 |
| 17,572 |
| 84,815 |
| 171,294 |
| 79,685 |
| 65,724 |
| 95,933 |
| 64,223 |
| 30,653 |
| 35,496 |
| 110,509 |
| 52,226 |
| 54,643 |
| 42,585 |
| 20,751 |
| 2,691 |
| 33,182 |
| 149,900 |
| 42,584 |
| 13,829 |
| 37,593 |
| 8,552 |
| 2,432 |
| 34,721 |
| 78,873 |
| 37,822 |
| 25,199 |
| 45,944 |
| 12,834 |
| 674 |
| 21,189 |
| 99,509 |
| 29,144 |
| 8,319 |
| 24,975 |
| 24,306 |
| 23,898 |
| 14,651 |
| 22,134 |
| 15,816 |
| 16,201 |
| 15,229 |
| 3,825 |
| 133 |
| 6,531 |
| 29,317 |
| 9,583 |
| 2,565 |
| 7,558 |
| 6 |
| 1 |
| 22 |
| 62 |
| 25 |
| 15 |
| 29 |
| 16,733 |
| 64 |
| 3,514 |
| 16,654 |
| 7,418 |
| 1,467 |
| 4,397 |
| — |
| — |
| 265,343 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 10,309(b) |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 614,330 |
| 98,750 |
| 509,773 |
| 2,953,453 |
| 1,239,727 |
| 522,256 |
| 1,393,570 |
| (55,287) |
| (67,086) |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| (75,601) |
| — |
| 559,043 |
| 31,664 |
| 509,773 |
| 2,953,453 |
| 1,239,727 |
| 446,655 |
| 1,393,570 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1,051,629 |
| 15,035 |
| 1,053,695 |
| 6,398,249 |
| (620,310) |
| 1,330,327 |
| (80,752) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| (4,485,175) |
| (79,485) |
| (113,712)(c) |
| 43,104,869 |
| 7,028,559 |
| 1,633,582 |
| (127,162) |
| (12,756,523) |
| (826,219) |
| (48,792,593)(c) |
| (194,532,833) |
| (123,735,153) |
| (27,582,918) |
| (61,405,519) |
| (17,241,698) |
| (905,704) |
| (48,906,305) |
| (151,427,964) |
| (116,706,594) |
| (25,949,336) |
| (61,532,681) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ | (16,190,069) | $ | (890,669) | $ | (47,852,610) | $ | (145,029,715) | $ | (117,326,904) | $ | (24,619,009) | $ | (61,613,433) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Statements of Operations |
69
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
|
| Daily Income Fund | ||
| Six Months Ended |
|
| |
| June 30, 2022 | Year Ended | ||
| (Unaudited) | December 31, 2021 | ||
Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets |
|
|
|
|
Operations |
|
|
|
|
Net investment income | $ | 89,411 | $ | 17,623 |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments |
| (3,982) |
| (1,481) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
| — |
| — |
Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations |
| 85,429 |
| 16,142 |
Distributions to Shareholders |
|
|
|
|
Distributions to shareholders |
| (89,412) |
| (17,623) |
Total Distributions to shareholders |
| (89,412) |
| (17,623) |
Capital Share Transactions |
|
|
|
|
Net capital share transactions |
| 19,762,984 |
| 7,807,653 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets from capital transactions |
| 19,762,984 |
| 7,807,653 |
Total Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets |
| 19,759,001 |
| 7,806,172 |
Net Assets |
|
|
|
|
Beginning of period | $ | 179,589,241 | $ | 171,783,069 |
End of period | $ | 199,348,242 | $ | 179,589,241 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
70
Short-Term Government Securities Fund |
| Short-Term Bond Fund |
| Intermediate Bond Fund | |||||||
Six Months Ended |
|
| Six Months Ended |
|
| Six Months Ended |
|
| |||
June 30, 2022 |
| Year Ended | June 30, 2022 | Year Ended | June 30, 2022 | Year Ended | |||||
(Unaudited) | December 31, 2021 | (Unaudited) | December 31, 2021 | (Unaudited) | December 31, 2021 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ | 291,560 | $ | 270,512 | $ | 2,790,649 | $ | 2,285,214 | $ | 1,051,629 | $ | 1,358,053 |
| (605,525) |
| (318,484) |
| (11,031,665) |
| 2,056,538 |
| (4,485,175) |
| 32,497 |
| (2,680,994) |
| (1,013,880) |
| (19,097,688) |
| (9,914,676) |
| (12,756,523) |
| (2,351,660) |
| (2,994,959) |
| (1,061,852) |
| (27,338,704) |
| (5,572,924) |
| (16,190,069) |
| (961,110) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| (294,729) |
| (282,892) |
| (2,931,517) |
| (7,728,293) |
| (1,154,096) |
| (1,695,715) |
| (294,729) |
| (282,892) |
| (2,931,517) |
| (7,728,293) |
| (1,154,096) |
| (1,695,715) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| (1,976,734) |
| (10,293,193) |
| (33,195,770) |
| 13,546,507 |
| 1,144,630 |
| 61,332,676 |
| (1,976,734) |
| (10,293,193) |
| (33,195,770) |
| 13,546,507 |
| 1,144,630 |
| 61,332,676 |
| (5,266,422) |
| (11,637,937) |
| (63,465,991) |
| 245,290 |
| (16,199,535) |
| 58,675,851 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ | 77,512,013 | $ | 89,149,950 | $ | 565,306,312 | $ | 565,061,022 | $ | 151,336,088 | $ | 92,660,237 |
$ | 72,245,591 | $ | 77,512,013 | $ | 501,840,321 | $ | 565,306,312 | $ | 135,136,553 | $ | 151,336,088 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
71
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)
| Rural America Growth & Income Fund | |||
| Six Months Ended |
|
| |
| May 1, 2021 to | Since Inception | ||
| June 30, 2022 | May 1, 2021 to | ||
| (Unaudited) | December 31, 2021 | ||
Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets |
|
|
|
|
Operations |
|
|
|
|
Net investment income | $ | 15,035 | $ | 10,539 |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments |
| (79,485) |
| 9,896 |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
| (826,219) |
| 172,493 |
Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations |
| (890,669) |
| 192,928 |
Distributions to Shareholders |
|
|
|
|
Distributions to shareholders |
| (2,170) |
| (18,556) |
Total Distributions to shareholders |
| (2,170) |
| (18,556) |
Capital Share Transactions |
|
|
|
|
Net capital share transactions |
| 1,922,818 |
| 5,187,862 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets from capital transactions |
| 1,922,818 |
| 5,187,862 |
Total Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets |
| 1,029,979 |
| 5,362,234 |
Net Assets |
|
|
|
|
Beginning of period | $ | 5,362,234 | $ | — |
End of period | $ | 6,392,213 | $ | 5,362,234 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
72
| Stock Index Fund |
| Value Fund |
|
| Growth Fund | |||||
Six Months Ended |
|
| Six Months Ended |
|
| Six Months Ended |
|
| |||
June 30, 2022 | Year Ended | June 30, 2022 |
| Year Ended | June 30, 2022 |
| Year Ended | ||||
(Unaudited) | December 31, 2021 |
| (Unaudited) | December 31, 2021 |
| (Unaudited) | December 31, 2021 | ||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ | 1,053,695 | $ | 1,965,230 | $ | 6,398,249 | $ | 11,588,275 | $ | (620,310) | $ | (1,794,125) |
| (113,712) |
| 2,230,795 |
| 43,104,869 |
| 96,849,735 |
| 7,028,559 |
| 34,831,159 |
| (48,792,593) |
| 48,866,809 |
| (194,532,833) |
| 115,477,901 |
| (123,735,153) |
| 21,685,920 |
| (47,852,610) |
| 53,062,834 |
| (145,029,715) |
| 223,915,911 |
| (117,326,904) |
| 54,722,954 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| (701,693) |
| (5,077,762) |
| (28,908,835) |
| (85,105,090) |
| (8,070,239) |
| (32,076,755) |
| (701,693) |
| (5,077,762) |
| (28,908,835) |
| (85,105,090) |
| (8,070,239) |
| (32,076,755) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| (4,807,916) |
| 4,947,932 |
| (3,747,308) |
| (19,290,874) |
| (3,839,501) |
| 36,958,294 |
| (4,807,916) |
| 4,947,932 |
| (3,747,308) |
| (19,290,874) |
| (3,839,501) |
| 36,958,294 |
| (53,362,219) |
| 52,933,004 |
| (177,685,858) |
| 119,519,947 |
| (129,236,644) |
| 59,604,493 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ | 241,755,712 | $ | 188,822,708 | $ | 1,048,263,756 | $ | 928,743,809 | $ | 379,264,129 | $ | 319,659,636 |
$ | 188,393,493 | $ | 241,755,712 | $ | 870,577,898 | $ | 1,048,263,756 | $ | 250,027,485 | $ | 379,264,129 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)
|
| International Equity Fund | ||
| Six Months Ended |
|
| |
| June 30, 2022 | Year Ended | ||
| (Unaudited) | December 31, 2021 | ||
Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets |
|
|
|
|
Operations |
|
|
|
|
Net investment income | $ | 1,330,327 | $ | 1,068,618 |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments |
| 1,633,582 |
| 5,271,736 |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
| (27,582,918) |
| 4,104,984 |
Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations |
| (24,619,009) |
| 10,445,338 |
Distributions to Shareholders |
|
|
|
|
Distributions to shareholders |
| (785,785) |
| (4,420,388) |
Total Distributions to shareholders |
| (785,785) |
| (4,420,388) |
Capital Share Transactions |
|
|
|
|
Net capital share transactions |
| 421,342 |
| 5,718,477 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets from capital transactions |
| 421,342 |
| 5,718,477 |
Total Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets |
| (24,983,452) |
| 11,743,427 |
Net Assets |
|
|
|
|
Beginning of period | $ | 103,284,889 | $ | 91,541,462 |
End of period | $ | 78,301,437 | $ | 103,284,889 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Small-Company Stock Fund
Six Months Ended |
|
| |
June 30, 2022 |
| Year Ended | |
(Unaudited) | December 31, 2021 | ||
|
|
|
|
$ | (80,752) | $ | 1,136,724 |
| (127,162) |
| 48,395,731 |
| (61,405,519) |
| 7,941,420 |
| (61,613,433) |
| 57,473,875 |
|
|
|
|
| (3,875,706) |
| (50,233,661) |
| (3,875,706) |
| (50,233,661) |
|
|
|
|
| (8,356,036) |
| 20,240,800 |
| (8,356,036) |
| 20,240,800 |
| (73,845,175) |
| 27,481,014 |
|
|
|
|
$ | 314,018,902 | $ | 286,537,888 |
$ | 240,173,727 | $ | 314,018,902 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
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Financial Highlights
Daily Income Fund
The financial highlights tables are intended to help you understand the Fund's financial performance for the past 5 years or, if shorter, the period of a Fund's operations. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions).
| Six Months |
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| Ended |
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For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each | June 30, 2022 |
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Period | (Unaudited) |
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $1.00 |
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| $1.00 |
| $1.00 |
| $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 |
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Income from investment operations |
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Net investment income | —(a,b,c) | —(a,b,c) | -—(a,b,c) | 0.01 | 0.01 | -—(a,b,c) | |||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on |
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investments | —(c) |
| —(c) |
| — |
| — | — | — | ||
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Total from investment operations | —(a,c) |
| —(a,c) |
| —(a,c) |
| 0.01 | 0.01 | —(a,c) | ||
Distributions |
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Net investment income | —(c) |
| —(c) |
| —(c) |
| (0.01) | (0.01) | —(c) | ||
Net realized gain | — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — | — | ||
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Total distributions | —(a,c) |
| —(a,c) |
| —(a,c) |
| (0.01) | (0.01) | —(a,c) | ||
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Net Asset Value, End of Period | $1.00 |
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| $1.00 |
| $1.00 |
| $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 |
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Total Return | 0.04%(d) |
| 0.01% |
| 0.19% |
| 1.43% | 1.08% | 0.18% |
| |
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (thousands) | $199,348 |
| $179,589 | $171,783 | $162,835 | $163,854 | $173,927 |
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Ratio of net investment income to average net |
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assets | 0.09%(a,b,e) | 0.01%(a,b) |
| 0.17%(a,b) |
| 1.42% | 1.07% | 0.17%(a,b) | |||
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Ratio of gross expenses before voluntary |
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expense limitation to average net assets | 0.60%(e) |
| 0.70% |
| 0.78% |
| 0.78% | 0.74% | 0.71% |
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Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 0.34%(a,b,e) | 0.04%(a,b) |
| 0.37%(a,b) |
| 0.78% | 0.74% | 0.66%(a,b) | |||
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(a)Effective August 14, 2009, Homestead Advisers agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to assist the Fund in attempting to maintain a positive yield. The temporary waiver continued through May 11, 2017 and April 20, 2020 through May 6, 2022.
(b)Excludes excess investment management fees and other expenses voluntarily waived and reimbursed by Homestead Advisers.
(c)Less than $0.01 per share. (d)Aggregate total return for the period.
(e)Annualized.
Financial Highlights | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
76
Financial Highlights
Short-Term Government Securities Fund
| Six Months |
| Year Ended December 31, |
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| Ended |
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For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each | June 30, 2022 |
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Period | (Unaudited) | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $5.21 |
| $5.29 | $5.21 | $5.14 | $5.15 | $5.16 |
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Income from investment operations |
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Net investment income | 0.02 |
| 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on |
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investments | (0.23) |
| (0.08) | 0.18 | 0.09 | (0.01) | (0.01) |
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Total from investment operations | (0.21) |
| (0.06) | 0.21 | 0.17 | 0.06 | 0.04 |
Distributions |
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Net investment income | (0.02) |
| (0.02) | (0.03) | (0.08) | (0.07) | (0.05) |
Net realized gain | — | — | (0.10) | (0.02) | —(a) | —(a) | |
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Total distributions | (0.02) |
| (0.02) | (0.13) | (0.10) | (0.07) | (0.05) |
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Net Asset Value, End of Period | $4.98 |
| $5.21 | $5.29 | $5.21 | $5.14 | $5.15 |
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Total Return | -4.03%(b) | -1.18% | 4.13% | 3.36% | 1.20% | 0.87% | |
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (thousands) | $72,246 |
| $77,512 | $89,150 | $71,516 | $76,918 | $75,425 |
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Ratio of net investment income to average net |
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assets | 0.79%(c,d) | 0.32%(d) | 0.58%(d) | 1.52%(d) | 1.37%(d) | 1.02%(d) | |
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Ratio of gross expenses before expense |
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limitation to average net assets | 0.81%(c) | 0.79% | 0.81% | 0.85% | 0.82% | 0.81% | |
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Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 0.75%(c,d) | 0.75%(d) | 0.75%(d) | 0.75%(d) | 0.75%(d) | 0.75%(d) | |
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Portfolio turnover rate | 130%(e) | 155%(e) | 299%(e) | 237%(e,f) | 40% | 33% | |
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(a)Less than $0.01 per share. (b)Aggregate total return for the period.
(c)Annualized.
(d)Excludes expenses in excess of a 0.75% contractual expense limitation with Homestead Advisers, in effect through April 30, 2023.
(e)Rate includes purchases and sales of long-term U.S. Treasury Bonds.
(f)The change in portfolio turnover from 2018 to 2019 is due to a repositioning of the Fund as a result of market activities.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Financial Highlights |
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Financial Highlights
Short-Term Bond Fund
| Six Months |
| Year Ended December 31, |
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| Ended |
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For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each | June 30, 2022 |
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Period | (Unaudited) | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $5.19 |
| $5.32 | $5.23 | $5.17 | $5.19 | $5.19 |
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Income from investment operations |
|
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Net investment income | 0.03 |
| 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.08 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on |
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investments | (0.28) |
| (0.08) | 0.23 | 0.10 | (0.02) | —(a) |
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Total from investment operations | (0.25) |
| (0.06) | 0.28 | 0.20 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
Distributions |
|
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|
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Net investment income | (0.03) |
| (0.02) | (0.05) | (0.10) | (0.10) | (0.08) |
Net realized gain | — | (0.05) | (0.14) | (0.04) | —(a) | —(a) | |
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Total distributions | (0.03) |
| (0.07) | (0.19) | (0.14) | (0.10) | (0.08) |
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Net Asset Value, End of Period | $4.91 |
| $5.19 | $5.32 | $5.23 | $5.17 | $5.19 |
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Total Return | -4.86%(b) | -1.11% | 5.42% | 3.90% | 1.69% | 1.65% | |
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (thousands) | $501,840 |
| $565,306 | $565,061 | $548,312 | $562,033 | $550,242 |
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Ratio of net investment income to average net |
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assets | 1.06%(c) | 0.40% | 0.92% | 1.87% | 2.02% | 1.59% | |
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Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 0.79%(c) | 0.79% | 0.78% | 0.79% | 0.77% | 0.76% | |
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Portfolio turnover rate | 203%(d) | 355%(d) | 328%(d) | 276%(d,e) | 39% | 32% | |
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(a)Less than $0.01 per share. (b)Aggregate total return for the period.
(c)Annualized.
(d)Rate includes purchases and sales of long-term U.S. Treasury Bonds.
(e)The change in portfolio turnover from 2018 to 2019 is due to a repositioning of the Fund as a result of market activities.
Financial Highlights | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Financial Highlights
Intermediate Bond Fund
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| Since Inception |
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| May 1, 2019 |
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended December 31, | to December 31 , | |
| June 30, 2022 |
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For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period | (Unaudited) | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $5.28 | $5.41 | $5.13 | $5.00 |
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Income from investment operations |
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Net investment income | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.06 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | (0.60) | (0.13) | 0.36 | 0.17 |
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|
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Total from investment operations | (0.56) | (0.06) | 0.44 | 0.23 |
Distributions |
|
|
|
|
Net investment income | (0.04) | (0.07) | (0.08) | (0.06) |
Net realized gain | — | — | (0.08) | (0.04) |
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Total distributions | (0.04) | (0.07) | (0.16) | (0.10) |
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Net Asset Value, End of Period | $4.68 | $5.28 | $5.41 | $5.13 |
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Total Return | -10.63%(a) | -1.12% | 8.70% | 4.69%(a) |
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (thousands) | $135,137 | $151,336 | $92,660 | $23,845 |
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Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 1.51%(b,c) | 1.03%(c) | 1.19%(c) | 1.69%(b,c) |
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Ratio of gross expenses before expense limitation to |
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average net assets | 0.88%(b) | 0.91% | 1.13% | 2.49%(b) |
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Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 0.80%(b,c) | 0.80%(c) | 0.80%(c) | 0.80%(b,c) |
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Portfolio turnover rate | 136%(d) | 249%(d) | 359%(d) | 395%(d) |
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(a)Aggregate total return for the period. (b)Annualized.
(c)Excludes expenses in excess of a 0.80% contractual expense limitation with Homestead Advisers, in effect through April 30, 2023. (d)Rate includes purchases and sales of long-term U.S. Treasury Bonds.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Financial Highlights |
79
Financial Highlights
Rural America Growth & Income Fund
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| Since Inception |
| Six Months Ended | May 1, 2021 |
| to December 31 , | |
| June 30, 2022 | |
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For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period | (Unaudited) | 2021 |
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $10.42 | $10.00 |
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|
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Income from investment operations |
|
|
Net investment income | 0.02 | 0.02 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | (1.60) | 0.44 |
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Total from investment operations | (1.58) | 0.46 |
Distributions |
|
|
Net investment income | —(a) | (0.02) |
Net realized gain | —(a) | (0.02) |
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|
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Total distributions | — | (0.04) |
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Net Asset Value, End of Period | $8.84 | $10.42 |
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|
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Total Return | -15.13%(b) | 4.58%(b) |
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (thousands) | $6,392 | $5,362 |
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|
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Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 0.47%(c,d) | 0.44%(c,d) |
|
|
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Ratio of gross expenses before expense limitation to average net assets | 3.11%(c) | 5.12%(c) |
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|
|
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 1.00%(c,d) | 1.00%(c,d) |
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|
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Portfolio turnover rate | 39% | 9% |
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(a)Less than $0.01 per share. (b)Aggregate total return for the period.
(c)Annualized.
(d)Excludes expenses in excess of a 1.00% contractual expense limitation with Homestead Advisers, in effect through April 30, 2023.
Financial Highlights | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
80
Financial Highlights
Stock Index Fund
| Six Months |
| Year Ended December 31, |
| |||
| Ended |
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For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each | June 30, 2022 |
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Period | (Unaudited) | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $34.82 |
| $27.78 | $23.93 | $18.67 | $20.02 | $16.67 |
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Income from investment operations |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income | 0.15 |
| 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.27 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on |
|
|
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investments | (7.17) |
| 7.50 | 3.92 | 5.39 | (1.30) | 3.26 |
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|
|
|
Total from investment operations | (7.02) |
| 7.79 | 4.24 | 5.73 | (0.98) | 3.53 |
Distributions |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income | —(a) | (0.30) | (0.31) | (0.38) | (0.37) | (0.18) | |
Net realized gain | (0.10) |
| (0.45) | (0.08) | (0.09) | — | — |
|
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|
|
|
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Total distributions | (0.10) |
| (0.75) | (0.39) | (0.47) | (0.37) | (0.18) |
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Net Asset Value, End of Period | $27.70 |
| $34.82 | $27.78 | $23.93 | $18.67 | $20.02 |
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Total Return | -20.15%(b) | 28.09% | 17.80% | 30.77% | -4.95% | 21.16% | |
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (thousands) | $188,393 |
| $241,756 | $188,823 | $170,951 | $133,934 | $145,094 |
|
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|
Ratio of net investment income to average net |
|
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assets | 0.99%(c) | 0.91% | 1.30% | 1.39% | 1.39% | 1.42% | |
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Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 0.48%(c) | 0.50% | 0.53% | 0.59% | 0.56% | 0.55% | |
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| |
Portfolio turnover rate (d) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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(a)Less than $0.01 per share. (b)Aggregate total return for the period.
(c)Annualized.
(d)Substantially all of the assets of the Stock Index Fund are invested in the S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors. Please refer to the financial highlights in the Appendix for the portfolio turnover rate of the S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Financial Highlights |
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Financial Highlights
Value Fund
| Six Months |
| Year Ended December 31, |
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| Ended |
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For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each | June 30, 2022 |
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| |
Period | (Unaudited) | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
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|
|
|
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $54.33 |
| $47.28 | $51.51 | $46.64 | $55.26 | $47.70 |
|
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|
|
Income from investment operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income | 0.35 |
| 0.63 | 0.66 | 0.83 | 0.91 | 1.00 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
investments | (8.01) |
| 11.12 | 2.94 | 11.93 | (4.39) | 9.52 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
Total from investment operations | (7.66) |
| 11.75 | 3.60 | 12.76 | (3.48) | 10.52 |
Distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income | (0.34) |
| (0.64) | (0.66) | (0.83) | (0.91) | (1.00) |
Net realized gain | (1.21) |
| (4.06) | (7.17) | (7.06) | (4.23) | (1.96) |
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|
|
|
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Total distributions | (1.55) |
| (4.70) | (7.83) | (7.89) | (5.14) | (2.96) |
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Net Asset Value, End of Period | $45.12 |
| $54.33 | $47.28 | $51.51 | $46.64 | $55.26 |
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| |
Total Return | -14.11%(a) | 25.07% | 7.61% | 27.69% | -6.36% | 22.17% | |
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (thousands) | $870,578 |
| $1,048,264 | $928,744 | $992,108 | $875,266 | $1,118,709 |
|
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|
|
Ratio of net investment income to average net |
|
|
|
|
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|
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assets | 1.33%(b) | 1.14% | 1.35% | 1.53% | 1.55% | 1.92% | |
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| |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 0.61%(b) | 0.63% | 0.65% | 0.66% | 0.60% | 0.60% | |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
Portfolio turnover rate | 7% |
| 9% | 22% | 17%(c) | 1% | 7% |
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(a)Aggregate total return for the period. (b)Annualized.
(c)The change in portfolio turnover from 2018 to 2019 is due to a repositioning of the Fund as a result of market activities.
Financial Highlights | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Financial Highlights
Growth Fund
| Six Months |
| Year Ended December 31, |
| |||
| Ended |
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| |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each | June 30, 2022 |
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| |
Period | (Unaudited) | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
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|
|
|
|
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $16.66 |
| $15.56 | $11.78 | $9.68 | $10.36 | $8.07 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from investment operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income (loss) | -0.03 |
| -0.08 | -— | -— | 0.02 | -— |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
investments | (5.20) |
| 2.70 | 4.52 | 2.73 | 0.41 | 3.04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total from investment operations | (5.23) |
| 2.62 | 4.52 | 2.73 | 0.43 | 3.04 |
Distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income | — | — | — | — | (0.02) | — | |
Net realized gain | (0.37) |
| (1.52) | (0.74) | (0.63) | (1.09) | (0.75) |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Total distributions | (0.37) |
| (1.52) | (0.74) | (0.63) | (1.11) | (0.75) |
|
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|
|
|
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Net Asset Value, End of Period | $11.06 |
| $16.66 | $15.56 | $11.78 | $9.68 | $10.36 |
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| |
Total Return | -31.40%(a) | 17.13% | 38.65% | 28.36% | 3.96% | 37.68% | |
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (thousands) | $250,027 |
| $379,264 | $319,660 | $243,548 | $194,467 | $178,020 |
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|
|
|
|
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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average net assets | (0.41)%(b) | (0.50)% | (0.46)% | (0.14)% | 0.14% | (0.12)% | |
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|
| |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 0.82%(b) | 0.84% | 0.89% | 0.93% | 0.86% | 0.93% | |
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|
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|
|
Portfolio turnover rate | 11% |
| 26% | 23% | 29% | 34% | 37% |
|
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(a)Aggregate total return for the period. (b)Annualized.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Financial Highlights |
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Financial Highlights
International Equity Fund
| Six Months |
| Year Ended December 31, |
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| Ended |
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For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each | June 30, 2022 |
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| |
Period | (Unaudited) | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $11.52 |
| $10.84 | $8.99 | $7.28 | $8.49 | $6.69 |
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Net investment income | 0.14 |
| 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.08 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on |
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investments | (2.89) |
| 1.07 | 1.86 | 1.69 | (1.20) | 1.80 |
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Total from investment operations | (2.75) |
| 1.20 | 1.92 | 1.81 | (1.08) | 1.88 |
Distributions |
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Net investment income | (0.01) |
| (0.12) | (0.07) | (0.10) | (0.13) | (0.08) |
Net realized gain | (0.07) |
| (0.40) | — | — | — | — |
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Total distributions | (0.08) |
| (0.52) | (0.07) | (0.10) | (0.13) | (0.08) |
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Net Asset Value, End of Period | $8.69 |
| $11.52 | $10.84 | $8.99 | $7.28 | $8.49 |
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Total Return | -23.80%(a) | 11.09% | 21.34% | 24.83% | -12.74% | 28.12% | |
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (thousands) | $78,301 |
| $103,285 | $91,541 | $78,775 | $66,082 | $74,138 |
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assets | 2.98%(b,c) | 1.07%(c) | 0.65%(c) | 1.29%(c) | 1.39%(c) | 1.03%(c) | |
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Ratio of gross expenses before voluntary |
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expense limitation to average net assets | 1.17%(b) | 1.19% | 1.24% | 1.30% | 1.23% | 1.25% | |
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Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 1.00%(b,c) | 1.00%(c) | 0.99%(c) | 0.99%(c) | 0.99%(c) | 0.99%(c) | |
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Portfolio turnover rate | 8% |
| 13% | 15% | 27% | 16% | 11% |
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(a)Aggregate total return for the period. (b)Annualized.
(c)Excludes expenses in excess of a 1.00% contractual expense limitation with Homestead Advisers, in effect through April 30, 2023. Prior to May 1, 2021, the actual contractual expense limitation was 0.99%.
Financial Highlights | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Small-Company Stock Fund
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $28.72 |
| $28.36 | $26.25 | $25.57 | $44.11 | $41.13 |
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Income from investment operations |
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Net investment income (loss) | (0.01) |
| 0.12 | (—) | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.08 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on |
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investments | (5.75) |
| 5.53 | 5.70 | 5.42 | (11.45) | 4.86 |
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Total from investment operations | (5.76) |
| 5.65 | 5.70 | 5.60 | (11.30) | 4.94 |
Distributions |
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Net investment income | — | (0.12) | —(a) | (0.18) | (0.15) | (0.08) | |
Net realized gain | (0.37) |
| (5.17) | (3.59) | (4.74) | (7.09) | (1.88) |
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Total distributions | (0.37) |
| (5.29) | (3.59) | (4.92) | (7.24) | (1.96) |
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Net Asset Value, End of Period | $22.59 |
| $28.72 | $28.36 | $26.25 | $25.57 | $44.11 |
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Total Return | -20.06%(b) | 20.68% | 22.08% | 22.16% | -26.18% | 11.99% | |
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (thousands) | $240,174 |
| $314,019 | $286,538 | $332,450 | $486,993 | $1,277,434 |
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average net assets | (0.06)%(c) | 0.36% | (0.16)% | 0.54% | 0.26% | 0.14% | |
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Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 1.02%(c) | 1.06% | 1.12% | 1.05% | 0.90% | 0.88% | |
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Portfolio turnover rate | 4% |
| 24% | 18% | 38%(d) | 5% | 7% |
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(a)Less than $0.01 per share. (b)Aggregate total return for the period.
(c)Annualized.
(d)The change in portfolio turnover from 2018 to 2019 is due to a repositioning of the Fund as a result of market activities.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | Financial Highlights |
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1. Organization
Homestead Funds, Inc. (the "Corporation") is a Maryland corporation organized on June 29, 1990. Homestead Funds Trust (the "Trust") is a Massachusetts business trust organized on February 15, 2019. The Corporation and the Trust are each registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Act"), as an open-end management investment company. The Corporation currently consists of eight portfolios, Daily Income Fund, Short-Term Government Securities Fund, Short-Term Bond Fund, Stock Index Fund, Value Fund, Growth Fund, International Equity Fund, and Small-Company Stock Fund, and the Trust currently consists of two portfolios, Intermediate Bond Fund and Rural America Growth & Income Fund (collectively, the "Homestead Funds"). The Board of Directors of the Corporation and the Board of Trustees of the Trust are referred to collectively as the "Board".
Each Fund is a separate investment portfolio with distinct investment objectives, investment programs, policies and restrictions. The investment objectives of the Funds, as well as the nature and risks of the investment activities of each Fund, are set forth more fully in Homestead Funds' Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information. All of the Funds are diversified for purposes of the Act.
The Stock Index Fund pursues its investment objective by seeking to replicate the total return performance of the S&P 500 Index, which is composed of 500 selected common stocks, most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. At June 30, 2022, the Stock Index Fund was operating as a feeder fund, whereby substantially all of its assets are invested in the S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio ("Master Portfolio"), an open-end investment company managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors. At June 30, 2022, the Stock Index Fund's investment constituted 0.67% of the Master Portfolio. The financial statements of the Master Portfolio are contained in the Appendix of this report and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements for the Stock Index Fund.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). Homestead Funds is considered an Investment Company under GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance set forth in ASC Topic 946 Financial Services—Investment Companies. 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.
Security Valuation: Each Fund's net asset value per share is calculated as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") (usually 4:00 p.m. ET), ("Valuation Time"). Net asset values per share normally are calculated every day the NYSE is open for regular trading. The NYSE is closed on weekends and major holidays. On any day that regular trading on the NYSE closes earlier than scheduled, the Fund will advance the time as of which the NAV is calculated and, therefore, also the time by which purchase and redemption orders must be received in order to receive that day's NAV. The Board has designated Homestead Advisers Corp. ("Adviser" or "Homestead Advisers") as the Funds' valuation designee pursuant to
Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act effective September 8, 2022. Homestead Advisers and the Board have each adopted policies and procedures for the valuation of portfolio securities ("Valuation Procedures"). Portfolio securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued at current market value as of the Valuation Time in accordance with the Valuation Procedures. Market value is generally determined on the basis of official closing prices or the last reported sales prices and/or may be based on quotes or prices (including evaluated prices) supplied by the Funds' approved independent pricing services. Homestead Advisers will fair value a security in accordance with the Valuation Procedures if: (i) readily available market quotations are not available; (ii) in the opinion of the Homestead Advisers, the market value does not constitute a readily available market quotation or does not reflect fair value; or (iii) a significant event has occurred that would impact a security's valuation.
The Board has delegated day-to-day responsibility for determining the fair value of securities to the Adviser. Homestead Advisers has chartered an internal Valuation Committee to oversee the implementation of the Valuation Procedures, monitor the valuation process, and provide quarterly reports to the Board. The Valuation Committee reports all instances of fair valuation to the Board at each quarterly Board meeting, as applicable.
A disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date has been established under GAAP. These inputs are summarized into three broad levels as follows:
•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.); and
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•Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair valuation of investments).
The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an investment's assigned level within the hierarchy during the period.
The Funds use the following valuation techniques to value securities by major category:
Registered investment company shares (other than shares of exchange-traded funds and closed-end fund shares that trade on an exchange) are valued at the net asset value determined by the registered investment company after the close of the NYSE. The Funds invest in regulated investment companies that seek to maintain a share price of $1.00 and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Domestic equity securities and shares of exchange traded funds that are traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the closing price as reported by an independent pricing service from the primary market in which the securities trade and are categorized as Level 1. Securities not traded or dealt in upon a national securities exchange for which over-the-counter market quotations are readily available generally are valued (i) at the last quoted sales price (if adequate trading volume is present) or, (ii) otherwise at the last bid price.
Foreign equity securities that are traded on a foreign exchange are valued based on the closing price as reported by an independent pricing service from the primary market in which such securities are normally traded. An independent pricing service is utilized to fair value foreign equity securities based on the impact of market events between the close of the foreign exchange and the time the net asset value is calculated. Foreign equity securities that are fair valued are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy and foreign equity securities not fair valued are categorized as Level 1.
Fixed-income securities, including corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are (1) valued by an independent pricing service based on market prices or broker/dealer quotations or other appropriate measures, or (2) valued at market value generated by Homestead Advisers using a pricing matrix or model based on benchmark yields, issuer, spreads,monthly payment information or other available market information for securities of similar characteristics. For purposes of the Valuation Procedures, the process described in (2) is deemed to be a fair valuation of such portfolio securities, solely for the purpose of the applicability of the fair valuation determinations set forth in the Valuation Procedures. For fixed-income securities, the security is valued following the sequence above and flows to the next method only if the prior method is not available.
Fixed income securities utilizing these methods are generally categorized as Level 2. Fixed income securities that are valued using only a broker quote, absent corroborating observable inputs are categorized as Level 3.
Fixed income securities and commercial paper held in the Daily Income Fund are valued at amortized cost and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. The amortized cost method does not take into account unrealized gains or losses on the portfolio securities. Amortized cost valuation involves initially valuing a security at its cost, and thereafter assuming a constant amortization to maturity of any discount or premium, regardless of the impact of fluctuating interest rates on the market value of the security. While this method provides certainty in valuation, it may result in periods during which the value of a security, as determined by amortized cost, may be higher or lower than the price the Daily Income Fund would receive if it sold the security.
If a market value cannot be determined for a security using the methodologies described above, or if, in the good faith opinion of the Adviser, the market value does not constitute a readily available market quotation, or if a significant event has occurred that would impact a security's valuation, the security will be fair valued as determined in good faith by the Fund's Adviser based on the Valuation Procedures approved by the Board. The determination of a security's fair value price often involves the consideration of a number of subjective factors, and therefore, is subject to the risk that the value that is assigned to a security may be higher or lower than the security's value would be if a reliable market quotation for the security were readily available. Such securities are generally categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
The Stock Index Fund records its investment in the Master Portfolio at the market value of its proportionate interest in the net assets of the Master Portfolio. For purposes of determining the net asset value of the Stock Index Fund, the securities of the Master Portfolio are priced by the investment advisor to the Master Portfolio under the direction of the Board of Trustees of the Master Portfolio. The policies and procedures are discussed in the notes to the Master Portfolio's financial statements, included in the Appendix of this report.
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The following table summarizes each Fund's investments, based on the inputs used to determine their values on June 30, 2022 (other than Stock Index Fund). The level classifications of the Master Portfolio as of June 30, 2022 are included in the Appendix.
Daily Income Fund |
| Level 1 |
| Level 2 | Level 3 |
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| Total |
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations | $ | — | $ | 164,752,875 | $— | $ |
| 164,752,875 |
Money Market Fund |
| 38,643,799 |
| — | — |
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| 38,643,799 |
Total | $38,643,799 | $164,752,875 | $— | $203,396,674 | ||||
Short-Term Government Securities Fund |
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U.S. Government & Agency Obligations | $ | — | $ 39,512,176 | $— | $ | 39,512,176 | ||
Corporate Bonds Guaranteed by Export-Import Bank of the |
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United States |
| — |
| 26,515,613 | — |
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| 26,515,613 |
Asset-Backed Securities |
| — |
| 2,169,121 | — |
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| 2,169,121 |
Corporate Bonds–Other |
| — |
| 974,671 | — |
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| 974,671 |
Mortgage-Backed Security |
| — |
| 515,693 | — |
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| 515,693 |
Municipal Bonds |
| — |
| 297,260 | — |
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| 297,260 |
Money Market Fund |
| 2,099,023 |
| — | — |
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| 2,099,023 |
Total | $2,099,023 | $69,984,534 | $— | $72,083,557 | ||||
Short-Term Bond Fund |
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U.S. Government & Agency Obligations | $ | — | $ | 225,030,401 | $— | $ |
| 225,030,401 |
Corporate Bonds–Other |
| — |
| 140,624,798 | — |
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| 140,624,798 |
Asset-Backed Securities |
| — |
| 56,925,242 | — |
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| 56,925,242 |
Yankee Bonds |
| — |
| 37,249,369 | — |
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| 37,249,369 |
Corporate Bonds Guaranteed by Export-Import Bank of the |
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United States |
| — |
| 12,639,827 | — |
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| 12,639,827 |
Municipal Bonds |
| — |
| 6,394,234 | — |
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| 6,394,234 |
Mortgage-Backed Securities |
| — |
| 1,949,436 | — |
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| 1,949,436 |
Money Market Fund |
| 22,052,995 |
| — | — |
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| 22,052,995 |
Total | $22,052,995 | $480,813,307 | $— | $502,866,302 | ||||
Intermediate Bond Fund |
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U.S. Government & Agency Obligations | $ | — | $ | 48,423,699 | $— | $ |
| 48,423,699 |
Corporate Bonds–Other |
| — |
| 35,928,545 | — |
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| 35,928,545 |
Mortgage-Backed Securities |
| — |
| 18,443,281 | — |
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| 18,443,281 |
Asset-Backed Securities |
| — |
| 15,801,738 | — |
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| 15,801,738 |
Yankee Bonds |
| — |
| 8,184,833 | — |
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| 8,184,833 |
Municipal Bonds |
| — |
| 3,932,933 | — |
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| 3,932,933 |
Corporate Bonds Guaranteed by Export-Import Bank of the |
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United States |
| — |
| 606,649 | — |
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| 606,649 |
Money Market Fund |
| 3,252,718 |
| — | — |
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| 3,252,718 |
Total | $3,252,718 | $131,321,678 | $— | $134,574,396 | ||||
Rural America Growth & Income Fund |
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Common Stocks | $ 3,605,573 | $ | — | $— |
| $ | 3,605,573 | |
Corporate Bonds–Other |
| — |
| 1,086,670 | — |
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| 1,086,670 |
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations |
| — |
| 748,961 | — |
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| 748,961 |
Asset-Backed Securities |
| — |
| 231,185 | — |
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| 231,185 |
Municipal Bonds |
| — |
| 119,433 | — |
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| 119,433 |
Mortgage-Backed Securities |
| — |
| 95,959 | — |
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| 95,959 |
Money Market Fund |
| 498,900 |
| — | — |
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| 498,900 |
Total | $4,104,473 | $2,282,208 | $— |
| $6,386,681 |
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Value Fund |
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
| Total |
Common Stocks | $ | 851,858,738 | $— | $— | $ | 851,858,738 |
Money Market Fund |
| 20,466,297 | — | — |
| 20,466,297 |
Total | $872,325,035 | $— | $— | $872,325,035 | ||
Growth Fund |
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Common Stocks | $ | 248,131,338 | $— | $— | $ | 248,131,338 |
Money Market Fund |
| 2,233,166 | — | — |
| 2,233,166 |
Total | $250,364,504 | $— | $— | $250,364,504 | ||
International Equity Fund |
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Common Stocks | $ 11,889,824 | $ 63,487,397 | $— | $ 75,377,221 | ||
Money Market Fund |
| 2,817,711 | — | — |
| 2,817,711 |
Total | $14,707,535 | $63,487,397 | $— | $78,194,932 | ||
Small-Company Stock Fund |
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Common Stocks | $ | 236,424,199 | $— | $— | $ | 236,424,199 |
Money Market Fund |
| 4,318,420 | — | — |
| 4,318,420 |
Total | $240,742,619 | $— | $— | $240,742,619 |
Foreign currency: The International Equity Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contract's terms. Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate at the end of the period. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and dividends received are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date. Currency gains and losses and the effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities.
To-be-announced securities: The Intermediate Bond Fund purchases securities on a to-be-announced (TBA) basis, with payment and delivery scheduled for a future date. These transactions are subject to market fluctuations and are subject to the risk that the value at delivery may be more or less than the trade date purchase price. The Fund maintains liquid assets sufficient to settle its commitment to purchase a TBA security.
Distributions to shareholders: Dividends to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Ordinary income dividends for the Daily Income, Short-Term Government Securities, Short-Term Bond, and Intermediate Bond Funds are declared daily and paid monthly. Ordinary income dividends for Value Fund are declared and paid semi-annually. Ordinary income dividends for the Rural America Growth & Income, Stock Index, Growth, International Equity, and Small-Company Stock Funds are declared and paid annually. Capital gains dividends, if any, are declared and paid at the end of each fiscal year. Any unpaid capital gains will be paid in June of the subsequent year, but no later than the extended due date of the federal tax return.
Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income, including amortization of premium and accretion of discount, and expenses are recorded on the accrual basis. Investment transactions are recorded as of the trade date. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are reported on the identified cost basis.
The Stock Index Fund records a pro rata share of the Master Portfolio's income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains and losses in addition to the Fund's own expenses, which are accrued daily.
In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Funds' maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on claims that may be made against the Funds in the future and therefore cannot be estimated; however, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts.
General expenses of the Trust are allocated to each fund of the Trust and general expenses of the Corporation are allocated to each fund of the Corporation, in each case based upon relative net assets or other expense allocation methodologies determined by the nature of the expense. Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged to that Fund.
Management considered events occurring between the date of this report, June 30, 2022, and the date of issuance of this report in determining adjustments to the financial statements or necessary disclosures in this report.
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3. Federal Income Tax Information
The Funds' policy is to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and will distribute all net investment income to its shareholders. Therefore, no provision for Federal income taxes is required.
Management has analyzed the Funds' tax positions and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Funds' financial statements. The Funds are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. However, management's conclusions may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to new tax laws, regulations and administrative interpretations.
Each Fund files U.S. federal, state, and local tax returns as required. Each Fund's tax returns are subject to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after filing of the tax return but could be longer in certain circumstances.
Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments of the following: futures and options transactions, foreign currency transactions, losses deferred due to wash sales, losses deferred due to post-October losses, unused capital losses, partnership investments, deferred Director's fees, passive foreign investment company transactions, and REIT transactions, which are reflected as book/tax differences in the following tables.
At June 30, 2022, the cost of securities for federal income tax purposes, the aggregate gross unrealized gain for all securities for which there was an excess of value over tax cost and the aggregate gross unrealized loss for all securities for which there was an excess of tax cost over value was as follows:
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| Tax Cost | Tax Appreciation | Tax Depreciation | (Depreciation) | |||
Daily Income Fund | $ | 203,396,674 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — |
Short-Term Gov. Securities Fund | $ | 74,457,534 | $ | 12,131 | $ | (2,386,108) | $ | (2,373,977) |
Short-Term Bond Fund | $ | 523,043,089 | $ | 57,533 | $ | (20,234,320) | $ | (20,176,787) |
Intermediate Bond Fund | $ | 147,518,644 | $ | 9,440 | $ | (12,953,688) | $ | (12,944,248) |
Rural America Growth & Income Fund | $ | 7,040,510 | $ | 62,768 | $ | (716,597) | $ | (653,829) |
Value Fund | $ | 560,317,867 | $ | 331,828,164 | $ | (19,820,997) | $ | 312,007,167 |
Growth Fund | $ | 196,181,046 | $ | 86,993,888 | $ | (32,810,430) | $ | 54,183,458 |
International Equity Fund | $ | 69,819,679 | $ | 13,805,618 | $ | (5,430,365) | $ | 8,375,253 |
Small-Company Stock Fund | $ | 204,199,201 | $ | 56,103,502 | $ | (19,560,084) | $ | 36,543,418 |
The difference between book basis and tax basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is primarily attributable to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales. Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of Stock Index Fund in the Master Portfolio consists of an allocated portion of the portfolio's unrealized appreciation/(depreciation). For information pertaining to the unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for the Master Portfolio, please refer to the Appendix of this report.
4. Investment Transactions
Purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term and U.S. Government securities, for the period ended June 30, 2022, were as follows:
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| Proceeds |
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| Purchases |
| from Sale |
Short-Term Gov. Securities Fund | $ | 1,449,620 | $ | 15,019,477 |
Short-Term Bond Fund | $ | 111,337,794 | $ | 212,828,406 |
Intermediate Bond Fund | $ | 29,763,430 | $ | 53,373,618 |
Rural America Growth & Income Fund | $ | 3,370,913 | $ | 2,243,640 |
Value Fund | $ | 67,716,078 | $ | 94,809,500 |
Growth Fund | $ | 34,923,622 | $ | 47,150,788 |
International Equity Fund | $ | 9,269,494 | $ | 7,330,677 |
Small-Company Stock Fund | $ | 10,749,511 | $ | 23,435,435 |
Notes to Financial Statements
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Notes to Financial Statements | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Purchases and proceeds from sales of long-term U.S. Government securities, for the period ended June 30, 2022, were as follows:
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| Proceeds |
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| Purchases |
| from Sale |
Short-Term Gov. Securities Fund | $ | 93,995,863 | $ | 83,196,808 |
Short-Term Bond Fund | $ | 931,450,165 | $ | 872,657,736 |
Intermediate Bond Fund | $ | 163,538,914 | $ | 133,017,524 |
Rural America Growth & Income Fund | $ | 641,194 | $ | 114,078 |
5. Related Parties
The investment management agreements between Homestead Funds, with respect to each Fund (other than the Stock Index Fund), and Homestead Advisers, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association ("NRECA"), provide for an annual investment management fee, that also provides for certain administrative services to the Funds, which is computed daily and paid monthly, based on each Fund's average daily net assets. The annualized management fee rate for the Daily Income Fund was reduced from 0.50% of the Fund's average daily net assets to 0.40% of the Fund's average daily net assets on May 1, 2021. The annualized management fee rates are 0.40% of average daily net assets for Daily Income Fund; 0.45% of average daily net assets for Short-Term Government Securities Fund; 0.60% of average daily net assets for Short-Term Bond Fund; 0.60% of average daily net assets up to $500 million, 0.50% of average daily net assets up to the next $500 million, and 0.45% of average daily net assets in excess of $1 billion for Intermediate Bond Fund; 0.65% of average daily net assets up to $500 million, 0.50% of average daily net assets up to the next $500 million, and 0.40% of average daily net assets in excess of $1 billion for Rural America Growth & Income Fund; 0.65% of average daily net assets up to
$200 million, 0.50% of average daily net assets up to the next $200 million, 0.40% of average daily net assets in excess of $400 million for Value Fund; 0.65% of average daily net assets up to $250 million and 0.60% of average daily net assets in excess of $250 million for the Growth Fund; 0.75% of average daily net assets up to $300 million, 0.65% of average daily net assets up to the next $100 million, 0.55% of average daily net assets up to the next $100 million, and 0.50% of average daily net assets in excess of $500 million for International Equity Fund; and 0.85% of average daily net assets up to $200 million and 0.75% of average daily net assets in excess of $200 million for Small-Company Stock Fund.
Homestead Financial Services Corp., a wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of NRECA, is the distributor and principal underwriter for Homestead Funds and does not receive any commissions or other compensation for the services it provides.
Prior to May 1, 2022, Homestead Advisers Corp. was named "RE Advisers Corporation" and Homestead Financial Services Corp. was named "RE Investment Corporation."
Invesco Advisers, Inc. ("Invesco") is the sub-advisor of the Daily Income Fund. T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. ("T. Rowe") is the sub-advisor for the Growth Fund and Harding Loevner LP ("Harding") is the sub-advisor for the International Equity Fund. The sub-advisors select, buy, and sell securities under the supervision and oversight of Homestead Advisers and the Board of Directors. Homestead Advisers pays the sub-advisors from the fees it receives from the Funds.
Homestead Advisers serves as the administrator for the Stock Index Fund pursuant to an Administrative Services Agreement with the fund, under which Homestead Advisers provides certain administrative services to the Fund. Pursuant to this agreement, Homestead Advisers receives a fee of 0.25% of the Fund's average daily net assets. In addition, the Stock Index Fund is allocated a management fee from the Master Portfolio, calculated daily at an annual rate of 0.01% of its average daily net assets. This fee includes advisory, custody, and administrative fees provided by the Master Portfolio on behalf of its investors. The financial information for the Master Portfolio is included in the Appendix.
Homestead Advisers has agreed, as part of the Expense Limitation Agreement entered into with Homestead Funds effective May 1, 2022, with respect to each Fund, to waive its management fee and/or reimburse all Fund operating expenses, excluding certain non-recurring expenses, such as interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of business, or, in the case of each Fund other than the Stock Index Fund, fees and expenses associated with an investment in another investment company or any company that would be an investment company under Section 3(a) of the Act, but for the exceptions to that definition provided for in Sections 3(c)(1) and 3(c)(7) of the Act, which in any year exceed 0.60% of the average daily net assets of the Daily Income Fund, 0.75% of the average daily net assets of the Short-Term Government Securities and Stock Index Funds; 0.80% of the average daily net assets of the Short-Term Bond and Intermediate Bond Funds; 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Rural America Growth & Income Fund, Growth Fund, and International Equity
Fund; 1.25% of the average daily net assets of Value Fund, and 1.50% of the average daily net assets of Small-Company Stock Fund.
Notes to Financial Statements
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Notes to Financial Statements | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
Pursuant to the Expense Limitation Agreement, management fees waived for the period ended June 30, 2022 amounted to
$21,434 for Short-Term Government Securities Fund, $55,287 for Intermediate Bond Fund, $20,632 for Rural America Growth & Income Fund, and $75,601 for International Equity Fund. In addition, Homestead Advisers reimbursed $46,454 of the expenses of the Rural America Growth & Income Fund.
On August 14, 2009, Homestead Advisers voluntarily agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses, to the extent necessary to assist the Daily Income Fund in attempting to maintain a positive yield (the "temporary waiver"). The temporary waiver continued from 2009 through May 11, 2017. Homestead Advisers voluntarily waived fees for this Fund again from April 20,
2020 through May 6, 2022. Per the temporary waiver, Homestead Advisers waived $239,207 of management fees for the period ended June 30, 2022.
Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan"), Independent Directors or Trustees of the Funds may elect to defer receipt of all or a specified portion of their compensation. Deferred amounts are credited with the earnings and losses equal to those made as if the deferred amounts were invested in one or more of the Funds, as designated by each participating Independent Director / Trustee. Deferred amounts remain in the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan. The liability is reflected as Independent Director / Trustee's deferred compensation on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and the expense is included in Director, Trustee and Board meeting expenses on the Statement of Operations.
As of June 30, 2022, one shareholder of record, an omnibus account, held approximately 11% of the net assets of the Small-Company Stock Fund, and one shareholder of record, the Adviser, held approximately 14% of the net assets in the Rural America Growth & Income Fund. No other shareholders, including omnibus accounts, held more than 10% of the outstanding shares of any of the Funds.
6. Capital Share Transactions
As of June 30, 2022, unlimited shares of $.01 par value capital shares are authorized for Intermediate Bond Fund and Rural America Growth & Income Fund; 500 million shares are authorized for Daily Income Fund, 200 million shares for Short-Term Bond Fund, and 100 million shares for Short-Term Government Securities Fund, Stock Index Fund, Value Fund, Growth Fund, International Equity Fund, and Small-Company Stock Fund. Transactions in capital shares were as follows:
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| Shares Issued |
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| Shares | Reinvestment | Total Shares | Total Shares | Net Increase | ||||
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| Sold | of Dividends |
| Issued | Redeemed | (Decrease) | |||
Period Ended June 30, 2022 |
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In Dollars |
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Daily Income Fund | $ | 64,557,017 | $ | 88,159 | $ | 64,645,176 | $ | (44,882,192) | $ | 19,762,984 |
Short-Term Government Securities Fund | $ | 4,284,050 | $ | 292,711 | $ | 4,576,761 | $ | (6,553,495) | $ | (1,976,734) |
Short-Term Bond Fund | $ | (58,424,448) | $ | 2,892,280 | $ | (55,532,168) | $ | 22,336,398 | $ | (33,195,770) |
Intermediate Bond Fund | $ | 8,749,149 | $ | 1,152,017 | $ | 9,901,166 | $ | (8,756,536) | $ | 1,144,630 |
Rural America Growth & Income Fund | $ | 4,786,096 | $ | 2,168 | $ | 4,788,264 | $ | (2,865,446) | $ | 1,922,818 |
Stock Index Fund | $ | 11,528,522 | $ | 680,277 | $ | 12,208,799 | $ | (17,016,715) | $ | (4,807,916) |
Value Fund | $ | 28,798,763 | $ | 28,127,680 | $ | 56,926,443 | $ | (60,673,751) | $ | (3,747,308) |
Growth Fund | $ | 16,527,211 | $ | 7,991,223 | $ | 24,518,434 | $ | (28,357,935) | $ | (3,839,501) |
International Equity Fund | $ | 4,135,132 | $ | 740,505 | $ | 4,875,637 | $ | (4,454,295) | $ | 421,342 |
Small-Company Stock Fund | $ | 5,913,138 | $ | 3,744,487 | $ | 9,657,625 | $ | (18,013,661) | $ | (8,356,036) |
In Shares |
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Daily Income Fund | 64,557,017 |
| 88,159 | 64,645,176 | (44,882,192) | 19,762,984 | ||||
Short-Term Government Securities Fund |
| 845,268 |
| 58,084 |
| 903,352 |
| (1,295,773) |
| (392,421) |
Short-Term Bond Fund |
| 4,414,100 |
| 579,488 |
| 4,993,588 | (11,617,450) |
| (6,623,862) | |
Intermediate Bond Fund |
| 1,781,728 |
| 236,130 |
| 2,017,858 |
| (1,769,971) |
| 247,887 |
Rural America Growth & Income Fund |
| 500,993 |
| 246 |
| 501,239 |
| (292,520) |
| 208,719 |
Stock Index Fund |
| 368,416 |
| 24,558 |
| 392,974 |
| (534,464) |
| (141,490) |
Value Fund |
| 561,374 |
| 623,367 |
| 1,184,741 |
| (1,185,478) |
| (737) |
Growth Fund |
| 1,205,870 |
| 722,495 |
| 1,928,365 |
| (2,089,169) |
| (160,804) |
International Equity Fund |
| 410,496 |
| 85,204 |
| 495,700 |
| (444,424) |
| 51,276 |
Small-Company Stock Fund |
| 230,402 |
| 165,753 |
| 396,155 |
| (696,220) |
| (300,065) |
Notes to Financial Statements
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Notes to Financial Statements | (Unaudited) | (Continued)
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| Shares | Reinvestment | Total Shares | Total Shares | Net Increase | ||||
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| Sold | of Dividends |
| Issued |
| Redeemed | (Decrease) | ||
Year Ended December 31, 2021 |
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In Dollars |
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Daily Income Fund | $ | 117,288,844 | $ | 16,979 | $ | 117,305,823 | $ | (109,498,170) | $ | 7,807,653 |
Short-Term Government Securities Fund | $ | 11,853,556 | $ | 272,740 | $ | 12,126,296 | $ | (22,419,489) | $ | (10,293,193) |
Short-Term Bond Fund | $ | 106,966,199 | $ | 7,643,200 | $ | 114,609,399 | $ | (101,062,892) | $ | 13,546,507 |
Intermediate Bond Fund | $ | 74,980,483 | $ | 1,690,202 | $ | 76,670,685 | $ | (15,338,009) | $ | 61,332,676 |
Rural America Growth & Income Fund | $ | 5,753,354 | $ | 18,551 | $ | 5,771,905 | $ | (584,043) | $ | 5,187,862 |
Stock Index Fund | $ | 31,088,322 | $ | 5,006,751 | $ | 36,095,073 | $ | (31,147,141) | $ | 4,947,932 |
Value Fund | $ | 71,920,677 | $ | 83,431,312 | $ | 155,351,989 | $ | (174,642,863) | $ | (19,290,874) |
Growth Fund | $ | 71,087,698 | $ | 31,887,045 | $ | 102,974,743 | $ | (66,016,449) | $ | 36,958,294 |
International Equity Fund | $ | 13,647,206 | $ | 4,408,623 | $ | 18,055,829 | $ | (12,337,352) | $ | 5,718,477 |
Small-Company Stock Fund | $ | 26,754,838 | $ | 49,753,560 | $ | 76,508,398 | $ | (56,267,598) | $ | 20,240,800 |
In Shares |
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Daily Income Fund | 117,288,844 |
| 16,979 | 117,305,823 | (109,498,170) |
| 7,807,653 | |||
Short-Term Government Securities Fund |
| 2,253,734 |
| 51,942 |
| 2,305,676 |
| (4,273,144) |
| (1,967,468) |
Short-Term Bond Fund | (19,143,494) |
| 1,456,777 | (17,686,717) |
| 20,228,826 |
| 2,542,109 | ||
Intermediate Bond Fund |
| 14,097,662 |
| 318,492 |
| 14,416,154 |
| (2,894,304) | 11,521,850 | |
Rural America Growth & Income Fund |
| 569,936 |
| 1,812 |
| 571,748 |
| (56,987) |
| 514,761 |
Stock Index Fund |
| 987,453 |
| 147,889 |
| 1,135,342 |
| (987,454) |
| 147,888 |
Value Fund |
| 1,351,918 |
| 1,554,431 |
| 2,906,349 |
| (3,255,281) |
| (348,932) |
Growth Fund |
| 4,185,515 |
| 1,947,685 |
| 6,133,200 |
| (3,903,638) |
| 2,229,562 |
International Equity Fund |
| 1,207,830 |
| 388,675 |
| 1,596,505 |
| (1,078,728) |
| 517,777 |
Small-Company Stock Fund |
| 835,192 |
| 1,765,342 |
| 2,600,534 |
| (1,769,183) |
| 831,351 |
7. Subsequent Events
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in these financial statements.
Notes to Financial Statements
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Directors, Trustees and Officers
James F. Perna, Director/Trustee and Chairman of the Board
Mark D. Santero, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director/Trustee Douglas W. Johnson, Director/Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee Kenneth R. Meyer, Director/Trustee and Chairman of the Compensation Committee Julie H. Dellinger, Director/Trustee and Vice Chair of the Audit Committee Anthony M. Marinello, Director/Trustee
Judith H. McKinney, Director/Trustee
Sheldon C. Petersen, Director/Trustee
Mark Rose, Director/Trustee
Peter J. Tonetti, Director/Trustee
Danielle C. Sieverling, Chief Compliance Officer
Jennifer (Laurie) Webster, Chief Operations Officer
Jeremy Sperlazza, Secretary
Amy M. DiMauro, Treasurer
94Directors and Officers
Appendix
S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio
95
Master Portfolio Information | as of June 30, 2022 |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS | |
| Percent of |
Security | Net Assets |
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|
Apple, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5% |
Microsoft Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9 |
Amazon.com, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 |
Alphabet, Inc., Class A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 |
Alphabet, Inc., Class C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 |
Tesla, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 |
Johnson & Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 |
NVIDIA Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 |
| S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio |
SECTOR ALLOCATION | |
| Percent of |
Sector(a) | Net Assets |
Information Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.4% |
Health Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.9 |
Financials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.6 |
Consumer Discretionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4 |
Communication Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7 |
Industrials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 |
Consumer Staples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 |
Energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 |
Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 |
Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 |
Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5 |
Investment Companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 |
Short-Term Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 |
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (0.7) |
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(a)For S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio (the "Master Portfolio") compliance purposes, the Master Portfolio's sector classifications refer to one or more of the sector subclassifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment adviser. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.
M A S T E R P O R T F O L I O I N F O R M A T I O N | 1 |
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)
June 30, 2022
Security | Shares |
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| Value |
Common Stocks |
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Aerospace & Defense — 1.7% |
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|
Boeing Co.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 484,328 | $ | 66,217,324 | |
General Dynamics Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 200,043 |
|
| 44,259,514 |
Howmet Aerospace, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 329,069 |
|
| 10,349,220 |
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 34,143 |
|
| 7,437,029 |
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 167,970 |
|
| 40,598,349 |
Lockheed Martin Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 206,254 |
|
| 88,680,970 |
Northrop Grumman Corp.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 127,353 |
|
| 60,947,325 |
Raytheon Technologies Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,295,201 |
|
| 124,481,768 |
Textron, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 189,929 |
|
| 11,598,964 |
TransDigm Group, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 45,160 |
|
| 24,236,017 |
|
|
|
| 478,806,480 |
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7% |
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|
|
|
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 112,045 |
|
| 11,358,002 |
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. . . . . . . . . | 147,027 |
|
| 14,329,251 |
FedEx Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 207,655 |
|
| 47,077,465 |
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 639,605 |
|
| 116,753,497 |
|
|
|
| 189,518,215 |
Airlines(a) — 0.2% |
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|
|
|
Alaska Air Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 110,571 |
|
| 4,428,369 |
American Airlines Group, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 564,221 |
|
| 7,154,322 |
Delta Air Lines, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 552,038 |
|
| 15,992,541 |
Southwest Airlines Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 510,705 |
|
| 18,446,665 |
United Airlines Holdings, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 281,394 |
|
| 9,966,975 |
|
|
|
| 55,988,872 |
Auto Components — 0.1% |
|
|
|
|
Aptiv PLC(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 235,948 |
|
| 21,015,888 |
BorgWarner, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 211,222 |
|
| 7,048,478 |
|
|
|
| 28,064,366 |
Automobiles — 2.0% |
|
|
|
|
Ford Motor Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3,439,017 |
|
| 38,276,259 |
General Motors Co.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,269,758 |
|
| 40,327,514 |
Tesla, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 730,812 |
|
| 492,143,417 |
|
|
|
| 570,747,190 |
Banks — 3.6% |
|
|
|
|
Bank of America Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 6,169,471 |
|
| 192,055,632 |
Citigroup, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,691,174 |
|
| 77,777,092 |
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 429,830 |
|
| 15,340,633 |
Comerica, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 113,951 |
|
| 8,361,724 |
Fifth Third Bancorp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 597,497 |
|
| 20,075,899 |
First Republic Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 156,448 |
|
| 22,559,802 |
Huntington Bancshares, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,237,331 |
|
| 14,885,092 |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2,557,809 |
|
| 288,034,872 |
KeyCorp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 813,833 |
|
| 14,022,343 |
M&T Bank Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 155,528 |
|
| 24,789,608 |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 360,178 |
|
| 56,825,283 |
Regions Financial Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 815,435 |
|
| 15,289,406 |
Signature Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 54,749 |
|
| 9,811,568 |
SVB Financial Group(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 51,221 |
|
| 20,231,783 |
Truist Financial Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,158,559 |
|
| 54,950,453 |
U.S. Bancorp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,178,051 |
|
| 54,213,907 |
Wells Fargo & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3,300,930 |
|
| 129,297,428 |
Zions Bancorp NA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 131,562 |
|
| 6,696,506 |
|
|
|
| 1,025,219,031 |
Beverages — 1.8% |
|
|
|
|
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 157,023 |
|
| 11,016,734 |
Coca-Cola Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3,397,749 |
|
| 213,752,389 |
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 142,631 |
|
| 33,241,581 |
S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
Security | Shares |
|
| Value |
Beverages (continued) |
|
|
|
|
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 642,397 | $ | 22,734,430 | |
Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 161,725 |
|
| 8,815,630 |
Monster Beverage Corp.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 326,636 |
|
| 30,279,157 |
PepsiCo, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,204,147 |
|
| 200,683,139 |
|
|
|
| 520,523,060 |
Biotechnology — 2.2% |
|
|
|
|
AbbVie, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,538,935 |
|
| 235,703,284 |
Amgen, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 465,222 |
|
| 113,188,513 |
Biogen, Inc.(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 126,583 |
|
| 25,815,337 |
Gilead Sciences, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,088,686 |
|
| 67,291,682 |
Incyte Corp.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 165,349 |
|
| 12,561,563 |
Moderna, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 301,368 |
|
| 43,050,419 |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 94,079 |
|
| 55,612,919 |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 222,732 |
|
| 62,763,650 |
|
|
|
| 615,987,367 |
Building Products — 0.4% |
|
|
|
|
A O Smith Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 112,155 |
|
| 6,132,635 |
Allegion PLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 79,067 |
|
| 7,740,659 |
Carrier Global Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 744,692 |
|
| 26,555,717 |
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 116,636 |
|
| 6,984,164 |
Johnson Controls International PLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 609,813 |
|
| 29,197,847 |
Masco Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 210,595 |
|
| 10,656,107 |
Trane Technologies PLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 201,846 |
|
| 26,213,740 |
|
|
|
| 113,480,869 |
Capital Markets — 2.8% |
|
|
|
|
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 96,306 |
|
| 22,890,010 |
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 643,681 |
|
| 26,847,935 |
BlackRock, Inc.(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 123,749 |
|
| 75,368,091 |
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 92,728 |
|
| 10,495,882 |
Charles Schwab Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,313,419 |
|
| 82,981,813 |
CME Group, Inc., Class A(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 311,922 |
|
| 63,850,433 |
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 33,178 |
|
| 12,759,264 |
Franklin Resources, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 241,316 |
|
| 5,625,076 |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 299,100 |
|
| 88,838,682 |
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 487,634 |
|
| 45,857,101 |
Invesco Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 303,177 |
|
| 4,890,245 |
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 32,527 |
|
| 8,327,237 |
Moody's Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 140,369 |
|
| 38,176,157 |
Morgan Stanley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,218,729 |
|
| 92,696,528 |
MSCI, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 70,747 |
|
| 29,158,376 |
Nasdaq, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 101,593 |
|
| 15,496,996 |
Northern Trust Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 179,182 |
|
| 17,287,479 |
Raymond James Financial, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 170,192 |
|
| 15,216,867 |
S&P Global, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 302,281 |
|
| 101,886,834 |
State Street Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 319,896 |
|
| 19,721,588 |
T Rowe Price Group, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 198,924 |
|
| 22,599,756 |
|
|
|
| 800,972,350 |
Chemicals — 1.8% |
|
|
|
|
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 192,429 |
|
| 46,275,326 |
Albemarle Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 101,530 |
|
| 21,217,739 |
Celanese Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 93,460 |
|
| 10,991,830 |
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 181,667 |
|
| 15,574,312 |
Corteva, Inc.(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 630,985 |
|
| 34,161,528 |
Dow, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 638,558 |
|
| 32,955,978 |
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 445,155 |
|
| 24,741,715 |
Eastman Chemical Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 113,044 |
|
| 10,147,960 |
Ecolab, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 216,380 |
|
| 33,270,589 |
FMC Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 109,796 |
|
| 11,749,270 |
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . | 221,082 |
|
| 26,335,288 |
Linde PLC(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 438,297 |
|
| 126,023,536 |
2 | 2 0 2 2 B L A C K R O C K S E M I - A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) June 30, 2022
Security | Shares |
|
| Value |
Chemicals (continued) |
|
|
|
|
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 226,980 | $ | 19,851,671 | |
Mosaic Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 315,251 |
|
| 14,889,305 |
PPG Industries, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 206,714 |
|
| 23,635,679 |
Sherwin-Williams Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 209,356 |
|
| 46,876,902 |
|
|
|
| 498,698,628 |
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5% |
|
|
|
|
Cintas Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 75,746 |
|
| 28,293,403 |
Copart, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 184,515 |
|
| 20,049,400 |
Republic Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 181,257 |
|
| 23,721,104 |
Rollins, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 192,545 |
|
| 6,723,671 |
Waste Management, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 334,014 |
|
| 51,097,462 |
|
|
|
| 129,885,040 |
Communications Equipment — 0.8% |
|
|
|
|
Arista Networks, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 193,923 |
|
| 18,178,342 |
Cisco Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3,617,769 |
|
| 154,261,670 |
F5, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 53,572 |
|
| 8,198,659 |
Juniper Networks, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 278,138 |
|
| 7,926,933 |
Motorola Solutions, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 146,853 |
|
| 30,780,389 |
|
|
|
| 219,345,993 |
Construction & Engineering — 0.1% |
|
|
|
|
Quanta Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 123,676 |
|
| 15,501,550 |
Construction Materials — 0.1% |
|
|
|
|
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 54,360 |
|
| 16,266,687 |
Vulcan Materials Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 114,692 |
|
| 16,297,733 |
|
|
|
| 32,564,420 |
Consumer Finance — 0.5% |
|
|
|
|
American Express Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 531,216 |
|
| 73,637,162 |
Capital One Financial Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 342,299 |
|
| 35,664,133 |
Discover Financial Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 244,686 |
|
| 23,142,402 |
Synchrony Financial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 436,735 |
|
| 12,062,620 |
|
|
|
| 144,506,317 |
Containers & Packaging — 0.3% |
|
|
|
|
Amcor PLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,302,744 |
|
| 16,193,108 |
Avery Dennison Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 72,146 |
|
| 11,678,273 |
Ball Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 279,717 |
|
| 19,236,138 |
International Paper Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 322,772 |
|
| 13,501,553 |
Packaging Corp. of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 83,104 |
|
| 11,426,800 |
Sealed Air Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 127,950 |
|
| 7,385,274 |
Westrock Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 227,684 |
|
| 9,070,930 |
|
|
|
| 88,492,076 |
Distributors — 0.1% |
|
|
|
|
Genuine Parts Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 124,310 |
|
| 16,533,230 |
LKQ Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 231,177 |
|
| 11,348,479 |
Pool Corp.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 34,475 |
|
| 12,108,654 |
|
|
|
| 39,990,363 |
Diversified Financial Services — 1.5% |
|
|
|
|
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,575,569 |
|
| 430,161,848 |
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.2% |
|
|
|
|
AT&T, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 6,234,607 |
|
| 130,677,363 |
Lumen Technologies, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 800,526 |
|
| 8,733,738 |
Verizon Communications, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3,657,373 |
|
| 185,611,680 |
|
|
|
| 325,022,781 |
Electric Utilities — 1.9% |
|
|
|
|
Alliant Energy Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 217,142 |
|
| 12,726,693 |
American Electric Power Co., Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 447,234 |
|
| 42,907,630 |
Constellation Energy Corp.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 284,691 |
|
| 16,301,407 |
Duke Energy Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 670,488 |
|
| 71,883,018 |
S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
Security | Shares |
|
| Value |
Electric Utilities (continued) |
|
|
|
|
Edison International. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 329,724 | $ | 20,851,746 | |
Entergy Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 175,326 |
|
| 19,748,721 |
Evergy, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 198,905 |
|
| 12,978,551 |
Eversource Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 299,021 |
|
| 25,258,304 |
Exelon Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 856,593 |
|
| 38,820,795 |
FirstEnergy Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 495,269 |
|
| 19,013,377 |
NextEra Energy, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,710,838 |
|
| 132,521,511 |
NRG Energy, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 209,647 |
|
| 8,002,226 |
Pinnacle West Capital Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 97,495 |
|
| 7,128,834 |
PPL Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 640,881 |
|
| 17,387,101 |
Southern Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 925,328 |
|
| 65,985,140 |
Xcel Energy, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 474,326 |
|
| 33,563,308 |
|
|
|
| 545,078,362 |
Electrical Equipment — 0.5% |
|
|
|
|
AMETEK, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 201,712 |
|
| 22,166,132 |
Eaton Corp. PLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 348,048 |
|
| 43,850,567 |
Emerson Electric Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 515,536 |
|
| 41,005,733 |
Generac Holdings, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 54,841 |
|
| 11,548,418 |
Rockwell Automation, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 100,473 |
|
| 20,025,274 |
|
|
|
| 138,596,124 |
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.6% |
|
|
| |
Amphenol Corp., Class A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 519,823 |
|
| 33,466,205 |
CDW Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 117,795 |
|
| 18,559,780 |
Corning, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 661,998 |
|
| 20,859,557 |
Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 159,049 |
|
| 21,924,905 |
TE Connectivity Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 282,568 |
|
| 31,972,569 |
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 40,576 |
|
| 15,220,463 |
Trimble, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 219,025 |
|
| 12,753,826 |
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 46,134 |
|
| 13,561,089 |
|
|
|
| 168,318,394 |
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3% |
|
|
|
|
Baker Hughes Co., Class A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 814,572 |
|
| 23,516,694 |
Halliburton Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 779,875 |
|
| 24,456,880 |
Schlumberger NV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,230,950 |
|
| 44,018,772 |
|
|
|
| 91,992,346 |
Entertainment — 1.2% |
|
|
|
|
Activision Blizzard, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 680,922 |
|
| 53,016,587 |
Electronic Arts, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 244,317 |
|
| 29,721,163 |
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 118,078 |
|
| 9,750,881 |
Netflix, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 385,318 |
|
| 67,380,559 |
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 137,206 |
|
| 16,811,851 |
Walt Disney Co.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,586,288 |
|
| 149,745,587 |
Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,921,600 |
|
| 25,787,872 |
|
|
|
| 352,214,500 |
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.8% |
|
|
|
|
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 129,350 |
|
| 18,759,631 |
American Tower Corp.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 404,694 |
|
| 103,435,739 |
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 121,824 |
|
| 23,664,312 |
Boston Properties, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 122,210 |
|
| 10,874,246 |
Camden Property Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 92,767 |
|
| 12,475,306 |
Crown Castle International Corp.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 377,118 |
|
| 63,499,129 |
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 248,501 |
|
| 32,262,885 |
Duke Realty Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 331,602 |
|
| 18,221,530 |
Equinix, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 79,269 |
|
| 52,081,318 |
Equity Residential. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 296,589 |
|
| 21,419,658 |
Essex Property Trust, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 57,166 |
|
| 14,949,481 |
Extra Space Storage, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 115,587 |
|
| 19,663,660 |
Federal Realty OP LP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 61,276 |
|
| 5,866,564 |
Healthpeak Properties, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 467,734 |
|
| 12,118,988 |
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 622,085 |
|
| 9,754,293 |
M A S T E R P O R T F O L I O S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S | 3 |
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) June 30, 2022
Security | Shares |
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| Value |
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued) |
|
|
|
|
Iron Mountain, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 249,918 | $ | 12,168,507 | |
Kimco Realty Corp.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 537,722 |
|
| 10,630,764 |
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. . . . . . . . . . | 100,396 |
|
| 17,536,169 |
Prologis, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 644,746 |
|
| 75,854,367 |
Public Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 132,407 |
|
| 41,399,697 |
Realty Income Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 523,918 |
|
| 35,762,643 |
Regency Centers Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 135,952 |
|
| 8,063,313 |
SBA Communications Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 94,412 |
|
| 30,216,561 |
Simon Property Group, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 285,204 |
|
| 27,071,564 |
UDR, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 260,715 |
|
| 12,003,319 |
Ventas, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 346,447 |
|
| 17,817,769 |
VICI Properties, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 838,656 |
|
| 24,983,562 |
Vornado Realty Trust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 135,460 |
|
| 3,872,801 |
Welltower, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 395,349 |
|
| 32,556,990 |
Weyerhaeuser Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 651,420 |
|
| 21,575,030 |
|
|
|
| 790,559,796 |
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.5% |
|
|
|
|
Costco Wholesale Corp.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 385,994 |
|
| 184,999,204 |
Kroger Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 571,342 |
|
| 27,041,617 |
Sysco Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 444,102 |
|
| 37,619,881 |
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 623,507 |
|
| 23,630,915 |
Walmart, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,222,640 |
|
| 148,648,571 |
|
|
|
| 421,940,188 |
Food Products — 1.1% |
|
|
|
|
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 490,049 |
|
| 38,027,803 |
Campbell Soup Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 178,885 |
|
| 8,595,424 |
Conagra Brands, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 420,810 |
|
| 14,408,534 |
General Mills, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 523,526 |
|
| 39,500,037 |
Hershey Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 127,511 |
|
| 27,435,267 |
Hormel Foods Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 245,902 |
|
| 11,645,919 |
J M Smucker Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 93,140 |
|
| 11,922,851 |
Kellogg Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 223,565 |
|
| 15,949,127 |
Kraft Heinz Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 613,828 |
|
| 23,411,400 |
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 124,846 |
|
| 8,921,495 |
McCormick & Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 215,785 |
|
| 17,964,101 |
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,204,937 |
|
| 74,814,538 |
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 252,085 |
|
| 21,694,435 |
|
|
|
| 314,290,931 |
Gas Utilities — 0.1% |
|
|
|
|
Atmos Energy Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 121,065 |
|
| 13,571,387 |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.7% |
|
|
|
|
Abbott Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,524,855 |
|
| 165,675,496 |
ABIOMED, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 38,941 |
|
| 9,638,287 |
Align Technology, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 63,646 |
|
| 15,063,099 |
Baxter International, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 435,619 |
|
| 27,979,808 |
Becton Dickinson & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 248,315 |
|
| 61,217,097 |
Boston Scientific Corp.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,244,980 |
|
| 46,400,404 |
Cooper Cos., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 42,656 |
|
| 13,356,447 |
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 193,068 |
|
| 6,898,320 |
DexCom, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 341,823 |
|
| 25,476,068 |
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 541,863 |
|
| 51,525,753 |
Hologic, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 217,150 |
|
| 15,048,495 |
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 73,593 |
|
| 25,811,273 |
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 312,607 |
|
| 62,743,351 |
Medtronic PLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,166,949 |
|
| 104,733,673 |
ResMed, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 127,284 |
|
| 26,682,545 |
STERIS PLC(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 86,512 |
|
| 17,834,449 |
Stryker Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 293,100 |
|
| 58,306,383 |
S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
Security | Shares |
|
| Value |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued) |
|
|
|
|
Teleflex, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 40,705 | $ | 10,007,324 | |
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 182,806 |
|
| 19,205,598 |
|
|
|
| 763,603,870 |
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.4% |
|
|
|
|
AmerisourceBergen Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 130,142 |
|
| 18,412,490 |
Cardinal Health, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 242,546 |
|
| 12,677,879 |
Centene Corp.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 506,425 |
|
| 42,848,619 |
Cigna Corp.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 276,306 |
|
| 72,812,157 |
CVS Health Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,142,159 |
|
| 105,832,453 |
DaVita, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 54,837 |
|
| 4,384,767 |
Elevance Health, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 209,956 |
|
| 101,320,566 |
HCA Healthcare, Inc.(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 198,144 |
|
| 33,300,081 |
Henry Schein, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 122,025 |
|
| 9,364,199 |
Humana, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 110,160 |
|
| 51,562,591 |
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 80,470 |
|
| 18,858,949 |
McKesson Corp.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 126,595 |
|
| 41,296,555 |
Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 51,135 |
|
| 14,297,857 |
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 102,721 |
|
| 13,659,839 |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 817,437 |
|
| 419,860,166 |
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B. . . . . . . . . . . . | 58,460 |
|
| 5,887,507 |
|
|
|
| 966,376,675 |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.8% |
|
|
|
|
Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 35,378 |
|
| 61,875,768 |
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 187,814 |
|
| 7,193,276 |
Carnival Corp.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 693,972 |
|
| 6,002,858 |
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 24,419 |
|
| 31,921,982 |
Darden Restaurants, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 109,918 |
|
| 12,433,924 |
Domino's Pizza, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 31,804 |
|
| 12,394,337 |
Expedia Group, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 131,289 |
|
| 12,450,136 |
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 241,904 |
|
| 26,957,782 |
Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 297,624 |
|
| 9,997,190 |
Marriott International, Inc., Class A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 239,430 |
|
| 32,564,874 |
McDonald's Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 644,054 |
|
| 159,004,051 |
MGM Resorts International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 307,962 |
|
| 8,915,500 |
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(a)(b). . . . . . . . . . . | 371,149 |
|
| 4,127,177 |
Penn National Gaming, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 148,849 |
|
| 4,527,987 |
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 196,112 |
|
| 6,846,270 |
Starbucks Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 998,351 |
|
| 76,264,033 |
Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 89,689 |
|
| 5,110,479 |
Yum! Brands, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 248,343 |
|
| 28,189,414 |
|
|
|
| 506,777,038 |
Household Durables — 0.3% |
|
|
|
|
D.R. Horton, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 278,901 |
|
| 18,460,457 |
Garmin Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 132,751 |
|
| 13,042,786 |
Lennar Corp., Class A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 228,144 |
|
| 16,100,122 |
Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 44,821 |
|
| 5,561,838 |
Newell Brands, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 322,363 |
|
| 6,137,792 |
NVR, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2,693 |
|
| 10,783,149 |
PulteGroup, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 212,892 |
|
| 8,436,910 |
Whirlpool Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 48,945 |
|
| 7,580,112 |
|
|
|
| 86,103,166 |
Household Products — 1.5% |
|
|
|
|
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 210,033 |
|
| 19,461,658 |
Clorox Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 106,445 |
|
| 15,006,616 |
Colgate-Palmolive Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 731,513 |
|
| 58,623,452 |
Kimberly-Clark Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 292,310 |
|
| 39,505,696 |
Procter & Gamble Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2,089,492 |
|
| 300,448,055 |
|
|
|
| 433,045,477 |
4 | 2 0 2 2 B L A C K R O C K S E M I - A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) June 30, 2022
Security | Shares |
|
| Value |
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.0% |
|
|
| |
AES Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 585,315 | $ | 12,297,468 | |
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.8% |
|
|
|
|
3M Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 495,661 |
|
| 64,143,490 |
General Electric Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 958,544 |
|
| 61,030,497 |
Honeywell International, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 592,835 |
|
| 103,040,651 |
|
|
|
| 228,214,638 |
Insurance — 2.2% |
|
|
|
|
Aflac, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 516,109 |
|
| 28,556,311 |
Allstate Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 239,476 |
|
| 30,348,793 |
American International Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 689,902 |
|
| 35,274,689 |
Aon PLC, Class A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 184,960 |
|
| 49,880,013 |
Arthur J Gallagher & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 182,943 |
|
| 29,827,027 |
Assurant, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 47,910 |
|
| 8,281,244 |
Brown & Brown, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 201,523 |
|
| 11,756,852 |
Chubb Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 369,000 |
|
| 72,538,020 |
Cincinnati Financial Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 131,078 |
|
| 15,595,660 |
Everest Re Group Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 34,336 |
|
| 9,623,694 |
Globe Life, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 80,648 |
|
| 7,860,761 |
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . | 286,401 |
|
| 18,739,217 |
Lincoln National Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 142,833 |
|
| 6,680,299 |
Loews Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 170,875 |
|
| 10,126,053 |
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 438,201 |
|
| 68,030,705 |
MetLife, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 601,972 |
|
| 37,797,822 |
Principal Financial Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 207,282 |
|
| 13,844,365 |
Progressive Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 507,204 |
|
| 58,972,609 |
Prudential Financial, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 328,068 |
|
| 31,389,546 |
Travelers Cos., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 209,339 |
|
| 35,405,505 |
W R Berkley Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 182,655 |
|
| 12,468,030 |
Willis Towers Watson PLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 97,092 |
|
| 19,164,990 |
|
|
|
| 612,162,205 |
Interactive Media & Services(a) — 5.2% |
|
|
|
|
Alphabet, Inc., Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 261,928 |
|
| 570,809,213 |
Alphabet, Inc., Class C(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 240,162 |
|
| 525,342,367 |
Match Group, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 248,716 |
|
| 17,333,018 |
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,997,373 |
|
| 322,076,396 |
Twitter, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 664,288 |
|
| 24,837,729 |
|
|
|
| 1,460,398,723 |
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 3.0% |
|
|
|
|
Amazon.com, Inc.(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 7,620,159 |
|
| 809,337,087 |
eBay, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 487,553 |
|
| 20,316,334 |
Etsy, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 108,518 |
|
| 7,944,603 |
|
|
|
| 837,598,024 |
IT Services — 4.3% |
|
|
|
|
Accenture PLC, Class A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 551,614 |
|
| 153,155,627 |
Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 140,582 |
|
| 12,839,354 |
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 364,559 |
|
| 76,571,972 |
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 101,399 |
|
| 14,454,428 |
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A . . . . | 455,869 |
|
| 30,766,599 |
DXC Technology Co.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 212,880 |
|
| 6,452,393 |
EPAM Systems, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 49,452 |
|
| 14,577,461 |
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . | 531,906 |
|
| 48,759,823 |
Fiserv, Inc.(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 506,637 |
|
| 45,075,494 |
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 67,354 |
|
| 14,151,749 |
Gartner, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 70,140 |
|
| 16,961,956 |
Global Payments, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 247,136 |
|
| 27,343,127 |
International Business Machines Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . | 783,297 |
|
| 110,593,703 |
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 63,214 |
|
| 11,379,784 |
Mastercard, Inc., Class A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 747,891 |
|
| 235,944,653 |
S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
Security | Shares |
|
| Value |
IT Services (continued) |
|
|
|
|
Paychex, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 278,661 | $ | 31,731,128 | |
PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,011,114 |
|
| 70,616,202 |
VeriSign, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 84,410 |
|
| 14,124,325 |
Visa, Inc., Class A(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,433,219 |
|
| 282,186,489 |
|
|
|
| 1,217,686,267 |
Leisure Products — 0.0% |
|
|
|
|
Hasbro, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 112,722 |
|
| 9,229,677 |
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.9% |
|
|
|
|
Agilent Technologies, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 260,689 |
|
| 30,962,033 |
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 18,566 |
|
| 9,190,170 |
Bio-Techne Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 34,272 |
|
| 11,880,046 |
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(a) . . . . . | 43,885 |
|
| 9,390,074 |
Danaher Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 563,543 |
|
| 142,869,421 |
Illumina, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 135,654 |
|
| 25,009,171 |
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 165,805 |
|
| 35,978,027 |
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 19,751 |
|
| 22,689,356 |
PerkinElmer, Inc.(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 109,918 |
|
| 15,632,538 |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 340,915 |
|
| 185,212,301 |
Waters Corp.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 53,119 |
|
| 17,581,327 |
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 63,974 |
|
| 19,343,818 |
|
|
|
| 525,738,282 |
Machinery — 1.5% |
|
|
|
|
Caterpillar, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 464,503 |
|
| 83,034,556 |
Cummins, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 123,613 |
|
| 23,922,824 |
Deere & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 243,412 |
|
| 72,894,592 |
Dover Corp.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 124,384 |
|
| 15,090,267 |
Fortive Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 311,313 |
|
| 16,929,201 |
IDEX Corp.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 65,987 |
|
| 11,985,219 |
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 247,901 |
|
| 45,179,957 |
Ingersoll Rand, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 353,745 |
|
| 14,885,590 |
Nordson Corp.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 46,797 |
|
| 9,473,585 |
Otis Worldwide Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 368,827 |
|
| 26,065,004 |
PACCAR, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 302,271 |
|
| 24,888,994 |
Parker-Hannifin Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 111,810 |
|
| 27,510,850 |
Pentair PLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 143,816 |
|
| 6,582,458 |
Snap-on, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 45,895 |
|
| 9,042,692 |
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 131,472 |
|
| 13,786,154 |
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.(b) . . . . . | 162,123 |
|
| 13,307,056 |
Xylem, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 156,302 |
|
| 12,219,690 |
|
|
|
| 426,798,689 |
Media — 0.9% |
|
|
|
|
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a). . . . . . . . . . . | 100,867 |
|
| 47,259,216 |
Comcast Corp., Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3,893,316 |
|
| 152,773,720 |
DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 215,893 |
|
| 3,870,961 |
Fox Corp., Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 278,201 |
|
| 8,946,944 |
Fox Corp., Class B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 124,115 |
|
| 3,686,215 |
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 340,332 |
|
| 9,369,340 |
News Corp., Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 335,584 |
|
| 5,228,399 |
News Corp., Class B(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 114,231 |
|
| 1,815,131 |
Omnicom Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 180,687 |
|
| 11,493,500 |
Paramount Global, Class B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 525,771 |
|
| 12,976,028 |
|
|
|
| 257,419,454 |
Metals & Mining — 0.4% |
|
|
|
|
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,262,129 |
|
| 36,929,894 |
Newmont Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 692,098 |
|
| 41,297,488 |
Nucor Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 231,707 |
|
| 24,192,528 |
|
|
|
| 102,419,910 |
M A S T E R P O R T F O L I O S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S | 5 |
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) June 30, 2022
Security | Shares |
|
| Value |
Multiline Retail — 0.5% |
|
|
|
|
Dollar General Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 199,244 | $ | 48,902,447 | |
Dollar Tree, Inc.(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 195,240 |
|
| 30,428,154 |
Target Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 402,709 |
|
| 56,874,592 |
|
|
|
| 136,205,193 |
Multi-Utilities — 0.9% |
|
|
|
|
Ameren Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 223,761 |
|
| 20,219,044 |
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 547,665 |
|
| 16,199,931 |
CMS Energy Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 251,484 |
|
| 16,975,170 |
Consolidated Edison, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 307,228 |
|
| 29,217,383 |
Dominion Energy, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 706,679 |
|
| 56,400,051 |
DTE Energy Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 167,102 |
|
| 21,180,178 |
NiSource, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 353,400 |
|
| 10,421,766 |
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 438,991 |
|
| 27,779,350 |
Sempra Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 273,721 |
|
| 41,132,055 |
WEC Energy Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 274,139 |
|
| 27,589,349 |
|
|
|
| 267,114,277 |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.0% |
|
|
|
|
APA Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 294,558 |
|
| 10,280,074 |
Chevron Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,711,110 |
|
| 247,734,506 |
ConocoPhillips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,126,436 |
|
| 101,165,217 |
Coterra Energy, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 708,634 |
|
| 18,275,671 |
Devon Energy Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 534,544 |
|
| 29,458,720 |
Diamondback Energy, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 145,300 |
|
| 17,603,095 |
EOG Resources, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 510,084 |
|
| 56,333,677 |
Exxon Mobil Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3,668,606 |
|
| 314,179,418 |
Hess Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 239,258 |
|
| 25,346,993 |
Kinder Morgan, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,692,447 |
|
| 28,365,412 |
Marathon Oil Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 616,312 |
|
| 13,854,694 |
Marathon Petroleum Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 471,140 |
|
| 38,732,419 |
Occidental Petroleum Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 775,369 |
|
| 45,653,727 |
ONEOK, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 388,336 |
|
| 21,552,648 |
Phillips 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 418,979 |
|
| 34,352,088 |
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 195,966 |
|
| 43,716,095 |
Valero Energy Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 346,896 |
|
| 36,868,107 |
Williams Cos., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,054,531 |
|
| 32,911,912 |
|
|
|
| 1,116,384,473 |
Personal Products — 0.2% |
|
|
|
|
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 201,722 |
|
| 51,372,542 |
Pharmaceuticals — 4.7% |
|
|
|
|
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,854,153 |
|
| 142,769,781 |
Catalent, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 156,629 |
|
| 16,804,725 |
Eli Lilly & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 686,802 |
|
| 222,681,812 |
Johnson & Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2,291,627 |
|
| 406,786,709 |
Merck & Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2,202,278 |
|
| 200,781,685 |
Organon & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 220,304 |
|
| 7,435,260 |
Pfizer, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 4,886,399 |
|
| 256,193,900 |
Viatris, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,040,410 |
|
| 10,893,093 |
Zoetis, Inc., Class A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 410,628 |
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| 70,582,847 |
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|
| 1,334,929,812 |
Professional Services — 0.3% |
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|
|
|
Equifax, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 105,276 |
|
| 19,242,347 |
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 111,783 |
|
| 14,210,973 |
Leidos Holdings, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 120,862 |
|
| 12,172,012 |
Nielsen Holdings PLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 313,638 |
|
| 7,282,675 |
Robert Half International, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 95,263 |
|
| 7,134,246 |
Verisk Analytics, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 137,513 |
|
| 23,802,125 |
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|
|
| 83,844,378 |
S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
Security | Shares |
|
| Value |
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1% |
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|
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CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 288,437 | $ | 21,231,848 | |
Road & Rail — 0.9% |
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CSX Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,893,513 |
|
| 55,025,488 |
JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 73,148 |
|
| 11,518,615 |
Norfolk Southern Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 208,104 |
|
| 47,299,958 |
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 80,446 |
|
| 20,616,701 |
Union Pacific Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 546,932 |
|
| 116,649,657 |
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|
|
| 251,110,419 |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.1% |
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|
|
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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,411,263 |
|
| 107,919,282 |
Analog Devices, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 455,937 |
|
| 66,607,836 |
Applied Materials, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 770,693 |
|
| 70,117,649 |
Broadcom, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 355,562 |
|
| 172,735,575 |
Enphase Energy, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 116,630 |
|
| 22,770,841 |
Intel Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3,561,015 |
|
| 133,217,571 |
KLA Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 130,806 |
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| 41,737,578 |
Lam Research Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 121,073 |
|
| 51,595,259 |
Microchip Technology, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 482,547 |
|
| 28,026,330 |
Micron Technology, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 971,860 |
|
| 53,724,421 |
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 37,833 |
|
| 14,529,385 |
NVIDIA Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2,180,688 |
|
| 330,570,494 |
NXP Semiconductors NV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 228,662 |
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| 33,848,836 |
ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 378,401 |
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| 19,037,354 |
Qorvo, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 95,283 |
|
| 8,987,093 |
Qualcomm, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 975,382 |
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| 124,595,297 |
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 141,206 |
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| 13,081,324 |
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 48,235 |
|
| 13,200,955 |
Teradyne, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 142,480 |
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| 12,759,084 |
Texas Instruments, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 803,331 |
|
| 123,431,808 |
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|
| 1,442,493,972 |
Software — 8.8% |
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Adobe, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 411,489 |
|
| 150,629,663 |
ANSYS, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 76,265 |
|
| 18,249,452 |
Autodesk, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 190,916 |
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| 32,829,915 |
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 240,532 |
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| 36,087,016 |
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 117,946 |
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| 5,552,898 |
Citrix Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 106,925 |
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| 10,389,902 |
Fortinet, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 580,165 |
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| 32,825,736 |
Intuit, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 245,763 |
|
| 94,726,891 |
Microsoft Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 6,513,317 |
|
| 1,672,815,205 |
NortonLifeLock, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 505,216 |
|
| 11,094,543 |
Oracle Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,371,317 |
|
| 95,813,919 |
Paycom Software, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 42,218 |
|
| 11,826,106 |
PTC, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 90,837 |
|
| 9,659,607 |
Roper Technologies, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 92,272 |
|
| 36,415,145 |
Salesforce, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 865,239 |
|
| 142,799,045 |
ServiceNow, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 174,576 |
|
| 83,014,379 |
Synopsys, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 133,170 |
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| 40,443,729 |
Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 35,732 |
|
| 11,880,175 |
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| 2,497,053,326 |
Specialty Retail — 2.0% |
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Advance Auto Parts, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 54,557 |
|
| 9,443,271 |
AutoZone, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 17,286 |
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| 37,149,688 |
Bath & Body Works, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 207,695 |
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| 5,591,149 |
Best Buy Co., Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 176,327 |
|
| 11,494,757 |
CarMax, Inc.(a)(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 139,969 |
|
| 12,664,395 |
Home Depot, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 899,935 |
|
| 246,825,173 |
Lowe's Cos., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 575,755 |
|
| 100,567,126 |
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 57,238 |
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| 36,160,679 |
6 | 2 0 2 2 B L A C K R O C K S E M I - A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) June 30, 2022
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| Value |
Specialty Retail (continued) |
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Ross Stores, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 306,962 | $ | 21,557,941 | |
TJX Cos., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,022,787 |
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| 57,122,654 |
Tractor Supply Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 98,541 |
|
| 19,102,173 |
Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 45,483 |
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| 17,532,787 |
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| 575,211,793 |
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 6.8% |
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|
|
|
Apple, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 13,390,535 |
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| 1,830,753,945 |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,121,374 |
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| 14,869,419 |
HP, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 917,352 |
|
| 30,070,799 |
NetApp, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 191,781 |
|
| 12,511,792 |
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 172,134 |
|
| 12,297,253 |
Western Digital Corp.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 271,602 |
|
| 12,175,918 |
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| 1,912,679,126 |
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5% |
|
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|
NIKE, Inc., Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,104,934 |
|
| 112,924,255 |
PVH Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 60,241 |
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| 3,427,713 |
Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 39,948 |
|
| 3,581,338 |
Tapestry, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 219,289 |
|
| 6,692,700 |
VF Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 280,037 |
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| 12,369,234 |
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| 138,995,240 |
Tobacco — 0.7% |
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Altria Group, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,582,344 |
|
| 66,094,509 |
Philip Morris International, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,349,955 |
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| 133,294,557 |
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| 199,389,066 |
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2% |
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Fastenal Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 500,655 |
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| 24,992,697 |
United Rentals, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 62,437 |
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| 15,166,572 |
W.W.Grainger, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 37,760 |
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| 17,159,277 |
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| 57,318,546 |
Water Utilities — 0.1% |
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American Water Works Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 157,558 |
|
| 23,439,904 |
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2% |
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T-Mobile U.S., Inc.(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 513,108 |
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| 69,033,550 |
Total Common Stocks — 98.3% |
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(Cost: $14,194,223,696) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 27,783,715,872 |
S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
Security | Shares |
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| Value | |
Investment Companies |
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Equity Funds — 1.1% |
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iShares Core S&P 500 ETF(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 817,569 | $ | 309,981,286 |
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Total Investment Companies — 1.1% |
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(Cost: $312,445,468). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 309,981,286 |
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Total Long-Term Investments — 99.4% |
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(Cost: $14,506,669,164) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 28,093,697,158 |
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Money Market Funds — 1.3% |
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BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency |
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Shares, 1.64%(c)(d)(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 244,812,799 |
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| 244,788,318 |
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BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency |
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Shares, 1.38%(c)(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 127,249,950 |
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| 127,249,950 |
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Total Short-Term Securities — 1.3% |
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(Cost: $372,016,170). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 372,038,268 |
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Total Investments — 100.7% |
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(Cost: $14,878,685,334) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 28,465,735,426 |
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Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.7)%. . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Net Assets — 100.0% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $ | 28,274,658,133 |
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(a)Non-income producing security.
(b)All or a portion of this security is on loan.
(c)Affiliate of the Master Portfolio.
(d)Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.
(e)All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.
For Master Portfolio compliance purposes, the Master Portfolio's industry classifications refer to one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment adviser. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.
M A S T E R P O R T F O L I O S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S | 7 |
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) | S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio |
June 30, 2022 |
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Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Master Portfolio during the six months ended June 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
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SL Agency Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $ 129,540,046 | $ 115,312,575(a) | $ | — $ | (70,811) | $ | 6,508 | $ 244,788,318 | 244,812,799 | $ | 131,871(b) | $ | — | ||||||||
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Agency Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 190,825,864 | — |
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| 198,780 |
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BlackRock, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 110,121,726 | 2,399,064 |
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| 1,178,866 |
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iShares Core S&P 500 ETF . . . . . . . . . . . | 433,216,628 | 1,599,295,107 | (1,682,275,366) |
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| 817,569 |
| 1,300,609 |
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(a)Represents net amount purchased (sold).
(b)All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
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S&P 500 E-Mini Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 630 | 09/16/22 | $ | 119,369 |
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Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
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Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $ | — |
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(a)Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, are reported in the Master Portfolio Schedule of Investments. In the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, only current day's variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation).
For the period ended June 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statement of Operations was as follows:
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Futures contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $ | — | $ | — | $ (17,723,532) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ (17,723,532) | ||||||||
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Futures contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $ | — |
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Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
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8 | 2 0 2 2 B L A C K R O C K S E M I - A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) | S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio |
June 30, 2022 |
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For more information about the Master Portfolio's investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Master Portfolio's policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Master Portfolio's financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Master Portfolio's financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
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Common Stocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $ | 27,783,715,872 |
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Investment Companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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(a)Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.
See notes to financial statements.
—$ 27,783,715,872
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M A S T E R P O R T F O L I O S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S | 9 |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities(unaudited)
June 30, 2022
S&P 500 Index
Master Portfolio
ASSETS
Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Investments, at value — affiliated(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash pledged for futures contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Receivables:
Securities lending income — affiliated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contributions from investors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dividends — unaffiliated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dividends — affiliated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prepaid expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
LIABILITIES
Collateral on securities loaned. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Payables:
Investments purchased. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Investment advisory fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trustees' fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Professional fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Variation margin on futures contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NET ASSETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF
Investors' capital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NET ASSETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) Securities loaned, at value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) Investments, at cost — affiliated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
See notes to financial statements.
$ 27,708,347,781 757,387,645 126,116 6,681,800
23,079
52,162,043
21,620,287
84,266
55,485
28,546,488,502
244,718,042
25,423,388
468,308
119,823
100,667
1,000,141
271,830,369
$ 28,274,658,133
$ 14,688,400,651 13,586,257,482
$ 28,274,658,133
$ 14,150,636,878 $ 238,126,980 $ 728,048,456
10 | 2 0 2 2 B L A C K R O C K S E M I - A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
Statement of Operations (unaudited)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2022
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Dividends — unaffiliated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $ 226,230,849 |
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Dividends — affiliated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2,679,639 |
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Securities lending income — affiliated — net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 130,487 |
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Foreign taxes withheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Total investment income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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EXPENSES
Investment advisory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trustees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Less:
Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net investment income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
Net realized gain (loss) from:
Investments — unaffiliated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Investments — affiliated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Futures contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,548,105
181,249
19,074
1,748,428
(258,748)
1,489,680
226,362,112
10,058,885
(11,642,160)
(17,723,532)
(19,306,807)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
Investments — unaffiliated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Investments — affiliated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Futures contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net realized and unrealized loss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
See notes to financial statements.
(7,040,830,254)
(65,829,925)
(7,709,800)
(7,114,369,979)
(7,133,676,786)
$ (6,907,314,674)
M A S T E R P O R T F O L I O F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S | 11 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
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INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS |
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OPERATIONS |
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Net investment income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $ | 226,362,112 |
| $ | 429,887,939 | ||
Net realized gain (loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| (19,306,807) |
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| 297,816,671 | ||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| (7,114,369,979) |
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| 7,008,302,074 | ||
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| (6,907,314,674) |
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| 7,736,006,684 | ||
CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS |
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Proceeds from contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| 4,793,107,543 |
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| 7,697,627,774 | |
Value of withdrawals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| (4,100,420,308) |
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| (7,937,321,540) | ||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| 692,687,235 |
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| (239,693,766) | |
NET ASSETS |
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Total increase (decrease) in net assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| (6,214,627,439) |
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| 7,496,312,918 | ||
Beginning of period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| 34,489,285,572 |
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| 26,992,972,654 | |
End of period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $ | 28,274,658,133 |
| $ | 34,489,285,572 | ||
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See notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights (unaudited)
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Total Return |
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Total return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| (19.96)%(a) | 28.65% | 18.42% | 31.44% | (4.38)% | 21.77% | ||||||||||||
Ratios to Average Net Assets(b) |
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Total expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| 0.01%(c) | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.03% | 0.04% | 0.04% | ||||||||||||
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| 0.01%(c) | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.02% | 0.04% | 0.04% | ||||||||||||
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| 1.46%(c) | 1.39% | 1.82% | 1.95% | 1.92% | 1.93% | ||||||||||||
Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| $ 28,274,658 |
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| $ 34,489,286 |
| $ 26,992,973 |
| $ 23,207,958 |
| $ 17,256,929 |
| $ 13,775,074 |
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(a)Aggregate total return.
(b)Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.
(c)Annualized.
See notes to financial statements.
M A S T E R P O R T F O L I O F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S | 13 |
Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)
1. ORGANIZATION
Master Investment Portfolio ("MIP") is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end management investment company. MIP is organized as a Delaware statutory trust. S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio (the "Master Portfolio") is a series of MIP. The Master Portfolio is classified as diversified.
The Master Portfolio, together with certain other registered investment companies advised by BlackRock Fund Advisors ("BFA" or the "Manager") or its affiliates, is included in a complex of open-end equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds referred to as the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP"), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Master Portfolio is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:
Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend dates at fair value. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend dates may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Master Portfolio is informed of the ex-dividend dates. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain.
Foreign Taxes: The Master Portfolio may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which the Master Portfolio invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by the Master Portfolio and are reflected in its Statement of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as "Foreign taxes withheld", and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of June 30, 2022, if any, are disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
The Master Portfolio files withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Master Portfolio may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction's applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statement of Operations includes tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.
Segregation and Collateralization: In cases where the Master Portfolio enters into certain investments (e.g., futures contracts) that would be treated as "senior securities" for 1940 Act purposes, the Master Portfolio may segregate or designate on its books and records cash or liquid assets having a market value at least equal to the amount of its future obligations under such investments. Doing so allows the investments to be excluded from treatment as a "senior security." Furthermore, if required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Master Portfolio may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments or obligations.
Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, the Master Portfolio enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Master Portfolio's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Master Portfolio, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.
Other: Expenses directly related to the Master Portfolio are charged to the Master Portfolio. Other operating expenses shared by several funds, including other funds managed by the Manager, are prorated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods.
3. INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Investment Valuation Policies: The Master Portfolio's investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as "market value" within the financial statements) each day that the Master Portfolio is open for business and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Master Portfolio determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board of Trustees of MIP (the "Board"). If a security's market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value. The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the "Global Valuation Committee") is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments.
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of the Master Portfolio's assets and liabilities:
•Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day's official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day may be valued at the last available bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price.
•Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day's published net asset value ("NAV").
•Futures contracts are valued based on that day's last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.
Generally, trading in foreign instruments is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). Each business day, the Master Portfolio uses current market factors supplied by independent pricing services to value certain foreign instruments ("Systematic Fair Value Price"). The Systematic Fair Value Price is designed to value such foreign securities at fair value as of the close of trading on the NYSE, which follows the close of the local markets.
If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value ("Fair Valued Investments"). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Global Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, seeks to determine the price that the Master Portfolio might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm's-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement. The pricing of all Fair Valued Investments is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof on a quarterly basis.
Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:
•Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Master Portfolio has the ability to access;
•Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and
•Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Global Valuation Committee's assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).
The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.
4. SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS
Securities Lending: The Master Portfolio may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Master Portfolio collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. The initial collateral received by the Master Portfolio is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Master Portfolio and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Master Portfolio, or excess collateral returned by the Master Portfolio, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, the Master Portfolio is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities, but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.
As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested by the securities lending agent, BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. ("BTC"), if any, is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Master Portfolio, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are disclosed in the Master Portfolio's Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related collateral are shown separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a component of investments at value – unaffiliated and collateral on securities loaned, respectively.
Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Master Portfolio under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an "MSLA"), which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency), for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Master Portfolio, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty's bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Master Portfolio can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties' obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party's net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.
As of period end, the following table is a summary of the Master Portfolio's securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:
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| Non-Cash Collateral |
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Counterparty | Loaned at Value |
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| Received(a) | Received, at Fair Value(a) |
| Amount | |||||||
Barclays Bank PLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $ | 23,495,464 |
| $ | (23,495,464) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||
Barclays Capital, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 2,399,069 |
|
|
| (2,399,069) |
| — |
|
| — | ||
BNP Paribas SA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 18,646,184 |
|
|
| (18,646,184) |
| — |
|
| — | ||
BofA Securities, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 31,504,082 |
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| (31,504,082) |
| — |
|
| — | ||
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 2,997,580 |
|
|
| (2,997,580) |
| — |
|
| — | ||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 11,746,463 |
|
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| (11,746,463) |
| — |
|
| — | ||
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 23,367,638 |
|
|
| (23,367,638) |
| — |
|
| — | ||
HSBC Bank PLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 6,846,270 |
|
|
| (6,846,270) |
| — |
|
| — | ||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 12,764,875 |
|
|
| (12,764,875) |
| — |
|
| — | ||
Jefferies LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 9,459,571 |
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| (9,459,571) |
| — |
|
| — | ||
Morgan Stanley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 2,629,954 |
|
|
| (2,629,954) |
| — |
|
| — | ||
National Financial Services LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 355,550 |
|
|
| (355,550) |
| — |
|
| — | ||
Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 34,440,837 |
|
|
| (34,440,837) |
| — |
|
| — | ||
SG Americas Securities LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 2,192,236 |
|
|
| (2,192,236) |
| — |
|
| — | ||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 8,128 |
|
|
| (8,128) |
| — |
|
| — | ||
UBS AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 26,770,430 |
|
|
| (26,770,430) |
| — |
|
| — | ||
UBS Securities LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 3,387,919 |
|
|
| (3,387,919) |
| — |
|
| — | ||
Virtu Americas LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 23,590,737 |
|
|
| (23,590,737) |
| — |
|
| — | ||
Wells Fargo Securities LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 1,523,993 |
|
|
| (1,523,993) |
| — |
|
| — | ||
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|
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|
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|
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| $ | 238,126,980 |
| $ | (238,126,980) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||
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(a)Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by the Master Portfolio is disclosed in the Master Portfolio's Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, the Master Portfolio benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. ("BlackRock"). BlackRock's indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value on the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. The Master Portfolio could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by the Master Portfolio.
5. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Master Portfolio engages in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Master Portfolio and/or to manage its exposure to certain risks such as credit risk, equity risk, interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange rate risk, commodity price risk or other risks (e.g., inflation risk). Derivative financial instruments categorized by risk exposure are included in the Schedule of Investments. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange or over-the-counter ("OTC").
Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).
Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Master Portfolio and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Master Portfolio is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract's size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Master Portfolio agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract ("variation margin"). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statement of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.
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6. INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
Investment Advisory: MIP, on behalf of the Master Portfolio, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Manager, the Master Portfolio's investment adviser and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide investment advisory services. The Manager is responsible for the management of the Master Portfolio's portfolio and provides the personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Master Portfolio.
For such services, the Master Portfolio pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate equal to 0.01% of the average daily value of the Master Portfolio's net assets.
Administration: MIP, on behalf of the Master Portfolio entered into an Administration Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC ("BAL"), which has agreed to provide general administrative services (other than investment advice and related portfolio activities). BAL has agreed to bear all of the Master Portfolio's ordinary operating expenses, excluding, generally, investment advisory fees, distribution fees, brokerage and other expenses related to the execution of portfolio transactions, extraordinary expenses and certain other expenses which are borne by the Master Portfolio.
BAL is not entitled to compensation for providing administrative services to the Master Portfolio, for so long as BAL (or an affiliate) is entitled to compensation for providing administrative services to corresponding feeder funds that invest substantially all of their assets in the Master Portfolio, or BAL (or an affiliate) receives investment advisory fees from the Master Portfolio.
The fees and expenses of the Master Portfolio's trustees who are not "interested persons" of MIP, as defined in the 1940 Act ("Independent Trustees"), counsel to the Independent Trustees and the Master Portfolio's independent registered public accounting firm (together, the "independent expenses") are paid directly by the Master Portfolio. BFA has contractually agreed to reimburse the Master Portfolio or provide an offsetting credit against the investment advisory fees paid by the Master Portfolio in an amount equal to these independent expenses through June 30, 2023. If the Master Portfolio does not pay administration fees, BAL agrees to cap the expenses of the Master Portfolio at the rate at which it pays an investment advisory fee to BFA. The amount waived is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the amount waived was $200,323.
Expense Waivers and Reimbursements: The Manager contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees the Master Portfolio pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds (the "affiliated money market fund waiver") through June 30, 2023. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days' notice by a majority of the Independent Trustees or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Master Portfolio. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the amounts waived were $47,078.
The Manager has contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fee with respect to any portion of the Master Portfolio's assets invested in affiliated equity and fixed-income mutual funds and affiliated exchange-traded funds that have a contractual management fee through June 30, 2023. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days' notice by a majority of the Independent Trustees, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Master Portfolio. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Manager waived $11,347 in investment advisory fees pursuant to this arrangement.
Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has issued an exemptive order which permits BTC, an affiliate of the Manager, to serve as securities lending agent for the Master Portfolio, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. The Master Portfolio is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the "collateral investment fees"). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by the Manager or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees the Master Portfolio bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund's weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.
Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. The Master Portfolio retains a portion of securities lending income and remits a remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.
Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, the Master Portfolio retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and this amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.
In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income earned across the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex in a calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, the Master Portfolio, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year securities lending income in an amount equal to 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and this amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.
The share of securities lending income earned by the Master Portfolio is shown as securities lending income — affiliated — net in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Master Portfolio paid BTC $55,210 for securities lending agent services.
Interfund Lending: In accordance with an exemptive order (the "Order") from the SEC, the Master Portfolio may participate in a joint lending and borrowing facility for temporary purposes (the "Interfund Lending Program"), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the Master Portfolio's investment policies and restrictions. The Master Portfolio is currently permitted to borrow and lend under the Interfund Lending Program.
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A lending BlackRock fund may lend in aggregate up to 15% of its net assets but may not lend more than 5% of its net assets to any one borrowing fund through the Interfund Lending Program. A borrowing BlackRock fund may not borrow through the Interfund Lending Program or from any other source more than 33 1/3% of its total assets (or any lower threshold provided for by the fund's investment restrictions). If a borrowing BlackRock fund's total outstanding borrowings exceed 10% of its total assets, each of its outstanding interfund loans will be subject to collateralization of at least 102% of the outstanding principal value of the loan. All interfund loans are for temporary or emergency purposes and the interest rate to be charged will be the average of the highest current overnight repurchase agreement rate available to a lending fund and the bank loan rate, as calculated according to a formula established by the Board.
During the period ended June 30, 2022, the Master Portfolio did not participate in the Interfund Lending Program.
Trustees and Officers: Certain trustees and/or officers of the Master Portfolio are directors and/or officers of BlackRock or its affiliates.
Other Transactions: The Master Portfolio may purchase securities from, or sell securities to, an affiliated fund provided the affiliation is due solely to having a common investment adviser, common officers, or common trustees. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the purchase and sale transactions and any net realized gains (losses) with affiliated funds in compliance with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:
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| Net Realized | |
Master Portfolio Name | Purchases | Sales | Gain (Loss) | |
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S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $ 97,587,938 | $ 22,933,585 | $ (9,111,996) | |
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7. PURCHASES AND SALES
For the six months ended June 30, 2022, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term investments, were $2,724,723,652 and $1,878,815,391, respectively.
8. INCOME TAX INFORMATION
The Master Portfolio is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As such, each investor in the Master Portfolio is treated as the owner of its proportionate share of net assets, income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Master Portfolio. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required. It is intended that the Master Portfolio's assets will be managed so an investor in the Master Portfolio can satisfy the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
The Master Portfolio files U.S. federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Master Portfolio's U.S. federal tax returns generally remains open for a period of three years after they are filed. The statutes of limitations on the Master Portfolio's state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction.
Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Master Portfolio as of June 30, 2022, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Master Portfolio's financial statements.
As of June 30, 2022, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
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| Net Unrealized |
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| Gross Unrealized | Gross Unrealized | Appreciation |
Master Portfolio Name | Tax Cost | Appreciation | Depreciation | (Depreciation) |
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S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $ 14,682,507,554 | $ 14,705,521,346 | $ (923,086,084) | $ 13,782,435,262 |
9. BANK BORROWINGS
MIP, on behalf of the Master Portfolio, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates ("Participating Funds"), is a party to a 364-day, $2.50 billion credit agreement with a group of lenders. Under this agreement, the Master Portfolio may borrow to fund shareholder redemptions. Excluding commitments designated for certain individual funds, the Participating Funds, including the Master Portfolio, can borrow up to an aggregate commitment amount of $1.75 billion at any time outstanding, subject to asset coverage and other limitations as specified in the agreement. The credit agreement has the following terms: a fee of 0.10% per annum on unused commitment amounts and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) Overnight Bank Funding Rate ("OBFR") (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.80% per annum, (b) the Fed Funds rate (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) in effect from time to time plus 0.80% per annum on amounts borrowed or (c) the sum of (x) Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.10% and (y) 0.80% per annum. The agreement expires in April 2023 unless extended or renewed. These fees were allocated among such funds based upon portions of the aggregate commitment available to them and relative net assets of Participating Funds. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Master Portfolio did not borrow under the credit agreement.
10. PRINCIPAL RISKS
In the normal course of business, the Master Portfolio invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Master Portfolio to various risks, including among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political
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and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate and price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Master Portfolio and its investments. The Master Portfolio's prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Master Portfolio is subject.
The Master Portfolio may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.
Market Risk: An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has developed into a global pandemic and has resulted in closing borders, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this pandemic, and other global health crises that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. This pandemic may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a fund's investments. Although vaccines have been developed and approved for use by various governments, the duration of this pandemic and its effects cannot be determined with certainty.
Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. The Master Portfolio may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that the Master Portfolio reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. The Master Portfolio may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause the Master Portfolio's NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of the Master Portfolio may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which the Master Portfolio invests.
Counterparty Credit Risk: The Master Portfolio may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Master Portfolio manages counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that the Manager believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Master Portfolio to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Master Portfolio's exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Master Portfolio.
A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.
With exchange-traded futures , there is less counterparty credit risk to the Master Portfolio since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, the Master Portfolio does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker's customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker's customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Master Portfolio.
Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund's objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within the Master Portfolio's portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.
The Master Portfolio invests a significant portion of its assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When the Master Portfolio concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the Master Portfolio and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the Master Portfolio's portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.
Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force the Master Portfolio to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund's NAV, increase the fund's brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.
LIBOR Transition Risk: The United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"). Although many LIBOR rates ceased to be published or no longer are representative of the underlying market they seek to measure after December 31, 2021, a selection of widely used USD LIBOR rates will continue to be published through June 2023 in order to assist with the transition. The Master Portfolio may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Master Portfolio is uncertain.
11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Master Portfolio through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.
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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement
The Board of Trustees (the "Board," the members of which are referred to as "Board Members") of Master Investment Portfolio (the "Master Portfolio") met on April 20, 2022 (the "April Meeting") and May 10-11, 2022 (the "May Meeting") to consider the approval to continue the investment advisory agreement (the "Agreement") between the Master Portfolio, on behalf of S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio (the "Fund") and BlackRock Fund Advisors (the "Manager" or "BlackRock"), the Fund's investment advisor.
The Approval Process
Consistent with the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"), the Board considers the approval of the continuation of the Agreement for the Fund on an annual basis. The Board members who are not "interested persons" of the Master Portfolio, as defined in the 1940 Act, are considered independent Board members (the "Independent Board Members"). The Board's consideration entailed a year-long deliberative process during which the Board and its committees assessed BlackRock's various services to the Fund, including through the review of written materials and oral presentations, and the review of additional information provided in response to requests from the Independent Board Members. The Board had four quarterly meetings per year, each typically extending for two days, as well as additional ad hoc meetings and executive sessions throughout the year, as needed. The committees of the Board similarly met throughout the year. The Board also had an additional one-day meeting to consider specific information surrounding the renewal of the Agreement. In particular, the Board assessed, among other things, the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund by BlackRock, BlackRock's personnel and affiliates, including (as applicable): investment management services; accounting oversight; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund's service providers; risk management and oversight; and legal, regulatory and compliance services. Throughout the year, including during the contract renewal process, the Independent Board Members were advised by independent legal counsel, and met with independent legal counsel in various executive sessions outside of the presence of BlackRock's management.
During the year, the Board, acting directly and through its committees, considered information that was relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the Agreement, including the services and support provided by BlackRock to the Fund and its shareholders. BlackRock also furnished additional information to the Board in response to specific questions from the Board. Among the matters the Board considered were: (a) investment performance of an affiliated feeder fund that invests all of its investable assets in the Fund (the "representative feeder fund") for one-year, three-year, five-year, and/or since inception periods, as applicable, against peer funds, relevant benchmarks, and other performance metrics, as applicable, as well as BlackRock senior management's and portfolio managers' analyses of the reasons for any outperformance or underperformance relative to its peers, benchmarks, and other performance metrics, as applicable; (b) fees, including advisory, administration, if applicable, and other amounts paid to BlackRock and its affiliates by the Fund for services; (c) Fund operating expenses and how BlackRock allocates expenses to the Fund; (d) the resources devoted to, risk oversight of, and compliance reports relating to, implementation of the Fund's investment objective, policies and restrictions, and meeting regulatory requirements; (e) BlackRock's and the Fund's adherence to applicable compliance policies and procedures; (f) the nature, character and scope of non-investment management services provided by BlackRock and its affiliates and the estimated cost of such services, as available; (g) BlackRock's and other service providers' internal controls and risk and compliance oversight mechanisms; (h) BlackRock's implementation of the proxy voting policies approved by the Board; (i) the use of brokerage commissions and execution quality of portfolio transactions; (j) BlackRock's implementation of the Fund's valuation and liquidity procedures; (k) an analysis of management fees paid to BlackRock for products with similar investment mandates across the open-end fund, exchange-traded fund ("ETF"), closed-end fund, sub-advised mutual fund, separately managed account, collective investment trust, and institutional separate account product channels, as applicable, and the similarities and differences between these products and the services provided as compared to the Fund; (l) BlackRock's compensation methodology for its investment professionals and the incentives and accountability it creates, along with investment professionals' investments in the fund(s) they manage; and (m) periodic updates on BlackRock's business.
Prior to and in preparation for the April Meeting, the Board received and reviewed materials specifically relating to the renewal of the Agreement. The Independent Board Members continuously engaged in a process with their independent legal counsel and BlackRock to review the nature and scope of the information provided to the Board to better assist its deliberations. The materials provided in connection with the April Meeting included, among other things: (a) information independently compiled and prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. ("Broadridge"), based on either a Lipper classification or Morningstar category, regarding the fees and expenses of the Fund and the representative feeder fund, as applicable, as compared with a peer group of funds as determined by Broadridge ("Expense Peers") and the investment performance of the representative feeder fund as compared with a peer group of funds ("Performance Peers"); (b) information on the composition of the Expense Peers and Performance Peers and a description of Broadridge's methodology; (c) information on the estimated profits realized by BlackRock and its affiliates pursuant to the Agreement and a discussion of fall-out benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates; (d) a general analysis provided by BlackRock concerning investment management fees received in connection with other types of investment products, such as institutional accounts, sub-advised mutual funds, ETFs, closed-end funds, open-end funds, and separately managed accounts, under similar investment mandates, as well as the performance of such other products, as applicable; (e) a review of non-management fees; (f) the existence, impact and sharing of potential economies of scale, if any, with the Fund; (g) a summary of aggregate amounts paid by the Fund to BlackRock; and (h) various additional information requested by the Board as appropriate regarding BlackRock's and the Fund's operations.
At the April Meeting, the Board reviewed materials relating to its consideration of the Agreement and the Independent Board Members presented BlackRock with questions and requests for additional information. BlackRock responded to these questions and requests with additional written information in advance of the May Meeting.
At the May Meeting, the Board concluded its assessment of, among other things: (a) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BlackRock; (b) the investment performance of the Fund as compared with the representative feeder fund's to its Performance Peers and to other metrics, as applicable; (c) the advisory fee and the estimated cost of the services and estimated profits realized by BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationship with the Fund; (d) the representative feeder fund's fees and expenses compared to its Expense Peers; (e) the existence and sharing of potential economies of scale; (f) any fall-out benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates as a result of BlackRock's relationship with the Fund; and (g) other factors deemed relevant by the Board Members.
The Board also considered other matters it deemed important to the approval process, such as other payments made to BlackRock or its affiliates relating to securities lending and cash management, and BlackRock's services related to the valuation and pricing of Fund portfolio holdings. The Board noted the willingness of BlackRock's personnel to engage in open, candid discussions with the Board. The Board Members evaluated the information available to it on a fund-by-fund basis. The following paragraphs provide more information about some of the primary factors that were relevant to the Board's decision. The Board Members did not identify any particular information, or any single factor as determinative, and each Board Member may have attributed different weights to the various items and factors considered.
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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement (continued)
A. Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services Provided by BlackRock
The Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the nature, extent and quality of services provided by BlackRock, including the investment advisory services, and the resulting performance of the Fund. Throughout the year, the Board compared the representative feeder fund's performance to the performance of a comparable group of mutual funds, relevant benchmarks, and performance metrics, as applicable. The Board met with BlackRock's senior management personnel responsible for investment activities, including the senior investment officers. The Board also reviewed the materials provided by the Fund's portfolio management team discussing the performance of the Fund and the representative feeder fund and the Fund's investment strategies and outlook.
The Board considered, among other factors, with respect to BlackRock: the number, education and experience of investment personnel generally and the Fund's portfolio management team; research capabilities; investments by portfolio managers in the funds they manage; portfolio trading capabilities; use of technology; commitment to compliance; credit analysis capabilities; risk analysis and oversight capabilities; and the approach to training and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory and management personnel. The Board also considered BlackRock's overall risk management program, including the continued efforts of BlackRock and its affiliates to address cybersecurity risks and the role of BlackRock's Risk & Quantitative Analysis Group. The Board engaged in a review of BlackRock's compensation structure with respect to the Fund's portfolio management team and BlackRock's ability to attract and retain high-quality talent and create performance incentives.
In addition to investment advisory services, the Board considered the nature and quality of the administrative and other non-investment advisory services provided to the Fund. BlackRock and its affiliates provide the Fund with certain administrative, shareholder and other services (in addition to any such services provided to the Fund by third parties) and officers and other personnel as are necessary for the operations of the Fund. In particular, BlackRock and its affiliates provide the Fund with administrative services including, among others: (i) responsibility for disclosure documents, such as the prospectus, the summary prospectus (as applicable), the statement of additional information and periodic shareholder reports; (ii) oversight of daily accounting and pricing; (iii) responsibility for periodic filings with regulators; (iv) overseeing and coordinating the activities of third-party service providers including, among others, the Fund's custodian, fund accountant, transfer agent, and auditor; (v) organizing Board meetings and preparing the materials for such Board meetings; (vi) providing legal and compliance support; (vii) furnishing analytical and other support to assist the Board in its consideration of strategic issues such as the merger, consolidation or repurposing of certain open-end funds; and (viii) performing or managing administrative functions necessary for the operation of the Fund, such as tax reporting, expense management, fulfilling regulatory filing requirements and other services. The Board reviewed the structure and duties of BlackRock's fund administration, shareholder services, and legal and compliance departments and considered BlackRock's policies and procedures for assuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The Board considered the operation of BlackRock's business continuity plans, including in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
B. The Investment Performance of the Fund and BlackRock
The Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed and considered the performance history of the Fund throughout the year and at the April Meeting. The Board noted that the representative feeder fund's investment results correspond directly to the investment results of the Fund. In preparation for the April Meeting, the Board was provided with reports independently prepared by Broadridge, which included an analysis of the representative feeder fund's performance as of December 31, 2021, as compared to its Performance Peers. Broadridge ranks funds in quartiles, ranging from first to fourth, where first is the most desirable quartile position and fourth is the least desirable. In connection with its review, the Board received and reviewed information regarding the investment performance of the representative feeder fund as compared to its Performance Peers and the performance of the representative feeder fund as compared with its benchmark. The Board and its Performance Oversight Committee regularly review and meet with Fund management to discuss the performance of the Fund and the representative feeder fund, as applicable, throughout the year.
In evaluating performance, the Board focused particular attention on funds with less favorable performance records. The Board also noted that while it found the data provided by Broadridge generally useful, it recognized the limitations of such data, including in particular, that notable differences may exist between a fund and its Performance Peers (for example, the investment objectives and strategies). Further, the Board recognized that the performance data reflects a snapshot of a period as of a particular date and that selecting a different performance period could produce significantly different results. The Board also acknowledged that long-term performance could be impacted by even one period of significant outperformance or underperformance, and that a single investment theme could have the ability to disproportionately affect long-term performance.
The Board noted that for the one-year period reported, the representative feeder fund's net performance was within the tolerance range of its benchmark. The Board noted that BlackRock believes that net performance relative to the benchmark is an appropriate performance metric for the representative feeder fund, and that BlackRock has explained its rationale for this belief to the Board.
C. Consideration of the Advisory/Management Fees and the Estimated Cost of the Services and Estimated Profits Realized by BlackRock and its Affiliates from their Relationship with the Fund
The Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the Fund's contractual management fee rate compared with those of the representative feeder fund's Expense Peers. The contractual management fee rate represents a combination of the advisory fee and any administrative fees, before taking into account any reimbursements or fee waivers. The Board also compared the representative feeder fund's total expense ratio, as well as its actual management fee rate, to those of its Expense Peers. The total expense ratio represents a fund's total net operating expenses, including any 12b-1 or non-12b-1 service fees. The total expense ratio gives effect to any expense reimbursements or fee waivers, and the actual management fee rate gives effect to any management fee reimbursements or waivers. The Board considered the services provided and the fees charged by BlackRock and its affiliates to other types of clients with similar investment mandates, as applicable, including institutional accounts and sub-advised mutual funds (including mutual funds sponsored by third parties).
The Board received and reviewed statements relating to BlackRock's financial condition. The Board reviewed BlackRock's profitability methodology and was also provided with an estimated profitability analysis that detailed the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by BlackRock for services provided to the Fund. The Board reviewed BlackRock's estimated profitability with respect to the Fund and other funds the Board currently oversees for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to available aggregate estimated profitability data provided for the prior two years. The Board reviewed BlackRock's estimated profitability with respect to certain other U.S. fund complexes managed by the Manager and/or its affiliates. The Board reviewed BlackRock's assumptions and methodology of allocating expenses in the estimated profitability analysis, noting the inherent limitations in allocating costs among various advisory products. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors including,
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among other things, fee waivers and expense reimbursements by the Manager, the types of funds managed, precision of expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at the individual fund level is difficult.
The Board noted that, in general, individual fund or product line profitability of other advisors is not publicly available. The Board reviewed BlackRock's overall operating margin, in general, compared to that of certain other publicly traded asset management firms. The Board considered the differences between BlackRock and these other firms, including the contribution of technology at BlackRock, BlackRock's expense management, and the relative product mix.
The Board considered whether BlackRock has the financial resources necessary to attract and retain high quality investment management personnel to perform its obligations under the Agreement and to continue to provide the high quality of services that is expected by the Board. The Board further considered factors including but not limited to BlackRock's commitment of time, assumption of risk, and liability profile in servicing the Fund, including in contrast to what is required of BlackRock with respect to other products with similar investment mandates across the open-end fund, ETF, closed-end fund, sub-advised mutual fund, separately managed account, collective investment trust, and institutional separate account product channels, as applicable.
The Board noted that the Master Portfolio's contractual management fee rate ranked in the first quartile, and that the actual management fee rate and the representative feeder fund's total expense ratio each ranked in the first quartile relative to the representative feeder fund's Expense Peers. The Board also noted that BlackRock and its affiliates have contractually agreed to reimburse or otherwise compensate the Master Portfolio for certain other fees and expenses.
D. Economies of Scale
The Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, including the existence of fee waivers and/or expense caps, as applicable, noting that any contractual fee waivers and contractual expense caps had been approved by the Board. In its consideration, the Board further considered the continuation and/or implementation of fee waivers and/or expense caps, as applicable. The Board also considered the extent to which the Fund benefits from such economies of scale in a variety of ways, and whether there should be changes in the advisory fee rate or breakpoint structure in order to enable the Fund to more fully participate in these economies of scale. The Board considered the Fund's asset levels and whether the current fee schedule was appropriate.
E. Other Factors Deemed Relevant by the Board Members
The Board, including the Independent Board Members, also took into account other ancillary or "fall-out" benefits that BlackRock or its affiliates may derive from BlackRock's respective relationships with the Fund, both tangible and intangible, such as BlackRock's ability to leverage its investment professionals who manage other portfolios and its risk management personnel, an increase in BlackRock's profile in the investment advisory community, and the engagement of BlackRock's affiliates as service providers to the Fund, including for administrative, distribution, securities lending and cash management services. The Board also considered BlackRock's overall operations and its efforts to expand the scale of, and improve the quality of, its operations. The Board also noted that, subject to applicable law, BlackRock may use and benefit from third-party research obtained by soft dollars generated by certain registered fund transactions to assist in managing all or a number of its other client accounts.
In connection with its consideration of the Agreement, the Board also received information regarding BlackRock's brokerage and soft dollar practices. The Board received reports from BlackRock which included information on brokerage commissions and trade execution practices throughout the year.
Conclusion
At the May Meeting, as a result of the discussions that occurred during the April Meeting, and as a culmination of the Board's year-long deliberative process, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Agreement between the Manager and the Master Portfolio, on behalf of the Fund, for a one-year term ending June 30, 2023. Based upon its evaluation of all of the aforementioned factors in their totality, as well as other information, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, was satisfied that the terms of the Agreement were fair and reasonable and in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders. In arriving at its decision to approve the Agreement, the Board did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all-important or controlling, but considered all factors together, and different Board Members may have attributed different weights to the various factors considered. The Independent Board Members were also assisted by the advice of independent legal counsel in making this determination.
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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report
Portfolio Abbreviation
ETF | Exchange-Traded Fund |
MSCI | Morgan Stanley Capital International |
S&P | Standard & Poor's |
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