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Schedule of Investments (a)    
June 30, 2024 (unaudited)    
     

 

Corporate Bonds & Notes - 80.56%        
Name of Issuer  Principal   Value 
Aerospace / Defense - 4.16%          
Spirit Aerosystems, Inc., 9.375%, 11/30/2029 (c)  $5,000,000   $5,382,245 
           
Building Products - 6.92%          
Builders Firstsource, Inc., 4.25%, 2/01/32 (c)   5,000,000    4,420,330 
Louisiana Pacific Corp., 3.625%, 3/15/29 (c)   5,000,000    4,535,210 
         8,955,540 
Chemicals - 3.33%          
Chemours Co., 4.625%, 11/15/29 (c)   5,000,000    4,305,005 
           
Coal - 0.35%          
Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC, 8%, 11/4/30 (d)   723,802    455,995 
           
Drug Stores - 0.34%          
Rite Aid Corp., 8%, 11/15/26 (c) (e)   1,012,000    443,813 
           
Energy/Natural Resources - 5.78%          
Buckeye Partners LP, 4.35%, 10/15/24   1,655,000    1,644,102 
Comstock Resources, Inc., 6.75%, 3/01/29 (c)   5,000,000    4,845,935 
Range Resources Corp., 4.875%, 5/15/25   1,000,000    993,891 
         7,483,928 
Food Processing - 1.34%          
B&G Foods, Inc., 5.25%, 4/01/25   1,754,000    1,739,812 
           
Homebuilders - 3.98%          
KB Home, 7.25%, 7/15/30   5,000,000    5,151,190 
           
Industrial Servicing / Manufacturing - 5.30%          
Clean Harbors, Inc., 4.875%, 7/15/27 (c)   500,000    483,935 
Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC, 9.75%, 8/01/27 (c)   5,500,000    5,645,227 
Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC, 5.5%, 5/01/28 (c)   750,000    727,163 
         6,856,325 
Metals & Mining - 3.53%          
Allegheny Technologies, Inc., 6.95%, 12/15/25   4,500,000    4,566,834 
           
Oil & Gas Drilling - 8.93%          
CrownRock LP, 5.625%, 10/15/25 (c)   4,000,000    3,990,584 
Parker Drilling Co., 13%, 9/26/25 (d)   2,687,479    2,687,479 
Tidewater, Inc., 8.5%, 11/16/26   4,700,000    4,876,250 
         11,554,313 
Pipeline - 3.84%          
NuStar Energy LP, 5.75%, 10/01/25   5,000,000    4,968,715 
           
Real Estate - 2.91%          
Five Point Operating Co. LP, 10.5%, 1/15/28 (c)   3,689,982    3,770,830 
           
Retail Food Chains - 4.64%          
Brinker International, Inc., 5%, 10/01/24 (c)   6,000,000    6,000,138 
           
Retail General - 4.21%          
G-III Apparel Group LTD, 7.875%, 8/15/25 (c)   5,430,000    5,447,077 
           
Technology - 7.41%          
Iron Mountain, Inc., 4.5%, 2/15/31 (c)   1,000,000    902,711 
Iron Mountain, Inc., 5.625%, 7/15/32 (c)   4,000,000    3,798,792 
Western Digital Corp., 4.75%, 2/15/26   5,000,000    4,895,270 
         9,596,773 
Tobacco - 10.69%          
Pyxus Holdings, Inc., 8.5%, 12/31/27 (c)   10,845,675    8,784,997 
Vector Group LTD, 10.5%, 11/01/26 (c)   5,000,000    5,050,150 
         13,835,147 
Wireless Telecom - 2.90%          
Altice France SA, 8.125%, 2/01/27 (c)   5,000,000    3,749,680 
           
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes —  (cost -$105,865,260)       $104,263,360 

 

 

 

GDP-Linked Bonds - 0.75%        
Name of issuer  Principal   Value 
Republic of Argentina GDP Linked Security, FRN (based on the performance of  $34,386,574   $972,452 
Argentina's GDP), 12/15/35 (e)          
           
Total GDP-Linked Bonds —  (cost—$1,423,421)       $972,452 

 

Common Stock - 11.62%  Number of     
Name of issuer  Shares   Value 
Chemicals - 2.40%        
Ingevity Corp. (e)   602   $26,313 
NL Industries, Inc.   510,200    3,076,506 
         3,102,819 
Coal - 0.10%          
Westmet Group Holdings (d) (e)   22,614    101,764 
Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC, Class A Units (d) (e)   22,417    33,625 
         135,389 
Electrical Utility - 0.00%          
Homer City Holdings, LLC (b) (d) (e)   221,338    0 
           
Energy / Natural Resources - 0.48%          
SilverBow Resources, Inc. (e)   5,058    191,344 
Talos Energy, Inc. (e)   35,718    433,974 
         625,318 
Food Processing - 3.66%          
Viskase Cos., Inc. (e)   3,052,635    4,731,584 
           
Metals & Mining - 3.34%          
American Gilsonite (b) (d) (e)   1,597,765    4,313,966 
Metals Recovery Holdings, LLC (b) (d) (e)   21,539    14,599 
         4,328,565 
Oil & Gas Drilling - 1.41%          
Key Energy Services, Inc. (e)   129    34 
Parker Drilling Co. (e)   140,471    1,820,504 
        1,820,538 
Packaging & Container - 0.14%          
Westrock Co.   3,626    182,243 
           
Transportation - 0.09%          
Getlink SA (France)   7,349    121,699 
           
Total Common Stock —  (cost—$49,663,314)       $15,048,155 

 

 

 

Preferred Stock - 4.25%  Number of     
Name of issuer  Shares   Value 
Energy / Natural Resources - 4.25%          
Equitrans Midstream Corp. Convertible PFD, FRN (8.15% + 3m UST), Perpetual   250,000   $5,500,000 
Total Preferred Stock —  (cost—$5,500,000)       $5,500,000 

 

Repurchase Agreement - 1.74%        
Name of Issuer  Principal   Value 
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 1.60% dated 6/28/2024, to be          
repurchased at $2,254,483 on 7/01/2024 (f)          
Total Repurchase Agreement - (cost - $2,254,182)  $2,254,182   $2,254,182 
           
           
Total Investments - 98.92% (cost—$164,706,177)       $128,038,149 
           
           
Net Other Assets and Liabilities - 1.08%        1,393,696 
           
Net Assets - 100%       $129,431,845 

 

     
(a) Portions of the portfolio may be pledged to collateralize short term borrowings when utilized.  
(b) Security is valued at fair value as determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate market value of good faith securities as of June 30, 2024 was $4,328,565 which represents 3.34% of total net assets.  
(c) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.  These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.  At the period end, the value of these securities amounted to $72,283,822 which represents 55.85% of total net assets. These securities are generally deemed liquid.  
(d) All or a portion the security is restricted.  The Trust may acquire restricted securities which  
  are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale and may be illiquid.  

 

The aggregate market value of restricted securities as of June 30, 2024 was $7,607,428 which represents 5.88% of total net assets.  Additional information on each holding is as follows:

 

Security  Acquisition Date  Acquisition Cost 
American Gilsonite  1/2/17 - 8/26/21  $9,640,360 
Metals Recovery Holdings, LLC  9/30/2016 - 12/10/2019  $1,999,343 
Homer City Holdings, LLC  4/6/2017  $588,216 
Parker Drilling Co. 13% 9/26/25  3/27/2019  $2,485,714 
Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC. 8% 11/4/30  5/4/2023  $629,708 
Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC, Class A Units  3/15/2019 - 5/4/2023  $861,283 
Westmet Group Holdings  5/4/2023  $135,685 

 

(e) Non-income producing security.  
(f) Acquired on June 28, 2024.  Collateralized by $2,299,266 of US Treasury  
  Notes due 04/15/27.  The maturity value is $2,254,483.  
     
  FRN   Floating Rate Note - rates reflected are as of June 30, 2024  
  PFD Preferred Security  

 

 

 

Investment Valuation

 

Accounting Standards Codification ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (ASC 820) defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an investment in an orderly transaction between two market participants at the measurement date. ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and the Trust's own market assumptions (unobservable inputs). The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities and the determination of the significance of certain inputs to the fair value measurement requires judgments and considers factors that may be specific to each security. The various inputs that may be used to determine the value of the Trust's investments are summarized in the following fair value hierarchy:

 

Level 1 - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.

 

Level 2 - Other significant observable inputs based on data obtained from various pricing sources (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

Level 3 - Significant unobservable inputs including the Trust's own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments. Factors considered in making such determinations may include, but are not limited to, information obtained directly from the company or analysts and the analysis of the company's financial statements or other documents.

 

The following table summarized the Trust's investment as of June 30, 2024, based on the inputs used to value them.

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total as of 06/30/2024 
Corporate Bonds & Notes  $-   $104,263,360   $-   $104,263,360 
Common Stock   5,730,918    4,853,283    4,463,954    15,048,155 
Preferred Stock   5,500,000    -    -    5,500,000 
GDP Linked Bonds   -    972,452    -    972,452 
Repurchase Agreement   -    2,254,182    -    2,254,182 
   $11,230,918   $112,343,277   $4,463,954   $128,038,149 

 

Transfers between hierarchy levels may occur due to market fluctuation, changes in valuation techniques and/or changes in the availability of market data used in the determination of an investment’s valuation. The Trust recognizes transfers between the levels at the end of each period. For the period ended June 30, 2024, there were two transfers from Level 2 to Level 3 due to lack of observable inputs.

 

At June 30, 2024, the reconciliation of assets in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value, is as follows:

 

  

Totals

as of 06/30/24

 
Beginning Balance @ 9/30/23  $5,734,755 
Purchases / PIK Interest   - 
Sales   (216,244)
Realized Gain(Loss)   (1,079,121)
Net Change in Unrealized     
Appreciation/(Depreciation)   (110,825)
Transfers into Level 3 from Level 2   135,389 
Ending Balance @ 06/30/2024  $4,463,954 

 

 

 

  

Change in Unrealized

Gain / (Loss) for Positions Still

Held at June 30, 2024

 
Common Stock   (1,189,946)
Totals  $(1,189,946)

 

The Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB) issued guidance that a reporting entity should disclose quantitative information about the unobservable inputs used in the fair value determinations that are categorized in the Level 3 hierarchy. The guidance also required additional disclosure regarding the valuation process used and the sensitivity of the fair value measurements to changes in unobservable inputs and the interrelationships between those unobservable inputs within Level 3. The following table presents a summary of valuation techniques, inputs and quantitative information used in determining the fair value of the Trust’s Level 3 securities as of June 30, 2024:

 

             Significant    
          Valuation  Unobservable    
Investment Type  Fair Value   Technique  Inputs  Range   Increase in Input (1)
Common Stock                   
Coal  $101,764   Third Party Vendor (2)  Broker Quote   4.50 - 5.50   Increase
                    
Coal  $33,625   Third Party Vendor (2)  Broker Quote   1.50 - 2.00   Increase
                    
Metals & Mining  $4,313,966   Market  EBITDA   6.1x - 7.7x   Increase
        Comparable (3)  Multiple        
                    
Metals & Mining  $14,599   Market  Recovery Rate   N/A   Increase
        Approach (4)           
                    
   $4,463,954               

 

(1)This column represents the direction change in the fair value of the Level 3 securities that would result from an increase to the corresponding unobservable input. A decrease to the unobservable inputs would have the opposite effect. Significant increases and decreases of these inputs could result in significantly higher or lower fair value determinations.

 

(2)Certain of the Trust's Level 3 investments have been valued using unadjusted inputs that have not been internally developed by the Trust including third-party transactions and quotations.

 

(3)Earnings multiples are based on comparable public companies and transactions of comparable companies.

 

(4)A market approach using the value of the underlying assets of the company.

 

For additional information on the Trust's policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Trust's most recent semiannual or annual shareholder report.