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High Income Securities Fund
           
Portfolio of Investments
           
November 30, 2020 (Unaudited)
           
 
           
 
 
Shares
   
Value
 
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 63.37%
           
Closed-End Funds - 50.77%
           
BrandywineGLOBAL Global Income Fund
   
97,825
   
$
1,165,096
 
Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Fund
   
220,933
     
3,342,716
 
Eaton Vance Senior Income Trust
   
165,329
     
1,028,346
 
First Eagle Senior Loan Fund
   
10,635
     
141,658
 
First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II
   
65,574
     
757,380
 
Invesco High Income Trust II
   
11,240
     
151,178
 
New America High Income Fund
   
31,246
     
269,028
 
Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund
   
156,740
     
1,344,829
 
Nuveen Floating Rate Income Opportunity Fund
   
104,208
     
879,516
 
Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund
   
142,119
     
1,790,699
 
PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc.
   
107,409
     
1,508,022
 
Pioneer Diversified High Income Trust
   
128,360
     
1,808,592
 
Pioneer Floating Rate Trust
   
243,088
     
2,608,334
 
Rivernorth Specialty Finance Corp.
   
125,334
     
1,967,355
 
Tortoise Power & Energy Infrastucture Fund, Inc.
   
103,472
     
1,033,685
 
Vertical Capital Income Fund
   
310,942
     
3,152,952
 
Voya Prime Rate Trust
   
582,623
     
2,604,325
 
 
           
25,553,711
 
Business Development Companies - 12.36%
               
Barings BDC, Inc.
   
251,803
     
2,183,132
 
Crescent Capital BDC, Inc.
   
126,552
     
1,760,338
 
FS KKR Capital Corp.
   
99,259
     
1,690,381
 
Portman Ridge Finance Corp.
   
366,937
     
587,099
 
 
           
6,220,950
 
Other Investment Companies - 0.24%
               
Eagle Growth and Income Opportunities Fund (a)(b)
   
101,549
     
 
Western Asset Corporate Loan Fund (a)
   
296,865
     
121,344
 
 
           
121,344
 
Total Investment Companies (Cost $31,549,154)
           
31,896,005
 
 
               
OTHER COMMON STOCKS - 0.02%
               
Energy - 0.02%
               
MWO Holdings, LLC Units (a)(b)
   
39
     
3,196
 
Nine Point Energy (a)(b)
   
138,566
     
7,898
 
Total Other Common Stocks (Cost $54,110)
           
11,094
 

PREFERRED STOCKS - 1.56%
               
Investment Companies - 0.98%
               
Capital Southwest Corp.
   
8,357
     
209,928
 
Saratoga Investment Corp.
   
10,923
     
282,350
 
 
           
492,278
 
Investment Management & Advisory Services - 0.58%
               
B Riley Financial, Inc.
   
12,000
     
293,760
 
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $740,089)
           
786,038
 
 
               
SPECIAL PURPOSE ACQUISITION VEHICLES - 20.50%
 
Shares/Units
         
ArcLight Clean Transition Corp. Units (a)
   
50,000
     
518,000
 
CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III Units (a)
   
15,000
     
153,750
 
Churchill Capital Corp. IV - Class A (a)
   
70,000
     
691,600
 
DFP Healthcare Acquisition Corp. - Class A (a)
   
42,000
     
424,200
 
E.Merge Technology Acquisition Corp. Units (a)
   
25,000
     
253,750
 
FG New America Acquisition Corp. Units (a)
   
102,600
     
1,048,572
 
Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. - Class A (a)
   
49,998
     
524,474
 
Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. Units (a)
   
2
     
22
 
GigCapital3, Inc. Units (a)
   
34,715
     
518,642
 
Go Acquisition Corp. Units (a)
   
50,000
     
507,500
 
Gores Holdings V, Inc. Units (a)
   
25,000
     
256,000
 
Haymaker Acquisition Corp. II - Class A (a)
   
50,341
     
507,941
 
Haymaker Acquisition Corp. II Units (a)
   
1
     
10
 
IG Acquisition Corp. Units (a)
   
50,000
     
503,500
 
Juniper Industrial Holdings, Inc. Units (a)
   
47,346
     
495,239
 
Lancadia Holdings III, Inc. Units (a)
   
50,000
     
506,000
 
Roman DBDR Tech Acquisition Corp. Units (a)
   
25,000
     
256,250
 
SC Health Corp. Units (a)
   
45,515
     
477,908
 
Spartacus Acquisition Corp. Units (a)
   
50,000
     
512,000
 
Thunder Bridge Acquisition Corp.  - Class A (a)
   
46,707
     
480,148
 
TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Corp. Units (a)
   
25,000
     
262,495
 
Tuscan Holdings Corp. II Units (a)
   
1
     
11
 
VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings Corp. Units (a)
   
51,252
     
517,645
 
Yellowstone Acquisition Corp. Units (a)
   
25,000
     
253,500
 
Yucaipa Acquisition Corp. Units (a)
   
62,400
     
646,464
 
Total Special Purpose Acquisiton Vehicles (Cost $9,837,580)
           
10,315,621
 
 
               
 
 
Principal
         
CONVERTIBLE  NOTES - 2.77%
 
Amount
         
Communication Services - 2.77%
               
Suro Capital Corp. Unsecured
               
4.750%, 3/28/2023
   
1,000,000
     
1,396,079
 
Total Convertible Notes (Cost $1,014,831)
           
1,396,079
 
 
               
 
 
Shares
         
RIGHTS - 0.09%
               
Agba Acquisition Ltd. (Expiration: February 16, 2021) (a)
   
36,750
     
13,012
 
GigCapital2, Inc. (Expiration: December 10, 2020) (a)
   
102,250
     
33,743
 
Total Rights (Cost $21,585)
           
46,755
 

WARRANTS - 0.99%
               
Agba Acquisition Ltd. (a)
               
Expiration: May 2024
               
Exercise Price: $11.50
   
36,750
     
21,315
 
Apex Technology Acquisition Corp. (a)
               
Expiration: September 2026
               
Exercise Price: $11.50
   
25,000
     
91,750
 
Churchill Capital Corp. (a)
               
Expiration: August 2025
               
Exercise Price: $11.50
   
14,000
     
16,240
 
Churchill Capital Corp. (a)
               
Expiration: July 2024
               
Exercise Price: $11.50
   
29,554
     
45,809
 
DFP Healthcare Acquisition Corp. (a)
               
Expiration: March 2025
               
Exercise Price: $11.50
   
10,500
     
16,800
 
Finserv Acquisition Corp. (a)
               
Expiration: December 2026
               
Exercise Price: $11.50
   
15,665
     
15,822
 
Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. (a)
               
Expiration: August 2025
               
Exercise Price: $11.50
   
16,666
     
29,299
 
GigCapital2, Inc. (a)
               
Expiration: February 2026
               
Exercise Price: $11.50
   
84,259
     
109,537
 
Haymaker Acquisition Corp. (a)
               
Expiration: October 2026
               
Exercise Price: $11.50
   
13,447
     
16,136
 
Juniper Industrial Holding Corp. (a)
               
Expiration: November 2026
               
Exercise Price: $11.50
   
23,673
     
36,456
 
Proptech Acquisition Corp. (a)
               
Expiration: May 2026
               
Exercise Price: $11.50
   
10,250
     
16,605
 
Tuscan Holdings Corp. II (a)
               
Expiration: April 2026
               
Exercise Price: $11.50
   
91,983
     
81,865
 
Total Warrants (Cost $272,993)
           
497,634
 
 
               
MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 3.15%
               
Fidelity Institutional Government Portfolio - Class I, 0.010% (c)
   
791,986
     
791,986
 
STIT-Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.010% (c)
   
791,986
     
791,986
 
Total Money Market Funds (Cost $1,583,972)
           
1,583,972
 
 
               
Total Investments (Cost $45,074,314) - 92.45%
           
46,533,198
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 7.55%
           
3,796,992
 
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.00%
         
$
50,330,190
 

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
 
 
 

(a)
 
Non-income producing security.
(b)
 
Fair valued securities. The total market value of these securities was $11,094, representing 0.02% of net assets. Value determined using significant unobservable inputs.
(c)
 
The rate shown represents the 7-day yield at November 30, 2020.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
 
 

Security valuation - Portfolio securities and other investments are valued using policies and procedures adopted by the Trustees. The Trustees have formed a Valuation
 Committee to oversee the implementation of these procedures.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Investments for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last reported sales price on their principal exchange, or official closing price for certain markets, and
are classified as Level 1 securities under Accounting Standards Codification 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (ASC 820). If no sales are reported, as in the case of some
securities that are traded OTC, a security is valued at its last reported bid price and is generally categorized as a Level 2 security.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Investments in open-end investment companies (excluding exchange-traded funds), if any, which can be classified as Level 1 or Level 2 securities, are valued based on their net asset
value. The net asset value of such investment companies equals the total value of their assets less their liabilities and divided by the number of their outstanding shares.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Market quotations are not considered to be readily available for certain debt obligations (including short-term investments with remaining maturities of 60 days or less) and other
investments; such investments are valued on the basis of valuations furnished by an independent pricing service approved by the Trustees. Such services or dealers determine
valuations for normal institutional size trading units of such securities using methods based on market transactions for comparable securities and various relationships, generally
recognized by institutional traders, between securities (which consider such factors as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings). These securities will generally be categorized
as Level 2.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the scheduled close of the New York Stock Exchange and therefore the closing prices for securities in such
markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after such close but before the scheduled close of the New York Stock Exchange. Accordingly, on certain days,
the Fund will fair value certain foreign equity securities taking into account multiple factors including movements in the U.S. securities markets, currency valuations and comparisons
to the valuation of American Depository Receipts, exchange-traded funds and futures contracts. The foreign equity securities, which would generally be classified as Level 1 securities,
will be transferred to Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy when they are valued at fair value. The number of days on which fair value prices will be used will depend on market activity
and it is possible that fair value prices will be used by the Fund to a significant extent. Securities quoted in foreign currencies, if any, are translated into U.S. dollars at the current
exchange rate.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
To the extent a pricing service or dealer is unable to value a security, the security will be valued at fair value in accordance with policies and procedures approved by the Trustees.
Certain investments, including certain restricted and illiquid securities and derivatives, are also valued at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustees. These valuations
consider such factors as significant market or specific security events such as interest rate or credit quality changes, various relationships with other securities, discount rates, U.S.
Treasury, U.S. swap and credit yields, index levels, convexity exposures, recovery rates, sales and other multiples and resale restrictions. These securities are classified as Level 2 or
as Level 3 depending on the priority of the significant inputs.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
To assess the continuing appropriateness of fair valuations, the Valuation Committee reviews and affirms the reasonableness of such valuations on a regular basis after considering all
relevant information that is reasonably available. Such valuations and procedures are reviewed periodically by the Trustees. The fair value of securities is generally determined as the
amount that the Fund could reasonably expect to realize from an orderly disposition of such securities over a reasonable period of time. By its nature, a fair value price is a good faith
estimate of the value of a security in a current sale and does not reflect an actual market price, which may be different by a material amount.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Fund has adopted fair valuation accounting standards that establish an authoritative definition of fair value and set out a hierarchy for measuring fair value. These standards require
additional disclosures about the various input and valuation techniques used in measuring fair value. Fair value inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of November 30, 2020 in valuing the Fund's investments:
 
 
                       
 
 
Quoted Prices in Active
   
Significant Other
             
 
 
Markets for Identical
   
Observable Inputs
   
Unobservable Inputs
       
 
 
Investments (Level 1)
   
(Level 2)
   
(Level 3)
   
Total
 
Investment Companies
                       
Closed-End Funds
 
$
25,553,711
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
25,553,711
 
Business Development Companies
   
6,220,950
     
-
     
-
     
6,220,950
 
Other Investments Companies
   
-
     
121,344
     
-
     
121,344
 
Other Common Stocks
   
-
     
-
     
11,094
     
11,094
 
Preferred Stocks
                               
Investment Companies
   
492,278
      -
      -
     
492,278
 
Investment Management & Advisor Services
   
293,760
      -
      -
     
293,760
 
Special Purpose Acquisition Vehicles
   
9,837,703
     
477,918
     
-
     
10,315,621
 
Convertible Notes
   
-
     
1,396,079
     
-
     
1,396,079
 
Rights
   
46,755
     
-
     
-
     
46,755
 
Warrants
   
497,634
     
-
     
-
     
497,634
 
Money Market Funds
   
1,583,972
     
-
     
-
     
1,583,972
 
Total
 
$
44,526,763
   
$
1,995,341
   
$
11,094
   
$
46,533,198
 

At the start and close of the reporting period, Level 3 investments in securities represented less than 1% of the fund’s net assets and were not considered a significant portion of the
fund’s portfolio.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The fair value of derivative instruments as reported within the Schedule of Investments as of November 30, 2020:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments
 
 
Statement of Assets & Liabilities Location
 
Value
 
Equity Contracts - Warrants
 
 
 
 
 $               497,634
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the period ended November 30, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amount of Realized Gain on Derivatives Recognized in Income
 
Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments
 
 
Statement of Operations Location
 
Value
 
Equity Contracts - Warrants
 
 
Net Realized Gain
 
 $                 36,666
 
 
 
 
on Investments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income
 
Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments
 
 
Statement of Operations Location
 
Total
 
Equity Contracts - Warrants
 
 
Net change in unrealized
appreciation of investments
 
 $              141,256