Miller/Howard High Income Equity Fund
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
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July 31, 2023 (unaudited)
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Mutual Funds - 4.5%
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Shares
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Fair Value
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Business Credit Institutions - 3.2%
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Hercules Capital, Inc. (b)
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400,000
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$
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6,708,000
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Investing - 1.3%
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Main Street Capital Corp. (b)
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62,000
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2,620,740
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Total Mutual Funds (Cost $7,375,668)
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9,328,740
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Common Stock - 72.0%
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Activities Related to Credit Intermediation - 1.0%
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Western Union Co.
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175,000
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2,131,500
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Biological Products, except Diagnostic Substances - 1.8%
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Gilead Sciences, Inc. (d)
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50,000
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3,807,000
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Crude Petroleum - 4.7%
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EOG Resources, Inc.
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36,000
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4,771,080
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Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
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22,000
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4,964,740
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9,735,820
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Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing - 2.7%
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Ralph Lauren Corp.
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42,400
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5,568,392
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Eating Places - 3.4%
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (b)
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75,000
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6,990,000
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Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution - 4.8%
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Exelon Corp. (c)
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130,000
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5,441,800
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Portland General Electric Co. (b)
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94,400
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4,500,048
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9,941,848
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Electric Services - 2.6%
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Dominion Energy, Inc.
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100,000
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5,355,000
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Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing - 3.5%
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Conagra Brands, Inc. (b)(c)
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225,000
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7,382,250
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Grain and Oilseed Milling - 1.6%
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Ingredion, Inc. (b)
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30,000
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3,337,800
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Metal Ore Mining - 1.9%
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Vale SA ADR
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275,000
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4,023,250
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Nondepository Credit Intermediation - 1.8%
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OneMain Holdings, Inc. (b)
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84,000
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3,820,320
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Oil and Gas Extraction - 7.2%
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Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. ADR (c)
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150,000
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9,120,000
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Phillips 66 (d)
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54,000
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6,023,700
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15,143,700
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Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing - 2.2%
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British American Tobacco Plc ADR (c)
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135,000
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4,546,800
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Petroleum Refining - 2.9%
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TotalEnergies SE ADR
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100,000
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6,085,000
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Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing - 1.8%
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Novo Nordisk A/S ADR
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24,000
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3,866,400
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Pharmaceutical Preparations - 1.6%
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AbbVie, Inc. (d)
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22,000
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3,290,760
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Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas - 7.1%
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Antero Midstream Corp. (b)
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250,000
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2,985,000
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Equitrans Midstream Corp. (b)
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375,000
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3,888,750
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TC Energy Corp. ADR (c)
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220,000
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7,891,400
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14,765,150
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Plastics Materials, Synthetic Resins, & Nonvulcanizable Elastomers - 3.3%
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LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Netherlands) ADR (d)
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70,000
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6,920,200
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Semiconductors & Related Devices - 3.5%
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Texas Instruments, Inc. (c)
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40,500
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7,290,000
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Support Activities for Mining - 2.7%
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BHP Group Ltd. ADR (b)
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90,000
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5,638,500
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Surety Insurance - 3.2%
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Old Republic International Corp. (c)
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240,000
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6,616,800
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Tobacco Manufacturing - 3.9%
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Altria Group, Inc. (c)
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180,000
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8,175,600
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Traveler Accommodation - 2.8%
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Vail Resorts, Inc. (c)
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25,000
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5,887,250
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Total Common Stock (Cost $146,858,546)
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150,319,340
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Master Limited Partnership - 15.5%
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Investment Advice - 3.1%
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AllianceBernstein Holding LP (c)
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204,000
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6,566,760
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Natural Gas Transmission - 12.4%
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Energy Transfer L.P. (d)
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750,500
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9,974,145
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Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (d)
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300,000
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7,953,000
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MPLX LP (c)
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224,000
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7,954,240
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25,881,385
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Total Master Limited Partnership (Cost $21,912,428)
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32,448,145
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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 7.9%
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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (b)(c)
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380,000
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5,890,000
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Lamar Advertising Co. (d)
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25,000
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2,467,500
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Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (c)
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225,000
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2,922,750
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Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. (b)
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130,000
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5,242,900
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Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (Cost $17,459,724)
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16,523,150
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Short-Term Investments: 1.8%
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Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Fund - Treasury Portfolio, 5.10% (a)
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3,802,660
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3,802,660
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Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $3,802,660)
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3,802,660
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Investments Purchased with Proceeds from Securities Lending: 19.4%
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Mount Vernon Liquid Assets Portfolio, LLC, 5.47% (a)
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40,569,726
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40,569,726
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Total Investments Purchased with Proceeds from Securities Lending (Cost $40,569,726)
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40,569,726
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Total Investments - 121.1% (cost $237,978,752)
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252,991,761
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Total Value of Options Written (Premiums received $180) - (0.0%)
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(12
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Other Assets and Liabilities - (21.1)%
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(44,138,401
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Total Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders - 100.0%
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$
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208,853,348
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