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Condensed Schedule of Investments | Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) contract
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Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 285,345,077 |
% of Partners' Capital | 86.17% |
United States - Money Market Funds [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 235,347,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 71.07% |
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund - Institutional Shares [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |
Shares/Principal Amount | $ 5,201,000 | [1]
Market Value | $ 5,201,000 | [1]
% of Partners' Capital | 1.57% | [1]
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio - Institutional Shares [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |
Shares/Principal Amount | $ 200,000,000 | [1]
Market Value | $ 200,000,000 | [1]
% of Partners' Capital | 60.40% | [1]
RBC U.S. Government Money Market Fund - Institutional Shares [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |
Shares/Principal Amount | $ 30,146,000 | [1]
Market Value | $ 30,146,000 | [1]
% of Partners' Capital | 9.10% | [1]
ICE Brent Crude Oil Futures CO June 2021 contracts, expiring April 2021 [Member] | United Kingdom Contracts [Member] | Open Commodity Futures Contracts - Long [Member] |  |
Shares/Principal Amount | $ 341,724,900 | [2]
Number of Contracts | contract | 5,278 | [2]
Fair Value/Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Open Commodity Contracts | $ (10,583,180) | [2]
% of Partners' Capital | (3.20%) | [2]
U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.04%, 5/06/2021 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |
Shares/Principal Amount | $ 50,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 49,998,077 |
% of Partners' Capital | 15.10% |
[1] | Reflects the 7-day yield at March 31, 2021.
[2] | Collateral amounted to $38,373,003 on open commodity futures contracts.

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