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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) June 30, 2020 NASDAQ-100® FUND SHARES VALUE SHARES VALUE COMMON STOCKS† - 65.0% Charter Communications, Inc. — Class A* 1,279 $ 652,341 Booking Holdings, Inc.* 254 404,454 TECHNOLOGY - 29.3% JD.com, Inc. ADR* 5,751 346,095 Apple, Inc. 21,050 $ 7,679,040 MercadoLibre, Inc.* 308 303,617 Microsoft Corp. 36,829 7,495,070 eBay, Inc. 4,353 228,315 Intel Corp. 26,230 1,569,341 Baidu, Inc. ADR* 1,703 204,173 NVIDIA Corp. 3,810 1,447,457 Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. 27,129 159,247 Adobe, Inc.* 2,985 1,299,400 VeriSign, Inc.* 715 147,883 Broadcom, Inc. 2,477 781,766 CDW Corp. 881 102,355 Texas Instruments, Inc. 5,686 721,952 Trip.com Group Ltd. ADR* 3,240 83,981 QUALCOMM, Inc. 6,969 635,643 Expedia Group, Inc. 839 68,966 Intuit, Inc. 1,616 478,643 Fox Corp. — Class A 2,123 56,939 Fiserv, Inc.* 4,148 404,928 Liberty Global plc — Class C* 2,549 54,829 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.* 7,256 381,738 Fox Corp. — Class B 1,617 43,400 Activision Blizzard, Inc. 4,773 362,271 Liberty Global plc — Class A* 1,129 24,680 Micron Technology, Inc.* 6,890 354,973 Applied Materials, Inc. 5,678 343,235 Total Communications 21,251,530 Autodesk, Inc.* 1,358 324,820 CONSUMER, NON-CYCLICAL - 8.9% Lam Research Corp. 899 290,791 PayPal Holdings, Inc.* 7,274 1,267,349 Analog Devices, Inc. 2,283 279,987 PepsiCo, Inc. 8,596 1,136,907 Zoom Video Communications, Amgen, Inc. 3,644 859,474 Inc. — Class A* 1,038 263,175 Gilead Sciences, Inc. 7,771 597,901 Electronic Arts, Inc.* 1,788 236,105 Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* 1,606 466,238 Workday, Inc. — Class A* 1,078 201,974 Mondelez International, Inc. — Class A 8,843 452,143 NetEase, Inc. ADR 459 197,085 Intuitive Surgical, Inc.* 722 411,417 NXP Semiconductor N.V. 1,728 197,061 Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2,663 396,494 Splunk, Inc.* 983 195,322 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* 624 389,157 DocuSign, Inc.* 1,131 194,770 Illumina, Inc.* 911 337,389 Cognizant Technology Biogen, Inc.* 1,011 270,493 Solutions Corp. — Class A 3,349 190,290 Kraft Heinz Co. 7,570 241,407 KLA Corp. 961 186,895 DexCom, Inc.* 572 231,889 Synopsys, Inc.* 933 181,935 Monster Beverage Corp.* 3,262 226,122 ASML Holding N.V. — Class G 476 175,182 Seattle Genetics, Inc.* 1,072 182,154 Paychex, Inc. 2,222 168,317 IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.* 526 173,664 Cadence Design Systems, Inc.* 1,729 165,915 CoStar Group, Inc.* 242 171,982 Microchip Technology, Inc. 1,520 160,071 Cintas Corp. 644 171,536 ANSYS, Inc.* 530 154,617 Verisk Analytics, Inc. — Class A 1,005 171,051 Xilinx, Inc. 1,506 148,175 Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* 1,368 153,544 Skyworks Solutions, Inc. 1,034 132,207 Incyte Corp.* 1,346 139,944 Cerner Corp. 1,886 129,285 BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.* 1,120 138,141 Citrix Systems, Inc. 765 113,151 Align Technology, Inc.* 488 133,927 Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. 1,652 100,128 Total Consumer, Non-cyclical 8,720,323 Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.* 706 98,536 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.* 886 95,183 CONSUMER, CYCLICAL - 4.4% Western Digital Corp. 1,857 81,986 Tesla, Inc.* 1,148 1,239,622 NetApp, Inc. 1,370 60,787 Costco Wholesale Corp. 2,735 829,279 Total Technology 28,679,207 Starbucks Corp. 7,238 532,644 Lululemon Athletica, Inc.* 770 240,248 COMMUNICATIONS - 21.7% Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. 5,435 230,390 Amazon.com, Inc.* 2,422 6,681,862 O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.* 460 193,968 Facebook, Inc. — Class A* 11,678 2,651,723 Ross Stores, Inc. 2,201 187,613 Alphabet, Inc. — Class A* 1,672 2,370,980 Marriott International, Inc. — Class A 2,009 172,231 Alphabet, Inc. — Class C* 1,633 2,308,425 PACCAR, Inc. 2,142 160,329 Netflix, Inc.* 2,725 1,239,984 Fastenal Co. 3,549 152,039 Cisco Systems, Inc. 26,158 1,220,009 Dollar Tree, Inc.* 1,469 136,147 Comcast Corp. — Class A 28,217 1,099,899 Copart, Inc.* 1,454 121,075 T-Mobile US, Inc.* 7,656 797,373 SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)(continued) June 30, 2020 NASDAQ-100® FUND FACE SHARES VALUE AMOUNT VALUE Ulta Beauty, Inc.* 349 $ 70,994 U.S. TREASURY BILLS†† - 2.8% Total Consumer, Cyclical 4,266,579 U.S. Treasury Bills 0.15% due 07/23/202,3 $ 2,111,000 $ 2,110,842 UTILITIES - 0.4% 0.15% due 09/17/203,4 600,000 599,811 Exelon Corp. 6,037 219,083 Total U.S. Treasury Bills Xcel Energy, Inc. 3,253 203,312 (Cost $2,710,597) 2,710,653 Total Utilities 422,395 REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,5 - 3.6% INDUSTRIAL - 0.3% J.P. Morgan Securities LLC CSX Corp. 4,742 330,707 issued 06/30/20 at 0.07% due 07/01/204 1,947,438 1,947,438 Total Common Stocks (Cost $46,745,009) 63,670,741 BofA Securities, Inc. issued 06/30/20 at 0.07% RIGHTS† - 0.0% due 07/01/204 806,522 806,522 COMMUNICATIONS - 0.0% Barclays Capital, Inc. T-Mobile US, Inc. issued 06/30/20 at 0.07% Expires 07/27/20* 7,656 1,286 due 07/01/204 758,131 758,131 Total Rights Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $—) 1,286 (Cost $3,512,091) 3,512,091 MUTUAL FUNDS† - 28.4% Total Investments - 99.8% Guggenheim Strategy Fund II1 587,684 14,533,414 (Cost $80,890,388) $ 97,741,182 Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration Other Assets & Liabilities, net - 0.2% 197,131 Fund — Institutional Class1 1,342,036 13,312,997 Total Net Assets - 100.0% $ 97,938,313 Total Mutual Funds (Cost $27,922,691) 27,846,411 Futures Contracts Value and Number of Expiration Notional Unrealized Description Contracts Date Amount Appreciation** Equity Futures Contracts Purchased† NASDAQ-100 Index Mini Futures Contracts 132 Sep 2020 $ 26,753,100 $ 1,384,898 Total Return Swap Agreements Value and Financing Payment Maturity Notional Unrealized Counterparty Index Rate Pay Frequency Date Units Amount Appreciation OTC Equity Index Swap Agreements†† Goldman Sachs International NASDAQ-100 Index 0.66% (1 Week USD LIBOR + 0.55%) At Maturity 07/28/20 280 $ 2,846,957 $ 83,943 Barclays Bank plc NASDAQ-100 Index 0.61% (1 Week USD LIBOR + 0.50%) At Maturity 07/30/20 366 3,715,693 20,128 BNP Paribas NASDAQ-100 Index 0.83% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.65%) At Maturity 07/29/20 102 1,035,747 15,720 $ 7,598,397 $ 119,791 SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)(concluded) June 30, 2020 NASDAQ-100® FUND * Non-income producing security. ** Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation). † Value determined based on Level 1 inputs. †† Value determined based on Level 2 inputs. 1 Affiliated issuer. 2 All or a portion of this security is pledged as futures collateral at June 30, 2020. 3 Rate indicated is the effective yield at the time of purchase. 4 All or a portion of this security is pledged as equity index swap collateral at June 30, 2020. 5 Repurchase Agreements. ADR — American Depositary Receipt LIBOR — London Interbank Offered Rate plc — Public Limited Company.
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