Miller/Howard High Income Equity Fund
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Schedule of Investments
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July 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
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COMMON STOCKS - 55.0%
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Shares
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Value
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Biological Products, except Diagnostic Substances - 3.4%
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Gilead Sciences, Inc. (d)
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100,000
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$
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7,606,000
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Crude Petroleum Extraction - 4.6%
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Equinor ASA - ADR (a)
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250,000
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6,640,000
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Hess Midstream LP - Class A
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100,000
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3,748,000
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10,388,000
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Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution - 5.3%
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Exelon Corp. (d)
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130,000
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4,836,000
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Portland General Electric Co.
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150,000
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7,107,000
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11,943,000
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Electric Services - 6.2%
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Dominion Energy, Inc.
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150,000
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8,019,000
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OGE Energy Corp.
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150,000
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5,815,500
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13,834,500
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Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing - 3.4%
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Conagra Brands, Inc. (b)
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250,000
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7,580,000
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Iron Ore Mining - 2.2%
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Vale SA - ADR
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455,000
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4,936,750
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Oil and Gas Extraction - 3.8%
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Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
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240,000
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8,515,200
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Other Electric Power Generation - 5.3%
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CMS Energy Corp. (d)
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90,000
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5,832,000
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Edison International
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75,000
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6,000,750
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11,832,750
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Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas - 6.3%
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Antero Midstream Corp. (a)
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325,000
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4,667,000
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TC Energy Corp. (d)
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220,000
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9,330,200
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13,997,200
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Semiconductors & Related Devices - 3.7%
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Texas Instruments, Inc.
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40,500
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8,254,305
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Support Activities for Mining - 3.0%
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BHP Group Ltd. - ADR (a)
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120,000
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6,663,600
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Surety Insurance - 3.7%
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Old Republic International Corp. (a)
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240,000
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8,308,800
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Tobacco Manufacturing - 2.1%
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British American Tobacco Plc - ADR
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135,000
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4,811,400
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Traveler Accommodation - 2.0%
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Vail Resorts, Inc. (a)
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25,000
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4,550,250
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TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $119,310,973)
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123,221,755
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MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS - 17.4%
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Shares
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Value
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Investment Advice - 3.2%
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AllianceBernstein Holding LP
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204,000
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7,199,160
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Natural Gas Transmission - 11.7%
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Energy Transfer L.P.
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750,500
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12,210,635
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Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
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150,000
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4,329,000
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MPLX LP (d)
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224,000
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9,591,680
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26,131,315
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Pipelines (No Natural Gas) - 2.5%
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Western Midstream Partners L.P.
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140,000
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5,728,800
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TOTAL MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS (Cost $24,551,942)
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39,059,275
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REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS - 13.2%
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Shares
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Value
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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (a)
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380,000
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5,620,200
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Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
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60,000
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8,386,200
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Realty Income Corp. (a)
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99,060
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5,689,016
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Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.
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50,000
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5,025,500
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Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.
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300,000
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4,869,000
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TOTAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (Cost $28,940,655)
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29,589,916
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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES - 4.2%
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Shares
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Value
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Ares Capital Corp. (a)
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200,000
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4,188,000
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Main Street Capital Corp. (a)
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100,000
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5,118,000
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TOTAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES (Cost $9,388,692)
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9,306,000
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SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 31.5%
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Shares
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Value
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Investments Purchased with Proceeds from Securities Lending - 19.8%
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Mount Vernon Liquid Assets Portfolio, LLC, 5.45% (c)
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44,258,632
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44,258,632
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Money Market Funds - 11.7%
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Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Fund - Treasury Portfolio - Class Institutional, 5.14% (c)
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26,191,920
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26,191,920
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TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $70,450,552)
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70,450,552
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 121.3% (Cost
$252,642,814)
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271,627,498
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Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (21.3)%
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(47,708,088
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TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%
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$
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223,919,410
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Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
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