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Schedule of Investments | Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) contract | Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
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Market Value |  | $ 145,447,000 |  |
% of Partners' Capital |  | 64.24% |  |
United States - Money Market Funds [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |  |  |
Market Value |  |  |  | $ 30,347,000
% of Partners' Capital |  |  |  | 8.68%
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund - Institutional Shares [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |  |  |
Shares/Principal Amount | [1] | $ 7,201,000 |  |
Market Value | [1] | $ 7,201,000 |  |
% of Partners' Capital | [1] | 3.18% |  |
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio - Institutional Shares [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |  |  |
Shares/Principal Amount | [1] | $ 130,500,000 |  |
Market Value | [1] | $ 130,500,000 |  |
% of Partners' Capital | [1] | 57.64% |  |
Fidelity Investments Money Market Funds - Government Portfolio [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |  |  |
Shares/Principal Amount |  |  |  | $ 201,000
Market Value |  |  |  | $ 201,000
% of Partners' Capital |  |  |  | 0.06%
RBC U.S. Government Money Market Fund - Institutional Shares [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |  |  |
Shares/Principal Amount |  | $ 7,746,000 | [1] | $ 30,146,000
Market Value |  | $ 7,746,000 | [1] | $ 30,146,000
% of Partners' Capital |  | 3.42% | [1] | 8.62%
ICE Brent Crude Futures CO March 2022 contracts, expiring January 2022 [Member] | United Kingdom Contracts [Member] | Open Commodity Futures Contracts - Long [Member] |  |  |  |
Shares/Principal Amount | [2] | $ 213,935,240 |  |
Number of Contracts | contract | [2] | 2,911 |  |
Fair Value/Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Open Commodity Contracts | [2] | $ 12,482,340 |  |
% of Partners' Capital | [2] | 5.51% |  |
[1] | Reflects the 7-day yield at December 31, 2021.
[2] | Collateral amounted to $57,197,387 on open commodity futures contracts.

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