Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited)
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Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Value Fund (NUW)
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July 31, 2014
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Principal
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Optional Call
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Amount (000)
|
Description (1)
|
Provisions (2)
|
Ratings (3)
|
Value
|
|
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS – 101.3%
|
|||||
MUNICIPAL BONDS – 101.3%
|
|||||
Alaska – 0.5%
|
|||||
Northern Tobacco Securitization Corporation, Alaska, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds,
|
|||||
Series 2006A:
|
|||||
$ 835
|
4.625%, 6/01/23
|
10/14 at 100.00
|
Ba1
|
$ 781,585
|
|
350
|
5.000%, 6/01/46
|
10/14 at 100.00
|
B2
|
261,471
|
|
1,185
|
Total Alaska
|
1,043,056
|
|||
Arizona – 3.5%
|
|||||
4,000
|
Maricopa County Pollution Control Corporation, Arizona, Pollution Control Revenue Bonds, El
|
2/19 at 100.00
|
Baa1
|
4,526,160
|
|
Paso Electric Company, Refunding Series 2009A, 7.250%, 2/01/40
|
|||||
3,045
|
Salt Verde Financial Corporation, Arizona, Senior Gas Revenue Bonds, Citigroup Energy Inc
|
No Opt. Call
|
A–
|
3,333,118
|
|
Prepay Contract Obligations, Series 2007, 5.000%, 12/01/37
|
|||||
7,045
|
Total Arizona
|
7,859,278
|
|||
California – 9.6%
|
|||||
2,500
|
California State Public Works Board, Lease Revenue Bonds, Department of General Services
|
4/19 at 100.00
|
A1
|
2,950,925
|
|
Buildings 8 & 9, Series 2009A, 6.250%, 4/01/34
|
|||||
500
|
California State, General Obligation Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 3162, 19.650%, 3/01/18 –
|
No Opt. Call
|
AA
|
802,380
|
|
AGM Insured (IF)
|
|||||
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, California, Enhanced Tobacco Settlement
|
|||||
Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds, Series 2005A:
|
|||||
2,615
|
5.000%, 6/01/45
|
6/15 at 100.00
|
A1
|
2,667,509
|
|
1,500
|
5.000%, 6/01/45 – AMBAC Insured
|
6/15 at 100.00
|
A1
|
1,530,120
|
|
3,635
|
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, California, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed
|
6/17 at 100.00
|
B
|
2,928,392
|
|
Bonds, Series 2007A-1, 5.000%, 6/01/33
|
|||||
450
|
M-S-R Energy Authority, California, Gas Revenue Bonds, Citigroup Prepay Contracts, Series
|
No Opt. Call
|
A
|
587,394
|
|
2009A, 6.500%, 11/01/39
|
|||||
10,200
|
Palomar Pomerado Health, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2009A, 0.000%, 8/01/38 –
|
8/29 at 100.00
|
AA
|
9,270,984
|
|
AGC Insured
|
|||||
700
|
Victor Elementary School District, San Bernardino County, California, General Obligation
|
No Opt. Call
|
AA–
|
498,274
|
|
Bonds, Series 2002A, 0.000%, 8/01/24 – FGIC Insured
|
|||||
22,100
|
Total California
|
21,235,978
|
|||
Colorado – 6.3%
|
|||||
5,000
|
Denver City and County, Colorado, Airport System Revenue Bonds, Series 2005A, 5.000%,
|
11/15 at 100.00
|
A+
|
5,293,000
|
|
11/15/25 – SYNCORA GTY Insured
|
|||||
5,885
|
E-470 Public Highway Authority, Colorado, Toll Revenue Bonds, Series 2004A, 0.000%, 9/01/34 –
|
No Opt. Call
|
AA–
|
2,274,494
|
|
NPFG Insured
|
|||||
3,605
|
E-470 Public Highway Authority, Colorado, Toll Revenue Bonds, Series 2004B, 0.000%, 9/01/27 –
|
9/20 at 67.94
|
AA–
|
1,902,250
|
|
NPFG Insured
|
|||||
4,000
|
Park Creek Metropolitan District, Colorado, Senior Property Tax Supported Revenue Bonds,
|
12/19 at 100.00
|
AA
|
4,539,240
|
|
Series 2009, 6.375%, 12/01/37 – AGC Insured
|
|||||
18,490
|
Total Colorado
|
14,008,984
|
|||
Florida – 8.9%
|
|||||
9,500
|
Miami-Dade County, Florida, Aviation Revenue Bonds, Miami International Airport, Series 2009A,
|
10/19 at 100.00
|
A
|
10,576,540
|
|
5.500%, 10/01/41 (UB) (4)
|
|||||
1,000
|
Miami-Dade County, Florida, General Obligation Bonds, Build Better Communities Program, Series
|
7/15 at 100.00
|
AA
|
1,042,470
|
|
2005, 5.000%, 7/01/24 – NPFG Insured
|
|||||
Miami-Dade County, Florida, General Obligation Bonds, Build Better Communities Program,
|
|||||
Series 2009-B1:
|
|||||
2,500
|
6.000%, 7/01/38
|
7/18 at 100.00
|
AA
|
2,870,825
|
|
2,000
|
5.625%, 7/01/38
|
7/18 at 100.00
|
AA
|
2,265,340
|
|
300
|
Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Convertible,
|
5/17 at 100.00
|
N/R
|
220,152
|
|
Capital Appreciation, Series 2012A-2, 0.000%, 5/01/39
|
|||||
865
|
Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Convertible,
|
5/19 at 100.00
|
N/R
|
517,443
|
|
Capital Appreciation, Series 2012A-3, 0.000%, 5/01/40
|
|||||
375
|
Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Convertible,
|
5/22 at 100.00
|
N/R
|
166,196
|
|
Capital Appreciation, Series 2012A-4, 0.000%, 5/01/40
|
|||||
525
|
Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Hope Note, Series
|
5/18 at 100.00
|
N/R
|
5
|
|
2007-3, 6.450%, 5/01/23 (5)
|
|||||
45
|
Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Non Performing
|
5/18 at 100.00
|
N/R
|
45,723
|
|
Parcel Series 2007-1. RMKT, 6.450%, 5/01/23 (5)
|
|||||
910
|
Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Refunding Series
|
5/17 at 100.00
|
N/R
|
909,145
|
|
2012A-1, 6.450%, 5/01/23
|
|||||
2,120
|
Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds,
|
5/18 at 100.00
|
N/R
|
1,258,262
|
|
Southern/Forbearance Parcel Series 2007-2, 6.450%, 5/01/23 (5)
|
|||||
20,140
|
Total Florida
|
19,872,101
|
|||
Georgia – 0.8%
|
|||||
475
|
Atlanta, Georgia, Tax Allocation Bonds, Beltline Project Series 2008A. Remarketed,
|
1/19 at 100.00
|
A2
|
559,023
|
|
7.500%, 1/01/31
|
|||||
1,000
|
Clayton County Development Authority, Georgia, Special Facilities Revenue Bonds, Delta Air
|
6/20 at 100.00
|
B+
|
1,245,160
|
|
Lines, Inc. Project, Series 2009A, 8.750%, 6/01/29
|
|||||
1,475
|
Total Georgia
|
1,804,183
|
|||
Illinois – 12.4%
|
|||||
3,000
|
Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, City Colleges, Series 1999, 0.000%, 1/01/37 –
|
No Opt. Call
|
AA–
|
904,650
|
|
FGIC Insured
|
|||||
3,000
|
Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2005A, 5.000%, 1/01/17 – AGM Insured
|
1/15 at 100.00
|
AA
|
3,057,450
|
|
260
|
Cook and DuPage Counties High School District 210 Lemont, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds,
|
1/16 at 100.00
|
Aa2
|
275,787
|
|
Refunding Series 2006, 5.000%, 1/01/26 – NPFG Insured
|
|||||
465
|
Cook and DuPage Counties High School District 210 Lemont, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds,
|
1/16 at 100.00
|
Aa2 (6)
|
496,178
|
|
Refunding Series 2006, 5.000%, 1/01/26 (Pre-refunded 1/01/16) – NPFG Insured
|
|||||
1,885
|
Cook County Township High School District 225 Northfield, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds,
|
No Opt. Call
|
AAA
|
1,869,091
|
|
Capital Appreciation Refunding Series 2002B, 0.000%, 12/01/15 – NPFG Insured
|
|||||
5,035
|
Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Series 2009A,
|
8/19 at 100.00
|
AA+
|
5,819,252
|
|
6.000%, 8/15/39
|
|||||
3,500
|
Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, OSF Healthcare System, Series 2009A,
|
5/19 at 100.00
|
A
|
4,190,305
|
|
7.125%, 11/15/37
|
|||||
5,000
|
Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Rush University Medical Center Obligated Group,
|
11/18 at 100.00
|
A+
|
5,943,900
|
|
Series 2009A, 7.250%, 11/01/38
|
|||||
3,950
|
Illinois Finance Authority, Student Housing Revenue Bonds, Educational Advancement Fund Inc.,
|
5/17 at 100.00
|
BBB+
|
4,009,329
|
|
Refunding Series 2007A, 5.250%, 5/01/34
|
|||||
615
|
University of Illinois, Health Services Facilities System Revenue Bonds, Series 2013,
|
10/23 at 100.00
|
A
|
685,820
|
|
6.000%, 10/01/42
|
|||||
560
|
Will County Community Unit School District 201U, Crete-Monee, Illinois, General Obligation
|
No Opt. Call
|
AA–
|
410,581
|
|
Bonds, Capital Appreciation Series 2004, 0.000%, 11/01/23 – FGIC Insured
|
|||||
27,270
|
Total Illinois
|
27,662,343
|
|||
Indiana – 7.3%
|
|||||
5,000
|
Indiana Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Deaconess Hospital Obligated Group, Series
|
3/19 at 100.00
|
A+
|
5,630,550
|
|
2009A, 6.750%, 3/01/39
|
|||||
3,600
|
Indiana Health and Educational Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Sisters of Saint
|
5/18 at 100.00
|
Aa3
|
3,785,112
|
|
Francis Health Services Inc, Series 2006E, 5.250%, 5/15/41 – AGM Insured
|
|||||
3,650
|
Indiana Health Facility Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Community Foundation of Northwest
|
3/17 at 100.00
|
A
|
3,836,990
|
|
Indiana, Series 2007, 5.500%, 3/01/37
|
|||||
2,000
|
Indiana Municipal Power Agency, Power Supply System Revenue Bonds, Series 2009B,
|
1/19 at 100.00
|
A+
|
2,261,880
|
|
6.000%, 1/01/39
|
|||||
1,000
|
Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank, Indiana, Series 1999E, 0.000%, 2/01/25 –
|
No Opt. Call
|
AA
|
722,030
|
|
AMBAC Insured
|
|||||
15,250
|
Total Indiana
|
16,236,562
|
|||
Iowa – 1.8%
|
|||||
1,545
|
Iowa Finance Authority, Iowa, Midwestern Disaster Area Revenue Bonds, Iowa Fertilizer Company
|
12/18 at 100.00
|
BB–
|
1,614,077
|
|
Project, Series 2013, 5.500%, 12/01/22
|
|||||
3,025
|
Iowa Tobacco Settlement Authority, Asset Backed Settlement Revenue Bonds, Series 2005C,
|
6/15 at 100.00
|
B+
|
2,482,799
|
|
5.375%, 6/01/38
|
|||||
4,570
|
Total Iowa
|
4,096,876
|
|||
Kansas – 0.2%
|
|||||
535
|
Wyandotte County-Kansas City Unified Government, Kansas, Sales Tax Special Obligation Capital
|
No Opt. Call
|
A–
|
373,264
|
|
Appreciation Revenue Bonds Redevelopment Project Area B – Major Multi-Sport Athletic
|
|||||
Complex Project, Subordinate Lien Series 2010B, 0.000%, 6/01/21
|
|||||
Louisiana – 7.6%
|
|||||
5,000
|
Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2006C-3,
|
6/18 at 100.00
|
AA
|
5,834,150
|
|
6.125%, 6/01/25 – AGC Insured
|
|||||
Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ochsner Clinic Foundation Project,
|
|||||
Series 2007A:
|
|||||
7,000
|
5.375%, 5/15/43
|
5/17 at 100.00
|
Baa1
|
7,303,800
|
|
275
|
5.500%, 5/15/47
|
5/17 at 100.00
|
Baa1
|
287,911
|
|
3,255
|
St. John Baptist Parish, Louisiana, Revenue Bonds, Marathon Oil Corporation, Series 2007A,
|
6/17 at 100.00
|
Baa1
|
3,419,410
|
|
5.125%, 6/01/37
|
|||||
15,530
|
Total Louisiana
|
16,845,271
|
|||
Maine – 1.9%
|
|||||
3,335
|
Maine Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Bowdoin College,
|
7/19 at 100.00
|
Aa2
|
4,329,597
|
|
Tender Option Bond Trust 2009-5B, 13.247%, 7/01/39 (IF) (4)
|
|||||
Massachusetts – 0.9%
|
|||||
500
|
Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank, Massachusetts, Revenue Bonds, Series 2002, 5.000%, 5/01/32 –
|
10/14 at 100.00
|
A–
|
501,805
|
|
AMBAC Insured
|
|||||
1,000
|
Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust, Pooled Loan Program Bonds, Tender Option Bond
|
8/19 at 100.00
|
AAA
|
1,399,280
|
|
Trust 2989, 13.700%, 8/01/38 (IF)
|
|||||
1,500
|
Total Massachusetts
|
1,901,085
|
|||
Michigan – 4.1%
|
|||||
5,050
|
Detroit, Michigan, Second Lien Sewerage Disposal System Revenue Bonds, Series 2005A, 5.000%,
|
7/15 at 100.00
|
AA–
|
4,975,715
|
|
7/01/35 – NPFG Insured
|
|||||
50
|
Detroit, Michigan, Sewer Disposal System Revenue Bonds, Second Lien, Series 2006B, 5.000%,
|
7/16 at 100.00
|
AA–
|
49,726
|
|
7/01/33 – NPFG Insured
|
|||||
3,100
|
Detroit, Michigan, Water Supply System Senior Lien Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2006D,
|
7/16 at 100.00
|
AA
|
3,098,047
|
|
5.000%, 7/01/32 – AGM Insured
|
|||||
1,750
|
Michigan State Building Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2006IA, 0.000%, 10/15/26 –
|
10/16 at 61.33
|
AA
|
1,038,083
|
|
AGM Insured
|
|||||
9,950
|
Total Michigan
|
9,161,571
|
|||
Nevada – 3.8%
|
|||||
1,000
|
Clark County Water Reclamation District, Nevada, General Obligation Water Bonds, Series 2009A,
|
7/19 at 100.00
|
AAA
|
1,144,660
|
|
5.250%, 7/01/34
|
|||||
1,150
|
Clark County, Nevada, Airport Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2005A, 5.000%, 7/01/40 –
|
7/15 at 100.00
|
AA–
|
1,186,559
|
|
AMBAC Insured
|
|||||
5,415
|
Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency, Nevada, Tax Increment Revenue Bonds, Series 2009A,
|
6/19 at 100.00
|
BBB–
|
6,227,142
|
|
8.000%, 6/15/30
|
|||||
7,565
|
Total Nevada
|
8,558,361
|
|||
New Jersey – 3.0%
|
|||||
New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, University of Medicine and
|
|||||
Dentistry of New Jersey, Refunding Series 2009B:
|
|||||
2,135
|
7.125%, 12/01/23 (Pre-refunded 6/01/19)
|
6/19 at 100.00
|
N/R (6)
|
2,724,922
|
|
3,000
|
7.500%, 12/01/32 (Pre-refunded 6/01/19)
|
6/19 at 100.00
|
N/R (6)
|
3,881,580
|
|
5,135
|
Total New Jersey
|
6,606,502
|
|||
New York – 1.7%
|
|||||
3,000
|
New York Liberty Development Corporation, Revenue Bonds, Goldman Sachs Headquarters Issue,
|
No Opt. Call
|
A
|
3,566,430
|
|
Series 2007, 5.500%, 10/01/37
|
|||||
130
|
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Special Project Bonds, JFK International Air
|
12/20 at 100.00
|
BBB
|
149,546
|
|
Terminal LLC Project, Eighth Series 2010, 6.000%, 12/01/42
|
|||||
3,130
|
Total New York
|
3,715,976
|
|||
Ohio – 6.4%
|
|||||
5,000
|
American Municipal Power Ohio Inc., General Revenue Bonds, Prairie State Energy Campus Project
|
2/19 at 100.00
|
AA
|
5,443,100
|
|
Series 2009A, 5.750%, 2/15/39 – AGC Insured
|
|||||
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, Ohio, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Revenue
|
|||||
Bonds, Senior Lien, Series 2007A-2:
|
|||||
2,115
|
5.875%, 6/01/30
|
6/17 at 100.00
|
B
|
1,721,716
|
|
5,910
|
6.500%, 6/01/47
|
6/17 at 100.00
|
B
|
4,985,912
|
|
2,000
|
Ohio State Higher Educational Facilities Commission, Hospital Revenue Bonds, University
|
1/15 at 100.00
|
A (6)
|
2,060,040
|
|
Hospitals Health System, Series 2009, 6.750%, 1/15/39 (Pre-refunded 1/15/15)
|
|||||
15,025
|
Total Ohio
|
14,210,768
|
|||
Oklahoma – 1.0%
|
|||||
2,150
|
Norman Regional Hospital Authority, Oklahoma, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Series 2007,
|
9/17 at 100.00
|
BBB–
|
2,186,335
|
|
5.125%, 9/01/37
|
|||||
Rhode Island – 3.0%
|
|||||
3,000
|
Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corporation, Hospital Financing Revenue Bonds,
|
5/19 at 100.00
|
BBB+
|
3,331,860
|
|
Lifespan Obligated Group Issue, Series 2009A, 7.000%, 5/15/39
|
|||||
3,240
|
Rhode Island Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds,
|
10/14 at 100.00
|
BBB+
|
3,246,610
|
|
Series 2002A, 6.125%, 6/01/32
|
|||||
6,240
|
Total Rhode Island
|
6,578,470
|
|||
South Carolina – 1.3%
|
|||||
5,435
|
Piedmont Municipal Power Agency, South Carolina, Electric Revenue Bonds, Series 2004A-2,
|
No Opt. Call
|
AA
|
2,980,880
|
|
0.000%, 1/01/29 – AMBAC Insured
|
|||||
Texas – 6.0%
|
|||||
3,550
|
Ennis Independent School District, Ellis County, Texas, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2006,
|
8/16 at 46.64
|
Aaa
|
1,548,333
|
|
0.000%, 8/15/31
|
|||||
1,855
|
Grand Parkway Transportation Corporation, Texas, System Toll Revenue Bonds, First Tier Series
|
10/23 at 100.00
|
BBB+
|
2,036,048
|
|
2013A, 5.500%, 4/01/53
|
|||||
5,400
|
North Texas Tollway Authority, Second Tier System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2008F,
|
1/18 at 100.00
|
A3
|
6,005,880
|
|
5.750%, 1/01/38
|
|||||
1,500
|
Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition and Supply Corporation III, Gas Supply Revenue Bonds, Series
|
No Opt. Call
|
A3
|
1,577,400
|
|
2012, 5.000%, 12/15/32
|
|||||
2,000
|
Wichita Falls Independent School District, Wichita County, Texas, General Obligation Bonds,
|
2/17 at 100.00
|
AAA
|
2,210,940
|
|
Series 2007, 5.000%, 2/01/23
|
|||||
14,305
|
Total Texas
|
13,378,601
|
|||
Virgin Islands – 0.5%
|
|||||
1,000
|
Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority, Matching Fund Revenue Loan Note – Diageo Project,
|
10/19 at 100.00
|
BBB
|
1,101,940
|
|
Series 2009A, 6.750%, 10/01/37
|
|||||
Virginia – 1.9%
|
|||||
1,400
|
Chesapeake, Virginia, Transportation System Senior Toll Road Revenue Bonds, Capital
|
7/28 at 100.00
|
BBB
|
847,014
|
|
Appreciation Series 2012B, 0.000%, 7/15/40
|
|||||
1,000
|
Route 460 Funding Corporation, Virginia, Toll Road Revenue Bonds, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 7/01/52
|
No Opt. Call
|
BBB–
|
1,021,240
|
|
2,000
|
Washington County Industrial Development Authority , Virginia, Hospital Revenue Bonds,
|
1/19 at 100.00
|
BBB+
|
2,341,400
|
|
Mountain States Health Alliance, Series 2009C, 7.750%, 7/01/38
|
|||||
4,400
|
Total Virginia
|
4,209,654
|
|||
West Virginia – 0.8%
|
|||||
1,500
|
West Virginia Hospital Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, West Virginia United Health
|
6/23 at 100.00
|
A
|
1,675,425
|
|
System Obligated Group, Refunding and Improvement Series 2013A, 5.500%, 6/01/44
|
|||||
Wisconsin – 6.1%
|
|||||
1,000
|
Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Marshfield Clinic,
|
2/22 at 100.00
|
A–
|
1,100,020
|
|
Series 2012B, 5.000%, 2/15/27
|
|||||
1,500
|
Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, ProHealth Care, Inc.
|
2/19 at 100.00
|
A+
|
1,741,200
|
|
Obligated Group, Series 2009, 6.625%, 2/15/39
|
|||||
9,000
|
Wisconsin State, General Fund Annual Appropriation Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2009A,
|
5/19 at 100.00
|
AA–
|
10,630,170
|
|
6.000%, 5/01/36
|
|||||
11,500
|
Total Wisconsin
|
13,471,390
|
|||
$ 225,760
|
Total Long-Term Investments (cost $190,766,841)
|
225,104,451
|
|||
Floating Rate Obligations – (3.2)%
|
(7,125,000)
|
||||
Other Assets Less Liabilities – 1.9%
|
4,330,040
|
||||
Net Assets – 100%
|
$ 222,309,491
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
|
Long-Term Investments:
|
||||
Municipal Bonds
|
$ —
|
$225,104,451
|
$ —
|
$225,104,451
|
Gross unrealized:
|
|
Appreciation
|
$35,881,580
|
Depreciation
|
(2,676,719)
|
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments
|
$33,204,861
|
(1)
|
All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets.
|
|
(2)
|
Optional Call Provisions: Dates (month and year) and prices of the earliest optional call or redemption.
|
|
There may be other call provisions at varying prices at later dates. Certain mortgage-backed securities
|
||
may be subject to periodic principal paydowns.
|
||
(3)
|
Ratings: Using the highest of Standard & Poor’s Group (“Standard & Poor’s”), Moody’s Investors Service,
|
|
Inc. (“Moody’s”) or Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”) rating. Ratings below BBB by Standard & Poor’s, Baa by Moody’s
|
||
or BBB by Fitch are considered to be below investment grade. Holdings designated N/R are not rated
|
||
by any of these national rating agencies.
|
||
(4)
|
Investment, or portion of investment, has been pledged to collateralize the net payment obligations
|
|
for investments in inverse floating rate transactions.
|
||
(5)
|
At or subsequent to the end of the reporting period, this security is non-income producing. Non-income
|
|
producing, in the case of a fixed-income security, generally denotes that the issuer has (1) defaulted on
|
||
the payment of principal or interest, (2) is under the protection of the Federal Bankruptcy Court or (3) the
|
||
Fund’s Adviser has concluded that the issue is not likely to meet its future interest payment obligations
|
||
and has directed the Fund’s custodian to cease accruing additional income on the Fund’s records.
|
||
(6)
|
Backed by an escrow or trust containing sufficient U.S. Government or U.S. Government agency
|
|
securities, which ensure the timely payment of principal and interest. Certain bonds backed by U.S.
|
||
Government or agency securities are regarded as having an implied rating equal to the rating of
|
||
such securities.
|
||
(IF)
|
Inverse floating rate investment.
|
|
(UB)
|
Underlying bond of an inverse floating rate trust reflected as a financing transaction.
|
a.
|
The registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rule 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).
|
b.
|
There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the registrant's last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
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