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 811-4417

 

Shelton Funds
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
1875 Lawrence Street, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
 
 
(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (415) 398-2727

 

Date of fiscal year end: August 31

 

Date of reporting period: August 31, 2020

 

Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

 

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ANNUAL REPORT

 

 

 

August 31, 2020

 

Green California Tax-Free Income Fund

U.S. Government Securities Fund

The United States Treasury Trust

S&P 500 Index Fund

S&P MidCap Index Fund

S&P SmallCap Index Fund

Shelton Core Value Fund

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund

Shelton Green Alpha Fund

 

This report is intended only for the information of shareholders or those who have received the offering prospectus covering shares of beneficial interest of the Shelton Funds (referred to collectively as the “Funds” or individually the “Fund”) which contains information about the management fee and other costs. Investments in shares of the funds of the Shelton Funds are neither insured nor guaranteed by the U.S. Government, and there is no assurance that any Fund, which is designated a Money Market Fund, will be able to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share.

 

Beginning on May 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Funds’ annual and semi-annual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Funds’ website at www.sheltoncap.com and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

 

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If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Funds electronically anytime by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, by enrolling at www.sheltoncap.com.

 

 

Table of Contents

August 31, 2020

 

   

Historical Performance and Manager’s Discussion

1

About Your Fund’s Expenses

6

Top Holdings and Sector Breakdowns

8

Portfolio of Investments

11

Statements of Assets & Liabilities

28

Statements of Operations

30

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

32

Financial Highlights

35

Notes to Financial Statements

43

Fund Holdings

50

About this Report

50

Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Voting Records

50

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

51

Board of Trustees and Executive Officers

52

 

Historical Performance and Manager’s Discussion (Unaudited)

August 31, 2020

 

Bond Funds (Written by Portfolio Manager Bill Mock)

 

The last fiscal year can easily be broken in to two distinct periods, with the first being from September 2019 through mid-February 2020. During this first half of the fiscal year, the biggest change in the bond markets was the reduction of the inversion in the short end of the yield curve as the Federal Reserve solidified their shift from hawkish to dovish by easing the Fed Funds target rate by 25 basis points (bp) at both the September and October 2019 meetings. The market focus during this period, as in the prior fiscal year, continued to be on Federal Reserve policy and trade disputes with China. The labor market showed continued strength with the US unemployment rate reported to be 3.5% in February 2020, inflation was showing some signs of picking up with the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) over 2% for four consecutive months from November 2019 to February 2020 and the GDP, while not stellar, showed growth of 2.6% and 2.4% respectively for the 3rd and 4th quarters of 2019.

 

The second period of the fiscal year from mid-February to August 2020 was dominated by the impact of the global Covid-19 pandemic. The initial economic concerns regarded supply chain disruptions as China imposed lockdowns to try to stop the spread, followed by imposition of travel bans and then the first case in the mainland US in January 2020. In February, the first cases of community spreading of Covid-19 were reported and the markets shifted to a “risk-off stance,” or a shift away from equities to fixed income. March brought the imposition of lockdowns across the United States, resulting in sharp declines in equities and both corporate and municipal debt markets, with US Treasuries yields falling to historical lows as a safe-haven during this period. The lockdowns spurred massive unemployment, with the US unemployment rate jumping to 14.7% in April 2020. Economic activity contracted dramatically, with US GDP being reported at -5.0% for Q1 2020 and -31.4% for Q2 2020. The federal government responded rapidly to the economic chaos with the $2.2 trillion stimulus package, the CARES Act, and the Federal Reserve introduced an array of initiatives that included dropping the Fed Funds rate twice in March 2020 by a total of 150 bp to a target rate of 0-25 bp, purchasing $2.2 trillion in US Treasuries and mortgage backed securities between mid-March and mid-June 2020, and establishing facilities to seek to ensure the liquidity of corporate and municipal bond markets.

 

The markets responded to the combination of fiscal and monetary stimulus with rallies that left the major equity indices, the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate and the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond index all with positive returns for the fiscal year. We believe that the actual economy will be much slower to recover and will be fragile until there is widespread implementation of a vaccine or improvements in therapeutic treatment that alleviate the impact of Covid-19. The US unemployment rate has improved, but still stands at 8.4% at fiscal year end.

 

In response to the Federal Reserve easing, 3 month T-bill rates fell ~50 bp over the first two months of the Funds’ fiscal year and were then range bound just above 1.50% until the impact of Covid-19 on the markets, at which point they dropped rapidly in March, before stabilizing and trading in a range of 0.07% to 0.17% from mid-April through the end of the fiscal year, ending the year at 0.09%. The yield on the two-year note started at was range bound, or consistently trading, near 1.50% from the start of the fiscal year through mid-February when it fell rapidly through the end of March, then traded in a range between 0.11% and 0.23% for the remainder of the fiscal year, ending at 0.13%.

 

Intermediate and longer dated US Treasuries followed the same pattern as the two year notes, with a range bound trade from the beginning of the fiscal year until mid-February, a sharp drop in yield through the end of March, and then a range bound trade for the remainder of the fiscal year. The 5 year note traded in a range around 1.60% until mid-February, falling through March, and range bound from mid-April to fiscal year end between 0.19% and 0.46%, ending the year at 0.27%. The 10 year bond traded in a range around 1.70% until mid-February, falling through March, and range bound from mid-April to fiscal year end between 0.50% and 0.90%, ending the year at 0.71%. The 30 year bond traded in a range around 2.20% until mid-February, falling to an all time low of 0.997% on March 9, 2020, before resuming a range bound trade from mid-April to fiscal year end between 1.16% and 1.66%, ending the year at 1.48%.

 

The U.S. Government Securities Fund (CAUSX) ended the fiscal year on August 31, 2020 with a weighted average duration of 4.59 years and a total return of the Direct Shares for the period of 4.78%. CAUSX returns fell between the returns for the bothe the primary and secondary benchmarks, the Bloomberg Barclays US Treasury Index and the Bloomberg Barclays GNMA index, which returned 6.98% and 3.88% respectively over the period of the fiscal year. CAUSX demonstrated high levels of correlation to both benchmarks over the course of the year as all were subject to the macroeconomic impact of the Federal Reserve and Covid-19, with correlation coefficients of 0.98 and 0.58 to the Bloomberg Barclays US Treasury Index and Bloomberg Barclays GNMA index respectively. All the securities in CAUSX are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.

 

The United States Treasury Trust (UTSXX) ended the fiscal year on August 31, 2020 with a total return of 0.67%. As a US government money market fund, the underlying market yields are largely dictated by the actions of the Federal Reserve Bank, primarily the previously discussed cuts to the Federal Funds rate. US Treasury Bill yields approached zero when the Federal Funds target rate was cut to 0-25 bp in March 2020, and no dividend payments were made to UTSXX shareholders between April 30, 2020 and the August 31, 2020 fiscal year end. This will probably remain the case until the Federal Reserve begins to raise the Federal Funds target

 

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Historical Performance and Manager’s Discussion (Unaudited) (Continued)

August 31, 2020

 

rate, which we believe is unlikely to happen until Covid-19 can be effectively treated therapeutically or a vaccine has been widely administered and inflation exceeds the 2% target rate for several consecutive months.

 

The Green California Tax-Free Income Fund’s (CFNTX) total return for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2020 was 2.31%, and the duration was 4.25 years at fiscal year-end. The benchmark Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index total return for the fiscal year was 3.24%. Most investment grade municipal bonds exhibited very high levels of correlation to the broader market, resulting in CFNTX having a 0.97 correlation coefficient to the benchmark index over the course of the fiscal year. While the performance of the fund was highly correlated to the benchmark, the longer weighted average duration of the benchmark (4.80 years at fiscal year-end) resulted in CFNTX underperforming relative to the index when municipal yields were falling and outperforming when yields were rising. CFNTX maintained an average credit rating of AA during the fiscal year.

 

California municipal market bond yields do not necessarily move in lock step with US Treasury yields, but are subject to the level and shape of the benchmark U.S. Treasury curve, as well as the specific economic circumstances of both the State of California and each specific issue. The relative value of municipal bonds to US Treasuries, as measured by the Bloomberg AAA Muni Yield % of Treasury, which started the year at relatively expensive historical levels, became even more expensive through the first half of the fiscal year. Though usually viewed as a safe haven, investment grade municipal bonds were caught up in the Covid-19 induced market selloff with the Bloomberg AAA Muni Yield % of Treasury 5 Year going from 62% on February 19, 2020 to a peak of 650% on March 23, 2020. While the Covid-19 induced lockdowns have put severe strain on the revenues of many municipal issues, the combination of fiscal and monetary stimulus provided enough confidence in the market that the Bloomberg AAA Muni Yield % of Treasury 5 Year rallied to 201% by April 13, 2020, and 98% by June 5, 2020, ending the fiscal year at 117%. Though the AAA Muni Yield % of Treasury ratio ended the year higher, the strong rally in US Treasuries resulted in a downward shift in yields across the entire CA municipal yield curve. Standard & Poor’s maintained their rating on CA GO bonds at AA-, Moody’s upgraded their rating from Aa3 to Aa2 in October 2019, and Fitch maintained their AA rating.

 

Green California Tax Free Income Fund - Direct Shares

Average Annual Total Returns*
for the periods ended 8/31/20

 

Fund/Benchmark

One
Year

Five Year
(Annualized)

Ten Year
(Annualized)

Since
Inception
(Annualized)

Green California Tax-Free Income Fund

2.31%

2.51%

2.95%

5.51%

Barclays Municipal Bond Index

3.24%

4.08%

4.02%

6.15%

 

 

U.S. Government Securities Fund - Direct Shares

Average Annual Total Returns*
for the periods ended 8/31/20

 

Fund/Benchmark

One
Year

Five Year
(Annualized)

Ten Year
(Annualized)

Since
Inception
(Annualized)

U.S. Government Securities Fund

4.78%

2.44%

1.85%

5.29%

Barclays GNMA Index

3.88%

2.91%

2.89%

6.26%

Barclays Treasury Index

6.98%

3.96%

3.16%

6.21%

 

 

 

U.S. Government Securities Fund - K Shares

Average Annual Total Returns*
for the periods ended 8/31/20

 

Fund/Benchmark

One
Year

Five Year
(Annualized)

Ten Year
(Annualized)

Since
Inception
(Annualized)

U.S. Government Securities Fund

4.28%

1.92%

1.34%

2.24%

Barclays GNMA Index

3.88%

2.91%

2.89%

4.08%

Barclays Treasury Index

6.98%

3.96%

3.16%

3.99%

 

S&P 500 Index Fund - Direct Shares

Average Annual Total Returns*
for the periods ended 8/31/20

 

Fund/Benchmark

One
Year

Five Year
(Annualized)

Ten Year
(Annualized)

Since
Inception
(Annualized)

S&P 500 Index Fund

21.44%

14.11%

14.85%

9.85%

S&P 500 Composite Stock Price Index

21.92%

14.45%

15.15%

10.04%

 

 

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August 31, 2020

 

 

S&P 500 Index Fund - K Shares

Average Annual Total Returns*
for the periods ended 8/31/20

 

Fund/Benchmark

One
Year

Five Year
(Annualized)

Ten Year
(Annualized)

Since
Inception
(Annualized)

S&P 500 Index Fund

20.84%

13.54%

14.28%

8.85%

S&P 500 Composite Stock Price Index

21.92%

14.45%

15.15%

9.61%

 

Stock Funds (Written by Portfolio Manager Steve Rogers)

 

By definition, the objective for managing the index funds is to match the performance of the funds to their index benchmarks. Each of our index funds tracked their respective benchmarks tightly during this last fiscal year. We measure the index fund performance by using a correlation coefficient. This is a statistical measure that compares the daily performance of a fund against its benchmark index. A measure of 1.000 indicates that the performance is perfectly correlated and a measure of -1.000 implies they are perfectly negatively correlated. According to Bloomberg, LLC, The S&P 500 Index Fund, Nasdaq-100 Index Fund, S&P SmallCap Index Fund and S&P MidCap Index Fund each had a correlation of 1.000 as of the fiscal year ended August 31, 2020.

 

During the fiscal year, the Direct shares of the S&P 500 Index Fund out-performed the Direct Shares of the S&P MidCap Index Fund and S&P SmallCap Index Fund by posting gains of 21.44%, compared to 4.18% and (0.18)%, respectively. It’s important to note, however, that during the year the relative performance varied substantially. After the new tax bill that went into effect in the beginning of the year, the S&P SmallCap Fund substantially outperformed the S&P 500 and MidCap Index funds. Though the returns of these three funds remained relatively flat for the balance of the fiscal year, the SmallCap fund had a strong rally compared to the other two funds during the last four months.

 

The Nasdaq-100 Index Fund (Direct Shares) finished up 58.98%, versus a benchmark performance of 59.00%. It is important to note that while this index is a popular and widely tracked investment benchmark, it is constructed in a different way than the S&P indices that we track. As of August 2020, Apple Inc. alone made up 14.28% of the index and the top ten holdings accounted for over 50% of the index. It provides investors a strong technology exposure as well as the related volatility.

 

The Shelton Core Value Fund is a value fund that focuses on income as well as the potential for capital appreciation. The Direct Shares returned 7.99% for the year. The performance of the fund trailed the U.S. stock market as measured by the S&P 500 Index by 13.93% and beat the LargeCap value market, as measured by the S&P 500 Value Index, by 4.56%. The fund has generated substantial income by writing covered calls and it outperformed the BXM by 13.01% during the fiscal year.

 

United States equity markets followed a similar market pattern to the fixed income markets during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2020. With unemployment at exceptionally low numbers and a strong consumer market, the equity markets rallied to new highs consistently through February 19, 2020. As rumors and then news of the novel coronavirus spread, the optimism reversed and the markets sold off rapidly. The US Equity market fell by almost 34% in just over a month. In managing the Core Value Fund, we spent much of the year positioned to deliver conservative returns while working to protect some of the fund from macro risks in the market. Because of the relatively conservative position of the fund, we believe the fund performed relatively well during the period of the sell off and then lagged as the markets moved higher through the end of the fiscal year.

 

In a consumer-based economy, one needs to pay attention to consumer health and in turn this means tracking compensation and employment. Our equity view at the time of writing is that that while the economy is recovering some of the lost jobs, there have been major changes and many of these losses will be permanent and risks are substantial. There are key trends that will impact employment, real estate and real estate financing that require close attention. First, remote work appears to have established itself in numerous companies as a semi-permanent strategy. We continue to explore how this will impact employment, confidence, spending and consumer behavior over the next several quarters. Suburban housing market prices have strengthened against the headwinds of rising unemployment. This seems to indicate a trend that those who can are leaving city centers and taking the economic tax-base out of the major cities and into the suburbs. Commercial office real estate is under pressure because companies have utilized communication technologies and work performance issues and social isolation forced rapid adoption and acceptance. Absent broad liability protections, we believe businesses will continue to have liability exposure from their employees and customers. Finally, at the end of the fiscal year, the broad markets were trading at an exceptionally high 26x earnings. These levels are rarely touched and never sustained. The phrase “TINA” has been introduced into the equity markets and it means “there is no alternative” (to stocks). But market declines in the not-so-distance past assures people that there are alternatives and like Zoom, these alternatives are rapidly embraced when necessary.

 

We believe that government forced shutdowns have harmed the traditional job-creating small businesses to a much larger extent than their larger, better-financed competitors. Some business models are also better suited to quarantine and we expect those businesses to continue to thrive. We believe there will be winners and losers to the consumer shift we are witnessing. And then there is the question of duration of change.

 

While we cannot predict what the future holds, we can easily make the case that investors who have continued to invest through troubled markets in the past have been rewarded for their tenacity. We encourage you to maintain a diversified portfolio using both stock and bond funds, in a balance that is appropriate for your particular investment objectives.

 

Green Alpha Fund (Written by Portfolio Managers Jeremy Deems and Garvin Jabush)

 

The Shelton Green Alpha Fund (the “Fund”) invests primarily in stocks of companies that are believed by the Sub-Advisor, Green Alpha Advisors, LLC, to be leaders in managing, and providing solutions to, economic and environmental risks and opportunities, have above average growth potential and are reasonably valued relative to their long-term growth potential. For the year ending August 31, 2020, the Fund’s return was 60.93%, outperforming the 16.05% return of the MSCI ACWI IMI (Investable Market Index), the Fund’s primary benchmark, and outperforming the 21.92% return of the S&P 500 Index, the Fund’s secondary benchmark.

 

The 44.88% performance lead over the Fund’s benchmark for the fiscal year was the result of the Fund’s exposure to the biotechnology and related healthcare services industry groups, the auto manufacturers industry group (electric vehicle manufacturers), and the renewable energy industry group. The Fund’s investments in the technology sector also contributed during the period, primarily from the semiconductors industry group. Gains within these sectors were partially offset by losses in natural and organic foods, and in sustainable office furnishings.

 

While no sectors detracted from performance during the fiscal year, the sectors contributing the least to performance were utilities, communications, and basic materials.

 

Within the utilities sector, losses by exposure to water utilities partially offset gains from the renewable electric utilities industry group. Within the communications sector, the Fund experienced only modest gains from the internet and telecom industry groups. Within the basic materials sector, share price declines from investments in recycled steel partially offset significant gains from exposure to upstream polysilicon utilized in the manufacturing of photovoltaic (“PV”) solar panels.

 

In line with the Fund’s environmental focus, the Fund’s investments throughout the year reflected the Sub-Advisor’s view of a diversified portfolio of companies who are leaders in a number of industries including wind energy, solar PV, energy storage, advanced biotech and health technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, waste-to-value building materials, efficient indusial machinery and automation, electric transportation, mobile communications, Internet of Things, data infrastructure, energy efficiency and lighting, water desalination, and natural foods, among others.

 

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Historical Performance and Manager’s Discussion (Unaudited) (Continued)

August 31, 2020

 

S&P MidCap Index Fund - Direct Shares

Average Annual Total Returns*
for the periods ended 8/31/20

 

Fund/Benchmark

One
Year

Five Year
(Annualized)

Ten Year
(Annualized)

Since
Inception
(Annualized)

S&P MidCap Index Fund

4.18%

7.95%

11.73%

10.98%

S&P MidCap 400 Index

4.21%

8.09%

12.03%

11.29%

 

 

 

S&P MidCap Index Fund - K Shares

Average Annual Total Returns*
for the periods ended 8/31/20

 

Fund/Benchmark

One
Year

Five Year
(Annualized)

Ten Year
(Annualized)

Since
Inception
(Annualized)

S&P MidCap Index Fund

2.37%

7.15%

11.04%

8.35%

S&P MidCap 400 Index

4.21%

8.09%

12.03%

9.38%

 

S&P SmallCap Index Fund - Direct Shares

Average Annual Total Returns*
for the periods ended 8/31/20

 

Fund/Benchmark

One
Year

Five Year
(Annualized)

Ten Year
(Annualized)

Since
Inception
(Annualized)

S&P SmallCap Index Fund

-0.18%

6.77%

12.05%

8.70%

S&P SmallCap 600 Index

-0.58%

7.40%

12.27%

9.34%

 

 

 

S&P SmallCap Index Fund - K Shares

Average Annual Total Returns*
for the periods ended 8/31/20

 

Fund/Benchmark

One
Year

Five Year
(Annualized)

Ten Year
(Annualized)

Since
Inception
(Annualized)

S&P SmallCap Index Fund

-0.74%

6.22%

11.49%

8.10%

S&P SmallCap 600 Index

-0.58%

7.40%

12.27%

9.05%

 

Shelton Core Value Fund - Direct Shares

Average Annual Total Returns*
for the periods ended 8/31/20

 

Fund/Benchmark

One
Year

Five Year
(Annualized)

Ten Year
(Annualized)

Since
Inception
(Annualized)

Shelton Core Value Fund

7.99%

7.66%

10.96%

7.83%

S&P / Citigroup Value Index

3.43%

8.73%

11.44%

7.69%

S&P 500 Composite Stock Price Index

21.92%

14.45%

15.15%

9.30%

 

 

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Historical Performance and Manager’s Discussion (Unaudited) (Continued)

August 31, 2020

 

 

Shelton Core Value Fund - K Shares

Average Annual Total Returns*
for the periods ended 8/31/20

 

Fund/Benchmark

One
Year

Five Year
(Annualized)

Ten Year
(Annualized)

Since
Inception
(Annualized)

Shelton Core Value Fund

7.40%

7.12%

10.40%

7.49%

S&P / Citigroup Value Index

3.43%

8.73%

11.44%

7.55%

S&P 500 Composite Stock Price Index

21.92%

14.45%

15.15%

9.61%

 

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund - Direct Shares

Average Annual Total Returns*
for the periods ended 8/31/20

 

Fund/Benchmark

One
Year

Five Year
(Annualized)

Ten Year
(Annualized)

Since
Inception
(Annualized)

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund

58.98%

23.43%

22.00%

6.07%

Nasdaq-100 Index

59.00%

24.53%

22.63%

6.70%

 

 

 

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund - K Shares

Average Annual Total Returns*
for the periods ended 8/31/20

 

Fund/Benchmark

One
Year

Five Year
(Annualized)

Ten Year
(Annualized)

Since
Inception
(Annualized)

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund

58.17%

22.83%

21.38%

13.45%

Nasdaq-100 Index

59.00%

24.53%

22.63%

14.53%

 

Shelton Green Alpha Fund - Direct Shares

Average Annual Total Returns*
for the periods ended 8/31/20

 

Fund/Benchmark

One
Year

Five Year
(Annualized)

Since
Inception
(Annualized)

Shelton Green Alpha Fund**

60.93%

17.81%

16.36%

MSCI ACWI IMI

16.05%

10.45%

9.31%

S&P 500 Composite Stock Price Index

21.92%

14.45%

14.17%

 

 

 

*

Past performance does not predict future performance.The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

**

Shelton Green Alpha Fund commencement of operations was March 12, 2013.

 

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About Your Fund’s Expenses (Unaudited)

August 31, 2020

 

As a shareholder of the Funds, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution fees and other Fund expenses. Operating expenses, which are deducted from the Funds’ gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the Funds. The Funds’ expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing cost (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from March 1, 2020 to August 31, 2020.

 

Actual Expenses

 

The first line of the tables below 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 you have 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 Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

 

The second line of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ 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. The Funds do not charge any sales charges. Please note that the expenses shown in the tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional cost, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the tables are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher. The calculations assume no shares were bought or sold during the period.

 

 

Beginning
Account Value
March 1, 2020

Ending
Account Value
August 31, 2020

Expenses Paid
During Period*

Net Annual
Expense Ratio

Green California Tax-Free Income Fund

Direct Shares

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

$ 1,000

$ 1,005

$ 3.77

0.75%

Based on Hypothetical 5% Return before expenses

$ 1,000

$ 1,021

$ 3.80

0.75%

U.S. Government Securities Fund

Direct Shares

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

$ 1,000

$ 1,024

$ 3.81

0.75%

Based on Hypothetical 5% Return before expenses

$ 1,000

$ 1,021

$ 3.80

0.75%

K Shares

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

$ 1,000

$ 1,021

$ 6.38

1.26%

Based on Hypothetical 5% Return before expenses

$ 1,000

$ 1,019

$ 6.38

1.26%

The United States Treasury Trust

Direct Shares

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

$ 1,000

$ 1,001

$ 2.26

0.45%

Based on Hypothetical 5% Return before expenses

$ 1,000

$ 1,022

$ 2.28

0.45%

S&P 500 Index Fund

Direct Shares

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

$ 1,000

$ 1,194

$ 2.64

0.48%

Based on Hypothetical 5% Return before expenses

$ 1,000

$ 1,022

$ 2.43

0.48%

K Shares

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

$ 1,000

$ 1,191

$ 5.38

0.98%

Based on Hypothetical 5% Return before expenses

$ 1,000

$ 1,020

$ 4.96

0.98%

S&P MidCap Index Fund

Direct Shares

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

$ 1,000

$ 1,069

$ 3.42

0.66%

Based on Hypothetical 5% Return before expenses

$ 1,000

$ 1,022

$ 3.35

0.66%

K Shares

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

$ 1,000

$ 1,054

$ 6.02

1.17%

Based on Hypothetical 5% Return before expenses

$ 1,000

$ 1,019

$ 5.92

1.17%

S&P SmallCap Index Fund

Direct Shares

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

$ 1,000

$ 1,029

$ 4.22

0.83%

Based on Hypothetical 5% Return before expenses

$ 1,000

$ 1,021

$ 4.21

0.83%

K Shares

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

$ 1,000

$ 1,025

$ 6.75

1.33%

Based on Hypothetical 5% Return before expenses

$ 1,000

$ 1,018

$ 6.73

1.33%

 

6

 

 

About Your Fund’s Expenses (Unaudited)

August 31, 2020 (Continued)

 

 

Beginning
Account Value
March 1, 2020

Ending
Account Value
August 31, 2020

Expenses Paid
During Period*

Net Annual
Expense Ratio

Shelton Core Value Fund

Direct Shares

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

$ 1,000

$ 1,086

$ 4.39

0.84%

Based on Hypothetical 5% Return before expenses

$ 1,000

$ 1,021

$ 4.26

0.84%

K Shares

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

$ 1,000

$ 1,061

$ 6.92

1.34%

Based on Hypothetical 5% Return before expenses

$ 1,000

$ 1,018

$ 6.78

1.34%

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund

Direct Shares

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

$ 1,000

$ 1,438

$ 3.06

0.50%

Based on Hypothetical 5% Return before expenses

$ 1,000

$ 1,022

$ 2.53

0.50%

K Shares

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

$ 1,000

$ 1,434

$ 6.10

1.00%

Based on Hypothetical 5% Return before expenses

$ 1,000

$ 1,020

$ 5.06

1.00%

Shelton Green Alpha Fund

Direct Shares

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

$ 1,000

$ 1,449

$ 7.80

1.27%

Based on Hypothetical 5% Return before expenses

$ 1,000

$ 1,018

$ 6.43

1.27%

 

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s expense ratio annualized

 

7

 

 

Top Holdings and Sector Breakdowns (Unaudited)

August 31, 2020

 

Green California Tax-Free Income Fund

 

Security

Description

Market
Value

Percentage
of Total
Investment

1

East Side Union High School District

General Obligation Refunding Bonds (2012 Crossover); 2006

$ 3,417,561

5.6%

2

William S Hart Union High School District

General Obligation Bonds; 2001 Election, Series B

3,171,689

5.2%

3

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District

San Francisco BART District GO Bonds 2017 Refunding Series E (Green Bonds)

2,907,982

4.8%

4

Los Rios Community College District

General Obligation Bonds; 2008 Election, Series B

2,818,700

4.6%

5

Mount San Antonio Community College District

General Obligation Bonds; Election of 2008, Series 2013A

2,672,597

4.4%

6

East Bay Municipal Utility District Water System Revenue

Water System Revenue Bonds; 2015 Series B

2,506,699

4.1%

7

San Mateo Foster City Public Financing Authority

City of San Mateo Sewer Revenue Bonds

2,381,180

3.9%

8

Santa Maria Joint Union High School District

General Obligation Bonds; Election of 2004, Series 2005

2,207,575

3.6%

9

California Health Facilities Financing Authority

Kaiser Permanente Revenue Bonds, Series 2017A-1

2,194,989

3.6%

10

Los Angeles Department of Water

Water System Revenue Bonds, 2012 Series A

2,147,929

3.5%

 

U.S. Government Securities Fund

 

Security

Maturity

Market
Value

Percentage
of Total
Investment

1

United States Treasury Note/Bond

08/15/2027

$ 4,262,680

18.2%

2

United States Treasury Note/Bond

02/15/2022

2,978,107

12.7%

3

United States Treasury Note/Bond

08/15/2023

2,780,578

11.9%

4

United States Treasury Note/Bond

05/15/2025

2,392,844

10.2%

5

United States Treasury Note/Bond

02/15/2021

2,336,762

10.0%

6

United States Treasury Note/Bond

11/15/2028

1,445,461

6.2%

7

United States Treasury Note/Bond

02/29/2024

1,388,410

5.9%

8

United States Treasury Note/Bond

08/15/2021

1,222,616

5.2%

9

United States Treasury Note/Bond

02/15/2026

1,045,844

4.5%

10

United States Treasury Note/Bond

05/15/2037

810,137

3.5%

 

The United States Treasury Trust

 

Security

Maturity

Market
Value

Percentage
of Total
Investment

1

United States Treasury Bill

11/05/2020

$ 4,598,784

12.5%

2

United States Treasury Bill

09/03/2020

4,099,974

11.2%

3

United States Treasury Bill

09/10/2020

3,999,901

10.9%

4

United States Treasury Bill

10/15/2020

3,899,605

10.6%

5

United States Treasury Bill

09/24/2020

3,799,778

10.4%

6

United States Treasury Bill

11/19/2020

3,798,891

10.4%

7

United States Treasury Bill

10/01/2020

3,599,677

9.8%

8

United States Treasury Bill

11/12/2020

3,299,473

9.0%

9

United States Treasury Bill

10/08/2020

2,496,804

6.8%

10

United States Treasury Bill

09/29/2020

1,799,873

4.9%

 

 

 

8

 

 

Top Holdings and Sector Breakdowns (Unaudited) (Continued)

August 31, 2020

 

S&P 500 Index Fund

 

Security

Market
Value

Percentage
of Total
Investment

1

Apple Inc

$ 14,480,353

7.3%

2

Microsoft Corp

11,776,500

5.9%

3

Amazon.com Inc

9,893,902

5.0%

4

Facebook Inc

4,857,738

2.4%

5

Alphabet Inc - Class A

3,360,091

1.7%

6

Alphabet Inc - Class C

3,289,604

1.7%

7

Berkshire Hathaway Inc

2,918,683

1.5%

8

Johnson & Johnson

2,779,789

1.4%

9

Visa Inc

2,462,688

1.2%

10

Procter & Gamble Co/The

2,357,973

1.2%

 

S&P MidCap Index Fund

 

Security

Market
Value

Percentage
of Total
Investment

1

United States Treasury Bill

$ 1,099,484

1.1%

2

Catalent Inc

834,073

0.8%

3

Teradyne Inc

829,647

0.8%

4

Etsy Inc

826,409

0.8%

5

Tyler Technologies Inc

784,199

0.8%

6

FactSet Research Systems Inc

774,384

0.8%

7

Pool Corp

764,523

0.8%

8

Trimble Inc

760,784

0.8%

9

Fair Isaac Corp

709,873

0.7%

10

Generac Holdings Inc

692,287

0.7%

 

S&P SmallCap Index Fund

 

Security

Market
Value

Percentage
of Total
Investment

1

Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc

$ 424,246

0.9%

2

Lithia Motors Inc

403,813

0.8%

3

Emergent BioSolutions Inc

358,459

0.7%

4

Wingstop Inc

344,611

0.7%

5

Sunrun Inc

324,399

0.7%

6

Kinsale Capital Group Inc

305,871

0.6%

7

Exponent Inc

298,649

0.6%

8

NeoGenomics Inc

291,268

0.6%

9

Stamps.com Inc

289,484

0.6%

10

Neogen Corp

286,131

0.6%

 

 

 

9

 

 

Top Holdings and Sector Breakdowns (Unaudited) (Continued)

August 31, 2020

 

Shelton Core Value Fund

 

Security

Market
Value

Percentage
of Total
Investment

1

United States Treasury Bill

$ 16,292,359

10.8%

2

JPMorgan Chase & Co

4,109,794

2.7%

3

Microsoft Corp

3,999,323

2.6%

4

Mastercard Inc

3,581,900

2.4%

5

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc

3,311,030

2.2%

6

Amazon.com Inc

3,105,864

2.0%

7

Caterpillar Inc

2,909,101

1.9%

8

Target Corp

2,676,417

1.8%

9

Netflix Inc

2,541,888

1.7%

10

Chevron Corp

2,461,163

1.6%

 

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund

 

Security

Market
Value

Percentage
of Total
Investment

1

Apple Inc

$ 130,047,544

14.1%

2

Amazon.com Inc

98,921,768

10.7%

3

Microsoft Corp

98,776,953

10.7%

4

Facebook Inc

40,644,557

4.4%

5

Tesla Inc

33,693,907

3.7%

6

Alphabet Inc - Class A

32,269,583

3.5%

7

Alphabet Inc - Class C

32,085,490

3.5%

8

NVIDIA Corp

24,058,051

2.6%

9

United States Treasury Bill

22,289,547

2.4%

10

Adobe Inc

18,261,282

2.0%

 

Shelton Green Alpha Fund

 

Security

Market
Value

Percentage
of Total
Investment

1

Tesla Inc

$ 8,471,440

9.4%

2

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

6,296,250

7.0%

3

Moderna Inc

4,672,080

5.2%

4

Brookfield Renewable Corp

4,462,120

4.9%

5

First Solar Inc

3,615,048

4.0%

6

Invitae Corp

3,321,200

3.7%

7

CRISPR Therapeutics AG

2,990,720

3.3%

8

Applied Materials Inc

2,987,600

3.3%

9

JinkoSolar Holding Co Ltd

2,740,800

3.0%

10

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc

2,717,440

3.0%

 

 

10

 

 

Green California Tax-Free Income Fund

Portfolio of Investments

8/31/20

 

Security Description

 

Par Value

   

Value
(Note 1)

 

Municipal Bonds (96.76%)

 

BUTTE-GLENN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

Lease Revenue Bonds; 2009 Series I-1, 4.000%, 08/01/2026

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,069,890  

CALIFORNIA HEALTH FACILITIES FINANCING AUTHORITY

Kaiser Permanente Revenue Bonds, Series 2017A-1, 5.000%, 11/01/2027

    1,700,000       2,194,988  

CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY

State Multi Family Housing Bonds; 2019, 4.000%, 03/20/2033

    371,249       409,570  

CALIFORNIA INFRASTRUCTURE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK

Clean Water State Revolving Fund Revenue Bonds, Series 2016 (Green Bonds), 5.000%, 10/01/2033

    1,200,000       1,473,084  

CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL FINANCE AUTHORITY

University of San Diego Revenue Bonds, 2019, 5.000%, 10/01/2044

    480,000       597,130  

General Revenue Bonds; 2018, 5.000%, 05/15/2038

    800,000       924,800  

TRUSTEES OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Systemwide Revenue Bonds; Series 2012A, 4.000%, 11/01/2030

    1,100,000       1,176,615  

CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE COMMUNITIES DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

General Revenue Bonds; 2016, 4.000%, 08/15/2046

    500,000       548,840  

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

General Obligation Bonds (Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bonds, 2012); Series 2013A, 4.000%, 06/01/2033

    1,000,000       1,023,760  

CITY OF LOS ANGELES

General Obligation Bonds; 2012, 5.000%, 09/01/2021

    2,000,000       2,097,240  

CITY OF LOS ANGELES WASTEWATER SYSTEM REVENUE

Los Angeles CA Wstwter System Revenue Bond, 5.000%, 06/01/2044

    500,000       589,100  

Los Angeles CA Wstwter System Revenue Bond, 5.250%, 06/01/2047

    1,500,000       1,859,970  

CITY OF ROSEVILLE FINANCE AUTHORITY ELECTRIC SYSTEM REVENUE

Electric System Revenue Refunding Bonds; Series 2013, 5.000%, 02/01/2025

    750,000       854,513  

CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION WATER REVENUE

San Francisco City & County Public Utilities Commission Wastewater Revenue, 5.000%, 11/01/2034

    1,000,000       1,273,610  

San Francisco City and Green Bond Series A, 5.000%, 11/01/2030

    680,000       818,210  

City of San Francisco CA Public Utilities Commission Water Revenue, 5.000%, 11/01/2036

    1,170,000       1,391,153  

EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT WATER SYSTEM REVENUE

Water System Revenue Bonds; 2015 Series B, 5.000%, 06/01/2026

    2,050,000       2,506,699  

EAST SIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

General Obligation Refunding Bonds (2012 Crossover); 2006, 5.250%, 09/01/2023

    2,975,000       3,417,560  

FOOTHILL-DE ANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

Election of 1999 General Obligation Bonds; Series C, 0%, 08/01/2027

    2,000,000       1,867,520  

LA MIRADA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY SUCCESSOR AGENCY

Subordinate Tax Allocation Refunding Bonds; 2014 Series A, 5.000%, 08/01/2023

    1,000,000       1,133,230  

LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

General Obligation Bonds; 2008 Election, Series G, 5.000%, 08/01/2028

    865,000       1,018,927  

LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

Propositin A First Tier Los Angeles County Met Transport, 4.000%, 07/01/2028

    500,000       581,400  

Proposition A First Tier Senior Sales Tax Revenue Refunding Bonds; Series 2012-A, 5.000%, 07/01/2021

    1,000,000       1,040,580  

Proposition C Sales Tax Revenue Refunding Bonds; Senior Bonds; Series 2013-A, 5.000%, 07/01/2023

    1,500,000       1,704,555  

LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER

Water System Revenue Bonds, 2012 Series A, 5.000%, 07/01/2037

    1,985,000       2,147,929  

Power System Revenue Bonds, 2001, 0.020%, 07/01/2034

    300,000       300,000  

LOS RIOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

General Obligation Bonds; 2008 Election, Series B, 5.000%, 08/01/2032

    2,500,000       2,818,700  

MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT

Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, 4.000%, 09/01/2021

    200,000       207,732  

MOUNT SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

General Obligation Bonds; Election of 2008, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 08/01/2034

    2,345,000       2,672,597  

PORT OF LOS ANGELES

Revenue Bonds; 2014 Series C, 4.000%, 08/01/2023

    290,000       318,870  

RANCHO SANTIAGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

General Obligation Refunding Bonds; 2012, 4.000%, 09/01/2020

    1,380,000       1,380,000  

SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT

Electric Revenue Bonds; 1997 Series K, 5.250%, 07/01/2024

    1,000,000       1,121,240  

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

General Obligation Bonds; Election of 2002, Series 2013, 5.000%, 08/01/2027

    1,175,000       1,339,148  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

11

 

 

Green California Tax-Free Income Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

8/31/20

 

Security Description

 

Par Value

   

Value
(Note 1)

 

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT

San Francisco BART District GO Bonds 2017 Series A-1 (Green Bonds), 4.000%, 08/01/2034

  $ 645,000     $ 764,686  

San Francisco BART District GO Bonds 2017 Refunding Series E (Green Bonds), 5.000%, 08/01/2036

    2,300,000       2,907,981  

SAN FRANCISCO CITY & COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION WASTEWATER REVENUE

San Francisco City & County Public Utilities Commission Wastewater Revenue, 4.000%, 10/01/2021

    700,000       729,085  

SAN MATEO FOSTER CITY PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY

City of San Mateo Sewer Revenue Bonds, 4.000%, 08/01/2044

    2,000,000       2,381,180  

SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

2000 Measure A Sales Tax Revenue Refunding Bonds; 2015 Series A, 5.000%, 04/01/2034

    1,000,000       1,176,670  

SANTA MARIA JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

General Obligation Bonds; Election of 2004, Series 2005, 0%, 08/01/2029

    2,500,000       2,207,575  

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Tax-Exempt Various Purpose General Obligation Bonds, 3.000%, 10/01/2028

    900,000       981,540  

TURLOCK IRRIGATION DISTRICT

               

General Revenue Bonds; 2019, 5.000%, 01/01/2036

    300,000       393,663  

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

General Revenue Bonds; 2014 Series AM, 5.000%, 05/01/2029

    925,000       1,080,289  

WILLIAM S HART UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

General Obligation Bonds; 2001 Election, Series B, 0, 09/01/2029

    3,595,000       3,171,689  
 

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $54,542,082)

            59,373,518  
 

Variable Rate Demand Notes* (2.44%)

LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER

               

Power System Revenue Bonds, 2001, 0.020%, 07/01/2034**,***

    300,000       300,000  
                 

METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 0.020%, 07/01/2047**,***

    800,000       800,000  
                 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

               

Tax-Exempt Various Purpose General Obligation Bonds, 0.010%, 05/01/2034**,***

    200,000       200,000  

Tax-Exempt Various Purpose General Obligation Bonds, 0.010%, 05/01/2034**,***

    200,000       200,000  
                 

Total Variable Rate Demand Notes (Cost $1,500,000)

            1,500,000  
                 

Total Investments (Cost $56,042,082)(a) (99.20%)

  $ 60,873,518  

Other Net Assets (0.80%)

    483,045  

Net Assets (100.00%)

  $ 61,356,563  

 

(a) Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $56,040,287.

 

At August 31, 2020, unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of securities for federal income tax purposes is as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

  $ 4,871,535  

Unrealized depreciation

    (38,304 )

Net unrealized appreciation

  $ 4,833,231  

 

Because tax adjustments are calculated annually, the above tax figures reflect the tax adjustments outstanding at the Fund’s previous fiscal year end. For the previous fiscal year’s federal income tax information, please refer to the Notes to Financial Statements section in the Fund’s most recent semi-annual and annual reports.

 

* Stated maturity reflects next reset date.

 

** In accordance with the offering documents, daily interest rates are determined by the Remarketing Agents.

 

*** Rate Effective as of August 31, 2020

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

12

 

 

U.S. Government Securities Fund

Portfolio of Investments

8/31/20

 

Security Description

 

Par Value

   

Value
(Note 1)

 

Government National Mortgage Association (3.01%)

3.500% 11/20/2044

  $ 258,039     $ 275,634  

5.000% 03/15/2038

    128,762       147,763  

5.500% 01/15/2025

    25,343       27,977  

5.500% 04/15/2036

    109,841       129,078  

6.000% 01/15/2026

    73,111       82,195  

6.000% 06/15/2038

    43,307       49,740  

Total Government National Mortgage Association (Cost $647,614)

    712,387  
 

United States Treasury Bonds (14.35%)

2.250% 08/15/2046

    400,000       471,469  

2.750% 08/15/2042

    400,000       511,344  

5.000% 05/15/2037

    500,000       810,137  

6.000% 02/15/2026

    800,000       1,045,844  

6.375% 08/15/2027

    400,000       562,391  

Total United States Treasury Bonds (Cost $2,911,610)

    3,401,185  
 

United States Treasury Notes (81.46%)

0.375% 03/31/2022

    500,000       501,875  

2.000% 02/15/2022

    2,900,000       2,978,107  

2.125% 02/29/2024

    1,300,000       1,388,410  

2.125% 05/15/2025

    2,200,000       2,392,844  

2.125% 08/15/2021

    1,200,000       1,222,616  

2.250% 08/15/2027

    3,800,000       4,262,680  

2.500% 08/15/2023

    2,600,000       2,780,578  

3.125% 11/15/2028

    1,200,000       1,445,461  

3.625% 02/15/2021

    2,300,000       2,336,760  

Total United States Treasury Notes (Cost $18,334,720)

    19,309,331  
         

Total Investments (Cost $21,893,944)(a) (98.81%)

    23,422,903  

Other Net Assets (1.19%)

    282,467  

Net Assets (100.00%)

    23,705,370  

 

(a) Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $21,894,704.

 

At August 31, 2020, unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of securities for federal income tax purposes is as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

  $ 1,528,959  

Unrealized depreciation

    (760 )

Net unrealized appreciation

  $ 1,528,199  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

13

 

 

The United States Treasury Trust

Portfolio of Investments

8/31/20

 

Security Description

 

Par Value

   

Value
(Note 1)

 

United States Treasury Bills, DN(a) (99.39%)

09/03/2020

  $ 4,100,000     $ 4,099,975  

09/10/2020

    4,000,000       3,999,901  

09/17/2020

    1,100,000       1,099,959  

09/24/2020

    3,800,000       3,799,778  

09/29/2020

    1,800,000       1,799,873  

10/01/2020

    3,600,000       3,599,677  

10/08/2020

    2,500,000       2,496,804  

10/15/2020

    3,900,000       3,899,605  

11/05/2020

    4,600,000       4,598,784  

11/12/2020

    3,300,000       3,299,473  

11/19/2020

    3,800,000       3,798,891  

12/17/2020

    200,000       199,944  

Total United States Treasury Bills, DN (Cost $36,692,664)

    36,692,664  
         

Total Investments (Cost $36,692,664)(b) (99.39%)

  $ 36,692,664  

Other Net Assets (0.61%)

    223,916  

Net Assets (100.00%)

  $ 36,916,580  

 

(a)

Discount Note. Yield to maturity is between 0.00% - 1.59%.

 

(b)

Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $36,692,664.

 

S&P 500 Index Fund

Portfolio of Investments

8/31/20

 

Security Description

 

 

   

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Common Stock (99.52%)

 

Basic Materials (2.06%)

Air Products and Chemicals Inc

    1,516     $ 443,066  

Albemarle Corp

    729       66,346  

Celanese Corp

    831       84,056  

CF Industries Holdings Inc

    1,795       58,571  

Dow Inc

    5,248       236,790  

DuPont de Nemours Inc

    5,052       281,700  

Eastman Chemical Co

    1,048       76,619  

Ecolab Inc

    1,701       335,233  

FMC Corp

    891       95,212  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc

    9,980       155,788  

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc

    683       84,549  

International Paper Co

    2,697       97,820  

Linde PLC

    3,616       903,059  

LyondellBasell Industries NV

    1,766       115,638  

The Mosaic Co

    2,068       37,700  

Newmont Corp

    5,526       371,789  

Nucor Corp

    2,085       94,784  

PPG Industries Inc

    1,668       200,827  

The Sherwin-Williams Co

    556       373,104  

Total Basic Materials

    4,112,651  
 

Communications (17.12%)

AT&T Inc

    49,061       1,462,508  

Alphabet Inc - Class A*

    2,062       3,360,091  

Alphabet Inc - Class C*

    2,013       3,289,604  

Amazon.com Inc*,(a)

    2,867       9,893,901  

Arista Networks Inc*

    415       92,732  

Booking Holdings Inc*

    287       548,299  

CDW Corp

    988       112,286  

CenturyLink Inc

    7,576       81,442  

Charter Communications Inc*

    1,037       638,388  

Cisco Systems Inc

    29,133       1,229,995  

Comcast Corp

    31,177       1,397,041  

Corning Inc

    5,290       171,713  

The Walt Disney Co

    12,409     $ 1,636,375  

Discovery Inc - Class A*

    1,116       24,625  

Discovery Inc - Class C*

    1,878       37,504  

DISH Network Corp*

    1,784       63,368  

E*TRADE Financial Corp

    1,181       63,892  

eBay Inc

    4,548       249,139  

Expedia Group Inc

    961       94,322  

Facebook Inc*,(a)

    16,568       4,857,738  

F5 Networks Inc*

    424       56,108  

Fox Corp - Class A

    2,714       75,612  

Fox Corp - Class B

    1,242       34,528  

The Interpublic Group of Cos Inc

    2,667       47,366  

Juniper Networks Inc

    2,302       57,550  

Motorola Solutions Inc

    669       103,528  

Netflix Inc*

    3,009       1,593,446  

News Corp - Class A

    2,672       40,401  

News Corp - Class B

    910       13,714  

NortonLifeLock Inc

    4,015       94,433  

Omnicom Group Inc

    1,536       83,082  

T-Mobile US Inc*

    3,944       460,186  

Twitter Inc*

    5,110       207,364  

VeriSign Inc*

    689       147,997  

Verizon Communications Inc

    28,475       1,687,713  

ViacomCBS Inc

    3,816       106,276  

Total Communications

    34,114,267  
 

Consumer, Cyclical (7.82%)

Advance Auto Parts Inc

    476       74,404  

Alaska Air Group Inc

    963       37,509  

American Airlines Group Inc

    3,057       39,894  

AutoZone Inc*

    163       194,999  

Best Buy Co Inc

    1,638       181,671  

BorgWarner Inc

    1,664       67,542  

CarMax Inc*

    1,131       120,938  

Carnival Corp

    2,827       46,589  

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc*

    175       229,299  

Copart Inc*

    1,407       145,371  

Costco Wholesale Corp

    3,039     $ 1,056,539  

Cummins Inc

    1,053       218,234  

DR Horton Inc

    2,306       164,579  

Darden Restaurants Inc

    933       80,863  

Delta Air Lines Inc

    4,086       126,053  

Dollar General Corp

    1,748       352,886  

Dollar Tree Inc*

    1,671       160,867  

Domino’s Pizza Inc

    266       108,783  

Fastenal Co

    4,028       196,808  

Ford Motor Co

    27,615       188,334  

The Gap Inc

    2,194       38,154  

General Motors Co

    8,873       262,907  

Genuine Parts Co

    999       94,346  

WW Grainger Inc

    300       109,629  

Hanesbrands Inc

    3,007       45,977  

Hasbro Inc

    950       74,993  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc

    2,025       182,979  

The Home Depot Inc

    7,405       2,110,720  

Kohl’s Corp

    1,123       23,987  

L Brands Inc

    1,787       52,538  

LKQ Corp*

    2,347       74,494  

Las Vegas Sands Corp

    2,324       117,850  

Leggett & Platt Inc

    1,017       41,697  

Lennar Corp

    1,925       144,029  

Live Nation Entertainment Inc*

    1,003       56,970  

Lowe’s Cos Inc

    4,072       670,618  

MGM Resorts International

    3,542       79,695  

Marriott International Inc

    1,930       198,616  

McDonald’s Corp

    5,171       1,104,112  

Mohawk Industries Inc*

    459       42,379  

NVR Inc*

    23       95,872  

Newell Brands Inc

    2,691       43,002  

NIKE Inc

    8,571       959,009  

O’Reilly Automotive Inc*

    511       237,937  

PVH Corp

    574       32,006  

PACCAR Inc

    2,379       204,213  

PulteGroup Inc

    1,988       88,645  

Ralph Lauren Corp

    449       30,905  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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S&P 500 Index Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

8/31/20

 

Security Description

 

 

   

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Ross Stores Inc

    1,475     $ 134,343  

Southwest Airlines Co

    3,416       128,373  

Starbucks Corp

    8,124       686,234  

The TJX Cos Inc

    8,342       457,058  

Tapestry Inc

    2,156       31,758  

Target Corp

    3,485       526,967  

Tiffany & Co

    767       93,958  

Tractor Supply Co

    842       125,315  

Ulta Beauty Inc*

    393       91,247  

Under Armour Inc - Class A*

    1,210       11,870  

Under Armour Inc - Class C*

    1,218       10,779  

United Airlines Holdings Inc*

    1,732       62,352  

VF Corp

    2,305       151,554  

Walmart Inc

    9,742       1,352,677  

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc

    5,357       203,673  

Whirlpool Corp

    434       77,130  

Wynn Resorts Ltd

    526       45,999  

Yum! Brands Inc

    2,149       205,982  

Aptiv PLC

    709       61,059  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd*

    1,599       27,359  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd

    1,236       85,086  

Total Consumer, Cyclical

    15,581,214  
 

Consumer, Non-Cyclical (21.57%)

Abbott Laboratories

    12,137       1,328,637  

AbbVie Inc

    12,127       1,161,403  

ABIOMED Inc*

    310       95,362  

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc*

    1,522       173,843  

Align Technology Inc*

    513       152,351  

Altria Group Inc

    12,850       562,059  

AmerisourceBergen Corp

    1,034       100,329  

Amgen Inc

    4,080       1,033,546  

Anthem Inc

    1,744       490,971  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co

    3,933       176,041  

Automatic Data Processing Inc

    2,976       413,932  

Avery Dennison Corp

    649       74,888  

Baxter International Inc

    3,605       313,887  

Becton Dickinson and Co

    1,860       451,552  

Biogen Inc*

    1,123       323,020  

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc*

    147       74,763  

Boston Scientific Corp*

    9,837       403,514  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co

    15,580       969,076  

Brown-Forman Corp

    1,285       94,023  

Campbell Soup Co

    1,162       61,133  

Cardinal Health Inc

    2,105       106,850  

Centene Corp*

    3,919       240,313  

Church & Dwight Co Inc

    1,688       161,761  

Cigna Corp

    2,568       455,486  

Cintas Corp

    576       191,946  

The Clorox Co

    863       192,881  

The Coca-Cola Co

    26,481       1,311,604  

Colgate-Palmolive Co

    5,895       467,238  

Conagra Brands Inc

    2,987       114,581  

Constellation Brands Inc

    1,181       217,871  

The Cooper Cos Inc

    341       107,204  

Corteva Inc

    5,148       146,975  

Coty Inc

    2,033       7,278  

CVS Health Corp

    8,949       555,912  

Danaher Corp

    3,328       687,132  

DaVita Inc*

    616       53,444  

DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc

    1,160       52,049  

DexCom Inc*

    627       266,732  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp*

    4,404       378,039  

Eli Lilly and Co

    5,812       862,443  

Equifax Inc

    870       146,395  

The Estee Lauder Cos Inc

    1,562     $ 346,327  

FleetCor Technologies Inc*

    611       153,636  

Gartner Inc*

    615       79,839  

General Mills Inc

    4,262       272,555  

Gilead Sciences Inc

    8,703       580,925  

Global Payments Inc

    2,067       365,074  

H&R Block Inc

    1,343       19,474  

HCA Healthcare Inc

    1,878       254,882  

Henry Schein Inc*

    1,009       67,038  

The Hershey Co

    1,020       151,613  

Hologic Inc*

    1,844       110,124  

Hormel Foods Corp

    1,912       97,474  

Humana Inc

    910       377,805  

IDEXX Laboratories Inc*

    608       237,764  

IHS Markit Ltd

    2,832       226,333  

Illumina Inc*

    1,038       370,794  

Incyte Corp*

    1,229       118,414  

Intuitive Surgical Inc*

    795       581,018  

IQVIA Holdings Inc*

    1,146       187,658  

The J M Smucker Co

    823       98,908  

Johnson & Johnson

    18,120       2,779,788  

Kellogg Co

    1,816       128,773  

Kimberly-Clark Corp

    2,344       369,789  

The Kraft Heinz Co

    4,282       150,041  

The Kroger Co

    5,516       196,811  

Laboratory Corp of America Holdings*

    705       123,904  

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc

    1,124       70,643  

MarketAxess Holdings Inc

    260       126,344  

McCormick & Co Inc

    850       175,270  

McKesson Corp

    1,110       170,318  

Medtronic PLC

    9,220       990,873  

Merck & Co Inc

    17,529       1,494,698  

Molson Coors Beverage Co

    1,200       45,168  

Mondelez International Inc

    9,904       578,592  

Monster Beverage Corp*

    2,574       215,856  

Moody’s Corp

    1,149       338,541  

Mylan NV*

    3,101       50,794  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

    1,879       28,711  

PayPal Holdings Inc*

    8,077       1,648,839  

PepsiCo Inc

    9,600       1,344,576  

Perrigo Co PLC

    677       35,407  

Pfizer Inc

    38,005       1,436,209  

Philip Morris International Inc

    10,702       853,913  

The Procter & Gamble Co

    17,046       2,357,973  

Quanta Services Inc

    1,004       51,455  

Quest Diagnostics Inc

    951       105,789  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc*

    562       348,401  

ResMed Inc

    989       178,791  

Robert Half International Inc

    808       42,986  

Rollins Inc

    462       25,475  

S&P Global Inc

    1,681       615,952  

STERIS PLC

    603       96,263  

Stryker Corp

    2,215       438,924  

Sysco Corp

    3,509       211,031  

Teleflex Inc

    318       124,958  

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc

    2,719       1,166,397  

Tyson Foods Inc

    2,081       130,687  

United Rentals Inc*

    544       96,315  

UnitedHealth Group Inc

    6,523       2,038,764  

Universal Health Services Inc

    552       60,913  

Varian Medical Systems Inc*

    643       111,670  

Verisk Analytics Inc

    1,127       210,377  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc*

    1,768       493,484  

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc

    509       144,536  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc

    1,338       188,497  

Zoetis Inc

    3,276     $ 524,488  

Total Consumer, Non-Cyclical

    42,994,103  
 

Energy (2.33%)

Apache Corp

    2,792       41,322  

Baker Hughes Co

    3,384       48,324  

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp

    3,164       60,021  

Chevron Corp

    12,855       1,078,920  

Concho Resources Inc

    1,114       57,906  

ConocoPhillips

    7,548       285,994  

Devon Energy Corp

    2,767       30,077  

Diamondback Energy Inc

    1,217       47,414  

EOG Resources Inc

    4,098       185,803  

Exxon Mobil Corp

    29,057       1,160,536  

Halliburton Co

    6,038       97,695  

Hess Corp

    1,823       83,931  

HollyFrontier Corp

    508       12,126  

Kinder Morgan Inc

    13,749       190,011  

Marathon Oil Corp

    5,187       27,387  

Marathon Petroleum Corp

    4,649       164,854  

National Oilwell Varco Inc

    3,192       38,304  

Noble Energy Inc

    2,616       26,029  

Occidental Petroleum Corp

    6,317       80,479  

ONEOK Inc

    2,916       80,132  

Phillips 66

    3,167       185,174  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co

    1,139       118,376  

Schlumberger NV

    9,767       185,671  

Valero Energy Corp

    2,926       153,878  

The Williams Cos Inc

    8,559       177,685  

TechnipFMC PLC

    3,637       28,005  

Total Energy

    4,646,054  
 

Financial (13.92%)

Aflac Inc

    5,228       189,881  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc

    700       117,866  

The Allstate Corp

    2,228       207,204  

American Express Co

    4,615       468,838  

American International Group Inc

    6,143       179,007  

American Tower Corp

    3,047       759,160  

Ameriprise Financial Inc

    842       132,026  

Aon PLC

    1,610       321,984  

Apartment Investment and Management Co

    1,069       38,516  

Arthur J Gallagher & Co

    1,374       144,682  

Assurant Inc

    431       52,392  

AvalonBay Communities Inc

    960       151,738  

Bank of America Corp

    53,764       1,383,885  

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp

    5,772       213,449  

Berkshire Hathaway Inc*,(a)

    13,386       2,918,683  

BlackRock Inc

    1,048       622,711  

Boston Properties Inc

    1,078       93,646  

Capital One Financial Corp

    3,135       216,409  

Cboe Global Markets Inc

    706       64,804  

CBRE Group Inc*

    2,058       96,788  

The Charles Schwab Corp

    7,864       279,408  

Chubb Ltd

    3,117       389,625  

Cincinnati Financial Corp

    1,038       82,428  

Citigroup Inc

    14,334       732,754  

Citizens Financial Group Inc

    3,157       81,672  

CME Group Inc

    2,465       433,520  

Comerica Inc

    1,054       41,665  

Crown Castle International Corp

    2,860       466,895  

Digital Realty Trust Inc

    1,471       228,961  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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S&P 500 Index Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

8/31/20

 

Security Description

 

 

   

Shares

   

Value
(Note 1)

 

Discover Financial Services

    2,247     $ 119,271  

Duke Realty Corp

    2,792       107,632  

Equinix Inc

    599       473,078  

Equity Residential

    2,461       138,923  

Essex Property Trust Inc

    463       100,244  

Everest Re Group Ltd

    280       61,622  

Extra Space Storage Inc

    949       101,116  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    548       43,424  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    4,882       100,862  

First Republic Bank/CA

    1,159       130,863  

Franklin Resources Inc

    1,991       41,930  

Globe Life Inc

    774       63,840  

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc

    2,131       436,578  

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc

    2,553       103,269  

Healthpeak Properties Inc

    3,020       83,473  

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc

    5,173       58,093  

Huntington Bancshares Inc

    7,104       66,849  

Intercontinental Exchange Inc

    3,830       406,861  

Invesco Ltd

    3,410       34,782  

Iron Mountain Inc

    1,369       41,193  

JPMorgan Chase & Co

    20,981       2,102,086  

KeyCorp

    6,704       82,593  

Kimco Realty Corp

    2,994       35,898  

Lincoln National Corp

    1,364       49,172  

Loews Corp

    1,836       65,839  

M&T Bank Corp

    944       97,477  

Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc

    3,471       398,853  

Mastercard Inc

    6,112       2,189,257  

MetLife Inc

    5,377       206,799  

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc

    858       100,489  

Morgan Stanley

    8,011       418,655  

Nasdaq Inc

    814       109,418  

Northern Trust Corp

    1,457       119,314  

People’s United Financial Inc

    2,887       30,544  

The PNC Financial Services Group Inc

    3,014       335,157  

Principal Financial Group Inc

    1,776       74,787  

The Progressive Corp

    4,123       391,850  

Prologis Inc

    4,457       453,990  

Prudential Financial Inc

    2,839       192,399  

Public Storage

    1,035       219,834  

Raymond James Financial Inc

    849       64,286  

Realty Income Corp

    2,475       153,524  

Regency Centers Corp

    1,109       44,038  

Regions Financial Corp

    7,046       81,452  

SBA Communications Corp

    798       244,244  

Simon Property Group Inc

    2,175       147,574  

SL Green Realty Corp

    560       26,186  

State Street Corp

    2,423       164,982  

SVB Financial Group*

    354       90,405  

Synchrony Financial

    3,882       96,312  

T Rowe Price Group Inc

    1,566       218,003  

The Travelers Cos Inc

    1,740       201,910  

Truist Financial Corp

    9,225       358,022  

UDR Inc

    2,033       70,769  

Unum Group

    1,473       27,221  

US Bancorp

    9,438       343,543  

Ventas Inc

    2,564       105,662  

Visa Inc

    11,617       2,462,687  

Vornado Realty Trust

    1,244       44,573  

W R Berkley Corp

    1,033       64,098  

Wells Fargo & Co

    25,690       620,414  

Welltower Inc

    2,792       160,596  

The Western Union Co

    3,270       77,139  

Weyerhaeuser Co

    5,125     $ 155,339  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    884       181,689  

Zions Bancorp NA

    1,054       33,897  

Total Financial

    27,737,476  
         

Industrial (7.80%)

3M Co

    3,955       644,744  

A O Smith Corp

    942       46,130  

Agilent Technologies Inc

    2,185       219,418  

Allegion plc

    703       72,683  

Amcor PLC

    11,145       123,264  

AMETEK Inc

    1,612       162,328  

Amphenol Corp

    2,100       230,580  

Ball Corp

    2,268       182,279  

The Boeing Co

    3,677       631,782  

Carrier Global Corp

    5,728       170,981  

Caterpillar Inc

    3,801       540,920  

CH Robinson Worldwide Inc

    956       93,975  

CSX Corp

    5,349       408,985  

Deere & Co

    2,154       452,469  

Dover Corp

    1,027       112,806  

Eaton Corp PLC

    2,843       290,270  

Emerson Electric Co

    4,190       291,079  

Expeditors International of Washington Inc

    1,205       106,510  

FedEx Corp

    1,694       372,409  

FLIR Systems Inc

    922       34,022  

Flowserve Corp

    1,128       33,479  

Fortive Corp

    2,032       146,528  

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc

    957       80,465  

Garmin Ltd

    806       83,510  

General Dynamics Corp

    1,652       246,726  

General Electric Co

    60,078       380,895  

Honeywell International Inc

    4,832       799,937  

Howmet Aerospace Inc

    2,478       43,415  

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc

    281       42,577  

IDEX Corp

    523       94,260  

Illinois Tool Works Inc

    2,011       397,273  

Ingersoll Rand Inc*

    1,505       52,765  

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc

    962       86,840  

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc

    586       82,356  

Johnson Controls International plc

    5,306       216,113  

Kansas City Southern

    681       123,969  

Keysight Technologies Inc*

    1,290       127,091  

L3Harris Technologies Inc

    1,520       274,725  

Lockheed Martin Corp

    1,707       666,174  

Martin Marietta Materials Inc

    463       93,929  

Masco Corp

    1,816       105,873  

Mettler-Toledo International Inc*

    173       167,945  

Norfolk Southern Corp

    1,793       381,066  

Northrop Grumman Corp

    1,078       369,334  

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc

    681       137,685  

Otis Worldwide Corp

    2,864       180,146  

Packaging Corp of America

    651       65,907  

Parker-Hannifin Corp

    907       186,851  

Pentair PLC

    1,156       52,182  

PerkinElmer Inc

    784       92,292  

Raytheon Technologies Corp

    10,097       615,917  

Republic Services Inc

    1,448       134,259  

Rockwell Automation Inc

    794       183,041  

Roper Technologies Inc

    734       313,557  

Sealed Air Corp

    1,091       42,876  

Snap-on Inc

    424       62,866  

Stanley Black & Decker Inc

    1,071       172,752  

TE Connectivity Ltd

    2,372     $ 229,135  

Teledyne Technologies Inc*

    252       79,030  

Textron Inc

    1,625       64,074  

Trane Technologies PLC

    1,706       201,973  

TransDigm Group Inc

    342       170,887  

Union Pacific Corp

    3,672       706,640  

United Parcel Service Inc

    4,820       788,648  

Vulcan Materials Co

    956       114,720  

Waste Management Inc

    2,756       314,184  

Waters Corp*

    443       95,803  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp

    1,272       84,652  

Westrock Co

    1,985       60,205  

Xylem Inc/NY

    1,238       99,263  

Total Industrial

    15,534,424  
 

Technology (24.16%)

Accenture PLC

    4,368       1,048,014  

Activision Blizzard Inc

    5,269       440,067  

Adobe Inc*

    3,324       1,706,508  

Advanced Micro Devices Inc*

    7,666       696,226  

Akamai Technologies Inc*

    1,165       135,641  

Analog Devices Inc

    2,533       296,057  

ANSYS Inc*

    593       201,033  

Apple Inc(a)

    112,216       14,480,352  

Applied Materials Inc

    6,354       391,406  

Autodesk Inc*

    1,550       380,835  

Broadcom Inc

    2,728       947,025  

Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc

    788       108,271  

Cadence Design Systems Inc*

    1,930       214,056  

Cerner Corp

    2,120       155,544  

Citrix Systems Inc

    791       114,853  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp

    3,900       260,754  

DXC Technology Co

    2,234       44,635  

Electronic Arts Inc*

    787       109,763  

Fidelity National Information Services Inc

    4,227       637,643  

Fiserv Inc*

    3,928       391,150  

Fortinet Inc*

    976       128,837  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co

    9,220       89,157  

HP Inc

    10,465       204,591  

Intel Corp

    28,986       1,476,837  

International Business Machines Corp

    6,092       751,205  

Intuit Inc

    1,790       618,248  

IPG Photonics Corp*

    299       48,357  

Jack Henry & Associates Inc

    529       87,507  

KLA Corp

    1,085       222,577  

Lam Research Corp

    720       242,165  

Leidos Holdings Inc

    915       82,798  

Maxim Integrated Products Inc

    1,861       127,367  

Microchip Technology Inc

    1,643       180,237  

Micron Technology Inc*

    7,795       354,750  

Microsoft Corp

    52,217       11,776,500  

MSCI Inc

    598       223,215  

NetApp Inc

    1,569       74,355  

NVIDIA Corp

    4,209       2,251,731  

Oracle Corp

    14,331       820,020  

Paychex Inc

    2,191       167,546  

Paycom Software Inc*

    337       100,918  

Qorvo Inc*

    831       106,592  

QUALCOMM Inc

    7,854       935,411  

salesforce.com Inc*

    6,101       1,663,438  

Seagate Technology PLC

    1,590       76,304  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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S&P 500 Index Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

8/31/20

 

Security Description

 

 

   

Shares

   

Value
(Note 1)

 

ServiceNow Inc*

    1,297     $ 625,180  

Skyworks Solutions Inc

    1,212       175,558  

Synopsys Inc*

    1,034       228,824  

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc*

    778       133,186  

Texas Instruments Inc

    6,319       898,246  

Tyler Technologies Inc*

    273       94,270  

Western Digital Corp

    2,052       78,838  

Xerox Holdings Corp

    1,468       27,686  

Xilinx Inc

    1,784       185,821  

Zebra Technologies Corp*

    383       109,741  

Total Technology

    48,127,846  
 

Utilities (2.73%)

The AES Corp

    4,674       82,964  

Alliant Energy Corp

    1,758       95,196  

Ameren Corp

    1,808       143,031  

American Electric Power Co Inc

    3,397       267,786  

American Water Works Co Inc

    1,243       175,686  

Atmos Energy Corp

    820       81,852  

CenterPoint Energy Inc

    2,979       59,789  

CMS Energy Corp

    2,062       124,730  

Consolidated Edison Inc

    2,227       158,874  

Dominion Energy Inc

    5,662       444,127  

DTE Energy Co

    1,258       149,287  

Duke Energy Corp

    5,015       402,905  

Edison International

    2,433       127,684  

Entergy Corp

    1,304       129,279  

Evergy Inc

    1,567       83,396  

Eversource Energy

    2,274       194,905  

Exelon Corp

    6,861       253,240  

FirstEnergy Corp

    3,716       106,240  

NextEra Energy Inc

    2,662     $ 743,150  

NiSource Inc

    2,050       45,428  

NRG Energy Inc

    1,956       67,306  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp

    806       59,120  

PPL Corp

    5,573       153,982  

Public Service Enterprise Group Inc

    3,478       181,691  

Sempra Energy

    1,939       239,757  

The Southern Co

    7,214       376,427  

WEC Energy Group Inc

    2,169       204,060  

Xcel Energy Inc

    3,728       259,003  

Total Utilities

    5,410,895  
         

Total Common Stock (Cost $66,096,215)

    198,258,930  
 

Warrant (0.00%)

Occidental Petroleum

            790       2,329  
                         

United States Treasury Bills (0.06%)

0.130% 01/14/21(a) (Cost $99,960)

    100,000       99,953  
         

Total Investments (Cost $66,196,175)(b) (99.57%)

  $ 198,361,212  

Other Net Assets (0.43%)

    856,759  

Net Assets (100.00%)

  $ 199,217,971  

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) A portion of these securities, a total of $17,708,451, have been pledged or segregated in connection with obligations for futures contracts.

 

(b) Aggregate cost for federal income tax purpose is $66,198,076.

 

At August 31, 2020, unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of securities for federal income tax purposes is as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

  $ 136,166,660  

Unrealized depreciation

    (4,003,524 )

Net unrealized appreciation

  $ 132,163,136  

 

Futures contracts at August 31, 2020:

Contracts - $50 times premium / delivery month / commitment / exchange

 

S&P 500 E-MINI

 

Notional Amount

   

Value

   

Unrealized

Appreciation

 

5 / SEPT 2020 / Long / CME

  $ 859,800     $ 874,725     $ 14,925  

 

S&P MidCap Index Fund

Portfolio of Investments

8/31/20

 

Security Description

 

 

   

Shares

   

Value
(Note 1)

 

Common Stock (98.08%)

 

Basic Materials (4.14%)

Allegheny Technologies Inc*

    7,346     $ 61,192  

Ashland Global Holdings Inc

    3,509       258,578  

Avient Corp

    5,185       132,321  

Cabot Corp

    3,433       127,055  

Carpenter Technology Corp

    2,875       60,461  

The Chemours Co

    9,851       203,522  

Commercial Metals Co

    7,149       149,200  

Compass Minerals International Inc

    2,041       116,194  

Domtar Corp

    3,578       102,045  

Ingevity Corp*

    2,436       136,830  

Minerals Technologies Inc

    2,100       106,575  

NewMarket Corp

    444       165,386  

Olin Corp

    9,621       108,236  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co

    3,883       407,210  

Royal Gold Inc

    3,821       520,879  

RPM International Inc

    7,556       640,522  

Sensient Technologies Corp

    2,549       140,756  

Steel Dynamics Inc

    12,553       370,565  

United States Steel Corp

    10,245       80,218  

Valvoline Inc

    11,351       231,560  

Total Basic Materials

    4,119,305  
 

Communications (4.48%)

AMC Networks Inc*

    2,655     $ 64,490  

Cable One Inc

    292       537,376  

Ciena Corp*

    9,013       511,668  

Etsy Inc*

    6,904       826,409  

FactSet Research Systems Inc(a)

    2,210       774,384  

Grubhub Inc*

    5,328       385,481  

InterDigital Inc

    1,875       114,656  

The New York Times Co

    8,376       362,932  

TEGNA Inc

    12,638       158,228  

Telephone and Data Systems Inc

    5,893       136,305  

TripAdvisor Inc

    6,331       147,955  

ViaSat Inc*

    3,475       138,166  

John Wiley & Sons Inc

    2,636       83,429  

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc

    2,835       124,938  

Yelp Inc*

    3,849       88,989  

Total Communications

    4,455,406  
 

Consumer, Cyclical (14.28%)

Adient PLC*

    5,245       90,948  

American Eagle Outfitters Inc

    9,797       123,540  

AutoNation Inc*

    3,547       201,682  

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc

    8,029       97,793  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc*

    7,361       326,902  

Boyd Gaming Corp

    4,822       129,133  

Brinker International Inc

    2,374     $ 106,925  

Brunswick Corp

    4,753       294,163  

Caesars Entertainment Inc*

    3,936       180,269  

Carter’s Inc

    2,572       204,783  

Casey’s General Stores Inc

    2,143       381,133  

The Cheesecake Factory Inc

    2,474       73,057  

Choice Hotels International Inc

    1,914       190,041  

Churchill Downs Inc

    2,065       360,879  

Cinemark Holdings Inc

    6,423       94,097  

Columbia Sportswear Co

    1,749       149,662  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc

    1,449       193,746  

Dana Inc

    8,386       116,985  

Deckers Outdoor Corp*

    1,630       332,308  

Delphi Technologies PLC*

    5,186       90,081  

Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc

    3,832       207,388  

Dillard’s Inc

    649       19,606  

Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc

    4,827       367,238  

FirstCash Inc

    2,571       153,617  

Five Below Inc*

    3,243       354,946  

Foot Locker Inc

    6,449       195,598  

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co

    13,550       130,012  

Healthcare Services Group Inc

    4,466       92,893  

Herman Miller Inc

    3,558       84,787  

HNI Corp

    2,580       82,173  

Jack in the Box Inc

    1,378       113,533  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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S&P MidCap Index Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

8/31/20

 

Security Description

 

 

   

Shares

   

Value
(Note 1)

 

JetBlue Airways Corp*

    16,821     $ 193,778  

KAR Auction Services Inc

    7,759       134,541  

KB Home

    5,162       184,593  

Lear Corp

    3,206       365,260  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp

    2,254       213,386  

Mattel Inc*

    20,891       224,474  

MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc

    2,714       178,853  

NCR Corp*

    7,688       157,143  

Nu Skin Enterprises Inc

    3,347       158,213  

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings Inc*

    3,186       304,390  

Papa John’s International Inc

    1,328       130,529  

Penn National Gaming Inc*

    6,066       309,973  

Polaris Inc

    3,350       338,484  

Pool Corp

    2,332       764,523  

Resideo Technologies Inc*

    7,802       104,235  

RH*

    951       314,353  

Sally Beauty Holdings Inc*

    7,009       78,220  

Scientific Games Corp*

    3,258       67,392  

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co

    2,308       388,967  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp

    4,580       99,523  

Skechers USA Inc*

    7,802       232,890  

Taylor Morrison Home Corp*

    7,969       187,511  

Tempur Sealy International Inc*

    2,737       234,123  

Texas Roadhouse Inc

    3,801       239,425  

Thor Industries Inc

    3,216       303,687  

Toll Brothers Inc

    7,033       296,933  

The Toro Co

    6,211       467,564  

TRI Pointe Group Inc*

    8,389       141,606  

Urban Outfitters Inc*

    3,844       90,488  

Visteon Corp*

    1,685       127,100  

Watsco Inc

    1,930       472,831  

The Wendy’s Co

    10,723       224,540  

Williams-Sonoma Inc

    4,522       396,851  

World Fuel Services Corp

    3,940       104,016  

Wyndham Destinations Inc

    5,465       158,430  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc

    5,545       290,336  

Total Consumer, Cyclical

    14,219,079  
 

Consumer, Non-Cyclical (17.98%)

ASGN Inc*

    3,181       228,300  

Aaron’s Inc

    4,046       226,131  

Acadia Healthcare Co Inc*

    5,336       164,936  

Adtalem Global Education Inc*

    3,253       108,000  

Amedisys Inc*

    1,879       454,530  

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc*

    6,031       254,749  

Avanos Medical Inc*

    2,887       93,539  

Avis Budget Group Inc*

    3,312       112,972  

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc*

    1,259       640,315  

Bio-Techne Corp

    2,220       567,121  

The Boston Beer Co Inc*

    536       472,741  

The Brink’s Co

    3,014       145,757  

Cantel Medical Corp

    2,257       118,447  

Catalent Inc*,(a)

    9,017       834,073  

Charles River Laboratories International Inc*

    2,845       622,913  

Chemed Corp

    932       481,947  

CoreLogic Inc

    4,791       318,122  

Darling Ingredients Inc*

    9,539       304,962  

Deluxe Corp

    2,674       75,942  

Edgewell Personal Care Co*

    3,158       90,666  

Encompass Health Corp

    5,745       374,804  

Exelixis Inc*

    17,704       393,383  

FTI Consulting Inc*

    2,192       251,554  

Flowers Foods Inc

    11,215       274,319  

Globus Medical Inc*

    4,485     $ 253,492  

Graham Holdings Co

    262       112,123  

Grand Canyon Education Inc*

    2,809       264,158  

Haemonetics Corp*

    2,953       264,766  

The Hain Celestial Group Inc*

    4,840       158,704  

HealthEquity Inc*

    4,129       237,335  

Hill-Rom Holdings Inc

    3,890       364,843  

ICU Medical Inc*

    1,078       215,859  

Ingredion Inc

    3,890       312,912  

Insperity Inc

    2,265       152,593  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp*

    4,294       205,210  

LHC Group Inc*

    1,725       359,559  

Lancaster Colony Corp

    1,153       204,911  

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc*

    994       101,388  

LiveRamp Holdings Inc*

    4,079       227,771  

ManpowerGroup Inc

    3,435       251,820  

Masimo Corp*

    2,858       640,192  

MEDNAX Inc*

    5,317       98,790  

Molina Healthcare Inc*,(a)

    3,653       675,695  

Nektar Therapeutics*

    10,250       198,235  

NuVasive Inc*

    2,872       149,717  

PRA Health Sciences Inc*

    3,685       393,963  

Patterson Cos Inc

    5,190       150,562  

Paylocity Holding Corp*

    2,089       307,605  

Penumbra Inc*

    1,871       391,320  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp*

    3,372       53,952  

Post Holdings Inc*

    3,872       340,813  

Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc*

    3,026       110,237  

Repligen Corp*

    2,730       422,904  

Sabre Corp

    16,503       115,356  

Sanderson Farms Inc

    1,188       138,948  

Service Corp International

    10,650       486,173  

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc*

    7,118       166,205  

Syneos Health Inc*

    3,752       236,751  

Tenet Healthcare Corp*

    5,708       160,851  

Tootsie Roll Industries Inc

    1,096       35,061  

TreeHouse Foods Inc*

    3,428       146,753  

United Therapeutics Corp*

    2,556       273,390  

WEX Inc*

    2,522       402,789  

WW International Inc*

    2,743       64,406  

Helen of Troy Ltd*

    1,466       303,198  

LivaNova PLC*

    2,820       132,258  

Total Consumer, Non-Cyclical

    17,893,791  
 

Energy (2.93%)

Antero Midstream Corp

    17,306       117,162  

ChampionX Corp*

    10,834       110,940  

Cimarex Energy Co

    6,134       170,403  

CNX Resources Corp*

    11,242       123,212  

Enphase Energy Inc*

    4,635       357,961  

EQT Corp

    14,895       236,384  

Equitrans Midstream Corp

    12,024       123,607  

First Solar Inc*

    4,572       350,169  

Matador Resources Co*

    6,388       62,155  

Murphy Oil Corp

    8,937       122,794  

Murphy USA Inc*

    1,742       234,926  

NOW Inc*

    6,912       50,250  

PBF Energy Inc

    6,167       52,790  

SolarEdge Technologies Inc*

    2,832       626,297  

Transocean Ltd*

    31,902       38,920  

WPX Energy Inc*

    25,060       139,334  

Total Energy

    2,917,304  
 

Financial (21.52%)

Banks (5.20%)

Associated Banc-Corp

    9,601     $ 129,037  

BancorpSouth Bank

    5,591       120,654  

Bank of Hawaii Corp

    2,426       133,527  

Bank OZK

    7,283       167,800  

CIT Group Inc

    5,707       112,257  

Cathay General Bancorp

    4,562       112,636  

Commerce Bancshares Inc

    6,042       359,922  

Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc

    3,317       230,399  

East West Bancorp Inc

    8,485       312,078  

FNB Corp

    19,578       146,835  

First Financial Bankshares Inc

    7,915       239,627  

First Horizon National Corp

    18,750       179,063  

Fulton Financial Corp

    9,889       96,714  

Hancock Whitney Corp

    5,255       105,153  

Home BancShares Inc

    9,497       153,946  

International Bancshares Corp

    3,456       109,140  

PacWest Bancorp

    6,982       133,217  

Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc

    4,336       173,223  

Prosperity Bancshares Inc

    5,500       299,860  

Signature Bank

    3,145       305,159  

Synovus Financial Corp

    8,830       193,112  

TCF Financial Corp

    8,939       240,280  

Texas Capital Bancshares Inc*

    3,137       101,607  

Trustmark Corp

    3,872       90,915  

UMB Financial Corp

    2,603       139,833  

Umpqua Holdings Corp

    13,269       149,674  

United Bankshares Inc

    6,117       159,898  

Valley National Bancorp

    23,601       177,244  

Webster Financial Corp

    5,545       152,488  

Wintrust Financial Corp

    3,438       149,622  
      5,174,920  

Diversified Financial Service (2.48%)

Affiliated Managers Group Inc

    2,968       203,753  

Eaton Vance Corp

    6,592       270,404  

Evercore Inc

    2,355       145,727  

Federated Hermes Inc

    5,788       138,391  

Interactive Brokers Group Inc

    4,471       237,052  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    9,376       194,271  

Jefferies Financial Group Inc

    14,413       252,804  

LendingTree Inc*

    462       142,730  

Navient Corp

    10,555       95,945  

SEI Investments Co

    7,354       385,055  

SLM Corp

    25,437       194,339  

Stifel Financial Corp

    4,119       208,874  
      2,469,345  

Insurance (4.86%)

Alleghany Corp

    838       464,721  

American Financial Group Inc

    4,361       291,533  

Brighthouse Financial Inc*

    6,366       193,272  

Brown & Brown Inc

    13,625       632,200  

CNO Financial Group Inc

    9,107       148,444  

First American Financial Corp

    6,545       344,071  

Genworth Financial Inc*

    30,327       91,588  

The Hanover Insurance Group Inc

    2,295       235,215  

Kemper Corp

    3,706       287,808  

Mercury General Corp

    1,634       73,089  

Old Republic International Corp

    16,627       267,861  

Primerica Inc

    2,409       300,764  

RLI Corp

    2,404       225,471  

Reinsurance Group of America Inc

    3,798       348,201  

Selective Insurance Group Inc

    3,579       214,060  

Essent Group Ltd

    6,431       229,587  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

8/31/20

 

Security Description

 

 

   

Shares

   

Value
(Note 1)

 

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd

    2,661     $ 488,932  
      4,836,817  

Real Estate (8.49%)

American Campus Communities Inc

    8,006       271,403  

Brixmor Property Group Inc

    17,354       204,777  

Camden Property Trust

    5,642       513,083  

CoreSite Realty Corp

    2,286       279,921  

CoreCivic Inc

    7,176       66,809  

Corporate Office Properties Trust

    6,752       166,369  

Cousins Properties Inc

    8,551       255,247  

CyrusOne Inc

    6,595       550,880  

Douglas Emmett Inc

    9,604       268,144  

EPR Properties

    4,727       152,729  

EastGroup Properties Inc

    2,238       298,012  

First Industrial Realty Trust Inc

    7,397       315,482  

The GEO Group Inc

    7,307       81,546  

Healthcare Realty Trust Inc

    7,860       226,761  

Highwoods Properties Inc

    6,044       225,199  

Hudson Pacific Properties Inc

    9,029       212,001  

JBG SMITH Properties

    7,112       196,789  

Jones Lang LaSalle Inc

    3,002       309,326  

Kilroy Realty Corp

    5,682       332,511  

Life Storage Inc

    2,718       286,559  

The Macerich Co

    7,383       58,547  

Mack-Cali Realty Corp

    5,456       68,909  

Medical Properties Trust Inc(a)

    30,150       560,187  

Omega Healthcare Investors Inc

    12,731       394,279  

PS Business Parks Inc

    1,221       154,090  

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc

    14,424       136,884  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

    7,871       99,332  

Physicians Realty Trust

    11,481       208,380  

PotlatchDeltic Corp

    4,050       186,462  

Rayonier Inc

    7,791       228,120  

Sabra Health Care REIT Inc

    11,960       177,367  

Service Properties Trust

    9,588       78,717  

Spirit Realty Capital Inc

    5,819       206,633  

STORE Capital Corp

    12,450       336,648  

Taubman Centers Inc

    3,567       136,616  

Urban Edge Properties

    6,939       73,276  

Weingarten Realty Investors

    7,047       123,111  
      8,441,106  

Savings&Loans (0.50%)

New York Community Bancorp Inc

    27,231       246,441  

Sterling Bancorp

    12,174       142,071  

Washington Federal Inc

    4,720       110,684  
      499,196  
         

Total Financial

    21,421,384  
 

Industrial (20.09%)

Acuity Brands Inc

    2,308       252,241  

AECOM*

    9,153       361,635  

AGCO Corp

    3,777       268,545  

AptarGroup Inc

    3,724       440,884  

Arrow Electronics Inc*

    4,745       372,767  

Avnet Inc

    6,083       167,343  

Axon Enterprise Inc*

    3,457       296,196  

Belden Inc

    2,251       75,814  

Carlisle Cos Inc

    3,302       432,397  

Clean Harbors Inc*

    3,093       188,982  

Cognex Corp

    9,957       688,925  

Coherent Inc*

    1,455       163,920  

Colfax Corp*

    5,037       167,631  

Crane Co

    3,071       173,634  

Curtiss-Wright Corp

    2,487     $ 254,470  

Donaldson Co Inc

    7,374       371,355  

Dycom Industries Inc*

    1,899       116,807  

Eagle Materials Inc

    2,508       205,079  

EMCOR Group Inc

    3,383       253,759  

Energizer Holdings Inc

    3,876       179,420  

EnerSys

    2,547       183,333  

Fluor Corp

    8,446       80,406  

GATX Corp

    2,114       141,384  

Generac Holdings Inc*

    3,644       692,287  

Gentex Corp

    14,740       398,717  

Graco Inc

    9,717       563,780  

Greif Inc

    1,668       61,466  

Hubbell Inc

    3,168       459,107  

II-VI Inc*

    5,081       226,105  

ITT Inc

    5,110       320,959  

Jabil Inc

    8,094       276,410  

KBR Inc

    8,539       213,390  

Kennametal Inc

    4,827       140,080  

Kirby Corp*

    3,612       153,293  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc

    7,159       325,448  

Landstar System Inc

    2,299       305,974  

Lennox International Inc

    2,043       572,714  

Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc

    3,563       344,578  

Littelfuse Inc

    1,419       256,612  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp

    7,077       233,116  

MasTec Inc*

    3,637       168,066  

MDU Resources Group Inc

    11,675       275,764  

Mercury Systems Inc*

    3,236       245,095  

MSA Safety Inc

    2,076       261,472  

National Instruments Corp

    6,872       246,636  

Nordson Corp

    2,981       555,927  

nVent Electric PLC

    9,376       179,269  

O-I Glass Inc

    9,377       102,022  

Oshkosh Corp

    3,965       305,345  

Owens Corning

    6,338       428,702  

Regal Beloit Corp

    2,466       243,789  

Ryder System Inc

    3,105       126,995  

Silgan Holdings Inc

    4,729       179,986  

Sonoco Products Co

    5,832       309,271  

Stericycle Inc*

    5,309       340,360  

SYNNEX Corp

    2,380       302,617  

Teledyne Technologies Inc*,(a)

    2,125       666,421  

Terex Corp

    3,952       77,341  

Tetra Tech Inc

    3,180       293,546  

The Timken Co

    4,084       221,312  

Trex Co Inc*

    3,399       508,117  

Trimble Inc*,(a)

    14,516       760,784  

Trinity Industries Inc

    5,913       121,039  

Universal Display Corp

    2,470       433,485  

Valmont Industries Inc

    1,297       164,784  

Vishay Intertechnology Inc

    7,974       127,504  

Werner Enterprises Inc

    2,668       122,755  

Woodward Inc

    3,285       281,492  

Worthington Industries Inc

    2,344       97,346  

XPO Logistics Inc*

    5,378       474,716  

Total Industrial

    20,002,921  
 

Technology (9.09%)

ACI Worldwide Inc*

    6,965       204,632  

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc*

    9,783       87,362  

Blackbaud Inc

    2,963       189,188  

Cabot Microelectronics Corp

    1,695       258,132  

CACI International Inc*

    1,459       341,683  

CDK Global Inc

    7,073     $ 329,743  

Ceridian HCM Holding Inc*

    5,872       466,941  

Cirrus Logic Inc*

    3,482       210,974  

CommVault Systems Inc*

    2,533       109,502  

Cree Inc*

    6,276       396,016  

Fair Isaac Corp*,(a)

    1,687       709,873  

J2 Global Inc*

    2,789       195,202  

Lumentum Holdings Inc*

    4,462       383,732  

Manhattan Associates Inc*

    3,723       362,062  

MAXIMUS Inc

    3,727       289,029  

MKS Instruments Inc

    3,176       379,627  

Monolithic Power Systems Inc

    2,353       628,557  

NetScout Systems Inc*

    3,968       91,820  

Perspecta Inc

    8,285       172,079  

PTC Inc*

    6,056       553,579  

Science Applications International Corp

    2,858       238,529  

Semtech Corp*

    3,991       234,072  

Silicon Laboratories Inc*

    2,527       258,790  

Synaptics Inc*

    2,063       176,036  

Teradata Corp*

    6,778       165,044  

Teradyne Inc(a)

    9,764       829,647  

Tyler Technologies Inc*,(a)

    2,271       784,199  

Total Technology

    9,046,050  
 

Utilities (3.58%)

ALLETE Inc

    3,113       167,977  

Black Hills Corp

    3,620       203,010  

Essential Utilities Inc

    12,576       534,480  

Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc

    6,349       219,739  

IDACORP Inc

    2,936       263,946  

National Fuel Gas Co

    5,201       237,374  

New Jersey Resources Corp

    5,564       167,699  

NorthWestern Corp

    3,039       156,934  

OGE Energy Corp

    11,663       371,583  

ONE Gas Inc

    3,072       227,697  

PNM Resources Inc

    4,799       209,620  

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc

    3,218       202,316  

Spire Inc

    3,071       178,763  

UGI Corp

    12,178       420,506  

Total Utilities

    3,561,644  
         

Total Common Stock (Cost $72,740,864)

    97,636,884  
 

 

Security Description   Shares     Value
(Note 1)
 
United States Treasury Bills (1.10%)                

0.130% 01/14/21(a) (Cost $1,099,565)

    1,100,000     $ 1,099,484  
                 

Total Investments (Cost $73,840,429)(b) (99.19%)

          $ 98,736,368  
Other Net Assets (0.81%)             818,492  
Net Assets (100.00%)           $ 99,554,860  

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) A portion of these securities, a total of $6,795,169, have been pledged or segregated in connection with obligations for futures contracts.

 

(b) Aggregate cost for federal income tax purpose is $73,940,595.

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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S&P MidCap Index Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

8/31/20

 

At August 31, 2020, unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of securities for federal income tax purposes is as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

  $ 36,372,469  

Unrealized depreciation

    (11,576,696 )

Net unrealized appreciation

  $ 24,795,773  

 

Futures contracts at August 31, 2020:

 

Contracts - $100 times premium / delivery month / commitment / exchange

 

S&P MidCap E-MINI

 

Notional Amount

   

Value

   

Unrealized

Appreciation

 

10 / SEPT 2020 / Long / CME

  $ 1,906,260     $ 1,925,800     $ 19,540  

 

S&P SmallCap Index Fund

Portfolio of Investments

8/31/20

 

Security Description

 

 

   

Shares

   

Value
(Note 1)

 

Common Stock (99.75%)

 

Basic Materials (4.34%)

AdvanSix Inc*

    1,999     $ 25,447  

American Vanguard Corp

    1,902       26,913  

Arconic Corp*

    6,936       154,326  

Balchem Corp

    2,304       225,100  

Century Aluminum Co*

    3,565       35,187  

Clearwater Paper Corp*

    1,183       39,820  

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc

    28,412       186,951  

Ferro Corp*

    5,871       73,211  

GCP Applied Technologies Inc*

    3,852       100,383  

Hawkins Inc

    677       33,999  

HB Fuller Co

    3,651       175,869  

Innospec Inc

    1,754       131,006  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp

    1,168       75,079  

Koppers Holdings Inc*

    1,482       35,657  

Kraton Corp*

    2,333       32,755  

Livent Corp*

    10,456       88,667  

Mercer International Inc

    2,867       24,025  

Neenah Inc

    1,204       53,313  

P H Glatfelter Co

    3,163       47,413  

Quaker Chemical Corp

    927       176,130  

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc*

    3,576       11,300  

Rogers Corp*

    1,330       150,702  

Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc

    2,213       67,120  

Stepan Co

    1,434       165,326  

Total Basic Materials

    2,135,699  
 

Communications (4.73%)

ADTRAN Inc

    3,425       37,983  

ATN International Inc

    779       45,182  

CalAmp Corp*

    2,444       19,967  

Cincinnati Bell Inc*

    3,611       54,382  

Cogent Communications Holdings Inc(a)

    2,985       200,771  

Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc*

    5,162       40,160  

ePlus Inc*

    967       74,188  

The EW Scripps Co

    3,903       43,401  

Extreme Networks Inc*

    8,707       38,050  

Gannett Co Inc

    9,383       16,233  

Harmonic Inc*

    6,868       40,521  

HealthStream Inc*

    1,832       37,950  

Iridium Communications Inc*

    6,948       194,613  

Liquidity Services Inc*

    1,928       13,901  

Meredith Corp

    2,879       40,306  

NETGEAR Inc*

    2,159       72,003  

NIC Inc

    4,796       102,538  

Perficient Inc*

    2,335       100,195  

Plantronics Inc

    2,344       28,972  

QuinStreet Inc*

    3,564     $ 46,867  

Scholastic Corp

    2,201       49,523  

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co

    3,356       185,587  

Shutterstock Inc

    1,371       68,989  

Spok Holdings Inc

    1,420       15,393  

Stamps.com Inc*,(a)

    1,161       289,483  

TechTarget Inc*

    1,643       65,194  

Viavi Solutions Inc*

    16,459       219,481  

Vonage Holdings Corp*

    16,336       187,047  

Total Communications

    2,328,880  
 

Consumer, Cyclical (16.62%)

Abercrombie & Fitch Co

    4,495       58,480  

Allegiant Travel Co

    945       121,527  

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc*

    8,056       62,676  

America’s Car-Mart Inc*

    442       44,421  

Asbury Automotive Group Inc*

    1,424       150,645  

Barnes & Noble Education Inc*

    3,275       7,467  

Big Lots Inc

    2,872       135,415  

BJ’s Restaurants Inc

    1,372       43,245  

Bloomin’ Brands Inc

    6,222       89,223  

Boot Barn Holdings Inc*

    2,102       59,339  

The Buckle Inc

    2,045       38,323  

Caleres Inc

    2,916       22,774  

Callaway Golf Co

    6,928       144,518  

The Cato Corp

    1,556       12,448  

Cavco Industries Inc*

    615       117,410  

Century Communities Inc*

    1,525       54,412  

Chico’s FAS Inc

    8,496       10,875  

The Children’s Place Inc

    1,039       20,744  

Chuy’s Holdings Inc*

    1,345       29,913  

Conn’s Inc*

    1,366       17,457  

Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc*

    1,206       21,853  

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co

    3,694       127,702  

Core-Mark Holding Co Inc

    3,354       112,091  

Crocs Inc*

    4,913       196,078  

Daktronics Inc

    3,035       13,415  

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc

    2,208       36,719  

Designer Brands Inc

    3,952       27,862  

Dine Brands Global Inc

    1,202       71,591  

Dorman Products Inc*

    2,089       176,917  

El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc*

    1,399       25,000  

Ethan Allen Interiors Inc

    1,752       24,948  

Express Inc*

    5,906       6,556  

Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc*

    1,450       14,529  

Fossil Group Inc*

    3,328       21,416  

Foundation Building Materials Inc*

    1,262       20,482  

Fox Factory Holding Corp*

    2,759       278,135  

G-III Apparel Group Ltd*

    3,083       34,098  

GMS Inc*

    3,020       80,000  

GameStop Corp*

    4,721     $ 31,536  

Garrett Motion Inc*

    5,359       14,737  

Genesco Inc*

    1,020       19,890  

Gentherm Inc*

    2,410       109,004  

Group 1 Automotive Inc

    1,288       111,335  

Guess? Inc

    3,056       35,144  

Haverty Furniture Cos Inc

    1,295       27,350  

Hawaiian Holdings Inc

    3,337       44,849  

Hibbett Sports Inc*

    1,262       42,113  

Installed Building Products Inc*

    1,568       136,134  

Interface Inc

    4,184       31,631  

iRobot Corp*

    2,025       149,911  

Kontoor Brands Inc

    3,344       73,902  

LGI Homes Inc*

    1,580       176,739  

LCI Industries

    1,792       203,625  

La-Z-Boy Inc

    3,414       110,955  

Lithia Motors Inc(a)

    1,622       403,812  

Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc*

    2,325       55,777  

MDC Holdings Inc

    3,587       155,604  

M/I Homes Inc*

    2,015       85,758  

Macy’s Inc

    22,133       154,267  

Steven Madden Ltd

    5,541       117,248  

The Marcus Corp

    1,646       25,793  

MarineMax Inc*

    1,536       45,174  

Meritage Homes Corp*

    2,578       247,565  

Meritor Inc*

    5,294       120,491  

Methode Electronics Inc

    2,730       77,286  

The Michaels Cos Inc*

    5,467       61,504  

Monarch Casino & Resort Inc*

    854       39,293  

Motorcar Parts of America Inc*

    1,357       23,625  

Movado Group Inc

    1,175       12,819  

Oxford Industries Inc

    1,220       60,427  

PC Connection Inc

    791       35,033  

PetMed Express Inc

    1,445       50,228  

PriceSmart Inc

    1,641       107,896  

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc*

    926       10,279  

Regis Corp*

    1,731       12,792  

Resideo Technologies Inc*

    8,667       115,791  

Ruth’s Hospitality Group Inc

    1,944       19,975  

The St Joe Co*

    2,255       52,339  

ScanSource Inc*

    1,809       44,664  

Shake Shack Inc*

    2,224       151,788  

Shoe Carnival Inc

    640       21,043  

SkyWest Inc

    3,611       121,510  

Sleep Number Corp*

    2,036       97,728  

Sonic Automotive Inc

    1,737       73,406  

Standard Motor Products Inc

    1,447       65,752  

The ODP Corp

    4,023       94,058  

Titan International Inc

    4,982       11,857  

Tupperware Brands Corp

    3,502       57,048  

Unifi Inc*

    1,046       12,793  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

20

 

 

S&P SmallCap Index Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

8/31/20

 

Security Description

 

 

   

Shares

   

Value
(Note 1)

 

UniFirst Corp

    1,096     $ 211,112  

Universal Electronics Inc*

    997       40,957  

Vera Bradley Inc*

    1,892       9,971  

Veritiv Corp*

    911       15,833  

Vista Outdoor Inc*

    4,142       80,396  

Wabash National Corp

    3,874       47,302  

Wingstop Inc(a)

    2,109       344,611  

Winnebago Industries Inc

    2,412       130,200  

Wolverine World Wide Inc

    5,793       144,709  

YETI Holdings Inc*

    3,687       189,438  

Zumiez Inc*

    1,661       42,654  

Capri Holdings Ltd*

    10,861       172,038  

Signet Jewelers Ltd

    3,853       66,541  

Total Consumer, Cyclical

    8,187,744  
 

Consumer, Non-Cyclical (18.51%)

ABM Industries Inc

    4,757       181,432  

Addus HomeCare Corp*

    991       92,817  

AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc*

    2,429       25,164  

American Public Education Inc*

    1,102       34,647  

AMN Healthcare Services Inc*

    3,345       180,095  

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc*

    2,454       50,013  

The Andersons Inc

    2,335       41,400  

AngioDynamics Inc*

    2,694       25,229  

ANI Pharmaceuticals Inc*

    753       23,614  

Anika Therapeutics Inc*

    1,022       39,173  

Arlo Technologies Inc*

    6,180       35,411  

B&G Foods Inc

    4,587       142,839  

BioTelemetry Inc*

    2,434       96,338  

Calavo Growers Inc

    1,172       74,387  

Cal-Maine Foods Inc*

    2,229       86,017  

Cardiovascular Systems Inc*

    2,591       84,648  

Cardtronics PLC*

    2,587       56,164  

Central Garden & Pet Co*

    702       28,564  

Central Garden & Pet Co - Class A*

    2,958       109,919  

The Chefs’ Warehouse Inc*

    1,825       27,028  

Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc

    332       90,736  

Coherus Biosciences Inc*

    4,320       81,950  

Community Health Systems Inc*

    8,441       43,640  

CONMED Corp

    2,032       175,382  

Corcept Therapeutics Inc*

    7,571       96,152  

CorVel Corp*

    641       53,216  

Covetrus Inc*

    6,987       160,072  

Cross Country Healthcare Inc*

    2,986       19,081  

CryoLife Inc*

    2,686       54,311  

Cutera Inc*

    1,019       16,681  

Cytokinetics Inc*

    4,349       104,202  

Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc*

    724       28,728  

Emergent BioSolutions Inc*,(a)

    3,143       358,458  

Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc*

    1,144       59,705  

Endo International PLC*

    14,456       43,513  

The Ensign Group Inc

    3,592       210,276  

EVERTEC Inc

    4,276       149,746  

Forrester Research Inc*

    760       26,950  

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc

    2,169       50,299  

Glaukos Corp*

    2,792       133,541  

Green Dot Corp*

    3,393       176,640  

Hanger Inc*

    2,674       52,838  

Heidrick & Struggles International Inc

    1,373       29,698  

Heska Corp*

    504       52,214  

HMS Holdings Corp*

    6,310       175,986  

Innoviva Inc*

    4,787       56,056  

Inogen Inc*

    1,307       39,511  

Integer Holdings Corp*

    2,340       162,068  

Inter Parfums Inc

    1,262     $ 56,374  

Invacare Corp

    2,727       18,489  

J & J Snack Foods Corp

    1,069       145,331  

John B Sanfilippo & Son Inc

    629       50,094  

Kelly Services Inc

    2,377       45,139  

Korn Ferry

    3,962       120,841  

Lannett Co Inc*

    2,397       12,608  

Lantheus Holdings Inc*

    4,729       63,463  

LeMaitre Vascular Inc

    1,174       37,897  

Luminex Corp

    3,084       82,312  

Magellan Health Inc*

    1,559       117,642  

Medifast Inc

    855       139,126  

Medpace Holdings Inc*

    1,961       254,518  

Meridian Bioscience Inc*

    3,146       44,484  

Merit Medical Systems Inc*

    3,954       194,141  

MGP Ingredients Inc

    951       33,808  

Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc*,(a)

    8,132       424,246  

Monro Inc

    2,383       109,832  

Myriad Genetics Inc*

    5,476       73,214  

National Beverage Corp*

    833       67,740  

Natus Medical Inc*

    2,441       44,329  

Neogen Corp*,(a)

    3,755       286,131  

NeoGenomics Inc*,(a)

    7,478       291,268  

OraSure Technologies Inc*

    4,421       51,814  

Orthofix Medical Inc*

    1,364       41,384  

Owens & Minor Inc

    4,502       74,643  

Pacira BioSciences Inc*

    2,989       186,872  

The Pennant Group Inc*

    1,874       69,413  

Perdoceo Education Corp*

    5,181       74,451  

Phibro Animal Health Corp

    1,453       31,181  

The Providence Service Corp*

    822       76,109  

Quanex Building Products Corp

    2,375       39,924  

RadNet Inc*

    2,988       43,087  

REGENXBIO Inc*

    2,245       68,517  

Rent-A-Center Inc

    3,627       111,349  

Resources Connection Inc

    2,156       26,497  

RR Donnelley & Sons Co

    6,596       8,707  

Select Medical Holdings Corp*

    7,697       154,479  

Seneca Foods Corp*

    554       26,237  

SpartanNash Co

    2,603       52,008  

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc*

    8,092       34,067  

Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc*

    3,862       84,925  

Surmodics Inc*

    970       43,893  

Tactile Systems Technology Inc*

    1,362       52,342  

Team Inc*

    2,174       13,848  

Tivity Health Inc*

    3,094       50,618  

TrueBlue Inc*

    2,790       47,207  

United Natural Foods Inc*

    3,819       68,933  

Universal Corp

    1,776       77,096  

US Physical Therapy Inc

    914       81,255  

USANA Health Sciences Inc*

    735       57,631  

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc*

    3,820       39,308  

Varex Imaging Corp*

    2,748       30,475  

Vector Group Ltd

    8,486       85,454  

Viad Corp

    1,455       31,181  

WD-40 Co

    981       200,497  

Xencor Inc*

    3,632       129,844  

Total Consumer, Non-Cyclical

    9,114,822  
 

Energy (3.52%)

Archrock Inc

    9,140       59,958  

Bonanza Creek Energy Inc*

    1,330       26,653  

Callon Petroleum Co*

    2,797       18,543  

CONSOL Energy Inc*

    2,184       11,291  

DMC Global Inc

    786       27,848  

Dril-Quip Inc*

    2,663     $ 88,225  

Exterran Corp*

    2,279       10,483  

FutureFuel Corp

    1,848       22,361  

Geospace Technologies Corp*

    1,047       6,858  

Green Plains Inc*

    2,420       32,380  

Gulfport Energy Corp*

    10,410       7,346  

Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc*

    10,407       37,257  

Helmerich & Payne Inc

    7,767       128,000  

Laredo Petroleum Inc*

    645       10,546  

Matrix Service Co*

    1,945       17,972  

Newpark Resources Inc*

    6,426       12,531  

Oasis Petroleum Inc*

    20,713       11,504  

Oceaneering International Inc*

    7,086       38,194  

Oil States International Inc*

    4,333       19,022  

PDC Energy Inc*

    6,954       105,284  

Par Pacific Holdings Inc*

    2,639       22,907  

Patterson-UTI Energy Inc

    13,934       53,646  

Penn Virginia Corp*

    964       11,009  

ProPetro Holding Corp*

    5,898       37,039  

QEP Resources Inc

    17,032       22,142  

RPC Inc*

    3,687       11,540  

Range Resources Corp

    14,947       111,505  

Renewable Energy Group Inc*

    2,790       93,270  

REX American Resources Corp*

    401       24,774  

Ring Energy Inc*

    5,422       3,715  

SM Energy Co

    7,598       18,463  

Southwestern Energy Co*

    38,772       107,786  

SunCoke Energy Inc

    6,488       23,227  

Sunrun Inc*

    5,736       324,398  

Talos Energy Inc*

    1,436       10,784  

US Silica Holdings Inc

    5,269       23,500  

Warrior Met Coal Inc

    3,658       56,589  

Nabors Industries Ltd

    484       19,350  

Core Laboratories NV

    3,178       66,516  

Total Energy

    1,734,416  
 

Financial (21.63%)

Banks (7.15%)

Allegiance Bancshares Inc

    1,371       34,851  

Ameris Bancorp

    4,690       114,999  

Banner Corp

    2,597       93,804  

Cadence BanCorp

    9,424       89,528  

Central Pacific Financial Corp

    2,032       31,476  

City Holding Co

    1,167       74,665  

Columbia Banking System Inc

    5,167       144,211  

Community Bank System Inc

    3,703       222,809  

Customers Bancorp Inc*

    2,063       26,345  

CVB Financial Corp

    9,533       173,596  

Eagle Bancorp Inc

    2,405       69,216  

FB Financial Corp

    925       24,987  

First BanCorp

    16,001       91,686  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp

    7,042       57,744  

First Financial Bancorp

    7,316       100,376  

First Midwest Bancorp Inc

    7,877       98,147  

Flagstar Bancorp Inc

    2,469       77,576  

Great Western Bancorp Inc

    4,031       56,152  

Hanmi Financial Corp

    2,228       21,233  

Heritage Financial Corp

    2,622       52,283  

HomeStreet Inc

    1,748       47,843  

Hope Bancorp Inc

    9,327       78,906  

Independent Bank Corp

    2,462       154,737  

Independent Bank Group Inc

    2,575       119,738  

Meta Financial Group Inc

    2,476       47,737  

National Bank Holdings Corp

    2,232       63,478  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Security Description

 

 

   

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NBT Bancorp Inc

    3,223     $ 98,205  

OFG Bancorp

    3,677       47,213  

Old National Bancorp

    12,179       170,262  

Preferred Bank

    974       36,428  

S&T Bancorp Inc

    2,760       55,738  

Seacoast Banking Corp of Florida*

    3,790       76,710  

ServisFirst Bancshares Inc

    3,301       120,982  

Simmons First National Corp

    8,163       139,342  

Southside Bancshares Inc

    2,273       62,633  

Tompkins Financial Corp

    877       58,040  

Triumph Bancorp Inc*

    1,671       47,724  

TrustCo Bank Corp NY

    6,942       41,374  

United Community Banks Inc

    5,657       102,505  

Veritex Holdings Inc

    3,383       60,826  

Walker & Dunlop Inc

    2,109       115,531  

Westamerica BanCorp

    1,991       121,172  
      3,522,808  

Diversified Financial Service (1.58%)

Blucora Inc*

    3,505       41,815  

Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc

    5,962       35,414  

Calamos Asset Management(b)

    1,436        

Encore Capital Group Inc*

    1,980       90,961  

Enova International Inc*

    2,418       41,299  

EZCORP Inc*

    4,257       22,903  

Greenhill & Co Inc

    1,066       11,961  

Piper Sandler Cos

    1,270       95,822  

PRA Group Inc*

    3,252       151,786  

StoneX Group Inc*

    1,166       66,112  

Virtus Investment Partners Inc

    524       74,356  

Waddell & Reed Financial Inc

    5,037       79,333  

WisdomTree Investments Inc

    8,449       31,599  

World Acceptance Corp*

    396       36,032  
      779,393  

Insurance (3.29%)

Ambac Financial Group Inc*

    3,262       41,199  

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co

    6,521       155,917  

AMERISAFE Inc

    1,420       94,757  

eHealth Inc*

    1,783       112,543  

Employers Holdings Inc

    2,278       74,217  

HCI Group Inc

    459       25,116  

Horace Mann Educators Corp

    3,034       118,508  

James River Group Holdings Ltd

    2,238       109,013  

Kinsale Capital Group Inc

    1,476       305,870  

NMI Holdings Inc*

    5,506       94,428  

Palomar Holdings Inc*

    1,266       142,235  

ProAssurance Corp

    3,853       59,028  

Safety Insurance Group Inc

    1,046       75,730  

Stewart Information Services Corp

    1,698       72,454  

Third Point Reinsurance Ltd*

    5,736       49,100  

United Fire Group Inc

    1,524       38,374  

United Insurance Holdings Corp

    1,680       12,718  

Universal Insurance Holdings Inc

    2,188       40,587  
      1,621,794  

Real Estate (8.49%)

Acadia Realty Trust

    6,401       72,587  

Agree Realty Corp

    3,443       230,406  

Alexander & Baldwin Inc

    4,865       58,915  

American Assets Trust Inc

    3,435       87,764  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc

    10,227       91,429  

Armada Hoffler Properties Inc

    3,969       40,087  

ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc

    4,218       40,872  

Brandywine Realty Trust

    12,000     $ 133,560  

Capstead Mortgage Corp

    6,776       41,808  

CareTrust REIT Inc

    6,844       132,568  

Cedar Realty Trust Inc

    7,158       6,014  

Chatham Lodging Trust

    3,361       23,258  

Community Healthcare Trust Inc

    1,456       67,995  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co

    14,738       78,111  

Diversified Healthcare Trust

    17,040       64,752  

Easterly Government Properties Inc

    5,311       128,473  

Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc

    6,473       109,847  

Four Corners Property Trust Inc

    4,936       124,634  

Franklin Street Properties Corp

    7,680       34,022  

Getty Realty Corp

    2,449       71,731  

Global Net Lease Inc

    6,585       115,238  

Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc

    3,929       26,089  

Hersha Hospitality Trust

    2,572       16,538  

Independence Realty Trust Inc

    6,510       76,232  

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust

    4,798       103,493  

Innovative Industrial Properties Inc

    974       119,890  

Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc

    12,843       38,529  

Investors Real Estate Trust

    832       59,155  

iStar Inc

    5,281       65,379  

Kite Realty Group Trust

    6,015       67,609  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc

    1,729       31,468  

Lexington Realty Trust

    19,444       221,077  

LTC Properties Inc

    2,847       103,887  

Marcus & Millichap Inc*

    1,681       47,421  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    4,249       145,783  

New York Mortgage Trust Inc

    26,171       69,091  

NexPoint Residential Trust Inc

    1,613       66,778  

Office Properties Income Trust

    3,548       84,584  

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

    5,339       5,873  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

    7,375       126,408  

RE/MAX Holdings Inc

    1,277       44,874  

Ready Capital Corp

    2,655       27,161  

Realogy Holdings Corp

    8,190       90,745  

Redwood Trust Inc

    8,296       57,491  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp

    8,539       95,039  

RPT Realty

    5,757       33,736  

Safehold Inc

    946       52,475  

Saul Centers Inc

    843       23,621  

Summit Hotel Properties Inc

    7,532       44,363  

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc

    6,653       37,856  

Uniti Group Inc

    13,844       135,948  

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

    931       62,116  

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc

    2,141       19,911  

Washington Prime Group Inc

    13,365       9,088  

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust

    5,772       126,638  

Whitestone REIT

    2,910       18,711  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts Inc

    8,292       74,462  
      4,183,590  

Savings&Loans (1.10%)

Axos Financial Inc*

    3,925       97,262  

Banc of California Inc

    3,213       35,311  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc

    3,076       28,238  

Brookline Bancorp Inc

    5,713       54,845  

Dime Community Bancshares Inc

    2,208     $ 28,483  

Northfield Bancorp Inc

    3,099       29,936  

Northwest Bancshares Inc

    8,469       85,622  

Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc

    5,653       127,700  

Provident Financial Services Inc

    4,301       56,687  
      544,084  
         

Total Financial

    10,651,669  
 

Industrial (19.72%)

AAON Inc

    2,910       165,666  

AAR Corp

    2,354       47,504  

Advanced Energy Industries Inc*

    2,744       203,385  

Aegion Corp*

    2,203       35,656  

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc*

    5,185       214,503  

AeroVironment Inc*

    1,589       121,384  

Alamo Group Inc

    694       76,965  

Alarm.com Holdings Inc*

    3,008       180,089  

Albany International Corp

    2,199       114,128  

American Woodmark Corp*

    1,115       97,563  

Apogee Enterprises Inc

    1,901       39,788  

Applied Industrial Technologies Inc

    2,768       166,661  

Applied Optoelectronics Inc*

    1,515       17,619  

ArcBest Corp

    1,827       61,789  

Arcosa Inc

    3,466       160,441  

Astec Industries Inc

    1,614       85,090  

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc*

    1,904       107,367  

AZZ Inc

    1,873       65,049  

Badger Meter Inc

    2,085       128,624  

Barnes Group Inc

    3,414       135,194  

Bel Fuse Inc

    725       8,715  

Benchmark Electronics Inc

    2,695       52,849  

Boise Cascade Co

    2,869       131,400  

Brady Corp

    3,564       167,116  

Bristow Group Inc*

    472       8,926  

Chart Industries Inc*

    2,564       168,506  

CIRCOR International Inc*

    1,426       42,281  

Comfort Systems USA Inc

    2,700       136,809  

Comtech Telecommunications Corp

    1,747       29,000  

Dorian LPG Ltd*

    2,072       17,488  

DXP Enterprises Inc*

    1,147       22,068  

Echo Global Logistics Inc*

    1,955       53,411  

Encore Wire Corp

    1,501       77,467  

Enerpac Tool Group Corp

    3,859       80,267  

EnPro Industries Inc

    1,488       87,078  

ESCO Technologies Inc

    1,860       167,251  

Exponent Inc(a)

    3,712       298,649  

Fabrinet*

    2,650       184,917  

FARO Technologies Inc*

    1,246       70,399  

Federal Signal Corp

    4,334       139,208  

Forward Air Corp

    2,073       122,286  

Franklin Electric Co Inc

    2,756       163,596  

Gibraltar Industries Inc*

    2,375       148,307  

Granite Construction Inc

    3,348       62,239  

The Greenbrier Cos Inc

    2,334       63,461  

Griffon Corp

    3,050       66,277  

Harsco Corp*

    5,630       79,665  

Haynes International Inc

    896       16,791  

Heartland Express Inc

    3,348       69,253  

Hillenbrand Inc

    5,308       168,317  

Hub Group Inc*

    2,390       128,678  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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8/31/20

 

Security
Description

 

 

   

Shares

   

Value
(Note 1)

 

Ichor Holdings Ltd*

    1,611     $ 40,533  

Insteel Industries Inc

    1,310       24,156  

Itron Inc*

    2,522       150,236  

John Bean Technologies Corp

    2,268       232,493  

Kaman Corp

    2,051       94,859  

Knowles Corp*

    6,335       95,405  

Lindsay Corp

    774       77,346  

Lydall Inc*

    1,255       23,569  

Marten Transport Ltd

    4,172       75,754  

Materion Corp

    1,461       79,756  

Matson Inc

    3,155       126,421  

Matthews International Corp

    2,244       49,144  

Mesa Laboratories Inc

    287       70,579  

Moog Inc

    2,309       139,210  

Mueller Industries Inc

    4,192       124,502  

Myers Industries Inc

    2,544       38,923  

MYR Group Inc*

    1,192       46,262  

National Presto Industries Inc

    360       32,375  

Olympic Steel Inc

    881       9,691  

OSI Systems Inc*

    1,256       98,910  

Park Aerospace Corp

    1,578       17,500  

Patrick Industries Inc

    1,644       92,409  

PGT Innovations Inc*

    4,183       75,838  

Plexus Corp*

    2,090       158,986  

Powell Industries Inc

    713       19,244  

Proto Labs Inc*

    1,916       281,652  

Raven Industries Inc

    2,561       63,641  

Saia Inc*

    1,857       249,209  

Sanmina Corp*

    5,012       141,840  

SEACOR Holdings Inc*

    1,257       39,734  

Simpson Manufacturing Co Inc(a)

    2,889       284,104  

SMART Global Holdings Inc*

    942       23,738  

SPX Corp*

    3,162       132,266  

SPX FLOW Inc*

    3,049       132,571  

Standex International Corp

    892       51,593  

Sturm Ruger & Co Inc

    1,189       84,253  

Tennant Co

    1,344       89,336  

TimkenSteel Corp*

    2,857       10,771  

Tredegar Corp

    1,767       29,915  

Trinseo SA

    2,806       69,897  

Triumph Group Inc

    3,587       25,934  

TTM Technologies Inc*

    7,222       82,764  

UFP Industries Inc

    4,397       260,962  

US Concrete Inc*

    1,136       30,320  

US Ecology Inc

    1,822       67,651  

Vicor Corp*

    1,349       117,403  

Watts Water Technologies Inc

    1,977       189,298  

Total Industrial

    9,710,093  
 

Technology (9.08%)

3D Systems Corp*

    8,482       46,566  

8x8 Inc*

    7,378       124,541  

Agilysys Inc*

    1,424       36,127  

Axcelis Technologies Inc*

    2,322       54,869  

Bottomline Technologies DE Inc*

    2,730       130,030  

Brooks Automation Inc

    5,178       267,340  

CEVA Inc*

    1,575     $ 66,544  

Cohu Inc

    2,955       50,826  

Computer Programs and Systems Inc

    894       24,460  

CSG Systems International Inc

    2,425       103,232  

CTS Corp

    2,335       48,802  

Cubic Corp

    2,302       108,378  

Diebold Nixdorf Inc*

    5,500       45,870  

Digi International Inc*

    2,028       27,621  

Diodes Inc*

    2,961       144,674  

Donnelley Financial Solutions Inc*

    2,235       24,362  

DSP Group Inc*

    1,647       23,618  

Ebix Inc

    1,594       36,774  

ExlService Holdings Inc*

    2,442       155,531  

FormFactor Inc*

    5,422       141,677  

Glu Mobile Inc*

    8,249       65,497  

Insight Enterprises Inc*

    2,563       153,280  

Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc

    4,668       111,939  

LivePerson Inc*

    4,409       263,041  

ManTech International Corp

    1,927       144,236  

MaxLinear Inc*

    4,794       116,734  

MicroStrategy Inc*

    589       85,075  

MTS Systems Corp

    1,275       31,110  

NextGen Healthcare Inc*

    3,468       45,986  

Omnicell Inc*

    3,003       200,240  

OneSpan Inc*

    2,332       50,255  

Onto Innovation Inc*

    3,514       109,777  

PDF Solutions Inc*

    1,992       41,234  

Photronics Inc*

    4,813       48,274  

Pitney Bowes Inc

    9,991       54,851  

Power Integrations Inc(a)

    4,214       235,858  

Progress Software Corp

    3,207       121,513  

Rambus Inc*

    7,986       107,252  

Simulations Plus Inc

    871       51,894  

SPS Commerce Inc*

    2,495       199,301  

Sykes Enterprises Inc*

    2,760       91,370  

Tabula Rasa HealthCare Inc*

    1,408       71,245  

TTEC Holdings Inc

    1,265       71,713  

Ultra Clean Holdings Inc*

    2,851       69,907  

Unisys Corp*

    3,709       43,247  

Veeco Instruments Inc*

    3,502       41,639  

Virtusa Corp*

    2,137       84,497  

Xperi Holding Corp

    7,889       98,849  

Total Technology

    4,471,656  
 

Utilities (1.61%)

American States Water Co

    2,638       200,699  

Avista Corp

    4,778       176,117  

California Water Service Group

    3,448       156,332  

Northwest Natural Holding Co

    2,180       111,420  

South Jersey Industries Inc

    6,618       146,589  

Total Utilities

    791,157  
         

Total Common Stock (Cost $40,832,230)

    49,126,136  
 

Right (0.00%)

Lantheus Holdings Inc(b) (Cost $0)

    6,190     $  
         

United States Treasury Bills (0.21%)

0.130% 01/14/21(a) (Cost $99,960)

    100,000       99,953  
         

Total Investments (Cost $40,932,190)(c) (99.95%)

  $ 49,226,089  

Other Net Assets (0.05%)

    27,937  

Net Assets (100.00%)

  $ 49,254,026  

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) A portion of these securities, a total of $3,399,418, have been pledged or segregated in connection with obligations for futures contracts.

 

(b) Level 3 security fair valued under procedures established by the Board of Trustees, represents 0% of net assets. The total value of the fair value securities is $0.

 

c) Aggregate cost for federal income tax purpose is $40,958,406.

 

At August 31, 2020, unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of securities for federal income tax purposes is as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

  $ 17,320,116  

Unrealized depreciation

    (9,052,433 )

Net unrealized appreciation

  $ 8,267,683  

 

Futures contracts at August 31, 2020:

 

Contracts - $50 times premium / delivery month / commitment / exchange

 

Russell 2000 MINI

 

Notional Amount

   

Value

   

Unrealized

Depreciation

 

2 / SEPT 2020 / Long / CME

  $ 156,430     $ 156,130     $ (300 )

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Shelton Core Value Fund

Portfolio of Investments

8/31/20

 

Security
Description

 

 

   

Shares

   

Value
(Note 1)

 

Common Stock (89.33%)

 

Basic Materials (3.10%)

Eastman Chemical Co(a)

    20,000     $ 1,462,200  

Linde PLC(a)

    3,167       790,927  

Newmont Corp(a)

    22,200       1,493,616  

PPG Industries Inc(a)

    4,000       481,600  

Sensient Technologies Corp(a)

    8,500       469,370  

Total Basic Materials

    4,697,713  
 

Communications (11.06%)

Alphabet Inc - Class A*(a)

    700       1,140,671  

Alphabet Inc - Class C*(a)

    700       1,143,926  

Amazon.com Inc*,(a)

    900       3,105,864  

AT&T Inc(a)

    28,669       854,623  

Cisco Systems Inc(a)

    52,500       2,216,550  

Motorola Solutions Inc(a)

    11,300       1,748,675  

Netflix Inc*,(a)

    4,800       2,541,888  

Verizon Communications Inc(a)

    37,842       2,242,895  

The Walt Disney Co(a)

    13,300       1,753,871  

Total Communications

    16,748,963  
 

Consumer, Cyclical (4.45%)

Amerityre Corp*,(a)

    20,000,000       538,000  

Dollar General Corp(a)

    11,000       2,220,680  

Ford Motor Co(a)

    190,000       1,295,800  

Target Corp(a)

    17,700       2,676,417  

Total Consumer, Cyclical

    6,730,897  
 

Consumer, Non-Cyclical (20.10%)

Abbott Laboratories(a)

    12,810       1,402,311  

AbbVie Inc(a)

    10,410       996,966  

AmerisourceBergen Corp(a)

    7,912       767,701  

Amgen Inc(a)

    8,500       2,153,220  

Automatic Data Processing Inc(a)

    12,000       1,669,080  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co(a)

    7,500       466,500  

Cigna Corp(a)

    12,200       2,163,914  

Colgate-Palmolive Co(a)

    10,400       824,304  

Conagra Brands Inc(a)

    22,450       861,182  

CVS Health Corp(a)

    27,400       1,702,088  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp*,(a)

    24,900       2,137,416  

The Estee Lauder Cos Inc(a)

    9,100       2,017,652  

Gilead Sciences Inc(a)

    15,600       1,041,300  

Johnson & Johnson(a)

    13,000       1,994,330  

Merck & Co Inc(a)

    10,000       852,700  

Pfizer Inc(a)

    53,800       2,033,102  

Quest Diagnostics Inc(a)

    17,500       1,946,700  

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc*(a)

    141,800       3,311,030  

UnitedHealth Group Inc(a)

    6,700       2,094,085  

Total Consumer, Non-Cyclical

    30,435,581  
 

Energy (5.59%)

BP PLC(a)

    81,437       1,704,476  

Chevron Corp(a)

    29,324       2,461,163  

ConocoPhillips(a)

    19,648       744,463  

Exxon Mobil Corp(a)

    43,236     $ 1,726,846  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC(a)

    36,500       1,083,320  

Schlumberger NV(a)

    39,100       743,291  

Total Energy

    8,463,559  
 

Financial (15.86%)

Banks (7.22%)

Bank of America Corp(a)

    90,000       2,316,600  

Citigroup Inc(a)

    11,300       577,656  

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc(a)

    5,350       1,096,055  

JPMorgan Chase & Co(a)

    41,020       4,109,794  

Morgan Stanley(a)

    12,050       629,733  

US Bancorp(a)

    25,600       931,840  

Wells Fargo & Co(a)

    52,500       1,267,875  
      10,929,553  

Diversified Financial Service (4.42%)

Cboe Global Markets Inc(a)

    20,000       1,835,800  

Discover Financial Services(a)

    24,000       1,273,920  

Mastercard Inc(a)

    10,000       3,581,900  
      6,691,620  

Insurance (0.18%)

Principal Financial Group Inc(a)

    6,650       280,032  
         

Real Estate (4.03%)

American Tower Corp(a)

    7,800       1,943,370  

Equinix Inc(a)

    2,900       2,290,362  

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc(a)

    16,000       1,873,920  
              6,107,652  
                 

Total Financial

    24,008,857  
 

Industrial (6.79%)

Carrier Global Corp(a)

    10,625       317,156  

Caterpillar Inc(a)

    20,442       2,909,101  

Keysight Technologies Inc*,(a)

    19,300       1,901,436  

Masco Corp(a)

    30,000       1,749,000  

Otis Worldwide Corp(a)

    5,312       334,125  

Raytheon Technologies Corp(a)

    10,625       648,125  

Waste Management Inc(a)

    19,400       2,211,600  

Atlas Corp(a)

    25,000       215,750  

Total Industrial

    10,286,293  
 

Technology (17.28%)

Adobe Inc*,(a)

    4,500       2,310,255  

Apple Inc(a)

    32,000       4,129,279  

Citrix Systems Inc(a)

    15,500       2,250,600  

Fiserv Inc*,(a)

    18,000       1,792,440  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co(a)

    30,000       290,100  

Intel Corp(a)

    33,500       1,706,825  

Microsoft Corp(a)

    17,733       3,999,323  

Oracle Corp(a)

    42,430       2,427,845  

Seagate Technology PLC(a)

    19,000       911,810  

Synopsys Inc*,(a)

    10,500       2,323,650  

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc*,(a)

    11,600     $ 1,985,804  

Texas Instruments Inc(a)

    14,300       2,032,745  

Total Technology

    26,160,676  
 

Utilities (5.11%)

American Electric Power Co Inc(a)

    6,200       488,746  

American Water Works Co Inc(a)

    14,900       2,105,966  

Consolidated Edison Inc(a)

    21,200       1,512,408  

Dominion Energy Inc(a)

    24,400       1,913,936  

Duke Energy Corp(a)

    21,300       1,711,242  

Total Utilities

    7,732,298  
         

Total Common Stock (Cost $122,448,846)

    135,264,837  
 

Right (0.01%)

Bristol-Myers SQ (Cost $17,250)

    7,500       20,100  
 

United States Treasury Bills (10.77%)

0.130% 01/14/21(a) (Cost $16,294,139)

    16,300,000       16,292,359  
         

Total Investments (Cost $138,760,235)(b) (100.10%)

  $ 151,577,296  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets (-0.10%)

    (157,486 )

Net Assets (100.00%)

  $ 151,419,810  

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) At August 31, 2020, the Fund had securities pledged in the amount of $130,478,257 to cover collateral requirements for options written.

 

(b) Aggregate cost for federal income tax purpose is $137,870,742.

 

At August 31, 2020, unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of securities for federal income tax purposes is as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

  $ 21,751,105  

Unrealized depreciation

    (9,830,824 )

Net unrealized appreciation

  $ 11,920,281  
         

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Shelton Core Value Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

8/31/20

 

Written Call Options

 

Expiration
Date

   

Contracts

   

Strike
Price

   

Notional
Amount

   

Value

 

Abbott Laboratories

    9/18/2020       (40 )   $ 110.00     $ 440,000     $ (10,760 )

Adobe Inc

    10/16/2020       (20 )     575.00       1,150,000       (29,700 )

Alphabet Inc - Class A

    9/18/2020       (7 )     1,600.00       1,120,000       (45,920 )

Alphabet Inc - Class C

    9/18/2020       (7 )     1,600.00       1,120,000       (50,050 )

American Tower Corp

    10/16/2020       (39 )     260.00       1,014,000       (19,500 )

American Water Works Co Inc

    10/16/2020       (149 )     155.00       2,309,500       (11,175 )

AmerisourceBergen Corp

    9/18/2020       (79 )     115.00       908,500       (237 )

Amgen Inc

    10/16/2020       (85 )     260.00       2,210,000       (63,750 )

AT&T Inc

    9/18/2020       (70 )     31.00       217,000       (910 )

Automatic Data Processing Inc

    9/18/2020       (30 )     150.00       450,000       (990 )

Bank of America Corp

    9/18/2020       (300 )     28.00       840,000       (4,800 )

BP PLC

    9/18/2020       (200 )     26.00       520,000       (600 )

Caterpillar Inc

    9/18/2020       (30 )     155.00       465,000       (1,560 )

Cboe Global Markets Inc

    9/18/2020       (50 )     95.00       475,000       (4,000 )

Chevron Corp

    9/18/2020       (90 )     100.00       900,000       (360 )

Cigna Corp

    9/18/2020       (122 )     210.00       2,562,000       (1,952 )

Citigroup Inc

    9/18/2020       (30 )     60.00       180,000       (360 )

Citrix Systems Inc

    10/16/2020       (155 )     155.00       2,402,500       (40,920 )

Colgate-Palmolive Co

    10/16/2020       (30 )     80.00       240,000       (6,000 )

Conagra Brands Inc

    10/16/2020       (50 )     40.00       200,000       (5,250 )

ConocoPhillips

    9/18/2020       (60 )     46.00       276,000       (180 )

Consolidated Edison Inc

    9/18/2020       (50 )     82.50       412,500       (250 )

Discover Financial Services

    9/18/2020       (60 )     60.00       360,000       (2,940 )

Dollar General Corp

    9/18/2020       (110 )     200.00       2,200,000       (56,980 )

Dominion Energy Inc

    10/16/2020       (100 )     82.50       825,000       (7,300 )

Duke Energy Corp

    9/18/2020       (50 )     90.00       450,000       (100 )

Eastman Chemical Co

    10/16/2020       (200 )     80.00       1,600,000       (18,600 )

Edwards Lifesciences Corp

    10/16/2020       (249 )     85.00       2,116,500       (107,319 )

Equinix Inc

    9/18/2020       (29 )     800.00       2,320,000       (40,600 )

The Estee Lauder Cos Inc

    9/18/2020       (91 )     220.00       2,002,000       (62,335 )

Exxon Mobil Corp

    9/18/2020       (100 )     50.00       500,000       (300 )

Fiserv Inc

    10/16/2020       (60 )     110.00       660,000       (7,920 )

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc

    9/18/2020       (20 )     220.00       440,000       (2,920 )

Intel Corp

    10/16/2020       (100 )     55.00       550,000       (9,600 )

Johnson & Johnson

    10/16/2020       (130 )     160.00       2,080,000       (30,160 )

JPMorgan Chase & Co

    9/18/2020       (100 )     110.00       1,100,000       (6,000 )

Keysight Technologies Inc

    9/18/2020       (193 )     110.00       2,123,000       (5,790 )

Linde PLC

    9/18/2020       (10 )     260.00       260,000       (1,900 )

Masco Corp

    9/18/2020       (100 )     60.00       600,000       (7,000 )

Mastercard Inc

    9/18/2020       (100 )     330.00       3,300,000       (312,500 )

Merck & Co Inc

    10/16/2020       (30 )     87.50       262,500       (5,340 )

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc

    9/18/2020       (40 )     125.00       500,000       (3,500 )

Morgan Stanley

    9/18/2020       (40 )     55.00       220,000       (2,240 )

Motorola Solutions Inc

    9/18/2020       (30 )     160.00       480,000       (4,650 )

Netflix Inc

    9/18/2020       (48 )     535.00       2,568,000       (98,640 )

Newmont Corp

    10/16/2020       (222 )     80.00       1,776,000       (17,538 )

Oracle Corp

    10/16/2020       (424 )     62.50       2,650,000       (40,280 )

Pfizer Inc

    9/18/2020       (538 )     42.00       2,259,600       (3,228 )

Quest Diagnostics Inc

    10/16/2020       (175 )     120.00       2,100,000       (34,125 )

Raytheon Technologies Corp

    9/18/2020       (30 )     70.00       210,000       (840 )

Seagate Technology PLC

    9/18/2020       (40 )     47.50       190,000       (7,000 )

Synopsys Inc

    10/16/2020       (105 )     220.00       2,310,000       (117,600 )

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc

    10/16/2020       (116 )     185.00       2,146,000       (42,920 )

Target Corp

    9/18/2020       (177 )     135.00       2,389,500       (296,829 )

Texas Instruments Inc

    10/16/2020       (143 )     150.00       2,145,000       (40,040 )

UnitedHealth Group Inc

    10/16/2020       (67 )     330.00       2,211,000       (48,575 )

US Bancorp

    9/18/2020       (60 )     42.50       255,000       (480 )

Verizon Communications Inc

    9/18/2020       (100 )     60.00       600,000       (5,800 )

Walt Disney Co/The

    9/18/2020       (30 )     130.00       390,000       (14,850 )

Waste Management Inc

    10/16/2020       (194 )     120.00       2,328,000       (22,310 )
                                         

Total Written Call Options

                                       

Premiums Received $1,003,377

                            71,889,100       (1,786,273 )

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

25

 

 

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund

Portfolio of Investments

8/31/20

 

Security
Description

 

 

   

Shares

   

Value
(Note 1)

 

Common Stock (97.64%)

 

Communications (32.27%)

Internet (26.90%)

Alphabet Inc - Class A*

    19,803     $ 32,269,583  

Alphabet Inc - Class C*

    19,634       32,085,490  

Amazon.com Inc*,(a)

    28,665       98,921,768  

Baidu Inc*

    20,316       2,530,764  

Booking Holdings Inc*

    3,053       5,832,604  

CDW Corp

    10,557       1,199,803  

eBay Inc

    58,683       3,214,655  

Expedia Group Inc

    10,240       1,005,056  

Facebook Inc*,(a)

    138,624       40,644,557  

JD.com Inc*

    68,111       5,356,249  

MercadoLibre Inc*

    3,652       4,267,691  

Netflix Inc*

    32,203       17,053,421  

Trip.com Group Ltd*

    38,853       1,174,915  

VeriSign Inc*

    8,627       1,853,080  
      247,409,636  

Media (3.12%)

Charter Communications Inc*

    15,423       9,494,553  

Comcast Corp

    333,591       14,948,213  

Fox Corp - Class A

    26,337       733,749  

Fox Corp - Class B

    19,554       543,601  

Sirius XM Holdings Inc

    325,061       1,908,108  

Liberty Global PLC - Class A*

    13,520       315,962  

Liberty Global PLC - Class C*

    32,683       752,036  
      28,696,222  

Telecommunicatoins (2.27%)

Cisco Systems Inc

    311,727       13,161,114  

T-Mobile US Inc*

    66,011       7,702,163  
      20,863,277  
         

Total Communications

    296,969,135  
 

Consumer, Cyclical (8.15%)

Copart Inc*

    17,081       1,764,809  

Costco Wholesale Corp

    32,462       11,285,739  

Dollar Tree Inc*

    17,390       1,674,135  

Fastenal Co

    42,143       2,059,107  

Lululemon Athletica Inc*

    9,048       3,399,062  

Marriott International Inc

    24,023       2,472,207  

O’Reilly Automotive Inc*

    5,559       2,588,438  

PACCAR Inc

    25,415       2,181,625  

Ross Stores Inc

    26,580       2,420,906  

Starbucks Corp

    86,781       7,330,391  

Tesla Inc*

    67,615       33,693,907  

Ulta Beauty Inc*

    4,324       1,003,946  

United Airlines Holdings Inc*

    18,594       669,384  

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc

    65,125       2,476,053  

Total Consumer, Cyclical

    75,019,709  
 

Consumer, Non-Cyclical (12.02%)

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc*

    16,260       1,857,217  

Align Technology Inc*

    5,855       1,738,818  

Amgen Inc

    43,323       10,974,582  

Automatic Data Processing Inc

    31,571       4,391,210  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc*

    13,199       1,029,918  

Biogen Inc*

    12,785       3,677,477  

Cintas Corp

    7,605       2,534,290  

CoStar Group Inc*

    2,691       2,283,583  

DexCom Inc*

    6,727       2,861,733  

Gilead Sciences Inc

    92,964       6,205,347  

IDEXX Laboratories Inc*

    6,303     $ 2,464,851  

Illumina Inc*

    10,801       3,858,333  

Incyte Corp*

    15,827       1,524,931  

Intuitive Surgical Inc*

    8,433       6,163,174  

The Kraft Heinz Co

    89,732       3,144,209  

Mondelez International Inc

    105,800       6,180,836  

Monster Beverage Corp*

    39,509       3,313,225  

PayPal Holdings Inc*

    86,281       17,613,403  

PepsiCo Inc

    102,465       14,351,248  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc*

    7,876       4,882,569  

Seattle Genetics Inc*

    12,593       1,993,976  

Verisk Analytics Inc

    12,041       2,247,693  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc*

    19,044       5,315,561  

Total Consumer, Non-Cyclical

    110,608,184  
 

Industrial (0.47%)

CSX Corp

    57,083       4,364,566  

Total Industrial

    4,364,566  
 

Technology (44.14%)

Computers (14.76%)

Apple Inc(a)

    1,007,808       130,047,544  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp

    40,235       2,690,112  

NetApp Inc

    16,770       794,730  

Western Digital Corp

    22,094       848,851  

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd*

    11,186       1,412,344  
      135,793,581  

Semiconductors (11.56%)

Advanced Micro Devices Inc*

    85,915       7,802,800  

Analog Devices Inc

    27,063       3,163,123  

Applied Materials Inc

    67,878       4,181,285  

ASML Holding NV

    5,442       2,036,288  

Broadcom Inc

    29,147       10,118,381  

Intel Corp

    314,159       16,006,401  

KLA Corp

    11,594       2,378,393  

Lam Research Corp

    10,660       3,585,384  

Maxim Integrated Products Inc

    19,884       1,360,861  

Microchip Technology Inc

    17,560       1,926,332  

Micron Technology Inc*

    80,776       3,676,116  

NVIDIA Corp

    44,970       24,058,051  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    20,540       2,583,110  

QUALCOMM Inc

    83,904       9,992,966  

Skyworks Solutions Inc

    12,519       1,813,377  

Texas Instruments Inc

    68,688       9,763,999  

Xilinx Inc

    18,478       1,924,668  
      106,371,535  

Software (17.83%)

Activision Blizzard Inc

    56,056       4,681,797  

Adobe Inc*

    35,570       18,261,282  

ANSYS Inc*

    6,186       2,097,116  

Autodesk Inc*

    16,135       3,964,370  

Cadence Design Systems Inc*

    20,618       2,286,742  

Cerner Corp

    23,080       1,693,380  

Citrix Systems Inc

    8,987       1,304,912  

Electronic Arts Inc*

    21,455       2,992,329  

Fiserv Inc*

    49,608       4,939,965  

Intuit Inc

    18,992       6,559,647  

Microsoft Corp

    437,977       98,776,954  

NetEase Inc

    5,360       2,611,446  

Paychex Inc

    26,302       2,011,314  

Splunk Inc*

    11,121       2,439,169  

Synopsys Inc*

    11,043     $ 2,443,816  

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc*

    8,328       1,425,670  

Workday Inc*

    12,050       2,888,506  

Zoom Video Communications Inc*

    8,211       2,669,396  
      164,047,811  
         

Total Technology

    406,212,927  
 

Utilities (0.58%)

Exelon Corp

    71,431       2,636,518  

Xcel Energy Inc

    39,403       2,737,523  

Total Industrial

    5,374,041  
         

Total Common Stock (Cost $343,213,769)

    898,548,562  
 

United States Treasury Bills (2.42%)

0.130% 01/14/21 (Cost $22,291, 355)

    22,300,000       22,289,547  
         

Total Investments (Cost $365,505,123)(b) (100.07%)

  $ 920,838,109  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets (-0.07%)

    (610,708 )

Net Assets (100.00%)

  $ 920,227,401  

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) A portion of these securities, a total of $142,560,683, have been pledged or segregated in connection with obligations for futures contracts.

 

(b) Aggregate cost for federal income tax purpose is $366,136,790

 

At August 31, 2020, unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of securities for federal income tax purposes is as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

  $ 565,052,836  

Unrealized depreciation

    (10,351,517 )

Net unrealized appreciation

  $ 554,701,319  
         

 

Futures contracts at August 31, 2020:

 

Contracts - $20 times premium / delivery month / commitment / exchange

 

Nasdaq 100 E-MINI

 

Notional Amount

   

Value

   

Unrealized Appreciation

 

93 / SEPT 2020 / Long / CME

  $ 20,050,025     $ 22,532,040     $ 2,482,015  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Shelton Green Alpha Fund

Portfolio of Investments

8/31/20

 

Security
Description

 

Shares

   

Value
(Note 1)

 

Common Stock (98.88%)

 

Basic Materials (2.22%)

Daqo New Energy Corp*

    18,000     $ 2,030,580  
 

Communications (3.84%)

Alphabet Inc*

    1,200       1,961,016  

Arista Networks Inc*

    3,500       782,075  

Switch Inc

    45,000       774,000  

Total Communications

    3,517,091  
 

Consumer, Cyclical (9.87%)

Steelcase Inc

    55,000       574,750  

Tesla Inc*

    17,000       8,471,440  

Total Consumer, Cyclical

    9,046,190  
 

Consumer, Non-Cyclical (18.88%)

10X Genomics Inc*

    4,100       469,942  

CRISPR Therapeutics AG*

    32,000       2,990,720  

Danone SA

    60,000       784,200  

Editas Medicine Inc*

    35,000       1,233,050  

Gilead Sciences Inc

    6,500       433,875  

Illumina Inc*

    1,800       642,996  

Intellia Therapeutics Inc*

    68,300       1,473,914  

Invitae Corp*

    95,000       3,321,200  

Moderna Inc*

    72,000       4,672,080  

Square Inc*

    8,000       1,276,480  

Total Consumer, Non-Cyclical

    17,298,457  
 

Energy (24.35%)

Canadian Solar Inc*

    34,000       1,104,660  

Enphase Energy Inc*

    24,000       1,853,520  

First Solar Inc*

    47,200       3,615,048  

JinkoSolar Holding Co Ltd*

    120,000       2,740,800  

SolarEdge Technologies Inc*

    8,500     $ 1,879,775  

SunPower Corp*

    167,000       1,868,730  

TPI Composites Inc*

    82,000       2,518,220  

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

    125,000       6,296,250  

Maxeon Solar Technologies Ltd*

    20,875       433,783  

Total Energy

    22,310,786  
 

Financial (5.94%)

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc

    4,900       825,062  

Digital Realty Trust Inc

    5,000       778,250  

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc

    64,000       2,717,440  

Horizon Technology Finance Corp

    93,000       1,119,720  

Total Financial

    5,440,472  
 

Industrial (7.03%)

ABB Ltd

    41,600       1,060,800  

Advanced Energy Industries Inc*

    14,400       1,067,328  

Trex Co Inc*

    7,000       1,046,430  

Universal Display Corp

    9,000       1,579,500  

Ichor Holdings Ltd*

    34,100       857,956  

Garmin Ltd

    8,000       828,880  

Total Industrial

    6,440,894  
 

Technology (21.64%)

Analog Devices Inc

    7,700       899,976  

Applied Materials Inc

    48,500       2,987,599  

Cadence Design Systems Inc*

    5,100       565,641  

Fortinet Inc*

    6,500       858,033  

Infineon Technologies AG

    50,000       1,386,500  

International Business Machines Corp

    21,600       2,663,496  

Lam Research Corp

    4,500       1,513,530  

NVIDIA Corp

    3,100     $ 1,658,438  

QUALCOMM Inc

    13,500       1,607,850  

Skyworks Solutions Inc

    6,500       941,525  

STMicroelectronics NV

    46,500       1,406,625  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd

    32,000       2,536,000  

Ultra Clean Holdings Inc*

    32,500       796,900  

Total Technology

    19,822,113  
 

Utilities (5.11%)

Brookfield Renewable Corp

    87,630       4,462,120  

Consolidated Water Co Ltd

    18,000       216,540  
      4,678,660  
                 

Total Common Stock (Cost $48,478,083)

    90,585,243  
         

Total Investments (Cost $48,478,083)(a) (98.88%)

  $ 90,585,243  

Other Net Assets (1.12%)

    1,022,062  

Net Assets (100.00%)

  $ 91,607,305  

 

* Non-income producing security.

   

(a) Aggregate cost for federal income tax purpose is $48,478,083.

 

At August 31, 2020, unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of securities for federal income tax purposes is as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

  $ 43,100,117  

Unrealized depreciation

    (992,957 )

Net unrealized appreciation

  $ 42,107,160  
         

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets & Liabilities

August 31, 2020

 

   

Green
California
Tax-Free
Income Fund

   

U.S.
Government
Securities
Fund

   

The United
States
Treasury
Trust

   

S&P 500
Index Fund

   

S&P MidCap
Index Fund

 

Assets

                                       

Investments in securities

                                       

Cost of investments

  $ 56,042,082     $ 21,893,944     $ 36,692,664     $ 66,196,175     $ 73,840,429  

Market value of investments (Note 1)

    60,873,518       23,422,903       36,692,664       198,361,212       98,736,368  

Cash

    35,086       189,517       166,673       696,902       910,281  

Cash held at broker

                             

Interest receivable

    526,753       54,696                    

Dividend receivable

                      307,919       107,796  

Appreciation on futures

                      14,925       19,540  

Receivable from investment advisor

                1,156              

Receivable for fund shares sold

    10,905       72,788       112,112       72,272       5,245  

Receivable for investment securities Sold

                             

Prepaid expenses

          56             757        

Total assets

  $ 61,446,262     $ 23,739,960     $ 36,972,605     $ 199,453,987     $ 99,779,230  
                                         

Liabilities

                                       

Written options, at value

                             

Depreciation on futures

                             

Cash due to broker

                      16,300       37,656  

Payable to investment advisor

    26,119       7,766             40,848       33,718  

Payable for investments purchased

                             

Payable for fund shares purchased

    2,119       283       30,782       81,326       90,220  

Distributions payable

    20,169       931                    

Accrued 12b-1 fees

          605       194       913       424  

Accrued shareholder service fees

          622       16       1,773       360  

Accrued administration fees

    4,418       1,707       2,638       13,818       7,125  

Accrued CCO fees

    4,707       93       120       9,052       4,091  

Accrued custody fees

    2,064       692       1,198       4,630       1,225  

Accrued fund accounting fees

    8,475       5,028       5,181       14,543       10,481  

Accrued printing fees

    3,275       3,690       1,729       8,939       7,901  

Accrued state registration fees

    75             110             435  

Accrued transfer agent fees

    3,719       3,604       2,584       8,457       9,355  

Accrued trustee fees

    595       492       457       527       592  

Accrued expenses

    13,964       9,077       11,016       34,890       20,787  

Total liabilities

    89,699       34,590       56,025       236,016       224,370  
                                         

Net assets

  $ 61,356,563     $ 23,705,370     $ 36,916,580     $ 199,217,971     $ 99,554,860  
                                         

Net assets at August 31, 2020 consist of

                                       

Paid-in capital

  $ 56,697,329     $ 22,227,673     $ 36,918,359     $ 53,910,231     $ 68,517,386  

Distributable earnings/(loss)

    4,659,234       1,477,697       (1,779 )     145,307,740       31,037,474  

Total net assets

  $ 61,356,563     $ 23,705,370     $ 36,916,580     $ 199,217,971     $ 99,554,860  
                                         

Net assets

                                       

Direct Shares

  $ 61,356,563     $ 22,033,747     $ 36,916,580     $ 196,133,476     $ 98,496,322  

K Shares

          $ 1,671,623             $ 3,084,495     $ 1,058,538  
                                         

Shares outstanding

                                       

Direct Shares (no par value, unlimited shares authorized)

    5,219,182       2,013,853       36,925,055       3,153,800       4,268,565  

K Shares (no par value, unlimited shares authorized)

            152,469               49,735       47,491  
                                         

Net asset value per share

                                       

Direct Shares

  $ 11.76     $ 10.94     $ 1.00     $ 62.19     $ 23.07  

K Shares

          $ 10.96             $ 62.02     $ 22.29  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets & Liabilities
August 31, 2020 (Continued)

 

   

S&P
SmallCap
Index Fund

   

Shelton
Core Value
Fund

   

Nasdaq-100
Index Fund

   

Shelton Green
Alpha Fund

 

Assets

                               

Investments in securities

                               

Cost of investments

  $ 40,932,190     $ 138,760,235     $ 365,505,123     $ 48,478,083  

Market value of investments (Note 1)

    49,226,089       151,577,296       920,838,109       90,585,243  

Cash

    143,698       571,958       79,697       1,415,068  

Cash held at broker

          883,692              

Interest receivable

                       

Dividend receivable

    31,163       314,274       604,992       126,505  

Appreciation on futures

                2,482,015        

Receivable from investment advisor

                       

Receivable for fund shares sold

    7,141       85,375       590,025       173,492  

Receivable for investment securities Sold

                      724,292  

Prepaid expenses

                       

Total assets

  $ 49,408,091     $ 153,432,595     $ 924,594,838     $ 93,024,600  
                                 

Liabilities

                               

Written options, at value

          1,786,273              

Depreciation on futures

    300                    

Cash due to broker

    1,140             2,254,343        

Payable to investment advisor

    21,155       62,895       243,303       72,614  

Payable for investments purchased

                      1,260,228  

Payable for fund shares purchased

    85,131       37,757       1,548,947       30,016  

Distributions payable

          407       13        

Accrued 12b-1 fees

    890       514       6,324        

Accrued shareholder service fees

    1,001       716       6,915        

Accrued administration fees

    3,577       10,636       61,709       6,141  

Accrued CCO fees

    3,112       4,852       2,552       1,048  

Accrued custody fees

          4,551       13,001       596  

Accrued fund accounting fees

    9,625       11,475       33,232       7,852  

Accrued printing fees

    5,397       19,011       38,337       10,573  

Accrued state registration fees

    1,248       8,562       2,372       2,248  

Accrued transfer agent fees

    5,504       37,193       27,258       3,746  

Accrued trustee fees

    528       540       462       810  

Accrued expenses

    15,457       27,403       128,669       21,423  

Total liabilities

    154,065       2,012,785       4,367,437       1,417,295  
                                 

Net assets

  $ 49,254,026     $ 151,419,810     $ 920,227,401     $ 91,607,305  
                                 

Net assets at August 31, 2020 consist of

                               

Paid-in capital

  $ 40,095,077     $ 117,713,416     $ 356,550,354     $ 48,502,313  

Distributable earnings/(loss)

    9,158,949       33,706,394       563,677,047       43,104,992  

Total net assets

  $ 49,254,026     $ 151,419,810     $ 920,227,401     $ 91,607,305  
                                 

Net assets

                               

Direct Shares

  $ 46,947,826     $ 150,038,239     $ 889,163,486     $ 91,607,305  

K Shares

  $ 2,306,200     $ 1,381,571     $ 31,063,915          
                                 

Shares outstanding

                               

Direct Shares (no par value, unlimited shares authorized)

    2,466,654       8,032,824       32,009,045       3,090,110  

K Shares (no par value, unlimited shares authorized)

    125,104       75,868       1,155,851          
                                 

Net asset value per share

                               

Direct Shares

  $ 19.03     $ 18.68     $ 27.78     $ 29.65  

K Shares

  $ 18.43     $ 18.21     $ 26.88          

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 

Statements of Operations

August 31, 2020

 

   

Green
California
Tax-Free
Income Fund

   

U.S.
Government
Securities
Fund

   

The United
States
Treasury
Trust

   

S&P 500
Index Fund

   

S&P MidCap
Index Fund

 

Investment income

                                       

Interest income

  $ 1,617,862     $ 452,254     $ 431,488     $ 9,746     $ 5,489  

Dividend income (tax withheld: $—, $—, $—, $— and $387, respectively)

                      3,570,553       1,669,289  

Other Income

                             

Total

    1,617,862       452,254       431,488       3,580,299       1,674,778  
                                         

Expenses

                                       

Management fees (Note 2)

    314,912       112,958       189,985       460,423       409,667  

Administration fees (Note 2)

    54,800       19,649       33,066       160,095       89,076  

Transfer agent fees

    14,013       13,355       8,606       27,930       21,073  

Accounting services

    36,790       23,844       25,222       65,707       46,686  

Custodian fees

    5,254       2,563       4,386       19,805       12,693  

Broker Fees

                             

Legal and audit fees

    16,847       9,704       12,298       39,338       23,318  

CCO fees (Note 2)

    7,982       2,860       4,727       22,824       12,739  

Trustees fees

    5,350       5,346       5,353       5,354       5,343  

Insurance

    4,082       1,222       2,434       12,055       6,922  

Printing

    11,663       11,383       7,432       18,240       15,547  

Registration and dues

    2,821       8,182       3,224       16,235       13,336  

12b-1 fees Class K (Note 2)

          4,645       914       10,121       4,322  

Shareholder service fees Class K (Note 2)

          4,645       902       10,121       4,322  

Licensing fee

                      32,917       21,086  

Total expenses

    474,514       220,356       298,549       901,165       686,130  

Less reimbursement from manager (Note 2)

          (40,952 )     (127,093 )            

Net expenses

    474,514       179,404       171,456       901,165       686,130  

Net investment income

    1,143,348       272,850       260,032       2,679,134       988,648  
                                         

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

                                       

Net realized gain/(loss) from security transactions and foreign currency

    (156,702 )     (6,647 )     468       21,700,484       6,274,228  

Net realized gain/(loss) from futures contracts

                      426,835       124,091  

Net realized gain/(loss) from written options contracts

                             

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments

    409,032       838,360             12,329,512       (3,627,369 )

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of futures

                      10,474       20,679  

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of written options contracts

                             

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

    252,330       831,713       468       34,467,305       2,791,629  

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 1,395,678     $ 1,104,563     $ 260,500     $ 37,146,439     $ 3,780,277  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations
August 31, 2020 (Continued)

 

   

S&P
SmallCap
Index Fund

   

Shelton
Core Value
Fund

   

Nasdaq-100
Index Fund

   

Shelton Green
Alpha Fund

 

Investment income

                               

Interest income

  $ 3,428     $ 104,775     $ 29,359     $  

Dividend income (tax withheld: $850, $17,390, $7,260, and $26,151, respectively)

    822,711       3,105,068       6,793,355       796,897  

Other Income

          31              

Total

    826,139       3,209,874       6,822,714       796,897  
                                 

Expenses

                               

Management fees (Note 2)

    288,326       739,808       3,414,527       650,329  

Administration fees (Note 2)

    50,192       128,694       608,516       56,492  

Transfer agent fees

    15,834       153,107       141,977       13,725  

Accounting services

    44,151       50,241       157,274       31,695  

Custodian fees

    11,882       14,377       61,346       6,466  

Broker Fees

          168              

Legal and audit fees

    14,757       32,250       145,614       19,013  

CCO fees (Note 2)

    7,193       18,284       85,428       8,004  

Trustees fees

    5,352       5,341       5,396       5,389  

Insurance

    4,147       9,558       39,466       3,548  

Printing

    12,824       47,360       85,334       16,792  

Registration and dues

    8,228       36,627       52,945       18,798  

12b-1 fees Class K (Note 2)

    7,855       4,165       61,353        

Shareholder service fees Class K (Note 2)

    7,855       4,165       61,353        

Licensing fee

    15,263             128,684        

Total expenses

    493,859       1,244,145       5,049,213       830,251  

Less reimbursement from manager (Note 2)

                (1,405,450 )      

Net expenses

    493,859       1,244,145       3,643,763       830,251  

Net investment income

    332,280       1,965,729       3,178,951       (33,354 )
                                 

Realized and unrealized gain(loss) on investments

                               

Net realized gain/(loss) from security transactions and foreign currency

    1,448,521       26,946,547       37,568,787       1,250,940  

Net realized gain/(loss) from futures contracts

    36,139             3,356,155        

Net realized gain/(loss) from written options contracts

          4,807,910              

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments

    (2,364,010 )     (21,522,774 )     290,800,373       32,047,301  

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of futures

    420             2,484,689        

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of written options contracts

          (739,010 )            

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

    (878,930 )     9,492,673       334,210,004       33,298,241  

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

  $ (546,650 )   $ 11,458,402     $ 337,388,955     $ 33,264,887  

 

31

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   

Green California Tax-Free
Income Fund

   

U.S. Government
Securities Fund

   

The United States
Treasury Trust

 
   

Year
Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year
Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year
Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year
Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year
Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year
Ended
August 31,
2019

 

Operations

                                               

Net investment income/(loss)

  $ 1,143,348     $ 1,319,325     $ 272,850     $ 261,409     $ 260,032     $ 839,595  

Net realized gain/(loss) from security transactions and foreign currency

    (156,702 )     86,434       (6,647 )     (46,105 )     468       50  

Net realized gain/(loss) from futures contracts

                                   

Net realized gain/(loss) from written options contracts

                                   

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments

    409,032       2,469,368       838,360       1,131,813              

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of futures

                                   

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of written options contracts

                                   

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    1,395,678       3,875,127       1,104,563       1,347,117       260,500       839,645  
                                                 

Distributions to shareholders

                                               

Distributions

                                               

Direct shares

    (1,224,678 )     (1,432,047 )     (256,716 )     (232,769 )     (258,634 )     (821,966 )

K shares

                (14,066 )     (31,691 )     (2,890 )(a)     (23,550 )
                                                 

Capital share transactions

                                               

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

    (4,958,784 )     (4,551,692 )     3,358,089       (928,466 )     (2,171,321 )     (15,841,034 )

Total increase (decrease)

    (4,787,784 )     (2,108,612 )     4,191,870       154,191       (2,172,345 )     (15,846,905 )
                                                 

Net assets

                                               

Beginning of year

  $ 66,144,347     $ 68,252,959     $ 19,513,500     $ 19,359,309     $ 39,088,925     $ 54,935,830  

End of year

  $ 61,356,563     $ 66,144,347     $ 23,705,370     $ 19,513,500     $ 36,916,580     $ 39,088,925  

 

 

(a)

The United States Treasury Trust K Shares closed on December 27, 2019.

 

   

S&P 500 Index Fund

   

S&P MidCap Index Fund

   

S&P SmallCap Index Fund

 
   

Year
Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year
Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year
Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year
Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year
Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year
Ended
August 31,
2019

 

Operations

                                               

Net investment income/(loss)

  $ 2,679,134     $ 2,770,344     $ 988,648     $ 1,065,239     $ 332,280     $ 480,390  

Net realized gain/(loss) from security transactions and foreign currency

    21,700,484       5,390,498       6,274,228       8,714,562       1,448,521       4,497,013  

Net realized gain/(loss) from futures contracts

    426,835       73,975       124,091       (27,539 )     36,139       (226,099 )

Net realized gain/(loss) from written options contracts

                                   

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments

    12,329,512       (3,830,884 )     (3,627,369 )     (19,229,730 )     (2,364,010 )     (18,908,932 )

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of futures

    10,474       (9,272 )     20,679       (16,069 )     420       (42,815 )

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of written options contracts

                                   

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    37,146,439       4,394,661       3,780,277       (9,493,536 )     (546,650 )     (14,200,443 )
                                                 

Distributions to shareholders

                                               

Distributions

                                               

Direct shares

    (16,841,674 )     (4,238,275 )     (8,000,679 )     (12,498,880 )     (4,569,651 )     (5,333,531 )

K shares

    (432,740 )     (170,153 )     (152,045 )     (602,076 )     (271,574 )     (650,066 )
                                                 

Capital share transactions

                                               

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

    (11,988,469 )     (932,499 )     (6,203,467 )     1,818,458       (11,677,998 )     (2,248,373 )

Total increase (decrease)

    7,883,556       (946,266 )     (10,575,914 )     (20,776,034 )     (17,065,873 )     (22,432,413 )
                                                 

Net assets

                                               

Beginning of year

    191,334,415       192,280,681       110,130,774       130,906,808       66,319,899       88,752,312  

End of year

  $ 199,217,971     $ 191,334,415     $ 99,554,860     $ 110,130,774     $ 49,254,026     $ 66,319,899  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
(Continued)

 

   

Shelton Core Value Fund

   

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund

   

Shelton Green Alpha Fund

 
   

Year
Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year
Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year
Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year
Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year
Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year
Ended
August 31,
2019

 

Operations

                                               

Net investment income/(loss)

  $ 1,965,729     $ 2,767,066     $ 3,178,951     $ 3,806,069     $ (33,354 )   $ 74,045  

Net realized gain/(loss) from security transactions and foreign currency

    26,946,547       12,516,989       37,568,787       18,230,974       1,250,940       229,266  

Net realized gain/(loss) from futures contracts

                3,356,155       (1,336,043 )            

Net realized gain/(loss) from written options contracts

    4,807,910       2,544,749                          

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments

    (21,522,774 )     (18,519,706 )     290,800,373       (14,036,710 )     32,047,301       3,860,410  

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of futures

                2,484,689       (502,329 )            

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of written options contracts

    (739,010 )     (37,166 )                        

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    11,458,402       (728,068 )     337,388,955       6,161,961       33,264,887       4,163,721  
                                                 

Distributions to shareholders

                                               

Distributions

                                               

Direct shares

    (21,484,252 )     (28,993,868 )     (45,073,391 )     (11,771,774 )     (51,961 )     (701,393 )

K shares

    (254,277 )     (943,290 )     (1,645,438 )     (431,446 )            
                                                 

Capital share transactions

                                               

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

    10,101,028       874,834       (2,718,647 )     (21,100,265 )     1,827,077       3,739,230  

Total increase (decrease)

    (179,099 )     (29,790,392 )     287,951,479       (27,141,524 )     35,040,003       7,201,558  
                                                 

Net assets

                                               

Beginning of year

  $ 151,598,909     $ 181,389,301     $ 632,275,922     $ 659,417,446     $ 56,567,302     $ 49,365,744  

End of year

  $ 151,419,810     $ 151,598,909     $ 920,227,401     $ 632,275,922     $ 91,607,305     $ 56,567,302  

 

Green California Tax-Free Income Fund

 

Direct Shares

 
   

Year Ended
August 31, 2020

   

Year Ended
August 31, 2019

 
   

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

 

Shares sold

    196,708     $ 2,272,558       237,620     $ 2,723,601  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    82,106       955,461       93,572       1,065,456  

Shares repurchased

    (702,686 )     (8,186,803 )     (735,462 )     (8,340,749 )

Net increase (decrease)

    (423,872 )   $ (4,958,784 )     (404,270 )   $ (4,551,692 )

 

U.S. Government Securities Fund

 

Direct Shares

   

K Shares

 
   

Year Ended
August 31, 2020

   

Year Ended
August 31, 2019

   

Year Ended
August 31, 2020

   

Year Ended
August 31, 2019

 
   

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

 

Shares sold

    1,356,175     $ 14,524,346       601,122     $ 6,107,337       106,781     $ 1,142,515       64,599     $ 656,760  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    22,878       245,672       22,226       225,880       1,311       14,066       3,120       31,691  

Shares repurchased

    (999,065 )     (10,772,286 )     (559,497 )     (5,656,952 )     (168,091 )     (1,796,224 )     (224,029 )     (2,293,182 )

Net increase (decrease)

    379,988     $ 3,997,732       63,851     $ 676,265       (59,999 )   $ (639,643 )     (156,310 )   $ (1,604,731 )

 

The United States Treasury Trust Fund

 

Direct Shares

   

K Shares

 
   

Year Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2019

 
   

Shares/
Value

   

Shares/
Value

   

Shares/
Value

   

Shares/
Value

 

Shares sold

  $ 27,774,757     $ 25,745,448     $ 99,639     $ 982,597  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    250,639       801,707       2,357       23,254  

Shares gained with reorganization

    462,114       N/A             N/A  

Shares repurchased

    (29,050,018 )     (42,134,404 )     (1,710,809 )     (1,259,636 )

Net increase/(decrease)

  $ (562,508 )   $ (15,587,249 )   $ (1,608,813 )   $ (253,785 )

 

33

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets
(Continued)

 

S&P 500 Index Fund

 

Direct Shares

   

K Shares

 
   

Year Ended
August 31, 2020

   

Year Ended
August 31, 2019

   

Year Ended
August 31, 2020

   

Year Ended
August 31, 2019

 
   

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

 

Shares sold

    490,241     $ 26,352,137       356,454     $ 19,167,111       10,160     $ 554,156       23,091     $ 1,257,421  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    257,226       14,253,960       67,613       3,599,149       7,803       432,553       3,197       169,649  

Shares repurchased

    (900,375 )     (49,138,001 )     (372,022 )     (20,091,314 )     (78,467 )     (4,443,274 )     (93,296 )     (5,034,515 )

Net increase (decrease)

    (152,908 )   $ (8,531,904 )     52,045     $ 2,674,946       (60,504 )   $ (3,456,565 )     (67,008 )   $ (3,607,445 )

 

S&P MidCap Index Fund

 

Direct Shares

   

K Shares

 
   

Year Ended
August 31, 2020

   

Year Ended
August 31, 2019

   

Year Ended
August 31, 2020

   

Year Ended
August 31, 2019

 
   

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

 

Shares sold

    316,846     $ 6,967,139       409,193     $ 9,953,415       14,566     $ 317,593       21,817     $ 525,113  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    321,519       7,608,195       493,942       11,747,146       6,499       151,810       25,701       601,722  

Shares repurchased

    (857,940 )     (18,813,278 )     (750,908 )     (17,836,215 )     (104,691 )     (2,434,926 )     (134,174 )     (3,172,723 )

Net increase (decrease)

    (219,575 )   $ (4,237,944 )     152,227     $ 3,864,346       (83,626 )   $ (1,965,523 )     (86,656 )   $ (2,045,888 )

 

S&P SmallCap Index Fund

 

Direct Shares

   

K Shares

 
   

Year Ended
August 31, 2020

   

Year Ended
August 31, 2019

   

Year Ended
August 31, 2020

   

Year Ended
August 31, 2019

 
   

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

 

Shares sold

    503,522     $ 9,330,319       742,607     $ 17,856,841       23,999     $ 435,338       45,402     $ 1,051,669  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    215,344       4,434,916       259,328       5,899,905       13,510       271,574       38,713       858,236  

Shares repurchased

    (1,244,439 )     (23,029,041 )     (527,057 )     (12,344,987 )     (158,244 )     (3,121,104 )     (75,529 )     (1,761,832 )

Net increase (decrease)

    (525,573 )   $ (9,263,806 )     474,878     $ 11,411,759       (120,735 )   $ (2,414,192 )     8,586     $ 148,073  

 

Shelton Core Value Fund

 

Direct Shares

   

K Shares

 
   

Year Ended
August 31, 2020

   

Year Ended
August 31, 2019

   

Year Ended
August 31, 2020

   

Year Ended
August 31, 2019

 
   

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

 

Shares sold

    574,641     $ 10,625,114       357,396     $ 7,195,445       18,881     $ 340,133       31,189     $ 620,455  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    1,107,856       20,924,633       1,450,637       28,384,919       13,661       254,277       48,954       943,290  

Shares repurchased

    (1,080,100 )     (20,332,165 )     (1,552,776 )     (32,919,389 )     (88,449 )     (1,710,964 )     (170,089 )     (3,349,886 )

Net increase (decrease)

    602,397     $ 11,217,582       255,257     $ 2,660,975       (55,907 )   $ (1,116,554 )     (89,946 )   $ (1,786,141 )

 

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund

 

Direct Shares

   

K Shares

 
   

Year Ended
August 31, 2020

   

Year Ended
August 31, 2019

   

Year Ended
August 31, 2020

   

Year Ended
August 31, 2019

 
   

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

 

Shares sold

    10,785,073     $ 224,007,130       8,949,721     $ 158,244,982       256,521     $ 5,299,756       287,727     $ 4,983,122  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    2,232,317       42,808,895       667,343       11,299,360       88,576       1,645,439       26,073       431,440  

Shares repurchased

    (13,353,261 )     (265,901,712 )     (10,743,437 )     (187,194,833 )     (547,230 )     (10,578,155 )     (516,329 )     (8,864,336 )

Net increase (decrease)

    (335,871 )   $ 914,313       (1,126,373 )   $ (17,650,491 )     (202,133 )   $ (3,632,960 )     (202,529 )   $ (3,449,774 )

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
(Continued)

 

Shelton Green Alpha Fund

 

Direct Shares

 
   

Year Ended
August 31, 2020

   

Year Ended
August 31, 2019

 
   

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

 

Shares sold

    1,291,933     $ 26,911,073       853,374     $ 14,711,335  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    2,499       50,887       43,026       683,796  

Shares repurchased

    (1,271,931 )     (25,134,883 )     (698,967 )     (11,655,901 )

Net increase/(decrease)

    22,501     $ 1,827,077       197,433     $ 3,739,230  

 

Financial Highlights

(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year or Period)

 

Green California Tax-Free Income Fund

Direct Shares

 

Year Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2018

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2017

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 11.72     $ 11.29     $ 11.65     $ 11.93     $ 11.69  

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

                                       

Net investment income/(loss)(a)

    0.21       0.23       0.23       0.25       0.29  

Net gain/(loss) on securities (both realized and unrealized)

    0.06       0.45       (0.31 )     (0.20 )     0.24  

Total from investment operations

    0.27       0.68       (0.08 )     0.05       0.53  

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS

                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.21 )     (0.23 )     (0.24 )     (0.27 )     (0.29 )

Distributions from capital gains

    (0.02 )     (0.02 )     (0.04 )     (0.06 )      

Total distributions

    (0.23 )     (0.25 )     (0.28 )     (0.33 )     (0.29 )

Net asset value, end of year or period

  $ 11.76     $ 11.72     $ 11.29     $ 11.65     $ 11.93  
                                         

Total return

    2.31 %     6.10 %     (0.74 )%     0.43 %     4.60 %
                                         

RATIOS / SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                                       

Net assets, end of year or period (000s)

  $ 61,357     $ 66,144     $ 68,253     $ 75,310     $ 84,422  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

    0.75 %     0.77 %     0.76 %     0.69 %     0.69 %

Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets

    1.82 %     2.01 %     2.02 %     2.20 %     2.47 %

Portfolio turnover

    9 %     4 %     12 %     7 %     19 %

 

 

(a)

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding.

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 

Financial Highlights

(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year or Period) (Continued)

 

U.S. Government Securities Fund

Direct Shares

 

Year Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2018

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2017

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 10.57     $ 9.98     $ 10.32     $ 10.61     $ 10.42  

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

                                       

Net investment income/(loss)(a)

    0.13       0.15       0.14       0.14       0.14  

Net gain/(loss) on securities (both realized and unrealized)

    0.37       0.59       (0.33 )     (0.26 )     0.20  

Total from investment operations

    0.50       0.74       (0.19 )     (0.12 )     0.34  

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS

                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.13 )     (0.15 )     (0.15 )     (0.17 )     (0.15 )

Total distributions

    (0.13 )     (0.15 )     (0.15 )     (0.17 )     (0.15 )

Net asset value, end of year or period

  $ 10.94     $ 10.57     $ 9.98     $ 10.32     $ 10.61  
                                         

Total return

    4.78 %     7.48 %     (1.88 )%     (1.14 )%     3.25 %
                                         

RATIOS / SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                                       

Net assets, end of year or period (000s)

  $ 22,034     $ 17,263     $ 15,668     $ 18,316     $ 19,754  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets:

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    0.93 %     0.99 %     0.89 %     0.81 %     0.82 %

After expense reimbursements

    0.75 %(b)     0.76 %(b)     0.75 %(b)     0.74 %     0.74 %

Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    1.07 %     1.23 %     1.29 %     1.27 %     1.25 %

After expense reimbursements

    1.25 %     1.47 %     1.42 %     1.34 %     1.33 %

Portfolio turnover

    10 %     8 %     13 %     10 %     18 %

 

K Shares

 

Year Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2018

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2017

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 10.59     $ 10.01     $ 10.35     $ 10.64     $ 10.43  

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

                                       

Net investment income/(loss)(a)

    0.08       0.10       0.09       0.09       0.09  

Net gain/(loss) on securities (both realized and unrealized)

    0.37       0.58       (0.33 )     (0.27 )     0.20  

Total from investment operations

    0.45       0.68       (0.24 )     (0.18 )     0.29  

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS

                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.08 )     (0.10 )     (0.10 )     (0.11 )     (0.08 )

Total distributions

    (0.08 )     (0.10 )     (0.10 )     (0.11 )     (0.08 )

Net asset value, end of year or period

  $ 10.96     $ 10.59     $ 10.01     $ 10.35     $ 10.64  
                                         

Total return

    4.28 %     6.87 %     (2.37 )%     (1.67 )%     2.77 %
                                         

RATIOS / SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                                       

Net assets, end of year or period (000s)

  $ 1,672     $ 2,250     $ 3,691     $ 3,699     $ 4,712  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets:

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    1.44 %     1.49 %     1.39 %     1.31 %     1.32 %

After expense reimbursements

    1.26 %(b)     1.26 %(b)     1.25 %(b)     1.24 %     1.24 %

Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    0.58 %     0.75 %     0.78 %     0.77 %     0.75 %

After expense reimbursements

    0.76 %     0.98 %     0.92 %     0.84 %     0.84 %

Portfolio turnover

    10 %     8 %     13 %     10 %     18 %

 

 

(a)

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding.

(b)

CCO fees are not included in the expense limitation.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year or Period) (Continued)

 

The United States Treasury Trust

Direct Shares

 

Year Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2018

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2017

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00  

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

                                       

Net investment income/(loss)(a)

    0.01       0.02       0.01              

Net gain/(loss) on securities (both realized and unrealized)

                (b)             

Total from investment operations

    0.01       0.02       0.01              

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS

                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.01 )     (0.02 )     (0.01 )     (b)       

Distributions from capital gains

                             

Total distributions

    (0.01 )     (0.02 )     (0.01 )            

Net asset value, end of year or period

  $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00  
                                         

Total return

    0.67 %     1.75 %     0.98 %     0.03 %     0.00 %
                                         

RATIOS / SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                                       

Net assets, end of year or period (000s)

  $ 36,917     $ 37,479     $ 53,079     $ 57,149     $ 72,482  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets:

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    0.78 %     0.77 %     0.77 %     0.71 %     0.71 %

After expense reimbursements

    0.45 %(c)     0.55 %(c)     0.46 %(d)     0.52 %(d)     0.22 %

Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    0.35 %     1.51 %     0.65 %     (0.16 )%     (0.49 )%

After expense reimbursements

    0.68 %     1.73 %     0.96 %(d)     0.03 %(d)     0.00 %

 

 

(a)

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding.

(b)

Less than $0.01 per share.

(c)

CCO Fees are not included in the expense limitation.

(d)

Includes negative yield waiver adjustment.

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 

Financial Highlights

(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year or Period) (Continued)

 

S&P 500 Index Fund

Direct Shares

 

Year Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2018

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2017

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 56.00     $ 56.03     $ 48.26     $ 42.86     $ 39.88  

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

                                       

Net investment income/(loss)(a)

    0.81       0.82       0.82       0.78       0.76  

Net gain/(loss) on securities (both realized and unrealized)

    10.49       0.44       8.48       5.89       3.99  

Total from investment operations

    11.30       1.26       9.30       6.67       4.75  

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS

                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.85 )     (0.88 )     (0.77 )     (0.83 )     (0.78 )

Distributions from capital gains

    (4.26 )     (0.41 )     (0.76 )     (0.44 )     (0.99 )

Total distributions

    (5.11 )     (1.29 )     (1.53 )     (1.27 )     (1.77 )

Net asset value, end of year or period

  $ 62.19     $ 56.00     $ 56.03     $ 48.26     $ 42.86  
                                         

Total return

    21.44 %     2.40 %     19.64 %     15.89 %     12.21 %
                                         

RATIOS / SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                                       

Net assets, end of year or period (000s)

  $ 196,133     $ 185,170     $ 182,362     $ 155,022     $ 135,346  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets:

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    0.48 %     0.50 %     0.50 %     0.46 %     0.47 %

After expense reimbursements

    0.48 %     0.50 %     0.45 %     0.36 %     0.36 %

Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    1.46 %     1.52 %     1.53 %     1.63 %     1.77 %

After expense reimbursements

    1.46 %     1.52 %     1.58 %     1.73 %     1.88 %

Portfolio turnover

    8 %     3 %     3 %     5 %     1 %

 

K Shares

 

Year Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2018

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2017

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 55.92     $ 55.96     $ 48.24     $ 42.88     $ 39.87  

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

                                       

Net investment income/(loss)(a)

    0.53       0.54       0.56       0.55       0.56  

Net gain/(loss) on securities (both realized and unrealized)

    10.47       0.45       8.48       5.89       3.99  

Total from investment operations

    11.00       0.99       9.04       6.44       4.55  

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS

                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.64 )     (0.62 )     (0.56 )     (0.64 )     (0.55 )

Distributions from capital gains

    (4.26 )     (0.41 )     (0.76 )     (0.44 )     (0.99 )

Total distributions

    (4.90 )     (1.03 )     (1.32 )     (1.08 )     (1.54 )

Net asset value, end of year or period

  $ 62.02     $ 55.92     $ 55.96     $ 48.24     $ 42.88  
                                         

Total return

    20.84 %     1.88 %     19.05 %     15.31 %     11.65 %
                                         

RATIOS / SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                                       

Net assets, end of year or period (000s)

  $ 3,085     $ 6,165     $ 9,919     $ 8,506     $ 7,981  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets:

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    0.98 %     0.99 %     1.00 %     0.96 %     0.97 %

After expense reimbursements

    0.98 %     0.99 %     0.95 %     0.86 %     0.86 %

Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    0.96 %     1.02 %     1.03 %     1.13 %     1.26 %

After expense reimbursements

    0.96 %     1.02 %     1.08 %     1.23 %     1.37 %

Portfolio turnover

    8 %     3 %     3 %     5 %     1 %

 

 

(a)

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year or Period) (Continued)

 

S&P Midcap Index Fund

Direct Shares

 

Year Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2018

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2017

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 23.85     $ 28.77     $ 25.75     $ 26.69     $ 28.41  

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

                                       

Net investment income/(loss)(a)

    0.22       0.23       0.25       0.23       0.26  

Net gain/(loss) on securities (both realized and unrealized)

    0.80       (2.23 )     4.61       2.95       2.73  

Total from investment operations

    1.02       (2.00 )     4.86       3.18       2.99  

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS

                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.24 )     (0.24 )     (0.22 )     (0.21 )     (0.24 )

Distributions from capital gains

    (1.56 )     (2.68 )     (1.62 )     (3.91 )     (4.47 )

Total distributions

    (1.80 )     (2.92 )     (1.84 )     (4.12 )     (4.71 )

Net asset value, end of year or period

  $ 23.07     $ 23.85     $ 28.77     $ 25.75     $ 26.69  
                                         

Total return

    4.18 %     (6.85 )%     19.48 %     13.01 %     11.86 %
                                         

RATIOS / SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                                       

Net assets, end of year or period (000s)

  $ 98,496     $ 107,054     $ 124,728     $ 113,149     $ 136,371  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets:

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    0.66 %     0.67 %     0.66 %     0.62 %     0.62 %

After expense reimbursements

    0.66 %     0.67 %     0.63 %     0.58 %     0.58 %

Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    0.97 %     0.95 %     0.89 %     0.85 %     0.98 %

After expense reimbursements

    0.97 %     0.95 %     0.92 %     0.89 %     1.02 %

Portfolio turnover

    13 %     13 %     12 %     34 %     11 %

 

K Shares

 

Year Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2018

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2017

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 23.47     $ 28.37     $ 25.44     $ 26.43     $ 28.18  

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

                                       

Net investment income/(loss)(a)

    0.11       0.11       0.11       0.10       0.13  

Net gain/(loss) on securities (both realized and unrealized)

    0.50       (2.19 )     4.55       2.92       2.71  

Total from investment operations

    0.61       (2.08 )     4.66       3.02       2.84  

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS

                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.23 )     (0.14 )     (0.11 )     (0.10 )     (0.12 )

Distributions from capital gains

    (1.56 )     (2.68 )     (1.62 )     (3.91 )     (4.47 )

Total distributions

    (1.79 )     (2.82 )     (1.73 )     (4.01 )     (4.59 )

Net asset value, end of year or period

  $ 22.29     $ 23.47     $ 28.37     $ 25.44     $ 26.43  
                                         

Total return

    2.37 %     (7.27 )%     18.86 %     12.45 %     11.31 %
                                         

RATIOS / SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                                       

Net assets, end of year or period (000s)

  $ 1,059     $ 3,077     $ 6,179     $ 5,442     $ 5,086  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets:

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    1.16 %     1.17 %     1.16 %     1.12 %     1.12 %

After expense reimbursements

    1.16 %     1.17 %     1.13 %     1.08 %     1.08 %

Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    0.49 %     0.45 %     0.39 %     0.35 %     0.48 %

After expense reimbursements

    0.49 %     0.45 %     0.42 %     0.39 %     0.51 %

Portfolio turnover

    13 %     13 %     12 %     34 %     11 %

 

 

(a)

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding.

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 

Financial Highlights

(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year or Period) (Continued)

 

S&P Smallcap Index Fund

Direct Shares

 

Year Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2018

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2017

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 20.52     $ 26.43     $ 22.33     $ 20.87     $ 20.60  

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

                                       

Net investment income/(loss)(a)

    0.12       0.15       0.13       0.13       0.12  

Net gain/(loss) on securities (both realized and unrealized)

    (0.05 )     (4.27 )     6.38       2.36       2.29  

Total from investment operations

    0.07       (4.12 )     6.51       2.49       2.41  

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS

                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.15 )     (0.15 )     (0.12 )     (0.12 )     (0.14 )

Distributions from capital gains

    (1.41 )     (1.64 )     (2.29 )     (0.91 )     (2.00 )

Total distributions

    (1.56 )     (1.79 )     (2.41 )     (1.03 )     (2.14 )

Net asset value, end of year or period

  $ 19.03     $ 20.52     $ 26.43     $ 22.33     $ 20.87  
                                         

Total return

    (0.18 )%     (15.82 )%     30.95 %     12.12 %     12.48 %
                                         

RATIOS / SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                                       

Net assets, end of year or period (000s)

  $ 46,948     $ 61,412     $ 78,902     $ 56,076     $ 47,351  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets:

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    0.83 %     0.81 %     0.80 %     0.78 %     0.77 %

After expense reimbursements

    0.83 %     0.81 %     0.77 %     0.74 %     0.74 %

Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    0.60 %     0.70 %     0.53 %     0.56 %     0.56 %

After expense reimbursements

    0.60 %     0.70 %     0.56 %     0.60 %     0.60 %

Portfolio turnover

    20 %     14 %     18 %     31 %     12 %

 

K Shares

 

Year Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2018

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2017

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 19.96     $ 25.77     $ 21.85     $ 20.47     $ 20.24  

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

                                       

Net investment income/(loss)(a)

    0.02       0.05       0.01       0.02       0.02  

Net gain/(loss) on securities (both realized and unrealized)

    (0.05 )     (4.16 )     6.23       2.31       2.25  

Total from investment operations

    (0.03 )     (4.11 )     6.24       2.33       2.27  

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS

                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.09 )     (0.06 )     (0.03 )     (0.04 )     (0.04 )

Distributions from capital gains

    (1.41 )     (1.64 )     (2.29 )     (0.91 )     (2.00 )

Total distributions

    (1.50 )     (1.70 )     (2.32 )     (0.95 )     (2.04 )

Net asset value, end of year or period

  $ 18.43     $ 19.96     $ 25.77     $ 21.85     $ 20.47  
                                         

Total return

    (0.74 )%     (16.22 )%     30.26 %     11.59 %     11.89 %
                                         

RATIOS / SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                                       

Net assets, end of year or period (000s)

  $ 2,306     $ 4,908     $ 9,851     $ 8,165     $ 9,279  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets:

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    1.33 %     1.31 %     1.31 %     1.28 %     1.28 %

After expense reimbursements

    1.33 %     1.31 %     1.27 %     1.24 %     1.24 %

Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    0.12 %     0.21 %     0.03 %     0.06 %     0.06 %

After expense reimbursements

    0.12 %     0.21 %     0.06 %     0.10 %     0.10 %

Portfolio turnover

    20 %     14 %     18 %     31 %     12 %

 

 

(a)

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year or Period) (Continued)

 

Shelton Core Value Fund

Direct Shares

 

Year Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2018

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2017

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 20.05     $ 24.53     $ 25.00     $ 26.82     $ 25.26  

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

                                       

Net investment income/(loss)(a)

    0.25       0.36       0.37       0.43       0.48  

Net gain/(loss) on securities (both realized and unrealized)

    1.22       (0.51 )     2.33       1.81       1.94  

Total from investment operations

    1.47       (0.15 )     2.70       2.24       2.42  

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS

                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (1.50 )     (0.68 )     (0.38 )     (0.59 )     (0.50 )

Distributions from capital gains

    (1.34 )     (3.65 )     (2.79 )     (3.47 )     (0.36 )

Total distributions

    (2.84 )     (4.33 )     (3.17 )     (4.06 )     (0.86 )

Net asset value, end of year or period

  $ 18.68     $ 20.05     $ 24.53     $ 25.00     $ 26.82  
                                         

Total return

    7.99 %     0.41 %     11.32 %     9.10 %     9.83 %
                                         

RATIOS / SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                                       

Net assets, end of year or period (000s)

  $ 150,038     $ 148,997     $ 176,019     $ 176,929     $ 175,317  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

    0.84 %     0.82 %     0.78 %     0.75 %     0.78 %

Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets

    1.33 %     1.77 %     1.52 %     1.71 %     1.90 %

Portfolio turnover

    113 %     21 %     35 %     9 %     20 %

 

K Shares

 

Year Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2018

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2017

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 19.74     $ 24.22     $ 24.75     $ 26.61     $ 25.09  

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

                                       

Net investment income/(loss)(a)

    0.16       0.26       0.25       0.30       0.35  

Net gain/(loss) on securities (both realized and unrealized)

    1.19       (0.50 )     2.29       1.79       1.93  

Total from investment operations

    1.35       (0.24 )     2.54       2.09       2.28  

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS

                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (1.54 )     (0.59 )     (0.28 )     (0.48 )     (0.40 )

Distributions from capital gains

    (1.34 )     (3.65 )     (2.79 )     (3.47 )     (0.36 )

Total distributions

    (2.88 )     (4.24 )     (3.07 )     (3.95 )     (0.76 )

Net asset value, end of year or period

  $ 18.21     $ 19.74     $ 24.22     $ 24.75     $ 26.61  
                                         

Total return

    7.40 %     (0.08 )%     10.75 %     8.57 %     9.30 %
                                         

RATIOS / SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                                       

Net assets, end of year or period (000s)

  $ 1,382     $ 2,601     $ 5,370     $ 5,369     $ 5,897  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

    1.34 %     1.32 %     1.28 %     1.25 %     1.28 %

Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets

    0.85 %     1.27 %     1.02 %     1.22 %     1.40 %

Portfolio turnover

    113 %     21 %     35 %     9 %     20 %

 

 

(a)

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding.

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year or Period) (Continued)

 

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund

Direct Shares

 

Year Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2018

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2017

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 18.78     $ 18.85     $ 15.24     $ 12.25     $ 11.00  

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

                                       

Net investment income/(loss)(a)

    0.10       0.11       0.10       0.10       0.09  

Net gain/(loss) on securities (both realized and unrealized)

    10.32       0.18       3.78       2.98       1.27  

Total from investment operations

    10.42       0.29       3.88       3.08       1.36  

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS

                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.10 )     (0.12 )     (0.10 )     (0.09 )     (0.11 )

Distributions from capital gains

    (1.32 )     (0.24 )     (0.17 )            

Total distributions

    (1.42 )     (0.36 )     (0.27 )     (0.09 )     (0.11 )

Net asset value, end of year or period

  $ 27.78     $ 18.78     $ 18.85     $ 15.24     $ 12.25  
                                         

Total return

    58.98 %     1.72 %     25.73 %     25.29 %     12.46 %
                                         

RATIOS / SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                                       

Net assets, end of year (000s)

  $ 889,163     $ 607,521     $ 630,845     $ 460,021     $ 298,123  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets:

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    0.70 %     0.74 %     0.74 %     0.70 %     0.74 %

After expense reimbursements

    0.50 %(b)     0.50 %(b)     0.51 %(b)     0.49 %     0.49 %

Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    0.27 %     0.40 %     0.36 %     0.53 %     0.57 %

After expense reimbursements

    0.47 %     0.64 %     0.59 %     0.74 %     0.82 %

Portfolio turnover

    12 %     18 %     2 %     4 %     7 %

 

K Shares

 

Year Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2018

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2017

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 18.23     $ 18.31     $ 14.83     $ 11.93     $ 10.69  

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

                                       

Net investment income/(loss)(a)

    (0.01 )     0.02       0.01       0.03       0.03  

Net gain/(loss) on securities (both realized and unrealized)

    10.01       0.18       3.67       2.91       1.24  

Total from investment operations

    10.00       0.20       3.68       2.94       1.27  

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS

                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.03 )     (0.04 )     (0.03 )     (0.04 )     (0.03 )

Distributions from capital gains

    (1.32 )     (0.24 )     (0.17 )            

Total distributions

    (1.35 )     (0.28 )     (0.20 )     (0.04 )     (0.03 )

Net asset value, end of year or period

  $ 26.88     $ 18.23     $ 18.31     $ 14.83     $ 11.93  
                                         

Total return

    58.17 %     1.24 %     25.03 %     24.70 %     11.96 %
                                         

RATIOS / SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                                       

Net assets, end of year (000s)

  $ 31,064     $ 24,755     $ 28,573     $ 22,427     $ 15,500  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets:

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    1.20 %     1.24 %     1.24 %     1.20 %     1.24 %

After expense reimbursements

    1.00 %(b)     1.00 %(b)     1.01 %(b)     0.99 %     0.99 %

Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    (0.23 )%     (0.10 )%     (0.15 )%     0.03 %     0.05 %

After expense reimbursements

    (0.03 )%     0.14 %     0.08 %     0.24 %     0.30 %

Portfolio turnover

    12 %     18 %     2 %     4 %     7 %

 

 

(a)

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding.

(b)

CCO Fees are not included in the expense limitation.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year or Period) (Continued)

 

Shelton Green Alpha Fund

Direct Shares

 

Year Ended
August 31,
2020

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2019

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2018

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2017

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 18.44     $ 17.20     $ 17.32     $ 14.53     $ 13.67  

INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

                                       

Net investment income/(loss)(a)

    (0.01 )     0.03       0.05       0.02       (0.03 )

Net gain/(loss) on securities (both realized and unrealized)

    11.24       1.47       0.34       2.77       0.89  

Total from investment operations

    11.23       1.50       0.39       2.79       0.86  

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS

                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.02 )     (0.02 )     (0.05 )            

Distributions from capital gains

          (0.24 )     (0.46 )     (b)      (b) 

Total distributions

    (0.02 )     (0.26 )     (0.51 )            

Net asset value, end of year or period

  $ 29.65     $ 18.44     $ 17.20     $ 17.32     $ 14.53  
                                         

Total return

    60.93 %     8.91 %     2.19 %     19.20 %     6.29 %
                                         

RATIOS / SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                                       

Net assets, end of year (000s)

  $ 91,607     $ 56,567     $ 49,366     $ 40,256     $ 36,880  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets:

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    1.28 %     1.34 %     1.30 %     1.30 %     1.31 %

After expense reimbursements

    1.28 %     1.34 %     1.30 %     1.30 %     1.31 %

Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets

                                       

Before expense reimbursements

    (0.05 )%     0.15 %     0.30 %     0.13 %     (0.22 )%

After expense reimbursements

    (0.05 )%     0.15 %     0.30 %     0.13 %     (0.22 )%

Portfolio turnover

    27 %     12 %     13 %     24 %     13 %

 

 

(a)

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding.

(b)

Less than $0.01 per share.

 

Shelton Funds

Notes to Financial Statements

August 31, 2020

 

 

Note 1 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Green California Tax-Free Income Fund, U.S. Government Securities Fund, The United States Treasury Trust, S&P 500 Index Fund, S&P MidCap Index Fund, S&P SmallCap Index Fund, Shelton Core Value Fund, Nasdaq-100 Index Fund, and Shelton Green Alpha Fund (the “Funds”) are each a series of shares of beneficial interest of the Shelton Funds (the “Trust”). The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified open-end management investment company. Each Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 “Financial Services – Investment Companies”. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of no par value shares in one or more series. The Trust, originally organized as two separate Massachusetts business trusts formed by Declarations of Trust dated September 11, 1985, as subsequently amended, was reorganized into a single Delaware statutory trust after the close of trading on December 29, 2006. The investment objectives of the Funds are as follows: Green California Tax-Free Income Fund seeks high current tax-free income for California residents. U.S. Government Securities Fund seeks liquidity, safety from credit risk and as high a level of income as is consistent with these objectives. The United States Treasury Trust seeks high current income exempt from state income taxes while maintaining a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share. S&P 500 Index Fund’s objective is to attempt to replicate the total return of the U.S. stock market as measured by the S&P 500 Composite Stock Price Index. S&P MidCap Index Fund attempts to replicate the performance of medium-sized U.S. companies as measured by the S&P MidCap 400 Index. S&P SmallCap Index Fund attempts to replicate the performance of small-sized U.S. companies as measured by the S&P SmallCap 600 Stock Index. The Shelton Core Value Fund’s objective is to achieve a high level of income and capital appreciation (when consistent with high income) by investing primarily in income-producing U.S. equity securities. Shelton Green Alpha Fund seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing in stocks in the green economy. Nasdaq-100 Index Fund attempts to replicate the performance of the largest non-financial companies as measured by the Nasdaq-100 Index.

 

The U.S. Government Securities Fund, S&P 500 Index Fund, S&P MidCap Index Fund, S&P SmallCap Index Fund, Shelton Core Value Fund, Nasdaq-100 Index Fund and The United States Treasury Trust each offer Class K shares. Effective as of December 27, 2019, The United States Treasury Trust no longer offers Class K shares of the Fund. Income, expenses (other than the expenses attributable to a specific class), realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments of the Funds are allocated proportionately to the two classes of shares offered based on the daily net assets, except for Rule 12b-1 distribution fees and shareholder service fees, which are charged only to K Shares. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds.

 

(a) Security Valuation – Equity securities listed on a national exchange are valued at the last reported sales price. Futures contracts are valued at the settle price, depending on the exchange the contract trades on, typically as of 4:15 p.m., Eastern Time. Municipal securities are valued by an independent pricing service at a price determined by a matrix pricing method. This technique generally considers such factors as yields or prices of bonds of comparable quality, type of issue, coupon, maturity, ratings and general market conditions. U.S. government securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the mean between the closing bid and asked prices provided by an independent pricing service. U.S. agency securities consisting of mortgage pass-through certificates are valued using dealer quotations provided by an independent pricing service. U.S. Treasury Bills are valued at amortized cost which approximates market value. Securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued on the amortized cost basis as reflecting fair value. The United States Treasury Trust securities are valued at amortized cost, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees and which the Board of Trustees has determined in good faith reflects the market-based net asset value per share. The Fund receives options pricing data from the Trust’s third party pricing service who use the last traded price to quote options positions.

 

Securities for which market quotes are not readily available from the Trust’s third party pricing service are valued at fair value, determined in good faith and in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. The Board has delegated to the Advisor’s pricing committee the responsibility for determining the fair value, subject to the Board oversight and the review of the pricing decisions at its quarterly meetings.

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 

Shelton Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

August 31, 2020

 

(b) Futures Contracts – Initial margin deposits required upon entering into futures contracts are satisfied by the segregation of cash, as collateral, for the account of the broker (a Fund’s agent in acquiring the futures position). During the period the futures contract is open, changes in the value of the contract are recognized as unrealized gains or losses by “marking to market” on a daily basis to reflect the market value of the contract at the end of each day’s trading. Variation margin payments are made or received depending upon whether unrealized gains or losses are incurred. When the contract is closed, a Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Fund’s basis in the contract. The S&P 500 Index Fund, S&P MidCap Index Fund, S&P SmallCap Index Fund, Shelton Core Value Fund, Shelton Green Alpha Fund and Nasdaq-100 Index Fund may purchase or sell stock index futures to maintain cash reserves while remaining fully invested, to facilitate trading, to reduce transaction costs, or to seek higher investment returns when a futures contract is priced more attractively than the underlying equity security or index. Risks include the possibility of an illiquid market and an imperfect correlation between the change in market value of the stocks held by a Fund and the prices of futures contracts.

 

(c) Options – The Shelton Core Value Fund may write call options. When an option is written, the Fund receives a premium and becomes obligated to sell the underlying security at a fixed price, upon exercise of the option. Options can be traded through an exchange or through a privately negotiated arrangement with a dealer in an OTC transaction. Options traded through an exchange are generally cleared through a clearinghouse (such as the Options Clearing Corporation). The difference between the premium received or paid, and the market value of the option, is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. When an option is exercised, the proceeds of the security sold are adjusted by the amount of premium received. Upon the expiration of the option, a gain or loss is reported in the Statement of Operations. The risk in writing a call option is that the market price of the security increases and if the option is exercised, the Fund must either purchase the security at a higher price for delivery or give up the opportunity for profit.

 

(d) Federal Income Taxes – No provision is considered necessary for federal income taxes. The Funds intend to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies under the Internal Revenue Code and to distribute all of their taxable income to shareholders.

 

(e) Security Transactions, Investment Income and Distributions to Shareholders – Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for, in accordance with the Trust’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date for the Green California Tax-Free Income Fund, the U.S. Government Securities Fund, S&P 500 Index Fund, S&P MidCap Index Fund, S&P SmallCap Index Fund, Shelton Core Value Fund, Shelton Green Alpha Fund and Nasdaq-100 Index Fund. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments for futures contracts, redemptions-in-kind and post-October capital losses. For The United States Treasury Trust, dividends from net investment income are declared daily and reinvested or paid in cash monthly. The U.S. Treasury Trust intends to maintain a continuous net asset value per share of $1.00. If net asset value per share using available market information deviates from $1.00 by $.005 or more, the Board of Trustees would consider what steps, if any, should be taken to restore net asset value per share to $1.00.

 

(f) Concentration – The Green California Tax-Free Income Fund invests in debt instruments of municipal issuers. The issuers’ abilities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in the state of California.

 

(g) Use of Estimates in Financial Statements – In preparing financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of income and expense during the year. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

 

(h) Share Valuations – The net asset value (“NAV”) per share of each Fund is calculated by dividing the sum of the value of the securities held by the Fund, plus cash or other assets, minus all liabilities (including estimated accrued expenses) by the total number of shares outstanding of the Fund, rounded to the nearest cent. A Fund’s shares will not be priced on the days on which the NYSE is closed for trading. Bond and money market funds are closed on Columbus Day (observed) and Veteran’s Day (observed). The offering and redemption price per share of each Fund is equal to a Fund’s NAV per share.

 

(i) Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – The Funds recognize the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only where the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions, and has concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions taken on returns filed for open tax years (2017-2019), or expected to be taken in the Fund’s 2020 tax returns. Each Fund identifies its major tax jurisdictions as U.S. Federal, however the Funds are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.

 

(j) Fair Value Measurements – The Funds utilize various methods to measure the fair value of most of their investments on a recurring basis. U.S. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods. The three levels of inputs are:

 

(k) The Funds adopted ASU No. 2017-08 - Premium on amortization on purchased callable debt securities which shortens the premium allocation for non-contingently callable debt securities. Management has assessed these changes and concluded these changes did not have a material impact on the Funds financial statements.

 

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access.

 

Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.

 

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

 

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. 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 level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety, is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Trust’s securities at August 31, 2020 using fair value hierarchy:

 

   

Level 1(a)

   

Level 2(a)

   

Level 3(a)

           

Level 1(a)

   

Level 1(a)

   

Level 2(a)

 

Fund

 

Investments
in Securities
(b)

   

Investments
in Securities
(c)

   

Investments
in Securities

   

Total
Assets

   

Futures
Contracts -
Assets
(d)

   

Futures
Contracts -
Liabilities
(d)

   

Written
Options -
Liabilities

 

Green California Tax-Free Income Fund

  $     $ 60,873,518     $     $ 60,873,518     $     $     $  

U.S. Government Securities Fund

          23,422,903             23,422,903                    

The United States Treasury Trust Fund

          36,692,664             36,692,664                    

S&P 500 Index Fund

    198,261,259       99,953             198,361,212             14,925        

 

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Level 1(a)

   

Level 2(a)

   

Level 3(a)

           

Level 1(a)

   

Level 1(a)

   

Level 2(a)

 

Fund

 

Investments
in Securities
(b)

   

Investments
in Securities
(c)

   

Investments
in Securities

   

Total
Assets

   

Futures
Contracts -
Assets
(d)

   

Futures
Contracts -
Liabilities
(d)

   

Written
Options -
Liabilities

 

S&P MidCap Index Fund

    97,636,884       1,099,484             98,736,368             19,540        

S&P SmallCap Index Fund

    49,126,136       99,953       0       49,226,089             300        

Shelton Core Value Fund

  $ 135,284,937     $ 16,292,359     $     $ 151,577,296     $     $     $ 1,786,273  

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund

    898,548,562       22,289,547             920,838,109       2,482,015              

Shelton Green Alpha Fund

    90,585,243                   90,585,243                    

 

 

(a)

It is the Funds’ policy to recognize transfers between levels on the last day of the fiscal reporting period. There were no transfers in or out of Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 as of FYE.

(b)

All publicly traded common stocks and preferred stocks held in the Funds are Level 1 securities, except those that are fair valued in the Basic Materials and Consumer Discretionary industries. For a detailed break-out of equity securities by major industry classification, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.

(c)

All fixed income securities held in the Funds are Level 2 securities. For a detailed break-out of fixed income securities by type, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.

(d)

Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

Level 3 Securities

 

S&P SmallCap Index Fund

 
   

Common
Stock -
Diversified
Financial
Service

   

Rights -
Lantheus

Holdings Inc

 

Beginning Balance

  $ 0     $ 0  

Net Purchases

           

Net Sales

           

Total Realized Gain/(Loss)

           

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

           

Accrued Interest

           

Transfers into Level 3

           

Transfers out of Level 3

           

Ending Balance

  $ 0     $ 0  

 

(k) Disclosure about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities – The Funds have adopted enhanced disclosure regarding derivative and hedging activity intended to improve financial reporting of derivative instruments by enabling investors to understand how and why an entity uses derivatives, how derivatives are accounted for, and how derivative instruments affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

 

S&P 500 Index Fund, S&P MidCap Index Fund, S&P SmallCap Index Fund, Shelton Core Value Fund, Nasdaq-100 Index Fund and Shelton Green Alpha Fund can use futures contracts and strategies for achieving the investment objectives.

 

Although the Funds’ primary risks are associated with changes in the stock market, there are other risks associated with the Funds. For the index funds, these risks generally apply to how well the Funds track the index. For example, the Funds invest in futures contracts to the extent that it holds cash in the portfolio. If these futures contracts do not track the index, the Fund’s performance relative to the respective index will change. For the non-indexed Funds, they may invest in futures contracts to the extent each Fund holds cash in the portfolio. If these futures contracts owned by each Fund do not perform well, the Funds’ performance will be impacted.

 

Under normal circumstances each Fund may follow a number of investment policies to achieve its objective. Losses involving futures can sometimes be substantial, in part because a relatively small price movement in a futures contract may result in an immediate and substantial loss for the Funds. In an effort to minimize this risk, the Funds will not use futures for speculative purposes or as leverage. It is the Funds’ policy to hold cash deposits equal or greater than the total market value of any futures position. The value of all futures and options contracts in which the Funds acquire an interest will not exceed 20% of current total assets.

 

At August 31, 2020, the number of open future contracts in the S&P 500 Index Fund, S&P MidCap Index Fund, S&P SmallCap Index Fund, and Nasdaq-100 Index Fund were 5, 10, 2 and 93, respectively. The Shelton Core Value Fund and Shelton Green Alpha Fund held no futures contracts at August 31, 2020. Only current day’s variation margin is reported as an asset or liability within the statement of assets and liabilities.

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statements of Assets & Liabilities for the period ended August 31, 2020:

 

Derivatives Not Accounted for as Hedging Instruments

 

Appreciation
on futures

   

Depreciation
on futures

 

S&P 500 Index Fund - Equity contracts

  $ 14,925     $  

S&P MidCap Index Fund - Equity contracts

    19,540        

S&P SmallCap Index Fund - Equity contracts

          300  

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund - Equity contracts

    2,482,015        

 

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August 31, 2020

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statements of Operations for the period ended August 31, 2020:

 

Derivatives Not Accounted for as Hedging Instruments

 

Realized Gain/
(Loss) on Futures
Recognized in Income

   

Changes in Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) on
Futures Recognized
in Income

 

S&P 500 Index Fund - Equity contracts

  $ 426,835     $ 10,474  

S&P MidCap Index Fund - Equity contracts

    124,091       20,679  

S&P SmallCap Index Fund - Equity contracts

    36,139       420  

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund - Equity contracts

    3,356,155       2,484,689  

 

The previously disclosed derivative instruments outstanding as of February 29, 2020, and their effect on the Statement of Operations for the period ending August 31, 2020, serve as indicators of the volume of financial derivative activity for the company. The following table indicates the average volume for the period:

 

Derivatives Not Accounted for as Hedging Instruments

 

Average Notional Value

 

S&P 500 Index Fund - Equity contracts

  $ 1,442,483  

S&P MidCap Index Fund - Equity contracts

    847,182  

S&P SmallCap Index Fund - Equity contracts

    476,204  

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund - Equity contracts

    7,752,981  

 

Note 2 - INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE AND OTHER RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Shelton Capital Management (“Shelton Capital” or the “Advisor”), a California limited partnership, provides each Fund with management and administrative services pursuant to investment management and administration servicing agreements.

 

In accordance with the terms of the management agreement, the Advisor receives compensation at the following annual rates:

 

 

To $100 million in net assets

$100 million to $500 million in net assets

$500 million to $1 billion in net assets

In excess of $1 billion in net assets

Green California Tax-Free Income Fund

0.50%

0.45%

0.40%

0.40%

U.S. Government Securities Fund

0.50%

0.45%

0.40%

0.40%

U.S. Treasury Trust

0.50%

0.45%

0.40%

0.40%

S&P 500 Index Fund

0.25%

0.25%

0.25%

0.25%

S&P MidCap Index Fund

0.40%

0.40%

0.40%

0.40%

S&P SmallCap Index Fund

0.50%

0.50%

0.45%

0.40%

Shelton Core Value Fund

0.50%

0.50%

0.45%

0.40%

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund

0.50%

0.50%

0.45%

0.40%

Shelton Green Alpha Fund(a)

1.00%

1.00%

1.00%

1.00%

 

 

(a)

The Advisor pays Green Alpha Advisors a sub-advisor fee of 0.50%

 

The Advisor contractually agreed to reduce total operating expense to certain Funds of the Trust. This additional contractual reimbursement is effective until January 2, 2021, unless renewed and is subject to recoupment within three fiscal years following reimbursement. Recoupment is limited to the extent the reimbursement does not exceed any applicable expense limit and the effect of the reimbursement is measured after all ordinary operating expenses are calculated; any such reimbursement is subject to the Board of Trustees’ review and approval. Reimbursements from the Advisor to affected Funds, and the voluntary expense limits, for the period ended August 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

 

Voluntary Expense Limitation

Fund

Direct Shares

K Shares

Expiration

U.S. Government Securities Fund

0.74%

1.24%

1/2/21

The United States Treasury Trust

0.53%

N/A

1/2/21

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund

0.49%

0.99%

1/2/21

 

At August 31, 2020, the remaining cumulative unreimbursed amount paid and/or waived by the Advisor on behalf of the Funds that may be reimbursed was $4,803,383. The Advisor may recapture a portion of the above amount no later than the dates as stated below. As of January 2, 2018, the S&P 500 Index Fund, S&P MidCap Index Fund and S&P SmallCap Index Fund were no longer subject to contractual expense limitations.

 

Fund

 

Expires 8/31/21

   

Expires 8/31/22

   

Expires 8/31/23

   

Total

 

U.S. Government Securities Fund

  $ 27,929     $ 43,929     $ 40,952     $ 112,810  

The United States Treasury Trust

    164,246       104,345       126,223       394,814  

S&P 500 Index Fund

    88,195                   88,195  

S&P MidCap Index Fund

    43,839                   43,839  

S&P SmallCap Index Fund

    23,398                   23,398  

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund

    1,275,279       1,448,548       1,405,450       4,129,277  

Total

  $ 1,622,886     $ 1,596,822     $ 1,572,625     $ 4,792,333  

 

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August 31, 2020

 

A Fund must pay its current ordinary operating expenses before the Advisor is entitled to any reimbursement of fees and/or expenses. Any such reimbursement is contingent upon Board of Trustee review and approval prior to the time the reimbursement is initiated.

 

As compensation for administrative duties not covered by the management agreement, Shelton Capital receives an administration fee, which was revised on January 1, 2011. The administration fee is based on assets held, in aggregate, by the Shelton Funds. The fee rates are 0.10% on the first $500 million, 0.08% on the next $500 million, and 0.06% on combined assets over $1 billion. This administration fee is adjusted annually for inflation using the Consumer Price Index (rounded to the nearest $10 million) with a base year of 2004. Administration fees are disclosed on the Statement of Operations.

 

Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are also partners of Shelton. Steve Rogers has served as a trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Trust since 1998, and President of the Trust since 1999. Mr. Rogers is also Chief Executive Officer of the Adviser. Gregory T. Pusch has served as the Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) of the Trust since March 2017. Mr. Pusch is also employed by Shelton, the Advisor and Administrator to the Trust. The Trust is responsible for the portion of his salary allocated to his duties as the CCO of the Trust during his employment, and Shelton is reimbursed by the Trust for this portion of his salary. The level of reimbursement is reviewed and determined by the Board of Trustees at least annually.

 

Shelton Funds have adopted a Distribution Plan (the “Plan”), as amended August 1, 2012, pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, whereby the Class K Shares of each Fund of the Shelton Funds pays the Distributor for expenses that relate to the promotion and distribution of shares. Under the Plan, the Class K Shares of the Funds will pay RFS Partners, the Funds’ distributor (the “Distributor”) a fee at an annual rate of 0.25%, payable monthly, of the daily net assets attributable to such Fund’s Class K Shares.

 

Shelton Funds adopted a Shareholder Services Plan (the “Services Plan”), whereby the K Shares of each Fund of the Shelton Funds pay RFS Partners, the Funds’ Distributor or other service providers, an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class K Shares. Such amounts are compensation for providing certain services to clients owning K Shares, including processing purchase and redemption transactions, assisting in other administrative details and providing other information with respect to each Fund.

 

For the period ended August 31, 2020, the following were paid by the Class K Shares of each Fund of the Trust:

 

Fund

 

Class K
12b-1 Fees

   

Class K
Shareholder
Service Fees

 

U.S. Government Securities Fund

  $ 4,645     $ 4,645  

U.S. Treasury Trust Fund(a)

    914       902  

S&P 500 Index Fund

    10,121       10,121  

S&P MidCap Index Fund

    4,322       4,322  

S&P SmallCap Index Fund

    7,855       7,855  

Shelton Core Value Fund

    4,165       4,165  

Nasdaq-100 Index fund

    61,353       61,353  

 

 

(a)

The United States Treasury Trust K Shares closed on December 27, 2019.

 

Management fees, Administration fees, Expense reimbursement from the manager, CCO fees and Trustees fees incurred during the period are included in the Statement of Operations.

 

Note 3 - PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES

 

Purchases and sales of securities other than short-term instruments for the period ended August 31, 2020 were as follows:

 

Fund

 

Purchases

   

Sales

   

Purchases
(Excluding U.S.
Government
Obligations)

   

Sales
(Excluding U.S.
Government
Obligations)

 

Green California Tax-Free Income Fund

  $ 5,278,659     $ 8,603,751     $ 5,278,659     $ 8,603,751  

U.S. Government Securities Fund

    7,447,871       2,005,684              

S&P 500 Index Fund

    14,064,064       40,584,252       14,064,064       40,584,252  

S&P MidCap Index Fund

    12,956,426       27,217,907       12,956,426       27,217,907  

S&P SmallCap Index Fund

    11,570,614       27,414,320       11,570,614       27,414,320  

Core Value Fund

    149,851,380       162,709,522       149,851,380       162,709,522  

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund

    84,522,698       146,402,483       84,522,698       146,402,483  

Green Alpha Fund

    19,493,520       17,142,510       19,493,520       17,142,510  

 

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Note 4 - OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

Written Options Contracts – Certain Funds may write options to manage exposure to certain changes in the market. When a Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability, which is marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the option written. If the option expires, the Fund realizes a gain from investments equal to the amount of the premium received. When a written call option is exercised, the difference between the premium and the amount for effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commission, is also treated as a realized gain or loss. When a written put option is exercised, the amount of the premium received reduces the cost of the security purchased by the Fund. A risk in writing a covered call option is that the Fund may forego the opportunity of profit if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that the Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security decreases and the option is exercised.

 

At August 31, 2020, the Shelton Core Value Fund had written option contracts outstanding:

 

Derivatives not
Accounted for as
Hedging Instruments

Liability Derivatives
Statement of Assets and
Liabilities Location

 

Fair Value

 

Equity Contracts (written option contracts)

Written options, at value

  $ 1,786,273  

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Funds’ Statement of Operations for the period ended August 31, 2020, was as follows:

 

Derivatives not Accounted
for as Hedging Instruments

Location of Gains/(Loss) on
Derivatives Recognize in Income

 

Realized Gain/
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income

   

Change in Unrealized
Gain/(Loss) on
Derivatives Recognized
in Income

 

Equity Contracts (written option contracts)

Net realized gains (losses) from: Written option contracts / Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: Written option contracts

  $ 4,807,910     $ (739,010 )

 

Volume of derivative instruments held by the Funds during the period ended August 31, 2020, was as follows:

 

Derivative Type

Unit of Measurement

 

Average

 

Written Option Contracts

Contracts

  $ (1,418,477 )

 

Note 5 - TAX CHARACTER

 

Reclassifications: Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require certain components of net assets be reclassified between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share. For the year ended August 31, 2020, there are permanent differences resulting from different book and tax accounting for net operating losses, expiration of capital loss carryforwards, distribution reclassifications, and treatment of accretion of discount. The reclassifications were as follows:

 

   

Increase/(Decrease)
Paid-In Capital

   

Increase/(Decrease)
Distributable
earnings/(loss)

 

Shelton Green Alpha Fund

  $ (33,354 )   $ 33,354  

The United States Treasury Trust

    (1,492 )     1,492  

 

Tax Basis of Distributable Earnings: The tax character of distributable earnings at August 31, 2020 was as follows:

 

   

Undistributed
Ordinary
Income

   

Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gain

   

Capital
Loss Carry
Forwards

   

Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)

   

Post October
and Other
Losses

   

Total
Distributable
Earnings

 

Green California Tax-Free Income Fund

  $ 2,874     $     $ (156,702 )   $ 4,833,231       (20,169 )     4,659,234  

U.S. Government Securities Fund

    2,421             (47,483 )     1,528,199       (5,440 )     1,477,697  

The United States Treasury Trust

                (1,779 )                 (1,779 )

S&P 500 Index Fund

    1,073,707       12,070,897             132,163,136             145,307,740  

S&P Mid Cap Index Fund

    12,007       6,229,694             24,795,773             31,037,474  

S&P Small Cap Index Fund

          891,266             8,267,683             9,158,949  

Core Value Fund

    825,670       20,960,443             11,920,281             33,706,394  

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund

    5,387,493       3,588,235             554,701,319             563,677,047  

Green Alpha Fund

          997,832             42,107,160             43,104,992  

 

The difference between book basis and tax basis unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) is attributable primarily to the realization of unrealized gains/(losses) on future contracts for tax purposes, wash sales, the treatment of accretion of discounts, and certain other investments.

 

Elective Deferrals: The Funds have not elected to defer capital losses recognized during the period November 1, 2019 - August 31, 2020 to the period ending August 31, 2021.

 

The Funds have not elected to defer ordinary losses to the period ending August 31, 2021.

 

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Capital Losses: Capital loss carry forwards, as of August 31, 2020, available to offset future capital gains, if any, are as follows:

 

Expiring

 

Green
California
Tax-Free
Income Fund

   

U.S.
Government
Securities Fund

   

United States
Treasury
Trust Fund

 

Long Term with No Expiration

  $ (156,179 )   $ (1,378 )   $  

Short Term with No Expiration

    (523 )     (46,105 )     (1,779 )

Total

  $ (156,702 )   $ (47,483 )   $ (1,779 )

 

Distributions to Shareholders: Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments of income and gains on various investment securities held by each Fund, timing differences and differing characterization of distributions made by each Fund.

 

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended August 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

 

Fund

 

Year

   

Return of
Capital

   

Ordinary
Income

   

Long-Term
Capital
Gains
(a)

   

Exempt-
Interest
Dividends

   

Total
Distributions

 

Green California Tax-Free Income Fund

    2019     $     $     $ 119,292     $ 1,312,755     $ 1,432,047  
      2020                   86,780       1,137,898       1,224,678  

U.S. Government Securities Fund

    2019             264,460                   264,460  
      2020             270,782                   270,782  

The United States Treasury Trust

    2019             845,516                   845,516  
      2020             261,524                   261,524  

S&P 500 Index Fund

    2019             3,067,559       1,340,869             4,408,428  
      2020             2,808,286       14,466,128             17,274,414  

S&P Mid Cap Index Fund

    2019             2,402,000       10,698,956             13,100,956  
      2020             1,093,967       7,058,757             8,152,724  

S&P Small Cap Index Fund

    2019             738,251       5,245,346             5,983,597  
      2020             377,203       4,464,022             4,841,225  

Shelton Core Value Fund

    2019             9,355,980       20,581,178             29,937,158  
      2020             11,953,734       9,784,795             21,738,529  

Nasdaq-100 Index Fund

    2019             3,857,160       8,346,060             12,203,220  
      2020             5,487,003       41,231,826             46,718,829  

Green Alpha Fund

    2019             148,555       552,838             701,393  
      2020                   51,961             51,961  

 

 

(a)

The Funds designate Long-Term Capital Gain dividends pursuant to Section 852(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code for the period ended August 31, 2020.

 

Note 6 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

In preparing the financial statements as of August 31, 2020, management considered the impact of subsequent events for potential recognition or disclosure in these financial statements through the date of issuance of the financial statements and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure.

 

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Fund Holdings (Unaudited)

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The information filed in the form N-PORT also may be obtained by calling (800) 955-9988.

 

About this Report

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Shelton Funds. It is authorized for distribution only if preceded or accompanied by a current Shelton Funds prospectus. Additional copies of the prospectus may be obtained by calling (800) 955-9988 or can be downloaded from the Funds’ website at www.sheltoncap.com. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money, as it explains the risks, fees and expenses of investing in the Funds.

 

Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Voting Records (Unaudited)

 

The Funds’ Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) containing a description of the policies and procedures that the Shelton Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities, along with the Fund’s proxy voting record relating to portfolio securities held during the 12-month period ended August 31, 2020 is available upon request, at no charge, at the phone number above, or on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees
of Shelton Funds

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Green California Tax-Free Income Fund, U.S. Government Securities Fund, The United States Treasury Trust, S&P 500 Index Fund, S&P MidCap Index Fund, S&P SmallCap Index Fund, Shelton Core Value Fund, Nasdaq-100 Index Fund and Shelton Green Alpha Fund (the “Funds”), each a series of Shelton Funds (the “Trust”), including the schedules of investments, as of August 31, 2020, the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds as of August 31, 2020, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and their financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We have served as the auditor of one or more of the funds in the Trust since 1986.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of August 31, 2020 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

TAIT, WELLER & BAKER LLP

 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 30, 2020

 

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Board of Trustees and Executive Officers (Unaudited)

 

Overall responsibility for management of the Funds rests with the Board of Trustees. The Trustees serve during the lifetime of the Trust and until its termination, or until death, resignation, retirement or removal. The Trustees, in turn, elect the officers of the Fund to actively supervise its day-to-day operations. The officers have been elected for an annual term. The following are the Trustees and Executive Officers of the Funds:

 

Name

Address

Year of Birth

Position Held with the Trust

Length of Time Served

Stephen C. Rogers

1875 Lawrence Street,

Suite 300

Denver, CO,

80202

1966

Chairman of the Board,
Trustee,
President

Since August 1999,
Since August 1999,
Since August 1999

Kevin T. Kogler

1875 Lawrence Street,

Suite 300

Denver, CO,

80202

1966

Trustee

Since May 2006

Marco L. Quazzo

1875 Lawrence Street,

Suite 300

Denver, CO,

80202

1962

Trustee

Since August 2014

Stephen H. Sutro

1875 Lawrence Street,

Suite 300

Denver, CO,

80202

1969

Trustee

Since May 2006

William P. Mock

1875 Lawrence Street,

Suite 300

Denver, CO,

80202

1966

Treasurer

Since February 2010

Gregory T. Pusch

1875 Lawrence Street,

Suite 300

Denver, CO,

80202

1966

Chief Compliance Officer,
Secretary

Since March 2017

 

Each Trustee oversees the Trust’s nine Funds. The principal occupations of the Trustees and Executive Officers of the Funds during the past five years and public directorships held by the Trustees are set forth below:

 

Stephen C. Rogers*

Chief Executive Officer, Shelton Capital Management, 1999 to present.

Kevin T. Kogler

President & Founder of MicroBiz, LLC, 2012 to present; Principal, Robertson Piper Software Group, 2006 to 2012; Senior Vice President, Investment Banking, Friedman, Billings Ramsey, 2003 to 2006.

Marco L. Quazzo

Principal, Bartko Zankel Bunzel & Miller, March 2015-Present; Partner, Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp LLP (law firm), 2008 to March 2015.

Stephen H. Sutro

Managing Partner, Duane Morris, LLP (law firm) 2014 to present; Partner, Duane Morris LLP (law firm), 2003 to present.

William P. Mock

Portfolio Manager, Shelton Capital Management, 2010 to present.

Gregory T. Pusch

Principal Occupations Past five years: Global Head of Risk & Compliance, Matthews Asia 2015-2016; Head of Legal & Regulatory Compliance / CCO, HarbourVest Partners 2012-2015.

 

Additional information about the Trustees may be found in the SAI, which is available without charge by calling (800) 955-9988.

 

 

*

Trustee deemed to be an “interested person” of the Trust, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. Mr. Rogers is an interested person because he is the CEO of Shelton Capital Management, the Trust’s Advisor and Administrator.

 

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P.O. Box 87

Denver, CO 80201-0087

 

 

 

ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

 

(a) The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officers and principal financial and accounting officer.

 

(c) N/A

 

(d) N/A

 

(f) Pursuant to Item 12(a)(1), the Registrant is attaching as an exhibit a copy of its code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer. A copy of the code of ethics is available upon request, at no charge, at 1(800) 955-9988.

 

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

 

(a)(1) Registrant does not have an audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee.

 

(a)(2) N/A

 

(a)(3) The audit committee has determined that no single independent trustee meets the criteria of "audit committee financial expert", but the collective skills of the committee are sufficient to satisfy the requirements.

 

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

 

(a) Audit Fees

 

The aggregate fees paid to the principal accountant for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the Registrant's annual financial statements or for services that are normally provided by the principal accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements were $121,600 for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2020 and $134,200 for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2019.

 

(b) Audit-Related Fees

 

There were no fees paid to the principal accountant for assurance and related services rendered by the principal accountant to the Registrant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant's financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of Item 4.

 

(c) Tax Fees

 

The aggregate fees paid to the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning services rendered by the principal accountant to the Registrant were $25,700 for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2020 and $28,400 for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2019.

 

(d) All Other Fees

 

There were no other fees paid to the principal accountant for services rendered by the principal accountant to the Registrant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant's financial statements and are not reported under paragraphs (a)-(c) of Item 4.

 

 

 

(e)(1) The Registrant's audit committee is directly responsible for approving the services to be provided by the auditors, including:

 

  (i) pre-approval of all audit and audit-related services;

 

  (ii) pre-approval of all non-audit related services to be provided to  the Registrant by the auditors;

 

  (iii) pre-approval of all non-audit related services to be provided to the Registrant by the auditors to the Registrant 's investment adviser or to any entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Registrant 's investment adviser and that provides ongoing services to the Registrant where the non-audit services relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the Registrant; and

 

(e)(2) All of the services provided to the Registrant described in paragraphs (b)-(d) of Item 4 were pre-approved by the audit committee.

 

(f) N/A

 

(g)

The aggregate non-audit fees paid to the principal accountant for services rendered by the principal accountant to the Registrant and the Registrant's investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant were $0 for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2020 and $0 for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2019.

 

(h) N/A

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

 

  N/A

 

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

  Included under Item 1.

 

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

 

  N/A

 

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

 

  N/A

 

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVEESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

 

  N/A

 

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

 

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which the shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant's board of trustees since the Registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of Item 7(d)(2)(ii)(G) of Schedule 14A or this Item.

 

 

 

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

(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 the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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 that occurred during the Registrant's last fiscal half-year (the Registrant's second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12. EXHIBITS

 

(a)(1) Code of Ethics attached hereto.

 

(a)(2) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.

 

(b) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.

  

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

SHELTON FUNDS    
     
By /s/ Stephen C. Rogers  
  Stephen C. Rogers, Chairman  
  Date: November 3, 2020  

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By /s/ Stephen C. Rogers  
  Stephen C. Rogers, Chairman  
  Date: November 3, 2020  
     
By /s/ William P. Mock  
  William P. Mock, Treasurer  
  Date: November 3, 2020

 

30 - Code of Ethics

 

Policy

This Code of Ethics (the “Code”) is adopted pursuant to Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) by the Boards of Trustees of Shelton Funds and SCM Trust (the “Trusts”), RFS Partners (the “Distributor”), and by Shelton Capital Management (the “Advisor”), which additionally adopts the Code pursuant to the requirements of Rule 204A-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”).

 

Introduction

Section 17(j) under the 1940 Act makes it unlawful for persons affiliated with investment companies, their principal underwriters, or their investment advisers to engage in fraudulent personal securities transactions. Rule 17j-1 and Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act (the “Rules”) require each fund, investment adviser and principal underwriter to adopt a code of ethics that contains provisions reasonably necessary to prevent an employee from engaging in conduct prohibited by the principles of the Rules. The Rules also require that reasonable diligence be used and procedures be instituted that are reasonably necessary to prevent violations of the code of ethics.

 

Rule 17j-1 requires Board oversight of personal trading practices, reporting of employee securities trading and preclearance of employee purchases of initial public offerings and private placements. Under Rule 17j-1, the Advisor and the Trusts each provide to the Boards annually a written report that:

 

1. describes issues that arose during the previous year under the Code, including information about material Code violations and sanctions imposed, and
2. certifies to the Board that it has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent access persons from violating the Code.

 

Rule 204A-1 requires that an investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act must establish, maintain and enforce a written code of ethics that at a minimum includes:

 

1. A standard (or standards) of business conduct that the advisor requires of its supervised persons, which standard must reflect the advisor’s fiduciary obligations and those of its supervised persons;

2. Provisions requiring the advisor’s supervised persons to comply with applicable federal securities laws;

3. Provisions that require the advisor’s access persons to report, and the advisor to review, their personal securities transactions and holdings periodically as provided under Rule 204A-1;

4. Provisions requiring the advisor’s supervised persons to report any violations of the advisor’s code of ethics promptly to the chief compliance officer or, provided the chief compliance officer also receives reports of all violations, to other persons who the advisor designates in its code of ethics; and

5. Provisions requiring the advisor to provide each of its supervised persons with a copy of the advisor’s code of ethics and any amendments, and requiring its supervised persons to provide the advisor with a written acknowledgement of their receipt of the code and any amendments.

 

The Code is designed to provide a program for detecting and preventing insider trading and other violations of fiduciary duties by requiring Access Persons, as defined herein, to report personal holdings and securities transactions of securities of the types, which any series Fund of the Trusts (each a “Fund”) and other clients of the Advisor may purchase. The reason underlying this reporting requirement is the potential for insiders who have knowledge of what a Fund or other client is doing to take advantage of this information to trade in advance of a Fund or other client. If the Security involved is thinly traded or if the Fund or other client buys or sells in big enough blocks to move the market, this type of insider trading could disadvantage the Fund or unfairly benefit the insider. The Code is also aimed at minimizing conflicts of interest and the appearance of such conflicts.

 

 

Statement of General Fiduciary Principles

Fiduciary Standards. The Code is based on the fundamental principle that the Trusts and the Advisor must put clients’ interest first. As an investment adviser, the Advisor has fiduciary responsibilities to clients, including the Trusts and each Fund for which it serves as investment adviser. Among the Advisor’s fiduciary responsibilities is the responsibility to ensure that its employees conduct their personal securities transactions in a manner that does not interfere, or appear to interfere, with any Fund or client transactions or otherwise take unfair advantage of their relationship to the Funds or other clients. All Advisor employees must adhere to this fundamental principle as well as comply with the specific provisions set forth herein. It bears emphasis that technical compliance with such provisions will not insulate from scrutiny transactions that show a pattern of compromise or abuse of an employee’s fiduciary responsibilities to the Funds or other clients. Accordingly, all Advisor employees must seek to avoid any actual or potential conflicts between their personal interests and the interest of the Funds. In sum, all Advisor employees shall place the interest of the Funds and other clients before personal interests.

 

Compliance with Applicable Federal Securities Laws. In particular, Rule 204A-1 requires that all Advisor employees must comply with all applicable federal securities laws (“Federal Securities Laws”).

 

General Anti-Fraud and Other Obligations

Under Rule 17j-1 and this Code, no Access Person shall:

 

1. employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud the Trusts or any Fund of the Trusts.

2. make to the Trusts any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state to the Trusts a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

3. engage in any act, practice or course of business that would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any Fund of the Trusts; or

4. engage in any manipulative act or practice with respect to the Trusts or any Fund of the Trusts, including, but not limited to, intentionally inducing or causing the Trusts to take action or to fail to take action, for the purpose of achieving a personal benefit rather than to benefit the Fund, shall be a violation of this Code.

 

Examples of this violation include:

 

1. causing any Fund of the Trusts to purchase a Covered Security owned by the individual for the purpose of supporting or increasing the price of the Covered Security;

2. causing any Fund of the Trusts to refrain from selling a Covered Security in an attempt to protect the value of the individual’s investment, such as an outstanding option; and

3. using actual knowledge of transactions for any Fund of the Trusts to profit by the market effect of such transactions shall be a violation of this Code.

 

 

 

This Code is not intended to cover all possible areas of potential liability under the 1940 Act or under the federal securities laws in general. For example, other provisions of Section 17 of the 1940 Act prohibit various transactions between a registered investment company and affiliated persons, including the knowing sale or purchase of property to or from a registered investment company on a principal basis, and joint transactions (e.g., combining to achieve a substantial position in a Covered Security or commingling of funds) between an investment company and an affiliated person. Persons covered by this Code are advised to seek advice before engaging in any transactions involving securities held or under consideration for purchase or sale by a Fund or other client.

 

In addition, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) may impose fiduciary obligations and trading restrictions on Access Persons in certain situations. It is expected that Access Persons will be sensitive to these areas of potential conflict, even though this Code does not address specifically these other areas of fiduciary responsibility.

 

Standard of Conduct and Reporting of Violations

 

As stated above, the core ethical standard of conduct of the Advisor is that as a fiduciary we put clients’ interests first in the conduct of our business.

 

Each employee or other Supervised Person of the Advisor must report any violation or suspected violation of this Code or any other compliance policy of the Advisor, RFS Partners (or any of their affiliates) to his or her supervisor or to the CCO immediately upon identifying any violation. In making such a report you are protected against any form of retaliation, even if it turns out after inquiry and investigation there was no violation of the Code or other compliance policies so long as you acted in good faith.

 

A violation or suspected violation of this Code or any other joint compliance policy of the Funds, Advisor, RFS Partners (or any of their affiliates) relating to the Funds may also be reported to the Board of Trustees of the Funds. Further, any violation or suspected violation relating to accounting or auditing matters, or the financial statements generally of the Funds, may be confidentially reported to the Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Funds.

 

The obligation to report violations or suspected violations of this Code or other compliance policies does not preclude your ability to voluntarily communicate with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the provisions of the whistleblowers rules of the SEC.

 

Implementation

In order to implement this Code, a compliance officer and an alternate should be designated. For the purpose of this Code, these individuals are: Greg Pusch, CCO.

 

The compliance officer shall create a list of Advisory Persons and other Access Persons and update the list with reasonable frequency. The compliance officer shall circulate a copy of this Code to each Access Person, together with an acknowledgment of receipt, which shall be signed and returned to the compliance officer by each Access Person, except Independent Trustees. The compliance officer is charged with responsibility for insuring that the reporting requirements of this Code under the Reporting section are adhered to by all Access Persons. The compliance officer shall be responsible for ensuring that the review requirements of this Code set forth in the Review section are performed in a prompt manner. The compliance officer shall also be responsible for giving special prior approval to transactions that would otherwise be prohibited under the Prohibited Purchases and Sales section of this Code.

 

 

 

Independent Trustees who do not have day-to-day contact with the Funds and who do not have specific knowledge of the Funds’ intended investments are not required to file any reports, and there is no restriction on their personal securities trading activities except as provided for under the Exceptions to Reporting Requirements section of this Code.

 

Additional Definitions

You should pay particular attention to the following definitions to correctly understand your obligations under the Code, including “Beneficial ownership”, “Security” and “Covered Security”.

 

“Access persons” means any Trustee, Director or General Partner, Officer or Advisory person of a Fund, Trust or the Advisor. Spouses, children and “immediate family members” sharing the household of such persons may also be considered an “Access Person” under this Code to the extent provided in the definition of “Beneficial ownership” below.

 

“Advisory person” means (1) any employee of (a) the Trusts, (b) the Advisor or (c) any company in control relationship to the Trusts, who, in connection with his or her regular functions or duties:

 

i. makes, participates in, or has access to nonpublic information regarding, the purchase or sale of a Security by a Fund or other client of the Advisor, or whose functions relate to the making of any recommendations with respect to such purchases or sales;
ii. has access to nonpublic information regarding the portfolio holdings of any Fund;

 

and (2) any natural person in a control relationship to the Trusts or the Advisor who has access to nonpublic information concerning recommendations made to the Trusts with regard to the purchase or sale of a Security.

 

A Security is “being considered for purchase or sale” when a recommendation to purchase or sell a Security has been made and communicated and, with respect to the person making the recommendation, when such person seriously considers making such a recommendation.

 

“Beneficial ownership” shall be interpreted in the same manner as it would be in determining whether a person is subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the 1934 Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, with the exception that the determination of direct or indirect beneficial ownership shall apply to all securities which an Access Person has or acquires. The rules promulgated under Section 16 of the 1934 Act provide that persons are presumed to have an indirect pecuniary interest, and therefore “Beneficial ownership” of, securities that are held by members of a person’s “immediate family” sharing the same household, and that “immediate family” includes any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, and includes adoptive relationships.

 

“Control” has the same meaning as in Section 2(a) (9) of the 1940 Act, which states that “control” means “the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of a company, unless such power is solely the result of an official position with such company.” Ownership of 25% or more of a company’s outstanding voting securities is presumed to give the holder thereof control over the company. Such presumption may be countered by the facts and circumstances of a given situation.

 

 

 

“Federal Securities Laws” means the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, any rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under any of these statutes, the Bank Secrecy Act as it applies to funds and investment advisers, and any rules adopted thereunder by the Commission or the Department of Treasury.

 

“Independent Trustee” means a member of the Boards of Trustees of the Trusts who is not an “interested person” of the Trusts within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.

 

“IPO” means an offering of securities registered under the Securities Act of 1933, the issuer or which, immediately before the registration, was not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act.

 

“Limited Offering” means an offering exempt from the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Section 4(2), 4(6) or Rule 504, 505 or 506 under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

“Purchase or sale of a Security” includes the writing of an option to purchase or sell a Security.

 

“Security” means: any note, stock, treasury stock, security future, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate, preorganization certificate or subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting- trust certificate, certificate of deposit for a security, fractional undivided interest in oil, gas, or other mineral rights, any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege on any security (including a certificate of deposit) or on any group or index of securities (including any interest therein or based on the value thereof), or any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege entered into on a national securities exchange relating to foreign currency, or, in general, any interest or instrument commonly known as a “security”, or any certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing; and it shall include derivative instruments that may not otherwise be defined as securities.

 

“Covered Security” means any Security, other than: (1) shares of open-end mutual funds other than the Funds; (2) securities issued by the Government of the United States (including Government agencies or instrumentalities); (3) short term debt securities which are “government securities” issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States, or by a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the Government of the United States pursuant to authority granted by the Congress of the United States; or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing; or (4) bankers’ acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and high quality short-term debt instruments, repurchase agreements and other money market instruments.

 

 

 

Prohibited Purchases and Sales

Access Persons (other than Independent Trustees) are required to obtain prior written approval from the CCO before making any investment in an Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) or Limited Offering. Before approval of any such investment, the transaction will be carefully reviewed for any immediate or future potential conflicts of interest.

 

No Access Person (except Independent Trustees, who are presumed to have no actual knowledge of the following matters described in sub-clauses (1) and (2) below) shall purchase or sell directly or indirectly, any Covered Security in which he or she has, or by reason of such transactions acquires, any direct or indirect beneficial ownership, which Covered Security to his or her actual knowledge at the time of such purchase or sale:

 

1. is being considered for purchase or sale by a Fund (with the exception of Index Funds which are defined as funds that seek to match or track the components of a market index) or other client account;

2. has been purchased or sold by a Fund or other client account within the most recent 7 days if such person participated in the recommendation to, or the decision with respect to the purchase or sale of such Covered Security (with the exception of Index Funds).

 

These restrictions shall continue to apply until the recommendation has been rejected or any trade instruction to buy or sell has been completed or canceled.

 

Exempted Transactions/Securities

The prohibitions under the Prohibited Purchases and Sales section of this Code shall not apply to:

 

1. Purchases or sales of Covered Securities effected in any account over which the Access Person has no direct or indirect influence or control.
2. Purchases or sales of Covered Securities, which fall below $2,000 (except IPOs and Limited Offerings).
3. Purchases or sales of Covered Securities, which are non-volitional on the part of the Access Person (except IPOs and Limited Offerings) (e.g., receipt of gifts).
4. Purchases of Covered Securities which are part of an automatic dividend reinvestment plan.
5. Purchases effected of Covered Securities upon the exercise of rights issued by an issuer made pro rata to all holders of a class of its Securities, to the extent such rights were acquired from such issuer, and sales of such rights so acquired.
6. Purchases and sales of Covered Securities, which have received the prior approval in writing (including email) of the compliance officer. Such prior approval may be granted, based on the business judgment of the compliance officer, if the purchase or sale is deemed to pose only a remote potential harm to a Fund or other client, or because the purchase or sale would be unlikely to affect a highly institutional market, or because the purchase or sale are not related economically to the Covered securities to be purchased, sold or held by a Fund or other client
7. Purchases and sales of shares issued by an Index Fund.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no exception or exemption applies to any transaction which would violate the General Anti-Fraud Obligations of this Code.

 

 

 

Confidentiality

No Access Person shall reveal to any other person (except in the normal course of his or her duties) any information regarding Securities transactions in respect of the Trusts or other clients, or consideration any such Securities transaction.

 

All information obtained from any Access Person hereunder shall be kept in strict confidence, except that reports of securities transactions hereunder will be made available to the SEC or any other regulatory or self-regulatory organization to the extent required by law or regulation.

 

Reporting

Subject to the exceptions set forth below, all Access Persons, with the exception of the Independent Trustees who meet the requirements under the Exceptions to Reporting Requirements section, shall report to the Trusts or the Advisor the information described in this section with respect to transactions in any Security or Covered Security, as applicable, in which such Access Person has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any direct or indirect beneficial ownership.

 

Quarterly Reporting: Every report shall be made not later than thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar quarter and shall contain the following information:

 

1. The date of the transaction, the title and the number of shares, the interest rate and maturity date (if applicable), and the principal amount of each Covered Security involved;
2. The nature of the transaction (i.e., purchase, sale, or any other type of acquisition of disposition);
3. The price at which the transaction was effected;
4. The name of the broker, dealer, or bank with or through whom the transaction was effected; and
5. The date that the report is being submitted.

 

Copies of statements or confirmations containing the information specified above when practicable are received directly by the CCO by mail or electronically, or such information may be provided through the SCT system.

 

For periods in which no reportable transactions were effected, the report shall contain a representation that no transactions subject to the reporting requirements were effected during the relevant time period.

 

Any such report may contain a statement that the report shall not be construed as an admission by the person making such report that he has any direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the Covered Security to which the report relates.

 

Initial and Annual Reporting. Each Access Person (with the exception of the Independent Trustees) must make an Initial Holdings Report within 10 days of becoming an Access Person and, at least once every 12 months or as otherwise determined by the CCO, an Annual Holdings Report. The information may be provided in paper format or through the SCT system as directed by the CCO. Each of these reports must contain the following information current within 30 days before the report is submitted:

 

1. the title, number of shares and principal amount of each Covered Security in which the Access Person had any direct or indirect beneficial ownership;
2. the name of any broker, dealer or bank with whom the Access Person maintained an account where any Security was held; and
3. the date that the report is being submitted.

 

 

 

Exceptions to Reporting Requirements

 

An Independent Trustee of the Trusts, is not required to file a report on a transaction in a Covered Security; provided, however, that such Trustee neither knew nor, in the ordinary course of fulfilling his or her official duties as a Trustee of the Trusts, should have known that, during the 15-day period immediately preceding or after the date of the transaction by the Trustee, such Covered Security is or was purchased or sold by the Trusts or is or was being considered for purchase by its investment adviser.

 

An Independent Trustee is not required to furnish the Initial Holdings Report or the Annual Holdings Report specified under the Reporting section of this Code.

 

Review

The compliance officer (or the alternate, as appropriate) shall compare all reports of personal securities transactions contained in the Initial, Quarterly and Annual Reports described above with completed and contemplated portfolio transactions of each Fund to determine whether a violation of the Code may have occurred (except the Exempted Transactions/Securities described above). If a pattern emerges that indicates abusive trading of Access Persons in relation to the Funds, the matter will be referred to the Boards of Trustees as outlined below.

 

If the compliance officer determines that any violation of the Code of Ethics, including but not limited to possible abusive trading, has or may have occurred in respect of the Funds or the Trusts, he or she shall, following consultation with counsel to the Trusts, submit his or her written determination, together with the transaction report, if any, and any additional explanatory material provided by the individual(s) concerned, to the Boards of the Trusts, which may elect to make an independent determination of whether a violation has occurred, or undertake further review and inquiry, or take further action, if determined necessary.

 

The compliance officer (or the alternate, as appropriate) may, in his or her discretion, compare reports of personal securities transactions with completed and contemplated portfolio transactions of other client accounts. If a pattern emerges that indicates abusive trading of Access Persons in relation to investments of clients other than the Funds, or the compliance officer determines that any violation of the Code of Ethics, including but not limited to possible abusive trading, has or may have occurred in respect of clients other than the Funds, or otherwise, senior management of the Advisor will undertake further review, inquiry and take further action, if determined necessary, including making a report to the Boards of the Trustees.

 

No person shall review his or her own report. Before making any determination that a violation has been committed by any person, the compliance officer shall give such person an opportunity to supply additional explanatory material. If a Covered Securities transaction of the compliance officer is under consideration, the Chairman shall act in all respects in the manner prescribed herein for the compliance officer.

 

The compliance officer shall take steps to ensure that all reporting Access Persons, except Independent Trustees, have submitted reports in a timely manner. Repeated failure to submit timely reports will be communicated to the Boards of Trustees.

 

Board Oversight

The Boards of Trustees must initially approve the Code for the Trusts and the Advisor, and the Boards of Trustees must approve any material changes to the Code within six (6) months of such change. The compliance officer shall (1) promptly notify the Boards of any material violation of the Code; (2) provide to the Boards a written report summarizing any and all material issues that arose during the previous year, and (3) annually certify that the Advisor has adopted procedures in compliance with the Code and Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act.

 

 

 

Records

The Trusts and the Advisor shall maintain records for a period of not less than five years from the end of the fiscal year in which the record was created, unless noted otherwise, as follows:

 

1. A copy of the applicable Code and any amendments thereto shall be retained on the F drive. (including for five (5) years after the Code or the amendment, as applicable, is no longer in effect).
2. A record of any violation of the Code and of any action taken as a result of such violation shall be retained on the F drive, if any.
3. A record of all written acknowledgements from all Access Persons, as required by this Code, shall be retained on the F drive.
4. A copy of each report, including any information provided in lieu of the report, made by an Access Person pursuant to the Code shall be retained in the CCO’s office.
5. A list of all Access Persons who are, or within the past five (5) years have been, required to make reports pursuant to the Code and all persons who are, or within the past five (5) years have been, responsible for reviewing the reports shall be retained on the F drive.
6. A copy of each report of the Trusts or the Advisor detailing any violations of its code of ethics, or certifying that it has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent Access Persons from violating such code of ethics shall be part of the CCO Report maintained in the board materials which are retained on the F drive.
7. A copy of any decisions, and reasons supporting the decisions, to approve the purchase of private placement securities or public offerings by investment personnel shall be retained on the F drive (from the end of the fiscal year in which the approval is granted, if any).

 

Sanctions

If a material violation of this Code occurs or a preliminary determination is made that a violation may have occurred, a report of the alleged violation shall be made to the Boards of Trustees in accordance with the process outlined under “Review” above. The Boards of Trustees or the Advisor may impose such sanctions as they or it deem(s) appropriate, including, a letter of censure, suspension, or termination of the employment of the violator, and/or a disgorging of any profits made by the violator.

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 30A-2(a) UNDER THE 1940 ACT

 

I, Stephen C. Rogers, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of the Shelton Funds;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

  (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.           The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

  (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: November 3, 2020

 

/s/ Stephen C. Rogers  

Stephen C. Rogers

Chairman

 

 

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 30A-2(a) UNDER THE 1940 ACT

 

I, William P. Mock, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of the Shelton Funds;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

  (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.           The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

  (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: November 3, 2020

 

/s/ William P. Mock  

William P. Mock

Treasurer

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

 

I, Stephen C. Rogers, President of the Shelton Funds (the "Registrant"), certify, to the officer’s knowledge:

 

  1.   The Form N-CSR of the Registrant (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

  2.   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

 

Date: November 3, 2020 /s/ Stephen C. Rogers  
  Stephen C. Rogers, Chairman  
  (Chief Executive Officer)  

 

 

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

 

I, William P. Mock, Treasurer of the Shelton Funds (the "Registrant"), certify, to the officer’s knowledge:

 

  1.   The Form N-CSR of the Registrant (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

  2.   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

 

Date: November 3, 2020 /s/ William P. Mock   
  William P. Mock, Treasurer  
  (Chief Financial Officer)